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Ralf Sussmann 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 Ralf Sussmann sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 213 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralf Sussmann 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 Ralf Sussmann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ralf Sussmann is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research spans primarily the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing strongly on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics addressed in their work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, and the COVID-19 Impact on Air Quality.

Sussmann has contributed extensively to scientific literature, publishing frequently in various notable journals. The most common publication venues for their work include Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Remote Sensing, Earth System Science Data, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Sussmann are:

  • "TROPOMI-Sentinel-5 Precursor formaldehyde validation using an extensive network of ground-based Fourier-transform infrared stations", 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations", 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "COVID-19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone Across the Northern Hemisphere", 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "A decade of GOSAT Proxy satellite CH 4 observations", 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • "Toward High Precision XCO2 Retrievals From TanSat Observations: Retrieval Improvement and Validation Against TCCON Measurements", 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaboration with researchers specializing in related atmospheric and environmental sciences. These include Justus Notholt, Rigel Kivi, Isamu Morino, Kimberly Strong, and Yao Té.

Best Publications

  • Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) X CO 2 measurements with TCCON

    Debra Wunch;Debra Wunch;Paul O. Wennberg;Gregory Osterman;Gregory Osterman;Brendan Fisher;Brendan Fisher

  • Improvement of the retrieval algorithm for GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 and their validation using TCCON data

    Y. Yoshida;N. Kikuchi;I. Morino;O. Uchino

  • Improved retrievals of carbon dioxide from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 with the version 8 ACOS algorithm

    Christopher W. O'Dell;Annmarie Eldering;Paul O. Wennberg;David Crisp

  • Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data

    A J Turner;Daniel J Jacob;K J Wecht;J D Maasakkers

  • A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO 2 total columns from space

    D. Wunch;P. O. Wennberg;G. C. Toon;B. J. Connor

  • Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra

    I. Morino;O. Uchino;M. Inoue;Y. Yoshida

  • Methane retrievals from Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) shortwave infrared measurements: Performance comparison of proxy and physics retrieval algorithms

    D. Schepers;S. Guerlet;A. Butz;J. Landgraf

  • The Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI): Comparison and quality assessment of near-surface-sensitive satellite-derived CO2 and CH4 global data sets

    M Buchwitz;Markus Reuter;O Schneising;Hartmut Boesch

  • Calibration of TCCON column-averaged CO2: the first aircraft campaign over European TCCON sites

    Janina Messerschmidt;Janina Messerschmidt;Marc Christoph Geibel;Thomas Blumenstock;Hilin Chen;Hilin Chen

  • Contribution of oil and natural gas production to renewed increase in atmospheric methane (2007–2014): top–down estimate from ethane and methane column observations

    Petra Hausmann;Ralf Sussmann;Dan Smale

  • Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations

    Mahesh Kumar Sha;Bavo Langerock;Jean-François L. Blavier;Thomas Blumenstock

  • Mapping carbon monoxide pollution from space down to city scales with daily global coverage

    Tobias Borsdorff;Joost aan de Brugh;Haili Hu;Otto Hasekamp

  • Increased Northern Hemispheric carbon monoxide burden in the troposphere in 2002 and 2003 detected from the ground and from space

    Leonid N. Yurganov;Pierre Duchatelet;A. V. Dzhola;David P. Edwards

  • Impact of aerosol and thin cirrus on retrieving and validating XCO2 from GOSAT shortwave infrared measurements

    S. Guerlet;S. Guerlet;A. Butz;D. Schepers;S. Basu

  • Inferring regional sources and sinks of atmospheric CO 2 from GOSAT XCO 2 data

    F Deng;D Jones;D Jones;D Henze;N Bousserez

  • Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

    E. Dupuy;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker;J. Kar;C.D. Boone

  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH 4 , CO 2 and N 2 O

    B. Dils;M. de Mazière;J. F. Müller;T. Blumenstock

  • Trend analysis of greenhouse gases over Europe measured by a network of ground-based remote FTIR instruments

    T Gardiner;A Forbes;M De Maziere;C Vigouroux

  • TROPOMI-Sentinel-5 Precursor formaldehyde validation using an extensive network of ground-based Fourier-transform infrared stations

    Corinne Vigouroux;Bavo Langerock;Carlos Augusto Bauer Aquino;Thomas Blumenstock

  • Consistent evaluation of ACOS-GOSAT, BESD-SCIAMACHY, CarbonTracker, and MACC through comparisons to TCCON

    Susan Kulawik;Debra Wunch;Christopher O'Dell;Christian Frankenberg

  • A decade of GOSAT Proxy satellite CH 4 observations

    Robert J. Parker;Alex Webb;Hartmut Boesch;Peter Somkuti

  • COVID-19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone across the Northern Hemisphere

    Wolfgang Steinbrecht;Dagmar Kubistin;Christian Plass-Dülmer;Jonathan Davies

  • CO measurements from the ACE-FTS satellite instrument: data analysis and validation using ground-based, airborne and spaceborne observations

    Cathy Clerbaux;Maya George;Solène Turquety;K. A. Walker;K. A. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen
Frank Hase
Frank Hase Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Thorsten Warneke
Thorsten Warneke University of Bremen
David W. T. Griffith
David W. T. Griffith University of Wollongong
Markus Rettinger
Markus Rettinger Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Isamu Morino
Isamu Morino National Institute for Environmental Studies
Emmanuel Mahieu
Emmanuel Mahieu University of Liège
Rigel Kivi
Rigel Kivi Finnish Meteorological Institute
Debra Wunch
Debra Wunch University of Toronto

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