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Dr. Volker Matthias
Head of Department
Chemistry Transport Modelling
Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-2346
Fax: +49 (0)4152 87-2332
e-mail contact
Personal data
Born 1966 in Selsingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Married, three children
Living in Hamburg-Bergedorf
Scientific career
1994 Diploma in physics at the University of Hamburg
1994 – 2000 PhD with Prof. Hartmut Grassl at the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology in the field of laser
remote sensing (lidar). Parental leave for 18 months in 1995/1996.Work about the influence of atmospheric
aerosol on the determination of ozone concentrations with a differential absorption lidar. First statistics of
vertical aerosol profiles taken with a Raman lidar system
2000 – 2003 Work at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology in the field of atmospheric aerosols in the EU FP
6 project Earlinet (European Aerosol Research Lidar Network) and CREATE (Construction, use and delivery of
a European aerosol database). Participation in several national and international field experiments
since 2003 Position at the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Research
Center (today Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht). Work with three-dimensional Eulerian model systems,
meteorological and chemistry transport models. Studies about the representation of aerosols in CTMs.
Member of the COST 728 action on mesoscale meteorological modeling for atmospheric dispersion
applications.
since 2010 Workpackage leader in two EU funded projects, the INTERREG IV B project Clean North Sea
Shipping (CNSS) and the FP7 project Global Mercury Observation System (GMOS).
Teaching
2003 - 2008 Optics of the Atmosphere (University of Hamburg, Meteorological Institute)
since 2009 Optics, Radiation, Remote sensing, together with Alexander Löw (University of Hamburg,
Meteorological Institute)
since 2009 Modern physics and its didactic application (Moderne Physik und ihre didaktische Umsetzung),
together with J. Grebe-Ellis and M. Quante (University of Lüneburg, Environmental Sciences)
in 2010 Climatology (Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Tropical water science)
since 2010 Model system used in global change research (Modellsysteme in der Forschung zum globalen
Wandel), together with M. Quante (University of Lüneburg, Environmental Sciences)
since 2011 Selected topics of atmospheric physics (Ausgewählte Themen aus der Atmosphärenphysik),
together with G. Petersen and M. Quante (University of Lüneburg, Environmental Sciences)
Research interests
My main research interest is the combination of atmospheric observations with complex three-dimensional
models to get a comprehensive picture of the state of the atmosphere and its constituents. My focus is on the

My main research interest is the combination of atmospheric observations with complex three-dimensional
models to get a comprehensive picture of the state of the atmosphere and its constituents. My focus is on the
formation and transport of aerosol particles in the atmosphere, particularly in the planetary boundary layer.
This includes the vertical distribution of aerosols and other pollutants in the troposphere and the long-term
effects of persistent organic pollutants, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals.
Publications
Most recent publications (only lead authorship):
Matthias, V., Bewersdorff, I., Aulinger, A., Quante, M. (2012): Enhanced Aerosol Formation and
Nutrient Deposition by Ship Emissions in North Sea Coastal Regions, in: D.G. Steyn and S. Trini
Castelli (Eds): Air pollution modeling and its Application XXI, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands,
699-703
Matthias, V., Aulinger, A., Bieser, J., Cuesta, J., Geyer, B., Langmann, B., Serikov, I., Mattis, I.,
Minikin, A., Mona, L., Quante, M., Schumann, U., Weinzierl, B. (2012): "The ash dispersion over
Europe during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption – Comparison of CMAQ simulations to remote sensing
and air-borne in-situ observations". Atmospheric Environment, 48, 184-194 (doi
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011 06.077)
Matthias, V. (2011): "Aerosols as transport vehicles of persistent pollutants". In: Quante, M.,
Ebinghaus, R., Floeser, G. (Eds): Persistent Pollution – Past Present and Future, School of
Environmental Research organized by Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Springer Heidelberg
Matthias, V.; Bewersdorff, I.; Aulinger, A. & Quante, M. (2010): "The contribution of ship emissions
to air pollution in the North Sea regions". Environmental Pollution 158(6), 2241--2250.
Matthias, V., Aulinger, A., Quante, M. (2009): "CMAQ simulations of the benzo(a)pyrene distribution
over Europe for 2000 and 2001", Atmospheric Environment 43, 4078-4086
Matthias, V., Quante, M., Aulinger, A. (2009): "Determination of the Optimum MM5 configuration for
long term CMAQ simulations of aerosol bound pollutants in Europe", Environmental Fluid
Mechanics, 9, 91-108, doi 10.1007/s10652-008-9103-6
Matthias, V., Aulinger, A., Quante, M. (2008): "Adapting CMAQ to investigate air pollution in North
Sea coastal regions", Environmental Modelling & Software 23 (2008) 356-368
Matthias, V. (2008): "The aerosol distribution in Europe derived with the Community Multiscale Air
Quality (CMAQ) model: Comparison to near surface in situ and sunphotometer measurements",
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 5077-5097
List of Publications