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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
64
Citations
13744
World Ranking
2336
National Ranking
159

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Birgit Wehner is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their research primarily focuses on the following fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Speech and Hearing

The main topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Atmosphere
  • Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Birgit Wehner has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Thomas Tuch
  • Martin Gysel-Beer
  • Astrid Lampert
  • Urs Baltensperger
  • Laurent Poulain

Significant recent papers authored by or involving Birgit Wehner include:

  • Unmanned Aerial Systems for Investigating the Polar Atmospheric Boundary Layer-Technical Challenges and Examples of Applications, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Particle Mass Concentrations and Number Size Distributions in 40 Homes in Germany: Indoor-to-Outdoor Relationships, Diurnal and Seasonal Variation, 2020, Aerosol and Air Quality Research
  • Overview: Integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments (iCUPE) - concept and initial results, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Variability in the mass absorption cross section of black carbon (BC) aerosols is driven by BC internal mixing state at a central European background site (Melpitz, Germany) in winter, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Observations of Aerosol, Cloud, Turbulence, and Radiation Properties at the Top of the Marine Boundary Layer over the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean: The ACORES Campaign, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Best Publications

  • A European aerosol phenomenology—1: physical characteristics of particulate matter at kerbside, urban, rural and background sites in Europe

    Rita Van Dingenen;Frank Raes;Jean-P Putaud;Urs Baltensperger

  • Mobility particle size spectrometers: harmonization of technical standards and data structure to facilitate high quality long-term observations of atmospheric particle number size distributions

    A. Wiedensohler;W. Birmili;A. Nowak;A. Sonntag

  • Rapid aerosol particle growth and increase of cloud condensation nucleus activity by secondary aerosol formation and condensation: A case study for regional air pollution in northeastern China

    A. Wiedensohler;Y. F. Cheng;A. Nowak;B. Wehner

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere

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  • Absorption amplification of black carbon internally mixed with secondary organic aerosol

    M. Schnaiter;C. Linke;O. Möhler;K.-H. Naumann

  • Long term measurements of submicrometer urban aerosols: statistical analysis for correlations with meteorological conditions and trace gases

    B. Wehner;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

  • The effect of particle size on cardiovascular disorders--the smaller the worse.

    Ulrich Franck;Siad Odeh;Alfred Wiedensohler;Birgit Wehner

  • Particle number size distribution in the urban atmosphere of Beijing, China

    Zhijun Wu;Min Hu;Peng Lin;Shang Liu

  • Particle number size distributions in a street canyon and their transformation into the urban-air background: measurements and a simple model study

    Birgit Wehner;Wolfram Birmili;Thomas Gnauk;Alfred Wiedensohler

  • New particle formation in Beijing, China: Statistical analysis of a 1‐year data set

    Zhijun Wu;Min Hu;Shang Liu;Birgit Wehner

  • Design and calibration of a thermodenuder with an improved heating unit to measure the size-dependent volatile fraction of aerosol particles

    B. Wehner;S. Philippin;A. Wiedensohler

  • Variability of the aerosol number size distribution in Beijing, China: New particle formation, dust storms, and high continental background

    B. Wehner;A. Wiedensohler;T. M. Tuch;Z. J. Wu

  • Cloud condensation nuclei in polluted air and biomass burning smoke near the mega-city Guangzhou, China – Part 2: Size-resolved aerosol chemical composition, diurnal cycles, and externally mixed weakly CCN-active soot particles

    D. Rose;S. S. Gunthe;H. Su;R. M. Garland

  • Measuring atmospheric composition change

    Paolo Laj;J. Klausen;M. Bilde;C. Plaß-Duelmer

  • Characteristics of aerosol size distributions and new particle formation in the summer in Beijing

    Dingli Yue;Min Hu;Zhijun Wu;Zhibin Wang

  • The contribution of sulfuric acid and non-volatile compounds on the growth of freshly formed atmospheric aerosols

    B. Wehner;T. Petäjä;M. Boy;M. Boy;C. Engler

  • First long-term study of particle number size distributions and new particle formation events of regional aerosol in the North China Plain

    X. J. Shen;J. Y. Sun;Y. M. Zhang;B. Wehner

  • Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)3 Project

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  • Atmospheric number size distributions of soot particles and estimation of emission factors

    D. Rose;B. Wehner;M. Ketzel;C. Engler

  • Aerosol number size distribution and new particle formation at a rural/coastal site in Pearl River Delta (PRD) of China

    Shang Liu;Min Hu;Zhijun Wu;Birgit Wehner

  • Primary versus secondary contributions to particle number concentrations in the European boundary layer

    C. L. Reddington;K. S. Carslaw;D. V. Spracklen;M. G. Frontoso

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Wolfram Birmili
Wolfram Birmili German Environment Agency
Yafang Cheng
Yafang Cheng Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Thomas Tuch
Thomas Tuch Leibniz Association
Zhijun Wu
Zhijun Wu Peking University
Gerald Spindler
Gerald Spindler Leibniz Association
Hang Su
Hang Su Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Ulrich Pöschl
Ulrich Pöschl Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Min Hu
Min Hu Peking University

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