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Birgit Heese publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgit Heese sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 76 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Birgit Heese D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Birgit Heese sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Birgit Heese is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and primarily works in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Aerospace Engineering, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques

Among recent publications by Birgit Heese are:

  • "Californian Wildfire Smoke Over Europe: A First Example of the Aerosol Observing Capabilities of Aeolus Compared to Ground-Based Lidar" (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Validation of Aeolus wind products above the Atlantic Ocean" (2020), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "DeLiAn - a growing collection of depolarization ratio, lidar ratio and Ångström exponent for different aerosol types and mixtures from ground-based lidar observations" (2023), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Impact of aerosol layering, complex aerosol mixing, and cloud coverage on high-resolution MAIAC aerosol optical depth measurements: Fusion of lidar, AERONET, satellite, and ground-based measurements" (2021), published in Atmospheric Environment
  • "Variability of the Boundary Layer Over an Urban Continental Site Based on 10 Years of Active Remote Sensing Observations in Warsaw" (2020), published in Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors in Birgit Heese's body of work include:

  • Holger Baars
  • Dietrich Althausen
  • Ronny Engelmann
  • Albert Ansmann
  • Julian Hofer

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

  • Depolarization ratio profiling at several wavelengths in pure Saharan dust during SAMUM 2006.

    Volker Freudenthaler;Michael Esselborn;Matthias Wiegner;Birgit Heese

  • The automated multiwavelength Raman polarization and water-vapor lidar Polly XT : the neXT generation

    Ronny Engelmann;Thomas Kanitz;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • An overview of the first decade of Polly NET : an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

    Holger Baars;Thomas Kanitz;Thomas Kanitz;Ronny Engelmann;Dietrich Althausen

  • Vertical profiling of Saharan dust with Raman lidars and airborne HSRL in southern Morocco during SAMUM

    Matthias Tesche;Albert Ansmann;Detlef Müller;Dietrich Althausen

  • Overview of the Dust and Biomass-burning Experiment and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observing Period-0

    Jim M. Haywood;Jacques Pelon;Paola Formenti;N. A. Bharmal

  • Influence of Saharan dust on cloud glaciation in southern Morocco during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment

    A. Ansmann;M. Tesche;D. Althausen;D. Müller

  • Portable Raman Lidar Polly XT for Automated Profiling of Aerosol Backscatter, Extinction, and Depolarization

    Dietrich Althausen;Ronny Engelmann;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • Ceilometer lidar comparison: backscatter coefficient retrieval and signal-to-noise ratio determination

    B. Heese;H. Flentje;D. Althausen;A. Ansmann

  • Quantification of the transport of chemical constituents from the polar vortex to midlatitudes in the lower stratosphere using the high-resolution advection model MIMOSA and effective diffusivity

    Alain Hauchecorne;Sophie Godin;Marion Marchand;Birgit Heese

  • Aerosol profiling with lidar in the Amazon Basin during the wet and dry season

    H. Baars;A. Ansmann;D. Althausen;R. Engelmann

  • Vertical distribution and radiative effects of mineral dust and biomass burning aerosol over West Africa during DABEX

    B. T. Johnson;B. Heese;S. A. McFarlane;P. Chazette

  • The unprecedented 2017–2018 stratospheric smoke event: decay phase and aerosol properties observed with the EARLINET

    Holger Baars;Albert Ansmann;Kevin Ohneiser;Moritz Haarig

  • Slant column measurements of O3 and NO2 during the NDSC intercomparison of zenith-sky UV-visible spectrometers in June 1996

    H. K. Roscoe;P. V. Johnston;M. Van Roozendael;A. Richter

  • Californian Wildfire Smoke Over Europe: A First Example of the Aerosol Observing Capabilities of Aeolus Compared to Ground‐Based Lidar

    Holger Baars;Martin Radenz;Athena Augusta Floutsi;Ronny Engelmann

  • Mineral dust observed with AERONET Sun photometer, Raman lidar, and in situ instruments during SAMUM 2006 : Shape-dependent particle properties

    Detlef Müller;Detlef Müller;Albert Ansmann;Volker Freudenthaler;Konrad Kandler

  • Spectral surface albedo over Morocco and its impact on radiative forcing of Saharan dust

    Eike Bierwirth;Eike Bierwirth;Eike Bierwirth;Manfred Wendisch;Manfred Wendisch;André Ehrlich;André Ehrlich;Birgit Heese;Birgit Heese

  • Numerical simulations of optical properties of Saharan dust aerosols with emphasis on lidar applications

    M. Wiegner;J. Gasteiger;K. Kandler;Bernadett Weinzierl

  • Mixing layer height over Munich, Germany: Variability and comparisons of different methodologies

    Matthias Wiegner;Stefan Emeis;Volker Freudenthaler;Birgit Heese

  • Vertical aerosol profiles from Raman polarization lidar observations during the dry season AMMA field campaign

    Birgit Heese;Birgit Heese;Matthias Wiegner

  • Long-term study on coarse mode aerosols in the Amazon rain forest with the frequent intrusion of Saharan dust plumes

    Daniel Moran-Zuloaga;Florian Ditas;David Walter;Jorge Saturno;Jorge Saturno

  • Validation of Aeolus wind products above the Atlantic Ocean

    Holger Baars;Alina Herzog;Alina Herzog;Birgit Heese;Kevin Ohneiser;Kevin Ohneiser

  • Quantification of the transport of chemical constituents from the polar vortex to midlatitudes in the lower stratosphere using the high-resolution advection model MIMOSA and effective diffusivity : SAGE III-Ozone Loss Validation Experiment and Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone-2000 (SOLVE/THESEO)

    Alain Hauchecorne;Sophie Godin;Marion Marchand;Birgit Heese

Frequent Co-Authors

Dietrich Althausen
Dietrich Althausen Leibniz Association
Holger Baars
Holger Baars Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Ronny Engelmann
Ronny Engelmann Leibniz Association
Albert Ansmann
Albert Ansmann Leibniz Association
Matthias Tesche
Matthias Tesche Leipzig University
Detlef Müller
Detlef Müller University of Hertfordshire
Matthias Wiegner
Matthias Wiegner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ina Mattis
Ina Mattis German Meteorological Service
Volker Freudenthaler
Volker Freudenthaler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mika Komppula
Mika Komppula Finnish Meteorological Institute

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