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Andreas Christen

Andreas Christen

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
7754
World Ranking
7630
National Ranking
478

Andreas Christen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Christen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Andreas Christen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Christen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andreas Christen is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and contributes extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans key subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Building and Construction.

The scientist's work prominently addresses topics including Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Noise Effects and Management, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Tree-ring Climate Responses, and Wind and Air Flow Studies.

They have published papers in multiple recognized venues. Among the most frequent outlets are Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 9 publications, Urban Climate with 6 publications, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology with 4, Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft with 3, and Plant Biology with 2 papers.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Andreas Christen include:

  • "A multi-layer urban canopy meteorological model with trees (BEP-Tree): Street tree impacts on pedestrian-level climate," 2020, Urban Climate
  • "Direct observations of CO2 emission reductions due to COVID-19 lockdown across European urban districts," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Central European 2018 hot drought shifts scots pine forest to its tipping point," 2022, Plant Biology
  • "Evaluation and application of a low-cost measurement network to study intra-urban temperature differences during summer 2018 in Bern, Switzerland," 2021, Urban Climate
  • "Harmonized gap-filled datasets from 20 urban flux tower sites," 2022, Earth System Science Data

Their frequent collaborators include Markus Sulzer, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Sue Grimmond, Andreas Matzarakis, and Ben Crawford, reflecting a network of ongoing cooperation spanning various research projects.

Best Publications

  • Urban Climates by T. R. Oke

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  • Energy and radiation balance of a central European city

    Andreas Christen;Roland Vogt

  • BUBBLE - an urban boundary layer meteorology project

    Mathias Rotach;Mathias Rotach;Roland Vogt;Christian Bernhofer;E. Batchvarova

  • The energy balance experiment EBEX-2000. Part I: Overview and energy balance

    Steven P. Oncley;Thomas Foken;Roland Vogt;Wim Kohsiek

  • The Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS): Evaluation in Los Angeles and Vancouver

    L. Järvi;L. Järvi;C.S.B. Grimmond;A. Christen

  • Validation of modeled carbon-dioxide emissions from an urban neighborhood with direct eddy-covariance measurements

    A. Christen;N.C. Coops;B.R. Crawford;R. Kellett

  • A Multi-layer Radiation Model for Urban Neighbourhoods with Trees

    E. S. Krayenhoff;A. Christen;A. Martilli;T. R. Oke

  • A multi-layer urban canopy meteorological model with trees (BEP-Tree): Street tree impacts on pedestrian-level climate

    E. Scott Krayenhoff;Timothy Jiang;Andreas Christen;Alberto Martilli

  • Temporal dynamics of CO2 fluxes and profiles over a Central European city

    R. Vogt;A. Christen;M. W. Rotach;M. Roth

  • Spatial Characteristics of Roughness Sublayer Mean Flow and Turbulence Over a Realistic Urban Surface

    M. G. Giometto;A. Christen;C. Meneveau;Jiannong Fang

  • Five years of carbon dioxide fluxes measurements in a highly vegetated suburban area

    Ben Crawford;C.S.B. Grimmond;Andreas Christen

  • A systems approach to carbon cycling and emissions modeling at an urban neighborhood scale

    Ronald Kellett;Andreas Christen;Nicholas C. Coops;Michael van der Laan

  • Effects of trees on mean wind, turbulence and momentum exchange within and above a real urban environment

    M.G. Giometto;A. Christen;P.E. Egli;M.F. Schmid

  • Turbulence Structure and Exchange Processes in an Alpine Valley: The Riviera Project

    Mathias W. Rotach;Pierluigi Calanca;Giovanni Graziani;Joachim Gurtz

  • Parametrization of Drag and Turbulence for Urban Neighbourhoods with Trees

    E. S. Krayenhoff;J.-L. Santiago;A. Martilli;A. Christen

  • Coherent structures in urban roughness sublayer turbulence

    Andreas Christen;Eva van Gorsel;Roland Vogt

  • Direct observations of CO2 emission reductions due to COVID-19 lockdown across European urban districts

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  • Atmospheric measurement techniques to quantify greenhouse gas emissions from cities

    Andreas Christen

  • The Budget of Turbulent Kinetic Energy in the Urban Roughness Sublayer

    Andreas Christen;Mathias W. Rotach;Roland Vogt

  • Pollutant dispersion close to an urban surface – the BUBBLE tracer experiment

    M. W. Rotach;S.-E. Gryning;E. Batchvarova;A. Christen

  • The surface energy balance and the mixing height in urban areas—activities and recommendations of COST-Action 715

    Martin Piringer;Sylvain Joffre;Alexander Baklanov;Andreas Christen

  • TURBULENCE STRUCTURE AND EXCHANGE PROCESSES IN AN ALPINE VALLEY

    Mathias W. Rotach;Pierluigi Calanca;Giovanni Graziani;Joachim Gurtz

Frequent Co-Authors

Zoran Nesic
Zoran Nesic University of British Columbia
Nicholas C. Coops
Nicholas C. Coops University of British Columbia
James A. Voogt
James A. Voogt University of Western Ontario
Timothy R. Oke
Timothy R. Oke University of British Columbia
Rachhpal S. Jassal
Rachhpal S. Jassal University of British Columbia
Mathias W. Rotach
Mathias W. Rotach University of Innsbruck
Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange University of Rhode Island
Matthias Roth
Matthias Roth National University of Singapore
C. S. B. Grimmond
C. S. B. Grimmond University of Reading
T. A. Black
T. A. Black University of British Columbia

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