Publications of Benedikt Steil

Ma, J., Chen, B., He, Q., Yan, X., Wang, G., Cheng, S., Steil, B., Brühl, C., Tost, H., Höpfner, M., Pozzer, A. and Lelieveld, J.: Modelling the deep convective transport of trace gases (CO, NH₃ and SO₂) from the planetary boundary layer to the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26(11), 8125–8144, doi:10.5194/acp-26-8125-2026, 2026.

Vella, R., Steil, B., Meccia, V., Tost, H., Lelieveld, J. and Pozzer, A.: Air quality penalty in Southeast Asia driven by AMOC slowdown, Geophysical Research Letters, 53(8), doi:10.1029/2025GL121309, 2026.

Surawski, N., Steil, B., Brühl, C., Gromov, S., Klingmüller, K., Martin, A., Pozzer, A. and Lelieveld, J.: Global atmospheric hydrogen chemistry and source-sink budget equilibrium simulation with the EMAC v2.55 model, Geoscientific Model Development, 19(2), 911–931, doi:10.5194/gmd-19-911-2026, 2026.

Wang, X., Tsimpidi, A. P., Luo, Z., Steil, B., Pozzer, A., Lelieveld, J. and Karydis, V. A.: The influence of ammonia emission inventories on size-resolved global atmospheric aerosol composition and acidity, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25(18), 10559–10586, doi:10.5194/acp-25-10559-2025, 2025.

Predybaylo, E., Lelieveld, J., Pozzer, A., Gromov, S., Zimmermann, P., Osipov, S., Klingmüller, K., Steil, B., Stenchikov, G. and McCabe, M.: Surface temperature and ozone responses to the 2030 Global Methane Pledge, Climatic Change, 178, doi:10.1007/s10584-025-03908-5, 2025.

Martin, A., Gayler , V., Steil, B., Klingmüller, K., Jöckel, P., Tost, H., Lelieveld, J. and Pozzer, A.: Evaluation of the coupling of EMACv2.55 to the land surface and vegetation model JSBACHv4, Geoscientific Model Development, 17(14), 5705–5732, doi:10.5194/gmd-17-5705-2024, 2024.

Kleinen, T., Gromov, S., Steil, B. and Brovkin, V.: Atmospheric methane since the last glacial maximum was driven by wetland sources, Climate of the Past, 19(5), 1081–1099, doi:10.5194/cp-19-1081-2023, 2023.

Shapiro, A. V., Brühl, C., Klingmüller, K., Steil, B., Shapiro, A. I., Witzke, V., Kostogryz, N., Gizon, L., Solanki , S. K. and Lelieveld, J.: Metal-rich stars are less suitable for the evolution of life on their planets, Nature Communications, 14, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37195-4, 2023.

Hamryszczak, Z. T., Pozzer, A., Obersteiner, F., Bohn, B., Steil, B., Lelieveld, J. and Fischer, H.: Distribution of hydrogen peroxide over Europe during the BLUESKY aircraft campaign, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(14), 9483–9497, doi:10.5194/acp-22-9483-2022, 2022.

Kleinen, T., Gromov, S., Steil, B. and Brovkin, V.: Erratum: Atmospheric methane underestimated in future climate projections (2021 Environ. Res. Lett. 16 094006), Environmental Research Letters, 16(11), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac2f66, 2021.

Kleinen, T., Gromov, S., Steil, B. and Brovkin, V.: Atmospheric methane underestimated in future climate projections, Environmental Research Letters, 16(9), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac1814, 2021.

Kumar, V., Remmers, J., Beirle, S., Fallmann, J., Kerkweg, A., Lelieveld, J., Mertens, M., Pozzer, A., Steil, B., Barra, M., Tost, H. and Wagner, T.: Evaluation of the coupled high-resolution atmospheric chemistry model system MECO(n) using in situ and MAX-DOAS NO₂ measurements, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14(7), 5241–5269, doi:10.5194/amt-14-5241-2021, 2021.

Chang, D. Y., Lelieveld, J., Steil, B., Yoon, J., Yum, S. S. and Kim, A.-H.: Variability of aerosol-cloud interactions induced by different cloud droplet nucleation schemes, Atmospheric Research, 250, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105367, 2021.

Metzger, S., Abdelkader, M., Steil, B. and Klingmüller, K.: Aerosol water parameterization: long-term evaluation and importance for climate studies, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(22), 16747–16774, doi:10.5194/acp-18-16747-2018, 2018.

Abdelkader, M., Metzger, S., Steil, B., Klingmüller, K., Tost, H., Pozzer, A., Stenchikov, G., Barrie, L. and Lelieveld, J.: Sensitivity of transatlantic dust transport to chemical aging and related atmospheric processes, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(6), 3799–3821, doi:10.5194/acp-17-3799-2017, 2017.

Chang, D. Y., Lelieveld, J., Tost, H., Steil, B., Pozzer, A. and Yoon, J.: Aerosol physicochemical effects on CCN activation simulated with the chemistry-climate model EMAC, Atmospheric Environment, 162, 127–140, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.03.036, 2017.

Dietmüller, S., Jöckel, P., Tost, H., Kunze, M., Gellhorn, C., Brinkop, S., Frömming, C., Ponater, M., Steil, B., Lauer, A. and Hendricks, J.: A new radiation infrastructure for the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy, based on version 2.51), Geoscientific Model Development, 9(6), 2209–2222, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-2209-2016, 2016.

Metzger, S., Steil, B., Abdelkader, M., Klingmüller, K., Xu, L., Penner, J. E., Fountoukis, C., Nenes, A. and Lelieveld, J.: Aerosol water parameterisation: a single parameter framework, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(11), 7213–7237, doi:10.5194/acp-16-7213-2016, 2016.

Ouwersloot, H. G., Pozzer, A., Steil, B., Tost, H. and Lelieveld, J.: Revision of the convective transport module CVTRANS 2.4 in the EMAC atmospheric chemistry-climate model, Geoscientific Model Development, 8(8), 2435–2445, doi:10.5194/gmd-8-2435-2015, 2015.

Elshorbany, Y. F., Crutzen, P. J., Steil, B., Pozzer, A., Tost, H. and Lelieveld, J.: Global and regional impacts of HONO on the chemical composition of clouds and aerosols, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(3), 1167–1184, doi:10.5194/acp-14-1167-2014, 2014.