Dr. Martin Ramacher

Dr. Martin Ramacher
Chemietransportmodellierung
WissenschaftlerTel: +49 (0)4152 87-1561
Fax: +49 (0)4152 87-2332
My research is focused on the topics of exposure to pollutant concentrations, urban air quality simulations and local emission sources modeling, such as traffic, shipping, industry and residential heating.
This concludes:
- gathering and processing of big data to model representative emission inventories for relevant emission sources in high resolution and
- application of emission inventories in local-scale chemistry transport models to model pollutant concentrations and to identify source contributions as well as impacts of policy-based scenarios,
- calculate exposure estimates for health-effect studies based on dynamic population activities.
My goal is to inform the public and support policy decisions on air quality relevant topics, such as impacts on health, legislation scenarios and sector contributions.
Researchgate Profile
ORCID
- Lauenburg, M., Karl, M., Matthias, V., Quante, M., & Ramacher, M.O.P. (2022): City Scale Modeling of Ultrafine Particles in Urban Areas with Special Focus on Passenger Ferryboat Emission Impact. Toxics 2022, 10, 3, doi:10.3390/toxics10010003
- Matthias, V., Quante, M., Arndt, J. A., Badeke, R., Fink, L., Petrik, R., Feldner, J., Schwarzkopf, D., Link, E.-M., Ramacher, M.O.P., & Wedemann, R. (2021): The role of emission reductions and the meteorological situation for air quality improvements during the COVID-19 lockdown period in central Europe. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 13931–13971, doi:10.5194/acp-21-13931-2021
- Quante, M., Karl, M., Matthias, V., Moldanova, J., & Ramacher, M. (2021): Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Assessment of Current and Future Air Quality Implications. The Magazine for Environmental Managers, A&WMA, February 2021
- Ramacher, M.O.P., Kakouri, A., Speyer, O., Feldner, J., Karl, M., Timmermans, R., Denier van der Gon, H., Kuenen, J., Gerasopoulos, E., & Athanasopoulou, E. (2021): The UrbEm Hybrid Method to Derive High-Resolution Emissions for City-Scale Air Quality Modeling. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 1404, doi:10.3390/atmos12111404
- Ramacher, M.O.P., Karl, M., Bieser, J., & Feldner, J. (2021): The Impact of BVOC Emissions from Urban Trees on O3 Production in Urban Areas Under Heat-Period Conditions. In: Mensink, C., & Matthias, V. (eds): Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVII. ITM 2019. Springer Proceedings in Complexity, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-63760-9_34
- Bieser, J., Ramacher, M., Prank, M., Solazzo, E., & Uppstu, A. (2020): Multi Model Study on the Impact of Emissions on CTMs. In: Mensink C., Gong W., Hakami A. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI. ITM 2018. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6_49
- Hamer, P.D., Walker, S.-E., Sousa-Santos, G., Vogt, M., Vo-Thanh, D., Lopez-Aparicio, S., Schneider, P., Ramacher, M.O.P., & Karl, M. (2020): The urban dispersion model EPISODE v10.0 – Part 1: An Eulerian and sub-grid-scale air quality model and its application in Nordic winter conditions. Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 4323–4353, doi:10.5194/gmd-13-4323-2020
- Karl, M., Pirjola, L., Karppinen, A., Jalkanen, J.-P., Ramacher, M.O.P., & Kukkonen, J. (2020): Modeling of the Concentrations of Ultrafine Particles in the Plumes of Ships in the Vicinity of Major Harbors. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(3), 777, doi:10.3390/ijerph17030777
- Matthias, V., Bieser, J., Mocanu, T., Pregger, T., Quante, M., Ramacher, M.O.P., Seum, S., & Winkler, C. (2020): Modelling road transport emissions in Germany – Current day situation and scenarios for 2040. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 87, 102536, doi:10.1016/j.trd.2020.102536
- Ramacher, M.O.P., & Karl, M. (2020): Integrating Modes of Transport in a Dynamic Modelling Approach to Evaluate Population Exposure to Ambient NO2 and PM2.5 Pollution in Urban Areas. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2099, doi:10.3390/ijerph17062099
- Ramacher, M.O.P., Karl, M., Aulinger, A., & Bieser, J. (2020): Population Exposure to Emissions from Industry, Traffic, Shipping and Residential Heating in the Urban Area of Hamburg. In: Mensink C., Gong W., Hakami A. (eds): Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI. ITM 2018. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6_28
- Ramacher, M.O.P., Matthias, V., Aulinger, A., Quante, M., Bieser, J., & Karl, M. (2020): Contributions of traffic and shipping emissions to city-scale NOx and PM2.5 exposure in Hamburg. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 237, 2020, 117674, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117674
- Ramacher, M.O.P., Tang, L., Moldanová, J., Matthias, V., Karl, M., Fridell, E., & Johansson, L. (2020): The impact of ship emissions on air quality and human health in the Gothenburg area – Part II: Scenarios for 2040. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 10667–10686, doi:10.5194/acp-20-10667-2020
- Tang, L., Ramacher, M.O.P., Moldanová, J., Matthias, V., Karl, M., Johansson, L., Jalkanen, J.-P., Yaramenka, K., Aulinger, A., & Gustafsson, M. (2020): The impact of ship emissions on air quality and human health in the Gothenburg area – Part 1: 2012 emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 7509–7530, doi:10.5194/acp-20-7509-2020
- Hamer, P. D., Walker, S.-E., Sousa-Santos, G., Vogt, M., Vo-Thanh, D., Lopez-Aparicio, S., Ramacher, M.O.P., & Karl, M. (2019): The urban dispersion model EPISODE. Part 1: A Eulerian and subgrid-scale air quality model and its application in Nordic winter conditions, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., doi:10.5194/gmd-2019-199, under review
- Karl, M., Walker, S.-E., Solberg, S., & Ramacher, M.O.P. (2019): The Eulerian urban dispersion model EPISODE – Part 2: Extensions to the source dispersion and photochemistry for EPISODE–CityChem v1.2 and its application to the city of Hamburg. Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 3357–3399, doi:10.5194/gmd-12-3357-2019
- Ramacher, M.O.P., Karl, M., Bieser, J., Jalkanen, J.-P., & Johansson, L. (2019): Urban population exposure to NOx emissions from local shipping in three Baltic Sea harbour cities – a generic approach. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 9153-9179, doi:10.5194/acp-19-9153-2019
- Matthias, V., Ramacher, M.O.P., & Quante, M. (2018): Luftqualität in Hamburg. In: Rainer Fehr und Alf Trojan (Hg.): Nachhaltige StadtGesundheit Hamburg. Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven. München: oekom verlag, S. 378–388.
- Quante M., Matthias, V., & Ramacher, M. (2019): Städtische Luftqualität im Klimawandel. In: Lozán, J.L., Breckle, S.-W., Grassl. H., Kuttler, W., & Matzarakis, A. (Hrsg.): Warnsignal Klima: Die Städte. pp. 120-127
- Ramacher, M.O.P., Karl, M., Aulinger, A., Bieser, J., Matthias, V., & Quante, M. (2018): The Impact of Emissions from Ships in Ports on Regional and Urban Scale Air Quality. In: Mensink, C., & Kallos, G. (eds): Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXV. ITM 2016. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57645-9_49