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Rolf Müller 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 Rolf Müller sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 295 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Rolf Müller 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 Rolf Müller sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Rolf Müller is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work focuses extensively on atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Recent publications by Rolf Müller highlight a focus on atmospheric phenomena related to ozone depletion, aerosol layers, and climate interactions. Some representative papers include:

  • Dehydration and low ozone in the tropopause layer over the Asian monsoon caused by tropical cyclones: Lagrangian transport calculations using ERA-Interim and ERA5 reanalysis data, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Strong day-to-day variability of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL) in August 2016 at the Himalayan foothills, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Record-Breaking Increases in Arctic Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Caused by Exceptionally Large Ozone Depletion in 2020, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Arctic, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Simulation of Record Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Depletion in 2020, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of Müller's research career. Frequent co-authors include Jens-Uwe Grooß, Bärbel Vogel, Suvarna Fadnavis, Felix Ploeger, and Vitali Fioletov. This network reflects engagement with other experts in atmospheric science and related disciplines.

Their publications appear most frequently in specific scientific journals and venues such as Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Geophysical Research Letters, Scientific Reports, and Communications Earth & Environment. These venues collectively represent the central platforms for disseminating findings in atmospheric and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • From ERA-Interim to ERA5: the considerable impact of ECMWF's next-generation reanalysis on Lagrangian transport simulations

    Lars Hoffmann;Gebhard Günther;Dan Li;Dan Li;Olaf Stein

  • The Sensitivity of Polar Ozone Depletion to Proposed Geoengineering Schemes

    Simone Tilmes;Rolf Müller;Ross Salawitch

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • A new Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS) 1. Formulation of advection and mixing

    Daniel S. McKenna;Paul Konopka;Jens-Uwe Grooß;Gebhard Günther

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Severe chemical ozone loss in the Arctic during the winter of 1995–96

    Rolf Müller;Paul J. Crutzen;Jens-Uwe Grooβ;Christoph Bürhl

  • A new Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS) 2. Formulation of chemistry scheme and initialization

    Daniel S. McKenna;Jens-Uwe Grooß;Gebhard Günther;Paul Konopka

  • Ammonium nitrate particles formed in upper troposphere from ground ammonia sources during Asian monsoons

    Michael Höpfner;Jörn Ungermann;Stephan Borrmann;Stephan Borrmann;Robert Wagner

  • On the potential importance of the gas phase reaction CH3O2 + ClO → ClOO + CH3O and the heterogeneous reaction HOCl + HCl → H2O + Cl2 in “ozone hole” chemistry

    P. J. Crutzen;R. Müller;Ch. Brühl;Th. Peter

  • Dynamical tropopause based on isentropic potential vorticity gradients

    A. Kunz;A. Kunz;P. Konopka;R. Müller;L. L. Pan

  • Chlorine activation and ozone depletion in the Arctic vortex: Observations by the Halogen Occultation Experiment on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

    Rolf Müller;Paul J. Crutzen;Jens-Uwe Grooß;Christoph Brühl

  • Mixing and ozone loss in the 1999–2000 Arctic vortex: Simulations with the three-dimensional Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS)

    Paul Konopka;Hildegard-Maria Steinhorst;Jens-Uwe Grooß;Gebhard Günther

  • A Reevaluation of the Ozone Budget with HALOE UARS Data: No Evidence for the Ozone Deficit.

    P. J. Crutzen;J. U. Grooß;C. Brühl;R. Müller

  • 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

  • Annual cycle of ozone at and above the tropical tropopause: observations versus simulations with the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS)

    P. Konopka;J.-U. Grooß;G. Günther;F. Ploeger

  • Tropospheric ozone trend over Beijing from 2002–2010: ozonesonde measurements and modeling analysis

    Y. Wang;Y. Wang;P. Konopka;Y. Liu;H. Chen

  • Impact of the vertical velocity scheme on modeling transport in the tropical tropopause layer

    F. Ploeger;P. Konopka;G. Günther;J.-U. Grooß

  • 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

  • Contribution of mixing to upward transport across the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL)

    P. Konopka;G. Günther;R. Müller;F. H. S. dos Santos

  • A potential vorticity-based determination of the transport barrier in the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone

    F. Ploeger;C. Gottschling;S. Griessbach;J.-U. Grooß

  • The impact of mid-latitude intrusions into the polar vortex on ozone loss estimates

    J.-U. Grooß;R. Müller

  • Evaluation of CLaMS, KASIMA and ECHAM5/MESSy1 simulations in the lower stratosphere using observations of Odin/SMR and ILAS/ILAS-II

    F. Khosrawi;F. Khosrawi;R. Müller;M.H. Proffitt;R. Ruhnke

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Konopka
Paul Konopka Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jens-Uwe Grooß
Jens-Uwe Grooß Forschungszentrum Jülich
Martin Riese
Martin Riese Forschungszentrum Jülich
Felix Ploeger
Felix Ploeger Forschungszentrum Jülich
Daniel S. McKenna
Daniel S. McKenna Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Simone Tilmes
Simone Tilmes National Center for Atmospheric Research
Markus Rex
Markus Rex Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Paul J. Crutzen
Paul J. Crutzen Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
Michelle L. Santee
Michelle L. Santee California Institute of Technology

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