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Overview

Markus D. Petters is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. The primary areas of study encompass Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Icing and De-icing Technologies

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Markus D. Petters are:

  • Sabin Kasparoǧlu
  • N. Meskhidze
  • Paul J. DeMott
  • Sunandan Mahant
  • Merete Bilde

Key publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Markus D. Petters are:

  • Predicting the influence of particle size on the glass transition temperature and viscosity of secondary organic material, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Bioaerosols are the dominant source of warm-temperature immersion-mode INPs and drive uncertainties in INP predictability, 2023, Science Advances
  • Toward closure between predicted and observed particle viscosity over a wide range of temperatures and relative humidity, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Experimental Determination of the Relationship Between Organic Aerosol Viscosity and Ice Nucleation at Upper Free Tropospheric Conditions, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Observations of new particle formation, modal growth rates, and direct emissions of sub-10 nm particles in an urban environment, 2020, Atmospheric Environment

Best Publications

  • A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity

    M. D. Petters;S. M. Kreidenweis

  • Predicting global atmospheric ice nuclei distributions and their impacts on climate

    Paul J. DeMott;Anthony J. Prenni;Xiaohong Liu;Sonia M. Kreidenweis

  • Rainforest Aerosols as Biogenic Nuclei of Clouds and Precipitation in the Amazon

    U. Pöschl;S. T. Martin;B. Sinha;Q. Chen

  • Dynamics and chemistry of marine stratocumulus - DYCOMS II

    Bjorn Stevens;Donald H. Lenschow;Gabor Vali;Hermann Gerber

  • Integrating laboratory and field data to quantify the immersion freezing ice nucleation activity of mineral dust particles

    P. J. DeMott;A. J. Prenni;A. J. Prenni;G. R. McMeeking;R. C. Sullivan

  • The viscosity of atmospherically relevant organic particles

    Jonathan P. Reid;Allan K. Bertram;David O. Topping;Alexander Laskin

  • A review of the anthropogenic influence on biogenic secondary organic aerosol

    C.R. Hoyle;C.R. Hoyle;M. Boy;N.M. Donahue;J.L. Fry

  • Large-Eddy Simulations of a Drizzling, Stratocumulus-Topped Marine Boundary Layer

    Andrew S. Ackerman;Margreet C. Vanzanten;Bjorn Stevens;Verica Savic-Jovcic

  • Effect of chemical mixing state on the hygroscopicity and cloud nucleation properties of calcium mineral dust particles

    R. C. Sullivan;R. C. Sullivan;M. J. K. Moore;M. D. Petters;S. M. Kreidenweis

  • Cloud condensation nucleation activity of biomass burning aerosol

    Markus D. Petters;Markus D. Petters;Christian M. Carrico;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Anthony J. Prenni

  • A comprehensive laboratory study on the immersion freezing behavior of illite NX particles: a comparison of 17 ice nucleation measurement techniques

    Naruki Hiranuma;Stefanie Augustin-Bauditz;Heinz Bingemer;Carsten Budke

  • Relative roles of biogenic emissions and Saharan dust as ice nuclei in the Amazon basin

    Anthony J. Prenni;Markus D. Petters;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Colette L. Heald

  • Resurgence in Ice Nuclei Measurement Research

    Paul J. DeMott;Ottmar Möhler;Olaf Stetzer;Gabor Vali

  • Cloud droplet activation of secondary organic aerosol

    Anthony J. Prenni;Markus D. Petters;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Paul J. DeMott

  • Hygroscopicity and cloud droplet activation of mineral dust aerosol

    K. A. Koehler;S. M. Kreidenweis;P. J. DeMott;M. D. Petters

  • A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity – Part 2: Including solubility

    M. D. Petters;S. M. Kreidenweis

  • Cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleation activity of hydrophobic and hydrophilic soot particles.

    Kirsten A. Koehler;Paul J. DeMott;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Olga B. Popovicheva

  • Revisiting ice nucleation from precipitation samples

    M. D. Petters;T. P. Wright

  • Towards closing the gap between hygroscopic growth and activation for secondary organic aerosol: Part 1 – Evidence from measurements

    H. Wex;M. D. Petters;C. M. Carrico;E. Hallbauer

  • Evaluation of the aerosol indirect effect in marine stratocumulus clouds : droplet number, size, liquid water path, and radiative impact

    Cynthia H. Twohy;Markus D. Petters;Jefferson R. Snider;Bjorn Stevens

  • An overview of the Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment 2008 (AMAZE-08)

    S. T. Martin;M. O. Andreae;D. Althausen;P. Artaxo

  • Irreversible loss of ice nucleation active sites in mineral dust particles caused by sulphuric acid condensation

    R. C. Sullivan;M. D. Petters;M. D. Petters;P. J. DeMott;S. M. Kreidenweis

  • A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity – Part 3: Including surfactant partitioning

    M. D. Petters;S. M. Kreidenweis

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia M. Kreidenweis
Sonia M. Kreidenweis Colorado State University
Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University
Anthony J. Prenni
Anthony J. Prenni National Park Service
Ryan C. Sullivan
Ryan C. Sullivan Carnegie Mellon University
Christian M. Carrico
Christian M. Carrico New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Heike Wex
Heike Wex Leibniz Association
Paul J. Ziemann
Paul J. Ziemann University of Colorado Boulder
Gavin R. McMeeking
Gavin R. McMeeking Colorado State University
Ottmar Möhler
Ottmar Möhler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kimberly A. Prather
Kimberly A. Prather University of California, San Diego

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