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Dietrich Althausen

Dietrich Althausen

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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
77
Citations
18037
World Ranking
1149
National Ranking
74

Dietrich Althausen 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 Dietrich Althausen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 209 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Dietrich Althausen 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 Dietrich Althausen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dietrich Althausen is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany. Their research focuses broadly on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as global and planetary change, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and ecology.

The scientist's work predominantly revolves around topics including atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, aeolian processes and effects, fire effects on ecosystems, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Dietrich Althausen has published extensively in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • Atmospheric Environment

Among their recent papers are:

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere (2022), Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Californian Wildfire Smoke Over Europe: A First Example of the Aerosol Observing Capabilities of Aeolus Compared to Ground-Based Lidar (2021), Geophysical Research Letters
  • The unexpected smoke layer in the High Arctic winter stratosphere during MOSAiC 2019-2020 (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Wildfire smoke, Arctic haze, and aerosol effects on mixed-phase and cirrus clouds over the North Pole region during MOSAiC: an introduction (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Optical properties of Central Asian aerosol relevant for spaceborne lidar applications and aerosol typing at 355 and 532 nm (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

The scientist frequently collaborates with notable researchers including Holger Baars, Ronny Engelmann, Julian Hofer, Albert Ansmann, and Martin Radenz, with collaboration counts ranging from 20 to 35 publications each.

Dietrich Althausen was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1958.

Best Publications

  • Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze

    V. Ramanathan;P. J. Crutzen;J. Lelieveld;A. P. Mitra

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

    Volker Freudenthaler;Michael Esselborn;Matthias Wiegner;Birgit Heese

  • Aerosol-type-dependent lidar ratios observed with Raman lidar

    D. Müller;A. Ansmann;I. Mattis;M. Tesche

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere

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  • Vertically resolved separation of dust and smoke over Cape Verde using multiwavelength Raman and polarization lidars during Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment 2008

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

  • Transport of boreal forest fire emissions from Canada to Europe

    Caroline Forster;Ulla Wandinger;Gerhard Wotawa;Paul James

  • Characterization of Saharan dust, marine aerosols and mixtures of biomass-burning aerosols and dust by means of multi-wavelength depolarization and Raman lidar measurements during SAMUM 2

    Silke Groß;Matthias Tesche;Volker Freudenthaler;Carlos Toledano;Carlos Toledano

  • Continuous monitoring of the boundary-layer top with lidar

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

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

    Ronny Engelmann;Thomas Kanitz;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • The Saharan Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Aerosol–Cloud-Interaction Experiment: Overview and Selected Highlights

    B. Weinzierl;A. Ansmann;J. Prospero;D. Althausen

  • 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

  • Raman lidar observations of aged Siberian and Canadian forest fire smoke in the free troposphere over Germany in 2003 : Microphysical particle characterization

    Detlef Müller;Ina Mattis;Ulla Wandinger;Albert Ansmann

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

    Matthias Tesche;Albert Ansmann;Detlef Müller;Dietrich Althausen

  • The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS): the scientific strategy, the field phase, and research highlights

    Volker Wulfmeyer;Andreas Behrendt;Christoph Kottmeier;Ulrich Corsmeier

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

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

  • Optical and microphysical characterization of biomass-burning and industrial-pollution aerosols from multiwavelength lidar and aircraft measurements.

    Ulla Wandinger;Detlef Müller;Christine Böckmann;Dietrich Althausen

  • Depolarization and lidar ratios at 355, 532, and 1064 nm and microphysical properties of aged tropospheric and stratospheric Canadian wildfire smoke

    Moritz Haarig;Albert Ansmann;Holger Baars;Cristofer Jimenez

  • Dual-wavelength Raman lidar observations of the extinction-to-backscatter ratio of Saharan dust

    Ina Mattis;Albert Ansmann;Detlef Müller;Ulla Wandinger

  • Scanning 6-Wavelength 11-Channel Aerosol Lidar

    Dietrich Althausen;Detlef Müller;Albert Ansmann;Ulla Wandinger

  • Profiling of Saharan dust and biomass‐burning smoke with multiwavelength polarization Raman lidar at Cape Verde

    Matthias Tesche;Matthias Tesche;Silke Gross;Silke Gross;Albert Ansmann;Detlef Müller;Detlef Müller

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

    Dietrich Althausen;Ronny Engelmann;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • An overview of the Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment 2008 (AMAZE-08)

    S. T. Martin;M. O. Andreae;D. Althausen;P. Artaxo

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Ansmann
Albert Ansmann Leibniz Association
Ronny Engelmann
Ronny Engelmann Leibniz Association
Detlef Müller
Detlef Müller University of Hertfordshire
Holger Baars
Holger Baars Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Matthias Tesche
Matthias Tesche Leipzig University
Birgit Heese
Birgit Heese Leibniz Association
Ina Mattis
Ina Mattis German Meteorological Service
Ulla Wandinger
Ulla Wandinger Leibniz Association
Patric Seifert
Patric Seifert Leibniz Association
Volker Freudenthaler
Volker Freudenthaler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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