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Andreas Hofzumahaus

Andreas Hofzumahaus

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
61
Citations
13051
World Ranking
2782
National Ranking
185

Overview

Andreas Hofzumahaus is affiliated with the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. The core of their research focuses on atmospheric science, particularly atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, with significant work also concerning atmospheric ozone and climate dynamics.

Their publication record includes contributions to key topics such as air quality and health impacts, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality monitoring and forecasting, spectroscopy and laser applications, and photochemistry and electron transfer studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hofzumahaus include Hendrik Fuchs, Andreas Wahner, Franz Röhrer, Astrid Kiendler-Scharr, and Anna Novelli.

Hofzumahaus has published extensively in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Among recent research publications attributed to Hofzumahaus's group or collaborations are:

  • No Evidence for a Significant Impact of Heterogeneous Chemistry on Radical Concentrations in the North China Plain in Summer 2014, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Importance of isomerization reactions for OH radical regeneration from the photo-oxidation of isoprene investigated in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Uptake of Water-soluble Gas-phase Oxidation Products Drives Organic Particulate Pollution in Beijing, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Experimental and theoretical study on the impact of a nitrate group on the chemistry of alkoxy radicals, 2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Comparison of formaldehyde measurements by Hantzsch, CRDS and DOAS in the SAPHIR chamber, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques

Hofzumahaus's research spans broad fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on subfields including atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and spectroscopy.

This body of work collectively addresses fundamental processes influencing atmosphere composition and chemistry, reaction mechanisms relevant to air pollutants and radical chemistry, as well as measurement techniques used to observe key atmospheric species in both laboratory and field environments.

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

    P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

  • Amplified trace gas removal in the troposphere.

    Andreas Hofzumahaus;Franz Rohrer;Keding Lu;Keding Lu;Birger Bohn

  • Rapid aerosol particle growth and increase of cloud condensation nucleus activity by secondary aerosol formation and condensation: A case study for regional air pollution in northeastern China

    A. Wiedensohler;Y. F. Cheng;A. Nowak;B. Wehner

  • Daytime formation of nitrous acid: A major source of OH radicals in a forest

    Jörg Kleffmann;Traian Gavriloaiei;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Frank Holland

  • OH formation by HONO photolysis during the BERLIOZ experiment

    B. Alicke;A. Geyer;A. Geyer;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Holland

  • Observation and modelling of OH and HO 2 concentrations in the Pearl River Delta 2006: a missing OH source in a VOC rich atmosphere

    K. D. Lu;K. D. Lu;F. Rohrer;F. Holland;H. Fuchs

  • Radical chemistry at a rural site (Wangdu) in the North China Plain: observation and model calculations of OH, HO 2 and RO 2 radicals

    Zhaofeng Tan;Hendrik Fuchs;Keding Lu;Andreas Hofzumahaus

  • Wintertime photochemistry in Beijing: observations of RO x radical concentrations in the North China Plain during the BEST-ONE campaign

    Zhaofeng Tan;Zhaofeng Tan;Franz Rohrer;Keding Lu;Xuefei Ma

  • Atmospheric OH reactivities in the Pearl River Delta – China in summer 2006: measurement and model results

    S. Lou;S. Lou;F. Holland;F. Rohrer;K. Lu;K. Lu

  • Missing OH source in a suburban environment near Beijing: observed and modelled OH and HO 2 concentrations in summer 2006

    K. D. Lu;K. D. Lu;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Holland;B. Bohn

  • Measurements of OH and HO2 radical concentrations and photolysis frequencies during BERLIOZ

    Frank Holland;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Jürgen Schäfer;Alexander Kraus;Alexander Kraus

  • Exploring the atmospheric chemistry of nitrous acid (HONO) at a rural site in Southern China

    X. Li;T. Brauers;R. Häseler;B. Bohn

  • Fast Photochemistry in Wintertime Haze: Consequences for Pollution Mitigation Strategies

    Keding Lu;Hendrik Fuchs;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Zhaofeng Tan

  • Atmospheric hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides during PRIDE-PRD'06, China: their concentration, formation mechanism and contribution to secondary aerosols

    W. Hua;Z. M. Chen;C. Y. Jie;Y. Kondo

  • Missing gas-phase source of HONO inferred from Zeppelin measurements in the troposphere.

    Xin Li;Franz Rohrer;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Theo Brauers

  • Detection of HO 2 by laser-induced fluorescence: calibration and interferences from RO 2 radicals

    H. Fuchs;B. Bohn;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Holland

  • Experimental budgets of OH, HO 2 , and RO 2 radicals and implications for ozone formation in the Pearl River Delta in China 2014

    Zhaofeng Tan;Zhaofeng Tan;Keding Lu;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Hendrik Fuchs

  • Experimental evidence for efficient hydroxyl radical regeneration in isoprene oxidation

    H. Fuchs;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Rohrer;B. Bohn

  • The South Asian monsoon-pollution pump and purifier.

    Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld;Efstratios Bourtsoukidis;Christoph Brühl;Horst Fischer

  • Oxidant (O3 + NO2) production processes and formation regimes in Beijing

    Keding Lu;Yuanhang Zhang;Hang Su;Theo Brauers

  • Correction to “Oxidant (O3+NO2) production processes and formation regimes in Beijing”

    Keding Lu;Yuanhang Zhang;Hang Su;Theo Brauers

  • OH formation by HONO photolysis during the BERLIOZ experiment : Photochemistry experiment in BERLIOZ (PHOEBE)

    B. Alicke;A. Geyer;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Holland

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Holland
Frank Holland Forschungszentrum Jülich
Andreas Wahner
Andreas Wahner Forschungszentrum Jülich
Franz Rohrer
Franz Rohrer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hendrik Fuchs
Hendrik Fuchs Forschungszentrum Jülich
Keding Lu
Keding Lu Peking University
Birger Bohn
Birger Bohn Forschungszentrum Jülich
Xin Li
Xin Li Peking University
Ralf Tillmann
Ralf Tillmann Forschungszentrum Jülich
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr Forschungszentrum Jülich
Theo Brauers
Theo Brauers Forschungszentrum Jülich

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