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Caroline Forster

Caroline Forster

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
10819
World Ranking
8230
National Ranking
509

Caroline Forster 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 Caroline Forster sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 73 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Caroline Forster 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 Caroline Forster sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Caroline Forster is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany and specializes in research related to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their recent publications cover a range of meteorological and environmental phenomena. Notable papers include:

  • Cb-Fusion - forecasting thunderstorm cells up to 6 hours, 2021, Meteorologische Zeitschrift
  • Characteristics of deep moist convection over Germany in multi-source data, 2020, Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Caroline Forster frequently collaborates with other researchers such as Jingmin Li, Johannes Wagner, Thomas Gerz, Isabella Zöbisch, and Tobias Zinner.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Their consistent contributions have appeared predominantly in the publication venue Meteorologische Zeitschrift, with two publications to date.

Best Publications

  • Technical note: The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 6.2

    A. Stohl;C. Forster;A. Frank;P. Seibert

  • Stratosphere-troposphere exchange: A review, and what we have learned from STACCATO

    A. Stohl;P. Bonasoni;P. Cristofanelli;W. Collins

  • Arctic smoke – record high air pollution levels in the European Arctic due to agricultural fires in Eastern Europe in spring 2006

    A. Stohl;T. Berg;T. Berg;J. F. Burkhart;J. F. Burkhart;A. M. Fjǽraa

  • A 15-Year Climatology of Warm Conveyor Belts

    Sabine Eckhardt;Andreas Stohl;Heini Wernli;Paul James

  • Transport of boreal forest fire emissions from Canada to Europe

    Caroline Forster;Ulla Wandinger;Gerhard Wotawa;Paul James

  • On the pathways and timescales of intercontinental air pollution transport

    Andreas Stohl;Sabine Eckhardt;Caroline Forster;Paul James

  • A Backward Modeling Study of Intercontinental Pollution Transport using Aircraft Measurements

    A. Stohl;C. Forster;S. Eckhardt;N. Spichtinger

  • Airborne observations of the Eyjafjalla volcano ash cloud over Europe during air space closure in April and May 2010

    U. Schumann;B. Weinzierl;O. Reitebuch;H. Schlager

  • Remote sources of water vapor forming precipitation on the Norwegian west coast at 60°N–a tale of hurricanes and an atmospheric river

    Andreas Stohl;Caroline Forster;Harald Sodemann

  • Around the world in 17 days - hemispheric-scale transport of forest fire smoke from Russia in May 2003

    R. Damoah;N. Spichtinger;C. Forster;P. James

  • Pan-Arctic enhancements of light absorbing aerosol concentrations due to North American boreal forest fires during summer 2004

    A. Stohl;E. Andrews;E. Andrews;J. F. Burkhart;C. Forster

  • A replacement for simple back trajectory calculations in the interpretation of atmospheric trace substance measurements

    Andreas Stohl;Sabine Eckhardt;Caroline Forster;Paul James

  • The North Atlantic Oscillation controls air pollution transport to the Arctic

    S. Eckhardt;A. Stohl;A. Stohl;S. Beirle;N. Spichtinger

  • European surface ozone in the extreme summer 2003

    S. Solberg;Ø. Hov;A. Søvde;I. S. A. Isaksen

  • Effects of mixing on evolution of hydrocarbon ratios in the troposphere

    David D. Parrish;A. Stohl;C. Forster;E. L. Atlas

  • Elemental and organic carbon in PM 10 : a one year measurement campaign within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme EMEP

    K. E. Yttri;W. Aas;A. Bjerke;J. N. Cape

  • Parameterization of Convective Transport in a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model and Its Evaluation

    Caroline Forster;Andreas Stohl;Petra Seibert

  • A New Perspective of Stratosphere–Troposphere Exchange

    Andreas Stohl;Heini Wernli;Paul James;Michel Bourqui

  • A case study of transpacific warm conveyor belt transport: Influence of merging airstreams on trace gas import to North America

    O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper;C. Forster;D. Parrish;M. Trainer

  • Pan-Arctic enhancement of light absorbing aerosol concentration due to North American boreal forest fires during summer 2004

    A. Stohl;E. Andrews;J. F. Burkhart;C. Forster

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Stohl
Andreas Stohl University of Vienna
Owen R. Cooper
Owen R. Cooper Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Sabine Eckhardt
Sabine Eckhardt Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Edward J. Dunlea
Edward J. Dunlea University of Colorado Boulder
Hans Schlager
Hans Schlager German Aerospace Center
Gerhard Hübler
Gerhard Hübler University of Colorado Boulder
Petra Seibert
Petra Seibert BOKU University
Andreas Minikin
Andreas Minikin German Aerospace Center
Karl Espen Yttri
Karl Espen Yttri Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Heini Wernli
Heini Wernli ETH Zurich

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