Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Thomas M. Tuch

Physicist

e-mail : thomas"here must be the at symbol"hexchen.de

Education:

Ph.D. (Dr. rer. sec) Institute of Labor Safety, University of Wuppertal, Germany, 1995.

Thesis: "Field evaluation of a new lung function test using inert aerosols for application in labor safety studies"

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. H. E. Wichmann, GSF Institute of Epidemiology

Prof. Dr. J. Heyder, GSF Institute of Inhalation Biology

Master of Science (German Diplom) in experimental physics, theoretical physics, applied physics, chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Institute of Environmental Physics, Germany, 1987.

Thesis: "Helium permeation experiments on salt crusted soil in the Egyptian desert"

Advisors: Prof. Dr. K. O. Münnich, Institute of Environmental Physics

Dr. C. Sonntag, Institute of Environmental Physics

Bachelor of Science (German Vordiplom) in experimental physics, mathematics, mechanics and chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1982.

Languages spoken: German (native speaker), English (fluent), French (basic)

Programming languages: C, LabView, SPSS

Research experience:

2007-today Research scientist Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany.

Instrument development to assess volatile particle aircraft emissions.
Evaluation of measurement systems for emission control of wood fired fireplaces.
Intercomparison workshops for international institutes of standards.
Development, building and software for HTDMA and HTDMA systems.
Development, building and software for an SMPS for use on Polar research aircraft.
REG Researcher in ENV02 – Partemission.
World Calibration Centre Aerosol Physics (WCCAP) for the WMO.
Development of QA/QC procedures for particle size spectrometers.
Harmonization of particles size spectrometer setups in Europe.
Aerosol generation for calibration and inter-comparison of aerosol instruments (Soot, mineral dusts, salts).
CPC calibrations.
Development of software and hardware for CPC calibrations
Development of software and hardware for SMPS calibrations
Site audits for GAW, EUSAAR and EUCARI.
Continued development and improvement of the IfT SMPS systems.
Development of an automatic regenerating aerosol dryer.
Support for field experiments.

2002-2007 Research scientist at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Department Human Exposure Research and Epidemiology, Leipzig, Germany.

Generation of test aerosols for inter-comparison workshops and CPC calibrations at the WCCAP.
Continued site audits for GAW.
CPC calibrations.
Generation and characterization of test aerosol for animal exposure experiments.
Trapca study, Leipzig.
Lisa plus study, Leipzig
Purat study: small scale variability of aerosol within a city.
Setup and maintenance of an urban site for exposure measurements for epidemiological studies in Beijing, China.
Continued development and improvement of the IfT SMPS systems.

2001-2002 Research scientist Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany.

Organization and design of inter-comparison workshops for GAW (Global atmosphere watch) stations.
Site audits of GAW stations measuring physical aerosol properties

Tamanrasset, Algeria

Amyon Do, Korea

Mace Head, Ireland

Pallas, Finnland

CPC calibration workshop.

Development of LabView SMPS software currently used by IfT and German UBA (German federal environmental agency).
FAT study exposure to volatile and non-volatile aerosol particles in a street canyon.
Student education.
Supervisor of diploma thesis.

2000-2001: Senior research scientist at the University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Design and setup of the Baltimore PM super site project.
Design of the measurement trailers and instrumentation.
Design and development of data acquisition programs for air quality sensors.
Development and application of calibration procedures.
Development of EPA approved Standard Operating Procedures for air quality measurements.
Development of the UMCP high frequency aerosol slurry sampler SEAS (30 % patent holder), development and application of control software for SEAS.
Operation of the Baltimore PM super site during the July intensive campaign in Baltimore.
Operation, calibration and troubleshooting of numerous air quality measuring instruments. E.g. SMPS, CPC, APS, CSAS, TEOM, R&P EC/OC, R&P Nitrate, R&P Sulfate, SEAS, meteorological instrumentation, filter samplers, speciation samplers, gaseous pollutant monitors.

1995-2000: Research scientist at the University of Munich, Institute of Medical Data Management, Biometrics and Epidemiology:

Design of the exposure assessment to ambient particulate and gaseous pollutants in the context of a multidisciplinary field studies
Development of Standard Operating Procedures for particulate matter and particle number distribution measurements with aerosol spectrometers in the context of epidemiological studies.
Inter-comparison of particle size spectrometers and CPCs in the context of epidemiological studies.
Continuous exposure assessment to particulate and gaseous air pollutants in the context of the HEI study “Particulate air pollution and daily mortality in Erfurt, FRG”.
High resolution measurements of ambient particle number distribution (10nm-2.5 µm) using the Mobile Aerosol Spectrometer MAS (DMPS-LAS-X), measurements of gaseous pollutants and meteorological parameters Data availability > 95%. All instruments were mounted in the mobile laboratory during 3 years of this study. Conventional PM measurements, aerosol acidity measurements and LPI sampling for PIXE and chemical analysis.
Exposure assessment to indoor particulate mass and number concentrations in the context of a epidemiological study (Ultra 1)
Design and construction of a measurement container for PM exposure assessment, replacement of the mobile laboratory in Erfurt.
Parallel measurements with container and mobile laboratory instruments.
Field and laboratory comparison of three different particle size spectrometers. Multi-center study funded by the European Community (Ultra 1 and 2), coordination of measurements by scientist from three European countries.
Comparative measurements assessing differences and similarities of the ambient aerosol in three European cities (Ultra 1 and 2).
Indoor measurements of particle number concentration and particle mass concentration in the context of the Ultra 1 study.
Test of a TEOM relative to conventional gravimetric PM2.5 (Harvard impactor).
Development of a heated Harvard impactor for use as a test instrument for the TEOM.
Training of field technicians and engineers

1992-1995: Scientist and Ph.D. student at the University of Wuppertal, Department of Labor Safety.

Laboratory measurements to assess benefits and weaknesses of the MAS system.
Modification of the MAS to improve measurement capabilities and long term stability to the measurement system.
Ambient air measurements of fine and ultrafine particles at several locations in east Germany with biweekly changes of the measurement site. Comparison of different PM measures including automatic and manual measurement systems. Measurements of gaseous pollutants and meteorological parameters in the mobile laboratory. This study was conducted at three different locations (distance 50 km) with biweekly relocation of the measurement vehicle.
Field study to test of a new lung function test (RAP) using inert aerosols to assess early lung impairment (approximately 300 subjects).

1988-1992 Post-doc at the Institute of Inhalation Biology of the GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Germany.

Generation of test aerosols for animal exposure studies.
Characterization of exposure atmospheres in particulate matter related animal studies.
Modifications of the Respiratory Aerosol Probe (RAP) for long term field measurements.
Design and construction of a mobile (van-based) aerosol laboratory for use in the former GDR after the German unification to measure ambient air pollution parameters along with a new lung function test device.
Several test measurement campaigns (1-4 weeks) to optimize both hardware and software of the mobile laboratory.
Exposure assessment and lung function tests in the context of a European epidemiological study during 9 months in Erfurt, Germany.

All of the above tasks have been conducted either by Thomas M. Tuch alone or as a group leader integrating various groups of scientist and technician from several European countries into larger projects.

Until 1988 - Institute of Environmental Physics, Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Development instruments and field measurements in the Egyptian Sahara focused on water vapor evaporation.

List of Publications by Dr. Thomas Tuch

2024:

1. Sun, J., Hermann, M., Weinhold, K., Merkel, M., Birmili, W., Yang, Y., Tuch, T., ... & Wiedensohler, A. (2024). Measurement report: Contribution of atmospheric new particle formation to ultrafine particle concentration, cloud condensation nuclei and radiative forcing: Results from five-year observations in Central Europe. EGUsphere, 2024, 1-34.

2. Wendisch, M., Crewell, S., Ehrlich, A., Herber, A., Kirbus, B., Lüpkes, C, Tuch, T., … & Zinner, T. (2024). Overview: Quasi-Lagrangian observations of Arctic air mass transformations-Introduction and initial results of the HALO-(AC) 3 aircraft campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

3. Rowell, A., Brean, J., Beddows, D. C., Shi, Z., Petäjä, T., Vörösmarty, M., Tuch, T., ... & Weinhold, K. (2024). Insights into the sources of ultrafine particle numbers at six European urban sites obtained by investigating COVID–19 lockdowns. EGUsphere, 2024, 1-27

4. Sun, J., Hermann, M., Weinhold, K., Merkel, M., Birmili, W., Yang, Y., Tuch, T., ... & Wiedensohler, A. (2024). Measurement report: Contribution of atmospheric new particle formation to ultrafine particle concentration, cloud condensation nuclei and radiative forcing: Results from five-year observations in Central Europe. EGUsphere, 2024, 1-34.

2023:

5. Savadkoohi, M., Pandolfi, M., Reche, C., Niemi, J. V., Mooibroek, D., Titos, G., Tuch, T., ... & Querol, X. (2023). The variability of mass concentrations and source apportionment analysis of equivalent black carbon across urban Europe. Environment international, 178, 108081.

6. Ioannidis, E., Law, K. S., Raut, J. C., Marelle, L., Onishi, T., Kirpes, R. M., Tuch, T.,... & Pratt, K. A. (2023). Modelling wintertime sea-spray aerosols under Arctic haze conditions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23(10), 5641-5678.

7. Brown, A., Quincey, P., Ebert, V., Nowak, A., Tompkins, J., Hessey, I., Tuch, T.,... & Weinhold, K. (2023). International comparison CCQM-P189: particle number concentration (100 to 20 000 cm-3) and particle charge concentration (0.15 to 3 fC cm-3).

8. van Pinxteren, D., Engelhardt, V., Mothes, F., Poulain, L., Fomba, K. W., Spindler, G., Tuch, T., ... & Herrmann, H. (2023). Residential Wood Combustion in Germany: A Twin-Site Study of Local Village Contributions to Particulate Pollutants and Their Potential Health Effects. ACS Environmental Au.

2022:

9. Nur Aleesha Abdullah, Mohd Talib Latif, Liew Juneng, Royston Uning, Hanashriah Hassan, Azliyana Azhari, Thomas Tuch, Alfred Wiedensohler, Aerosol particle properties at a remote tropical rainforest in Borneo,Atmospheric Pollution Research, Volume 13, Issue 4, 2022, 101383, ISSN 1309-1042, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101383.

10. Leinonen, V., Kokkola, H., Yli-Juuti, T., Mielonen, T., Kühn, T., Nieminen, T., Tuch, T.,... & Mikkonen, S. (2022). Comparison of particle number size distribution trends in ground measurements and climate models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 2022, 1-50.

2021:

11. Düsing, S., Ansmann, A., Baars, H., Corbin, J. C., Denjean, C., Gysel-Beer, M., .T.Tuch. & Wiedensohler, A. (2021). Measurement report: Comparison of ai.rborne, in situ measured, lidar-based, and modeled aerosol optical properties in the central European background–identifying sources of deviations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(22), 16745-16773.

12. Bousiotis, D., Brean, J., Pope, F. D., Dall'Osto, M., Querol, X., Alastuey, A., T. Tuch,... & Harrison, R. M. (2021). The effect of meteorological conditions and atmospheric composition in the occurrence and development of new particle formation (NPF) events in Europe. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(5), 3345-3370.

13. Rose, C., Collaud Coen, M., Andrews, E., Lin, Y., Bossert, I., Lund Myhre, C., T. Tuch, ... & Laj, P. (2021). Seasonality of the particle number concentration and size distribution: a global analysis retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(22), 17185-17223.

14. Yuan, J., Modini, R. L., Zanatta, M., Herber, A. B., Müller, T., Wehner, B., Tuch, T., ... & Gysel-Beer, M. (2021). Variability in the mass absorption cross section of black carbon (BC) aerosols is driven by BC internal mixing state at a central European background site (Melpitz, Germany) in winter. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(2), 635-655.

15. Pileci, R. E., Modini, R. L., Bertò, M., Yuan, J., Corbin, J. C., Marinoni, A., Tuch. T., ... & Gysel-Beer, M. (2021). Comparison of co-located refractory black carbon (rBC) and elemental carbon (EC) mass concentration measurements during field campaigns at several European sites. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14(2), 1379-1403.

16. Ahlawat, A., Seeger, S., Gottschalk, M., Tuch, T., & Wiedensohler, A. (2021). Observation of systematic deviations between Faraday cup aerosol electrometers for varying particle sizes and flow rates—results of the AEROMET FCAE workshop. Metrologia, 58(5), 055006.

17. Bousiotis, D., Pope, F. D., Beddows, D., Dall'Osto, M., Massling, A., Nøjgaard, J. K., Tuch, T., ... & Harrison, R. M. (2021). A phenomenology of new particle formation (NPF) at 13 European sites. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(15), 11905-11925.

18. Wiesner, A., Pfeifer, S., Merkel, M., Tuch, T., Weinhold, K., & Wiedensohler, A. (2021). Real World Vehicle Emission Factors for Black Carbon Derived from Longterm In-Situ Measurements and Inverse Modelling. Atmosphere, 12(1), 31.

19. Sun, J., Hermann, M., Yuan, Y., Birmili, W., Collaud Coen, M., Weinhold, K., Tuch, T., ... & Wiedensohler, A. (2021). Long-term trends of black carbon and particle number concentration in the lower free troposphere in Central Europe. Environmental Sciences Europe, 33(1), 1-16.

2020:

20. Role of the dew water on the ground surface in HONO distribution: a case measurement in Melpitz Yangang Ren, Bastian Stieger, Gerald Spindler, Benoit Grosselin, Abdelwahid Mellouki, Thomas Tuch, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Hartmut Herrmann Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 13069–13089, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13069-2020, 2020

21. Nano-hygroscopicity tandem differential mobility analyzer (nano-HTDMA) for investigating hygroscopic properties of sub-10 nm aerosol nanoparticles Ting Lei, Nan Ma, Juan Hong, Thomas Tuch, Xin Wang, Zhibin Wang, Mira Pöhlker, Maofa Ge, Weigang Wang, Eugene Mikhailov, Thorsten Hoffmann, Ulrich Pöschl, Hang Su, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Yafang ChengAtmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5551–5567, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5551-2020, 2020

22. Aerosol pollution maps and trends over Germany with hourly data at four rural background stations from 2009 to 2018. Jost Heintzenberg, Wolfram Birmili, Bryan Hellack, Gerald Spindler, Thomas Tuch, and Alfred Wiedensohler. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 10967–10984, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10967-2020, 2020

23. Multi-year ACSM measurements at the central European research station Melpitz (Germany) – Part 1: Instrument robustness, quality assurance, and impact of upper size cutoff diameterLaurent Poulain, Gerald Spindler, Achim Grüner, Thomas Tuch, Bastian Stieger, Dominik van Pinxteren, Jean-Eudes Petit, Olivier Favez, Hartmut Herrmann, and Alfred Wiedensohler Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4973–4994, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4973-2020, 2020

24. An Analysis of New Particle Formation (NPF) at Thirteen European Sites Dimitrios Bousiotis, Francis D. Pope, David C. Beddows, Manuel Dall’Osto, Andreas Massling, Jacob Klenø Nøjgaard, Claus Nørdstrom, Jarkko V. Niemi, Harri Portin, Tuukka Petäjä, Noemi Perez, Andrés Alastuey, Xavier Querol, Giorgos Kouvarakis, Stergios Vratolis, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Alfred Wiedensohler, Kay Weinhold, Maik Merkel, Thomas Tuch, and Roy M. Harrison Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-414, 2020

25. A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories Paolo Laj, Alessandro Bigi, Clémence Rose, Elisabeth Andrews, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Martine Collaud Coen, Yong Lin, Alfred Wiedensohler, Michael Schulz, John A. Ogren, Markus Fiebig, Jonas Gliß, Augustin Mortier, Marco Pandolfi, Tuukka Petäja, Sang-Woo Kim, Wenche Aas, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Olga Mayol-Bracero, Melita Keywood, Lorenzo Labrador, Pasi Aalto, Erik Ahlberg, Lucas Alados Arboledas, Andrés Alastuey, Marcos Andrade, Begoña Artíñano, Stina Ausmeel, Todor Arsov, Eija Asmi, John Backman, Urs Baltensperger, Susanne Bastian, Olaf Bath, Johan Paul Beukes, Benjamin T. Brem, Nicolas Bukowiecki, Sébastien Conil, Cedric Couret, Derek Day, Wan Dayantolis, Anna Degorska, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Prodromos Fetfatzis, Olivier Favez, Harald Flentje, Maria I. Gini, Asta Gregoric, Martin Gysel-Beer, A. Gannet Hallar, Jenny Hand, Andras Hoffer, Christoph Hueglin, Rakesh K. Hooda, Antti Hyvärinen, Ivo Kalapov, Nikos Kalivitis, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Jeong Eun Kim, Giorgos Kouvarakis, Irena Kranjc, Radovan Krejci, Markku Kulmala, Casper Labuschagne, Hae-Jung Lee, Heikki Lihavainen, Neng-Huei Lin, Gunter Löschau, Krista Luoma, Angela Marinoni, Sebastiao Martins Dos Santos, Frank Meinhardt, Maik Merkel, Jean-Marc Metzger, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Nhat Anh Nguyen, Jakub Ondracek, Noemi Pérez, Maria Rita Perrone, Jean-Eudes Petit, David Picard, Jean-Marc Pichon, Veronique Pont, Natalia Prats, Anthony Prenni, Fabienne Reisen, Salvatore Romano, Karine Sellegri, Sangeeta Sharma, Gerhard Schauer, Patrick Sheridan, James Patrick Sherman, Maik Schütze, Andreas Schwerin, Ralf Sohmer, Mar Sorribas, Martin Steinbacher, Junying Sun, Gloria Titos, Barbara Toczko, Thomas Tuch, Pierre Tulet, Peter Tunved, Ville Vakkari, Fernando Velarde, Patricio Velasquez, Paolo Villani, Sterios Vratolis, Sheng-Hsiang Wang, Kay Weinhold, Rolf Weller, Margarita Yela, Jesus Yus-Diez, Vladimir Zdimal, Paul Zieger, and Nadezda Zikova, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4353–4392, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4353-2020, 2020

26. Multidecadal trend analysis of in situ aerosol radiative properties around the world Martine Collaud Coen, Elisabeth Andrews, Andrés Alastuey, Todor Petkov Arsov, John Backman, Benjamin T. Brem, Nicolas Bukowiecki, Cédric Couret, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Harald Flentje, Markus Fiebig, Martin Gysel-Beer, Jenny L. Hand, András Hoffer, Rakesh Hooda, Christoph Hueglin, Warren Joubert, Melita Keywood, Jeong Eun Kim, Sang-Woo Kim, Casper Labuschagne, Neng-Huei Lin, Yong Lin, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Krista Luoma, Hassan Lyamani, Angela Marinoni, Olga L. Mayol-Bracero, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Marco Pandolfi, Natalia Prats, Anthony J. Prenni, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Ludwig Ries, Fabienne Reisen, Karine Sellegri, Sangeeta Sharma, Patrick Sheridan, James Patrick Sherman, Junying Sun, Gloria Titos, Elvis Torres, Thomas Tuch, Rolf Weller, Alfred Wiedensohler, Paul Zieger, and Paolo Laj Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 8867–8908, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8867-2020, 2020

27. Comparison of co–located rBC and EC mass concentration measurements during field campaigns at several European sites, Rosaria E. Pileci, Robin L. Modini, Michele Bertò, Jinfeng Yuan, Joel C. Corbin, Angela Marinoni, Bas J. Henzing, Marcel M. Moerman, Jean P. Putaud, Gerald Spindler, Birgit Wehner, Thomas Müller, Thomas Tuch, Arianna Trentini, Marco Zanatta, Urs Baltensperger, and Martin Gysel-Beer Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2020-192, 2020

28. Decreasing trends of particle number and black carbon mass concentrations at 16 observational sites in Germany from 2009 to 2018, Jia Sun, Wolfram Birmili, Markus Hermann, Thomas Tuch, Kay Weinhold, Maik Merkel, Fabian Rasch, Thomas Müller, Alexander Schladitz, Susanne Bastian, Gunter Löschau, Josef Cyrys, Jianwei Gu, Harald Flentje, Björn Briel, Christoph Asbach, Heinz Kaminski, Ludwig Ries, Ralf Sohmer, Holger Gerwig, Klaus Wirtz, Frank Meinhardt, Andreas Schwerin, Olaf Bath, Nan Ma, and Alfred Wiedensohler Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 7049–7068, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7049-2020, 2020

29. Variability in the mass absorption cross-section of black carbon (BC) aerosols is driven by BC internal mixing state at a central European background site (Melpitz, Germany) in winter Jinfeng Yuan, Robin Lewis Modini, Marco Zanatta, Andreas B. Herber, Thomas Müller, Birgit Wehner, Laurent Poulain, Thomas Tuch, Urs Baltensperger, and Martin Gysel-Beer Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-41,

2019

30. Atmospheric Environment Volume 202, 1 April 2019, Pages 256-268 Atmospheric Environment Variability of black carbon mass concentrations, sub-micrometer particle number concentrations and size distributions: results of the German Ultrafine Aerosol Network ranging from city street to High Alpineocations.SunaW.BirmiliabM.HermannaT.TuchaK.WeinholdaG.SpindleraA.Schladitzc1S.BastiancG.LöschaucJ.CyrysdeJ.Gude2H.FlentjefB.BrielfC.AsbachgH.KaminskigL.RiesbR.SohmerbH.GerwigbK.WirtzbF.MeinhardtbA.SchwerinbO.BathbN.Maha A.Wiedensohler

31. Zhao, J., Birmili, W., Wehner, B., Daniels, A., Weinhold, K., Wang, L., Merkel, M., Kecorius, S., Tuch, T., Franck, U., Hussein, T. and Wiedensohler, A. (2020). Particle Mass Concentrations and Number Size Distributions in 40 Homes in Germany: Indoor-to-outdoor Relationships, Diurnal and Seasonal Variation. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 20: 576-589. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2019.09.0444

2018

32. European aerosol phenomenology – 6: scattering properties of atmospheric aerosol particles from 28 ACTRIS sites. Marco Pandolfi, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Andrés Alastuey, Marcos Andrade, Christo Angelov, Begoña Artiñano, John Backman, Urs Baltensperger, Paolo Bonasoni, Nicolas Bukowiecki, Martine Collaud Coen, Sébastien Conil, Esther Coz, Vincent Crenn, Vadimas Dudoitis, Marina Ealo, Kostas Eleftheriadis, Olivier Favez, Prodromos Fetfatzis, Markus Fiebig, Harald Flentje, Patrick Ginot, Martin Gysel, Bas Henzing, Andras Hoffer, Adela Holubova Smejkalova, Ivo Kalapov, Nikos Kalivitis, Giorgos Kouvarakis, Adam Kristensson, Markku Kulmala, Heikki Lihavainen, Chris Lunder, Krista Luoma, Hassan Lyamani, Angela Marinoni, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Marcel Moerman, José Nicolas, Colin O'Dowd, Tuukka Petäjä, Jean-Eudes Petit, Jean Marc Pichon, Nina Prokopciuk, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Sergio Rodríguez, Jean Sciare, Karine Sellegri, Erik Swietlicki, Gloria Titos, Thomas Tuch, Peter Tunved, Vidmantas Ulevicius, Aditya Vaishya, Milan Vana, Aki Virkkula, Stergios Vratolis, Ernest Weingartner, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Paolo Laj, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 7877–7911, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7877-2018, 2018

33. Gefahrstoffe - Reinhaltung der Luft78 (2018) Nr. 3 – März InnenraumluftConcept of high quality simultaneous measurements of the indoor and outdoor aerosol to determine the exposure to fine and ultrafine particles in private homes J. Zhao, K. Weinhold, M. Merkel, S. Kecorius, A. Schmidt, S. Schlecht, T. Tuch, B. Wehner, W. Birmili, A. Wiedensohler

2017

34. Contributions of transported Prudhoe Bay oil field emissions to the aerosol population in Utqiagvik, Alaska, Matthew J. Gunsch, Rachel M. Kirpes, Katheryn R. Kolesar, Tate E. Barrett, Swarup China, Rebecca J. Sheesley, Alexander Laskin, Alfred Wiedensohler, Thomas Tuch, and Kerri A. Pratt, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 10879–10892, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10879-2017, 2017

35. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 152, March 2017, Pages 146-155 Effect of Prudhoe Bay emissions on atmospheric aerosol growth events observed in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska. Katheryn R.Kolesara, JillianCellinia, Peter K. Peterson, Anne Jefferson, Thomas Tuch, Wolfram Birmili, Alfred Wiedensohler, Kerri A.Pratta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.12.019

2016

36. Thomas Tuch and Kay Weinhold and Maik Merkel and Andreas Nowak and Tobias Klein and Paul Quincey and Mark Stolzenburg and Alfred Wiedensohler. Dependence of CPC cut-off diameter on particle morphology and other factors}, Aerosol Science and Technology,50,4,331-338,2016,doi = {10.1080/02786826.2016.1152351},

37. Simonas Kecorius, Niku Kivekäs, Adam Kristensson, Thomas Tuch, David S. Covert, Wolfram Birmili, Heikki Lihavainen, Antti-Pekka Hyvärinen, Johan Martinsson, Moa K. Sporre, Erik Swietlicki, Alfred Wiedensohler, Vidmantas Ulevicius, Significant increase of aerosol number concentrations in air masses crossing a densely trafficked sea area, Oceanologia, Volume 58, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2015.08.001.

2014

38. Tropospheric aerosol scattering and absorption over central Europe: a closure study for the dry particle state, N. Ma, W. Birmili, T. Müller, T. Tuch, Y. F. Cheng, W. Y. Xu, C. S. Zhao, and A. Wiedensohler Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6241–6259, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6241-2014, 2014

39. First comprehensive inter-comparison of aerosol electrometers for particle sizes up to 200 nm and concentration range 1000 cm-3 to 17 000 cm-3 Richard Högström1,10, Paul Quincey2, Dimitris Sarantaridis2, Felix Lüönd3, Andreas Nowak4, Francesco Riccobono5, Thomas Tuch6, Hiromu Sakurai7, Miles Owen8, Martti Heinonen1, Jorma Keskinen9 and Jaakko Yli-Ojanperä9,10Hide full author list Published 28 May 2014 • © 2014 BIPM & IOP Publishing Ltd

40. Quincey, P G; Sarantaridis, D; Yli-Ojanperä, J*; Keskinen, J*; Högström, R*; Heinonen, M*; Lüönd, F*; Nowak, A*; Riccobono, F*; Tuch, T*; Sakurai, H*; Owen, M* (2014) EURAMET comparison 1244. Comparison of aerosol electrometers (Final Report). NPL Report. AS 85

41. Quincey, P G; Sarantaridis, D; Tuch, T*; Yli-Ojanperä, J*; Högström, R*; Lüönd, F*; Nowak, A*; Jordan-Gerkens, A*; Riccobono, F*; Iida, K*; Sakurai, H*; Owen, M* (2014) EURAMET Comparison 1282: Comparison of condensation particle counters. Final Report. NPL Report. AS 94

42. EPJ Web of Conferences 77, 00020 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20147700020 Measuring soot particles from automotive exhaust emissions Hanspeter Andres1a, Felix Lüönd1, Jürg Schlatter1,2, Kevin Auderset1, Anke Jordan-Gerkens3, Andreas Nowak3, Volker Ebert3, Egbert Buhr3, Tobias Klein3, Thomas Tuch4, Alfred Wiedensohler4, Athanasios Mamakos5,6, Francesco Riccobono5, Kai Discher7, Richard Högström8, Jaakko Yli-Ojanperä9 and Paul Quincey10

2012

43. South African EUCAARI measurements: seasonal variation of trace gases and aerosol optical properties, L. Laakso, V. Vakkari, A. Virkkula, H. Laakso, J. Backman, M. Kulmala, J. P. Beukes, P. G. van Zyl, P. Tiitta, M. Josipovic, J. J. Pienaar, K. Chiloane, S. Gilardoni, E. Vignati, A. Wiedensohler, T. Tuch, W. Birmili, S. Piketh, K. Collett, G. D. Fourie, M. Komppula, H. Lihavainen, G. de Leeuw, and V.-M. Kerminen

44. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 1847–1864, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-1847-2012, 2012 Elemental composition and sources of fine and ultrafine ambient particles in Erfurt, GermanyAuthor links open overlay panelJ.Cyrysab .StölzelaJ.HeinrichaW.G.KreylingcN.MenzeldK.WittmaackdT.TucheH.-ErichWichmannab

45. Mobility particle size spectrometers: harmonization of technical standards and data structure to facilitate high quality long-term observations of atmospheric particle number size distributions, A. Wiedensohler, W. Birmili, A. Nowak, A. Sonntag, K. Weinhold, M. Merkel, B. Wehner, T. Tuch, S. Pfeifer, M. Fiebig, A. M. Fjäraa, E. Asmi, K. Sellegri, R. Depuy, H. Venzac, P. Villani, P. Laj, P. Aalto, J. A. Ogren, E. Swietlicki, P. Williams, P. Roldin, P. Quincey, C. Hüglin, R. Fierz-Schmidhauser, M. Gysel, E. Weingartner, F. Riccobono, S. Santos, C. Grüning, K. Faloon, D. Beddows, R. Harrison, C. Monahan, S. G. Jennings, C. D. O'Dowd, A. Marinoni, H.-G. Horn, L. Keck, J. Jiang, J. Scheckman, P. H. McMurry, Z. Deng, C. S. Zhao, M. Moerman, B. Henzing, G. de Leeuw, G. Löschau, and S. Bastian, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 657–685, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-657-2012, 2012

46. Laakso, L., Vakkari, V., Virkkula, A., Laakso, H., Backman, J., Kulmala, M., Beukes, J. P., van Zyl, P. G., Tiitta, P., Josipovic, M., Pienaar, J. J., Chiloane, K., Gilardoni, S., Vignati, E., Wiedensohler, A., Tuch, T., Birmili, W., Piketh, S., Collett, K., Fourie, G. D., Komppula, M., Lihavainen, H., de Leeuw, G., and Kerminen, V.-M.: South African EUCAARI measurements: seasonal variation of trace gases and aerosol optical properties, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 1847–1864, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-1847-2012, 2012.

2011

47. 10 Feb 2011 A. Wiedensohler, A. Wiesner, K. Weinhold, W. Birmili, M. Hermann, M. Merkel, T. Müller, S. Pfeifer, A. Schmidt, T. Tuch, F. Velarde, P. Quincey, S. Seeger & A. Nowak (2018) Mobility particle size spectrometers: Calibration procedures and measurement uncertainties, Aerosol Science and Technology, 52:2, 146-164, DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2017.1387229

48. Characterization and intercomparison of aerosol absorption photometers: result of two intercomparison workshops, T. Müller, J. S. Henzing, G. de Leeuw, A. Wiedensohler, A. Alastuey, H. Angelov, M. Bizjak, M. Collaud Coen, J. E. Engström, C. Gruening, R. Hillamo, A. Hoffer, K. Imre, P. Ivanow, G. Jennings, J. Y. Sun, N. Kalivitis, H. Karlsson, M. Komppula, P. Laj, S.-M. Li, C. Lunder, A. Marinoni, S. Martins dos Santos, M. Moerman, A. Nowak, J. A. Ogren, A. Petzold, J. M. Pichon, S. Rodriquez, S. Sharma, P. J. Sheridan, K. Teinilä, T. Tuch, M. Viana, A. Virkkula, E. Weingartner, R. Wilhelm, and Y. Q. Wang Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 245–268, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-4-245-2011, 2011

49. First long-term study of particle number size distributions and new particle formation events of regional aerosol in the North China Plain. Shen, X. J.; Sun, J. Y.; Zhang, Y. M.; Wehner, B.; Nowak, A.; Tuch, T.; Zhang, X. C.; Wang, T. T.; Zhou, H. G.; Zhang, X. L.; Dong, F.; Birmili, W.; Wiedensohler, A. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-1565-2011

50. C.L. Reddington, K. S. Carslaw, D. V. Spracklen, M. G. Frontoso, L. Collins, et al.. Primary versus sec-ondary contributions to particle number concentrations in the European boundary layer. AtmosphericChemistry and Physics, European Geosciences Union, 2011, 11, pp.12007- 12036. 10.5194/acp-11-12007-2011. insu-00843532

51. Arne Marian Leitte, Uwe Schlink, Olf Herbarth, Alfred Wiedensohler, Xiao-Chuan Pan, Min Hu, Matthia Richter, Birgit Wehner, Thomas Tuch, Zhijun Wu, Minjuan Yang, Liqun Liu, Susanne Breitner, Josef Cyrys, Annette Peters, H.-Erich Wichmann, and Ulrich Franck, 2011, Size-Segregated Particle Number Concentrations and Respiratory Emergency Room Visits in Beijing, China, Environmental Health Perspectives 119:4 CID: https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1002203

52. Jost Heintzenberg, Thomas Tuch, Birgit Wehner, Alfred Wiedensohler, Heike Wex, Albert Ansmann, Ina Mattis, Detlef Müller, Manfred Wendisch, Sabine Eckhardt & Andreas Stohl (2011) Arctic haze over Central Europe, Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 55:3, 796-807, DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v55i3.16366

53. Romakkaniemi, S., Arola, A., Kokkola, H., Birmili, W., Tuch, T., Kerminen, V.‐M., Räisänen, P., Smith, J. N., Korhonen, H., and Laaksonen, A. (2012), Effect of aerosol size distribution changes on AOD, CCN and cloud droplet concentration: Case studies from Erfurt and Melpitz, Germany, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D07202, doi:10.1029/2011JD017091.

2009

54. Design and performance of an automatic regenerating adsorption aerosol dryer for continuous operation at monitoring sites, T. M. Tuch, A. Haudek, T. Müller, A. Nowak, H. Wex, and A. Wiedensohler, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2, 417–422, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2-417-2009, 2009

55. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 3163–3195, 2009 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Spatio-temporal variability and principal components of the particlenumber size distribution in an urban atmosphere, F. Costabile1,2, W. Birmili1, S. Klose1, T. Tuch1,3, B. Wehner1, A. Wiedensohler1, U. Franck3, K. König1, and A. Sonntag

56. Dispersion of traffic-related exhaust particles near the Berlin urban motorway – estimation of fleet emission factors. Birmili, W.; Alaviippola, B.; Hinneburg, D.; Knoth, O.; Tuch, T.; Borken-Kleefeld, J.; Schacht, A., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-2355-2009, (2009), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Volume 9, Issue 7, Page 2355-2374

2008

57. Atmospheric Environment Volume 42, Issue 25, August 2008, Pages 6351-6372 Atmospheric Environment, Aerosol optical properties and related chemical apportionment at Xinken in Pearl River Delta of China, Y.F.Cheng, A. Wiedensohler, H.Eichlerb, H.Su, T.Gnauk, E.Brüggemann, H.Herrmann , J.Heintzenberg, J.Slanina, T.Tuch, M.Hua, H.Zhanga, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.034

58. An case of extreme particulate matter concentrations over Central Europe caused by dust emitted over the southern Ukraine.Birmili, W., Schepanski, Kerstin, Ansmann, A., Spindler, G., Tegen, I., Wehner, B., Nowak, A., Reimer, E., Mattis, I., Müller, K., Brüggemann, E., Gnauk, T., Herrmann, H., Wiedensohler, A., Althausen, D., Schladitz, A., Tuch, T. und Löschau, G. (2008) An case of extreme particulate matter concentrations over Central Europe caused by dust emitted over the southern Ukraine. Open Access Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8 . pp. 997-1016. DOI 10.5194/acp-8-997-2008.

2007

59. Size distributions of non-volatile particle residuals (Dp<800 nm) at a rural site in Germany and relation to air mass origin. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics . 2007, Vol. 7 Issue 22, p5785-5802. 18p. 8 Charts, 11 Graphs. Engler, C.; Rose, D.; Wehner, B.; Wiedensohler, A.; Brüggemann, E.; Gnauk, T.; Spindler, G.; Tuch, T.; Birmili, W.

60. Birgit Wehner, Holger Siebert, Frank Stratmann, Thomas Tuch, Alfred Wiedensohler, Tuukka PetäJä, Miikka Dal Maso & Markku Kulmala (2007) Horizontal homogeneity and vertical extent of new particle formation events, Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 59:3, 362-371, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00260.x

61. W. Birmili, K. Schepanski, A. Ansmann, G. Spindler, I. Tegen, et al.. An episode of extremely high PMconcentrations over Central Europe caused by dust emitted over the southern Ukraine. AtmosphericChemistry and Physics Discussions, European Geosciences Union, 2007, 7 (4), pp.12231-12288. hal-00303064

2006

62. D. Rose, B. Wehner, M. Ketzel, C. Engler, J. Voigtländer, T. Tuch et al.. Atmospheric number size distributions of soot particles and estimation of emission factors. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,European Geosciences Union, 2006, 6 (4), pp.1021-1031. hal-00295872

63. J. Voigtländer, T. Tuch, W. Birmili, A. Wiedensohler. Correlation between traﬀic density and particlesize distribution in a street canyon and the dependence on wind direction. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geosciences Union, 2006, 6 (12), pp.4275-4286. hal-00296033

64. Intercomparisons and Aerosol Calibrations of 12 Commercial Integrating Nephelometers of Three Manufacturers, J. Heintzenberg; A. Wiedensohler; T. M. Tuch; D. S. Covert; P. Sheridan; J. A. Ogren; J. Gras; R. Nessler; C. Kleefeld; N. Kalivitis V. Aaltonen; R-T. Wilhelm; M. Havlicek. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. (2006) 23 (7): 902–914.https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1892.1

65. Franck, U., Tuch, T., Manjarrez, M., Wiedensohler, A. and Herbarth, O. (2006), Indoor and outdoor submicrometer particles: Exposure and epidemiologic relevance (“the 3 indoor Ls”). Environ. Toxicol., 21: 606-613. https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.20224

66. Tuch, T., Herbarth, O., Franck, U. et al. Weak correlation of ultrafine aerosol particle concentrations <800 nm between two sites within one city. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 16, 486–490 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jes.7500469

2005

67. Wehner, B., Petäjä, T., Boy, M., Engler, C., Birmili, W., Tuch, T., Wiedensohler, A., and Kulmala, M. (2005), The contribution of sulfuric acid and non‐volatile compounds on the growth of freshly formed atmospheric aerosols, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L17810, doi:10.1029/2005GL023827.

68. Relationship between different size classes of particulate matter and meteorology in three European cities Jeroen J. de Hartog,*a Gerard Hoek,a Aadu Mirme,b Thomas Tuch,c Gerard P. A. Kos,d Harry M. ten Brink,d Bert Brunekreef,a Josef Cyrys,c Joachim Heinrich,c Mike Pitz,c Timo Lanki,e Marko Vallius,e Juha Pekkanene and Wolfgang G. Kreyling, https://doi.org/10.1039/B415153D

2004

69. Geophysical Research Letters, Atmospheric Science Free Access, Variability of the aerosol number size distribution in Beijing, China: New particle formation, dust storms, and high continental background, B. Wehner, A. Wiedensohler. T. M. Tuch, Z. J. Wu, M. Hu, J. Slanina, C. S. Kiang, First published: 25 November 2004, https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021596

70. Jost Heintzenberg, Wolfram Birmili, Alfred Wiedensohler, Andreas Nowak & Thomas Tuch (2004) Structure, variability and persistence of the submicrometer marine aerosol, Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 56:4, 357-367, DOI: 10.3402/tellus b. v 56i4.16450

71. Journal of Aerosol Science, Volume 35, Supplement 1, July 2004, Pages 385-396 Changes of the aerosol in a street canyon induced by traffic reduction, Th. M. Tuch, U. Franck, J. Voigtländer, A. Wiedensohler. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2004.06.010

2003

72. Diverging long-term trends in ambient urban particle mass and number concentrations associated with emission changes caused by the German unification, Wolfgang G Kreyling, Thomas Tuch, Annette Peters, Mike Pitz, Joachim Heinrich, Matthias Stölzel, Josef Cyrys, Joachim Heyder, H. Erich Wichmann. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00457-6 Atmospheric Environment Volume 37, Issue 27, September 2003, Pages 3841-3848

73. F. Stratmann, H. Siebert, G. Spindler, B. Wehner, D. Althausen, T. Tuch et al.. New-particle formation events in a continental boundary layer: first results from the SATURN experiment. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geosciences Union, 2003, 3 (5), pp.1445-1459. hal-00295332

74. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 37, Issue 33, October 2003, Pages 4687-4700 Long-term measurements of size-segregated ambient aerosol in two German cities located 100 km apart, Th. M. Tuch, B. Wehner, M. Pitz, J. Cyrys, J. Heinrich, W.G. Kreyling, H. E. Wichmann, A. Wiedensohler, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.07.010

2002

75. Aadu Mirme, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Andrey Khlystov, Harry ten Brink, Juhani Ruuskanen, Thomas Tuch & Juha Pekkanen (2002) Intercomparison of Aerosol Spectrometers for Ambient Air Monitoring, Aerosol Science and Technology, 36:8, 866-876, DOI: 10.1080/02786820290038500

2001

76. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 35, Issue 21, July 2001, Pages 3729-3738 Concentrations of ultrafine, fine and PM2.5 particles in three European cities, J Ruuskanen, Th Tuch, H. TenBrink, A Peters, A Khlystov. A Mirme, G.P.AKos, B Brunekreef, H.E Wichmann, G Buzorius, M Valliuse, W.G Kreyling, J. Pekkanene https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00373-3

77. H.-Erich Wichmann, Josef Cyrys, Matthias Stölzel, Claudia Spix,Klaus Wittmaack, Thomas Tuch, Annette Peters, Gabriele Wölke, Norbert Menzel, Bernhard Hietel, Friedrich Schulz, Joachim Heinrich, Wolfgang Kreyling, Joachim Heyder. Daily Mortality and Particles in Erfurt, Germany Part II: Pilot Study on Sources and Elemental Composition,

78. Stephanie von Klot; Gabi Wölke; Thomas Tuch; Joachim Heinrich; Douglas W. Dockery; Joel Schwartz; Wolfgang G. Kreyling, H. Erich Wichmann; Annette Peters, Increased asthma medication use in association with ambient fine and ultrafine particles, Eur.Resp. J.

79. Pitz M, Heinrich J, Tuch T, Kreyling WG, Wichmann HE. 2001 Change of particle size distribution in Sachsen-Anhalt between 1993 and 1999 Atmospheric Environment (in press).

80. Ebelt, S., Brauer, M., Cyrys, J., Tuch, T., Kreyling, W.G., Wichmann, H.-E., Heinrich, J., (2001). Air Quality in Post-Unification Erfurt, East Germany: Associating changes in Pollutant Concentrations with Changes in Emissions. Environ.Health Perspect. 109, 325-333

81. Ruuskanen, Th. Tuch, H. ten Brink, A. Peters, A. Khylstov, A. Mirme, G.P.A. Kos, B. Bruneekreef, H.E. Wichmann, G. Buzorius, M. Vallius, W.G. Kreyling, J. Pekkanen (2001). Concentration of ultrafine, fine and PM2.5 particles in three European cities. Atmospheric Environment, 35,3729-3738

82. Science of The Total Environment Volume 278, Issues 1–3, 20 October 2001, Pages 191-197 PM2.5 measurements in ambient aerosol: comparison between Harvard impactor (HI) and the tapered element oscillating microbalance (TEOM) system, Josef Cyrys, Gunnar Dietrich, Wolfgang Kreyling, Thomas Tuch, Joachim Heinrich, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00648-9

2000

83. H.E. Wichman, C. Spix, Th. Tuch, G. Wölke, A. Peters, J. Heinrich, W.G. Kreyling, J. Heyder (2000). Particulate air pollution and daily mortality in Erfurt, FRG, Part 1: Role of Particle Number and Particle Mass. Health Effects institute, Boston, MA. 98

84. ten Brink, A. Khlystov, G.P.A Kos, Th. Tuch, C. Roth, W. G. Kreyling (2000). A high-flow humidograph for testing the water uptake by ambient aerosol, Atmospheric Environment, 34, 4291-4300

85. Aadu Mirme, Thomas Tuch, Gerard Gos, Andrey Klystov, Harry ten Brink, Juhani Ruuskanen, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Juha Pekkanen. A Field Intercomparison of Three Aerosol Spectrometers for Ambient Air Monitoring, submitted to Atmospheric Environment

86. Tuch, Th., Mirme, A., Tamm, E., Heinrich, J., Heyder, J., Brand, P., Roth, C., Wichmann, H.E., Pekkanen, J., Kreyling, W.G. (1999). Comparison of two particle size spectrometers for ambient aerosol measurements, Atmospheric Environment, 34, 139-150

1999

87. Kreyling, W.G., Tuch, Th., Mirme, A., ten Brink, H., Hoek, G., Peters, A., Khlystov, A., Kos, G.P.A., Roth, C., Heinrich, J., Brunekreef, B., Wichmann, E.H., Heyder, J., Vallius, M., Ruuskanen, J. and Pekkanen, J. (1999) Exposure and risk assessment for fine and ultrafine particles in ambient urban aerosols. Proc. 3rd Colloquium on Particulate Air Pollution and Human Health, University of California, Irvine, CA, pp. 545.

88. Pekkanen, J., Mirme, A., Tuch, T., ten Brink, H., Peters, A., Khlystov, A., Kos, G.P.A., Brunekreef, B., Wichmann, H.E., Vallius, M., Ruuskanen, J. and Kreyling, W. (1999) Exposure and risk assessment for fine and ultrafine particles in ambient air (ultra). Epidemiology 10, 3030–3030.

89. Aadu Mirme, Thomas Tuch, Andrey Klystov, Gerard Kos, Harry ten Brink, Juhani Ruuskanen, Juha Pekkanen, Christa Roth, Wolfgang G. Kreyling. Evaluation of aerosol spectrometers for ambient air quality monitoring

1998

90. Peters, A., Wichmann, H.E., Tuch, T., Heinrich, J., Heyder, J. (1997). Respiratory effects are associated with the number of ultra-fine particles. Am.J.Respir. Crit. Care Med., 155, 1376-83

1997

91. Peters, A., Wichmann, H.E., Tuch, T., Heinrich, J., Heyder, J. (1997). Comparison of the Number of Ultra-Fine Particles with Respiratory Symptoms in Asthmatics. Ann. Occup. Hyg., 41 Suppl.1, 19-23

1996

92. Peters, A., Tuch, Th., Brand, P., Heyder, J., Wichmann, H.E. (1996). Size distribution of ambient particles and its relevance to human health. In: Proceedings of the second colloqium on particulate air pollution and human health, Park City Utah May 1-3,1996, J.Lee and R. Phalen eds. 4.406 – 412

1995

93. Peters, A., Tuch, T., Heinrich, J., Wichmann, H.E., (1995) Short-term effects of PM10, fine and ultra-fine particles on lung function and symptoms. The Annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and the International Society for Exposure Analysis. August 30 - September 1 1995. Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. Epidemiology; 4: 64.

94. Schulz, A. Schulz, P. Brand, T. Tuch, E. von Mutius, R. ErdI, D. Reinhardt, J. Heyder (1995). Aerosol bolus dispersion and effective airway diameters in mildly asthmatic children. Eur.Respir.J. ; 8: 566-573.

95. Tuch, T.M. Erprobung eines neuen Lungenfunktionstests zum Einsatz in der Umweltsicherheitstechnik. Dissertation, Fachbereich Sicherheitstechnik, Fachgebiet Arbeitssicherheit und Umweltmedizin, Bergische Universität-Gesamthochschule Wuppertal (1995)

96. SCHULZ, A. TUCH, T. , BRAND, P. , ERDL, R. , VON MUTIUS, E. , REINHARDT, D. HEYDER, J. (1994). Aerosol Bolus Dipersion in the Respiratory Tract of Children. Exp. Lung Res.. 20, 119-130.

97. BRAND, P., TUCH. T., MANUWALD, 0., Bischof, W., WICHMANN, H.E., BEINERT, T. HEYDER, J. (1994). Detection of early lung impairment with aerosol bolus dispersion. Eur.Respir.J. ; 7: 1830-1838.

1994

98. BRAND, P.. SELZER. T., TUCH. T., SCHULZ, A.. HEYDER. J (1994). Accuracy and resolution power of aerosol derived airway morphometry in a simple lung model. Exp. Lung. Res, 20, 185-205

99. BRAND, P., TUCH. T., MANUWALD, 0., HEINRICH J., WICHMANN, H.E., BEINERT, T. HEYDER, J. (1994). Detection of Early Lung Impairment with Aerosol Bolus Dispersion. Europ. Resp. J.

1993

100. VÖLKSCH. G., WINKLER. W., TUCH, T. (1993). Luftbelastung in einer Großstadt der neuen Bundesländer. Forum Städtehygiene, 44, 103-110

1992

101. Heyder, I. Beck-Speier, G. A. Ferron, P. Heilmann, E. Karg, W. G. Kreyling, A. G. Lenz, K. Maier, H. Schulz, S. Takenaka, and T. Tuch (1992) EARLY RESPONSE OF THE CANINE RESPIRATORY TRACT FOLLOWING LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO A SULFUR(IV) AEROSOL AT LOW CONCENTRATION. I. RATIONALE, DESIGN, METHODOLOGY, AND SUMMARY, Inhalation Toxicology, 4/3, 159-172

102. Karg, E., Tuch, Erbe, F., Ferron, G.A., Haider, B., Kreyling, W.G., Peters, J., Rupprecht, L., Heyder, J. (1992). Design, operation and performance of a whole bode exposure for long-term exposure of large experimental animals. J. Aerosol Sci, 23,279-290

1991

103. Ferron, G.A., Dua, S.K., Karg, E., Kreyling, W.G., Heyder, J. (1991), Estimation of the deposition of polydisperse hygroscopic aerosol particles in the respiratory tract. J. Aerosol Sci, 22, 863-866

1988

104. Karg, E., Erbe, F., Ferron, G.A., Haider, B., Heyder, J., Kreyling, W.G., Peter, J., Tuch, T., Witte, W. (1988). Facilities for chronic exposure of dogs to sulfite aerosls. J. Aerosol Sci., 19(7), 971-73, Tuch, Th., Kreyling, W.G., Peters, A., Heinrich, J.,Heyder, J., Wichmann, H.E.Reduction of particle mass parallels increases in particle number in the atmosphere.

105. Tuch, Th., Hietel, B., Kreyling, W.G., Schulz, F., Spix, C., Wichmann, H.E. (1998). Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in Erfurt (East Germany): Characterization of the Aerosol Size Distribution and Elemental Composition. Conference “Air Pollution: Science and Regulation”, April 5-7 1998, Boston, Health Effects Institute, Abstract

106. Tuch, Th., Brand, P., Wichmann, H.E., Heyder, J. (1997) , Variation of Particle Number and Mass Concentration in Various Size Ranges of Ambient Aerosols in Eastern Germany., Atmospheric Environment, 31,4193-4197.

107. Tuch, Th., Ferron, G.A., Karg, E., Kreyling, W.G., Heyder, J. (1990). Long-term exposure of dogs to a sulphite aerosol: I rational and design parameters. J. Aerosol Sci., 21, 471-742

108. Tuch, T., Brand, P., Ferron, G.A., Karg, E., Kreyling, W.G., Leuschel, L., Maier, K., Heder, J. (1989). Properties of a sodiumbisulfite aerosol, J. Aerosol Sci., 20, 1277-1280

109. Tuch, Th. (1986) Helium Permeationsexperimente an versalzenen Wüstenböden. Diploma thesis, University of Heidelberg, Institute of Environmental Physics, Germany

United States Patent Ondov et al. USOO6732569B2 US 6,732,569 B2 May 11, 2004 (10) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent: SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR COLLECTING SAMPLES OF ATMOSPHERICAEROSOL PARTICLES FOR NEAR-REAL TIME ANALYSIS Inventors: John M. Ondov, Clarksville, MD (US); Christopher B. Kidwell, Sterling, VA (US); Thomas M. Tuch, Leipzig (DE)