Browsing NILU Brage by Author "Sousa Santos, Gabriela"

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    • Air pollution situation in small towns, including winter resorts: a comparative study of three cases in Northern Europe 

      Tammekivi, Terje; Kaasik, Marko; Hamer, Paul David; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Šteinberga, Iveta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In Europe, emissions of many air pollutants have decreased in recent decades, but there exist sites where concentrations of pollutants are still high and have become a public health problem. The air quality monitoring ...

    • Air quality in 7 Norwegian municipalities in 2015. Summary report for NBV results. 

      Tarrasón, Leonor; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Vo, Dam Thanh; Hamer, Paul David; Vogt, Matthias; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Røen, Håvard Vika; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad (NILU report;15/2018, Research report, 2018)
      This report documents the methodology used to compile air quality information for the year 2015 in seven Norwegian municipality areas under the first phase of development of the Norwegian Air Quality Planning Tool, also ...

    • Air quality in Norwegian cities in 2015. Evaluation Report for NBV Main Results. 

      Tarrasón, Leonor; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Vo, Dam Thanh; Vogt, Matthias; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Denby, Bruce; Tønnesen, Dag Arild; Sundvor, Ingrid; Røen, Håvard Vika; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad (NILU report;21/2017, Research report, 2018)
      This report documents the final deliveries of the first phase of development of the Norwegian Air Quality Planning Tool, also called “Nasjonalt Beregningsverktøy” or NBV. The main purpose of NBV is to provide a common ...

    • Data Fusion for Enhancing Urban Air Quality Modeling using Large-Scale Citizen Science 

      O'Regan, Anna C.; Grythe, Henrik; Hellebust, Stig; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; O’Dowd, Colin; Hamer, Paul David; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Nyhan, Marguerite M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Rapid urbanization has led to many environmental issues, including poor air quality. With urbanization set to continue, there is an urgent need to mitigate air pollution and minimize its adverse health impacts. This study ...

    • Evaluation of traffic control measures in Oslo region and its effect on current air quality policies in Norway 

      Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Sundvor, Ingrid; Vogt, Matthias; Grythe, Henrik; Haug, Tormod Wergeland; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad; Tarrasón, Leonor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Urban air pollution is a challenge in several European cities. For most Norwegian cities, the major challenge is the reduction of the NO2 annual mean concentration in order to comply with the limit value in the European ...

    • Hitting the hotspots – Targeted deployment of air source heat pump technology to deliver clean air communities and climate progress: A case study of Ireland 

      Ó Broin, Eion; Kelly, J. Andrew; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Grythe, Henrik; Svendby, Tove Marit; Solberg, Sverre; Kelleher, Luke; Clinch, J. Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Electrification of residential heating and investment in building energy efficiency are central pillars of many national strategies to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment sector. Ireland has a strong dependence ...

    • The influence of residential wood combustion on the concentrations of PM2.5 in four Nordic cities 

      Kukkonen, Jaakko; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Segersson, David; Geels, Camilla; Kangas, Leena; Kauhaniemi, Mari; Maragkidou, Androniki; Jensen, Anne; Assmuth, Timo; Karppinen, Ari; Sofiev, Mikhail; Hellén, Heidi; Riikonen, Kari; Nikmo, Juha; Kousa, Anu; Niemi, Jarkko; Karvosenoja, Niko; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Sundvor, Ingrid; Im, Ulas; Christensen, Jesper H.; Nielsen, Ole-Kenneth; Plejdrup, Marlene S.; Nøjgaard, Jacob Klenø; Omstedt, Gunnar; Andersson, Camilla; Forsberg, Bertil; Brandt, Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Residential wood combustion (RWC) is an important contributor to air quality in numerous regions worldwide. This study is the first extensive evaluation of the influence of RWC on ambient air quality in several Nordic ...

    • The influence of vegetation drought stress on formaldehyde and ozone distributions over a central European city 

      Trimmel, Heidelinde; Hamer, Paul David; Mayer, Monika; Schreier, Stefan F.; Weihs, Philipp; Eitzinger, Josef; Sandén, Hans; Fitzky, Anne Charlott; Richter, Andreas; Calvet, Jean-Christophe; Bonan, Bertrand; Meurey, Catherine; Vallejo, Islen; Eckhardt, Sabine; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Oumami, Safae; Arteta, Joaquim; Marécal, Virginie; Tarrasón, Leonor; Karl, Thomas; Rieder, Harald E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      To estimate the effect of vegetation stress and changes in biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions on urban ozone (O3) levels we perform a systematic, observation-based analysis of the relationship between ...

    • Localized real-time information on outdoor air quality at kindergartens in Oslo, Norway using low-cost sensor nodes 

      Castell, Nuria; Schneider, Philipp; Grossberndt, Sonja; Fredriksen, Mirjam; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Vogt, Matthias; Bartonova, Alena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

    • Strengths and weaknesses of the FAIRMODE benchmarking methodology for the evaluation of air quality models 

      Monteiro, A.; Durka, P.; Flandorfer, C.; Georgieva, E.; Guerreiro, Cristina; Kushta, J.; Malherbe, L.; Maiheu, B.; Miranda, A. I.; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Stocker, J.; Trimpeneers, E.; Tognet, F.; Stortini, M.; Wesseling, J.; Janssen, S.; Thunis, P. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

    • The MetVed model: development and evaluation of emissions from residential wood combustion at high spatio-temporal resolution in Norway 

      Grythe, Henrik; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Vogt, Matthias; Vo, Dam Thanh; Hak, Claudia; Halse, Anne Karine; Hamer, Paul David; Sousa Santos, Gabriela (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We present here emissions estimated from a newly developed emission model for residential wood combustion (RWC) at high spatial and temporal resolution, which we name the MetVed model. The model estimates hourly emissions ...

    • 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 

      Hamer, Paul David; Walker, Sam-Erik; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Vogt, Matthias; Vo, Dam Thanh; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Schneider, Philipp; Ramacher, Martin O. P.; Karl, Matthias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This paper describes the Eulerian urban dispersion model EPISODE. EPISODE was developed to address a need for an urban air quality model in support of policy, planning, and air quality management in the Nordic, specifically ...

    • Utredning av trafikkreduserende tiltak og effekten på NO2 

      Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad; Sundvor, Ingrid; Haug, Tormod Wergeland; Solli, Hilde; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Vogt, Matthias (NILU OR;50/2014, Research report, 2014)
      NILU og Urbanet Analyse AS har på oppdrag fra Statens vegvesen Region Øst kartlagt effekten av ulike trafikkreduserende tiltak med hensyn til å redusere konsentrasjoner av NO2 fra biltrafikk