Papers
4
Total Citations
440
H-Index
3
About
Peter Knippertz is a leading atmospheric scientist whose research centers on mineral dust, aerosol–cloud interactions, and the dynamics of weather systems in arid regions. His most influential work stems from the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM), where he pioneered the use of advanced lidar and photometer networks to characterize dust properties. In a landmark 2008 study (281 citations), he and his team deployed three ground-based Raman lidars and an airborne high-spectral-resolution lidar over southern Morocco, providing the first detailed vertical profiles of Saharan dust’s extinction, backscatter, and depolarization ratios. This work fundamentally advanced our understanding of dust’s optical behavior and its transport. A subsequent 2010 study (93 citations) integrated AERONET Sun photometer data with in situ measurements to derive shape-independent particle properties, further refining dust models. Knippertz also led validation of long-range dust transport models using EARLINET observations (63 citations), demonstrating how dust plumes from North Africa impact European air quality. His contributions have been instrumental in improving dust forecasting and climate modeling, earning him recognition as a key figure in aerosol research.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4