PD Dr. Andreas Petzold

Scientific Interest

• Trends and variability of atmospheric chemical composition, including water vapor and clouds
• Spatial-temporal variability and atmospheric processing of tropospheric aerosol
• Optical properties of tropospheric aerosol the aerosol
• Aerosol absorption coefficient, black carbon and mineral dust

Research Areas

• Global and long-term observation of atmospheric composition by using instrumented passenger aircraft as observation platforms IAGOS
• Investigation of multi-spectral aerosol optical properties, in particular the aerosol absorption and extinction coefficients of mixed aerosols
• Development and validation of aerosol measurement techniques
• Global water vapour – cirrus distribution

Contact