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Christiane Voigt

Christiane Voigt

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
59
Citations
10605
World Ranking
3141
National Ranking
210

Overview

Christiane Voigt is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany and has a substantial research profile in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work primarily focuses on atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, advanced aircraft design and technologies, as well as related areas such as atmospheric ozone and climate, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and air quality and health impacts.

They have contributed extensively to the scientific understanding of aviation's environmental effects, particularly concerning contrails and sustainable aviation fuels. Recent publications include:

  • "Cleaner burning aviation fuels can reduce contrail cloudiness" (2021) in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Cleaner Skies during the COVID-19 Lockdown" (2022) in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Among their frequent coauthors are Ewan Crosbie, Simon Kirschler, Armin Sorooshian, Luke D. Ziemba, and Michael A. Shook, reflecting collaborative work within atmospheric science and aerospace engineering communities.

Voigt's research is regularly published in key scientific journals where they have multiple contributions, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The main fields of study they engage with are Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science, alongside Aerospace Engineering and intersecting areas including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Automotive Engineering.

Voigt combines expertise across these domains to investigate the climatic and environmental impacts of aviation, addressing topics like atmospheric aerosols, chemical processes in the atmosphere, and innovations in aircraft design. Their work on contrail climate effects and the use of sustainable aviation fuel contributes data and modeling analysis essential for understanding human impacts on the atmosphere and climate change dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere

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  • Biofuel blending reduces particle emissions from aircraft engines at cruise conditions

    Richard H. Moore;Kenneth L. Thornhill;Bernadett Weinzierl;Bernadett Weinzierl;Daniel Sauer;Daniel Sauer

  • 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

  • Nitric Acid Trihydrate (NAT) in Polar Stratospheric Clouds

    Christiane Voigt;Jochen Schreiner;Andreas Kohlmann;Peter Zink

  • Cleaner burning aviation fuels can reduce contrail cloudiness

    Christiane Voigt;Christiane Voigt;Jonas Kleine;Jonas Kleine;Daniel Sauer;Richard H. Moore

  • ML-CIRRUS : The airborne experiment on natural cirrus and contrail cirrus with the high-altitude long-range research aircraft HALO

    Christiane Voigt;Ulrich Schumann;Andreas Minikin;Ahmed Abdelmonem

  • Aerosol characteristics and particle production in the upper troposphere over the Amazon Basin

    Meinrat O. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Armin Afchine;Rachel I. Albrecht;Bruna Amorim Holanda

  • Nitric Acid Trihydrate (NAT) formation at low NAT supersaturation in Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs)

    C. Voigt;H. Schlager;B. P. Luo;A. Dörnbrack

  • ACRIDICON–CHUVA Campaign: Studying Tropical Deep Convective Clouds and Precipitation over Amazonia Using the New German Research Aircraft HALO

    Manfred Wendisch;Ulrich Pöschl;Meinrat O. Andreae;Luiz A. T. Machado

  • 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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  • The Pagami Creek smoke plume after long-range transport to the upper troposphere over Europe – aerosol properties and black carbon mixing state

    Florian Dahlkötter;M. Gysel;Daniel Sauer;Daniel Sauer;Andreas Minikin

  • In-situ observations of young contrails - overview and selected results from the CONCERT campaign

    C. Voigt;C. Voigt;U. Schumann;T. Jurkat;D. Schäuble;D. Schäuble

  • Cleaner skies during the COVID-19 lockdown

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  • Chemical Analysis of Polar Stratospheric Cloud Particles

    Jochen Schreiner;Christiane Voigt;Andreas Kohlmann;Frank Arnold

  • Extinction and optical depth of contrails

    C. Voigt;C. Voigt;U. Schumann;P. Jessberger;T. Jurkat

  • Mitigating the Climate Impact from Aviation: Achievements and Results of the DLR WeCare Project

    Volker Grewe;Katrin Dahlmann;Jan Flink;Christine Frömming

  • Properties of individual contrails: A compilation of observations and some comparisons

    Ulrich Schumann;Robert Baumann;Darrel Baumgardner;Sarah T. Bedka

  • Effective Radius of Ice Particles in Cirrus and Contrails

    Ulrich Schumann;Bernhardt Mayer;Klaus Gierens;Simin Unterstrasser

  • Characterization of a Newly Developed Aircraft-Based Laser Ablation Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (ALABAMA) and First Field Deployment in Urban Pollution Plumes over Paris During MEGAPOLI 2009

    M. Brands;M. Kamphus;T. Böttger;J. Schneider

  • Simulation of denitrification and ozone loss for the Arctic winter 2002/2003

    J.-U. Grooß;G. Günther;R. Müller;P. Konopka

  • Aircraft type influence on contrail properties

    Philipp Jeßberger;Philipp Jeßberger;Christiane Voigt;Christiane Voigt;Ulrich Schumann;Ingo Sölch

  • In Situ Observations of Ice Particle Losses in a Young Persistent Contrail

    Jonas Kleine;Christiane Voigt;Christiane Voigt;Daniel Sauer;Hans Schlager

  • Focusing of Aerosols into a Particle Beam at Pressures from 10 to 150 Torr

    J. Schreiner;U. Schild;C. Voigt;K. Mauersberger

  • Nitric acid in cirrus clouds

    C. Voigt;H. Schlager;H. Ziereis;B. Kärcher

  • The Dynamics–Aerosol–Chemistry–Cloud Interactions in West Africa Field Campaign: Overview and Research Highlights

    Cyrille Flamant;Peter Knippertz;Andreas H. Fink;Aristide Akpo

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Schlager
Hans Schlager German Aerospace Center
Stephan Borrmann
Stephan Borrmann Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Martina Krämer
Martina Krämer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ulrich Schumann
Ulrich Schumann German Aerospace Center
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Andreas Minikin
Andreas Minikin German Aerospace Center
Manfred Wendisch
Manfred Wendisch Leipzig University
Andreas Zahn
Andreas Zahn Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Bernadett Weinzierl
Bernadett Weinzierl University of Vienna

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