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Dr. Paul Zieger

PostDoc
Aerosol Physics Group

Paul Scherrer Institute
OFLA/106
5232 Villigen – PSI
Switzerland

Telephone: +41 56 310 - 2900
E-mail: paul.zieger@psi.ch




Research interests

Study of micro-physical and chemical properties of aerosol particles, aerosol measurement techniques (in-situ, airborne, remote-sensing), modeling of aerosol optical properties, influence of water uptake, aerosol-cloud interactions.

Part of the EU-funded GEOmon and ESA's aerosol_cci project.



(Short) Curriculum vitae

Since May 2011 PostDoc at the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
April 2011 Defense of thesis at ETH Zürich
2007 – 2011 Ph.D. student at the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zürich, Switzerland Title: Effects of relative humidity on aerosol light scattering, Supervisors: Prof. Thomas Peter (ETHZ), Dr. Ernest Weingartner (PSI), and Prof. Urs Baltensperger (PSI)
January 2007 Diploma in Physics, Diploma thesis: Development of an airborne spectrometer system for the remote sensing of aerosol optical properties, Supervisors: Prof. Ludger Wöste and Prof. Jürgen Fischer (passed with distinction)
2000 – 2007 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, Study of Physics
2002 – 2003 Universidad de Granada, Spain, Study of Physics

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Laborde, M., Mertes, P., Zieger, P., Dommen, J., Baltensperger, U., and Gysel, M.: Sensitivity of the Single Particle Soot Photometer to different black carbon types, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 1031-1043, doi:10.5194/amt-5-1031-2012, 2012, Link
  • Piters, A. J. M., Boersma, K. F., Kroon, M., Hains, J. C., Van Roozendael, M., Wittrock, F., Abuhassan, N., Adams, C., Akrami, M., Allaart, M. A. F., Apituley, A., Beirle, S., Bergwerff, J. B., Berkhout, A. J. C., Brunner, D., Cede, A., Chong, J., Clémer, K., Fayt, C., Frieß, U., Gast, L. F. L., Gil-Ojeda, M., Goutail, F., Graves, R., Griesfeller, A., Großmann, K., Hemerijckx, G., Hendrick, F., Henzing, B., Herman, J., Hermans, C., Hoexum, M., van der Hoff, G. R., Irie, H., Johnston, P. V., Kanaya, Y., Kim, Y. J., Klein Baltink, H., Kreher, K., de Leeuw, G., Leigh, R., Merlaud, A., Moerman, M. M., Monks, P. S., Mount, G. H., Navarro-Comas, M., Oetjen, H., Pazmino, A., Perez-Camacho, M., Peters, E., du Piesanie, A., Pinardi, G., Puentedura, O., Richter, A., Roscoe, H. K., Schönhardt, A., Schwarzenbach, B., Shaiganfar, R., Sluis, W., Spinei, E., Stolk, A. P., Strong, K., Swart, D. P. J., Takashima, H., Vlemmix, T., Vrekoussis, M., Wagner, T., Whyte, C., Wilson, K. M., Yela, M., Yilmaz, S., Zieger, P., and Zhou, Y.: The Cabauw Intercomparison campaign for Nitrogen Dioxide measuring Instruments (CINDI): design, execution, and early results, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 457-485, doi:10.5194/amt-5-457-2012, 2012, Link
  • Bukowiecki, N., Zieger, P., Weingartner, E., Jurányi, Z., Gysel, M., Neininger, B., Schneider, B., Hueglin, C., Ulrich, A., Wichser, A., Henne, S., Brunner, D., Kaegi, R., Schwikowski, M., Tobler, L., Wienhold, F. G., Engel, I., Buchmann, B., Peter, T., and Baltensperger, U.: Ground-based and airborne in-situ measurements of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic aerosol plume in Switzerland in spring 2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10011-10030, doi:10.5194/acp-11-10011-2011, 2011, Link
  • Zieger, P., Weingartner, E., Henzing, J., Moerman, M., de Leeuw, G., Mikkilä, J., Ehn, M., Petäjä, T., Clémer, K., van Roozendael, M., Yilmaz, S., Frieß, U., Irie, H., Wagner, T., Shaiganfar, R., Beirle, S., Apituley, A., Wilson, K., and Baltensperger, U.: Comparison of ambient aerosol extinction coefficients obtained from in-situ, MAX-DOAS and LIDAR measurements at Cabauw, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2603-2624, doi:10.5194/acp-11-2603-2011, 2011, Link
  • Fierz-Schmidhauser, R., Zieger, P., Vaishya, A., Monahan, C., Bialek, J., O'Dowd, C.D., Jennings, S.G., Baltensperger, U., and Weingartner, E.: Light scattering enhancement factors in the marine boundary layer (Mace Head, Ireland), J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20204, doi:10.1029/2009JD013755, 2010, , Link
  • Zieger, P., Fierz-Schmidhauser, R., Gysel, M., Ström, J., Henne, S., Yttri, K. E., Baltensperger, U., and Weingartner, E.: Effects of relative humidity on aerosol light scattering in the Arctic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 3875-3890, 2010, Link
  • Fierz-Schmidhauser, R., Zieger, P., Gysel, M., Kammermann, L., DeCarlo, P. F., Baltensperger, U., and Weingartner, E.: Measured and predicted aerosol light scattering enhancement factors at the high alpine site Jungfraujoch, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2319-2333, 2010, Link
  • Fierz-Schmidhauser, R., Zieger, P., Wehrle, G., Jefferson, A., Ogren, J.A., Baltensperger, U., and Weingartner, E.: Measurement of relative humidity dependent light scattering of aerosols, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 39-50, 2010, Link
  • Zieger, P., Ruhtz, T., Preusker, R., and Fischer, J.: Dual-aureole and sun spectrometer system for airborne measurements of aerosol optical properties, Appl. Opt. 46, 8542-8552, 2007, Link

In discussion

  • Zieger, P., Kienast-Sjögren, E., Starace, M., von Bismarck, J., Bukowiecki, N., Baltensperger, U., Wienhold, F. G., Peter, T., Ruhtz, T., Collaud Coen, M., Vuilleumier, L., Maier, O., Emili, E., Popp, C., and Weingartner, E.: Spatial variation of aerosol optical properties around the high-alpine site Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.), Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 11105-11150, doi:10.5194/acpd-12-11105-2012, 2012, Link
  • Spiegel, J. K., Zieger, P., Bukowiecki, N., Hammer, E., Weingartner, E., and Eugster, W.: Evaluating the capabilities and uncertainties of droplet measurements for the fog droplet spectrometer (FM-100), Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 5, 3333-3393, doi:10.5194/amtd-5-3333-2012, 2012, Link

Miscellaneous

  • Zieger, P.,"Effects of relative humidity on aerosol light scattering", PhD thesis, ETH Zurich, doi:10.3929/ethz-a-006668068, 2011, PDF (ETH e-collection)
  • Zieger, P., Schmidhauser, R., and Weingartner, E., "Measurement of aerosol optical properties with a humidity controlled nephelometer under Arctic conditions", ARCFAC Summary Project Report, December 2008, PDF
  • Zieger, P., "Entwicklung eines flugzeuggestuetzten Spektrometersystems zur Fernerkundung von aerosoloptischen Eigenschaften", ("Development of an airborne spectrometer system for the remote sensing of aerosol optical properties"), Diploma thesis (in German), September 2006, Link

Awards

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ACP Award 2011, Link

Grants

  • Grant from the European Centre for Arctic Environmental Research (ARCFAC) to perform a 3-month field campaign in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, 2009
  • 2006 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to visit the European Research Course on Atmospheres in Grenoble France, 2007
  • ERASMUS scholarship for the one-year study at the University of Granada, Spain, 2003

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-- Main.PaulZieger - 05 Apr 2012 - 16:58