U. von Zahn

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
165 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

U. von Zahn is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, U. von Zahn has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 84 papers in Atmospheric Science and 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in U. von Zahn's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (93 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (67 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (49 papers). U. von Zahn is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (93 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (67 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (49 papers). U. von Zahn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Norway. U. von Zahn's co-authors include Josef Höffner, Franz‐Josef Lübken, K. H. Fricke, G. Hansen, D. M. Hunten, Uwe Berger, Hans Peter Reinhard, Wolfgang Paul, Jens Fiedler and G. von Cossart and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

U. von Zahn

162 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
U. von Zahn Germany	48	5.3k	3.6k	1.4k	542	485	165	6.6k
Kendall Shepherd Canada	40	5.1k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	826 0.6×	496 0.9×	666 1.4×	296	5.8k
D. M. Hunten United States	54	8.8k 1.7×	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	923 1.7×	423 0.9×	239	10.2k
T. M. Donahue United States	47	6.6k 1.3×	2.8k 0.8×	825 0.6×	514 0.9×	272 0.6×	187	8.1k
C. A. Barth United States	47	4.7k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	743 0.5×	518 1.0×	177 0.4×	146	5.6k
R. R. Meier United States	44	5.4k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	601 0.4×	733 1.4×	941 1.9×	192	6.1k
Jean‐Loup Bertaux France	60	10.5k 2.0×	2.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	207 0.4×	374	11.8k
P. J. Gierasch United States	48	6.2k 1.2×	2.3k 0.6×	612 0.4×	647 1.2×	162 0.3×	182	7.0k
Franz‐Josef Lübken Germany	43	5.1k 1.0×	4.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	271 0.5×	725 1.5×	198	5.9k
D. F. Strobel United States	60	10.1k 1.9×	4.2k 1.2×	644 0.5×	442 0.8×	340 0.7×	282	11.5k
A. C. Aikin United States	21	3.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	337 0.2×	789 1.5×	865 1.8×	79	4.6k

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Singer, W., et al.. (2004). Diurnal and annual variations of meteor rates at the arctic circle. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 4(5). 1355–1363. 76 indexed citations

Zahn, U. von, Gerd Baumgarten, Uwe Berger, Jens Fiedler, & P. Hartogh. (2004). Noctilucent clouds and the mesospheric water vapour: the past decade. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 4(11/12). 2449–2464. 42 indexed citations

Zahn, U. von, et al.. (2003). The altitude of noctilucent clouds: groundbased observations and their interpretation through numerical modeling. 530. 295. 9 indexed citations

Zahn, U. von & J. Bremer. (1999). Simultaneous and common‐volume observations of noctilucent clouds and polar mesosphere summer echoes. Geophysical Research Letters. 26(11). 1521–1524. 77 indexed citations

Höffner, Josef, Cord Fricke‐Begemann, & U. von Zahn. (1998). Note on the Reaction of the Upper Atmosphere Potassium Layer to the 1999 Leonid Meteor Storm. Earth Moon and Planets. 82-83(0). 555–564. 1 indexed citations

Fiedler, Jens, G. von Cossart, Frank Hübner, et al.. (1997). Status of the ALOMAR Rayleigh/Mie/Raman Lidar. 397. 105. 4 indexed citations

Zahn, U. von. (1997). Achievements of ALOMAR. ESASP. 397. 141. 12 indexed citations

Zahn, U. von & Josef Höffner. (1996). Mesopause temperature profiling by potassium lidar. Geophysical Research Letters. 23(2). 141–144. 120 indexed citations

Zahn, U. von, et al.. (1996). The mesopause altitude: Only two distinctive levels worldwide?. Geophysical Research Letters. 23(22). 3231–3234. 91 indexed citations

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Höffner, Josef & U. von Zahn. (1995). Mesopause temperature profiling by potassium lidar: recent progress and outlook for ALOMAR. ESASP. 370. 403. 5 indexed citations

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Hansen, G., et al.. (1989). First detection of a noctilucent cloud by lidar. Geophysical Research Letters. 16(12). 1445–1448. 66 indexed citations

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Caldwell, J., U. von Zahn, P. Bruston, et al.. (1987). Vertical Distributions of Hydrocarbons and Nitriles in the Titan Atmosphere. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 19. 873. 3 indexed citations

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Lübken, Franz‐Josef, et al.. (1987). In situ measurements of turbulent energy dissipation rates and eddy diffusion coefficients during MAP/WINE. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 49(7-8). 763–775. 55 indexed citations

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Fricke, K. H. & U. von Zahn. (1985). Mesopause temperatures derived from probing the hyperfine structure of the D2 resonance line of sodium by lidar. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 47(5). 499–512. 135 indexed citations

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Zahn, U. von & E. Wulf. (1985). The gaseous environment of the Shuttle, as observed by mass spectrometer inside the payload bay of the Shuttle orbiter. 3 indexed citations

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Hoffman, J. H., Vance I. Oyama, & U. von Zahn. (1980). Measurements of the Venus lower atmosphere composition: A comparison of results. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 85(A13). 7871–7881. 72 indexed citations

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Keating, G. M., et al.. (1977). Comparison of drag and mass spectrometer measurements during small geomagnetic disturbances. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 355–361. 5 indexed citations

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Prölss, Gerd W., U. von Zahn, & W. J. Raitt. (1975). Neutral atmospheric composition, plasma density, and electron temperature atFregion heights. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 80(25). 3715–3718. 24 indexed citations

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Zahn, U. von. (1974). Composition Studies in the Thermosphere by Means of Mass Spectrometers. 389. 2 indexed citations

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Zahn, U. von, K. H. Fricke, & H. Trinks. (1973). Esro 4 gas analyzer results: 1. First observation of the summer argon bulge. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(31). 7560–7562. 20 indexed citations

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