Dr. Sebastian Düsing
Leibniz Institute for
Tropospheric Research
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 2717-7353
Mail: duesing@tropos.de
Room: 213 (Geb. 23.1)
Function
Scientific staff
Department:
Workgroup:
Research areas & research interest:
- filter-based aerosol particle light absorption
- airborne measurements of aerosol particles
- modeling of aerosol optical properties
- relative humidity effects on aerosol and measurements
Current projects:
- Evidence Driven Indoor Air Quality Improvement - EDIAQI (2022 - 2026)
- WCCAP
Past projects:
- „Ermittlung von charakteristischen Expositionsbedingungen bei Radon an Arbeitsplätzen in Innenräumen“ (Determination of characteristic exposure conditions for radon at indoor workplaces) funded by “The Federal Office for Radiation Protection” (2021 - 2022)
- goSOUTH (BMBF): Model-assisted vertical in situ study of aerosols, and aerosol-cloud-turbulence interactions in the Southern Hemisphere marine boundary layer
- MesSBAR „Automatisierte luftgestützte Messung der Schadstoffbelastung in der erdnahen Atmosphäre in urbanen Räumen – MesSBAR“ (Automated airborne measurement of pollutant levels in the near-earth atmosphere in urban areas) funded by „Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure“ (2019 - 2022)
- „Einfluss von Wetterlagen und Witterung auf die Stickstoffdioxid-Konzentrationen in der Außenluft 2015 bis 2018” (Influence of large, and small-scale weather on nitrogen dioxide concentrations in outdoor air 2015 to 2018) - 2019, May - September funded by “Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology” (LfULG) in 2019
Memberships:
- Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung e.V. (GAeF)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Academic qualification
since 2022 | post-doc at Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research |
2015 - 2022 | PhD candidate enrolled at University of Leipzig |
2012 - 2015 | Master of Science: Meteorology at the University of Leipzig Master thesis: "Schließung aerosoloptischer Eigenschaften zwischen luftgetragenen in–situ– und bodengebunden LIDAR–Messungen" - Closure of aerosol optical properties between airborne in-situ and ground-based lidar observations |
2009 - 2012 | Bachelor of Science: Meteorology at the University of Leipzig Bachelor thesis: "Beschreibung des ionosphärischen Elektronengehalts mit EUV-Indizes" - Characterization of ionospheric electrone content with EUV indices |
Research Experience
2017 February - March | Melpitz Column Winter (MelCol - winter) Experiment |
2015 June | Melpitz Column Sommer (MelCol - summer) Experiment |
2013 September | HD(CP)2 Observational Prototype Experiment (HOPE) at Melpitz |
Publications:
Peer-review
Main author
2021
Düsing, S., Ansmann, A., Baars, H., Corbin, J. C., Denjean, C., Gysel-Beer, M., Müller, T., Poulain, L., Siebert, H., Spindler, G., Tuch, T., Wehner, B., and Wiedensohler, A.: Measurement report: Comparison of airborne, in situ measured, lidar-based, and modeled aerosol optical properties in the central European background – identifying sources of deviations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 16745–16773, doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16745-2021, 2021.
2019
Düsing, S., Wehner, B., Müller, T., Stöcker, A., and Wiedensohler, A.: The effect of rapid relative humidity changes on fast filter-based aerosol-particle light-absorption measurements: uncertainties and correction schemes, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 5879–5895, doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5879-2019, 2019.
2018
Düsing, S., Wehner, B., Seifert, P., Ansmann, A., Baars, H., Ditas, F., Henning, S., Ma, N., Poulain, L., Siebert, H., Wiedensohler, A., and Macke, A.: Helicopter-borne observations of the continental background aerosol in combination with remote sensing and ground-based measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1263–1290, doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1263-2018, 2018.
Co-author
2022
Pilz, C., Düsing, S., Wehner, B., Müller, T., Siebert, H., Voigtländer, J., and Lonardi, M.: CAMP: an instrumented platform for balloon-borne aerosol particle studies in the lower atmosphere, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 6889–6905, doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6889-2022, 2022.
Bretschneider, L.; Schlerf, A.; Baum, A.; Bohlius, H.; Buchholz, M.; Düsing, S.; Ebert, V.; Erraji, H.; Frost, P.; Käthner, R.; Krüger, T.; Lange, A.C.; Langner, M.; Nowak, A.; Pätzold, F.; Rüdiger, J.; Saturno, J.; Scholz, H.; Schuldt, T.; Seldschopf, R.; Sobotta, A.; Tillmann, R.; Wehner, B.; Wesolek, C.; Wolf, K.; Lampert, A. MesSBAR—Multicopter and Instrumentation for Air Quality Research. Atmosphere, 13, 629. doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040629, 2022.
2017
Macke, A., Seifert, P., Baars, H., Barthlott, C., Beekmans, C., Behrendt, A., Bohn, B., Brueck, M., Bühl, J., Crewell, S., Damian, T., Deneke, H., Düsing, S., Foth, A., Di Girolamo, P., Hammann, E., Heinze, R., Hirsikko, A., Kalisch, J., Kalthoff, N., Kinne, S., Kohler, M., Löhnert, U., Madhavan, B. L., Maurer, V., Muppa, S. K., Schween, J., Serikov, I., Siebert, H., Simmer, C., Späth, F., Steinke, S., Träumner, K., Trömel, S., Wehner, B., Wieser, A., Wulfmeyer, V., and Xie, X.: The HD(CP)2 Observational Prototype Experiment (HOPE) – an overview, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 4887–4914, doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4887-2017, 2017.
Conference contribution:
2019
European Aerosol Conference: “The effects of rapid relative humidity changes on filter-based absorption measurements - Quantification and correction schemes”
(talk, August 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden)
2018
International Aerosol Conference: “Aerosol Optical Property Measurements of European Background Aerosol under Clean and Polluted Conditions”
(poster, September 2018, St. Louis, USA)
2017
European Aerosol Conference: “Optical closure study for background aerosol from helicopter-borne in-situ and ground-based lidar measurements”
(talk, August 2017, Zurich, Switzerland)
2016
Understanding Clouds and Precipitation: “Profiling of the properties of aerosols and clouds during HOPE Melpitz”
(poster, February 2016, Berlin, Germany)
Non peer-review
Co-author
2019
van Pinxteren, D., Düsing, S., Wiedensohler, A., Herrmann, H.: Einfluss von Wetterlagen und Witterung auf die Stickstoffdioxid-Konzentrationen in der Außenluft 2015 bis 2018, Report, LfULG, 89, ISBN: Vergabe-Nr. Z145/19, Az.: 1-0452/202/28, https://publikationen.sachsen.de/bdb/artikel/35043, 2019.