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Harald Saathoff is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research predominantly encompasses Atmospheric Science and related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's work focusses on key topics including Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on aerosol science and atmospheric processes. These include:

  • Solid Ammonium Nitrate Aerosols as Efficient Ice Nucleating Particles at Cirrus Temperatures (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Role of sesquiterpenes in biogenic new particle formation (2023), Science Advances
  • High homogeneous freezing onsets of sulfuric acid aerosol at cirrus temperatures (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Molecular Understanding of the Enhancement in Organic Aerosol Mass at High Relative Humidity (2023), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Sources and nature of ice-nucleating particles in the free troposphere at Jungfraujoch in winter 2017 (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Harald Saathoff has frequently published in venues such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology, and Review of Scientific Instruments.

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Review of Scientific Instruments

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, notably:

  • Ottmar Möhler
  • Thomas Leisner
  • Junwei Song
  • Feng Jiang
  • Kristina Höhler

Best Publications

  • Absorption of light by soot particles: determination of the absorption coefficient by means of aethalometers

    E. Weingartner;H. Saathoff;M. Schnaiter;N. Streit

  • UV-VIS-NIR spectral optical properties of soot and soot-containing aerosols

    M. Schnaiter;H. Horvath;O. Möhler;K.-H. Naumann

  • Transmission electron microscopical and aerosol dynamical characterization of soot aerosols

    Michael Wentzel;H. Gorzawski;K.-H. Naumann;H. Saathoff

  • Absorption amplification of black carbon internally mixed with secondary organic aerosol

    M. Schnaiter;C. Linke;O. Möhler;K.-H. Naumann

  • Heterogeneous nucleation of ice particles on glassy aerosols under cirrus conditions

    Benjamin J. Murray;Theodore W. Wilson;Steven Dobbie;Zhiqiang Cui

  • Efficiency of the deposition mode ice nucleation on mineral dust particles

    O. Möhler;P. R. Field;P. R. Field;P. Connolly;S. Benz

  • Aging of biogenic secondary organic aerosol via gas-phase OH radical reactions

    Neil M. Donahue;Kaytlin M. Henry;Thomas F. Mentel;Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

  • A New Ice Nucleation Active Site Parameterization for Desert Dust and Soot

    Romy Ullrich;Corinna Hoose;Ottmar Möhler;Monika Niemand

  • Studies of heterogeneous freezing by three different desert dust samples

    P. J. Connolly;O. Möhler;P. R. Field;H. Saathoff

  • The effect of organic coating on the heterogeneous ice nucleation efficiency of mineral dust aerosols

    O. Möhler;S. Benz;H. Saathoff;M. Schnaiter

  • Resurgence in Ice Nuclei Measurement Research

    Paul J. DeMott;Ottmar Möhler;Olaf Stetzer;Gabor Vali

  • Effect of sulfuric acid coating on heterogeneous ice nucleation by soot aerosol particles

    O. Möhler;S. Büttner;C. Linke;M. Schnaiter

  • Coating of soot and (NH4)2SO4 particles by ozonolysis products of α-pinene

    H. Saathoff;K.-H. Naumann;M. Schnaiter;W. Schöck

  • Temperature dependence of yields of secondary organic aerosols from the ozonolysis of α -pinene and limonene

    H. Saathoff;K.-H. Naumann;O. Möhler;Å. M. Jonsson

  • Experimental investigation of homogeneous freezing of sulphuric acid particles in the aerosol chamber AIDA

    O. Möhler;O. Stetzer;S. Schaefers;C. Linke

  • Formation of 3-methyl-1,2,3-butanetricarboxylic acid via gas phase oxidation of pinonic acid – a mass spectrometric study of SOA aging

    L. Müller;M.-C. Reinnig;K. H. Naumann;H. Saathoff

  • Deactivation of ice nuclei due to atmospherically relevant surface coatings

    Daniel J Cziczo;Daniel J Cziczo;Karl D Froyd;Karl D Froyd;Stephane J Gallavardin;Stephane J Gallavardin;Ottmar Moehler

  • The heterogeneous reaction of ozone with soot aerosol

    S Kamm;O Möhler;K.-H Naumann;H Saathoff

  • Some ice nucleation characteristics of Asian and Saharan desert dust

    P. R. Field;P. R. Field;O. Möhler;P. Connolly;M. Krämer

  • Single Particle Soot Photometer intercomparison at the AIDA chamber

    M. Laborde;M. Schnaiter;C. Linke;H. Saathoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Ottmar Möhler
Ottmar Möhler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Martin Schnaiter
Martin Schnaiter Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Claudia Mohr
Claudia Mohr ETH Zurich
Martina Krämer
Martina Krämer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Neil M. Donahue
Neil M. Donahue Carnegie Mellon University
Martin Gallagher
Martin Gallagher University of Manchester
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Ralf Tillmann
Ralf Tillmann Forschungszentrum Jülich
Paul Connolly
Paul Connolly University of Manchester
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr Forschungszentrum Jülich

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