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33
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4025
World Ranking
9565
National Ranking
121

Overview

H. De Backer is affiliated with the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium and specializes in research within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work covers key topics such as Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Their recent publications include:

  • Real-time UV index retrieval in Europe using Earth observation-based techniques: system description and quality assessment (2021), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Fifty years of balloon-borne ozone profile measurements at Uccle, Belgium: a short history, the scientific relevance, and the achievements in understanding the vertical ozone distribution (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • An Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Depletion Event During Spring 2020 and Its Impacts Across Europe (2023), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Ground-Based Monitoring of Stratospheric Ozone and Temperature Over Germany Since the 1960s (2025), published in Earth and Space Science

H. De Backer has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Ilias Fountoulakis
  • Alkiviadis Bais
  • Anna Maria Siani
  • Bjørn Johnsen
  • Tove Svendby

Their research is published in venues such as Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Earth and Space Science.

Best Publications

  • Observational evidence for chemical ozone depletion over the Arctic in winter 1991–92

    Peter von der Gathen;Peter von der Gathen;Markus Rex;Markus Rex;Neil R. P. Harris;Neil R. P. Harris;Diana Lucic

  • European surface ozone in the extreme summer 2003

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

  • Arctic winter 2005: Implications for stratospheric ozone loss and climate change

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;H. Deckelmann;P. von der Gathen

  • Changes in ozone over Europe: Analysis of ozone measurements from sondes, regular aircraft (MOZAIC) and alpine surface sites

    J.A. Logan;J. Staehelin;I.A. Megretskaia;Jean-Pierre Cammas;Jean-Pierre Cammas

  • Comparison of Models Used for UV Index Calculations

    Peter Koepke;Alkiviadis Bais;Dimitrios Balis;Michael Buchwitz

  • Chemical depletion of Arctic ozone in winter 1999/2000

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;N. R. P. Harris;P. von der Gathen

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Ozone by ozonesonde and lidar measurements

    Y. B. Jiang;L. Froidevaux;A. Lambert;N. J. Livesey

  • In situ measurements of stratospheric ozone depletion rates in the Arctic winter 1991/1992: A Lagrangian approach

    M Rex;P von der Gathen;N R P Harris;D Lucic

  • A Trajectory-based Estimate of the Tropospheric Ozone Column Using the Residual Method

    M. R. Schoeberl;J. R. Ziemke;B. Bojkov;B. Bojkov;N. Livesey

  • Chemical Ozone Loss in the Arctic Winter 1994/95 as Determined by the Match Technique

    M. Rex;P. Von Der Gathen;G.O. Braathen;N.R.P. Harris

  • Acute changes in pulse pressure in relation to constituents of particulate air pollution in elderly persons

    Lotte Jacobs;Anna Buczynska;Christophe Walgraeve;Andy Delcloo

  • A multi-site intercomparison of integrated water vapour observations for climate change analysis

    R. Van Malderen;H. Brenot;E. Pottiaux;S. Beirle

  • Distribution of ozone laminae during EASOE and the possible influence of inertia‐gravity waves

    S. J. Reid;G. Vaughan;N. J. Mitchell;I. T. Prichard

  • Validation of ground-based visible measurements of total ozone by comparison with Dobson and Brewer spectrophotometers

    M. Van Roozendael;P. Peeters;H. K. Roscoe;H. De Backer

  • Match observations in the Arctic winter 1996/97: High stratospheric ozone loss rates correlate with low temperatures deep inside the polar vortex

    A. Schulz;M. Rex;J. Steger;N. R. P. Harris

  • Arctic ozone loss in threshold conditions: Match observations in 1997/1998 and 1998/1999

    A. Schulz;M. Rex;N. R. P. Harris;G. O. Braathen

  • A multi-model analysis of vertical ozone profiles

    J. E. Jonson;A. Stohl;Arlene M. Fiore;P. Hess

  • Retrieval of the aerosol optical depth in the UV‐B at Uccle from Brewer ozone measurements over a long time period 1984–2002

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  • Revision of 20 Years of Dobson Total Ozone Data at Uccle (Belgium): Fictitious Dobson Total Ozone Trends Induced by Sulfur Dioxide Trends

    D. De Muer;H. De Backer

  • Comparison of measured and modelled uv indices for the assessment of health risks

    Hugo De Backer;Peter Koepke;Alkiviadis Bais;Xavier de Cabo

  • Validation Of 10-year Sao Omi Ozone Profile (profoz) Product Using Ozonesonde Observations

    Guanyu Huang;Xiong Liu;Kelly Chance;Kai Yang

  • UV Index monitoring in Europe

    Alois W. Schmalwieser;Julian Gröbner;Mario Blumthaler;Barbara Klotz

  • Aerosol analysis and forecast in the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts Integrated Forecast System: 3. Evaluation by means of case studies

    A. Mangold;H. De Backer;B. De Paepe;S. Dewitte

Frequent Co-Authors

Esko Kyrö
Esko Kyrö Finnish Meteorological Institute
Hans Claude
Hans Claude German Meteorological Service
P. von der Gathen
P. von der Gathen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
René Stübi
René Stübi Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
Markus Rex
Markus Rex Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Neil R. P. Harris
Neil R. P. Harris Cranfield University
Geraint Vaughan
Geraint Vaughan University of Manchester
Beverly J. Johnson
Beverly J. Johnson Bates College
Christos Zerefos
Christos Zerefos Academy of Athens
Costas A. Varotsos
Costas A. Varotsos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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