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Volker Freudenthaler is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans several areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a particular focus on atmospheric science and related fields.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, more specialized subfields addressed in their publications are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ecology
  • Biomedical Engineering

The research topics that Volker Freudenthaler frequently investigates are:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques

Recent publications by Volker Freudenthaler include the following works:

  • Polarization lidar for detecting dust orientation: system design and calibration, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • The eVe reference polarisation lidar system for the calibration and validation of the Aeolus L2A product, 2022, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Characterization of aerosol over the eastern Mediterranean by polarization-sensitive Raman lidar measurements during A-LIFE - aerosol type classification and type separation, 2025, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • The ESA-EVE Polarization Lidar for Assessing the Aeolus Aerosol Product Perfomance, 2020, EPJ Web of Conferences
  • A Recipe to Obtain Lidar Polarisation Calibration Parameters G, H and K, 2020, EPJ Web of Conferences

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Volker Freudenthaler are:

  • George Georgoussis
  • Vassilis Amiridis
  • Alexandros Louridas
  • Νικόλαος Σιώμος
  • Ioannis Binietoglou

Typical publication venues for their work include:

  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Depolarization ratio profiling at several wavelengths in pure Saharan dust during SAMUM 2006.

    Volker Freudenthaler;Michael Esselborn;Matthias Wiegner;Birgit Heese

  • EARLINET: towards an advanced sustainable European aerosol lidar network

    G. Pappalardo;A. Amodeo;A. Apituley;A. Comeron

  • Vertically resolved separation of dust and smoke over Cape Verde using multiwavelength Raman and polarization lidars during Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment 2008

    M. Tesche;A. Ansmann;D. Müller;D. Müller;D. Althausen

  • Long-range transport of Saharan dust to northern Europe : The 11-16 October 2001 outbreak observed with EARLINET

    Albert Ansmann;Jens Bösenberg;Anatoli Chaikovsky;Adolfo Comerón

  • Characterization of Saharan dust, marine aerosols and mixtures of biomass-burning aerosols and dust by means of multi-wavelength depolarization and Raman lidar measurements during SAMUM 2

    Silke Groß;Matthias Tesche;Volker Freudenthaler;Carlos Toledano;Carlos Toledano

  • Airborne observations of the Eyjafjalla volcano ash cloud over Europe during air space closure in April and May 2010

    U. Schumann;B. Weinzierl;O. Reitebuch;H. Schlager

  • The Saharan Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Aerosol–Cloud-Interaction Experiment: Overview and Selected Highlights

    B. Weinzierl;A. Ansmann;J. Prospero;D. Althausen

  • Aerosol lidar intercomparison in the framework of the EARLINET project. 1. Instruments.

    V. Matthais;V. Freudenthaler;A. Amodeo;I. Balin

  • The 16 April 2010 major volcanic ash plume over central Europe: EARLINET lidar and AERONET photometer observations at Leipzig and Munich, Germany

    A. Ansmann;M. Tesche;S. Groß;V. Freudenthaler

  • Vertical profiling of Saharan dust with Raman lidars and airborne HSRL in southern Morocco during SAMUM

    Matthias Tesche;Albert Ansmann;Detlef Müller;Dietrich Althausen

  • Influence of Saharan dust on cloud glaciation in southern Morocco during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment

    A. Ansmann;M. Tesche;D. Althausen;D. Müller

  • EARLINET correlative measurements for CALIPSO: First intercomparison results

    Gelsomina Pappalardo;Ulla Wandinger;Lucia Mona;Anja Hiebsch

  • Profiling of Saharan dust and biomass‐burning smoke with multiwavelength polarization Raman lidar at Cape Verde

    Matthias Tesche;Matthias Tesche;Silke Gross;Silke Gross;Albert Ansmann;Detlef Müller;Detlef Müller

  • Ash and fine-mode particle mass profiles from EARLINET-AERONET observations over central Europe after the eruptions of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 2010

    A. Ansmann;M. Tesche;P. Seifert;S. Groß

  • Modelling lidar‐relevant optical properties of complex mineral dust aerosols

    Josef Gasteiger;Matthias Wiegner;Silke Groß;Volker Freudenthaler

  • Volcanic ash from Iceland over Munich: mass concentration retrieved from ground-based remote sensing measurements

    J. Gasteiger;S. Groß;V. Freudenthaler;M. Wiegner

  • Microphysical and optical properties of dust and tropical biomass burning aerosol layers in the Cape Verde region—an overview of the airborne in situ and lidar measurements during SAMUM‐2

    Bernadett Weinzierl;Daniel Sauer;Daniel Sauer;Michael Esselborn;Michael Esselborn;Andreas Petzold

  • Optical properties of long-range transported Saharan dust over Barbados as measured by dual-wavelength depolarization Raman lidar measurements

    Silke Groß;Volker Freudenthaler;Kerstin Schepanski;C. Toledano

  • About the effects of polarising optics on lidar signals and the Δ90 calibration

    Volker Freudenthaler

  • Triple-wavelength depolarization-ratio profiling of Saharan dust over Barbados during SALTRACE in 2013 and 2014

    Moritz Haarig;Albert Ansmann;Dietrich Althausen;André Klepel

  • Optical and microphysical properties of smoke over Cape Verde inferred from multiwavelength lidar measurements

    Matthias Tesche;Matthias Tesche;Detlef Müller;Detlef Müller;Silke Gross;Silke Gross;Albert Ansmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Ansmann
Albert Ansmann Leibniz Association
Silke Groß
Silke Groß Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Matthias Wiegner
Matthias Wiegner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernadett Weinzierl
Bernadett Weinzierl University of Vienna
Ina Mattis
Ina Mattis German Meteorological Service
Carlos Toledano
Carlos Toledano University of Valladolid
Gelsomina Pappalardo
Gelsomina Pappalardo National Research Council (CNR)
Matthias Tesche
Matthias Tesche Leipzig University
Detlef Müller
Detlef Müller University of Hertfordshire
Ulla Wandinger
Ulla Wandinger Leibniz Association

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