Working Group Atmospheric Chemistry

The Working Group Atmospheric Chemistry of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology deals primarily with tropospheric chemistry and the influence of anthropogenic (e.g. air traffic) and natural emissions (e.g. desert dust) on the composition of the air and its effect on the climate.

Increasingly, attention is also being paid to the chemistry of the condensed phase, particle formation and photochemistry in cloud droplets, long-distance transport and atmospheric degradation of pesticides and medium-volatile chemicals.

Members of the working group are actively involved in the GDCh/DECHEMA/DBG Joint Committee on Chemistry, Air Quality and Climate (photooxidants, halogenated hydrocarbons) and in the working group on fine dust of DECHEMA, KRdL and GDCh.