Michael Schäfer

2.1k total citations
50 papers, 643 citations indexed

About

Michael Schäfer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Schäfer has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 643 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Atmospheric Science, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Schäfer's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (27 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (20 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (9 papers). Michael Schäfer is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (27 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (20 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (9 papers). Michael Schäfer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Michael Schäfer's co-authors include P. Fuhrberg, Samir Lamrini, P. Koopmann, K. Scholle, Manfred Wendisch, André Ehrlich, Evelyn Jäkel, G. Hüber, Frank Stratmann and Silvia Henning and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Optics Letters and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Michael Schäfer

47 papers receiving 607 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Schäfer Germany 15 323 298 210 149 74 50 643
Francisco Molero Spain 13 338 1.0× 346 1.2× 122 0.6× 90 0.6× 126 1.7× 44 645
Hamid R. Khalesifard Iran 15 257 0.8× 268 0.9× 30 0.1× 96 0.6× 32 0.4× 35 526
Lingbing Bu China 15 367 1.1× 457 1.5× 92 0.4× 70 0.5× 41 0.6× 85 683
Jan Henneberger Switzerland 16 492 1.5× 515 1.7× 47 0.2× 40 0.3× 18 0.2× 37 659
Michelle Kim United States 15 317 1.0× 155 0.5× 382 1.8× 118 0.8× 96 1.3× 31 836
Grégory David Switzerland 16 424 1.3× 407 1.4× 35 0.2× 99 0.7× 73 1.0× 37 640
T. Henn Germany 9 210 0.7× 156 0.5× 19 0.1× 75 0.5× 94 1.3× 15 338
M. D. Obland United States 17 1.0k 3.1× 1.1k 3.6× 51 0.2× 24 0.2× 71 1.0× 36 1.2k
Helmuth Horvath Austria 14 322 1.0× 375 1.3× 34 0.2× 86 0.6× 129 1.7× 28 730
Amin R. Nehrir United States 17 382 1.2× 468 1.6× 129 0.6× 73 0.5× 65 0.9× 52 727

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Schäfer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Schäfer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Schäfer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Schäfer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Schäfer 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 Michael Schäfer. Michael Schäfer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Klingebiel, Marcus, André Ehrlich, Micha Gryschka, et al.. (2025). Airborne observations of cloud properties during their evolution from organized streets to isotropic cloud structures along an Arctic cold-air outbreak. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(17). 9787–9801.
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Ehrlich, André, Evelyn Jäkel, Johannes Röttenbacher, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of downward and upward solar irradiances simulated by the Integrated Forecasting System of ECMWF using airborne observations above Arctic low-level clouds. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(7). 4157–4175. 1 indexed citations
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Schirmacher, Imke, Marcus Klingebiel, Michael Schäfer, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamic and cloud evolution in a cold-air outbreak during HALO-(AC) 3 : quasi-Lagrangian observations compared to the ERA5 and CARRA reanalyses. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(6). 3883–3904. 6 indexed citations
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Lange, Charlotte de, et al.. (2023). Retrieval of snow layer and melt pond properties on Arctic sea ice from airborne imaging spectrometer observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(16). 3915–3930. 4 indexed citations
5.
Ehrlich, André, et al.. (2023). Airborne observations of the surface cloud radiative effect during different seasons over sea ice and open ocean in the Fram Strait. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(12). 7015–7031. 7 indexed citations
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Ismail, Muhammad Fraz, et al.. (2023). Estimating degree-day factors of snow based on energy flux components. ˜The œcryosphere. 17(1). 211–231. 16 indexed citations
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Kalesse‐Los, Heike, et al.. (2023). Analysing wind power ramp events and improving very short‐term wind power predictions by including wind speed observations. Wind Energy. 26(6). 573–588. 8 indexed citations
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Klingebiel, Marcus, André Ehrlich, Elena Ruiz-Donoso, et al.. (2023). Variability and properties of liquid-dominated clouds over the ice-free and sea-ice-covered Arctic Ocean. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(24). 15289–15304. 3 indexed citations
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Wendisch, Manfred, Johannes Stapf, André Ehrlich, et al.. (2023). Effects of variable ice–ocean surface properties and air mass transformation on the Arctic radiative energy budget. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(17). 9647–9667. 11 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Michael, Kevin Wolf, André Ehrlich, et al.. (2021). VELOX – A new thermal infrared imager for airborne remote sensing of cloud and surface properties. 1 indexed citations
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Carlsen, Tim, Gerit Birnbaum, André Ehrlich, et al.. (2020). Parameterizing anisotropic reflectance of snow surfaces from airborne digital camera observations in Antarctica. ˜The œcryosphere. 14(11). 3959–3978. 8 indexed citations
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Ruiz-Donoso, Elena, André Ehrlich, Michael Schäfer, et al.. (2020). Small-scale structure of thermodynamic phase in Arctic mixed-phase clouds observed by airborne remote sensing during a cold air outbreak and a warm air advection event. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(9). 5487–5511. 24 indexed citations
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Wex, Heike, K. Dieckmann, Greg Roberts, et al.. (2016). Aerosol arriving on the Caribbean island of Barbados: physical properties and origin. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(22). 14107–14130. 25 indexed citations
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Reddy, V., A. Nathues, L. Le Corre, et al.. (2015). Nature of Bright Spots on Ceres from the Dawn Framing Camera. LPICo. 78(1856). 5161. 1 indexed citations
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Lamrini, Samir, K. Scholle, Michael Schäfer, et al.. (2015). High-Energy Q-switched Er:ZBLAN Fibre Laser at 2.79 μm. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 4 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Michael, E. Bierwirth, André Ehrlich, Evelyn Jäkel, & Manfred Wendisch. (2015). Airborne observations and simulations of three-dimensional radiative interactions between Arctic boundary layer clouds and ice floes. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(14). 8147–8163. 16 indexed citations
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Henning, Silvia, K. Dieckmann, Michael Schäfer, et al.. (2014). Influence of cloud processing on CCN activation behaviour in the Thuringian Forest, Germany during HCCT-2010. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(15). 7859–7868. 23 indexed citations
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Deng, Zhaoze, Chunsheng Zhao, Nan Ma, et al.. (2011). Size-resolved and bulk activation properties of aerosols in the North China Plain. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(8). 3835–3846. 105 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Michael, et al.. (2010). Atmospheric Phase Shift Identification for Individual Dates Based on Multi-Reference DInSAR or PSI Data. ESASP. 686. 274. 1 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Michael. (2000). Determination and Modelling of Dumping Surfaces with Real-Time-GPS. Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica Hungarica. 35(2). 239–243.

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