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Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
65
Citations
17714
World Ranking
2177
National Ranking
147

Overview

Astrid Kiendler-Scharr is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and specializes in research relating to atmospheric sciences and environmental science.

Their work primarily focuses on key topics such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Kiendler-Scharr's main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, demonstrating a broad approach to understanding atmospheric processes and their environmental effects.

Their research spans several subfields, notably:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

The scientist's frequent collaborations highlight involvement with colleagues such as Andreas Wahner, Hendrik Fuchs, Ralf Tillmann, Franz Röhrer, and Thorsten Hohaus. These partnerships emphasize a collaborative research environment in atmospheric chemistry and related disciplines.

Kiendler-Scharr has published extensively in several key scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Kiendler-Scharr include:

  • "The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution," 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Multi-generation OH oxidation as a source for highly oxygenated organic molecules from aromatics," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Ubiquitous atmospheric production of organic acids mediated by cloud droplets," 2021, Nature
  • "Mutual promotion between aerosol particle liquid water and particulate nitrate enhancement leads to severe nitrate-dominated particulate matter pollution and low visibility," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "No Evidence for a Significant Impact of Heterogeneous Chemistry on Radical Concentrations in the North China Plain in Summer 2014," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

    Mattias Hallquist;J. C. Wenger;U. Baltensperger;Y. Rudich

  • Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

    Nga Lee Ng;Steven S. Brown;Steven S. Brown;Alexander T. Archibald;Elliot Atlas

  • Secondary organic aerosol reduced by mixture of atmospheric vapours

    Gordon McFiggans;Thomas F. Mentel;Juergen Wildt;Iida Pullinen;Iida Pullinen

  • Organic aerosol components derived from 25 AMS data sets across Europe using a consistent ME-2 based source apportionment approach

    M. Crippa;F. Canonaco;V.A. Lanz;M. Äijälä

  • 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

  • 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

  • Aging of biogenic secondary organic aerosol via gas-phase OH radical reactions

    Neil M. Donahue;Kaytlin M. Henry;Thomas F. Mentel;Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

  • New particle formation in forests inhibited by isoprene emissions.

    Astrid Kiendler-Scharr;Juergen Wildt;Miikka Dal Maso;Thorsten Hohaus

  • Organic nitrate and secondary organic aerosol yield from NO 3 oxidation of β-pinene evaluated using a gas-phase kinetics/aerosol partitioning model

    J. L. Fry;A. Kiendler-Scharr;A. W. Rollins;P. J. Wooldridge

  • Ubiquity of organic nitrates from nighttime chemistry in the European submicron aerosol

    A. Kiendler-Scharr;A. A. Mensah;A. A. Mensah;E. Friese;David Topping

  • Temperature dependence of yields of secondary organic aerosols from the ozonolysis of α -pinene and limonene

    H. Saathoff;K.-H. Naumann;O. Möhler;Å. M. Jonsson

  • Isoprene oxidation by nitrate radical: alkyl nitrate and secondary organic aerosol yields

    A. W. Rollins;A. Kiendler-Scharr;J. L. Fry;J. L. Fry;T. Brauers

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

    Keding Lu;Hendrik Fuchs;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Zhaofeng Tan

  • On the reactive uptake of gaseous compounds by organic-coated aqueous aerosols: theoretical analysis and application to the heterogeneous hydrolysis of N2O5.

    Tatu Anttila;Astrid Kiendler-Scharr;Ralf Tillmann;Thomas F. Mentel

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

    Xin Li;Franz Rohrer;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Theo Brauers

  • Effectiveness of ammonia reduction on control of fine particle nitrate

    Hongyu Guo;Rene Otjes;Patrick Schlag;Patrick Schlag;Patrick Schlag;Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

  • The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution: A critical review and recommendations

    G. I. Gkatzelis;J. B. Gilman;S. S. Brown;H. Eskes

  • 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

  • Effects of NO x and SO 2 on the secondary organic aerosol formation from photooxidation of α -pinene and limonene

    Defeng Zhao;Sebastian H. Schmitt;Mingjin Wang;Mingjin Wang;Ismail-Hakki Acir;Ismail-Hakki Acir

  • Atmospheric nucleation: highlights of the EUCAARI project and future directions

    V.-M. Kerminen;V.-M. Kerminen;T. Petäjä;H. E. Manninen;P. Paasonen

  • Photochemical production of aerosols from real plant emissions

    Th. F. Mentel;J. Wildt;A. Kiendler-Scharr;E. Kleist

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Tillmann
Ralf Tillmann Forschungszentrum Jülich
Andreas Wahner
Andreas Wahner Forschungszentrum Jülich
Thomas F. Mentel
Thomas F. Mentel Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hendrik Fuchs
Hendrik Fuchs Forschungszentrum Jülich
Franz Rohrer
Franz Rohrer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Andreas Hofzumahaus
Andreas Hofzumahaus Forschungszentrum Jülich
Birger Bohn
Birger Bohn Forschungszentrum Jülich
Frank Holland
Frank Holland Forschungszentrum Jülich
Xin Li
Xin Li Peking University
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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