Axel Lauer

11.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Axel Lauer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Lauer has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Atmospheric Science, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Axel Lauer's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (39 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (25 papers) and Climate variability and models (24 papers). Axel Lauer is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (39 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (25 papers) and Climate variability and models (24 papers). Axel Lauer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Axel Lauer's co-authors include Veronika Eyring, James J. Corbett, Horst W. Köhler, James J. Winebrake, P. S. Kasibhatla, Erin H. Green, J. van Aardenne, Kevin Hamilton, Yuqing Wang and Johannes Hendricks and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Axel Lauer

62 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mortality from Ship Emissions: A Global Assessment

2007 845 citations Veronika Eyring, Axel Lauer et al. profile →
Emissions from international shipping: 1. The last 50 years

2005 542 citations Veronika Eyring, Axel Lauer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Lauer Germany	34	3.3k	2.2k	1.9k	1.4k	1.0k	65	4.8k
Ivar S. A. Isaksen Norway	26	2.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	886 0.6×	619 0.6×	43	3.4k
J. van Aardenne Italy	18	2.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	695 0.5×	777 0.7×	29	3.2k
Volker Matthias Germany	34	2.4k 0.7×	999 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	782 0.6×	990 1.0×	99	3.3k
Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen Finland	36	2.2k 0.7×	2.9k 1.3×	417 0.2×	1.9k 1.4×	703 0.7×	108	4.2k
Augustin Colette France	34	4.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	670 0.5×	2.1k 2.1×	91	6.0k
Cheng Huang China	42	3.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	928 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	3.5k 3.4×	248	5.6k
Zhiqiu Gao China	44	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	3.0k 1.6×	98 0.1×	1.1k 1.1×	204	5.2k
Hilkka Timonen Finland	35	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	810 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	2.9k 2.8×	146	4.3k
Yang Zhang United States	43	4.6k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	3.2k 1.7×	738 0.5×	3.3k 3.1×	161	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Axel Lauer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Lauer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lauer, Axel, et al.. (2025). Monitoring and benchmarking Earth system model simulations with ESMValTool v2.12.0. Geoscientific model development. 18(4). 1169–1188. 1 indexed citations

Bock, Lisa & Axel Lauer. (2024). Cloud properties and their projected changes in CMIP models with low to high climate sensitivity. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(3). 1587–1605. 5 indexed citations

Lauer, Axel, et al.. (2024). Characterizing clouds with the CCClim dataset, a machine learning cloud class climatology. Earth system science data. 16(6). 3001–3016. 1 indexed citations

Schlund, Manuel, Birgit Haßler, Axel Lauer, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of native Earth system model output with ESMValTool v2.6.0. Geoscientific model development. 16(1). 315–333. 6 indexed citations

Haßler, Birgit & Axel Lauer. (2021). Comparison of Reanalysis and Observational Precipitation Datasets Including ERA5 and WFDE5. Atmosphere. 12(11). 1462–1462. 102 indexed citations

Righi, Mattia, Bouwe Andela, Veronika Eyring, et al.. (2020). Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 – technical overview. Geoscientific model development. 13(3). 1179–1199. 67 indexed citations

Schlund, Manuel, Axel Lauer, Pierre Gentine, Steven C. Sherwood, & Veronika Eyring. (2020). Emergent constraints on equilibrium climate sensitivity in CMIP5: do they hold for CMIP6?. Earth System Dynamics. 11(4). 1233–1258. 104 indexed citations

Righi, Mattia, Bouwe Andela, Veronika Eyring, et al.. (2019). ESMValTool v2.0 – Technical overview. 2 indexed citations

Kuik, Friderike, Andreas Kerschbaumer, Axel Lauer, et al.. (2018). Top–down quantification of NO _x emissions from traffic in an urban area using a high-resolution regional atmospheric chemistry model. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(11). 8203–8225. 33 indexed citations

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Kuik, Friderike, Axel Lauer, Erika von Schneidemesser, & Tim Butler. (2017). A statistical downscaling approach for roadside NO2 concentrations: Application to a WRF-Chem study for Berlin. elib (German Aerospace Center). 11911. 1 indexed citations

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Mues, Andrea, Axel Lauer, Aurelia Lupaşcu, et al.. (2017). Air quality in the Kathmandu Valley: WRF and WRF-Chem simulations of meteorology and black carbon concentrations. 4 indexed citations

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Dietmüller, Simone, Patrick Jöckel, Holger Tost, et al.. (2016). A new radiation infrastructure for the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy, based on version 2.51). Geoscientific model development. 9(6). 2209–2222. 67 indexed citations

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Schneidemesser, Erika von, P. S. Monks, J. D. Allan, et al.. (2015). Chemistry and the Linkages between Air Quality and Climate Change. Chemical Reviews. 115(10). 3856–3897. 340 indexed citations

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Kuik, Friderike, Axel Lauer, Johan P. Beukes, et al.. (2015). The anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric black carbon concentrations in southern Africa: a WRF-Chem modeling study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(15). 8809–8830. 33 indexed citations

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Aquila, Valentina, Johannes Hendricks, Axel Lauer, et al.. (2010). MADE-IN: a new aerosol microphysics submodel for global simulation of potential atmospheric ice nuclei. 1 indexed citations

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Phillips, Vaughan T. J., C. Andronache, Brent C. Christner, et al.. (2009). Potential impacts from biological aerosols on ensembles of continental clouds simulated numerically. Biogeosciences. 6(6). 987–1014. 90 indexed citations

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Eyring, Veronika, David S. Stevenson, Axel Lauer, et al.. (2007). Multi-model simulations of the impact of international shipping on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in 2000 and 2030. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 7(3). 757–780. 105 indexed citations

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Lauer, Axel & Johannes Hendricks. (2006). Simulating aerosol microphysics with the ECHAM4/MADE GCM – Part II: Results from a first multiannual simulation of the submicrometer aerosol. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 6(12). 5495–5513. 15 indexed citations

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Lauer, Axel, Johannes Hendricks, I.J. Ackermann, et al.. (2005). Simulating aerosol microphysics with the ECHAM/MADE GCM – Part I: Model description and comparison with observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 5(12). 3251–3276. 49 indexed citations

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Lauer, Axel, M. Dameris, Andreas Richter, & John P. Burrows. (2002). Tropospheric NO ₂ columns: a comparison between model and retrieved data from GOME measurements. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 2(1). 67–78. 34 indexed citations

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