C. Forster

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

C. Forster is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Forster has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Atmospheric Science, 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in C. Forster's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (40 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (26 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (23 papers). C. Forster is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (40 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (26 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (23 papers). C. Forster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Norway. C. Forster's co-authors include A. Stohl, Petra Seibert, A. Frank, Gerhard Wotawa, P. James, N. Spichtinger, Sabine Eckhardt, Harald Sodemann, Heini Wernli and Owen R. Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Atmospheric Environment.

In The Last Decade

C. Forster

70 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Technical note: The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 6.2

2005 1.4k citations A. Stohl, C. Forster et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Forster Germany	33	5.5k	4.8k	1.4k	472	193	72	6.1k
Prodromos Zanis Greece	38	3.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	736 0.5×	408 0.9×	93 0.5×	130	3.6k
Petra Seibert Austria	34	5.4k 1.0×	5.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	887 1.9×	138 0.7×	71	7.0k
Fong Ngan United States	19	4.2k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.5×	830 1.8×	258 1.3×	34	5.2k
Evangelos Gerasopoulos Greece	44	3.8k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	2.2k 1.6×	1.1k 2.3×	401 2.1×	140	5.0k
H. Lyamani Spain	37	3.0k 0.5×	2.7k 0.6×	974 0.7×	383 0.8×	175 0.9×	92	3.5k
Philip Stier United Kingdom	47	7.2k 1.3×	6.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	358 0.8×	128 0.7×	163	7.7k
R. C. Easter United States	48	8.0k 1.5×	6.7k 1.4×	2.6k 1.8×	672 1.4×	276 1.4×	117	8.5k
P. James Germany	34	3.8k 0.7×	3.7k 0.8×	500 0.4×	232 0.5×	66 0.3×	46	4.3k
Gerhard Wotawa Austria	29	3.6k 0.6×	4.2k 0.9×	997 0.7×	518 1.1×	143 0.7×	57	5.2k
Radovan Krejčí Sweden	36	3.6k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	232 0.5×	100 0.5×	141	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by C. Forster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Forster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. Forster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. Forster based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. Forster. C. Forster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Huntrieser, Heidi, U. Schumann, Hans Schlager, et al.. (2014). Lightning activity in Brazilian thunderstorms during TROCCINOX: implications for NOx production. Acervo Digital da Universidade Estadual Paulista (Universidade Estadual Paulista). 32 indexed citations

Zinner, Tobias, C. Forster, Estelle de Coning, & H. D. Betz. (2013). Validation of the Meteosat storm detection and nowcasting system Cb-TRAM with lightning network data – Europe and South Africa. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 6(6). 1567–1583. 27 indexed citations

Schumann, U., Bernadett Weinzierl, Oliver Reitebuch, et al.. (2010). Volcanic Ash Cloud Observations with the DLR-Falcon over Europe during Air Space Closure. elib (German Aerospace Center). 15736. 1 indexed citations

Stohl, A., C. Forster, Heidi Huntrieser, et al.. (2007). Aircraft measurements over Europe of an air pollution plume from Southeast Asia – aerosol and chemical characterization. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 7(3). 913–937. 52 indexed citations

Stohl, A., Torunn Berg, J. F. Burkhart, et al.. (2007). Arctic smoke – record high air pollution levels in the European Arctic due to agricultural fires in Eastern Europe in spring 2006. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 7(2). 511–534. 332 indexed citations

Yttri, Karl Espen, Wenche Aas, J.N. Cape, et al.. (2007). Elemental and organic carbon in PM ₁₀ : a one year measurement campaign within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme EMEP. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 7(22). 5711–5725. 147 indexed citations

Damoah, R., N. Spichtinger, R. Servranckx, et al.. (2006). A case study of pyro-convection using transport model and remote sensing data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 6(1). 173–185. 79 indexed citations

Colomb, Aurélie, Jonathan Williams, John N. Crowley, et al.. (2006). Airborne Measurements of Trace Organic Species in the Upper Troposphere Over Europe: the Impact of Deep Convection. Environmental Chemistry. 3(4). 244–259. 36 indexed citations

Stohl, A., C. Forster, A. Frank, Petra Seibert, & Gerhard Wotawa. (2005). Technical note: The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 6.2. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 5(9). 2461–2474. 1428 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spichtinger, N., R. Damoah, Sabine Eckhardt, et al.. (2004). Boreal forest fires in 1997 and 1998: a seasonal comparison using transport model simulations and measurement data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 4(7). 1857–1868. 36 indexed citations

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Stohl, A., Owen R. Cooper, R. Damoah, et al.. (2004). Forecasting for a Lagrangian aircraft campaign. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 4(4). 1113–1124. 15 indexed citations

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Damoah, R., N. Spichtinger, C. Forster, et al.. (2004). Around the world in 17 days - hemispheric-scale transport of forest fire smoke from Russia in May 2003. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 4(5). 1311–1321. 216 indexed citations

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Huntrieser, Heidi, Hans Schlager, J. Heland, et al.. (2003). Intercontinental Transport of Pollution from North America to Europe: Airborne Trace Gas Measurements over Central and Northern Europe during CONTRACE. elib (German Aerospace Center). 3190. 1 indexed citations

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Eckhardt, Sabine, A. Stohl, Steffen Beirle, et al.. (2003). The North Atlantic Oscillation controls air pollution transport to the Arctic. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 3(5). 1769–1778. 167 indexed citations

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Stohl, A., Heidi Huntrieser, Andreas Richter, et al.. (2003). Rapid intercontinental air pollution transport associated with a meteorological bomb. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 3(4). 969–985. 44 indexed citations

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Lawrence, M. G., Philip J. Rasch, R. von Kuhlmann, et al.. (2003). Global chemical weather forecasts for field campaign planning: predictions and observations of large-scale features during MINOS, CONTRACE, and INDOEX. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 3(1). 267–289. 106 indexed citations

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Zanis, Prodromos, Thomas Trickl, A. Stohl, et al.. (2003). Forecast, observation and modelling of a deep stratospheric intrusion event over Europe. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 3(3). 763–777. 50 indexed citations

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Huntrieser, H., J. Heland, C. Forster, et al.. (2003). CONTRACE – Convective transport of trace gases into the middle and upper troposphere over Europe: Budget and impact on chemistry. elib (German Aerospace Center). 3199.

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Stohl, A., C. Forster, Sabine Eckhardt, et al.. (2002). A Backward Modeling Study of Intercontinental Pollution Transport Using Aircraft Measurements. elib (German Aerospace Center). 2002. 10 indexed citations

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Forster, C., Ulla Wandinger, Gerhard Wotawa, et al.. (2001). Transport of boreal forest fire emissions from Canada to Europe. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(D19). 22887–22906. 270 indexed citations

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