• 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 ...
    • Using model-based screening to help discover unknown environmental contaminants 

      McLachlan, Michael S; Kierkegaard, Amelie; Radke, Michael; Sobek, Anna; Malmvärn, Anna; Alsberg, Tomas; Arnot, Jon A; Brown, Trevor N.; Wania, Frank; Breivik, Knut; Xu, Shihe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Of the tens of thousands of chemicals in use, only a small fraction has been analyzed in environmental samples. To effectively identify environmental contaminants, methods to prioritize chemicals for analytical method ...
    • Using passive air samplers to assess local sources versus long range atmospheric transport of POPs 

      Halse, Anne Karine; Schlabach, Martin; Sweetman, Andy; Jones, Kevin C; Breivik, Knut (Journal article, 2012)
      Passive air samplers (PAS) are cost-efficient tools suitable for spatial mapping of atmospheric concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The objective of this study was to use PAS to (i) determine atmospheric ...
    • Using remote sensing as a support to the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive in SW Portugal 

      Cristina, Sónia; Icely, John; Costa Goela, Priscila; Angel DelValls, Tomas; Newton, Alice (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    • Using self-organising maps to explore ozone profile validation results - SCIAMACHY limb compared to ground-based lidar observations 

      van Gijsel, J. Anne E.; Zurita-Milla, Raúl; Stammes, Piet; Godin-Beekmann, Sophie; Leblanc, Thierry; Marchand, Marion; McDermid, I. Stuart; Stebel, Kerstin; Steinbrecht, Wolfgang; Swart, Daan P.J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    • Utbedret E6 øst for Trondheim. Luftkvalitet. 

      Tønnesen, Dag Arild (NILU OR;23/2015, Research report, 2015)
      Utbredelse av Rød og Gul sone for luftkvalitet er beregnet for ombygd E6 øst for Trondheim. Beregningene er basert på modellering av utslipp og spredning fra veg, samt estimat for bakgrunnskonsentrasjoner. Gul sone strekker ...
    • 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
    • Utslipp og spredning av Radon-220 fra Oncoinvent, Nydalen. Underlag for utslippssøknad. 

      Grythe, Henrik; Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Cassiani, Massimo; Solberg, Sverre (NILU rapport;8/2022, Research report, 2022)
      NILU har studert og vurdert utslipp til luft av radon-220 fra Oncoinvent AS i Nydalen i Oslo. Studien danner underlag for utslippssøknad. Årlig omsøkt utslipp er 70 GBq. Det største bidraget til dose/eksponering kommer fra ...
    • Utslipp til luft fra Boliden Odda AS. Reviderte spredningsberegninger og konsekvensvurderinger av økte utslipp. 

      Weydahl, Torleif; Svendby, Tove Marit (NILU rapport;1/2022, Research report, 2022)
      NILU - Norsk Institutt for luftforskning har på oppdrag for Boliden Odda AS, utført sprednings- og avsetningsberegninger i forbindelse med utslipp fra sinkproduksjonsanlegget. Studien beregner luftkonsentrasjon og avsetning ...
    • Utslipp til luft fra Boliden Odda AS. Spredningsberegninger og konsekvensvurderinger av økte utslipp. 

      Weydahl, Torleif; Svendby, Tove Marit (NILU rapport;3/2019, Research report, 2019)
      NILU - Norsk Institutt for luftforskning har på oppdrag for Boliden Odda AS, utført sprednings- og avsetningsberegninger i forbindelse med utslipp fra sinkproduksjonsanlegget. Studien beregner luftkonsentrasjon og avsetning ...
    • Utslipp, spredning og avsetning av SO2 fra Nikel og Zapoljarnij. En WRF-Chem modellstudie. 

      Engdahl, Bjørg Jenny Kokkvoll; Velken, Anna von Streng; Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Hodnebrog, Øivind; Stordal, Frode (NILU OR;57/2014, Research report, 2014)
      WRF-Chem-modellen har blitt brukt for å studere to episoder med forurensning fra smelteverkene i Nikel og Zapoljarnij, sommerepisoden 2007 og vinteren 2010/11. Meteorologiske inngangsdata fra WRF stemmer bra med analyse ...
    • UV index monitoring in Europe 

      Schmalwieser, Alois W.; Gröbner, Julian; Blumthaler, Mario; Klotz, Barbara; De Backer, Hugo; Bolsee, David; Werner, Rolf; Tomsic, Davor; Metelka, Ladislav; Eriksen, Paul; Jepsen, Nis; Aun, Margit; Heikkilä, Anu; Duprat, Thierry; Sandmann, Henner; Weiss, Tilman; Bais, Alkis; Toth, Zoltan; Siani, Anna-Maria; Vaccaro, Luisa; Diémoz, Henri; Grifoni, Daniele; Zipoli, Gaetano; Lorenzetto, Giuseppe; Petkov, Boyan H.; Di Sarra, Alcide Giorgio; Massen, Francis; Yousif, Charles; Aculinin, Alexandr A.; Den Outer, Peter; Svendby, Tove Marit; Dahlback, Arne; Johnsen, Bjørn; Biszczuk-Jakubowska, Julita; Krzyscin, Janusz; Henriques, Diamantino; Chubarova, Natalia; Kolarž, Predrag; Mijatovic, Zoran; Groselj, Drago; Pribullova, Anna; Gonzales, Juan Ramon Moreta; Bilbao, Julia; Guerrero, José Manuel Vilaplana; Serrano, Antonio; Andersson, Sandra; Vuilleumier, Laurent; Webb, Ann; O'Hagan, John (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • Validation of new satellite aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithm using Raman lidar observations at radiative transfer laboratory in Warsaw 

      Zawadzka, Olga; Stachlewska, Iwona S.; Markowicz, Krzysztof M.; Nemuc, Anca; Stebel, Kerstin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      During an exceptionally warm September of 2016, the unique, stable weather conditions over Poland allowed for an extensive testing of the new algorithm developed to improve the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Spinning ...
    • Validation of SMILES HCl profiles over a wide range from the stratosphere to the lower thermosphere 

      Nara, Seidai; Sato, Tomohiro O.; Yamada, Takayoshi; Fujinawa, Tamaki; Kuribayashi, Kota; Manabe, Takeshi; Froidevaux, Lucien; Livesey, Nathaniel J.; Walker, Kaley A.; Xu, Jian; Schreier, Franz; Orsolini, Yvan; Limpasuvan, Varavut; Kuno, Nario; Kasai, Yasuko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Hydrogen chloride (HCl) is the most abundant (more than 95 %) among inorganic chlorine compounds Cly in the upper stratosphere. The HCl molecule is observed to obtain long-term quantitative estimations of the total budget ...
    • Validation of the FALL3D model for the 2008 Chaiten eruption using field and satellite data 

      Osores, Maria Soledad; Folch, Arnau; Collini, Estela; Villarosa, Gustavo; Durant, Adam John; Pujol, Gloria; Viramonte, José G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      The 2008 Chaitén Volcano eruption began on 2 May 2008 with an explosive phase that injected large amounts of tephra into the atmosphere. During the first week of the eruption, volcanic ash clouds were transported for ...
    • Validation of the Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOMI cloud data withCloudnet, Aura OMI O2–O2, MODIS, and Suomi-NPP VIIR 

      Compernolle, Steven; Argyrouli, Athina; Lutz, Ronny; Sneep, Maarten; Lambert, Jean-Christopher; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Hubert, Daan; Keppens, Arno; Loyola, Diego; O'Connor, Ewan; Romahn, Fabian; Stammes, Piet; Verhoelst, Tijl; Wang, Ping (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Accurate knowledge of cloud properties is essential to the measurement of atmospheric composition from space. In this work we assess the quality of the cloud data from three Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) TROPOMI ...
    • Validation of the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) surface UV radiation product 

      Lakkala, Kaisa; Kujanpää, Jukka; Brogniez, Colette; Henriot, Nicolas; Arola, Antti; Aun, Margit; Auriol, Frédérique; Bais, Alkiviadis F.; Bernhard, Germar; De Bock, Veerle; Catalfamo, Maxime; Deroo, Christine; Diémoz, Henri; Egli, Luca; Forestier, Jean-Baptiste; Fountoulakis, Ilias; Garane, Katerina; Garcia, Rosa Delia; Gröbner, Julian; Hassinen, Seppo; Heikkilä, Anu; Henderson, Stuart; Hülsen, Gregor; Johnsen, Bjørn; Kalakoski, Niilo; Karanikolas, Angelos; Karppinen, Tomi; Lamy, Kevin; León-Luis, Sergio F.; Lindfors, Anders V.; Metzger, Jean-Marc; Minvielle, Fanny; Muskatel, Harel B.; Portafaix, Thierry; Redondas, Alberto; Sanchez, Ricardo; Siani, Anna Maria; Svendby, Tove Marit; Tamminen, Johanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) onboard the Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) satellite was launched on 13 October 2017 to provide the atmospheric composition for atmosphere and climate research. The S5P is a ...
    • Validation practices for satellite soil moisture retrievals: What are (the) errors? 

      Gruber, Alexander; de Lannoy, Gabriëlle J.M; Albergel, Clément; Al-Yaari, Amen; Brocca, Luca; Calvet, Jean-Christophe; Colliander, Andreas; Cosh, Michael H.; Crow, Wade T.; Dorigo, Wouter Arnaud; Draper, Clara Sophie; Hirschi, Martin; Kerr, Yann H.; Konings, Alexandra G.; Lahoz, William A.; McColl, Kaighin Alexander; Montzka, Carsten; Muñoz-Sabater, Joaquín; Peng, Jian; Reichle, Rolf H.; Richaume, Philippe; Rüdiger, Christoph; Scanlon, Tracy; van der Schalie, Robin; Wigneron, Jean Pierre; Wagner, Wolfgang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This paper presents a community effort to develop good practice guidelines for the validation of global coarse-scale satellite soil moisture products. We provide theoretical background, a review of state-of-the-art ...
    • Variability in Atmospheric Methane From Fossil Fuel and Microbial Sources Over the Last Three Decades 

      Thompson, Rona Louise; Nisbet, E. G.; Pisso, Ignacio; Stohl, Andreas; Blake, D.; Dlugokencky, E. J.; Helmig, D.; White, J. W. C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Atmospheric measurements show an increase in CH4 from the 1980s to 1998 followed by a period of near‐zero growth until 2007. However, from 2007, CH4 has increased again. Understanding the variability in CH4 is critical for ...
    • Variations in tropospheric submicron particle size distributions across the European continent 2008-2009 

      Beddows, David C.S.; Dall'Osto, Manuel; Harrison, Roy M.; Kulmala, Markku; Asmi, Ari; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Laj, Paolo G.; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Sellegri, Karine; Birmili, Wolfram; Bukowiecki, Nicolas; Weingartner, Ernest; Baltensperger, Urs; Ždimal, Vladimir; Ziková, Naděžda; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Marinoni, Alessandra; Tunved, Peter; Hansson, Hans Christen; Fiebig, Markus; Kivekäs, Niku; Swietlicki, Erik; Lihavainen, Heikki; Asmi, Eija; Ulevičius, Vidmantas; Aalto, Pasi P.; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Kalivitis, Nikos; Kalapov, Ivo; Kiss, Gabor; de Leeuw, Gerrit; Henzing, Bas; O'Dowd, Colin; Jennings, Stephen Gerard; Flentje, Harald; Meinhardt, Frank; Ries, Ludwig; Denier Van Der Gon, Hugo A.C.; Visschedijk, Antoon J.H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)