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Overview

Klaus Schäfer is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, focusing on research in Environmental Science. Their work primarily addresses topics related to air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and environmental gas dynamics among other fields.

The main fields of study for Schäfer include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields of Schäfer's research encompass:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Key research topics covered by Schäfer are:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Medical and Health Sciences Research
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Schäfer include:

  • Hybrid aeroacoustic investigation of turbulent 90° pipe bend flow with source terms from Large-Eddy Simulation, 2024, Computers & Fluids
  • Advances in air quality research - current and emerging challenges, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Introduction of a guideline for measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes from soils using non-steady-state chambers, 2022, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
  • High-Resolution Assessment of Air Quality in Urban Areas-A Business Model Perspective, 2021, Atmosphere
  • A new approach of the normalization relationship between PM2.5 and visibility and the theoretical threshold, a case in north China, 2020, Atmospheric Research

Frequent co-authors of Schäfer include:

  • Wiltrud Probst
  • Ranjeet S. Sokhi
  • Nicolas Moussiopοulos
  • Alexander Baklanov
  • J.G. Bartzis

Schäfer's work has been published in a variety of scientific venues, including:

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  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
  • Computers & Fluids
  • Atmosphere

In addition to journal publications, Schäfer has contributed to book publications with the University of Regensburg, including:

  • TX: Ein Toter ist immer dabei; Sie könnten der Nächste sein (2020)
  • Das Herz von Onkel Oskar: Organspende für Jugendliche erklärt (2020)
  • Gottesbilder des Korans und der Bibel: Die 99 Namen Allah´s im Koran im Vergleich zu den biblischen Gottesbildern; Ein synoptischer Vergleich der Gottesbilder (2020)

Best Publications

  • Mixing layer height and its implications for air pollution over Beijing, China

    Guiqian Tang;Jinqiang Zhang;Xiaowan Zhu;Tao Song

  • Surface-based remote sensing of the mixing-layer height a review

    Stefan Emeis;Klaus Schäfer;Christoph Münkel

  • The impact of NOx, CO and VOC emissions on the air quality of Zurich airport

    Gregor Schürmann;Klaus Schäfer;Carsten Jahn;Herbert Hoffmann

  • What is the benefit of ceilometers for aerosol remote sensing? An answer from EARLINET

    M. Wiegner;F. Madonna;I. Binietoglou;R. Forkel

  • Atmospheric boundary-layer structure from simultaneous SODAR, RASS, and ceilometer measurements

    Stefan Emeis;Christoph Münkel;Siegfried Vogt;Wolfgang J Müller

  • Remote Sensing Methods to Investigate Boundary-layer Structures relevant to Air Pollution in Cities

    Stefan Emeis;Klaus Schäfer

  • Application of portable FTIR spectrometers for detecting greenhouse gas emissions of the major city Berlin

    F. Hase;M. Frey;T. Blumenstock;J. Groß

  • Air Pollution Transport in an Alpine Valley: Results From Airborne and Ground-Based Observations

    Alexander Gohm;Florian Harnisch;Johannes Vergeiner;F. Obleitner

  • Calibration and instrumental line shape characterization of a set of portable FTIR spectrometers for detecting greenhouse gas emissions

    M. Frey;F. Hase;T. Blumenstock;J. Groß

  • AIRCRAFT EMISSION MEASUREMENTS BY REMOTE SENSING METHODOLOGIES AT AIRPORTS

    Klaus Schäfer;Carsten Jahn;Peter Sturm;Bernhard Lechner

  • Mixing layer height as an indicator for urban air quality

    Alexander Geiß;Alexander Geiß;Matthias Wiegner;Boris Bonn;Klaus Schäfer

  • Mixing layer height on the North China Plain and meteorological evidence of serious air pollution in southern Hebei

    Xiaowan Zhu;Guiqian Tang;Jianping Guo;Bo Hu

  • Spatially explicit regionalization of airborne flux measurements using environmental response functions

    S. Metzger;W. Junkermann;M. Mauder;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl

  • Influence of mixing layer height upon air pollution in urban and sub-urban areas

    Klaus Schäfer;Stefan Emeis;Herbert Hoffmann;Carsten Jahn

  • Source Apportionment of Elemental Carbon in Beijing, China: Insights from Radiocarbon and Organic Marker Measurements

    Yan-Lin Zhang;Jürgen Schnelle-Kreis;Gülcin Abbaszade;Ralf Zimmermann

  • Nonintrusive optical measurements of aircraft engine exhaust emissions and comparison with standard intrusive techniques.

    Klaus Schäfer;Jörg Heland;Dave H. Lister;Chris W. Wilson

  • Mixing layer height over Munich, Germany: Variability and comparisons of different methodologies

    Matthias Wiegner;Stefan Emeis;Volker Freudenthaler;Birgit Heese

  • Influence of mixing layer height on air pollutant concentrations in an urban street canyon

    Patrick Wagner;Klaus Schäfer

  • Simultaneous multicopter-based air sampling and sensing of meteorological variables

    Caroline Brosy;Karina Krampf;Matthias Zeeman;Benjamin Wolf

  • Multiple atmospheric layering and mixing-layer height in the Inn valley observed by remote sensing

    Stefan Emeis;Carsten Jahn;Christoph Münkel;Caroline Münsterer

  • Advances in Air Quality Research – Current and Emerging Challenges

    Ranjeet S. Sokhi;Nicolas Moussiopoulos;Alexander Baklanov;John Bartzis

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Emeis
Stefan Emeis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Josef Cyrys
Josef Cyrys Helmholtz Zentrum München
Yuesi Wang
Yuesi Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter Wiesen
Peter Wiesen University of Wuppertal
Renate Forkel
Renate Forkel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hans Peter Schmid
Hans Peter Schmid Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Matthias Mauder
Matthias Mauder Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Longyi Shao
Longyi Shao China University of Mining and Technology
Ralf Zimmermann
Ralf Zimmermann University of Rostock
Jinyuan Xin
Jinyuan Xin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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