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:

Atmospheric Microphysics

 

Workgroup:

Tropospheric Aerosol

 

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.