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Leonhard Pfister is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research has a strong focus on atmospheric science and environmental science, with particular attention to Earth and planetary sciences. The scientist's work spans several interrelated subfields including atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and astronomy and astrophysics.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Pfister has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following scientific journals:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Some notable recent papers authored by Pfister include:

  • "A meteorological overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) campaign over the southeastern Atlantic during 2016-2018: Part 1 - Climatology" (2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • "Impact of Convectively Detrained Ice Crystals on the Humidity of the Tropical Tropopause Layer in Boreal Winter" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
  • "Deep Convective Cloud Top Altitudes at High Temporal and Spatial Resolution" (2022, Earth and Space Science)
  • "A meteorological overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) campaign over the southeastern Atlantic during 2016-2018: Part 2 - Daily and synoptic characteristics" (2022, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • "Convective Impact on the Global Lower Stratospheric Water Vapor Budget" (2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)

Collaborations are a prominent aspect of Pfister's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Rei Ueyama
  • E. J. Jensen
  • M. R. Schoeberl
  • Ju-Mee Ryoo
  • Paquita Zuidema

Best Publications

  • Stratosphere‐troposphere exchange

    James R. Holton;Peter H. Haynes;Michael E. McIntyre;Anne R. Douglass

  • Heating rates in tropical anvils

    Thomas P. Ackerman;Kuo-Nan Liou;Francisco P. J. Valero;Leonhard Pfister

  • Transport and freeze‐drying in the tropical tropopause layer

    Eric Jensen;Leonhard Pfister

  • Coatings and their enhancement of black carbon light absorption in the tropical atmosphere

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;J. R. Spackman;J. R. Spackman;D. W. Fahey;D. W. Fahey;R. S. Gao

  • An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin

    Jens Redemann;Robert Wood;Paquita Zuidema;Sarah J. Doherty

  • Gravity waves generated by a tropical cyclone during the STEP tropical field program: A case study

    L. Pfister;K. R. Chan;T. P. Bui;S. Bowen

  • Gravity wave momentum flux in the lower stratosphere over convection

    M. Joan Alexander;Leonhard Pfister

  • Observed OH and HO2 in the upper troposphere suggest a major source from convective injection of peroxides

    L. Jaeglé;Daniel James Jacob;P. O. Wennberg;C. M. Spivakovsky

  • Dehydration of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere by subvisible cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause

    Eric J. Jensen;Owen B. Toon;Leonhard Pfister;Henry B. Selkirk

  • Aerosol composition of the tropical upper troposphere

    K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;D. M. Murphy;T. J. Sanford;T. J. Sanford;D. S. Thomson;D. S. Thomson

  • In‐situ observations of mid‐latitude forest fire plumes deep in the stratosphere

    Hans-Jürg Jost;Katja Drdla;Andreas Stohl;Andreas Stohl;Leonhard Pfister

  • Ice nucleation and dehydration in the Tropical Tropopause Layer

    Eric J. Jensen;Glenn Diskin;R. Paul Lawson;Sara Lance

  • Aircraft observations of thin cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause

    Leonhard Pfister;Henry B. Selkirk;Eric J. Jensen;Mark R. Schoeberl

  • Aircraft measurements of microphysical properties of subvisible cirrus in the tropical tropopause layer

    R. P. Lawson;B. Pilson;B. Baker;Q. Mo

  • Baroclinic instability of easterly jets with applications to the summer mesosphere

    Leonhard Pfister

  • Mesoscale disturbances in the tropical stratosphere excited by convection - Observations and effects on the stratospheric momentum budget

    Leonhard Pfister;Stanley Scott;Max Loewenstein;Stuart Bowen

  • A conceptual model of the dehydration of air due to freeze‐drying by optically thin, laminar cirrus rising slowly across the tropical tropopause

    Eric J. Jensen;Leonhard Pfister;Andrew S. Ackerman;Azadeh Tabazadeh

  • Ice nucleation and cloud microphysical properties in tropical tropopause layer cirrus

    E. J. Jensen;L. Pfister;T.-P. Bui;P. Lawson

  • Troposphere-to-Stratosphere Transport in the Lowermost Stratosphere from Measurements of H2O, CO2, N2O, and O3

    E. J. Hintsa;K. A. Boering;E. M. Weinstock;J. G. Anderson

  • Ice supersaturations exceeding 100% at the cold tropical tropopause: implications for cirrus formation and dehydration

    E. J. Jensen;J. B. Smith;L. Pfister;J. V. Pittman

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Jensen
Eric J. Jensen Ames Research Center
Mark R. Schoeberl
Mark R. Schoeberl Science and Technology Corporation (United States)
Troy Thornberry
Troy Thornberry National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Max Loewenstein
Max Loewenstein Ames Research Center
Ru-Shan Gao
Ru-Shan Gao National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James R. Podolske
James R. Podolske Ames Research Center
Melody A. Avery
Melody A. Avery Langley Research Center
Elliot M. Weinstock
Elliot M. Weinstock Harvard University
Owen B. Toon
Owen B. Toon University of Colorado Boulder

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