Ruud Dirksen

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ruud Dirksen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruud Dirksen has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Atmospheric Science, 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ruud Dirksen's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (39 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (24 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (19 papers). Ruud Dirksen is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (39 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (24 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (19 papers). Ruud Dirksen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Ruud Dirksen's co-authors include K. F. Boersma, P. F. Levelt, Q. Kleipool, E. J. Bucsela, Marcel Dobber, Holger Vömel, Pepijn Veefkind, M. Sommer, Dominik Brunner and Y. Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ruud Dirksen

44 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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.

An improved tropospheric NO ₂ column retrieval algorithm for the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

2011 496 citations K. F. Boersma, Ruud Dirksen et al. Atmospheric measurement techniques profile →

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Ruud Dirksen

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HTM

Huib Visser Netherlands

Maarten Sneep Netherlands

Marcel Dobber Netherlands

Christopher E. Sioris Canada

Martine De Mazière Belgium

P. Stammes Netherlands

Alexandros Papayannis Greece

H. Flentje Germany

Catherine C. Chuang United States

A. W. Strawa United States

Huib Visser Netherlands

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334 ×0.6

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Steinbrecht, Wolfgang, Voltaire A. Velazco, Ruud Dirksen, et al.. (2025). Ground‐Based Monitoring of Stratospheric Ozone and Temperature Over Germany Since the 1960s. Earth and Space Science. 12(3).

Fadnavis, Suvarna, S. M. Sonbawne, Bärbel Vogel, et al.. (2023). Comparison of ozonesonde measurements in the upper troposphere and lower Stratosphere in Northern India with reanalysis and chemistry-climate-model data. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 7133–7133. 4 indexed citations

Rohden, Christoph von, et al.. (2022). Laboratory characterisation of the radiation temperature error of radiosondes and its application to the GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS41. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(2). 383–405. 12 indexed citations

Rohden, Christoph von, et al.. (2021). Laboratory characterisation of the radiation temperature error of radiosondes and its application to the GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS41. 3 indexed citations

Poltera, Yann, Frank G. Wienhold, Beiping Luo, et al.. (2021). Understanding balloon-borne frost point hygrometer measurements after contamination by mixed-phase clouds. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(1). 239–268. 5 indexed citations

Gräf, Manuel, Herbert Looser, Thomas Peter, et al.. (2021). Compact and lightweight mid-infrared laser spectrometer for balloon-borne water vapor measurements in the UTLS. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(2). 1365–1378. 14 indexed citations

Poltera, Yann, Frank G. Wienhold, Beiping Luo, et al.. (2020). Understanding cryogenic frost point hygrometer measurements after contamination by mixed-phase clouds. 5 indexed citations

Dirksen, Ruud, G. E. Bodeker, Peter Thorne, et al.. (2020). Managing the transition from Vaisala RS92 to RS41 radiosondes within the Global Climate Observing System Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN): a progress report. Geoscientific instrumentation, methods and data systems. 9(2). 337–355. 19 indexed citations

Poltera, Yann, Peter Oelsner, Ruud Dirksen, et al.. (2019). Water Vapor in the Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone: Comparison of Balloon‐Borne Measurements and ECMWF Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(13). 7053–7068. 17 indexed citations

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Calbet, Xavier, et al.. (2017). Consistency between GRUAN sondes, LBLRTM and IASI. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(6). 2323–2335. 14 indexed citations

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Payen, Guillaume, Philippe Keckhut, Valentin Duflot, et al.. (2017). A Raman lidar at Maïdo Observatory (Reunion Island) to measure water vapor in the troposphere and lower stratosphere: calibration and validation. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations

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Vömel, Holger, et al.. (2016). An update on the uncertainties of water vapor measurements using cryogenicfrost point hygrometers. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(8). 3755–3768. 45 indexed citations

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Dirksen, Ruud, M. Sommer, Franz Immler, et al.. (2014). Reference quality upper-air measurements: GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 7(12). 4463–4490. 192 indexed citations

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Boersma, K. F., Daniel J. Jacob, Miri Trainic, et al.. (2009). Validation of urban NO ₂ concentrations and their diurnal and seasonal variations observed from the SCIAMACHY and OMI sensors using in situ surface measurements in Israeli cities. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(12). 3867–3879. 175 indexed citations

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Voors, Robert, Ruud Dirksen, Marcel Dobber, & P. F. Levelt. (2006). OMI In-Flight Wavelength Calibration and the Solar Reference Spectrum. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 628(15). 32–2831. 2 indexed citations

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Dirksen, Ruud, et al.. (2006). In-Flight Calibration of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument. ESASP. 621. 84.

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Voors, Robert, Marcel Dobber, Ruud Dirksen, & P. F. Levelt. (2006). Method of calibration to correct for cloud-induced wavelength shifts in the Aura satellite's Ozone Monitoring Instrument. Applied Optics. 45(15). 3652–3652. 24 indexed citations

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Dirksen, Ruud, Marcel Dobber, Robert Voors, & P. F. Levelt. (2006). Prelaunch characterization of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument transfer function in the spectral domain. Applied Optics. 45(17). 3972–3972. 45 indexed citations

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Dobber, Marcel, Ruud Dirksen, Robert Voors, G. H. Mount, & P. F. Levelt. (2005). Ground-based zenith sky abundances and in situ gas cross sections for ozone and nitrogen dioxide with the Earth Observing System Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument. Applied Optics. 44(14). 2846–2846. 17 indexed citations

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Dobber, Marcel, Ruud Dirksen, P. F. Levelt, et al.. (2004). Ozone Monitoring Instrument flight-model on-ground and in-flight calibration. ESASP. 554. 89–96. 4 indexed citations

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