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Andreas Dörnbrack

Andreas Dörnbrack

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
10016
World Ranking
3519
National Ranking
242

Andreas Dörnbrack 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 Dörnbrack sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 227 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andreas Dörnbrack 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 Dörnbrack sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Andreas Dörnbrack is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric sciences and related environmental fields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

More specialized subfields they have contributed to are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

Their research topics span a range of atmospheric and climate-related phenomena:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Wind Energy Research and Development

Frequently publishing in the following venues, Andreas Dörnbrack has multiple papers in:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "SOUTHTRAC-GW: An Airborne Field Campaign to Explore Gravity Wave Dynamics at the World's Strongest Hotspot," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Secondary Gravity Waves Generated by Breaking Mountain Waves Over Europe," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Cleaner Skies during the COVID-19 Lockdown," 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Aviation Contrail Cirrus and Radiative Forcing Over Europe During 6 Months of COVID-19," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Powering aircraft with 100% sustainable aviation fuel reduces ice crystals in contrails," 2024, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Markus Rapp
  • Bernd Kaifler
  • Natalie Kaifler
  • U. Schumann
  • Sonja Gisinger

Best Publications

  • Support for the Lunar Cataclysm Hypothesis from Lunar Meteorite Impact Melt Ages

    B. A. Cohen;T. D. Swindle;D. A. Kring

  • Space-based measurements of stratospheric mountain waves by CRISTA 1. Sensitivity, analysis method, and a case study

    Peter Preusse;Andreas Dörnbrack;Stephen D. Eckermann;Martin Riese

  • Nitric Acid Trihydrate (NAT) in Polar Stratospheric Clouds

    Christiane Voigt;Jochen Schreiner;Andreas Kohlmann;Peter Zink

  • Increased stratospheric ozone depletion due to mountain-induced atmospheric waves

    Kenneth S. Carslaw;Martin Wirth;A. Tsias;B.P. Luo

  • How sharp is the tropopause at midlatitudes

    Thomas Birner;Andreas Dörnbrack;Ulrich Schumann

  • Saharan dust absorption and refractive index from aircraft‐based observations during SAMUM 2006

    Andreas Petzold;Katharina Rasp;Bernadett Weinzierl;Michael Esselborn

  • ML-CIRRUS : The airborne experiment on natural cirrus and contrail cirrus with the high-altitude long-range research aircraft HALO

    Christiane Voigt;Ulrich Schumann;Andreas Minikin;Ahmed Abdelmonem

  • The deep propagating gravity wave experiment (deepwave): an airborne and ground-based exploration of gravity wave propagation and effects from their sources throughout the lower and middle atmosphere

    David C. Fritts;Ronald B. Smith;Michael J. Taylor;James D. Doyle

  • Particle microphysics and chemistry in remotely observed mountain polar stratospheric clouds

    Kenneth S. Carslaw;Martin Wirth;A. Tsias;B.P. Luo

  • The North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

    Andreas Schäfler;George Craig;Heini Wernli;Philippe Arbogast

  • Nitric Acid Trihydrate (NAT) formation at low NAT supersaturation in Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs)

    C. Voigt;H. Schlager;B. P. Luo;A. Dörnbrack

  • Turbulent boundary-layer flow over fixed aerodynamically rough two-dimensional sinusoidal waves

    W. Gong;Peter A. Taylor;Andreas Dörnbrack

  • Does Strong Tropospheric Forcing Cause Large-Amplitude Mesospheric Gravity Waves? A DEEPWAVE Case Study

    Martina Bramberger;Andreas Dörnbrack;Katrina Bossert;Benedikt Ehard

  • The 2009–2010 Arctic polar stratospheric cloud season: a CALIPSO perspective

    M. C. Pitts;L. R. Poole;A. Dörnbrack;L. W. Thomason

  • Evidence for inertia gravity waves forming polar stratospheric clouds over Scandinavia

    Andreas Dörnbrack;Thomas Birner;Andreas Fix;Harald Flentje

  • In-situ observations of young contrails - overview and selected results from the CONCERT campaign

    C. Voigt;C. Voigt;U. Schumann;T. Jurkat;D. Schäuble;D. Schäuble

  • Cleaner skies during the COVID-19 lockdown

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  • Targeted Observations with an Airborne Wind Lidar

    Martin Weissmann;Reinhold Busen;Andreas Dörnbrack;Stephan Rahm

  • Turbulent mixing by breaking gravity waves

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  • SOUTHTRAC-GW: An airborne field campaign to explore gravity wave dynamics at the world’s strongest hotspot

    Markus Rapp;Bernd Kaifler;Andreas Dörnbrack;Sonja Gisinger

  • Entrainment in Cumulus Clouds: What Resolution is Cloud-Resolving?

    George C. Craig;Andreas Dörnbrack

  • Mountain-wave-induced record low stratospheric temperatures above northern Scandinavia

    Andreas Dörnbrack;Martin Leutbecher;Rigel Kivi;Esko Kyrö

  • Mountain wave PSC dynamics and microphysics from ground-based lidar measurements and meteorological modeling

    J. Reichardt;J. Reichardt;J. Reichardt;A. Dörnbrack;S. Reichardt;S. Reichardt;P. Yang

  • Evidence for inertia gravity waves forming polar stratospheric clouds over Scandinavia : SAGE III-Ozone Loss Validation Experiment and Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone-2000 (SOLVE/THESEO)

    Andreas Dörnbrack;Thomas Birner;Andreas Fix;Harald Flentje

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Rapp
Markus Rapp German Aerospace Center
Christiane Voigt
Christiane Voigt German Aerospace Center
Ulrich Schumann
Ulrich Schumann German Aerospace Center
James D. Doyle
James D. Doyle United States Naval Research Laboratory
Stephen D. Eckermann
Stephen D. Eckermann United States Naval Research Laboratory
Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University
Hans Schlager
Hans Schlager German Aerospace Center
David C. Fritts
David C. Fritts G & A Technical Software (United States)
Manfred Wendisch
Manfred Wendisch Leipzig University
Peter Preusse
Peter Preusse Forschungszentrum Jülich

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