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70
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18667
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115

Overview

Ottmar Möhler is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work extends into several subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's publications mainly address topics including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Smart Materials for Construction.

Frequent publication venues for Ottmar Möhler comprise Atmospheric chemistry and physics, with 23 publications, followed by Atmospheric measurement techniques with 7, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 6, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres with 5, and Environmental Science & Technology with 3.

Collaborations are notable with several coauthors, including Kristina Höhler (28 joint publications), Markku Kulmala (24), Nsikanabasi Silas Umo (22), Harald Saathoff (22), and Tuukka Petäjä (21).

Recent significant papers include:

  • Role of iodine oxoacids in atmospheric aerosol nucleation, 2021, Science
  • The seasonal cycle of ice-nucleating particles linked to the abundance of biogenic aerosol in boreal forests, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Newly identified climatically and environmentally significant high-latitude dust sources, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Ice Nucleating Particle Connections to Regional Argentinian Land Surface Emissions and Weather During the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions Experiment, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • The ice-nucleating activity of Arctic sea surface microlayer samples and marine algal cultures, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Heterogeneous ice nucleation on atmospheric aerosols: a review of results from laboratory experiments

    Corinna Hoose;Ottmar Möhler

  • The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere

    Jasmin Tröstl;Wayne K. Chuang;Hamish Gordon;Martin Heinritzi

  • Technical Note: A proposal for ice nucleation terminology

    G. Vali;P. J. DeMott;O. Möhler;T. F. Whale

  • UV-VIS-NIR spectral optical properties of soot and soot-containing aerosols

    M. Schnaiter;H. Horvath;O. Möhler;K.-H. Naumann

  • 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

  • A Particle-Surface-Area-Based Parameterization of Immersion Freezing on Desert Dust Particles

    Monika Niemand;Ottmar Möhler;Bernhard Vogel;Heike Vogel

  • Microbiology and atmospheric processes: the role of biological particles in cloud physics

    O. Möhler;P. J. DeMott;G. Vali;Z. Levin

  • Absorption amplification of black carbon internally mixed with secondary organic aerosol

    M. Schnaiter;C. Linke;O. Möhler;K.-H. Naumann

  • Heterogeneous nucleation of ice particles on glassy aerosols under cirrus conditions

    Benjamin J. Murray;Theodore W. Wilson;Steven Dobbie;Zhiqiang Cui

  • Solid Ammonium Sulfate Aerosols as Ice Nuclei: A Pathway for Cirrus Cloud Formation

    J. P. D. Abbatt;S. Benz;D. J. Cziczo;Z. Kanji

  • Efficiency of the deposition mode ice nucleation on mineral dust particles

    O. Möhler;P. R. Field;P. R. Field;P. Connolly;S. Benz

  • Aging of biogenic secondary organic aerosol via gas-phase OH radical reactions

    Neil M. Donahue;Kaytlin M. Henry;Thomas F. Mentel;Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

  • A New Ice Nucleation Active Site Parameterization for Desert Dust and Soot

    Romy Ullrich;Corinna Hoose;Ottmar Möhler;Monika Niemand

  • Studies of heterogeneous freezing by three different desert dust samples

    P. J. Connolly;O. Möhler;P. R. Field;H. Saathoff

  • The effect of organic coating on the heterogeneous ice nucleation efficiency of mineral dust aerosols

    O. Möhler;S. Benz;H. Saathoff;M. Schnaiter

  • 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

  • Resurgence in Ice Nuclei Measurement Research

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

  • Secondary organic aerosol formation from gasoline vehicle emissions in a new mobile environmental reaction chamber

    S. M. Platt;I. El Haddad;A. A. Zardini;M. Clairotte

  • Effect of sulfuric acid coating on heterogeneous ice nucleation by soot aerosol particles

    O. Möhler;S. Büttner;C. Linke;M. Schnaiter

  • Coating of soot and (NH4)2SO4 particles by ozonolysis products of α-pinene

    H. Saathoff;K.-H. Naumann;M. Schnaiter;W. Schöck

  • Role of iodine oxoacids in atmospheric aerosol nucleation.

    Xu-Cheng He;Yee Jun Tham;Lubna Dada;Mingyi Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Saathoff
Harald Saathoff Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Martin Schnaiter
Martin Schnaiter Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Corinna Hoose
Corinna Hoose Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University
Martina Krämer
Martina Krämer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Martin Gallagher
Martin Gallagher University of Manchester
Jonathan Duplissy
Jonathan Duplissy University of Helsinki
Benjamin J. Murray
Benjamin J. Murray University of Leeds
Joachim Curtius
Joachim Curtius Goethe University Frankfurt

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