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    • Source apportionment of circum-Arctic atmospheric black carbon from isotopes and modeling 

      Winiger, P.; Barrett, T. E.; Sheesley, R. J.; Huang, L.; Sharma, S.; Barrie, L. A.; Yttri, Karl Espen; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Stohl, Andreas; Klimont, Z.; Heyes, C.; Semiletov, I. P.; Dudarev, O. V.; Charkin, A.; Shakhova, N.; Holmstrand, H.; Andersson, A.; Gustafsson, Ö. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Black carbon (BC) contributes to Arctic climate warming, yet source attributions are inaccurate due to lacking observational constraints and uncertainties in emission inventories. Year-round, isotope-constrained observations ...
    • Assessment of additives used in plastic in seabirds 

      Herzke, Dorte; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Harju, Mikael; Borgen, Anders; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe (NILU report;1/2019, Research report, 2019)
      Liver samples from 10 herring gulls (Larus argentatus) were investigated for a broad range of chemicals used as additives in plastic products. The aim of this study was to clarify if the ingestion of plastic by seabirds ...
    • Impact of synthetic space-borne NO2 observations from the Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5P missions on tropospheric NO2 analyses 

      Timmermans, Renske; Segers, Arjo; Curier, Lyana; Abida, Rachid; Attié, Jean-Luc; Lahoz, William A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We present an Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) dedicated to the evaluation of the added value of the Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5P missions for tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Sentinel-4 is a geostationary ...
    • Tiltaksutredning for lokal luftkvalitet i Tromsø 

      Weydahl, Torleif; Walker, Sam-Erik; Johnsrud, Mona; Vo, Dam Thanh; Ranheim, Patrick (NILU rapport;26/2019, Research report, 2019)
      Tiltaksutredningen, med handlingsplan og tiltak, skal bidra til å redusere luftforurensningen til et nivå som tilfredsstiller kravene i forurensningsforskriften. Tiltaksutredningen omfatter en kartlegging av luftkvaliteten ...
    • Technical note: Reanalysis of Aura MLS chemical observations 

      Errera, Quentin; Chabrillat, Simon; Christophe, Yves; Debosscher, Jonas; Hubert, Daan; Lahoz, William A.; Santee, Michelle L.; Shiotani, Masato; Skachko, Sergey; von Clarmann, Thomas; Walker, Kaley A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper presents a reanalysis of the atmospheric chemical composition from the upper troposphere to the lower mesosphere from August 2004 to December 2017. This reanalysis is produced by the Belgian Assimilation System ...
    • Acceleration of global N2O emissions seen from two decades of atmospheric inversion 

      Thompson, Rona Louise; Lassaletta, Luis; Patra, Prabir K.; Wilson, Chris; Wells, Kelley C.; Gressent, Alicia; Koffi, Ernest N.; Chipperfield, Martyn P.; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Davidson, Eric A.; Tian, Hanqin; Canadell, Josep G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • Using life cycle assessment to inform municipal climate mitigation planning 

      Thorne, Rebecca Jayne; Bouman, Evert; Guerreiro, Cristina; Majchrzak, Anna; Calus, Sylwia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Local governments can play a key role in reducing emissions associated with local energy use. 17 Polish municipalities provided data on energy use and CO2 emissions for 2015. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was used to calculate ...
    • Environmental impacts of a chemical looping combustion power plant 

      Thorne, Rebecca Jayne; Bouman, Evert; Sundseth, Kyrre; Sanchez, Maria Asuncion Aranda; Czakiert, Tomasz; Pacyna, Jozef M; Pacyna, Elisabeth G; Krauz, Mariusz; Celińska, Agnieszka (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) is a promising CO2 capture option since it inherently separates CO2 from other flue components, theoretically with low energy penalty. Here, a Life Cycle Assessment model was developed of ...
    • The EMEP Intensive Measurement Period campaign, 2008–2009: characterizing carbonaceous aerosol at nine rural sites in Europe 

      Yttri, Karl Espen; Simpson, David; Bergström, Robert; Kiss, Gyula; Szidat, Sönke; Ceburnis, Darius; Eckhardt, Sabine; Hueglin, Christoph; Nøjgaard, Jacob Klenø; Perrino, Cinzia; Pisso, Ignacio; Prévôt, André Stephan Henry; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Spindler, Gerald; Vána, Milan; Zhang, Yan-Lin; Aas, Wenche (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Carbonaceous aerosol (total carbon, TCp) was source apportioned at nine European rural background sites, as part of the European Measurement and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) Intensive Measurement Periods in fall 2008 and ...
    • 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 ...
    • Spredningsberegninger for ammoniakkutslipp. Leangen idrettsanlegg i Trondheim. 

      Tønnesen, Dag Arild (NILU rapport;14/2019, Research report, 2019)
      NILU har gjennomført spredningsberegninger for utslipp av ammoniakk (NH3) ved Leangen idrettsanlegg I Trondheim. Beregningene er utført for å undersøke hvilke konsentrasjoner av ammoniakk som kan forekomme i bakkenivå for ...
    • Bird feathers as a biomonitor for environmental pollutants: Prospects and pitfalls 

      Jaspers, Veerle; Covaci, Adrian; Herzke, Dorte; Eulaers, Igor; Eens, Marcel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Due to increasing amounts of hazardous chemicals released into the environment, there is a high demand for developing easy and non-destructive biomonitoring tools. In a recent paper published in Trends in Analytical ...
    • Air Quality in Ny-Ålesund. Monitoring of Local Air Quality 2018. 

      Johnsrud, Mona; Hermansen, Ove; Krejci, Radovan; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen (NILU report;21/2019, Research report, 2019)
      The concentrations of the measured components are generally low and below national limit values for the protection of human health and critical levels for the protection of vegetation. Wind from northern sectors gave the ...
    • Ozone measurements 2017 

      Hjellbrekke, Anne-Gunn; Solberg, Sverre (EMEP/CCC-Report;2/2019, Research report, 2019)
    • Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivealis) as bio-indicators for exposure differences to legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants from the Arctic terrestrial environment on Svalbard 

      Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Sagerup, Kjetil; Kristoffersen, Siv; Herzke, Dorte; Gabrielsen, Geir W.; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    • Godkjenning av instrumenter for måling av lokal luftkvalitet. Forslag til godkjenningsordning for Norge. 

      Hak, Claudia; Marsteen, Leif (NILU rapport;4/2019, Research report, 2019)
      Instrumenter som skal brukes til måling av lokal luftkvalitet i henhold til forurensningsforskriften skal være godkjente for dette formålet. Norge har per i dag ingen godkjenningsordning. Inntil videre godkjennes derfor ...
    • Perfluorocyclobutane (PFC-318, c-C4F8) in the global atmosphere 

      Mühle, Jens; Trudinger, Cathy; Western, Luke M.; Rigby, Matthew; Vollmer, Martin K.; Park, Sunyoung; Manning, Alistair J.; Say, Daniel; Ganesan, Anita; Steele, L. Paul; Ivy, Diane J.; Arnold, Tim; Li, Shanlan; Stohl, Andreas; Harth, Christina M.; Salameh, Peter K.; McCulloch, Archie; O'Doherty, Simon; Park, Mi-Kyung; Jo, Chun Ok; Young, Dickon; Stanley, Kieran; Krummel, Paul B.; Mitrevski, Blagoj; Hermansen, Ove; Lunder, Chris Rene; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Yao, Bo; Kim, Jooil; Hmiel, Benjamin; Buizert, Christo; Petrenko, Vasilii V.; Arduini, Jgor; Maione, Michela; Etheridge, David M.; Michalopoulou, Eleni; Czerniak, Mike; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Reimann, Stefan; Simmonds, Peter G.; Fraser, Paul J.; Prinn, Ronald G.; Weiss, Ray F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We reconstruct atmospheric abundances of the potent greenhouse gas c-C4F8 (perfluorocyclobutane, perfluorocarbon PFC-318) from measurements of in situ, archived, firn, and aircraft air samples with precisions of ∼1 %–2 % ...
    • Impact of Snow Initialization in Subseasonal‐to‐Seasonal Winter Forecasts With the Norwegian Climate Prediction Model 

      Li, Fei; Orsolini, Yvan; Keenlyside, Noel; Shen, Mao-Lin; Counillon, Francois; Wang, Yiguo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Snow initialization has been previously investigated as a potential source of predictability atthe subseasonal‐to‐seasonal (S2S) timescale in winter and spring, through its local radiative,thermodynamical, and hydrological ...
    • Levels and trends of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in the Arctic environment – An update 

      Muir, Derek; Bossi, Rossana; Carlsson, Pernilla; Evans, Marlene; De Silva, A; Halsall, Crispin; Rauert, Cassandra; Herzke, Dorte; Hung, Hayley; Letcher, Robert; Riget, Frank; Roos, Anna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are important environmental contaminants globally and in the early 2000s they were shown to be ubiquitous contaminants in Arctic wildlife. Previous reviews by Butt et al. and ...
    • SuperDARN Observations of Semidiurnal Tidal Variability in the MLT and the Response to Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events 

      Hibbins, Robert; Espy, Patrick Joseph; Orsolini, Yvan; Limpasuvan, Varavut; Barnes, R. J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Using meteor wind data from the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) in the Northern Hemisphere, we (1) demonstrate that the migrating (Sun‐synchronous) tides can be separated from the nonmigrating components in ...