Publications

2025

• Schripp, T., Gimm, K., Grein, T., Schicktanz, C., Weber, S. and Köhler, M., 2025. Integrated Monitoring of Road Traffic and Airborne Ultrafine Particles at a Camera-Equipped Urban Intersection. Atmospheric Pollution Research: 102504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2025.102504

• Mirebeau, A., de Munck, C., Bonan, B., Delire, C., Lemonsu, A., Masson, V. and Weber, S., 2025. Modelling extensive green roof CO2 exchanges in the TEB urban canopy model. Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 2025: 1-33. https://gmd.copernicus.org/preprints/gmd-2024-233/

2024

• Husting, T., Schröder, B. and Weber, S., 2024. Predicting multi-annual green roof net ecosystem exchange using machine learning. Building and Environment, 263: 111878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111878
• Bitz, T., Gerling, L., Meier, F. and Weber, S. (2024). Prediction of urban ultrafine particle emission fluxes using generalized additive models. Atmospheric Environment. 334: 120677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120677
• Markolf, N., Heusinger, J. and Weber, S. (in press). Water storage levels and water storage capacity of an extensive green roof quantified from multi-year eddy covariance measurements. Ecological Engineering.

2023

• Heusinger, J., Bruchmann, N. and Weber, S., 2023. Modeling the impacts of building energy efficiency on the thermal microclimate in a midsize German city. Urban Climate, 52: 101678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101678
• Straaten, A., Nguyen, M.-H. and Weber, S., 2023. Real world ultrafine particle emission factors for road-traffic derived from multi-year urban flux measurements using eddy covariance. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EA00062A
• Gerling, L., and Weber, S., 2023. Mobile measurements of atmospheric pollutant concentrations in the pollutant plume of BER airport. Atmospheric Environment, 304: 119770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119770
• Kuttler, W. and Weber, S., 2023. Characteristics and phenomena of the urban climate. Meteorologische Zeitschrift. https://doi.org/10.1127/metz/2023/1153

2022

• Baniassadi, A., Heusinger, J., Gonzalez, P.I., Weber, S. and Samuelson, H.W., 2022. Co-benefits of energy efficiency in residential buildings. Energy, 238: 121768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121768
• Schatke, M., Meier, F., Schröder, B. and Weber, S., 2022. Impact of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on NO2 and PM10 concentrations in Berlin, Germany. Atmospheric Environment, 290: 119372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119372
• Straaten, A., Meier, F., Scherer, D. and Weber, S., 2022. Significant reduction of ultrafine particle emission fluxes to the urban atmosphere during the COVID-19 lockdown. Science of The Total Environment: 156516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156516
• Ahlawat, A., Weinhold, K., Marval, J., Tronville, P., Leskinen, A., Komppula, M., Gerwig, H., Gerling, L., Weber, S., Jørgensen, R.B., Jensen, T.N., Merizak, M., Vogt, U., Ribalta, C., Viana, M., Schmitz, A., Chiesa, M., Gerosa, G., Keck, L., Pesch, M., Steiner, G., Krinke, T., Tritscher, T., Birmili, W. and Wiedensohler, A., 2022. Performance analysis of the NanoScan SMPS and the Mini WRAS Ultrafine Aerosol Particle Size Spectrometers. Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 2022: 1-26. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2022-155
• Gerling, L. and Weber, S., 2021. Atmospheric transformation of urban particle number size distributions during the transport along street canyons as quantified by an aerosol sectional model. Atmospheric Pollution Research: 101296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2021.101296

2021

• Grunwald, L. and Weber, S., 2021. Influence of urban land-use change on cold-air path occurrence and spatial distribution. Computational Urban Science, 1(1): 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43762-021-00026-7

• Straaten, A. and Weber, S., 2021. Measurement report: Three years of size-resolved eddy-covariance particle number flux measurements in an urban environment. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21(24): 18707-18726. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18707-2021

• Simon, H., Heusinger, J., Sinsel, T., Weber, S. and Bruse, M., 2021. Implementation of a Lagrangian Stochastic Particle Trajectory Model (LaStTraM) to Simulate Concentration and Flux Footprints Using the Microclimate Model ENVI-Met. Atmosphere, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12080977

• Sinsel, T., Simon, H., Broadbent, A. M., Bruse, M., & Heusinger, J. (2021). Modeling the outdoor cooling impact of highly radiative “super cool” materials applied on roofs. Urban Climate, 38, 100898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100898
• Konopka, J., Heusinger, J. and Weber, S., 2021. Extensive Urban Green Roof Shows Consistent Annual Net Uptake of Carbon as Documented by 5 Years of Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(2): e2020JG005879. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005879
• Heusinger, J., Broadbent, A.M., Krayenhoff, E.S. and Weber, S., 2021. Adaptation of a photovoltaic energy balance model for rooftop applications. Building and Environment, 192: 107628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107628
• Gerling, L., Wiedensohler, A. and Weber, S., 2021. Statistical modelling of spatial and temporal variation in urban particle number size distribution at traffic and background sites. Atmospheric Environment: 117925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117925

2020

• Graf, A., Klosterhalfen, A., Arriga, N., Bernhofer, C., Bogena, H., Bornet, F., Brüggemann, N., Brümmer, C., Buchmann, N., Chi, J., Chipeaux, C., Cremonese, E., Cuntz, M., Dušek, J., El-Madany, T.S., Fares, S., Fischer, M., Foltýnová, L., Gharun, M., Ghiasi, S., Gielen, B., Gottschalk, P., Grünwald, T., Heinemann, G., Heinesch, B., Heliasz, M., Holst, J., Hörtnagl, L., Ibrom, A., Ingwersen, J., Jurasinski, G., Klatt, J., Knohl, A., Koebsch, F., Konopka, J., Korkiakoski, M., Kowalska, N., Kremer, P., Kruijt, B., Lafont, S., Léonard, J., De Ligne, A., Longdoz, B., Loustau, D., Magliulo, V., Mammarella, I., Manca, G., Mauder, M., Migliavacca, M., Mölder, M., Neirynck, J., Ney, P., Nilsson, M., Paul-Limoges, E., Peichl, M., Pitacco, A., Poyda, A., Rebmann, C., Roland, M., Sachs, T., Schmidt, M., Schrader, F., Siebicke, L., Šigut, L., Tuittila, E.-S., Varlagin, A., Vendrame, N., Vincke, C., Völksch, I., Weber, S., Wille, C., Wizemann, H.-D., Zeeman, M. and Vereecken, H., 2020. Altered energy partitioning across terrestrial ecosystems in the European drought year 2018. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1810): 20190524. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0524

• Grunwald L., Schneider A.-K., Schröder B. and Weber S., 2020. Predicting urban cold-air paths using boosted regression trees. Landscape and Urban Planning, 201: 103843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103843
• Henninger S. und Weber S. (2020). Stadtklima. Ferdinand Schönigh, Paderborn, 260 S. https://doi.org/10.36198/9783838548494
• Gerling, L., Löschau, G., Wiedensohler, A. and Weber, S., 2020. Statistical modelling of roadside and urban background ultrafine and accumulation mode particle number concentrations using generalized additive models. Science of The Total Environment, 703: 134570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134570

2019

• Meyer-Kornblum, A.; Gerling, L.; Weber, S. (2019): Gap-filling Fast Electrical Mobility Spectrometer Measurements of Particle Number Size Distributions for Eddy Covariance Application. In Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 19 (12), pp. 2721–2731. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2019.06.0291

• Grunwald, L., Kossmann, M. and Weber, S. (2019). Mapping urban cold-air paths in a Central European city using numerical modelling and geospatial analysis. Urban Climate 29, 100503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100503

• Ghassoun Y., Löwner M.O., Weber S. (2019). Wind direction related parameters improve the performance of land use regression model for ultrafine particles. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 10: 1180-1189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2019.02.001

• Strohbach, M.W., Döring, A.O., Möck, M., Sedrez, M., Mumm, O., Schneider, A.-K., Weber, S. and Schröder, B. (2019). The “Hidden Urbanization”: Trends of Impervious Surface in Low-Density Housing Developments and Resulting Impacts on the Water Balance. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7: 29. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00029

2018

• Gerling L., Weber T.K.D., Reineke D., Durner W., Martin S. and Weber S. (2018). Eddy covariance based surface-atmosphere exchange and crop coefficient determination in a mountainous peatland. Ecohydrology. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2047

• Weber T., Gerling L., Reineke D., Weber S., Durner W., Iden S. (2018): Robust inverse modeling of net ecosystem exchange in a mountainous peatland: influence of distributional assumptions on estimated parameters and total carbon fluxes, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017MS001044

• Heusinger J., Sailor D.J. and Weber S. (2018). Modeling the reduction of urban excess heat by green roofs with respect to different irrigation scenarios. Building and Environment, 131: 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.01.003

2017

• Heusinger J., Weber S. (2017). Extensive green roof CO₂ exchange and its seasonal variation quantified by eddy covariance measurements. Science of the Total Environment, 607-608: 623-632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.052
• Grunwald L., Heusinger J., Weber S. (2017). A GIS-based mapping methodology of urban green roof ecosystem services applied to a Central European city. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 22: 54-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2017.01.001
• Heusinger J., Weber S. (2017). Surface energy balance of an extensive green roof as quantified by full year eddy-covariance measurement. Science of the Total Environment, 577: 220-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.168
• Löbig J., Weber S. (2017). Using ambient noise measurements to model urban particle number size distributions at a traffic site. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 8: 366-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2016.10.008

2015

• Birmili, W., Sun, J., Weinhold, K., Merkel, M., Rasch, F., Wiedensohler, A., Bastian, S., Löschau, G., Schladitz, A., Quass, U., Kuhlbusch, T.A.J., Kaminski, H., Cyrys, J., Gu, J., Kusch, T., Flentje, H., Meinhardt, F., Schwerin, A., Bath, O., Ries, L., Gerwig, H., Wirtz, K., Weber, S. (2015). Atmospheric aerosol measurements in the German Ultrafine Aerosol Network (GUAN) - Part III: Black Carbon mass and particle number concentrations 2009-2014, Gefahrstoffe – Reinhaltung der Luft, 75 (11/12): 479-488.
• Ghassoun Y., Ruths M., Löwner M.O., Weber S. (2015). Intra-urban variation of ultrafine particles as evaluated by process related land use and pollutant driven regression modelling. Science of the Total Environment, 536: 150-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.051
• Heusinger J., Weber S. (2015). Comparative microclimate and dewfall measurements at an urban green roof versus bitumen roof. Building and Environment, 92: 713-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.06.002
• von Bismarck-Osten C., Birmili W., Ketzel M., Weber S. (2015). Statistical modelling of aerosol particle number size distributions in urban and rural environments – a multi-site study. Urban Climate, 11: 51-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2014.11.004

2014

• Ruths M., von Bismarck-Osten C., Weber S. (2014). Measuring and modelling the local-scale spatio-temporal variation of urban particle number size distributions and black carbon. Atmospheric Environment, 96: 37-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.020
• von Bismarck-Osten C. und Weber S. (2014). A uniform classification of aerosol signature size distributions based on regression-guided and observational cluster analysis. Atmospheric Environment,89: 346-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.050
• Hussein T., Mølgaard B., Hannuniemi H., Martikainen J., Järvi L., Wegner T., Ripamonti G., Weber S., Vesala T., Hämeri K. (2014). Finger-Prints of Urban Particle Number Size Distribution in Helsinki – Finland: Local versus Regional Characteristics. Boreal Environment Research, 19: 1-20. hdl.handle.net/10138/228484
• Pfoser, N., Henrich, J., Jenner, N., Schreiner, J., Kanashiro, C., Heusinger, J., Weber, S., Hegger, M., Dettmar, J., 2014. Gebäude Begrünung Energie - Potenziale und Wechselwirkungen, Forschungsgesellschaft Landschaftsentwicklung Landschaftsbau e.V. (FLL); Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR), FLL-Schriftenreihe FV2014/01, Bonn, 305 pp. https://www.irbnet.de/daten/baufo/20128035673/Kurzbericht.pdf
• Martin S., Beyrich F. und Bange J. (2014). Observing Entrainment Processes Using a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: A Feasibility Study, Boundary-Layer Meteorology 150: 449-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-013-9880-4
• Martin S., Bange J. (2014) The influence of aircraft speed variations on sensible heat flux measurements by different airborne systems. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 150: 153-166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-013-9853-7

2013

• Schmidt M. und Sieber S. (2013) Freiflächengestaltung und Klimadesign - Bausteine der Energieeffizien in Siedlungen. Stadt+Grün 10/2013: 44-48. https://stadtundgruen.de/artikel/bausteine-der-energieeffizienz-in-siedlungen-freiflaechengestaltung-und-klimadesign-7238
• von Bismarck-Osten, C., Birmili, W., Ketzel, M., Massling, A., Petäjä, T. and Weber, S. (2013). Characterization of parameters influencing the spatio-temporal variability of urban aerosol particle number size distributions in four European cities. Atmospheric Environment, 77: 415-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.029
• Weber S., Kordowski K., Kuttler W. (2013): Variability of particle number concentration and particle size dynamics in an urban street canyon under different meteorological conditions, Science of the Total Environment, 449: 102-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.044

2012

• Wegner T., Hussein T., Hämeri K., Vesala T., Kulmala M., Weber S. (2012) Properties of aerosol signature size distributions in the urban environment as derived by cluster analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 61: 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.048

2011

• Kordowski K. und Weber S. (2011). Grüne Wiesen und heißer Asphalt - Wie die (Erd-)Oberfläche das lokale Wetter beeinflusst. Praxis Geographie, 04/2011.

2010

• Weber S. und Kordowski K. (2010). Comparison of atmospheric turbulence characteristics and turbulent  fluxes from two urban sites in Essen, Germany. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 102: 61-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-009-0240-8
• Kordowski K. und Kuttler W. (2010). Carbon dioxide fluxes over an urban park area. Atmospheric Environment, 44: 2722-2730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.039
• Weber S. (2010) Spatial distribution of environmental noise and total particle number concentration in urban  areas. Urban Climate News - Quarterly Newsletter of the International Association for Urban Climate (35): 14-16. [Link]

< 2010

• Kordowski K. (2009) Turbulenter Austausch von Kohlendioxid in der urbanen Grenzschicht über einer Parkfläche. Essener Ökologische Schriften, Band 29, Westarp-Wissenschaften, Hohenwarsleben, 178 S. https://www.uni-due.de/klimatologie/publikationen/eoes/band29.shtml
• Weber S. (2009) Spatio-temporal covariation of urban particle number concentration and ambient noise. Atmospheric Environment, 43(34): 5518-5525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.055
• Weber S. und Litschke T. (2008): Variation of particle concentrations and environmental noise on the urban neighbourhood scale. Atmospheric Environment, 42, 7179-7183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.047
• Weber S., Weber K. (2008): Coupling of urban street canyon and backyard particle concentrations. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 17(3), 251-261. https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0286
• Kuttler W., Weber S., Schonnefeld J. und Hesselschwerdt A., (2007). Urban/rural atmospheric water vapour pressure differences and urban moisture excess in Krefeld, Germany. International Journal of Climatology, 27(14) 2005-2015. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1558
• Weber S., Graf A. und Heusinkveld B. (2007). Accuracy of soil heat flux plate measurements in coarse substrates - Field measurements versus a laboratory test. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 89 (1-2): 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-006-0256-2
• Weber S., Kuttler W., Weber K. (2006). Meteorologische Beeinflussung von Partikelanzahl- und massenkonzentrationen (PM10, PM2.5, PM1) in einer Straßenschlucht. Gefahrstoffe - Reinhaltung der Luft, 66(11/12): 489-494.
• Weber S., Kuttler W., Weber K. (2006). Flow characteristics and particle mass and number concentration variability within a busy urban street canyon. Atmospheric Environment, 40, 7565-7578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.002
• Kuttler W., Weber S. (2006): Angewandte Stadtklimaforschung in deutschen Großstädten - Aktuelle Beispiele aus Essen und Osnabrück. Geographische Rundschau, H. 7/8, 42-50.
• Weber S. (2006). Exposure of churchgoers to airborne particles. Environmental Science and Technology, 40 (17), 5251-5256. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0517116
• Weber S. (2006). Comparison of in-situ measured ground heat fluxes within a heterogeneous urban ballast layer. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 83(1 - 4): 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-005-0137-0
• Weber S., Kuttler W. (2005). Surface energy-balance characteristics of a heterogeneous urban ballast facet. Climate Research, 28: 257-266. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/24868783
• Weber, S. (2004) Energiebilanz und Kaltluftdynamik einer urbanen Luftleitbahn. Essener Ökologische Schriften, Band 21, Westarp Wissenschaften, Hohenwarsleben, 203 S. https://www.uni-due.de/klimatologie/publikationen/eoes/band21.shtml
• Weber S., Kuttler W. (2004). Cold-air ventilation and the nocturnal boundary layer structure above an urban ballast facet. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 13 (5), 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2004/0013-0413
• Weber S., Kuttler W. (2003). Analyse der nächtlichen Kaltluftdynamik und -qualität einer stadtklimarelevanten Luftleitbahn. Gefahrstoffe - Reinhaltung der Luft, 63, (9), 381-386.