Albert Ansmann

29.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
312 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Albert Ansmann is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert Ansmann has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 296 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 276 papers in Atmospheric Science and 55 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Albert Ansmann's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (290 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (256 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (126 papers). Albert Ansmann is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (290 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (256 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (126 papers). Albert Ansmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Cyprus. Albert Ansmann's co-authors include Ulla Wandinger, Dietrich Althausen, Detlef Müller, Ronny Engelmann, Matthias Tesche, Ina Mattis, Holger Baars, C. Weitkamp, Rodanthi‐Elisavet Mamouri and Patric Seifert and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Albert Ansmann

298 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

Independent measurement of extinction and backscatter pro... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 2014 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Independent measurement of extinction and backscatter profiles in cirrus clouds by using a combined Raman elastic-backscatter lidar
    1992 538 citations Albert Ansmann, Ulla Wandinger et al. profile →
  2. EARLINET: towards an advanced sustainable European aerosol lidar network
    2014 376 citations Adolfo Comerón, Holger Linnè et al. Atmospheric measurement techniques profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Albert Ansmann Germany 71 14.8k 14.1k 1.7k 876 562 312 15.6k
Mark Vaughan United States 53 12.2k 0.8× 11.4k 0.8× 767 0.4× 538 0.6× 495 0.9× 167 12.8k
Ulla Wandinger Germany 55 8.5k 0.6× 7.9k 0.6× 651 0.4× 355 0.4× 278 0.5× 161 8.9k
Dietrich Althausen Germany 56 8.3k 0.6× 8.0k 0.6× 938 0.5× 665 0.8× 325 0.6× 167 8.7k
Nobuo Sugimoto Japan 50 6.7k 0.5× 7.9k 0.6× 997 0.6× 2.6k 2.9× 804 1.4× 306 9.3k
C. A. Hostetler United States 45 7.0k 0.5× 6.5k 0.5× 379 0.2× 596 0.7× 632 1.1× 168 8.2k
Jacques Pelon France 44 6.2k 0.4× 6.1k 0.4× 488 0.3× 306 0.3× 542 1.0× 194 6.9k
Kenneth Sassen United States 46 8.6k 0.6× 8.4k 0.6× 761 0.4× 189 0.2× 262 0.5× 151 9.4k
Andrew J. Heymsfield United States 84 18.7k 1.3× 20.0k 1.4× 1.5k 0.9× 756 0.9× 985 1.8× 390 21.8k
Оleg Dubovik France 79 28.0k 1.9× 27.6k 2.0× 1.9k 1.1× 3.0k 3.4× 1.4k 2.4× 272 29.9k
E. V. Browell United States 57 8.7k 0.6× 9.4k 0.7× 247 0.1× 800 0.9× 378 0.7× 287 10.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Ansmann, Albert, et al.. (2024). The challenge of identifying dust events in a highly polluted Eastern Mediterranean region. The Science of The Total Environment. 953. 175920–175920. 3 indexed citations
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Haarig, Moritz, Athena Augusta Floutsi, Julian Hofer, & Albert Ansmann. (2024). Is the depolarization ratio a global characteristic of mineral dust particles? Review on existing multiwavelength lidar measurements. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 575. 2004–2004. 1 indexed citations
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Althausen, Dietrich, Holger Baars, Bernd Heinold, et al.. (2024). The implementation of dust mineralogy in COSMO5.05-MUSCAT. Geoscientific model development. 17(3). 1271–1295. 3 indexed citations
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Ohneiser, Kevin, et al.. (2023). The impact of different aerosol layering conditions on the high-resolution MODIS/MAIAC AOD retrieval bias: The uncertainty analysis. Atmospheric Environment. 309. 119930–119930. 13 indexed citations
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Mamouri, Rodanthi‐Elisavet, Albert Ansmann, Kevin Ohneiser, et al.. (2023). Wildfire smoke triggers cirrus formation: lidar observations over the eastern Mediterranean. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(22). 14097–14114. 17 indexed citations
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Ohneiser, Kevin, Albert Ansmann, Bernd Kaifler, et al.. (2022). Australian wildfire smoke in the stratosphere: the decay phase in 2020/2021 and impact on ozone depletion. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(11). 7417–7442. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xingying, Zijun Wang, Wei Zhu, et al.. (2022). Development of China’s first space-borne aerosol-cloud high-spectral-resolution lidar: retrieval algorithm and airborne demonstration. PhotoniX. 3(1). 41 indexed citations
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Floutsi, Athena Augusta, Holger Baars, Martin Radenz, et al.. (2021). Advection of Biomass Burning Aerosols towards the Southern Hemispheric Mid-Latitude Station of Punta Arenas as Observed with Multiwavelength Polarization Raman Lidar. Remote Sensing. 13(1). 138–138. 17 indexed citations
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Córdoba‐Jabonero, Carmen, Michaël Sicard, Albert Ansmann, et al.. (2021). Aerosol radiative impact during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by an inter-continental Saharan dust outbreak – Part 1: Short-wave dust direct radiative effect. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(8). 6455–6479. 13 indexed citations
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Ohneiser, Kevin, Albert Ansmann, Ronny Engelmann, et al.. (2021). Siberian fire smoke in the High-Arctic winter stratosphere observedduring MOSAiC 2019–2020. 4 indexed citations
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Baars, Holger, Martin Radenz, Athena Augusta Floutsi, et al.. (2021). Californian Wildfire Smoke Over Europe: A First Example of the Aerosol Observing Capabilities of Aeolus Compared to Ground‐Based Lidar. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(8). 44 indexed citations
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Jiménez, Cristofer, Albert Ansmann, Ronny Engelmann, et al.. (2020). The dual-field-of-view polarization lidar technique: a new concept in monitoring aerosol effects in liquid-water clouds – case studies. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(23). 15265–15284. 27 indexed citations
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Bühl, Johannes, Patric Seifert, Martin Radenz, Holger Baars, & Albert Ansmann. (2019). Ice crystal number concentration from measurements of lidar, cloud radar and radar wind profiler. 2 indexed citations
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Marinou, Eleni, Jean Sciare, Michael Pikridas, et al.. (2018). Vertical profiles of aerosol mass concentrations observed during dust events by unmanned airborne in-situ and remote sensing instruments. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations
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Mamouri, Rodanthi‐Elisavet, Argyro Nisantzi, Albert Ansmann, & Diofantos Hadjimitsis. (2016). Extreme dust storm over the eastern Mediterranean in September 2015: Lidar vertical profiling of desert dust at Limassol, Cyprus. 4 indexed citations
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Engelmann, Ronny, Thomas Kanitz, Holger Baars, et al.. (2015). EARLINET Raman Lidar Polly XT : the neXT generation. 8 indexed citations

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