• A European aerosol phenomenology – 6: scattering properties of atmospheric aerosol particles from 28 ACTRIS sites 

      Pandolfi, Marco; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas; Alastuey, Andrés; Andrade, Marcos; Angelov, Christo; Artiñano, Begoña; Backman, John; Baltensperger, Urs; Bonasoni, Paolo; Bukowiecki, Nicolas; Coen, Martine Collaud; Conil, Sébastien; Coz, Esther; Crenn, Vincent; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Ealo, Marina; Eleftheriadis, Kostas; Favez, Olivier; Fetfatzis, Prodromos; Fiebig, Markus; Flentje, Harald; Ginot, Patrick; Gysel, Martin; Henzing, Bas; Hoffer, András; Smejkalova, Adela Holubova; Kalapov, Ivo; Kalivitis, Nikos; Kouvarakis, Giorgos; Kristensson, Adam; Kulmala, Markku; Lihavainen, Heikki; Lunder, Chris Rene; Luoma, Krista; Lyamani, Hassan; Marinoni, Angela; Mihalopoulos, Nikos; Moerman, Marcel; Nicolas, José; O'Dowd, Colin; Petäjä, Tuukka; Petit, Jean Eudes; Pichon, Jean-Marc; Prokopciuk, Nina; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Rodriguez, Sergio; Sciare, Jean; Sellegri, Karine; Swietlicki, Erik; Titos, Gloria; Tuch, Thomas; Tunved, Peter; Ulevičius, Vidmantas; Vaishya, Aditya; Vána, Milan; Virkkula, Aki; Vratolis, Stergios; Weingartner, Ernest; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Laj, Paolo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This paper presents the light-scattering properties of atmospheric aerosol particles measured over the past decade at 28 ACTRIS observatories, which are located mainly in Europe. The data include particle light scattering ...
    • Atmospheric composition in the European Arctic and 30 years of the Zeppelin Observatory, Ny-Ålesund 

      Platt, Stephen Matthew; Hov, Øystein; Berg, Torunn; Breivik, Knut; Eckhardt, Sabine; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Fiebig, Markus; Fisher, Rebecca; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Hansson, Hans-Christen; Heintzenberg, Jost; Hermansen, Ove; Heslin-Rees, Dominic; Holmén, Kim; Hudson, Stephen; Kallenborn, Roland; Krejci, Radovan; Krognes, Terje; Larssen, Steinar; Lowry, David; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Lunder, Chris Rene; Nisbet, Euan; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Park, Ki-Tae; Pedersen, Christina Alsvik; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Röckmann, Thomas; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Solberg, Sverre; Stohl, Andreas; Ström, Johan; Svendby, Tove Marit; Tunved, Peter; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen; van der Veen, Carina; Vratolis, Stergios; Jun Yoon, Young; Yttri, Karl Espen; Zieger, Paul; Aas, Wenche; Tørseth, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Zeppelin Observatory (78.90∘ N, 11.88∘ E) is located on Zeppelin Mountain at 472 m a.s.l. on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. Established in 1989, the observatory is part of Ny-Ålesund ...
    • Changes in black carbon emissions over Europe due to COVID-19 lockdowns 

      Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Eckhardt, Sabine; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Laj, Paolo; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas; Backman, John; Brem, Benjamin T.; Fiebig, Markus; Flentje, Harald; Marinoni, Angela; Pandolfi, Marco; Yus-Diez, Jesus; Prats, Natalia; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Sellegri, Karine; Sorribas, Mar; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Vratolis, Stergios; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Stohl, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Following the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) responsible for COVID-19 in December 2019 in Wuhan (China) and its spread to the rest of the world, the World Health Organization ...
    • Differentiation of coarse-mode anthropogenic, marine and dust particles in the High Arctic islands of Svalbard 

      Song, Congbo; Dall'Osto, Manuel; Lupi, Angelo; Mazzola, Mauro; Traversi, Rita; Becagli, Silvia; Gilardoni, Stefania; Vratolis, Stergios; Yttri, Karl Espen; Beddows, David C.S.; Schmale, Julia; Brean, James; Kramawijaya, Agung Ghani; Harrison, Roy M.; Shi, Zongbo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Understanding aerosol–cloud–climate interactions in the Arctic is key to predicting the climate in this rapidly changing region. Whilst many studies have focused on submicrometer aerosol (diameter less than 1 µm), relatively ...
    • Impact of 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns on particulate air pollution across Europe 

      Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Pisoni, Enrico; Mangold, Alexander; Hueglin, Christoph; Sciare, Jean; Pikridas, Michael; Savvides, Chrysantos; Ondráček, Jakub; Mbengue, Saliou; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Weinhold, Kay; Merkel, Maik; Poulain, Laurent; van Pinxteren, Dominik; Herrmann, Hartmut; Massling, Andreas; Nordstroem, Claus; Alastuey, Andres; Reche, Cristina; Perez, Noemi; Castillo, Sonia; Sorribas, Mar; Adame, Jose A.; Petäjä, Tuukka; Lehtipalo, Katrianne; Niemi, Jarkko; Riffault, Véronique; De Brito, Joel F.; Colette, Augustin; Favez, Olivier; Petit, Jean-Eudes; Gros, Valérie; Gini, Maria; Vratolis, Stergios; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Diapouli, Evangelia; van der Gon, Hugo Denier; Yttri, Karl Espen; Aas, Wenche (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      To fight against the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020, lockdown measures were implemented in most European countries. These lockdowns had well-documented effects on human mobility. We assessed the ...
    • Large Circulation Patterns Strongly Modulate Long-Term Variability of Arctic Black Carbon Levels and Areas of Origin 

      Stathopoulos, Vasileios; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Stohl, Andreas; Vratolis, Stergios; Matsoukas, Christos; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Black Carbon (BC) aerosol is a major climate forcer in the Arctic. Here, we present 15 years (2001–2015) of surface observations of the aerosol absorption coefficient babs (corresponding to Equivalent BC), obtained at the ...
    • Optical and Microphysical Properties of the Aerosols during a Rare Event of Biomass-Burning Mixed with Polluted Dust 

      Gidarakou, Marilena; Papayannis, Alexandros; Kokkalis, Panagiotis; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Vratolis, Stergios; Remoundaki, Emmanouella; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Eckhardt, Sabine; Veselovskii, Igor; Mylonaki, Maria; Argyrouli, Athina; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Solomos, Stavros; Gini, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      A rare event of mixed biomass-burning and polluted dust aerosols was observed over Athens, Greece (37.9° N, 23.6° E), during 21–26 May 2014. This event was studied using a synergy of a 6-wavelength elastic-Raman-depolarization ...
    • Recommendations for reporting equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations based on long-term pan-European in-situ observations 

      Savadkoohi, Marjan; Pandolfi, Marco; Favez, Olivier; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Fiebig, Markus; Hopke, Philip K.; Laj, Paolo G.; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas; Bastian, Susanne; Chazeau, Benjamin; Maria, Alvaro Clemente; Colombi, Cristina; Costabile, Francesca; Green, David C.; Hueglin, Christoph; Liakakou, Eleni; Luoma, Krista; Listrani, Stefano; Mihalopoulos, Nikos; Marchand, Nicolas; Močnik, Griša; Niemi, Jarkko V; Ondráček, Jakub; Petit, Jean Eudes; Rattigan, Oliver V.; Reche, Cristina; Timonen, Hilkka; Titos, Gloria; Tremper, Anja H.; Vratolis, Stergios; Vodicka, Petr; Funes, Eduardo Yubero; Zíková, Naděžda; Harrison, Roy M.; Petäjä, Tuukka; Alastuey, Andrés; Querol, Xavier (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      A reliable determination of equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations derived from filter absorption photometers (FAPs) measurements depends on the appropriate quantification of the mass absorption cross-section ...
    • Seasonality of aerosol optical properties in the Arctic 

      Schmeisser, Lauren; Backman, John; Ogren, John A.; Andrews, Elisabeth; Asmi, Eija; Starkweather, Sandra; Uttal, Taneil; Fiebig, Markus; Sharma, Sangeeta; Eleftheriadis, Kostas; Vratolis, Stergios; Bergin, Michael; Tunved, Peter; Jefferson, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Given the sensitivity of the Arctic climate to short-lived climate forcers, long-term in situ surface measurements of aerosol parameters are useful in gaining insight into the magnitude and variability of these climate ...
    • Seasonality of the particle number concentration and size distribution: a global analysis retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories 

      Rose, Clemence; Coen, Martine Collaud; Andrews, Elisabeth; Lin, Yong; Bossert, Isaline; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Tuch, Thomas; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Fiebig, Markus; Aalto, Pasi; Alastuey, Andrés; Alonso-Blanco, Elisabeth; Andrade, Marcos; Artiñano, Begoña; Arsov, Todor; Baltensperger, Urs; Bastian, Susanne; Bath, Olaf; Beukes, Johan Paul; Brem, Benjamin T.; Bukowiecki, Nicolas; Casquero-Vera, Juan Andres; Conil, Sébastien; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Favez, Olivier; Flentje, Harald; Gini, Maria I.; Gómez-Moreno, Francisco Javier; Gysel-Beer, Martin; Hallar, Anna Gannet; Kalapov, Ivo; Kalivitis, Nikos; Kasper-Giebl, Anne; Keywood, Melita; Kim, Jeong Eun; Kim, Sang-Woo; Kristensson, Adam; Kulmala, Markku; Lihavainen, Heikki; Lin, Neng-Huei; Lyamani, Hassan; Marinoni, Angela; Dos Santos, Sebastiao Martins; Mayol-Bracero, Olga; Meinhardt, Frank; Merkel, Maik; Metzger, Jean-Marc; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Ondráček, Jakub; Pandolfi, Marco; Pérez, Noemi; Petäjä, Tuukka; Petit, Jean-Eudes; Picard, David; Pichon, Jean-Marc; Pont, Veronique; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Reisen, Fabienne; Sellegri, Karine; Sharma, Sangeeta; Schauer, Gerhard; Sheridan, Patrick; Sherman, James Patrick; Schwerin, Andreas; Sohmer, Ralf; Sorribas, Mar; Sun, Junying; Tulet, Pierre; Vakkari, Ville; van Zyl, Pieter Gideon; Velarde, Fernando; Villani, Paolo; Vratolis, Stergios; Wagner, Zdenek; Wang, Sheng-Hsiang; Weinhold, Kay; Weller, Rolf; Yela, Margarita; Ždímal, Vladimir; Laj, Paolo G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Aerosol particles are a complex component of the atmospheric system which influence climate directly by interacting with solar radiation, and indirectly by contributing to cloud formation. The variety of their sources, as ...