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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
104
Citations
42191
World Ranking
286
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2014 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Earth Sciences
  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ulrich Platt is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work focuses on atmospheric phenomena and environmental measurements, with particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Spectroscopy.

Platt's research covers a range of topics including Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols. Additional topics addressed by their studies include Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and Vehicle emissions and performance.

The scientist has published numerous articles in prominent journals, frequently contributing to Atmospheric measurement techniques and Atmospheric chemistry and physics. Other publication venues include Frontiers in Earth Science, Radiocarbon, and Earth system science data.

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques (10 publications)
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics (5 publications)
  • Frontiers in Earth Science (2 publications)
  • Radiocarbon (2 publications)
  • Earth system science data (1 publication)

Among recent papers, some notable works include:

  • Intercomparison of NO 2, O 4, O 3 and HCHO slant column measurements by MAX-DOAS and zenith-sky UV-visible spectrometers during CINDI-2, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Intercomparison of MAX-DOAS vertical profile retrieval algorithms: studies on field data from the CINDI-2 campaign, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Synoptic analysis of a decade of daily measurements of SO 2 emission in the troposphere from volcanoes of the global ground-based Network for Observation of Volcanic and Atmospheric Change, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Overview: On the transport and transformation of pollutants in the outflow of major population centres - observational data from the EMeRGe European intensive operational period in summer 2017, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Quantitative imaging of volcanic SO 2 plumes using Fabry-Pérot interferometer correlation spectroscopy, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques

Ulrich Platt has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field. Prominent co-authors include Nicole Bobrowski, Jonas Kuhn, Thomas Wagner, Udo Frieß, and K. Kreher.

  • Nicole Bobrowski
  • Jonas Kuhn
  • Thomas Wagner
  • Udo Frieß
  • K. Kreher

The scientist has been recognized by prestigious institutions, being a member of Academia Europaea since 1999 and elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2014 for contributions in Earth Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Differential Absorption Spectroscopy

    Ulrich Platt;Jochen Stutz

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

    P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

  • Differential optical absorption spectroscopy

    Ulrich Platt;Jochen Stutz

  • Simultaneous measurement of atmospheric CH2O, O3, and NO2 by differential optical absorption

    U. Platt;D. Perner;H. W. Pätz

  • Differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS)

    U. Platt

  • Halogens and their role in polar boundary-layer ozone depletion

    W. R. Simpson;R. von Glasow;K. Riedel;P. Anderson

  • Multi axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS)

    G. Hönninger;G. Hönninger;C. von Friedeburg;U. Platt

  • Megacity Emissions and Lifetimes of Nitrogen Oxides Probed from Space

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

  • Assessing Methane Emissions from Global Space-Borne Observations

    C. Frankenberg;J. F. Meirink;M. van Weele;U. Platt

  • Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

    Nga Lee Ng;Steven S. Brown;Steven S. Brown;Alexander T. Archibald;Elliot Atlas

  • Detection of nitrous acid in the atmosphere by differential optical absorption

    D. Perner;U. Platt

  • Investigations of emissions and heterogeneous formation of HONO in a road traffic tunnel

    R. Kurtenbach;K.H. Becker;J.A.G. Gomes;J. Kleffmann

  • Numerical analysis and estimation of the statistical error of differential optical absorption spectroscopy measurements with least-squares methods

    Jochen Stutz;Ulrich Platt

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

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

  • Detection of bromine monoxide in a volcanic plume

    N. Bobrowski;G. Hönninger;G. Hönninger;B. Galle;U. Platt

  • Direct measurements of atmospheric CH2O, HNO2, O3, NO2, and SO2 by differential optical absorption in the near UV

    U. Platt;D. Perner

  • OH formation by HONO photolysis during the BERLIOZ experiment

    B. Alicke;A. Geyer;A. Geyer;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Holland

  • Spectroscopic measurement of bromine oxide and ozone in the high Arctic during Polar Sunrise Experiment 1992

    M. Hausmann;U. Platt

  • Short‐lived alkyl iodides and bromides at Mace Head, Ireland: Links to biogenic sources and halogen oxide production

    L. J. Carpenter;W. T. Sturges;S. A. Penkett;P. S. Liss

  • Satellite chartography of atmospheric methane from SCIAMACHY on board ENVISAT: 2. Evaluation based on inverse model simulations

    P. Bergamaschi;C. Frankenberg;J. F. Meirink;J. F. Meirink;M. Krol;M. Krol

  • MAX‐DOAS O4 measurements: A new technique to derive information on atmospheric aerosols—Principles and information content

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Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wagner
Thomas Wagner Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Steffen Beirle
Steffen Beirle Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Klaus Pfeilsticker
Klaus Pfeilsticker Heidelberg University
John P. Burrows
John P. Burrows University of Bremen
Mark Wenig
Mark Wenig Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jochen Stutz
Jochen Stutz University of California, Los Angeles
Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter University of Bremen
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
Folkard Wittrock
Folkard Wittrock University of Bremen
Rainer Volkamer
Rainer Volkamer University of Colorado Boulder

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