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78
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World Ranking
1059
National Ranking
30

Maarten Krol 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 Maarten Krol sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 343 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maarten Krol 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 Maarten Krol sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Maarten Krol is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Krol has contributed extensively to research published in several venues, frequently appearing in:

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

Prominent co-authors collaborating with Krol include Jin Ma, Linda M. J. Kooijmans, Thomas Röckmann, K. F. Boersma, and Sophie L. Baartman, indicating a broad network within atmospheric and environmental research communities.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the range of Krol's research contributions:

  • "Methyl Chloroform Continues to Constrain the Hydroxyl (OH) Variability in the Troposphere," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Evaluation of carbonyl sulfide biosphere exchange in the Simple Biosphere Model (SiB4)," 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "Inverse modelling of carbonyl sulfide: implementation, evaluation and implications for the global budget," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Microplastic appraisal of soil, water, ditch sediment and airborne dust: The case of agricultural systems," 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • "Reductions in nitrogen oxides over the Netherlands between 2005 and 2018 observed from space and on the ground: Decreasing emissions and increasing O3 indicate changing NOx chemistry," 2021, Atmospheric Environment X

Krol's research themes reflect ongoing interest in atmospheric chemical processes, gas exchange modeling, and pollution dynamics, contributing data relevant to environmental quality and climate studies.

Best Publications

  • Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom

    C. Textor;M. Schulz;S. Guibert;S. Kinne

  • Nitrogen and sulfur deposition on regional and global scales:a multimodel evaluation

    F. Dentener;J. Drevet;Jean-François Lamarque;Isabelle Bey

  • An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker

    Wouter Peters;A. R. Jacobson;C. Sweeney;A. E. Andrews

  • Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone

    D. S. Stevenson;F. J. Dentener;M. G. Schultz;K. Ellingsen

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • An AeroCom Initial Assessment - Optical Properties in Aerosol Component Modules of Global Models

    S. Kinne;M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Guibert

  • The global impact of ozone on agricultural crop yields under current and future air quality legislation

    Rita Van Dingenen;Frank J. Dentener;Frank Raes;Maarten C. Krol

  • The contribution of ocean‐leaving DMS to the global atmospheric burdens of DMS, MSA, SO2, and NSS SO4=

    M. Gondwe;M. Krol;W. Gieskes;Wim Klaassen

  • The two-way nested global chemistry-transport zoom model TM5: algorithm and applications

    M.C. Krol;S. Houweling;B. Bregman;M. van den Broek

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Inverse Modeling of Global and Regional CH4 Emissions Using SCIAMACHY Satellite Retrievals

    Peter Bergamaschi;Christian Frankenberg;Jan Fokke Meirink;Maarten Krol;Maarten Krol

  • The global atmospheric environment for the next generation

    F. Dentener;David Stevenson;K. Ellingsen;T. van Noije

  • Small Interannual Variability of Global Atmospheric Hydroxyl

    S. A. Montzka;M. Krol;M. Krol;E. Dlugokencky;B. Hall

  • Satellite chartography of atmospheric methane from SCIAMACHY on board ENVISAT: 2. Evaluation based on inverse model simulations

    P. Bergamaschi;C. Frankenberg;J. F. Meirink;J. F. Meirink;M. Krol;M. Krol

  • Atmospheric CH4 in the first decade of the 21st century: Inverse modeling analysis using SCIAMACHY satellite retrievals and NOAA surface measurements

    P. Bergamaschi;S. Houweling;A. Segers;M. Krol;M. Krol;M. Krol

  • TransCom model simulations of CH4 and related species: linking transport, surface flux and chemical loss with CH4 variability in the troposphere and lower stratosphere

    P. K. Patra;S. Houweling;Maarten Krol;Maarten Krol;P. Bousquet

  • TransCom model simulations of hourly atmospheric CO2 : Analysis of synoptic-scale variations for the period 2002-2003

    P. K. Patra;R. M. Law;Wouter Peters;Wouter Peters;C. RöDenbeck

  • Evaluation of long-term ozone simulations from seven regional air quality models and their ensemble

    M. van Loon;Robert Vautard;M. Schaap;R. Bergstrom

  • An ensemble data assimilation system to estimate CO2 surface fluxes from atmospheric trace gas observations

    Wouter Peters;Wouter Peters;J. B. Miller;J. B. Miller;J. Whitaker;J. Whitaker;A. S. Denning

  • The global chemistry transport model TM5: description and evaluation of the tropospheric chemistry version 3.0

    V. Huijnen;J.E. Williams;M. van Weele;T.P.C. van Noije

  • Multimodel simulations of carbon monoxide: Comparison with observations and projected near‐future changes

    D. T. Shindell;Gregory S. Faluvegi;D. S. Stevenson;M. C. Krol

Frequent Co-Authors

Wouter Peters
Wouter Peters Wageningen University & Research
Sander Houweling
Sander Houweling Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Thomas Röckmann
Thomas Röckmann Utrecht University
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Frank Dentener
Frank Dentener European Commission Joint Research Centre
Peter Bergamaschi
Peter Bergamaschi Heidelberg University
Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Ilse Aben
Ilse Aben Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Jan Fokke Meirink
Jan Fokke Meirink Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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