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Markus Rapp 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 Markus Rapp sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 348 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Markus Rapp 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 Markus Rapp sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Markus Rapp is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany and has produced significant research contributions in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, and Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Aerospace Engineering, and Oceanography.

The main topics Markus Rapp has focused on include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Climate Variability and Models, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Markus Rapp include:

  • SOUTHTRAC-GW: An Airborne Field Campaign to Explore Gravity Wave Dynamics at the World's Strongest Hotspot, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Cleaner burning aviation fuels can reduce contrail cloudiness, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Cleaner Skies during the COVID-19 Lockdown, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Lidar observations of large-amplitude mountain waves in the stratosphere above Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Mesospheric Bore Evolution and Instability Dynamics Observed in PMC Turbo Imaging and Rayleigh Lidar Profiling Over Northeastern Canada on 13 July 2018, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Markus Rapp collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Bernd Kaifler
  • Andreas Dörnbrack
  • Natalie Kaifler
  • Andreas Giez
  • Markus Geldenhuys

Best Publications

  • Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE): Review of observations and current understanding

    M. Rapp;F.-J. Lübken

  • Modeling the microphysics of mesospheric ice particles: Assessment of current capabilities and basic sensitivities

    Markus Rapp;Gary E. Thomas

  • Cleaner burning aviation fuels can reduce contrail cloudiness

    Christiane Voigt;Christiane Voigt;Jonas Kleine;Jonas Kleine;Daniel Sauer;Richard H. Moore

  • ML-CIRRUS : The airborne experiment on natural cirrus and contrail cirrus with the high-altitude long-range research aircraft HALO

    Christiane Voigt;Ulrich Schumann;Andreas Minikin;Ahmed Abdelmonem

  • The deep propagating gravity wave experiment (deepwave): an airborne and ground-based exploration of gravity wave propagation and effects from their sources throughout the lower and middle atmosphere

    David C. Fritts;Ronald B. Smith;Michael J. Taylor;James D. Doyle

  • Small‐scale temperature variations in the vicinity of NLC: Experimental and model results

    M. Rapp;F.-J. Lübken;A. Müllemann;G. E. Thomas

  • The North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

    Andreas Schäfler;George Craig;Heini Wernli;Philippe Arbogast

  • Does Strong Tropospheric Forcing Cause Large-Amplitude Mesospheric Gravity Waves? A DEEPWAVE Case Study

    Martina Bramberger;Andreas Dörnbrack;Katrina Bossert;Benedikt Ehard

  • Neutral air turbulence and temperatures in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes

    Franz-Josef Lübken;Markus Rapp;Peter Hoffmann

  • On the nature of PMSE: Electron diffusion in the vicinity of charged particles revisited

    Markus Rapp;Franz-Josef Lübken

  • Global and temporal distribution of meteoric smoke : a two-dimensional simulation study

    Linda Megner;D. E. Siskind;M. Rapp;J. Gumbel

  • A High-Altitude Long-Range Aircraft Configured as a Cloud Observatory: The NARVAL Expeditions

    Bjorn Stevens;Felix Ament;Sandrine Bony;Susanne Crewell

  • Observations of positively charged nanoparticles in the nighttime polar mesosphere

    Markus Rapp;Markus Rapp;Jonas Hedin;Irina Strelnikova;Martin Friedrich

  • Modelling of particle charging in the polar summer mesosphere: Part 1—General results

    Markus Rapp;Franz-Josef Lübken

  • MAARSY: The new MST radar on Andøya—System description and first results

    R. Latteck;W. Singer;M. Rapp;B. Vandepeer

  • The science case for the EISCAT_3D radar

    Ian W. McCrea;Anita Aikio;Lucilla Alfonsi;Evgenia Belova

  • Distribution of meteoric smoke - sensitivity to microphysical properties and atmospheric conditions

    Linda Megner;M. Rapp;M. Rapp;J. Gumbel

  • SOUTHTRAC-GW: An airborne field campaign to explore gravity wave dynamics at the world’s strongest hotspot

    Markus Rapp;Bernd Kaifler;Andreas Dörnbrack;Sonja Gisinger

  • News from the Lower Ionosphere: A Review of Recent Developments

    Martin Friedrich;M. Rapp

  • Absolute density measurements in the middle atmosphere

    M. Rapp;J. Gumbel;F.-J. Lübken

  • Small Scale Temperature Variations in the Vicinity of NLC: Experimental and Model Results

    M. Rapp;F. Luebken;A. Muellemann;G. E. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz-Josef Lübken
Franz-Josef Lübken University of Rostock
Andreas Dörnbrack
Andreas Dörnbrack German Aerospace Center
Werner Singer
Werner Singer University of Rostock
Peter Hoffmann
Peter Hoffmann University of Rostock
Michael J. Taylor
Michael J. Taylor Utah State University
Stephen D. Eckermann
Stephen D. Eckermann United States Naval Research Laboratory
Peter Hoor
Peter Hoor Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
John M. C. Plane
John M. C. Plane University of Leeds
Peter Preusse
Peter Preusse Forschungszentrum Jülich
Mark E. Hervig
Mark E. Hervig University of Wyoming

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