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Steffen Beirle is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily spans subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

Their research topics focus on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, as well as air quality and health impacts. They have also contributed to the study of atmospheric aerosols and clouds, climate variability and models, and air quality monitoring and forecasting.

Beirle has published numerous papers in reputable scientific venues. Among their recent publications are:

  • Catalog of NO x emissions from point sources as derived from the divergence of the NO2 flux for TROPOMI, 2021, Earth system science data
  • A methodology to constrain carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants using satellite observations of co-emitted nitrogen dioxide, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Intercomparison of MAX-DOAS vertical profile retrieval algorithms: studies on field data from the CINDI-2 campaign, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Long-term MAX-DOAS measurements of NO2, HCHO, and aerosols and evaluation of corresponding satellite data products over Mohali in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • An improved TROPOMI tropospheric NO2 research product over Europe, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of colleagues, including Thomas Wagner, Christian Borger, Steffen Dörner, François Hendrick, and Michel Van Roozendaël.

Beirle's frequent publication venues include Atmospheric measurement techniques, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth system science data, and Remote Sensing.

Best Publications

  • Megacity Emissions and Lifetimes of Nitrogen Oxides Probed from Space

    Steffen Beirle;K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma;Ulrich Platt;Mark G. Lawrence

  • Weekly cycle of NO 2 by GOME measurements: a signature of anthropogenic sources

    S. Beirle;U. Platt;M. Wenig;T. Wagner

  • Simultaneous global observations of glyoxal and formaldehyde from space

    Folkard Wittrock;Andreas Richter;Hilke Oetjen;John P. Burrows

  • Around the world in 17 days - hemispheric-scale transport of forest fire smoke from Russia in May 2003

    R. Damoah;N. Spichtinger;C. Forster;P. James

  • Pinpointing nitrogen oxide emissions from space.

    Steffen Beirle;Christian Borger;Steffen Dörner;Ang Li

  • Improving algorithms and uncertainty estimates for satellite NO 2 retrievals: results from the quality assurance for the essential climate variables (QA4ECV) project

    K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma;Henk J. Eskes;Andreas Richter;Isabelle De Smedt

  • NO x lifetimes and emissions of cities and power plants in polluted background estimated by satellite observations

    Fei Liu;Fei Liu;Steffen Beirle;Qiang Zhang;Steffen Dörner

  • The North Atlantic Oscillation controls air pollution transport to the Arctic

    S. Eckhardt;A. Stohl;A. Stohl;S. Beirle;N. Spichtinger

  • Quantification of nitrogen oxides emissions from build-up of pollution over Paris with TROPOMI.

    A. Lorente;K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;H. J. Eskes;J. P. Veefkind;J. P. Veefkind

  • The Monte Carlo atmospheric radiative transfer model McArtim: Introduction and validation of Jacobians and 3D features

    T. Deutschmann;S. Beirle;U. Friess;M. Grzegorski

  • Algorithm theoretical baseline for formaldehyde retrievals from S5P TROPOMI and from the QA4ECV project

    Isabelle De Smedt;Nicolas Theys;Huan Yu;Thomas Danckaert

  • Structural uncertainty in air mass factor calculation for NO2 and HCHO satellite retrievals

    Alba Lorente;K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma;Huan Yu;Steffen Dörner

  • NO x emission trends over Chinese cities estimated from OMI observations during 2005 to 2015

    Fei Liu;Steffen Beirle;Qiang Zhang;Ronald J. van der A

  • Tropospheric NO 2 vertical column densities over Beijing: results of the first three-years of ground-based MAX-DOAS measurements (2008-2011) and satellite validation

    J. Z. Ma;S. Beirle;J. L. Jin;R. Shaiganfar

  • Estimate of nitrogen oxide emissions from shipping by satellite remote sensing

    S. Beirle;U. Platt;R. von Glasow;M. Wenig

  • Inversion of tropospheric profiles of aerosol extinction and HCHO and NO 2 mixing ratios from MAX-DOAS observations in Milano during the summer of 2003 and comparison with independent data sets

    T. Wagner;S. Beirle;T. Brauers;T. Deutschmann

  • Global trends (1996–2003) of total column precipitable water observed by Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) on ERS-2 and their relation to near-surface temperature

    T. Wagner;S. Beirle;M. Grzegorski;U. Platt

  • Satellite observations of atmospheric SO2 from volcanic eruptions during the time-period of 1996–2002

    M.F. Khokhar;C. Frankenberg;M. Van Roozendael;S. Beirle

  • Severe ozone air pollution in the Persian Gulf region

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

  • Intercontinental transport of nitrogen oxide pollution plumes

    M. Wenig;M. Wenig;N. Spichtinger;A. Stohl;G. Held

  • Comparison of ambient aerosol extinction coefficients obtained from in-situ, MAX-DOAS and LIDAR measurements at Cabauw

    P. Zieger;E. Weingartner;J. Henzing;M. Moerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wagner
Thomas Wagner Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Ulrich Platt
Ulrich Platt Heidelberg University
Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter University of Bremen
Mark Wenig
Mark Wenig Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gaia Pinardi
Gaia Pinardi Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
Isabelle De Smedt
Isabelle De Smedt Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Andrea Pozzer
Andrea Pozzer Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
John P. Burrows
John P. Burrows University of Bremen
Henk Eskes
Henk Eskes Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

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