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Franz Rohrer is affiliated with the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, contributing extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, where they have published a substantial body of work exploring various aspects of atmospheric chemistry and related environmental impacts.

The scientist's main research interests cover Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Air Quality and Health Impacts. Additional topics include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Franz Rohrer's recent papers illustrate a focus on the chemical processes affecting atmospheric composition and secondary organic aerosols. Notable publications include:

  • No Evidence for a Significant Impact of Heterogeneous Chemistry on Radical Concentrations in the North China Plain in Summer 2014 (2020) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Impact of NO x on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from α-pinene and β-pinene photooxidation: the role of highly oxygenated organic nitrates (2020) published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Importance of isomerization reactions for OH radical regeneration from the photo-oxidation of isoprene investigated in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR (2020) published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Highly Oxygenated Organic Nitrates Formed from NO3 Radical-Initiated Oxidation of β-Pinene (2021) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Highly oxygenated organic molecule (HOM) formation in the isoprene oxidation by NO 3 radical (2021) published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Franz Rohrer collaborates regularly with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Andreas Wahner
  • Hendrik Fuchs
  • Ralf Tillmann
  • Astrid Kiendler-Scharr
  • Anna Novelli

The primary venues for their research publications are:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (16 publications)
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (5 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (3 publications)
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (3 publications)
  • Nature Geoscience (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Amplified trace gas removal in the troposphere.

    Andreas Hofzumahaus;Franz Rohrer;Keding Lu;Keding Lu;Birger Bohn

  • Strong correlation between levels of tropospheric hydroxyl radicals and solar ultraviolet radiation

    Franz Rohrer;Harald Berresheim

  • Estimations of global no, emissions and their uncertainties

    D.S. Lee;I. Köhler;E. Grobler;F. Rohrer

  • Observation and modelling of OH and HO 2 concentrations in the Pearl River Delta 2006: a missing OH source in a VOC rich atmosphere

    K. D. Lu;K. D. Lu;F. Rohrer;F. Holland;H. Fuchs

  • Radical chemistry at a rural site (Wangdu) in the North China Plain: observation and model calculations of OH, HO 2 and RO 2 radicals

    Zhaofeng Tan;Hendrik Fuchs;Keding Lu;Andreas Hofzumahaus

  • Characterisation of the photolytic HONO-source in the atmosphere simulation chamber SAPHIR

    F. Rohrer;B. Bohn;T. Brauers;D. Brüning

  • Wintertime photochemistry in Beijing: observations of RO x radical concentrations in the North China Plain during the BEST-ONE campaign

    Zhaofeng Tan;Zhaofeng Tan;Franz Rohrer;Keding Lu;Xuefei Ma

  • The tropospheric cycle of H2: a critical review

    D. H. Ehhalt;F. Rohrer

  • Atmospheric OH reactivities in the Pearl River Delta – China in summer 2006: measurement and model results

    S. Lou;S. Lou;F. Holland;F. Rohrer;K. Lu;K. Lu

  • Missing OH source in a suburban environment near Beijing: observed and modelled OH and HO 2 concentrations in summer 2006

    K. D. Lu;K. D. Lu;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Holland;B. Bohn

  • Exploring the atmospheric chemistry of nitrous acid (HONO) at a rural site in Southern China

    X. Li;T. Brauers;R. Häseler;B. Bohn

  • Isoprene oxidation by nitrate radical: alkyl nitrate and secondary organic aerosol yields

    A. W. Rollins;A. Kiendler-Scharr;J. L. Fry;J. L. Fry;T. Brauers

  • Sources and distribution of NO x in the upper troposphere at northern mid‐latitudes

    D. H. Ehhalt;F. Rohrer;A. Wahner

  • Fast Photochemistry in Wintertime Haze: Consequences for Pollution Mitigation Strategies

    Keding Lu;Hendrik Fuchs;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Zhaofeng Tan

  • Missing gas-phase source of HONO inferred from Zeppelin measurements in the troposphere.

    Xin Li;Franz Rohrer;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Theo Brauers

  • Detection of HO 2 by laser-induced fluorescence: calibration and interferences from RO 2 radicals

    H. Fuchs;B. Bohn;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Holland

  • Experimental budgets of OH, HO 2 , and RO 2 radicals and implications for ozone formation in the Pearl River Delta in China 2014

    Zhaofeng Tan;Zhaofeng Tan;Keding Lu;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Hendrik Fuchs

  • Experimental evidence for efficient hydroxyl radical regeneration in isoprene oxidation

    H. Fuchs;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Rohrer;B. Bohn

  • Effects of NO x and SO 2 on the secondary organic aerosol formation from photooxidation of α -pinene and limonene

    Defeng Zhao;Sebastian H. Schmitt;Mingjin Wang;Mingjin Wang;Ismail-Hakki Acir;Ismail-Hakki Acir

  • Dependence of the OH concentration on solar UV

    Dieter H. Ehhalt;Franz Rohrer

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Wahner
Andreas Wahner Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hendrik Fuchs
Hendrik Fuchs Forschungszentrum Jülich
Birger Bohn
Birger Bohn Forschungszentrum Jülich
Andreas Hofzumahaus
Andreas Hofzumahaus Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ralf Tillmann
Ralf Tillmann Forschungszentrum Jülich
Frank Holland
Frank Holland Forschungszentrum Jülich
Keding Lu
Keding Lu Peking University
Xin Li
Xin Li Peking University
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr Forschungszentrum Jülich
Theo Brauers
Theo Brauers Forschungszentrum Jülich

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