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ProjectAssessing the siting of industrial sampling points
NILU and Ricardo are supporting the European Commission with an evaluation of the siting of industrial monitoring stations (sampling points). Air quality measurements at industrial locations are intended to assess…
PublicationAssessing the siting of air quality sampling points at industrial sites
Pozzoli, Luca; Soares, Joana; Kent, Andrew; Davison, Jack; Wingard, Ella; Tarrasón, Leonor (2025)
Air quality measurements at industrial locations are intended to assess emission sources typically of the largest magnitude, many of which operate over a long time and are subject to specific…
PublicationDeveloping the chemistry module for 27 fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases): Reactions, emissions, and implementation in GEOS-Chem
Li, Yali; Zhu, Lei; Li, Juan; Chen, Yuyang; Western, Luke M.; Young, Dickon; Mühle, Jens; Weiss, Ray F.; Krummel, Paul B.; Lunder, Chris Rene; Liu, Song; Li, Xicheng; Fu, Weitao; Zhang, Peng; Zhang, Xue; Zhang, Jiaming; Wu, Xingyi; Huang, Yuchen; Shen, Huizhong; Ye, Jianhuai; Wang, Chen; Fu, Tzung-May; Yang, Xin (2025)
PublicationStreamlining Quantification and Data Harmonization of Polychlorinated Alkanes Using a Platform-Independent Workflow
Ezker, Idoia Beloki; Yuan, Bo; Borgen, Anders Røsrud; Liu, Jiyan; Wang, Yawei; Wang, Thanh (2025)
Reliable quantification of polychlorinated alkanes (PCAs) remains a major challenge, hindering environmental research across diverse matrices. Each sample can contain over 500 homologue groups, collectively producing >1000 m/z ratios that…
PublicationTidal Amplification in the Lower Thermosphere During the 2003 October–November Solar Storms
Zhang, Jiarong; Orsolini, Yvan; Limpasuvan, Varavut; Liu, Han‐li; Oberheide, Jens (2025)
Abstract Using the National Center for Atmospheric Research's vertically extended version of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model nudged with reanalyses, we examine the impact of the 2003 Halloween solar…
PublicationRecord levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Actions needed now, Greenpeace says
(2025)
PublicationThe role of the tropical carbon balance in determining the large atmospheric CO2 growth rate in 2023
Feng, Liang; Palmer, Paul I.; Smallman, Luke; Xiao, Jingfeng; Cristofanelli, Paolo; Hermansen, Ove; Lee, John; Labuschagne, Casper; Montaguti, Simonetta; Noe, Steffen M.; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Ren, Xinrong; Steinbacher, Martin; Xueref-Remy, Irène (2025)
Abstract. The global annual mean atmospheric CO2 growth rate in 2023 was one of the highest since records began in 1958, comparable to values recorded during previous major El Niño events. We…
Jonathan Elias Holme
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PublicationMelkøya ferskvann, nedbør, vegetasjon og jord 2024
Christensen, Guttorm; Hak, Claudia; Berglen, Tore Flatlandsmo; Dahl-Hansen, Geir; Jensen, Jenny Lovisa Alexandra; Dahl-Hansen, Ida; Henriksen, Eirik Haugstvedt; Bluhm, Katrin; Demars, Benoît Olivier Laurent; Jenssen, Marthe Torunn Solhaug; Barrault, Sébastien Oftedal; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Enge, Ellen Katrin (2025)
I 2024 var det igjen tid for den tradisjonelle overvåkningen av ferskvann. I forbindelse med endringer i produksjonen og mulige økte utslipp av kvikksølv ble det gjort enkelte endringer i…
PublicationEfficient use of a Lagrangian particle dispersion model for atmospheric inversions using satellite observations of column mixing ratios
Thompson, Rona Louise; Krishnankutty, Nalini; Pisso, Ignacio; Schneider, Philipp; Stebel, Kerstin; Sasakawa, Motoki; Stohl, Andreas; Platt, Stephen Matthew (2025)
Satellite instruments for measuring atmospheric column mixing ratios have improved significantly over the past couple of decades, with increases in pixel resolution and accuracy. As a result, satellite observations are…
PublicationHighly accurate and autonomous programmable platform for providing air pollution data services to drivers and the public – Polish case study
Grochala, Dominik; Paleczek, Anna; Gruszczyński, Sławomir; Wójcikowski, Marek; Pankiewicz, Bogdan; Pietrenko-Dąbrowska, Anna; Kozieł, Sławomir; Cao, Tuan-Vu; Rydosz, Artur (2026)
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a well-known air pollutant, mostly elevated by car traffic in cities. To date, small, reliable, cost-efficient multipollutant sensors with sufficient power and accuracy for community-based atmospheric…
PublicationRemoval Processes of the Stratospheric SO2 Volcanic Plume From the 2015 Calbuco Eruption
Baray, J.‐L.; Gheusi, F.; Duflot, Valentin; Tulet, P. (2025)
Abstract We analyze the volcanic plume from the April 2015 Calbuco eruption over a 35‐day period using simulations from Meso‐NH, a non‐hydrostatic mesoscale atmospheric model. A dedicated parameterization of the…
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PublicationIce on fire
(2019)
ProjectDevelopment and evaluation of a model-based strategy to identify POP-like chemicals with a potential to accumulate on Svalbard (DEMO)
In 2001, a global agreement, the Stockholm Convention, was signed to protect humans and the environment from known persistent organic pollutants (POPs). POPs in food, humans and the environment have…
PublicationGuidance on minimum information requirements (MIR) from designing to reporting human biomonitoring (HBM)
Jeddi, Maryam Zare; Galea, Karen S.; Ashley-Martin, Jillian; Nassif, Julianne; Pollock, Tyler; Poddalgoda, Devika; Kasiotis, Konstantinos M.; Machera, Kyriaki; Koch, Holger M.; López, Marta Esteban; Chung, Ming Kei; Kil, Jihyon; Jones, Kate; Covaci, Adrian; Bamai, Yu Ait; Fernandez, Mariana F.; Kase, Robert Pasanen; Louro, Henriqueta; Silva, Maria J.; Santonen, Tiina; Katsonouri, Andromachi; Castaño, Argelia; Quirós-Alcalá, Lesliam; Lin, Elizabeth Ziying; Pollitt, Krystal; Virgolino, Ana; Scheepers, Paul T.J.; Melnyk, Lisa Jo; Mustieles, Vicente; Portilla, Ana Isabel Cañas; Viegas, Susana; Goetz, Natalie von; Sepai, Ovnair; Bird, Emily; Göen, Thomas; Fustinoni, Silvia; Ghosh, Manosij; Dirven, Hubert; Kwon, Jung-Hwan; Carignan, Courtney; Mizuno, Yuki; Ito, Yuki; Xia, Yankai; Nakayama, Shoji F.; Makris, Konstantinos C.; Parsons, Patrick J.; Gonzales, Melissa; Bader, Michael; Dusinska, Maria; Menouni, Aziza; Duca, Radu Corneliu; Chbihi, Kaoutar; Jaafari, Samir El; Godderis, Lode; Nieuwenhuyse, An van; Qureshi, Asif; Ali, Imran; Trindade, Carla Costa; Teixeira, Joao Paulo; Bartonova, Alena; Tranfo, Giovanna; Audouze, Karine; Verpaele, Steven; LaKind, Judy; Mol, Hans; Bessems, Jos; Magagna, Barbara; Waras, Maisarah Nasution; Connolly, Alison; Nascarella, Marc; Yang, Wonho; Huang, Po-Chin; Lee, Jueun; Heussen, Henri; Goksel, Ozlem; Yunesian, Masud; Yeung, Leo W.Y.; Souza, Gustavo; Vekic, Ana Maria; Haynes, Erin N.; Hopf, Nancy B. (2025)
Human biomonitoring (HBM) provides an integrated chemical exposures assessment considering all routes and sources of exposure. The accurate interpretation and comparability of biomarkers of exposure and effect depend on harmonized,…
PublicationStatusrapport 2025. Nasjonalt referanselaboratorium for luftkvalitetsmålinger
Marsteen, Leif; Johnsrud, Mona; Hak, Claudia; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen; Vo, Dam Thanh; Amundsen, Filip; Mortensen, Tore (2025)
Denne rapporten oppsummerer oppgavene til Nasjonalt referanselaboratorium for luftkvalitetsmålinger (NRL), delkontrakt 1b, for første halvår 2025.
PublicationMonitoring of the atmospheric ozone layer and natural ultraviolet radiation. Annual report 2024
Svendby, Tove Marit; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Schulze, Dorothea; Bäcklund, Are; Johnsen, Bjørn (2025)
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,…
PublicationIn the aftermath: exploring post-implementation issues of Nature-Based Solutions through research insights and practical exercises
Liu, Hai-Ying; Michalik-Śnieżek, Malwina; Danenberga, Annija (2025)
PublicationAccurate Measurements of Methane, Carbon Dioxide for Arctic and Wetland Conditions using NDIR Technology and AI-based Calibration
Gia, Huy Duong; Taherkordi, Amirhosein; Ha, Hoai Phuong; Wastine, Benoit; Gaynullin, Bakhram; Dallo, Federico; Cao, Tuan-Vu (2025)
PublicationFant ulovlig stoff – trekkes ikke fra markedet
(2025)
PublicationBarnemat med ulovlig stoff i emballasjen trekkes ikke fra markedet
Ruud, Ingunn Marie (2025)
PublicationKI-chat skal gi bedre inneklima på skoler
Ruud, Ingunn Marie (2025)
PublicationSå utsatt er arbeidsplassen din for stormflo
Hestvik, Ingebjørg (2025)
PublicationEkstremvær utgjør en økende risiko for norsk økonomi
Ruud, Ingunn Marie (2025)
PublicationAging of Tire Particles in Deep-Sea Conditions: Interactions between Hydrostatic Pressure, Prokaryotic Growth and Chemical Leaching
Schmidt, Natascha; Foscari, Aurelio; Herzke, Dorte; Garel, Marc; Tamburini, Christian; Seiwert, Bettina; Reemtsma, Thorsten; Sempéré, Richard (2025)
Tire particles can enter the marine environment e.g. through direct discharge of road runoff, sewage systems or riverine inputs. Their fate in marine waters remains largely unknown, though the deep…
PublicationCar tire particles and their additives: biomarkers for recent exposure in marine environments
Halsband, Claudia; Hägg, Fanny; Galtung, Kristin; Herzke, Dorte; Booth, Andy; Nikiforov, Vladimir (2025)
Car tire particles represent an important category of microplastics that is difficult to alleviate. The particles stem from abrasion during driving, so-called tire wear particles (TWPs), down-cycled end-oflife tire granulate,…
Athanasios A. Katsoyiannis
– Former employee
PublicationDivergent impacts of climate interventions on China’s north-south water divide
Zhang, Xiao; Fan, Yuanchao; Tjiputra, Jerry; Muri, Helene; Chen, Qiao (2025)
Abstract Solar radiation modification-based climate interventions may cause uneven regional hydrological changes while mitigating warming. Here, we investigate the effects of climate interventions on China’s North Drought-South Flood pattern using…
PublicationAnalysis of source regions and transport pathways of sub-micron aerosol components in Europe
Schneider, Michelle Y.; Jiang, Jianhui; Chen, Ying; Aas, Wenche; Atabakhsh, Samira; Aurela, Minna; Belis, Claudio; Bougiatioti, Aikaterini; Bressi, Michael; Canonaco, Francesco; Chazeau, Benjamin; Chebaicheb, Hasna; Ehn, Mikael; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Favez, Olivier; Flentje, Harald; Font, Anna; Freney, Evelyn; Gilardoni, Stefania; Gini, Maria I.; Green, David C.; Heikkinen, Liine; Keernik, Hannes; Lhotka, Radek; Lin, Chunshui; Maasikmets, Marek; Marchand, Nicolas; Minguillón, María Cruz; Necki, Jaroslaw; Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Paglione, Marco; Pauraite, Julija; Petit, Jean-Eudes; Pikridas, Michael; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Pokorná, Petra; Poluzzi, Vanes; Poulain, Laurent; Riffault, Véronique; Rinaldi, Matteo; Sciare, Jean; Sosedova, Yulia; Stavroulas, Iasonas; Timonen, Hilkka; Tobler, Anna; Vasilescu, Jeni; Via, Marta; Vodička, Petr; Zhang, Yunjiang; Zografou, Olga; Daellenbach, Kaspar Rudolf; Upadhyay, Abhishek; Chen, Gang I.; Manousakas, Manousos-Ioannis; Haddad, Imad El; Prévôt, André S.H. (2025)
It is important to study aerosols and their origins, as they pose various negative health and environmental impacts. In this study, we combined year-long datasets from 15 different countries with…
PublicationPollution
Bartonova, Alena (2025)
NewsNew PhD at NILU: Shobitha Shetty
On 17 September, Shobitha Shetty of the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo and the Urban Environment and Industry department at NILU, defended her PhD thesis Synergy of Earth Observation and Machine Learning for Air Quality Monitoring in Europe.
PublicationTowards a remote-sensing-driven model of isoprene emissions from Alpine tundra
Westergaard-Nielsen, Andreas; Maigaard, R S; Davie-Martin, Cleo Lisa; Seco, Roger; Holst, T; Pirk, Norbert; Laursen, Simon Nyboe; Rinnan, Riikka (2025)
Abstract This study investigates isoprene emissions in a high-latitude Alpine tundra ecosystem, focusing on using near-field remote sensing of surface temperatures, the photochemical reflectance index (PRI) and normalized difference vegetation…
PublicationThe role of novel (low-cost) sensor technologies in air quality monitoring and exposure assessment
Hassani, Amirhossein (2025)
PublicationEvolving trends in application of low-cost air quality sensor networks: challenges and future directions
Bagkis, Evangelos; Hassani, Amirhossein; Schneider, Philipp; DeSouza, Priyanka; Shetty, Shobitha; Kassandros, Theodosios; Salamalikis, Vasileios; Castell, Nuria; Karatzas, Kostas; Ahlawat, Ajit; Khan, Jibran (2025)
Abstract Low-cost air quality sensors (LCS) are increasingly used to complement traditional air quality monitoring yet concerns about their accuracy and fitness-for-purpose persist. This scoping review investigates topics, methods, and…
PublicationThe impact of tropospheric blocking on the duration of the sudden stratospheric warmings in boreal winter 2023/24
Vorobeva, Ekaterina; Orsolini, Yvan (2025)
The winter of 2023/24 exhibited remarkable stratospheric dynamics with multiple sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs). Based on the fifth-generation European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) reanalysis (ERA5) polar-cap-averaged 10 hPa zonal…
PublicationMachine Learning Prediction of Student Satisfaction on Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Environment in a Norwegian Secondary School
Alam, Azimil Gani; Mathisen, Hans Martin; Cao, Guangyu; Bartonova, Alena; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad; Fredriksen, Mirjam (2025)
Ensuring a healthy and comfortable indoor environment in schools is essential for student well-being and academic performance. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing students’ satisfaction…
ProjectAerosol, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure in Norway (ACTRIS)
ACTRIS is a pan-European distributed research infrastructure (RI). It produces data for the understanding of short-lived atmospheric constituents and their trends, impacts on health, climate, and interactions. This is a…