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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
71
Citations
20416
World Ranking
1566
National Ranking
110

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Wolfram Birmili is affiliated with the German Environment Agency in Germany and specializes in environmental science with a focus on air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and related fields. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily centered on air quality and health impacts, atmospheric aerosols, indoor air quality, and vehicle emissions.

The scientist's main fields of study include environmental science, with subfields such as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis; atmospheric science; environmental engineering; global and planetary change; and automotive engineering. Their work spans multiple aspects of air quality, including monitoring, forecasting, and the effects of pollutants both indoors and outdoors.

Frequent topics in their research are:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Noise Effects and Management

Wolfram Birmili has published extensively in journals and venues such as Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Indoor Air, Helda (University of Helsinki), Environmental Sciences Europe, and Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. The frequency of publications in these venues are:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics (4 publications)
  • Indoor Air (3 publications)
  • Helda (University of Helsinki) (3 publications)
  • Environmental Sciences Europe (2 publications)
  • Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz (2 publications)

Some recent publications by Wolfram Birmili include:

  • Decreasing trends of particle number and black carbon mass concentrations at 16 observational sites in Germany from 2009 to 2018, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Particle Mass Concentrations and Number Size Distributions in 40 Homes in Germany: Indoor-to-Outdoor Relationships, Diurnal and Seasonal Variation, 2020, Aerosol and Air Quality Research
  • Diverging trends of plasticizers (phthalates and non-phthalates) in indoor and freshwater environments-why?, 2022, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Long-term trends of black carbon and particle number concentration in the lower free troposphere in Central Europe, 2021, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Connection between new particle formation and sulphuric acid at Hohenpeissenberg (Germany) including the influence of organic compounds, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)

Collaboration forms an important part of their research with frequent co-authors including Alfred Wiedensohler, Anja Daniels, Thomas Tuch, Leizel Madueño, and Simonas Kecorius. These collaborators have contributed to multiple joint publications, evidencing an ongoing engagement with different experts in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Formation and growth rates of ultrafine atmospheric particles: a review of observations

    M Kulmala;Hanna Tuula Katariina Vehkamäki;Tuukka Petäjä;M Dal Maso

  • Mobility particle size spectrometers: harmonization of technical standards and data structure to facilitate high quality long-term observations of atmospheric particle number size distributions

    A. Wiedensohler;W. Birmili;A. Nowak;A. Sonntag

  • A European aerosol phenomenology 3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J.-P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

  • Ultrafine particles in cities

    Prashant Kumar;Lidia Morawska;Wolfram Birmili;Pauli Paasonen

  • Rapid aerosol particle growth and increase of cloud condensation nucleus activity by secondary aerosol formation and condensation: A case study for regional air pollution in northeastern China

    A. Wiedensohler;Y. F. Cheng;A. Nowak;B. Wehner

  • Contribution of particle formation to global cloud condensation nuclei concentrations

    Dominick V. Spracklen;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Markku Kulmala;Veli-Matti Kerminen

  • Trace metal concentrations and water solubility in size-fractionated atmospheric particles and influence of road traffic

    Wolfram Birmili;Andrew G. Allen;Frederick Bary;Roy M. Harrison

  • Warming-induced increase in aerosol number concentration likely to moderate climate change

    Pauli Paasonen;Pauli Paasonen;Ari Asmi;Tuukka Petäjä;Maija K. Kajos

  • Connections between atmospheric sulphuric acid and new particle formation during QUEST III–IV campaigns in Heidelberg and Hyytiälä

    I. Riipinen;S.-L. Sihto;M. Kulmala;Frank Arnold

  • Particle number size distributions in a street canyon and their transformation into the urban-air background: measurements and a simple model study

    Birgit Wehner;Wolfram Birmili;Thomas Gnauk;Alfred Wiedensohler

  • New particle formation in the continental boundary layer: Meteorological and gas phase parameter influence

    Wolfram Birmili;Alfred Wiedensohler

  • The Hohenpeissenberg aerosol formation experiment (HAFEX): a long-term study including size-resolved aerosol, H 2 SO 4 , OH, and monoterpenes measurements

    W. Birmili;H. Berresheim;C. Plass-Dülmer;T. Elste

  • EUCAARI ion spectrometer measurements at 12 European sites – analysis of new particle formation events

    H. E. Manninen;T. Nieminen;E. Asmi;S. Gagné

  • On the roles of sulphuric acid and low-volatility organic vapours in the initial steps of atmospheric new particle formation

    P. Paasonen;T. Nieminen;E. Asmi;H. E. Manninen

  • Number size distributions and seasonality of submicron particles in europe 2008–2009

    A. Asmi;A. Wiedensohler;P. Laj;A. M Fjaeraa

  • DESIGN OF A DMA-BASED SIZE SPECTROMETER FOR A LARGE PARTICLE SIZE RANGE AND STABLE OPERATION

    W. Birmili;F. Stratmann;A. Wiedensohler

  • Atmospheric particle number size distribution in central Europe: Statistical relations to air masses and meteorology

    Wolfram Birmili;Alfred Wiedensohler;Jost Heintzenberg;Katrin Lehmann

  • Explaining global surface aerosol number concentrations in terms of primary emissions and particle formation

    D. V. Spracklen;K. S. Carslaw;J. Merikanto;G. W. Mann

  • A closure study of sub-micrometer aerosol particle hygroscopic behaviour

    Erik Swietlicki;Jingchuan Zhou;Olle H. Berg;Bengt G. Martinsson

  • Primary versus secondary contributions to particle number concentrations in the European boundary layer

    C. L. Reddington;K. S. Carslaw;D. V. Spracklen;M. G. Frontoso

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J. P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Birgit Wehner
Birgit Wehner Leibniz Association
Ari Laaksonen
Ari Laaksonen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Gerald Spindler
Gerald Spindler Leibniz Association
Thomas Tuch
Thomas Tuch Leibniz Association
Hartmut Herrmann
Hartmut Herrmann Leibniz Association
Jost Heintzenberg
Jost Heintzenberg Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Yafang Cheng
Yafang Cheng Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Tuukka Petäjä
Tuukka Petäjä University of Helsinki

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