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Overview

Martin K. Vollmer is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric and environmental sciences, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with extensive work in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's recent publications include studies on greenhouse gas concentrations, atmospheric burdens of specific gases, and environmental emission trends. Notable papers are:

  • The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A Synthesis Inversion to Constrain Global Emissions of Two Very Short Lived Chlorocarbons: Dichloromethane, and Perchloroethylene, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Evidence of a recent decline in UK emissions of hydrofluorocarbons determined by the InTEM inverse model and atmospheric measurements, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Global increase of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons from 2010 to 2020, 2023, Nature Geoscience

Vollmer frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Stefan Reimann
  • Simon O'Doherty
  • Dickon Young
  • Jens Mühle
  • Paul B. Krummel

Common publication venues for Vollmer's work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Environmental Science & Technology

The principal fields of study relate to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong presence in Environmental Science. Subfields encompass Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Spectroscopy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Economics and Econometrics.

Main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics

This profile reflects a body of work grounded in the analysis of atmospheric components, greenhouse gases, and the broader implications for climate and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Zebedee R. J. Nicholls;Jared Lewis;Matthew J. Gidden

  • Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6)

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Elisabeth Vogel;Alexander Nauels;Katja Lorbacher

  • History of chemically and radiatively important atmospheric gases from the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE)

    Ronald G. Prinn;Ray F. Weiss;Jgor Arduini;Tim Arnold

  • Update on Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODSs) and Other Gases of Interest to the Montreal Protocol

    A. Engel;M. Rigby;James B. Burkholder;Rafael Pedro Fernandez

  • An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons

    A. Stohl;P. Seibert;J. Arduini;S. Eckhardt

  • The importance of mobile, mobilisable and pseudo total heavy metal fractions in soil for three-level risk assessment and risk management

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  • Observations of 1,1‐difluoroethane (HFC‐152a) at AGAGE and SOGE monitoring stations in 1994–2004 and derived global and regional emission estimates

    B. R. Greally;A. J. Manning;S. Reimann;A. McCulloch

  • History of atmospheric SF 6 from 1973 to 2008

    M. Rigby;J. Mühle;B. R. Miller;R. G. Prinn

  • Reversal of global atmospheric ethane and propane trends largely due to US oil and natural gas production

    Detlev Helmig;Samuel Rossabi;Jacques Hueber;Pieter Tans

  • Robust extraction of baseline signal of atmospheric trace species using local regression

    Andreas Ruckstuhl;Stephan Henne;Stefan Reimann;Martin Steinbacher

  • Modern inhalation anesthetics: Potent greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere

    Martin K. Vollmer;Tae Siek Rhee;Matt Rigby;Doris Hofstetter

  • Deep‐water warming trend in Lake Malawi, East Africa

    Martin K. Vollmer;Harvey A. Bootsma;Robert E. Hecky;Graeme Patterson

  • Hydrochlorofluorocarbon and hydrofluorocarbon emissions in East Asia determined by inverse modeling

    Andreas Stohl;Jooil Kim;Shanlan Li;Simon O'Doherty

  • The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 )

    Peter G. Simmonds;Matthew Rigby;Alistair J. Manning;Sunyoung Park

  • The Global Atmosphere Watch reactive gases measurement network

    Martin G. Schultz;Hajime Akimoto;Jan Bottenheim;Brigitte Buchmann

  • Emissions of ozone‐depleting halocarbons from China

    M. K. Vollmer;L. X. Zhou;B. R. Greally;S. Henne

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

    S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

  • Vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases and related tracers from a tunnel study: CO : CO 2 , N 2 O : CO 2 , CH 4 : CO 2 , O 2 : CO 2 ratios, and the stable isotopes 13 C and 18 O in CO 2 and CO

    M. E. Popa;M. K. Vollmer;Armin Jordan;Willi A. Brand

  • Reconciling reported and unreported HFC emissions with atmospheric observations

    Mark F. Lunt;Matthew Rigby;Anita L. Ganesan;Alistair J. Manning

  • Inter-comparison of four different carbon monoxide measurement techniques and evaluation of the long-term carbon monoxide time series of Jungfraujoch

    Christoph Zellweger;Christoph Hüglin;Jörg Klausen;Martin Steinbacher

  • Estimation of background concentrations of trace gases at the Swiss Alpine site Jungfraujoch (3580 m asl)

    J. M. Balzani Lööv;S. Henne;G. Legreid;J. Staehelin

  • Recent Trends in Stratospheric Chlorine From Very Short-Lived Substances

    Ryan Hossaini;Elliot Atlas;Sandip S. Dhomse;Martyn P. Chipperfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Reimann
Stefan Reimann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Simon O'Doherty
Simon O'Doherty University of Bristol
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jens Mühle
Jens Mühle University of California, San Diego
Paul J. Fraser
Paul J. Fraser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Chris Rene Lunder
Chris Rene Lunder Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Matthew Rigby
Matthew Rigby University of Bristol

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