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Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer

Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer

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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
71
Citations
16132
World Ranking
1613
National Ranking
112

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric science, particularly in the fields of earth and planetary sciences and environmental science.

Their work spans several subfields, including atmospheric science, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and automotive engineering.

The main topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer include:

  • Investigating stratospheric changes between 2009 and 2018 with halogenated trace gas data from aircraft, AirCores, and a global model focusing on CFC-11 (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atomic emission detector with gas chromatographic separation and cryogenic pre-concentration (CryoTrap-GC-AED) for atmospheric trace gas measurements (2021), Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • COSMOGENIC14CO FOR ASSESSING THE OH-BASED SELF-CLEANING CAPACITY OF THE TROPOSPHERE (2021), Radiocarbon
  • Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) in the Upper Troposphere/Lowermost Stratosphere (UT/LMS) Region: Estimates of Lifetimes and Fluxes (2023), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Model simulations of atmospheric methane (1997-2016) and their evaluation using NOAA and AGAGE surface and IAGOS-CARIBIC aircraft observations (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Regular co-authors include:

  • Patrick Jöckel
  • Jos Lelieveld
  • Jonathan Williams
  • Einar Karu
  • Mengze Li

The venues where their work is most often published include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Radiocarbon
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation

    C. M. Spivakovsky;J. A. Logan;S. A. Montzka;Y. J. Balkanski

  • The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia

    Jos Lelieveld;Paul J. Crutzen;V. Ramanathan;M. O. Andreae

  • Atmospheric SF6: Trends, sources and prospects

    Manfred Maiss;Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer

  • Atmospheric CH4 in the first decade of the 21st century: Inverse modeling analysis using SCIAMACHY satellite retrievals and NOAA surface measurements

    P. Bergamaschi;S. Houweling;A. Segers;M. Krol;M. Krol;M. Krol

  • 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

  • Carbon 13 and D kinetic isotope effects in the reactions of CH4 with O(1 D) and OH: New laboratory measurements and their implications for the isotopic composition of stratospheric methane

    Gerd Saueressig;John N. Crowley;Peter Bergamaschi;Christoph Brühl

  • The use of radiocarbon measurements in atmospheric studies.

    M R Manning;D C Lowe;W H Melhuish;R J Sparks

  • Isotope effects in the chemistry of atmospheric trace compounds.

    Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer;Christof Janssen;Jan Kaiser;Thomas Röckmann

  • A Potent Greenhouse Gas Identified in the Atmosphere: SF5CF3

    W. T. Sturges;T. J. Wallington;M. D. Hurley;K. P. Shine

  • Concentration and 13C records of atmospheric methane in New Zealand and Antarctica: Evidence for changes in methane sources

    David C. Lowe;Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer;Gordon W. Brailsford;Keith R. Lassey

  • CARIBIC—Civil Aircraft for Global Measurement of Trace Gases and Aerosols in the Tropopause Region

    C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;P. J. Crutzen;H. Fischer;H. Güsten

  • Measurement of the abundance of 14CO in the atmosphere and the 13C/12C and 18O/16O ratio of atmospheric CO with applications in New Zealand and Antarctica

    Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer

  • 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

  • Mass-independent oxygen isotope fractionation in atmospheric CO as a result of the reaction CO + OH

    Th. Röckmann;C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;G. Saueressig;P. Bergamaschi

  • Significant radiative impact of volcanic aerosol in the lowermost stratosphere

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

  • The overwhelming role of soils in the global atmospheric hydrogen cycle

    T. S. Rhee;C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;T. Röckmann

  • Radiocarbon determination of atmospheric methane at Baring Head, New Zealand

    David C. Lowe;Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer;Martin R. Manning;Rodger Sparks

  • Mass spectrometry of the intramolecular nitrogen isotope distribution of environmental nitrous oxide using fragment-ion analysis

    C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;T. Röckmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Zahn
Andreas Zahn Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Thomas Röckmann
Thomas Röckmann Utrecht University
David E. Oram
David E. Oram University of East Anglia
Paul J. Crutzen
Paul J. Crutzen Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
P. F. J. van Velthoven
P. F. J. van Velthoven Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Patrick Jöckel
Patrick Jöckel German Aerospace Center
William T. Sturges
William T. Sturges University of East Anglia
Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Ralf Ebinghaus
Ralf Ebinghaus Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Jost Heintzenberg
Jost Heintzenberg Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

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