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2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
87
Citations
29509
World Ranking
334
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Hermann Lühr is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and has a significant body of research primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Oceanography, and Aerospace Engineering.

The research topics that Lühr focuses on include:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • GNSS positioning and interference

Lühr has contributed to multiple publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Annales Geophysicae
  • Scientific Reports
  • Space Weather
  • Geophysical monograph

Some of the recent papers involving Hermann Lühr include:

  • "Intercalibration of the Plasma Density Measurements in Earth's Topside Ionosphere", 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "A novel neural network model of Earth's topside ionosphere", 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Latitude Dependence of Interhemispheric Field-Aligned Currents (IHFACs) as Observed by the Swarm Constellation", 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Solar Flux Influence on the In-Situ Plasma Density at Topside Ionosphere Measured by Swarm Satellites", 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "The Equatorial Electrojet", 2021, Geophysical monograph

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Yunliang Zhou
  • Chao Xiong
  • Hui Wang
  • Artem Smirnov
  • Fengjue Wang

Hermann Lühr was awarded the Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2010, reflecting recognition in their research community.

Best Publications

  • Bursty Bulk Flows in the Inner Central Plasma Sheet

    V. Angelopoulos;W. Baumjohann;C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti

  • International Geomagnetic Reference Field: the eleventh generation

    C. C. Finlay;S. Maus;C. D. Beggan;T. N. Bondar

  • CHAMP mission status

    Ch. Reigber;H. Lühr;P. Schwintzer

  • Characteristics of high‐speed ion flows in the plasma sheet

    Wolfgang Baumjohann;Götz Paschmann;Hermann Lühr

  • EMAG2: A 2-arc min resolution Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid compiled from satellite, airborne, and marine magnetic measurements

    S. Maus;S. Maus;U. Barckhausen;H. Berkenbosch;N. Bournas

  • Swarm: A constellation to study the Earth’s magnetic field

    E. Friis-Christensen;H. Lühr;Gauthier Hulot

  • THE CLUSTER MAGNETIC FIELD INVESTIGATION

    A. Balogh;M. W. Dunlop;S. W. H. Cowley;D. J. Southwood

  • Swarm An Earth Observation Mission investigating Geospace

    Eigil Friis-Christensen;H. Lühr;D. Knudsen;R. Haagmans

  • The magnetopause for large magnetic shear: AMPTE/IRM observations

    G. Paschmann;I. Papamastorakis;W. Baumjohann;N. Sckopke

  • Direct penetration of the polar electric field to the equator during a DP 2 event as detected by the auroral and equatorial magnetometer chains and the EISCAT radar

    T. Kikuchi;H. Lühr;T. Kitamura;O. Saka

  • The magnetosheath region adjacent to the dayside magnetopause: AMPTE/IRM observations

    T. D. Phan;G. Paschmann;W. Baumjohann;N. Sckopke

  • The Swarm Satellite Constellation Application and Research Facility (SCARF) and Swarm data products

    Nils Olsen;Eigil Friis-Christensen;Rune Floberghagen;Patrick Alken;Patrick Alken

  • High-speed ion flow, substorm current wedge, and multiple Pi 2 pulsations

    K. Shiokawa;W. Baumjohann;G. Haerendel;G. Paschmann

  • CHAOS—a model of the Earth's magnetic field derived from CHAMP, Ørsted, and SAC‐C magnetic satellite data

    Nils Olsen;Hermann Lühr;Terence J. Sabaka;Mioara Mandea

  • Ion thermalization in quasi-perpendicular shocks involving reflected ions

    N. Sckopke;G. Paschmann;A. L. Brinca;C. W. Carlson

  • Observations of short large-amplitude magnetic structures at a quasi-parallel shock

    Steven J. Schwartz;David Burgess;William P. Wilkinson;Ramona L. Kessel

  • Penetration of auroral electric fields to the equator during a substorm

    T. Kikuchi;H. Lühr;K. Schlegel;H. Tachihara

  • Global distribution of the thermospheric total mass density derived from CHAMP

    H. Liu;H. Lühr;V. Henize;W. Köhler

  • Earth Observation with CHAMP Results from Three Years in Orbit

    Christoph Reigber;Hermann Lühr;Peter Schwintzer;Jens Wickert

  • Field‐aligned currents' scale analysis performed with the Swarm constellation

    Hermann Lühr;Jaeheung Park;Jesper W. Gjerloev;Jesper W. Gjerloev;Jan Rauberg

  • Third generation of the Potsdam Magnetic Model of the Earth (POMME)

    S. Maus;S. Maus;Martin Rother;Claudia Stolle;W. Mai

  • Bursty bulk flows in the inner central plasma sheet: An effective means of earthward transport in the magnetotail

    Vassilis Angelopoulos;Charles F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti;R. Pellat

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Stolle
Claudia Stolle Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University
Stefan Maus
Stefan Maus University of Colorado Denver
Martin Rother
Martin Rother University of Potsdam
Nils Olsen
Nils Olsen Technical University of Denmark
Gauthier Hulot
Gauthier Hulot Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Bela G. Fejer
Bela G. Fejer Utah State University
Guan Le
Guan Le Goddard Space Flight Center
Christoph Reigber
Christoph Reigber Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Harald U. Frey
Harald U. Frey University of California, Berkeley
Aaron J. Ridley
Aaron J. Ridley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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