Patric Seifert
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About
Patric Seifert is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on the vertical distribution and characterization of aerosols using advanced lidar techniques. He has made major contributions to the remote sensing of volcanic ash, wildfire smoke, and Arctic aerosols, often combining lidar data with photometer and meteorological observations. His most cited work, with over 230 citations, developed a combined lidar-photometer method to retrieve vertical profiles of ash and fine-mode particles after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Another highly influential study (190 citations) documented extreme levels of Canadian wildfire smoke in the stratosphere over central Europe in 2017, reporting light extinction coefficients 20 times higher than after the Pinatubo eruption. Seifert also pioneered a practical calibration method for Raman lidar water vapor profiles using AERONET and meteorological data. His work spans the Southern Hemisphere midlatitudes, the central Arctic during the MOSAiC expedition, and European aerosol networks. With over 500 total citations across his most cited papers, Seifert’s research is essential for understanding aerosol transport, cloud-aerosol interactions, and climate impacts.
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