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22511
World Ranking
2501
National Ranking
18

Overview

Wilfried Winiwarter is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics related to environmental and atmospheric processes, including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Environmental Impact and Sustainability.

Winiwarter has contributed to several recent papers published in prominent scientific journals. These include:

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks, 2020, Nature
  • Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM 2.5 air pollution, 2021, Science
  • Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Reducing global air pollution: the scope for further policy interventions, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Food systems in a zero-deforestation world: Dietary change is more important than intensification for climate targets in 2050, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors include Chris Wilson, Philippe Ciais, Francesco N. Tubiello, Lena Höglund-Isaksson, and Adrian Leip. Winiwarter has contributed multiple publications alongside these collaborators, demonstrating a consistent pattern of collaboration within their research network.

Their research has been featured in publication venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Environmental Research Letters, Earth System Science Data, The Science of The Total Environment, and One Earth. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary and data-driven nature of their research contributions.

Best Publications

  • How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

    Jan Willem Erisman;Mark A. Sutton;James Galloway;Zbigniew Klimont

  • N 2 O release from agro-biofuel production negates global warming reduction by replacing fossil fuels

    Paul J. Crutzen;Paul J. Crutzen;Paul J. Crutzen;A. R. Mosier;K. A. Smith;W. Winiwarter

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • Source apportionment of particulate matter in Europe: A review of methods and results

    M Viana;T.A.J. Kuhlbusch;X Querol;A Alastuey

  • Too much of a good thing

    Mark A. Sutton;Oene Oenema;Jan Willem Erisman;Adrian Leip

  • Cost-effective control of air quality and greenhouse gases in Europe: Modeling and policy applications

    Markus Amann;Imrich Bertok;Jens Borken-Kleefeld;Janusz Cofala

  • Inventorying emissions from nature in Europe

    David Simpson;Wilfried Winiwarter;Gunnar Börjesson;Steve Cinderby

  • Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM 2.5 air pollution

    Baojing Gu;Lin Zhang;Rita Van Dingenen;Massimo Vieno

  • Acceleration of global N2O emissions seen from two decades of atmospheric inversion

    R. L. Thompson;L. Lassaletta;P. K. Patra;C. Wilson

  • The European Nitrogen Assessment

    Adrian Leip;Beat Achermann;Gilles Billen;Albert Bleeker

  • EU Reference Scenario 2016 - Energy, transport and GHG emissions Trends to 2050.

    P. Capros;A. De Vita;N. Tasios;P. Siskos

  • Global soil nitrous oxide emissions since the preindustrial era estimated by an ensemble of terrestrial biosphere models: Magnitude, attribution, and uncertainty.

    Hanqin Tian;Hanqin Tian;Jia Yang;Jia Yang;Rongting Xu;Chaoqun Lu

  • Nitrogen footprints: past, present and future

    James N Galloway;Wilfried Winiwarter;Adrian Leip;Allison M Leach

  • Uncertainties in greenhouse gas emission inventories — evaluation, comparability and implications

    Kristin Rypdal;Wilfried Winiwarter

  • The Global N2O Model Intercomparison Project

    Hanqin Tian;Jia Yang;Chaoqun Lu;Rongting Xu

  • Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world

    David R. Kanter;Olivia Chodos;Olivia Nordland;Mallory Rutigliano

  • EU Energy, Transport and GHG Emissions: Trends to 2050, Reference Scenario 2013

    P Capros;A De Vita;N Tasios;D Papadopoulos

  • Data-driven estimates of global nitrous oxide emissions from croplands.

    Qihui Wang;Feng Zhou;Ziyin Shang;Philippe Ciais;Philippe Ciais

  • Reducing global air pollution: the scope for further policy interventions

    Markus Amann;Gregor Kiesewetter;Wolfgang Schöpp;Zbigniew Klimont

  • Integrating nitrogen fluxes at the European scale

    Adrian Leip;Beat Achermann;Gilles Billen;Albert Bleeker

  • Assessing the uncertainty associated with national greenhouse gas emission inventories:: a case study for Austria

    Wilfried Winiwarter;Kristin Rypdal

  • The role of N2O derived from crop-based biofuels, and from agriculture in general, in Earth's climate

    Keith A. Smith;Arvin R. Mosier;Paul J. Crutzen;Wilfried Winiwarter;Wilfried Winiwarter

Frequent Co-Authors

Zbigniew Klimont
Zbigniew Klimont International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Markus Amann
Markus Amann International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Fabian Wagner
Fabian Wagner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Janusz Cofala
Janusz Cofala International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Chris Heyes
Chris Heyes International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Adrian Leip
Adrian Leip Max Planck Society
Albert Bleeker
Albert Bleeker Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Wim de Vries
Wim de Vries Wageningen University & Research

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