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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
75
Citations
47474
World Ranking
1237
National Ranking
80

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Stefan Kinne is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work related to Artificial Intelligence and Oceanography.

The main topics explored in their work include atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Stefan Kinne has published in several prominent scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Earth system science data
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Surveys in Geophysics
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Their recent scientific papers include:

  • "EUREC 4 A" (2021), published in Earth system science data
  • "Ship- and island-based atmospheric soundings from the 2020 EUREC 4 A field campaign" (2021), published in Earth system science data
  • "An AeroCom-AeroSat study: intercomparison of satellite AOD datasets for aerosol model evaluation" (2020), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "AEROCOM and AEROSAT AAOD and SSA study - Part 01: Evaluation and intercomparison of satellite measurements" (2021), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Shipborne MAX-DOAS measurements for validation of TROPOMI NO 2 products" (2020), published in Atmospheric measurement techniques

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stefan Kinne include:

  • Nick Schutgens
  • Thomas Popp
  • Michael Schulz
  • Philip Stier
  • Björn Stevens

Best Publications

  • Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

    Tami C. Bond;Sarah J. Doherty;D. W. Fahey;Piers Forster

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Wavelength dependence of the optical depth of biomass burning, urban, and desert dust aerosols

    T. F. Eck;B. N. Holben;J. S. Reid;O. Dubovik

  • Climate and carbon cycle changes from 1850 to 2100 in MPI‐ESM simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5

    Marco A. Giorgetta;Johann H. Jungclaus;Christian H. Reick;Stephanie Legutke

  • Tropospheric Aerosol Optical Thickness from the GOCART Model and Comparisons with Satellite and Sun Photometer Measurements

    Mian Chin;Paul Ginoux;Stefan Kinne;Stefan Kinne;Omar Torres;Omar Torres

  • Atmospheric component of the MPI-M Earth System Model: ECHAM6

    Bjorn Stevens;Marco Giorgetta;Monika Esch;Thorsten Mauritsen

  • Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom

    C. Textor;M. Schulz;S. Guibert;S. Kinne

  • Developments in the MPI-M Earth System Model version 1.2 (MPI-ESM1.2) and Its Response to Increasing CO2.

    Thorsten Mauritsen;Thorsten Mauritsen;Jürgen Bader;Tobias Becker;Jörg Behrens

  • Recommendations for reporting "black carbon" measurements

    Andreas Petzold;John A. Ogren;Markus Fiebig;Pablo Laj

  • The aerosol-climate model ECHAM5-HAM

    P. Stier;J. Feichter;S. Kinne;S. Kloster

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • Emissions of primary aerosol and precursor gases in the years 2000 and 1750 prescribed data-sets for AeroCom

    F. Dentener;S. Kinne;T. Bond;O. Boucher

  • Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants at global and regional scales during the 1980–2010 period

    Claire Granier;Bertrand Bessagnet;Tami Bond;Ariela D'Angiola

  • Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

    Nicolas Bellouin;Johannes Quaas;Edward Gryspeerdt;Stefan Kinne

  • An AeroCom Initial Assessment - Optical Properties in Aerosol Component Modules of Global Models

    S. Kinne;M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Guibert

  • Radiative forcing by aerosols as derived from the AeroCom present-day and pre-industrial simulations

    M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Kinne;Yves Balkanski

  • Assessment of Global Cloud Datasets from Satellites: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel

    C. J. Stubenrauch;W. B. Rossow;S. Kinne;S. Ackerman

  • Aerosol analysis and forecast in the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts Integrated Forecast System: 2. Data assimilation

    A. Benedetti;J.-J. Morcrette;O. Boucher;A. Dethof

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Single-Scattering Albedo and Radiative Forcing of Various Aerosol Species with a Global Three-Dimensional Model

    Toshihiko Takemura;Teruyuki Nakajima;Oleg Dubovik;Brent N. Holben

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Boucher
Olivier Boucher Sorbonne University
Philip Stier
Philip Stier University of Oxford
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Bjorn Stevens
Bjorn Stevens Max Planck Society
Johannes Quaas
Johannes Quaas Leipzig University
Owen B. Toon
Owen B. Toon University of Colorado Boulder
Gunnar Myhre
Gunnar Myhre University of Oslo
Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Nicolas Bellouin
Nicolas Bellouin University of Reading
Thorsten Mauritsen
Thorsten Mauritsen Stockholm University

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