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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
85
Citations
22760
World Ranking
759
National Ranking
48

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Andreas Petzold is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in atmospheric science and related fields. Their scientific work spans several domains including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, scientific computing and data management, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds. The main fields of study for the scientist include computer science, environmental science, and earth and planetary sciences.

Their research incorporates a range of subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Andreas Petzold has a publication record featuring multiple significant academic venues. They have published predominantly in:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Open Research Europe

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution" (2021), published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Ice-supersaturated air masses in the northern mid-latitudes from regular in situ observations by passenger aircraft: vertical distribution, seasonality and tropospheric fingerprint" (2020), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "The 2019 Raikoke volcanic eruption - Part 2: Particle-phase dispersion and concurrent wildfire smoke emissions" (2022), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "The effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on the composition of the troposphere as seen by In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System (IAGOS) at Frankfurt" (2021), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Upper-tropospheric slightly ice-subsaturated regions: frequency of occurrence and statistical evidence for the appearance of contrail cirrus" (2023), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Ulrich Bundke (18 publications)
  • Susanne Rohs (10 publications)
  • Marcel Berg (8 publications)
  • V. Thouret (7 publications)
  • Patrick Weber (7 publications)

Research topics prominently addressed by the scientist cover:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for reporting "black carbon" measurements

    Andreas Petzold;John A. Ogren;Markus Fiebig;Pablo Laj

  • The aerosol-climate model ECHAM5-HAM

    P. Stier;J. Feichter;S. Kinne;S. Kloster

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

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

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Aviation

    D.S. Lee;G. Pitari;Volker Grewe;Klaus Martin Gierens

  • Multi-angle absorption photometry—a new method for the measurement of aerosol light absorption and atmospheric black carbon

    Andreas Petzold;Markus Schönlinner

  • Minimizing light absorption measurement artifacts of the Aethalometer: evaluation of five correction algorithms

    M. Collaud Coen;E. Weingartner;A. Apituley;D. Ceburnis

  • Size distribution, mass concentration, chemical and mineralogical composition and derived optical parameters of the boundary layer aerosol at Tinfou, Morocco, during SAMUM 2006

    K. Kandler;L. Schütz;C. Deutscher;M. Ebert

  • Recent progress in understanding physical and chemical properties of African and Asian mineral dust

    P. Formenti;L. Schütz;Y. Balkanski;K. Desboeufs

  • Global-scale atmosphere monitoring by in-service aircraft – current achievements and future prospects of the European Research Infrastructure IAGOS

    Andreas Petzold;Valerie Thouret;Christoph Gerbig;Andreas Zahn

  • Characterization and intercomparison of aerosol absorption photometers: result of two intercomparison workshops

    T. Müller;J.S. Henzing;G. De Leeuw;G. De Leeuw;G. De Leeuw;A. Wiedensohler

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • An Inter-Comparison of Instruments Measuring Black Carbon Content of Soot Particles

    Jay G. Slowik;Eben S. Cross;Jeong-Ho Han;Paul Davidovits

  • Aerosol classification by airborne high spectral resolution lidar observations

    Silke Groß;Michael Esselborn;Michael Esselborn;Bernadett Weinzierl;Martin Wirth

  • Evaluation of Multiangle Absorption Photometry for Measuring Aerosol Light Absorption

    Andreas Petzold;Herbert Schloesser;Patrick J. Sheridan;W. Patrick Arnott

  • Saharan Mineral Dust Experiments SAMUM-1 and SAMUM-2 : what have we learned?

    Albert Ansmann;Andreas Petzold;Konrad Kandler;Ina Tegen

  • The dependence of the specific attenuation cross-section on black carbon mass fraction and particle size

    A. Petzold;C. Kopp;R. Niessner

  • Airborne measurements of dust layer properties, particle size distribution and mixing state of Saharan dust during SAMUM 2006

    Bernadett Weinzierl;Andreas Petzold;Michael Esselborn;Martin Wirth

  • Experimental studies on particle emissions from cruising ship, their characteristic properties, transformation and atmospheric lifetime in the marine boundary layer

    Andreas Petzold;Jan Hasselbach;Peter Lauer;Robert Baumann

  • 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 Reno Aerosol Optics Study: An Evaluation of Aerosol Absorption Measurement Methods

    Patrick J. Sheridan;W. Patrick Arnott;John A. Ogren;Elisabeth Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Minikin
Andreas Minikin German Aerospace Center
Markus Fiebig
Markus Fiebig Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Bernadett Weinzierl
Bernadett Weinzierl University of Vienna
Ulrich Schumann
Ulrich Schumann German Aerospace Center
Hans Schlager
Hans Schlager German Aerospace Center
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Jean-François Gayet
Jean-François Gayet University of Clermont Auvergne
Martina Krämer
Martina Krämer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ernest Weingartner
Ernest Weingartner University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Konrad Kandler
Konrad Kandler Technical University of Darmstadt

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