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Holger Baars publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Holger Baars sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 248 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Holger Baars D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Holger Baars sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Holger Baars is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research in Germany. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing extensively on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. Their work covers topics related to atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Baars has contributed to studies involving atmospheric aerosols and their interactions with climate and ecosystems, with major topics including atmospheric ozone and climate, aeolian processes and effects, fire effects on ecosystems, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Their publication record includes significant papers such as:

  • "Smoke of extreme Australian bushfires observed in the stratosphere over Punta Arenas, Chile, in January 2020: optical thickness, lidar ratios, and depolarization ratios at 355 and 532 nm" (2020), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Californian Wildfire Smoke Over Europe: A First Example of the Aerosol Observing Capabilities of Aeolus Compared to Ground-Based Lidar" (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Tropospheric and stratospheric wildfire smoke profiling with lidar: mass, surface area, CCN, and INP retrieval" (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "The unexpected smoke layer in the High Arctic winter stratosphere during MOSAiC 2019-2020" (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Wildfire smoke, Arctic haze, and aerosol effects on mixed-phase and cirrus clouds over the North Pole region during MOSAiC: an introduction" (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Ronny Engelmann
  • Albert Ansmann
  • Dietrich Althausen
  • Martin Radenz
  • Patric Seifert

Baars has published extensively in certain venues, with the most frequent being Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, followed by Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, EPJ Web of Conferences, and Remote Sensing.

Their research contributions advance the understanding of aerosol behavior, wildfire smoke dynamics, and atmospheric processes with a focus on both tropospheric and stratospheric phenomena. They are involved in studies using advanced lidar techniques and satellite observations to characterize aerosol properties and their climatic impacts.

Best Publications

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • Continuous monitoring of the boundary-layer top with lidar

    H. Baars;A. Ansmann;R. Engelmann;D. Althausen

  • The automated multiwavelength Raman polarization and water-vapor lidar Polly XT : the neXT generation

    Ronny Engelmann;Thomas Kanitz;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • An overview of the first decade of Polly NET : an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

    Holger Baars;Thomas Kanitz;Thomas Kanitz;Ronny Engelmann;Dietrich Althausen

  • Large-eddy simulations over Germany using ICON: a comprehensive evaluation

    Rieke Heinze;Rieke Heinze;Anurag Dipankar;Cintia Carbajal Henken;Christopher Moseley

  • Depolarization and lidar ratios at 355, 532, and 1064 nm and microphysical properties of aged tropospheric and stratospheric Canadian wildfire smoke

    Moritz Haarig;Albert Ansmann;Holger Baars;Cristofer Jimenez

  • Portable Raman Lidar Polly XT for Automated Profiling of Aerosol Backscatter, Extinction, and Depolarization

    Dietrich Althausen;Ronny Engelmann;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • Dust and smoke transport from Africa to South America: Lidar profiling over Cape Verde and the Amazon rainforest

    Albert Ansmann;Holger Baars;Matthias Tesche;Detlef Müller

  • An overview of the Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment 2008 (AMAZE-08)

    S. T. Martin;M. O. Andreae;D. Althausen;P. Artaxo

  • Extreme levels of Canadian wildfire smoke in the stratosphere over central Europe on 21-22 August 2017

    Albert Ansmann;Holger Baars;Alexandra Chudnovsky;Ina Mattis

  • Aerosol profiling with lidar in the Amazon Basin during the wet and dry season

    H. Baars;A. Ansmann;D. Althausen;R. Engelmann

  • Triple-wavelength depolarization-ratio profiling of Saharan dust over Barbados during SALTRACE in 2013 and 2014

    Moritz Haarig;Albert Ansmann;Dietrich Althausen;André Klepel

  • Dry versus wet marine particle optical properties: RH dependence of depolarization ratio, backscatter, and extinction from multiwavelength lidar measurements during SALTRACE

    Moritz Haarig;Albert Ansmann;Josef Gasteiger;Konrad Kandler

  • Long-term profiling of mineral dust and pollution aerosol with multiwavelength polarization Raman lidar at the Central Asian site of Dushanbe, Tajikistan: case studies

    Julian Hofer;Dietrich Althausen;Sabur F. Abdullaev;Abduvosit N. Makhmudov

  • The unprecedented 2017–2018 stratospheric smoke event: decay phase and aerosol properties observed with the EARLINET

    Holger Baars;Albert Ansmann;Kevin Ohneiser;Moritz Haarig

  • EARLINET Single Calculus Chain - overview on methodology and strategy

    G. D'Amico;Aldo Amodeo;H. Baars;I. Binietoglou

  • Smoke of extreme Australian bushfires observed in the stratosphere over Punta Arenas, Chile, in January 2020: optical thickness, lidar ratios, and depolarization ratios at 355 and 532 nm

    Kevin Ohneiser;Albert Ansmann;Holger Baars;Patric Seifert

  • Ice nucleating particles over the Eastern Mediterranean measured by unmanned aircraft systems

    Jann Schrod;Daniel Weber;Jaqueline Drücke;Christos Keleshis

  • Dust mass, cloud condensation nuclei, and ice-nucleating particle profiling with polarization lidar: updated POLIPHON conversion factors from global AERONET analysis

    Albert Ansmann;Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri;Julian Hofer;Holger Baars

  • Californian Wildfire Smoke Over Europe: A First Example of the Aerosol Observing Capabilities of Aeolus Compared to Ground‐Based Lidar

    Holger Baars;Martin Radenz;Athena Augusta Floutsi;Ronny Engelmann

  • ALADINA – an unmanned research aircraft for observing vertical and horizontal distributions of ultrafine particles within the atmospheric boundary layer

    B. Altstädter;A. Platis;B. Wehner;A. Scholtz

  • Retrieval of ice-nucleating particle concentrations from lidar observations and comparison with UAV in situ measurements

    Eleni Marinou;Eleni Marinou;Matthias Tesche;Matthias Tesche;Athanasios Nenes;Athanasios Nenes;Albert Ansmann

  • EARLINET Single Calculus Chain – technical – Part 2: Calculation of optical products

    Ina Mattis;Giuseppe D'Amico;Holger Baars;Aldo Amodeo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronny Engelmann
Ronny Engelmann Leibniz Association
Albert Ansmann
Albert Ansmann Leibniz Association
Dietrich Althausen
Dietrich Althausen Leibniz Association
Patric Seifert
Patric Seifert Leibniz Association
Ulla Wandinger
Ulla Wandinger Leibniz Association
Vassilis Amiridis
Vassilis Amiridis National Observatory of Athens
Eleni Marinou
Eleni Marinou National Observatory of Athens
Birgit Heese
Birgit Heese Leibniz Association
Ina Mattis
Ina Mattis German Meteorological Service
Mika Komppula
Mika Komppula Finnish Meteorological Institute

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