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Justus Notholt

Justus Notholt

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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
80
Citations
23644
World Ranking
962
National Ranking
63

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Justus Notholt is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with over a hundred publications in this broad field. Environmental Science constitutes another major area of their work, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their studies.

The scientist's subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Spectroscopy, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials. These areas highlight a strong emphasis on atmospheric processes and environmental chemistry, as well as applications of spectroscopy methods.

Justus Notholt's work covers a range of topics, notably Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds.

They have contributed frequently to several publication venues, including:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Remote Sensing
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Justus Notholt include:

  • "TROPOMI-Sentinel-5 Precursor formaldehyde validation using an extensive network of ground-based Fourier-transform infrared stations," 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "COVID-19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone Across the Northern Hemisphere," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "A decade of GOSAT Proxy satellite CH 4 observations," 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • "Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)3 Project," 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

They have collaborated frequently with coauthors including Rigel Kivi, Mathias Palm, Kimberly Strong, Frank Hase, and Isamu Morino. These partnerships illustrate their integration into a network of researchers specializing in atmospheric and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Total Carbon Column Observing Network

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Jean-François L. Blavier;Rebecca A. Washenfelder

  • Stratospheric Aerosol--Observations, Processes, and Impact on Climate

    Stefanie Kremser;Larry W. Thomason;Marc von Hobe;Markus Hermann

  • Toward accurate CO2 and CH4 observations from GOSAT

    A Butz;A Butz;S Guerlet;O Hasekamp;D Schepers

  • Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) X CO 2 measurements with TCCON

    Debra Wunch;Debra Wunch;Paul O. Wennberg;Gregory Osterman;Gregory Osterman;Brendan Fisher;Brendan Fisher

  • Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres

    Curtis P. Rinsland;Aaron Goldman;Emmanuel Mahieu;Rodolphe Zander

  • Improvement of the retrieval algorithm for GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 and their validation using TCCON data

    Y. Yoshida;N. Kikuchi;I. Morino;O. Uchino

  • Improved retrievals of carbon dioxide from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 with the version 8 ACOS algorithm

    Christopher W. O'Dell;Annmarie Eldering;Paul O. Wennberg;David Crisp

  • The Arctic Cloud Puzzle: Using ACLOUD/PASCAL Multiplatform Observations to Unravel the Role of Clouds and Aerosol Particles in Arctic Amplification

    Manfred Wendisch;Andreas Macke;André Ehrlich;Christof Lüpkes

  • The ACOS CO 2 retrieval algorithm – Part II: Global X CO 2 data characterization

    D. Crisp;B. M. Fisher;C. O'Dell;C. Frankenberg

  • Importance of secondary sources in the atmospheric budgets of formic and acetic acids

    F. Paulot;D. Wunch;J. D. Crounse;G. C. Toon

  • Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data

    A J Turner;Daniel J Jacob;K J Wecht;J D Maasakkers

  • Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopologues: 1. Comparison between models and observations

    Camille Risi;Camille Risi;David Noone;John Worden;Christian Frankenberg

  • Atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide from SCIAMACHY satellite data: initial comparison with chemistry and transport models

    M. Buchwitz;R. de Beek;J. Burrows;H. Bovensmann

  • A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO 2 total columns from space

    D. Wunch;P. O. Wennberg;G. C. Toon;B. J. Connor

  • Methane observations from the Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite: Comparison to ground‐based TCCON data and model calculations

    Robert Parker;Hartmut Boesch;Austin Cogan;Annemarie Fraser

  • Frost flowers on sea ice as a source of sea salt and their influence on tropospheric halogen chemistry

    L. Kaleschke;A. Richter;J. Burrows;O. Afe

  • Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra

    I. Morino;O. Uchino;M. Inoue;Y. Yoshida

  • Prolonged stratospheric ozone loss in the 1995–96 Arctic winter

    Markus Rex;Neil R. P. Harris;Peter von der Gathen;Ralph Lehmann

  • Atmospheric hydrogen cyanide (HCN): Biomass burning source, ocean sink?

    Qinbin Li;Daniel James Jacob;Isabelle Bey;Robert M. Yantosca

  • Continuous day and night aerosol optical depth observations in the Arctic between 1991 and 1999

    Andreas Herber;Larry W. Thomason;Hartwig Gernandt;Ulrich Leiterer

  • Tropical methane emissions: A revised view from SCIAMACHY onboard ENVISAT

    Christian Frankenberg;Peter Bergamaschi;André Butz;Sander Houweling;Sander Houweling

Frequent Co-Authors

Thorsten Warneke
Thorsten Warneke University of Bremen
Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Ralf Sussmann
Ralf Sussmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
David W. T. Griffith
David W. T. Griffith University of Wollongong
Emmanuel Mahieu
Emmanuel Mahieu University of Liège
Nicholas B. Jones
Nicholas B. Jones University of Wollongong
Frank Hase
Frank Hase Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Debra Wunch
Debra Wunch University of Toronto
Isamu Morino
Isamu Morino National Institute for Environmental Studies
Voltaire A. Velazco
Voltaire A. Velazco University of Wollongong

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