Education

Since 2018 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Landscape
Ecology, Climatology Group, Research Assistant
2016 - 2017 Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Department of Geography, Climatology & Geography, Promotion
2013 - 2018 RWTH Aachen University, Department of Geography,
Physical Geography and Climatology Group, Research Assistant
2013 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Center for
Applied Geoscience, Environmental Physics Group, Research Assistant
2010 - 2013 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, M.Sc.
Landscape Ecology
2007 - 2010 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, B.Sc.
Landscape Ecology

Publications

Publications (peer reviewed)

Fuchte, H. & B. Paas, Auer, F., Bayer, V., Achten, C., Schäffer, A., Smith, K. (2021): Hotspot identification of ambient particulate matter using a mobile platform and the analysis of EPA PAH and 32 non-EPA PAH along an urban cycle path. Science of The Total Environment. In preparation.

Biehl, J.L., Paas, B., & O. Klemm (2021): Ventilation of a mid-size city under stable boundary layer conditions: A Simulation using the LES model PALM. Atmosphere. Under review.

Carreras, H., Ehrnsperger, L., Klemm, O., & B. Paas (2020): Cyclists’ exposure to air pollution: in situ evaluation with a cargo bike platform. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192, 470. doi:10.1007/s10661-020-08443-7.

Paas, B., T. Zimmermann & O. Klemm (2020): Analysis of a turbulent wind field in a street canyon: Good agreement between LES model results and data from a mobile platform. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 93256. doi: 10.1127/metz/2020/1006.

Goulier, L., Paas, B., Ehrnsperger, L. & O. Klemm (2020): Modelling of Urban Air Pollutant Concentrations with Artificial Neural Networks Using Novel Input Variables. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(6), 2025. doi:10.3390/ijerph17062025.

Engel, M.S., B. Paas, C. Pfaffenbach, C. Schneider & J. Fels (2018). Perceptual studies on air quality and sound through urban walks. Cities, 83, 173–185. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2018.06.020

Daniels, B., B.S. Zaunbrecher, B. Paas, R. Ottermanns, M. Ziefle & M. Roß-Nickoll (2018). Assessment of urban green space structures and their quality from a multidimensional perspective. Science of The Total Environment, 615, 1364–1378. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.167.

Paas, B., J. Stienen, M. Vorländer & C. Schneider, (2017). Modelling of Urban Near-Road Atmospheric PM Concentrations Using an Artificial Neural Network Approach with Acoustic Data Input. Environments, 4(2), 26, doi:10.3390/environments4020026.

Paas, B. & C. Schneider, (2016). A comparison of model performance between ENVI-met and Austal2000 for particulate matter. Atmospheric Environment, 145, 392–404, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.09.031.

Paas, B., T. Schmidt, S. Markova, I. Maras, M. Ziefle & C. Schneider, (2016). Small-scale variability of particulate matter and perception of air quality in an inner-city recreational area in Aachen, Germany. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 25, 305–317, doi:10.1127/metz/2016/0704.

Maras, I., T. Schmidt, B. Paas, M. Ziefle & C. Schneider, (2016). The impact of human-biometeorological factors on perceived thermal comfort in urban public places. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 25, 407–420, doi:10.1127/metz/2016/0705.

El-Madany, T.S., H.F. Duarte, D.J. Durden, B. Paas, M.J. Deventer, J.-Y. Juang, M.Y. Leclerc & O. Klemm, (2014). Low-level jets and above-canopy drainage as causes of turbulent exchange in the nocturnal boundary layer. Biogeosciences, 11, 4507–4519, doi:10.5194/bg-11-4507-2014.

Conferences

Paas, B. (2019): Experimental approaches and simulation methods for environmental studies of the urban atmosphere. Sino-German Scientific workshop, 18. – 21. September 2019, Chongqing, China.

Ehrnsperger, L., Paas, B. & O. Klemm (2019): The contribution of oxidized and reduced nitrogen to particulate matter in the urban atmosphere. 49. Jahrestagung der GFÖ, 09. – 13. September 2019, Münster.

Paas, B., T. Zimmermann & O. Klemm (2019): Exemplarische Analyse des turbulenten Windfelds in einem Stadtbereich von Münster – Vergleich von Ergebnissen turbulenzauflösender Beobachtungen und Simulationen mit dem LES Modell PALM. DACH Meteorologentagung, 18. – 22. März 2019, Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Paas, B., J. Stienen, M. Vorländer, C. Schneider, L. Ehrnsperger & O. Klemm (2018): Modeling of urban near-road atmospheric pollutant concentrations using an Artificial Neural Network approach with novel model input data. Tagung des Fachausschusses Umweltmeteorologie, METTOOLS X 2018, Braunschweig.

Engel, M.S., B. Paas, C. Schneider, C. Pfaffenbach & J. Fels (2018): Investigation of the relationship between acoustic perception and thermal comfort of an urban park in Aachen. 44. Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik, DAGA 2018, München.

Paas, B. & C. Schneider (2016): Micro-scale variability of PM10 – Influence of vegetation elements on ground-level aerosol concentrations. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2016, Wien.

Paas, B., I. Maras, T. Schmidt, J. Stienen & C. Schneider (2015): Physical load resulting from particulate matter, noise and thermal stress on inner-city public open space – An interdisciplinary analysis. International Conference on Urban Climate, ICUC9, Toulouse.

Maras, I., T. Schmidt, B. Paas, C. Schneider & M. Ziefle (2015): Assessment of bioclimatic comfort in urban public places – an interdisciplinary approach. International Conference on Urban Climate, ICUC9, Toulouse.

Maras, I., T. Schmidt, B. Paas, J. Stienen & C. Schneider (2015): Biometeorlogische, lufthygienische und perzeptive Untersuchungen auf urbanen öffentlichen Plätzen - Konzept einer kombinierten Belastungsanalyse. Tagung des Fachausschusses Umweltmeteorologie, METTOOLS IX, Offenbach.

Paas, B., I. Maras, T. Schmidt, J. Stienen & C. Schneider (2015): Interdisziplinäre Analyse innerstädtischer Feinstaubbelastung in Aachen. Tagung des Fachausschusses Umweltmeteorologie, METTOOLS IX, Offenbach.

Stienen, J., T. Schmidt, B. Paas, M. Ziefle, M. & J. Fels (2015): Noise as a Stress Factor on Humans in Urban Environments in Summer and Winter EuroNoise 2015, 10th European Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, Maastricht.

Maras, I., T. Schmidt, B. Paas, C. Schneider & M. Ziefle (2014): Biometeorlogische, lufthygienische und perzeptive Untersuchungen auf urbanen öffentlichen Plätzen - Konzept einer kombinierten Belastungsanalyse. 8. BIOMET-Tagung, Dresden.

Paas, B., I. Maras, T. Schmidt, J. Stienen & C. Schneider (2014): Lufthygienische, meteorologische und akustische Belastungsgrößen auf innerstädtischen Platzanlagen – Untersuchung kleinräumiger Verteilungen. Arbeitskreis Klima 2014, Basel.

Paas, B., L. Bremen, B. Daniels, I. Maras, S. Markova, T. Schmidt, J. Stienen & C. Schneider (2014): Exposition to combined stress in public urban spaces – An approach to modeling, analyzing and visualizing of combined exposition to stress resulting from noise, heat and particulate matter. Symposium - Toward Integrated Modelling Of Urban Systems, Lyon.

Stienen, J., T. Schmidt, B. Paas, C. Schneider & J. Fels (2014): Evaluation of combined stress factors on humans in urban areas. TecniAcustica, Murcia.

Fleischer, E., H.L. Lokys, B. Paas, D.T. Degefie, T.S. El-Madany & O. Klemm (2013): Effects of land-use change on the greenhouse gas exchange in Western Siberia. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2013, Wien.

Fleischer, E., H.L. Lokys, B. Paas, D.T. Degefie, T.S. El-Madany & O. Klemm (2013): Measurement of greenhouse gas exchanges in Western Siberia. - International Symposium - Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems: Monitoring, Modelling & Data Assimilation, 11, Bonn.

Paas, B., J. Bange, S.-C. Manton, V. Hochschild, D. Klauss & J. Bunzel (2013): Windenergienutzung im urbanen Raum: Umwelt- und Energiekonzept für die Gebäude des Universitätsklinikums und der Universität Tübingen. 3. Fachtagung Energiemeteorologie, Bonn.

El-Madany, T.S., H.F. Duarte, D.J. Durden, B. Paas, J.-Y. Juang, M.Y. Leclerc & O. Klemm (2014): Low level jets and above-canopy drainage as cause of turbulent exchange in complex terrain during nighttime. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2013, Wien.

Book chapters

Schneider C. & B. Paas: Berücksichtigung divergenter Ansprüche in der Stadt – Aspekte einer nachhaltigen Stadtentwicklung und Anpassung an den Klimawandel. In: Gebhardt, H., R. Glaser, U. Radtke, P. Reuber, and R. Zeese, eds.: Geographie: Physische Geographie und Humangeographie. 3. Auflage, unveränderter Nachdruck 2020. Springer Spektrum, Berlin Heidelberg. 68-70.