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Armin Wisthaler

Armin Wisthaler

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Environmental Sciences
Norway
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
81
Citations
19094
World Ranking
935
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Armin Wisthaler is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as Global and Planetary Change. They have contributed to interdisciplinary subfields including Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work centers on atmospheric chemistry and related environmental processes, with particular attention to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, and air quality and health impacts. Additional topics covered include atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and advanced chemical sensor technologies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Several notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Armin Wisthaler include:

  • Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes, 2021, Science Advances
  • Satellite isoprene retrievals constrain emissions and atmospheric oxidation, 2020, Nature
  • Characterization, sources and reactivity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Seoul and surrounding regions during KORUS-AQ, 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Comprehensive isoprene and terpene gas-phase chemistry improves simulated surface ozone in the southeastern US, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Nighttime and daytime dark oxidation chemistry in wildfire plumes: an observation and model analysis of FIREX-AQ aircraft data, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

In collaboration, Armin Wisthaler has frequently co-authored research with other scientists including Tomáš Mikoviny, Glenn S. Diskin, Felix Piel, D. R. Blake, and Pedro Campuzano-Jost.

Their scientific contributions have been published extensively with a focus on the chemical processes in the atmosphere, particularly involving volatile organic compounds, ozone formation, and the impact of wildfires on atmospheric chemistry. This work covers both observational and model-based studies aimed at improving understanding of air quality and related environmental factors.

Best Publications

  • Effects of aging on organic aerosol from open biomass burning smoke in aircraft and laboratory studies

    M. J. Cubison;M. J. Cubison;A. M. Ortega;A. M. Ortega;P. L. Hayes;P. L. Hayes;D. K. Farmer;D. K. Farmer

  • The molecular identification of organic compounds in the atmosphere : state of the art and challenges

    Barbara Nozière;Markus Kalberer;Magda Claeys;James Allan

  • Reactions of ozone with human skin lipids: Sources of carbonyls, dicarbonyls, and hydroxycarbonyls in indoor air

    Armin Wisthaler;Charles J. Weschler

  • Global budget of methanol : Constraints from atmospheric observations

    Daniel J. Jacob;Brendan D. Field;Qinbin Li;Qinbin Li;Donald R. Blake

  • Airborne measurements of western U.S. wildfire emissions: Comparison with prescribed burning and air quality implications

    Xiaoxi Liu;Xiaoxi Liu;Xiaoxi Liu;L. Gregory Huey;Robert J. Yokelson;Vanessa Selimovic

  • On-Line Monitoring of Microbial Volatile Metabolites by Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry

    Michael Bunge;Nooshin Araghipour;Tomas Mikoviny;Jürgen Dunkl

  • Boreal forest fire emissions in fresh Canadian smoke plumes: C 1 -C 10 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO 2 , CO, NO 2 , NO, HCN and CH 3 CN

    Isobel J. Simpson;S. K. Akagi;B. Barletta;N. J. Blake

  • Emissions of Black Carbon, Organic, and Inorganic Aerosols From Biomass Burning in North America and Asia in 2008

    Y. Kondo;H. Matsui;N. Moteki;L. Sahu;L. Sahu

  • Characterization of a real-time tracer for isoprene epoxydiols-derived secondary organic aerosol (IEPOX-SOA) from aerosol mass spectrometer measurements

    W. W. Hu;P. Campuzano-Jost;B. B. Palm;D. A. Day

  • Organic nitrate chemistry and its implications for nitrogen budgets in an isoprene- and monoterpene-rich atmosphere: constraints from aircraft (SEAC 4 RS) and ground-based (SOAS) observations in the Southeast US

    Jenny A. Fisher;Daniel J. Jacob;Katherine R. Travis;Patrick S. Kim

  • Nitrogen oxides and PAN in plumes from boreal fires during ARCTAS-B and their impact on ozone: an integrated analysis of aircraft and satellite observations

    M. J. Alvarado;J. A. Logan;J. Mao;E. Apel

  • Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes

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  • Ozone induced emissions of biogenic VOC from tobacco: relationships between ozone uptake and emission of LOX products

    Jonathan Beauchamp;Armin Wisthaler;Armin Hansel;Einhard Kleist

  • The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign

    Mary C. Barth;Christopher A. Cantrell;William H. Brune;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Ozone-initiated chemistry in an occupied simulated aircraft cabin.

    Charles J. Weschler;Armin Wisthaler;Shannon Cowlin;Gyöngyi Tamás

  • Eddy covariance flux measurements of biogenic VOCs during ECHO 2003 using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry

    C. Spirig;A. Neftel;C. Ammann;J. Dommen

  • Signatures of terminal alkene oxidation in airborne formaldehyde measurements during TexAQS 2000

    B. P. Wert;B. P. Wert;M. Trainer;A. Fried;T. B. Ryerson

  • Substantial Seasonal Contribution of Observed Biogenic Sulfate Particles to Cloud Condensation Nuclei

    Kevin J. Sanchez;Chia Li Chen;Lynn M. Russell;Raghu Betha

  • The North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES): Science Motive and Mission Overview

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Richard H. Moore;Chris A. Hostetler;Jason Graff

  • Products of ozone-initiated chemistry in a simulated aircraft environment

    Armin Wisthaler;Gyöngyi Tamás;David P. Wyon;Peter Strøm-Tejsen

  • Measured and modeled CO and NOy in DISCOVER-AQ: An evaluation of emissions and chemistry over the eastern US

    Daniel C. Anderson;Christopher P. Loughner;Christopher P. Loughner;Glenn Diskin;Andrew Weinheimer

  • New insights into the column CH2O/NO2 ratio as an indicator of near-surface ozone sensitivity

    Jason R. Schroeder;James H. Crawford;Alan Fried;James Walega

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Mikoviny
Tomas Mikoviny University of Oslo
Armin Hansel
Armin Hansel University of Innsbruck
Glenn S. Diskin
Glenn S. Diskin Langley Research Center
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology
Alan Fried
Alan Fried University of Colorado Boulder
John D. Crounse
John D. Crounse California Institute of Technology
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

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