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Kirstin Krüger

Kirstin Krüger

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
8449
World Ranking
5034
National Ranking
60

Kirstin Krüger 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 Kirstin Krüger sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 367 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kirstin Krüger 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 Kirstin Krüger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kirstin Krüger is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work frequently addresses subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Paleontology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Kirstin Krüger has contributed to publications in multiple scientific journals, with notable frequent venues being Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Quaternary Science Reviews, Geophysical Research Letters, Climate of the Past, and Earth System Dynamics.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • "Temperature and tropopause characteristics from reanalyses data in the tropical tropopause layer," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Differences in tropical high clouds among reanalyses: origins and radiative impacts," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "The potential impacts of a sulfur- and halogen-rich supereruption such as Los Chocoyos on the atmosphere and climate," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Was there a volcanic-induced long-lasting cooling over the Northern Hemisphere in the mid-6th-7th century?" 2022, Climate of the Past
  • "Variability and past long-term changes of brominated very short-lived substances at the tropical tropopause," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Kirstin Krüger frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Claudia Timmreck, Johann Jungclaus, Kjetil Loftsgarden, Helge Irgens Høeg, and Herman Fuglestvedt. These coauthoring relationships have resulted in multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder temperature and geopotential height measurements

    M. Schwartz;A. Lambert;G.L. Manney;G.L. Manney;W.G. Read

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Observations of Dynamics and Transport During the Record-Breaking 2009 Arctic Stratospheric Major Warming

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Michael J. Schwartz;Kirstin Krüger;Michelle L. Santee

  • On the Lack of Stratospheric Dynamical Variability in Low‐Top Versions of the CMIP5 Models

    Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;Mark P. Baldwin;Thomas Birner;Robert X. Black

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project-Report No. 52

    S.A Montzka;S Reimann;A Engel;K Krüger

  • Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems

    Masatomo Fujiwara;Jonathon S. Wright;Gloria L. Manney;Lesley J. Gray

  • The remarkable 2003–2004 winter and other recent warm winters in the Arctic stratosphere since the late 1990s

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Kirstin Krüger;Kirstin Krüger;Joseph L. Sabutis;Sara Amina Sena

  • Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODSs) and Related Chemicals

    S.A Montzka;S Reimann;A Engel;K Krüger

  • The evolution of the stratopause during the 2006 major warming: Satellite data and assimilated meteorological analyses

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Kirstin Krüger;Steven Pawson;Ken Minschwaner

  • Multimodel climate and variability of the stratosphere

    N. Butchart;Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;I. Cionni;S. C. Hardiman

  • Insights from Antarctica on volcanic forcing during the Common Era

    Michael Sigl;Joseph R. McConnell;Joseph R. McConnell;Matthew Toohey;Mark Curran

  • Bi-decadal variability excited in the coupled ocean–atmosphere system by strong tropical volcanic eruptions

    D. Zanchettin;C. Timmreck;H.-F. Graf;A. Rubino

  • Climatic and societal impacts of a volcanic double event at the dawn of the Middle Ages

    Matthew Toohey;Matthew Toohey;Kirstin Krüger;Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl;Frode Stordal

  • Global sea-to-air flux climatology for bromoform, dibromomethane and methyl iodide

    Franziska Ziska;Birgit Quack;K. Abrahamsson;S. D. Archer

  • The Unusual Midwinter Warming in the Southern Hemisphere Stratosphere 2002: A Comparison to Northern Hemisphere Phenomena

    Kirstin Krüger;Barbara Naujokat;Karin Labitzke

  • Thermal and dynamical changes of the stratosphere since 1979 and their link to ozone and CO2 changes

    Ulrike Langematz;Markus Kunze;Kirstin Krüger;Karin Labitzke

  • A new interactive chemistry-climate model: 2. Sensitivity of the middle atmosphere to ozone depletion and increase in greenhouse gases and implications for recent stratospheric cooling

    Elisa Manzini;B. Steil;C. Brühl;Marco A. Giorgetta

  • The influence of eruption season on the global aerosol evolution and radiative impact of tropical volcanic eruptions

    Matthew Toohey;Kirstin Krüger;U. Niemeier;C. Timmreck

  • Disproportionately strong climate forcing from extratropical explosive volcanic eruptions

    Matthew Toohey;Kirstin Krüger;Hauke Schmidt;Claudia Timmreck

  • Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe

    Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Jonathan L. Bamber;Sybren Drijfhout;Andrey Ganopolski

  • Direct oceanic emissions unlikely to account for the missing source of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide

    Sinikka T. Lennartz;Christa A. Marandino;Marc von Hobe;Pau Cortes

  • The preconditioning of major sudden stratospheric warmings

    Severin Bancala;Kirstin Krüger;M. Giorgetta

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

    S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Timmreck
Claudia Timmreck Max Planck Society
Elliot L Atlas
Elliot L Atlas University of Miami
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Markus Rex
Markus Rex Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Steffen Kutterolf
Steffen Kutterolf Kiel University
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Marco A. Giorgetta
Marco A. Giorgetta Max Planck Society
Armin Freundt
Armin Freundt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Andreas Stohl
Andreas Stohl University of Vienna
Klaus Pfeilsticker
Klaus Pfeilsticker Heidelberg University

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