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Overview

Hans Moosmüller is affiliated with the Desert Research Institute in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on atmospheric processes, including atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, and the interactions of fire with ecosystems.

The main research topics covered by Hans Moosmüller include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

The subfields of study they have contributed to are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Earth-Surface Processes

Hans Moosmüller has published in several frequent scientific venues including:

  • Atmosphere
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Fire

They have collaborated regularly with peers such as Vera Samburova, Andrey Khlystov, Deep Sengupta, Justin B. Maughan, and C. M. Sorensen.

Some of the recent notable publications by Hans Moosmüller include:

  • Previously unaccounted atmospheric mercury deposition in a midlatitude deciduous forest (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Deposition of brown carbon onto snow: changes in snow optical and radiative properties (2020) published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Evaluation of gas and particle sensors for detecting spacecraft-relevant fire emissions (2020) published in Fire Safety Journal
  • Mineral dust optical properties for remote sensing and global modeling: A review (2024) published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Polar semivolatile organic compounds in biomass-burning emissions and their chemical transformations during aging in an oxidation flow reactor (2020) published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Aerosol light absorption and its measurement: A review

    H. Moosmüller;R.K. Chakrabarty;W.P. Arnott

  • Equivalence of elemental carbon by thermal/optical reflectance and transmittance with different temperature protocols.

    Judith C Chow;John G Watson;L W Antony Chen;W Patrick Arnott

  • Towards Aerosol Light-Absorption Measurements with a 7-Wavelength Aethalometer: Evaluation with a Photoacoustic Instrument and 3-Wavelength Nephelometer

    W. Patrick Arnott;Khadeejeh Hamasha;Hans Moosmüller;Patrick J. Sheridan

  • Brown carbon in tar balls from smoldering biomass combustion

    R. K. Chakrabarty;H. Moosmüller;L.-W. A. Chen;K. Lewis

  • Emissions of trace gases and aerosols during the open combustion of biomass in the laboratory

    Gavin R. McMeeking;Gavin R. McMeeking;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Stephen Baker;Christian M. Carrico

  • Photoacoustic spectrometer for measuring light absorption by aerosol: instrument description

    W. Patrick Arnott;Hans Moosmüller;C. Fred Rogers;Tianfeng Jin

  • Strong spectral variation of biomass smoke light absorption and single scattering albedo observed with a novel dual-wavelength photoacoustic instrument

    Kristin Lewis;William P. Arnott;Hans Moosmüller;Cyle E. Wold

  • Absorption Ångström coefficient, brown carbon, and aerosols: basic concepts, bulk matter, and spherical particles

    H. Moosmüller;R. K. Chakrabarty;K. M. Ehlers;W. P. Arnott

  • An Inter-Comparison of Instruments Measuring Black Carbon Content of Soot Particles

    Jay G. Slowik;Eben S. Cross;Jeong-Ho Han;Paul Davidovits

  • Cloud condensation nucleation activity of biomass burning aerosol

    Markus D. Petters;Markus D. Petters;Christian M. Carrico;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Anthony J. Prenni

  • In situ aerosol optics in Reno, NV, USA during and after the summer 2008 California wildfires and the influence of absorbing and non-absorbing organic coatings on spectral light absorption

    M. Gyawali;W. P. Arnott;K. Lewis;H. Moosmüller

  • Characterizing elemental, equivalent black, and refractory black carbon aerosol particles: a review of techniques, their limitations and uncertainties

    Daniel A. Lack;Hans Moosmüller;Gavin R. McMeeking;Rajan K. Chakrabarty

  • Emissions from the laboratory combustion of wildland fuels: Particle morphology and size

    Rajan K. Chakrabarty;Hans Moosmüller;Mark A. Garro;Mark A. Garro;W. Patrick Arnott;W. Patrick Arnott

  • Emissions from laboratory combustion of wildland fuels: emission factors and source profiles.

    L.-W. Anthony Chen;Hans Moosmuller;W. Patrick Arnott;Judith C. Chow

  • Photoacoustic and filter-based ambient aerosol light absorption measurements : Instrument comparisons and the role of relative humidity

    W. P. Arnott;H. Moosmüller;P. J. Sheridan;J. A. Ogren

  • Biomass burning smoke aerosol properties measured during Fire Laboratory at Missoula Experiments (FLAME)

    E. J. T. Levin;G. R. McMeeking;G. R. McMeeking;C. M. Carrico;L. E. Mack

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in biomass-burning emissions and their contribution to light absorption and aerosol toxicity.

    Vera Samburova;Jessica Connolly;Madhu Gyawali;Reddy L.N. Yatavelli

  • The Reno Aerosol Optics Study: An Evaluation of Aerosol Absorption Measurement Methods

    Patrick J. Sheridan;W. Patrick Arnott;John A. Ogren;Elisabeth Andrews

  • Emissions of levoglucosan, methoxy phenols, and organic acids from prescribed burns, laboratory combustion of wildland fuels, and residential wood combustion.

    Lynn R Mazzoleni;Barbara Zielinska;Hans Moosmüller

  • Nitrogen dioxide and kerosene-flame soot calibration of photoacoustic instruments for measurement of light absorption by aerosols

    W. Patrick Arnott;Hans Moosmüller;John W. Walker

  • Ice nuclei emissions from biomass burning

    Markus D. Petters;Matthew T. Parsons;Matthew T. Parsons;Anthony J. Prenni;Paul J. DeMott

Frequent Co-Authors

John G. Watson
John G. Watson Desert Research Institute
Judith C. Chow
Judith C. Chow Desert Research Institute
Timothy B. Onasch
Timothy B. Onasch Boston College
Sonia M. Kreidenweis
Sonia M. Kreidenweis Colorado State University
Andrey Khlystov
Andrey Khlystov Desert Research Institute
Manvendra K. Dubey
Manvendra K. Dubey Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jeffrey L. Collett
Jeffrey L. Collett Colorado State University
Gavin R. McMeeking
Gavin R. McMeeking Colorado State University
L.-W. Antony Chen
L.-W. Antony Chen University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Douglas R. Worsnop
Douglas R. Worsnop University of Helsinki

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