2026 Ina Tegen: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	77	1110	1053	72	70	246	31961

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Ina Tegen is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and contributes extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric phenomena and planetary-scale processes, with particular emphasis on aerosol dynamics, gas transport, and climate interactions.

The scientist's work explores a variety of subfields, including:

Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Earth-Surface Processes
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Main topics addressed in their research encompass:

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Aeolian processes and effects
Fire effects on ecosystems
Cryospheric studies and observations

Ina Tegen has published in several notable scientific venues, contributing frequently to:

Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Geoscientific model development
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Their recent publications include:

"Characterization of organic aerosol across the global remote troposphere: a comparison of ATom measurements and global chemistry models," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
"Global cycling and climate effects of aeolian dust controlled by biological soil crusts," 2022, Nature Geoscience
"Biodiversity loss and climate extremes - study the feedbacks," 2022, Nature
"Atmospheric Dynamics and Numerical Simulations of Six Frontal Dust Storms in the Middle East Region," 2021, Atmosphere
"Glimpsing the Ins and Outs of the Arctic Atmospheric Cauldron," 2021, Eos

Frequent collaborators of Ina Tegen include:

Bernd Heinold
Holger Baars
Anne Kubin
Fabian Senf
Hartmut Herrmann

Best Publications

Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate

T. Jickells;Z An;K.K. Andersen;A.R. Baker

3311
Citations
Sources and distributions of dust aerosols simulated with the GOCART model

Paul Ginoux;Mian Chin;Ina Tegen;Joseph M. Prospero

2487
Citations
The influence on climate forcing of mineral aerosols from disturbed soils

Ina Tegen;Ina Tegen;Andrew A. Lacis;Inez Fung;Inez Fung

1446
Citations
Atmospheric global dust cycle and iron inputs to the ocean

Natalie M. Mahowald;Alex R. Baker;Gilles Bergametti;Nick Brooks

1391
Citations
Modeling of mineral dust in the atmosphere: Sources, transport, and optical thickness

Ina Tegen;Inez Fung

1192
Citations
The aerosol-climate model ECHAM5-HAM

P. Stier;J. Feichter;S. Kinne;S. Kloster

1126
Citations
North African dust emissions and transport

Sebastian Engelstaedter;Ina Tegen;Richard Washington

899
Citations
Contribution to the atmospheric mineral aerosol load from land surface modification

Ina Tegen;Inez Fung

860
Citations
Modeling of particle size distribution and its influence on the radiative properties of mineral dust aerosol

Ina Tegen;Andrew A. Lacis

822
Citations
Contribution of different aerosol species to the global aerosol extinction optical thickness: Estimates from model results

Ina Tegen;Peter Hollrig;Mian Chin;Mian Chin;Inez Fung;Inez Fung

796
Citations
Impact of vegetation and preferential source areas on global dust aerosol: Results from a model study

Ina Tegen;Sandy P. Harrison;Karen Kohfeld;I. Colin Prentice

686
Citations
Relative importance of climate and land use in determining present and future global soil dust emission

I. Tegen;Martin Werner;S. P. Harrison;K. E. Kohfeld

665
Citations
Climate Response to Soil Dust Aerosols

R. L. Miller;I. Tegen

630
Citations
Iron supply and demand in the upper ocean

Inez Y. Fung;Stephanie K. Meyn;Ina Tegen;Scott C. Doney

619
Citations
Climate forcings in the Industrial era

James E. Hansen;Makiko Sato;Andrew Lacis;Reto Ruedy

614
Citations
Surface radiative forcing by soil dust aerosols and the hydrologic cycle

R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;I. Tegen;Jan Perlwitz;Jan Perlwitz

501
Citations
Quantifying mineral dust mass budgets:Terminology, constraints, and current estimates

C. S. Zender;R. L.R. L. Miller;I. Tegen

432
Citations
Climate forcings in Goddard Institute for Space Studies SI2000 simulations

J. Hansen;M. Sato;M. Sato;L. Nazarenko;L. Nazarenko;R. Ruedy

430
Citations
A new Saharan dust source activation frequency map derived from MSG-SEVIRI IR-channels

Kerstin Schepanski;Kerstin Schepanski;I. Tegen;B. Laurent;B. Heinold

402
Citations
Tropospheric sulfur simulation and sulfate direct radiative forcing in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies general circulation model

Dorothy Koch;Daniel James Jacob;Ina Tegen;David Michael Rind

363
Citations
The Saharan Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Aerosol–Cloud-Interaction Experiment: Overview and Selected Highlights

B. Weinzierl;A. Ansmann;J. Prospero;D. Althausen

302
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Heinold Leibniz Association

Kerstin Schepanski Leibniz Association

Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Peter Knippertz Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Bernadett Weinzierl University of Vienna

Albert Ansmann Leibniz Association

Karen E. Kohfeld Simon Fraser University

Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading

Ulrike Lohmann ETH Zurich

Manfred Wendisch Leipzig University

External Links

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