Publications

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Peer-reviewed publications supported by CityZen

(in alphabetical order)

Amiridis, V., Zerefos, C., Kazadzis, S., Gerasopoulos, E., Eleftheratos, K., Vrekoussis, M., Stohl, A., Mamouri, R.E., Kokkalis, P., Papayannis, A., Eleftheriadis, K., Diapouli, E., Keramitsoglou, I., Kontoes, C., Kotroni, V., Lagouvardos, K., Marinou, E., Giannakaki, E., Kostopoulou, E., Giannakopoulos, C., Richter, A., Burrows, J.P., Mihalopoulos, N. Impact of the 2009 Attica wild fires on the air quality in urban Athens, Atmos. Environ., doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.056, 2011.

Chang D., and Song Y., Estimates of biomass burning emissions in tropical Asia based on satellite-derived data, 2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2335–2351. Link to online version.

(UNDER REVIEW) Colette, A. C. Granier, Ø. Hodnebrog, H. Jakobs, A. Maurizi, A. Nyiri, B. Bessagnet, A. D'Angiola, M. D'Isidoro, M. Gauss, F. Meleux, M. Memmesheimer, A. Mieville, L. Rouïl, F. Russo, S. Solberg, F. Stordal, and F. Tampieri, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 19029-19087, 2011. Link to online version.

Gerasopoulos, E., Amiridis, V., Kazadzis, S., Kokkalis, P., Eleftheratos, K., Andreae, M. O., Andreae, T. W., El-Askary, H., and Zerefos, C. S.: Three-year ground based measurements of aerosol optical depth over the Eastern Mediterranean: the urban environment of Athens, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2145-2159, doi:10.5194/acp-11-2145-2011, 2011. Link to online version.

Granier, C., B. Bessagnet, T. Bond, A. D’Angiola, H. Denier van der Gon, G. Frost, A. Heil, J. W. Kaiser, S. Kinne, Z. Klimont, S. Kloster, J.-F. Lamarque, C. Liousse, T. Masui, F. Meleux, A. Mieville, T. Ohara, J.-C. Raut, K. Riahi , M. G. Schultz, S. J. Smith, A. Thompson, J. van Aardenne, G. R. van der Werf, B. D. P. van Vuuren, Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants at global and regional scales during the 1980-2010 period, DOI 10.1007/s10584-011-0154-1, Climatic Change, 2011.Link to online version.

Hatzianastassiou, N., A. Gkikas, N. Mihalopoulos, O. Torres, B. D. Katsoulis: Natural versus anthropogenic aerosols in the eastern Mediterranean basin derived from multi-year TOMS and MODIS satellite data, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D24202, doi:10.1029/2009JD011982, 2009.

Heckel, A., Kim, S.-W., Frost, G. J., Richter, A., Trainer, M., and Burrows, J. P.: Influence of under-sampled a priori data on tropospheric NO2 satellite retrievals, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 4, 1893-1934, doi:10.5194/amtd-4-1893-2011, 2011. Link to online version.

Hodnebrog, Ø., Stordal, F., and Berntsen, T. K.: Does the resolution of megacity emissions impact large scale ozone?, Atmospheric Environment, In Press, 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.012, 2011.

Hu X., Li Y., Li J., Wang X., Zhang Y., Interaction of Ambient PM10 among the Cities over the Pearl River Delta, 2011, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 47(3), 519-524, (in Chinese).

Im, U., K. Markakis, A. Unal, T. Kindap, A. Poupkou, S. Incecik, O. Yenigun, D. Melas, C. Theodosi, N. Mihalopoulos, Study of a winter PM episode in Istanbul using the high resolution WRF/CMAQ modeling system, Atmospheric Environment, 44, p. 3085-3094, 2010.

Im, U., K. Markakis, A. Poupkou, D. Melas, A. Unal, E. Gerasopoulos, N. Daskalakis, T. Kindap, and M. Kanakidou, The impact of temperature changes on summer time ozone and its precursors in the Eastern Mediterranean, , Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 3847–3864, 2011. Link to online version.

Kanakidou, M., N. Mihalopoulos, T. Kindap, U. Im, M. Vrekoussis, E. Gerasopoulos, E. Dermitzaki, A. Unal, M. Koçak, K. Markakis, D. Melas, G. Kouvarakis, A. F. Youssef, A. Richter, N. Hatzianastassiou, A. Hilboll, F. Ebojie, F. Wittrock, C. von Savigny, J. P. Burrows, A. Ladstaetter-Weissenmayer, H. Moubasher, Megacities as hot spots of air pollution in the East Mediterranean, Atmospheric Environment, 45 (6), 1223-1235, 2011.

Koçak, M., Theodosi, C., Zarmpas, P., Im, U., Bougiatioti., A., Yenigün, O., Mihalopoulos, N.: Particulate matter (PM10) in Istanbul: Origin, source areas and potential impact on surrounding regions, Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.007, 2010.

Koçak, M., Kubilay, N., Tuğrul, S., and Mihalopoulos, N.: Atmospheric nutrient inputs to the northern levantine basin from a long-term observation: sources and comparison with riverine inputs, Biogeosciences, 7, 4037-4050, doi:10.5194/bg-7-4037-2010, 2010. Link to online version.

Konovalov, I. B., Beekmann, M., Richter, A., Burrows, J. P., and Hilboll, A.: Multi-annual changes of NOx emissions in megacity regions: nonlinear trend analysis of satellite measurement based estimates, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 8481-8498, doi:10.5194/acp-10-8481-2010, 2010. Link to online version.

Lamarque et al., Historical (1850-2000) gridded anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of reactive gases and aerosols: methodology and application, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7017–7039, 2010. Link to online version.

(UNDER REVIEW) Maurizi, A., F. Russo, M. D'Isidoro, and F. Tampieri, Nudging technique for scale bridging in air quality/climate atmospheric composition modelling, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 17177-17199, 2011. Link to online version.

Noguchi, K., Richter, A., Bovensmann, H., Hilboll, A., Burrows, J.P., Irie, H., Hayashida, S., Morino, Y., A feasibility study for the detection of the diurnal variation of tropospheric NO2 over Tokyo from a geostationary orbit, Advances in Space Research, In press, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.06.029, 2011.

Reuter, M., Buchwitz, M., Schneising, O., Heymann, J., Bovensmann, H., and Burrows, J. P., A method for improved SCIAMACHY CO2 retrieval in the presence of optically thin clouds, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 209-232, 2010. Link to online version.

Reuter, M., Bovensmann, H., Buchwitz, M., et al., Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: Validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D04301, doi:10.1029/2010JD015047, 2011.

Richter, A., M. Begoin, A. Hilboll, and J. P. Burrows, An improved NO2 retrieval for the GOME-2 satellite instrument , Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 1147–1159, doi:10.5194/amt-4-1147-2011, 2011. Link to online version.

Schneising, O., Buchwitz, M., Burrows, J. P., Bovensmann, H., Bergamaschi, P., and Peters, W., Three years of greenhouse gas column-averaged dry air mole fractions retrieved from satellite - Part 2: Methane, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 443-465, 2009. Link to online version.

Schneising, O., Buchwitz, M., Reuter, M., Heymann, J., Bovensmann, H., Burrows, J. P., Long-term analysis of carbon dioxide and methane column-averaged mole fractions retrieved from SCIAMACHY, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2881-2892, 2011. Link to online version.

Song, Y., D. Chang, B. Liu, W. Miao, L. Zhu and Y. Zhang: A new emission inventory for nonagricultural open fires in Asia from 2000 to 2009, Environ. Res. Lett. 5, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/1/014014, 2010. Link to online version.

Theodosi, C., U. Im, A. Bougiatioti, P. Zarmpas, O. Yenigun, N. Mihalopoulos, Aerosol chemical composition over Istanbul, Science of the Total Environment, 408, p. 2482–2491, 2010.

(UNDER REVIEW) Theodosi, C., G. Grivas, P. Zarmpas, A. Chaloulakou, and N. Mihalopoulos, Mass and chemical composition of size-segregated aerosols (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) over Athens, Greece: local versus regional sources, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 7659-7691, 2011. Link to online version.

von Hoyningen-Huene, W., Yoon, J., Vountas, M., Istomina, L. G., Rohen, G., Dinter, T., Kokhanovsky, A. A., and Burrows, J. P.: Retrieval of spectral aerosol optical thickness over land using ocean color sensors MERIS and SeaWiFS, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 151-171, doi:10.5194/amt-4-151-2011, 2011. Link to online version.

von Schneidemesser, E., P. S. Monks, C. Plass-Duelmer: Global comparison of VOC and CO observations in urban areas, Atmos. Environ., 44, 5053-5064, 2010. Link to online version.

von Schneidemesser, E., P. S. Monks, V. Gros, J. Gauduin, O. Sanchez: How Important is Biogenic Isoprene in an Urban Environment? - A Study in London and Paris, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2011GL048647. Link to online version.

Vrekoussis, M., F. Wittrock, A. Richter, and J. P. Burrows: GOME-2 observations of oxygenated VOCs: what can we learn from the ratio glyoxal to formaldehyde on a global scale? Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 10145–10160, 2010. Link to online version.

Wang, X., Zhang Y, Hu Y, Zhou W, Lu K, Zhong L, Zeng L, Shao M, Hu M, Russell AG. Process analysis and sensitivity study of regional ozone formation over the Pearl River Delta, China, during the PRIDE-PRD2004 campaign using the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10: 4423-4437, 2010. Link to online version.

Wang, Xuesong, Yuanhang Zhang, Yongtao Hu, Wei Zhou, Limin Zeng, Min Hu, Daniel S. Cohan and Armistead G. Russell, Decoupled direct sensitivity analysis of regional ozone pollution over the Pearl River Delta during the PRIDE-PRD2004 campaign, Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.006, 2011.

Xiao, R., N. Takegawa, M. Zheng, Y. Kondo, Y. Miyazaki, T. Miyakawa, M. Hu, M. Shao, L. Zeng, Y. Gong, K. Lu, Z. Deng, Y. Zhao, and Y. H. Zhang, Characterization and source apportionment of submicron aerosol with aerosol mass spectrometer during the PRIDE-PRD 2006 campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 6911-6929, 2011. Link to online version.

(UNDER REVIEW) Yoon, J., W. von Hoyningen-Huene, M. Vountas, and J. P. Burrows: Analysis of linear long-term trend of Aerosol Optical Thickness derived from SeaWiFS using BAER over Europe and South China, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 20757-20792, 2011. Link to online version.

Newspaper articles

(in chronological order, latest at the top)

Newspaper article by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) group in 'ETHNOS' in June 2011 http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=23106&subid=2&pubid=63144991 (in Greek) - this article attracted the interest of journalists and two interviews were given to radio stations in Athens (national broadcast), one of which in the English spoken part of its program

Newspaper article in enet.gr (Greece) in October 2009 http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=91825 (in Greek)

Newspaper article in Aftenposten (Norway) in April 2008 (scanned version) (in Norwegian)