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Andreas Zahn is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The scientist's work covers various topics including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality

Key recent publications by Andreas Zahn include:

  • "Cleaner Skies during the COVID-19 Lockdown" (2022), published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Aircraft-based observation of meteoric material in lower-stratospheric aerosol particles between 15 and 68° N" (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Internal consistency of the IAGOS ozone and carbon monoxide measurements for the last 25 years" (2021), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Overview: On the transport and transformation of pollutants in the outflow of major population centres - observational data from the EMeRGe European intensive operational period in summer 2017" (2022), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Isoprene nitrates drive new particle formation in Amazon's upper troposphere" (2024), published in Nature

They have frequently published in specific venues including:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Anliegen Natur
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Florian Obersteiner
  • Helmut Ziereis
  • Jos Lelieveld
  • Johannes Schneider
  • Peter Hoor

Best Publications

  • Earth System Chemistry integrated Modelling (ESCiMo) with the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy) version 2.51

    Patrick Jöckel;Holger Tost;Andrea Pozzer;Markus Kunze

  • 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

  • Civil Aircraft for the regular investigation of the atmosphere based on an instrumented container: The new CARIBIC system

    C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;P. J. Crutzen;F. Boumard;T. Dauer

  • 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 South Asian monsoon-pollution pump and purifier.

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

  • Strong impact of wildfires on the abundance and aging of black carbon in the lowermost stratosphere

    Jeannine Ditas;Jeannine Ditas;Nan Ma;Nan Ma;Yuxuan Zhang;Denise Assmann

  • A fast and precise chemiluminescence ozone detector for eddy flux and airborne application

    A. Zahn;J. Weppner;H. Widmann;K. Schlote-Holubek

  • Significant radiative impact of volcanic aerosol in the lowermost stratosphere

    Sandra M. Andersson;Bengt G. Martinsson;Jean-Paul Vernier;Johan Friberg

  • Cleaner skies during the COVID-19 lockdown

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  • Volatile organic compound emissions from the oil and natural gas industry in the Uintah Basin, Utah: oil and gas well pad emissions compared to ambient air composition

    C. Warneke;C. Warneke;F. Geiger;P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;W. Dube;W. Dube

  • Fast transport from Southeast Asia boundary layer sources to northern Europe: rapid uplift in typhoons and eastward eddy shedding of the Asian monsoon anticyclone

    B. Vogel;G. Günther;R. Müller;J.-U. Grooß

  • Ectoparasite load in European vespertilionid bats

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  • Reproductive success, colony size and roost temperature in attic‐dwelling bat Myotis myotis

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  • Mitigating the Climate Impact from Aviation: Achievements and Results of the DLR WeCare Project

    Volker Grewe;Katrin Dahlmann;Jan Flink;Christine Frömming

  • Meridional distributions of aerosol particle number concentrations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere obtained by Civil Aircraft for Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container (CARIBIC) flights

    M. Hermann;J. Heintzenberg;A. Wiedensohler;A. Zahn

  • Greenhouse gas relationships in the Indian summer monsoon plume measured by the CARIBIC passenger aircraft

    T. J. Schuck;C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;A. K. Baker;F. Slemr

  • Long-range transport pathways of tropospheric source gases originating in Asia into the northern lower stratosphere during the Asian monsoon season 2012

    Bärbel Vogel;Gebhard Günther;Rolf Müller;Jens-Uwe Grooß

  • Modelling the budget of middle atmospheric water vapour isotopes

    A. Zahn;P. Franz;P. Franz;C. Bechtel;J.-U. Grooß

  • Atmospheric observations show accurate reporting and little growth in India’s methane emissions

    Anita L. Ganesan;Matt Rigby;Mark F. Lunt;Robert J. Parker

  • Greenhouse gas analysis of air samples collected onboard the CARIBIC passenger aircraft

    T. J. Schuck;C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;F. Slemr;I. Xueref-Remy

  • Emissions of gaseous mercury from biomass burning in South America in 2005 observed during CARIBIC flights

    R. Ebinghaus;F. Slemr;C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;P. van Velthoven

  • Identification of extratropical two‐way troposphere‐stratosphere mixing based on CARIBIC measurements of O3, CO, and ultrafine particles

    A. Zahn;C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;M. Maiss;D. H. Scharffe

  • Budgets of O3 and CO in the upper troposphere: CARIBIC passenger aircraft results 1997–2001

    A. Zahn;C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;W. A. H. Asman;P. J. Crutzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer
Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Hans Schlager
Hans Schlager German Aerospace Center
Peter Hoor
Peter Hoor Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
P. F. J. van Velthoven
P. F. J. van Velthoven Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Christiane Voigt
Christiane Voigt German Aerospace Center
Martina Krämer
Martina Krämer Forschungszentrum Jülich
David E. Oram
David E. Oram University of East Anglia
Klaus Pfeilsticker
Klaus Pfeilsticker Heidelberg University
Ralf Ebinghaus
Ralf Ebinghaus Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Herbert Fischer
Herbert Fischer Max Planck Society

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