• Magnitude and Uncertainty of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From North America Based on Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches: Informing Future Research and National Inventories 

      Xu, Rongting; Tian, Hanqin; Pan, N.; Thompson, Rona Louise; Canadell, Josep G.; Davidson, Eric A.; Nevison, Cynthia; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Shi, H.; Pan, Shufen; Chang, J.; Ciais, Philippe; Dangal, Shree R. S.; Ito, Akihiko; Jackson, Robert B.; Joos, Fortunat; Lauerwald, Ronny; Lienert, Sebastian; Maavara, Taylor; Millet, Dylan B.; Raymond, Peter A.; Regnier, P.; Tubiello, Francesco N; Vuichard, Nicolas; Wells, Kelley C.; Wilson, Chris; Yang, J.; Yao, Y; Zaehle, Sönke; Zhou, Feng (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We synthesized N2O emissions over North America using 17 bottom-up (BU) estimates from 1980–2016 and five top-down (TD) estimates from 1998 to 2016. The BU-based total emission shows a slight increase owing to U.S. ...
    • Safety assessment of titanium dioxide (E171) as a food additive 

      Younes, Maged; Aquilina, Gabriele; Castle, Laurence; Engel, Karl-Heinz; Fowler, Paul; Fernandez, Maria Jose Frutos; Fürst, Peter; Gundert-Remy, Ursula; Gürtler, Rainer; Husøy, Trine; Manco, Melania; Mennes, Wim; Moldeus, Peter; Passamonti, Sabina; Shah, Romina; Waalkens-Berendsen, Ine; Wölfle, Detlef; Corsini, Emanuela; Cubadda, Francesco; De Groot, Didima; FitzGerald, Rex; Gunnare, Sara; Gutleb, Arno C.; Mast, Jan; Mortensen, Alicja; Oomen, Agnes; Piersma, Aldert; Plichta, Veronika; Ulbrich, Beate; Van Loveren, Henk; Benford, Diane; Bignami, Margherita; Bolognesi, Claudia; Crebelli, Riccardo; Dusinska, Maria; Marcon, Francesca; Nielsen, Elsa; Schlatter, Josef; Vleminckx, Christiane; Barmaz, Stefania; Carfi, Maria; Civitella, Consuelo; Giarola, Alessandra; Rincon, Ana Maria; Serafimova, Rositsa; Smeraldi, Camilla; Tarazona, Jose; Tard, Alexandra; Wright, Matthew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The present opinion deals with an updated safety assessment of the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171) based on new relevant scientific evidence considered by the Panel to be reliable, including data obtained with TiO2 ...
    • Vurdering av utslipp til luft fra Wistingfeltet i Barentshavet. Underlag for konsekvensutredning. 

      Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Tønnesen, Dag (NILU rapport;31/2021, Research report, 2021)
      NILU har vurdert miljøkonsekvensene av utslipp til luft fra fremtidig utbygging og drift av Wisting-feltet i Barentshavet. Utslipp av CO2, CH4, N2O og NMVOC er vurdert utfra bidrag til strålingspådriv/global oppvarming. ...
    • Monitoring of the atmospheric ozone layer and natural ultraviolet radiation. Annual Report 2020. 

      Svendby, Tove Marit; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Bäcklund, Are; Nilsen, Anne-Cathrine; Schulze, Dorothea; Johnsen, Bjørn (NILU report;18/2021, Research report, 2021)
      This report summarizes the results from the Norwegian monitoring programme on stratospheric ozone and UV radiation measurements. The ozone layer has been measured at three locations since 1979: In Oslo/Kjeller, Tromsø/Andøya ...
    • 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 ...
    • Ground-based validation of the Copernicus Sentinel-5P TROPOMI NO2 measurements with the NDACC ZSL-DOAS, MAX-DOAS and Pandonia global networks 

      Verhoelst, Tijl; Compernolle, Steven; Pinardi, Gaia; Lambert, Jean-Christopher; Eskes, Henk J.; Eichmann, Kai Uwe; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Granville, José; Niemeijer, Sander; Cede, Alexander; Tiefengraber, Martin; Hendrick, François; Pazmino, Andrea; Bais, Alkiviadis; Bazureau, Ariane; Boersma, K. Folkert; Bognar, Kristof; Dehn, Angelika; Donner, Sebastian; Elokhov, Aleksandr; Gebetsberger, Manuel; Goutail, Florence; de la Mora, Michel Grutter; Gruzdev, Aleksandr; Gratsea, Myrto; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Irie, Hitoshi; Jepsen, Nis; Kanaya, Yugo; Karagkiozidis, Dimitris; Kivi, Rigel; Kreher, Karin; Levelt, Pieternel F.; Liu, Cheng; Muller, Moritz; Comas, Monica Navarro; Piters, Ankie J.M.; Pommereau, Jean-Pierre; Portafaix, Thierry; Prados-Roman, Cristina; Puentedura, Olga; Querel, Richard; Remmers, Julia; Richter, Andreas; Rimmer, John; Cárdenas, Claudia Rivera; de Miguel, Lidia Saavedra; Sinyakov, Valery P.; Stremme, Wolfgang; Strong, Kimberly; Van Roozendael, Michel; Veefkind, J. Pepijn; Wagner, Thomas; Wittrock, Folkard; Gonzalez, Margarita Yela; Zehner, Claus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper reports on consolidated ground-based validation results of the atmospheric NO2 data produced operationally since April 2018 by the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on board of the ESA/EU Copernicus ...
    • GUV long-term measurements of total ozone column and effective cloud transmittance at three Norwegian sites 

      Svendby, Tove Marit; Johnsen, Bjørn; Kylling, Arve; Dahlback, Arne; Bernhard, Germar H.; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Petkov, Boyan; Vitale, Vito (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Measurements of total ozone column and effective cloud transmittance have been performed since 1995 at the three Norwegian sites Oslo/Kjeller, Andøya/Tromsø, and in Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard). These sites are a subset of nine ...
    • Effects of extreme meteorological conditions in 2018 on European methane emissions estimated using atmospheric inversions 

      Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Brunner, D; Tsuruta, Aki; Aalto, T.; Raivonen, M; Crippa, M.; Solazzo, Efisio; Guizzardi, D.; Regnier, P.; Maisonnier, M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The effect of the 2018 extreme meteorological conditions in Europe on methane (CH4) emissions is examined using estimates from four atmospheric inversions calculated for the period 2005–2018. For most of Europe, we find ...
    • The Integrated Carbon Observation System in Europe 

      Heiskanen, Jouni; Brümmer, Christian; Buchmann, Nina; Calfapietra, Carlo; Chen, Huilin; Gielen, Bert; Gkritzalis, Thanos; Hammer, Samuel; Hartman, Susan; Herbst, Mathias; Janssens, Ivan A.; Jordan, Armin; Juurola, Eija; Karstens, Ute; Kasurinen, Ville; Kruijt, Bart; Lankreijer, Harry; Levin, Ingeborg; Linderson, Maj-Lena; Loustau, Denis; Merbold, Lutz; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Papale, Dario; Pavelka, Marian; Pilegaard, Kim; Ramonet, Michel; Rebmann, Corinna; Rinne, Janne; Rivier, Leonard; Saltikoff, Elena; Sanders, Richard; Steinbacher, Martin; Steinhoff, Tobias; Watson, Andrew; Vermeulen, Alex T.; Vesala, Timo; Vitkova, Gabriela; Kutsch, Werner (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Since 1750, land use change and fossil fuel combustion has led to a 46 % increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, causing global warming with substantial societal consequences. The Paris Agreement ...
    • Characterization of the atmospheric environment during extreme precipitation events associated with atmospheric rivers in Norway - Seasonal and regional aspects 

      Michel, Clio; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Eckhardt, Sabine; Weijenborg, Christian; Stohl, Andreas; Cassiani, Massimo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Extreme precipitation events in Norway in all seasons are often linked to atmospheric rivers (AR). We show that during the period 1979–2018 78.5% of the daily extreme precipitation events in Southwestern Norway are linked ...
    • Fluorescent Nanocomposites: Hollow Silica Microspheres with Embedded Carbon Dots 

      Delic, Asmira; Mariussen, Espen; Roede, Erik Dobloug; Krivokapic, Alexander; Erbe, Andreas; Lindgren, Mikael; Benelmekki, Maria; Einarsrud, Mari-Ann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Intrinsically fluorescent carbon dots may form the basis for a safer and more accurate sensor technology for digital counting in bioanalytical assays. This work presents a simple and inexpensive synthesis method for producing ...
    • The Atlantic Multidecadal Variability phase-dependence of teleconnection between the North Atlantic Oscillation in February and the Tibetan Plateau in March 

      Li, Jingyi; Li, Fei; He, Shengping; Wang, Huijun; Orsolini, Yvan J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
    • Monitoring of greenhouse gases and aerosols at Svalbard and Birkenes in 2020. Annual report. 

      Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Svendby, Tove Marit; Hermansen, Ove; Lunder, Chris Rene; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Fiebig, Markus; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Krognes, Terje (NILU report;22/2021, Research report, 2021)
      The report summarizes the activities and results of the greenhouse gas monitoring at the Zeppelin Observatory, situated on Svalbard in Arctic Norway, during the period 2001-2020, and the greenhouse gas monitoring and aerosol ...
    • Environmental pollutants in the terrestrial and urban environment 2020 

      Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Moe, Børge; Nygård, Torgeir; Herzke, Dorte; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (NILU report;20/2021, Research report, 2021)
      Samples from the urban terrestrial environment in the Oslo area were analysed for metals and a large number of organic environmental pollutants. The selected species were earthworm, fieldfare, tawny owl, red fox and brown ...
    • Brominated Flame Retardants in Antarctic Air in the Vicinity of Two All-Year Research Stations 

      Nash, Susan M. Bengtson; Wild, Seanan; Broomhall, Sara; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Continuous atmospheric sampling was conducted between 2010–2015 at Casey station in Wilkes Land, Antarctica, and throughout 2013 at Troll Station in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Sample extracts were analyzed for ...
    • Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation. Annual report 2020. 

      Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Aas, Wenche; Halvorsen, Helene Lunder; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo (NILU report;12/2021, Research report, 2021)
      This report presents environmental monitoring data from 2020 and time-trends for the Norwegian programme for Long-range atmospheric transported contaminants. The results cover 200 organic compounds (regulated and non-regulated), ...
    • Air quality assessment of the surroundings of the Hydro Sunndal aluminium smelter. Measurements May – August 2019. 

      Hak, Claudia (NILU report;2/2021, Research report, 2021)
      On behalf of Aluminiumindustriens Miljøsekretariat (AMS), NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research has conducted a sampling campaign in the surroundings of the Hydro Sunndal aluminium smelter in order to update the ...
    • Kartlegging av ventilasjonstårnenes evne til å redusere forurensning fra dagsonen. Måling av luftforurensning i E18 Operatunnelen og forslag til nytt styringsregime for ventilasjonstårnene. 

      Hak, Claudia; Antonsen, Ørjan; Wessel, Martine; Vogt, Matthias; Nilsen, Anne-Cathrine (NILU rapport;30/2021, Research report, 2021)
      NILU – Norsk institutt for luftforskning og Ingenia AS har på oppdrag fra Statens vegvesen kartlagt effekten ventilasjonstårnene i Ekeberg- og Bjørvikatunnelen har med hensyn til å redusere luftforurensning fra dagsonen ...
    • Spatial distribution of residential wood combustion emissions in the Nordic countries: How well national inventories represent local emissions? 

      Paunu, Ville-Veikko; Karvosenoja, Niko; Segersson, David; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Nielsen, Ole-Kenneth; Plejdrup, Marlene S.; Thorsteinsson, Throstur; Niemi, Jarkko V; Vo, Dam Thanh; van der Gon, Hugo A.C. Denier; Brandt, Jørgen; Geels, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Residential wood combustion (RWC) is a major source of air pollutants in the Nordic and many other countries. The emissions of the pollutants have been estimated with inventories on several scopes, e.g. local and national. ...
    • Monitoring of long-range transported air pollutants in Norway. Annual Report 2020. 

      Aas, Wenche; Eckhardt, Sabine; Fiebig, Markus; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Solberg, Sverre; Yttri, Karl Espen; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot (NILU report;13/2021, Research report, 2021)
      This report presents results from the monitoring of atmospheric composition and deposition of air pollution in 2020, and focuses on main components in air and precipitation, particulate and gaseous phase of inorganic ...