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Peter Hoor is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work also touches on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

They have contributed extensively to the understanding of atmospheric phenomena, particularly concentrating on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics. Other notable topics in their research include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Peter Hoor has been published predominantly in reputable scientific venues. These include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Weather and Climate Dynamics

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on atmospheric dynamics, aerosol chemistry, and observational methods. Selected publications 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
  • Aircraft-based observation of meteoric material in lower-stratospheric aerosol particles between 15 and 68° N, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A convolution of observational and model data to estimate age of air spectra in the northern hemispheric lower stratosphere, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • On the occurrence of strong vertical wind shear in the tropopause region: a 10-year ERA5 northern hemispheric study, 2021, Weather and Climate Dynamics
  • Chemical composition and source attribution of sub-micrometre aerosol particles in the summertime Arctic lower troposphere, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Peter Hoor has frequently collaborated with fellow researchers. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Andreas Engel
  • Daniel Kunkel
  • Andreas Zahn
  • Johannes Schneider
  • Timo Keber

Best Publications

  • Bioaerosols in the Earth system: Climate, health, and ecosystem interactions

    Janine Fröhlich-Nowoisky;Christopher J. Kampf;Christopher J. Kampf;Bettina Weber;J. Alex Huffman

  • The atmospheric chemistry general circulation model ECHAM5/MESSy1: consistent simulation of ozone from the surface to the mesosphere

    P. Jöckel;H. Tost;A. Pozzer;C. Brühl

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Land transport

    Elmar Uherek;Thomas Halenka;Jens Borken-Kleefeld;Yves Balkanski

  • THE EXTRATROPICAL UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE

    A. Gettelman;P. Hoor;L. L. Pan;W. J. Randel

  • The Arctic Cloud Puzzle: Using ACLOUD/PASCAL Multiplatform Observations to Unravel the Role of Clouds and Aerosol Particles in Arctic Amplification

    Manfred Wendisch;Andreas Macke;André Ehrlich;Christof Lüpkes

  • Transport of Biomass Burning Smoke to the Upper Troposphere by Deep Convection in the Equatorial Region.

    M. O. Andreae;P. Artaxo;H. Fischer;S. R. Freitas

  • Seasonal variations of a mixing layer in the lowermost stratosphere as identified by the CO‐O3 correlation from in situ measurements

    Peter Hoor;Horst Fischer;Lutz Lange;Jos Lelieveld

  • Overview paper: New insights into aerosol and climate in the Arctic

    Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;W. Richard Leaitch;Amir A. Aliabadi;Allan K. Bertram

  • Tracer correlations in the northern high latitude lowermost stratosphere: Influence of cross-tropopause mass exchange

    H. Fischer;F. G. Wienhold;P. Hoor;O. Bujok

  • Observationally derived transport diagnostics for the lowermost stratosphere and their application to the GMI chemistry and transport model

    S. E. Strahan;B. N. Duncan;P. Hoor

  • The impact of traffic emissions on atmospheric ozone and OH: results from QUANTIFY

    P. Hoor;J. Borken-Kleefeld;D. Caro;O. Dessens

  • Seasonality and extent of extratropical TST derived from in-situ CO measurements during SPURT

    P. Hoor;C. Gurk;D. Brunner;M. I. Hegglin

  • Growth of nucleation mode particles in the summertime Arctic: a case study

    Megan D. Willis;Julia Burkart;Jennie L. Thomas;Franziska Köllner

  • Severe ozone air pollution in the Persian Gulf region

    J Lelieveld;J Lelieveld;P Hoor;P Jöckel;A Pozzer

  • On the structural changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation after 2000

    Harald Bönisch;Andreas Engel;Thomas Birner;Peter Hoor

  • Isoprene and its oxidation products methyl vinyl ketone, methacrolein, and isoprene related peroxides measured online over the tropical rain forest of Surinam in March 1998

    C Warneke;R Holzinger;A Hansel;A Jordan

  • High spatial and temporal resolution measurements of primary organics and their oxidation products over the tropical forests of Surinam.

    PJ Crutzen;J Williams;U Poschl;P Hoor

  • Quantifying transport into the lowermost stratosphere using simultaneous in-situ measurements of SF 6 and CO 2

    Harald Bönisch;Andreas Engel;Joachim Curtius;Thomas Birner

  • Tropical troposphere to stratosphere transport of carbon monoxide and long-lived trace species in the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS)

    R. Pommrich;R. Pommrich;R. Müller;J.-U. Grooß;P. Konopka

  • Fast transport from Southeast Asia boundary layer sources to northern Europe: rapid uplift in typhoons and eastward eddy shedding of the Asian monsoon anticyclone

    B. Vogel;G. Günther;R. Müller;J.-U. Grooß

  • TRISTAR - a tracer in-situ TDLAS for atmospheric research

    F. G. Wienhold;H. Fischer;P. Hoor;V. Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Zahn
Andreas Zahn Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hans Schlager
Hans Schlager German Aerospace Center
Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Herbert Fischer
Herbert Fischer Max Planck Society
Johannes Schneider
Johannes Schneider Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Andreas Herber
Andreas Herber Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Martina Krämer
Martina Krämer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Patrick Jöckel
Patrick Jöckel German Aerospace Center
Martin Riese
Martin Riese Forschungszentrum Jülich
Christiane Voigt
Christiane Voigt German Aerospace Center

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