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Christine Groot Zwaaftink

Scientist

+47 63 89 82 56

Atmosphere and Climate

Switzerland

cgz@nilu.no

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Christine Groot Zwaaftink has 51 publications at NILU:

Dust aerosols, a challenge for agriculture

Kristensson, Adam; Krais, Annette; Ahlberg, Erik; Eriksson, Axel; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Roldin, Pontus; Thomasson, August; Friberg, Johan; Swietlicki, Erik; Sporre, Moa Kristina; Wierzbicka, Aneta; Malmborg, Vilhelm

2026

Poster

Biogeochemical Proxy Approaches to Understanding the Atmospheric Dynamics of Microplastics: Perspective and MP-GeoProxy Database

Abbasi, Sajjad; Hashemi, Neda; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Middleton, Nick; Hopke, Philip K.; Sonke, Jeroen E.

2026

Scientific journal publication

Exceptional wildfire smoke over Greece in summer 2023: a synergistic study of aerosol optical-microphysical and UVB radiative impacts

Gidarakou, Marilena; Papayannis, Alexandros; Mylonaki, Maria; Kralli, Eleni; Eleftheratos, Kostas; Fountoulakis, Ilias; Zografou, Olga; Diapouli, Evangelia; Gini, Maria I.; Vratolis, Stergios; Granakis, Konstantinos; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Giagka, Eugenia; Zagklis, Marios-Andreas; Veselovskii, Igor

2026

Scientific journal publication

NO-Hur: the fate of a forest in trouble

Lange, Holger; Zhao, Junbin; Meissner, Helge Rainer; Merlin, Morgane; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot

2025

Lecture

Saharan dust transport event characterization in the Mediterreanean atmosphere using 21 years of in-situ observations

Vogel, F.; Putero, D.; Bonasoni, P.; Cristofanelli, P.; Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Zanatta, M.; Marinoni, A.

2025

Lecture

Dust in the Arctic: Interactions between climate, dust, and ecosystems

Meinander, O.; Uppstu, A.; Walhauserova, P. Dagsson; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Jørgensen, C. J.; Baklanov, A.; Kristensson, A.; Massling, A.; Sofiev, M.

2025

Lecture

Status of ICOS Norway and updates from the atmosphere domain

Platt, Stephen Matthew; Lauvset, Siv Kari; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Sanders, Richard; Lange, Holger; Fransson, Agneta; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Olsen, Are; Myhre, Gunnar; Roden, Nicholas; King, Andrew Luke

2025

Lecture

Improved Representation of High Latitude Mineral Dust Sources in the NASA GEOS Model

Moore, Kathryn A.; Colarco, Peter Richard; Leung, Danny M.; Downey, Arnold; Hildebrand, Frederik; Buck, Cliff; Gaiero, Diego; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Zamora, Lauren M.; Joshi, Janak; King, James; Skov, Henrik; Marsay, Chris; Koffmann, Bess G.; Kaplan, Michael R.; Kok, Jasper F.

2025

Lecture

Harmonisation of methane isotope ratio measurements from different laboratories using atmospheric samples

Dasgupta, Bibhasvata; Menoud, Malika; Veen, Carina van der; Levin, Ingeborg; Veidt, Cordelia; Moossen, Heiko; Michel, Sylvia Englund; Sperlich, Peter; Morimoto, Shinji; Fujita, Ryo; Umezawa, Taku; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Fisher, Rebecca; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; France, James; Maisch, Ceres Woolley; Brailsford, Gordon; Moss, Rowena; Goto, Daisuke; Pandey, Sudhanshu; Houweling, Sander; Warwick, Nicola; Röckmann, Thomas

2025

Scientific journal publication

Atmospheric methane concentrations

Eckhardt, Sabine; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Bruhwiler, Lori; Platt, Stephen Matthew

2025

Lecture

Røyk fra skogbranner i Canada skaper dårlig luftkvalitet i flere europeiske byer

Solbakken, Christine Forsetlund

2025

Journal publication

Lipidome of Saharan dust aerosols

Violaki, Kalliopi; Panagiotopoulos, Christos; Rossi, Pierre; Abboud, Ernest; Kanakidou, Maria; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Nenes, Athanasios

2025

Lecture

Global Inversion of a Black Carbon Emissions based on FLEXPART modelling and a Bayesian inversion algorithm

Eckhardt, Sabine; Thompson, Rona Louise; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Pisso, Ignacio; Yttri, Karl Espen; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Platt, Stephen Matthew

2025

Lecture

Dust in the arctic: a brief review of feedbacks and interactions between climate change, aeolian dust and ecosystems

Meinander, Outi; Uppstu, Andreas; Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Pavla; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Jørgensen, Christian Juncher; Baklanov, Alexander; Kristensson, Adam; Massling, Andreas; Sofiev, Mikhail

2025

Scientific journal publication

FLEXPART-11: Advancements in a Lagrangian Atmospheric Model for Enhanced Accuracy, Efficiency, and Flexibility

Bakels, Lucie; Tatsii, Daria; Tipka, Anne; Dütsch, Marina; Blaschek, Michael; Bucci, Silvia; Plach, Andreas; Vojta, Martin; Seibert, Petra; Pisso, Ignacio; Eckhardt, Sabine; Cassiani, Massimo; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Mulder, Marie; Stohl, Andreas

2024

Poster

Estimation of methane emissions at European scale with a special focus on Austria

Wittig, Sophie; Raju, Anjumol; Nabavi, Seyed Omid; Vojta, Martin; Redl, Peter; Hoheisel, Antje; Hirtl, Marcus; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2024

Poster

Constraining CO2 fluxes over Europe using FLEXINVERT and in-situ measurements

Raju, Anjumol; Wittig, Sophie; Vojta, Martin; Nabavi, Omid; Redl, Peter; Hoheisel, Antje; Hirtl, Marcus; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2024

Poster

Forecasting transport of biomass burning emissions for the ARCSIX 2024 campaign

Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Sollum, Espen; Stebel, Kerstin

2024

Lecture

FLEXPART version 11: improved accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility

Bakels, Lucie; Tatsii, Daria; Tipka, Anne; Thompson, Rona Louise; Dütsch, Marina; Blaschek, Michael; Seibert, Petra; Baier, Katharina; Bucci, Silvia; Cassiani, Massimo; Eckhardt, Sabine; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Henne, Stephan; Kaufmann, Pirmin; Lechner, Vincent; Maurer, Christian; Mulder, Marie D.; Pisso, Ignacio; Plach, Andreas; Subramanian, Rakesh; Vojta, Martin; Stohl, Andreas

2024

Scientific journal publication

Optical and Microphysical Properties of the Aerosols during a Rare Event of Biomass-Burning Mixed with Polluted Dust

Gidarakou, Marilena; Papayannis, Alexandros; Kokkalis, Panagiotis; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Vratolis, Stergios; Remoundaki, Emmanouella; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Eckhardt, Sabine; Veselovskii, Igor; Mylonaki, Maria; Argyrouli, Athina; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Solomos, Stavros; Gini, Maria

2024

Scientific journal publication

Spatial Source Contribution and Interannual Variation in Deposition of Dust Aerosols Over the Chinese Loess Plateau

Haugvaldstad, Ove Westermoen; Tang, Hui; Kaakinen, Anu; Bohm, Katja; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Grythe, Henrik; Stevens, Thomas; Zhang, Zhongshi; Stordal, Frode

2024

Scientific journal publication

ICOS-NORWAY – A TOOL TO VERIFY NORWEGIAN GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS

Lauvset, Siv Kari; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Lange, Holger; Becker, Meike; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Omar, Abdirahman; Fransson, Agneta; Roden, Nicholas; King, Andrew; Myhre, Gunnar; Olsen, Are

2024

Poster

The consolidated European synthesis of CH4 and N2O emissions for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2019

Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana; Qiu, Chunjing; McGrath, Matthew J; Peylin, Philippe; Peters, Glen Philip; Ciais, Philippe; Thompson, Rona Louise; Tsuruta, Aki; Brunner, Dominik; Kuhnert, Matthias; Matthews, Bradley; Palmer, Paul I.; Tarasova, Oksana; Regnier, Pierre; Lauerwald, Ronny; Bastviken, David; Hoglund-Isaksson, Lena; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Etiope, Giuseppe; Aalto, Tuula; Balsamo, Gianpaolo; Bastrikov, Vladislav; Berchet, Antoine; Brockmann, Patrick; Ciotoli, Giancarlo; Conchedda, Giulia; Monica, Crippa; Dentener, Frank; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Guizzardi, Diego; Günther, Dirk; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Houweling, Sander; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet; Kouyate, Massaer; Leip, Adrian; Leppänen, Antti; Lugato, Emanuele; Maisonnier, Manon; Manning, Alistair J.; Markkanen, Tiina; McNorton, Joe; Muntean, Marilena; Oreggioni, Gabriel David; Patra, Prabir K.; Perugini, Lucia; Pison, Isabelle; Raivonen, Maarit T.; Saunois, Marielle; Segers, Arjo J.S.; Smith, Pete; Solazzo, Efisio; Tian, Hanqin; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Vesala, Timo; Werf, Guido R. Van Der; Wilson, Chris; Zaehle, Sönke

2023

Scientific journal publication

Revised Historical Black Carbon Emissions based on Atmospheric Modelling, Ice Core Records and an Inverse Algorithm

Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Plach, Andreas; McConnell, Joseph; Sigl, Michael; Zdanowicz, Christian; Lim, Seahee; Chellman, Nathan J; Opel, Thomas; Meyer, Hanno; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Schwikowski, Margit; Stohl, Andreas

2023

Lecture

Modelling the 2021 East Asia super dust storm using FLEXPART and FLEXDUST and its comparison with reanalyses and observations

Tang, Hui; Haugvaldstad, Ove Westermoen; Stordal, Frode; Bi, Jianrong; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Grythe, Henrik; Wang, Bin; Rao, Zhimin; Zhang, Zhongshi; Berntsen, Terje Koren; Kaakinen, Anu

2023

Scientific journal publication

Greenhouse gas observations in ICOS Norway and ReGAME

Platt, Stephen Matthew; Hermansen, Ove; Lunder, Chris Rene; Svendby, Tove Marit; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Thompson, Rona Louise; Pisso, Ignacio; Krishnankutty, Nalini

2023

Lecture

Global fields of the methane isotopic ratio constrained with observations

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Thompson, Rona Louise; Tsuruta, Aki; Röckmann, Thomas; Levin, Ingeborg; Platt, Stephen Matthew

2023

Lecture

Resuspension of microplastic particles from arid regions and global impacts on atmospheric concentrations and deposition

Evangelou, Ioanna; Tatsii, Daria; Bucci, Silvia; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2023

Lecture

Revised historical Northern Hemisphere black carbon emissions based on inverse modeling of ice core records

Eckhardt, Sabine; Pisso, Ignacio; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Plach, Andreas; McConnell, Joseph R.; Sigl, Michael; Ruppel, Meri; Zdanowicz, Christian; Lim, Saehee; Chellman, Nathan J; Opel, Thomas; Meyer, Hanno; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Schwikowski, Margit; Stohl, Andreas

2023

Scientific journal publication

Forecast products for BC and dust

Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Sollum, Espen

2023

Lecture

Sources and fate of atmospheric microplastics revealed from inverse and dispersion modelling: From global emissions to deposition

Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Tichý, Ondřej; Eckhardt, Sabine; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Brahney, Janice

2022

Scientific journal publication

What caused a record high PM10 episode in northern Europe in October 2020?

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Aas, Wenche; Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Hamer, Paul David; Johnsrud, Mona; Kylling, Arve; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Stebel, Kerstin; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Yttri, Karl Espen

2022

Scientific journal publication

Revised Historical Black Carbon Emissions based on Atmospheric Modelling, Ice Core Records and an Inverse Algorithm

Eckhardt, Sabine; Pisso, Ignacio; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Plach, Andreas; McConnell, Joseph R.; Sigl, Michael; Ruppel, Meri; Zdanowicz, Christian; Lim, Seahee; Chellman, Nathan J; Opel, Thomas; Meyer, Hanno; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Schwikowski, Margit; Stohl, Andreas

2022

Lecture

Validation of Aerosol Model and Reanalysis Products over the Arctic and Implications for Regional Aerosol-Cloud Interactions

Zamora, Lauren M; Kahn, Ralph A.; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Huebert, Klaus

2022

Lecture

An overview of the project ‘ReGAME – Reliable Global Methane Emissions estimates in a changing world’

Platt, Stephen Matthew; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Stebel, Kerstin; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Pisso, Ignacio; Schneider, Philipp; Myhre, Gunnar; Hodnebrog, Øivind; Skeie, Ragnhild Bieltvedt; Hermansen, Ove; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Stohl, Andreas; Serov, Pavel; Ferré, Benedicte

2022

Poster

Comparisons between the distributions of dust and combustion aerosols in MERRA-2, FLEXPART, and CALIPSO and implications for deposition freezing over wintertime Siberia

Zamora, Lauren M; Kahn, Ralph A.; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Huebert, Klaus B

2022

Scientific journal publication

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.

2021

Scientific journal publication

The consolidated European synthesis of CH4 and N2O emissions for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2017

Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana; Qiu, Chunjing; Ciais, Philippe; Thompson, Rona Louise; Peylin, Philippe; McGrath, Matthew J; Solazzo, Efisio; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Bergamaschi, Peter; Brunner, Dominik; Peters, Glen Philip; Hoglund-Isaksson, Lena; Regnier, Pierre; Lauerwald, Ronny; Bastviken, David; Tsuruta, Aki; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Patra, Prabir K.; Kuhnert, Matthias; Oreggioni, Gabriel David; Crippa, Monica; Saunois, Marielle; Perugini, Lucia; Markkanen, Tiina; Aalto, Tuula; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Yao, Yuanzhi; Wilson, Chris; Conchedda, Giulia; Günther, Dirk; Leip, Adrian; Smith, Pete; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Leppänen, Antti; Manning, Alistair J.; McNorton, Joe; Brockmann, Patrick; Dolman, Albertus Johannes

2021

Scientific journal publication

The Monitoring Nitrous Oxide Sources (MIN2OS) satellite project

Ricaud, Philippe; Attié, Jean-Luc; Chalinel, Rémi; Pasternak, Frédérick; Léonard, Joël; Pison, Isabelle; Pattey, Elizabeth; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zelinger, Zdenek; Lelieveld, Jos; Sciare, Jean; Saitoh, Naoko; Warner, Juying; Fortems-Cheiney, Audrey; Reynal, Hélène; Vidot, Jérôme; Brooker, Laure; Berdeu, Laurent; Saint-Pé, Olivier; Patra, Prabir K.; Dostál, Michal; Suchánek, Jan; Nevrlý, Václav; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot

2021

Scientific journal publication

Arctic Aerosol Model Validation and Evidence for Deposition Ice Nucleation over Siberia

Zamora, Lauren M; Kahn, Ralph; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot

2021

Lecture

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

2021

Report

The Community Inversion Framework v1.0: a unified system for atmospheric inversion studies

Berchet, Antoine; Sollum, Espen; Thompson, Rona Louise; Pison, Isabelle; Thanwerdas, Joel; Broquet, Grégoire; Chevallier, Frédéric; Aalto, Tuula; Berchet, Adrien; Bergamaschi, Peter; Brunner, Dominik; Engelen, Richard; Fortems-Cheiney, Audrey; Gerbig, Christoph; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Henne, Stephan; Houweling, Sanne; Karstens, Ute; Kutsch, Werner L.; Luijkx, Ingrid T.; Monteil, Guillaume; Palmer, Paul I.; Peet, Jacob C. A. van; Peters, Wouter; Peylin, Philippe; Potier, Elise; Rödenbeck, Christian; Saunois, Marielle; Scholze, Marko; Tsuruta, Aki; Zhao, Yuanhong

2021

Scientific journal publication

Inverse modeling of halocarbons: sensitivity to the baseline definition

Vojta, Martin; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2021

Lecture

Monitoring of greenhouse gases – methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) – modelling of emissions and fluxes

Stebel, Kerstin; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Thompson, Rona Louise; Pisso, Ignacio; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Sollum, Espen; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Grythe, Henrik; Tarrasón, Leonor; Kylling, Arve; Schneider, Philipp; Ytre-Eide, Martin

2021

Lecture

Nye flukskart for klimagassene metan (CH4) og CO2

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot

2020

Lecture

The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 10.4

Pisso, Ignacio; Sollum, Espen; Grythe, Henrik; Kristiansen, Nina Iren; Cassiani, Massimo; Eckhardt, Sabine; Arnold, Delia; Morton, Don; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Sodemann, Harald; Haimberger, Leopold; Henne, Stephan; Brunner, Dominik; Burkhart, John; Fouilloux, Anne Claire; Brioude, Jerome; Philipp, Anne; Seibert, Petra; Stohl, Andreas

2020

Lecture

The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 10.4

Pisso, Ignacio; Sollum, Espen; Grythe, Henrik; Kristiansen, Nina Iren; Cassiani, Massimo; Eckhardt, Sabine; Arnold, Delia; Morton, Don; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Sodemann, Harald; Haimberger, Leopold; Henne, Stephan; Brunner, Dominik; Burkhart, John; Fouilloux, Anne Claire; Brioude, Jerome; Philipp, Anne; Seibert, Petra; Stohl, Andreas

2019

Scientific journal publication

Three-dimensional methane distribution simulated with FLEXPART 8-CTM-1.1 constrained with observation data

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Henne, Stephan; Thompson, Rona Louise; Dlugokencky, Edward J.; Machida, Toshinobu; Paris, Jean-Daniel; Sasakawa, Motoki; Segers, Arjo; Sweeney, Colm; Stohl, Andreas

2018

Scientific journal publication

Mineral dust radiative forcing in the Arctic

Kylling, Arve; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2018

Poster

Three-dimensional concentration fields of methane simulated with a Lagrangian model nudged with observation data

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Henne, Stephan; Thompson, Rona Louise; Machida, Toshinobu; Paris, Jean-Daniel; Sasakawa, Motoki; Segers, Arjo; Sweeney, Colm; Stohl, Andreas

2018

Poster

Mineral Dust Instantaneous Radiative Forcing in the Arctic

Kylling, Arve; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2018

Scientific journal publication

Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) Norway and Ocean Thematic Centre (OTC), phase 3

Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) is a European research infrastructure forming an observation system that measure and assess atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations ensuring independent and reliable carbon measurements. Through observations, ICOS […]

Project period: 2025 – 2027

Ongoing

Verifying Emissions of Climate Forcers (EYE-CLIMA)

The Global Stocktake, and the success of the Paris Agreement, hinges on the information nations provide about their emissions through National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (NGHGIs). Current methodologies laid-out by the […]

Project period: 2023 – 2026

Ongoing

Christine Groot Zwaaftink has 51 publications at NILU:

Dust aerosols, a challenge for agriculture

Kristensson, Adam; Krais, Annette; Ahlberg, Erik; Eriksson, Axel; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Roldin, Pontus; Thomasson, August; Friberg, Johan; Swietlicki, Erik; Sporre, Moa Kristina; Wierzbicka, Aneta; Malmborg, Vilhelm

2026

Poster

Biogeochemical Proxy Approaches to Understanding the Atmospheric Dynamics of Microplastics: Perspective and MP-GeoProxy Database

Abbasi, Sajjad; Hashemi, Neda; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Middleton, Nick; Hopke, Philip K.; Sonke, Jeroen E.

2026

Scientific journal publication

Exceptional wildfire smoke over Greece in summer 2023: a synergistic study of aerosol optical-microphysical and UVB radiative impacts

Gidarakou, Marilena; Papayannis, Alexandros; Mylonaki, Maria; Kralli, Eleni; Eleftheratos, Kostas; Fountoulakis, Ilias; Zografou, Olga; Diapouli, Evangelia; Gini, Maria I.; Vratolis, Stergios; Granakis, Konstantinos; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Giagka, Eugenia; Zagklis, Marios-Andreas; Veselovskii, Igor

2026

Scientific journal publication

NO-Hur: the fate of a forest in trouble

Lange, Holger; Zhao, Junbin; Meissner, Helge Rainer; Merlin, Morgane; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot

2025

Lecture

Saharan dust transport event characterization in the Mediterreanean atmosphere using 21 years of in-situ observations

Vogel, F.; Putero, D.; Bonasoni, P.; Cristofanelli, P.; Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Zanatta, M.; Marinoni, A.

2025

Lecture

Dust in the Arctic: Interactions between climate, dust, and ecosystems

Meinander, O.; Uppstu, A.; Walhauserova, P. Dagsson; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Jørgensen, C. J.; Baklanov, A.; Kristensson, A.; Massling, A.; Sofiev, M.

2025

Lecture

Status of ICOS Norway and updates from the atmosphere domain

Platt, Stephen Matthew; Lauvset, Siv Kari; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Sanders, Richard; Lange, Holger; Fransson, Agneta; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Olsen, Are; Myhre, Gunnar; Roden, Nicholas; King, Andrew Luke

2025

Lecture

Improved Representation of High Latitude Mineral Dust Sources in the NASA GEOS Model

Moore, Kathryn A.; Colarco, Peter Richard; Leung, Danny M.; Downey, Arnold; Hildebrand, Frederik; Buck, Cliff; Gaiero, Diego; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Zamora, Lauren M.; Joshi, Janak; King, James; Skov, Henrik; Marsay, Chris; Koffmann, Bess G.; Kaplan, Michael R.; Kok, Jasper F.

2025

Lecture

Harmonisation of methane isotope ratio measurements from different laboratories using atmospheric samples

Dasgupta, Bibhasvata; Menoud, Malika; Veen, Carina van der; Levin, Ingeborg; Veidt, Cordelia; Moossen, Heiko; Michel, Sylvia Englund; Sperlich, Peter; Morimoto, Shinji; Fujita, Ryo; Umezawa, Taku; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Fisher, Rebecca; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; France, James; Maisch, Ceres Woolley; Brailsford, Gordon; Moss, Rowena; Goto, Daisuke; Pandey, Sudhanshu; Houweling, Sander; Warwick, Nicola; Röckmann, Thomas

2025

Scientific journal publication

Atmospheric methane concentrations

Eckhardt, Sabine; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Bruhwiler, Lori; Platt, Stephen Matthew

2025

Lecture

Røyk fra skogbranner i Canada skaper dårlig luftkvalitet i flere europeiske byer

Solbakken, Christine Forsetlund

2025

Journal publication

Lipidome of Saharan dust aerosols

Violaki, Kalliopi; Panagiotopoulos, Christos; Rossi, Pierre; Abboud, Ernest; Kanakidou, Maria; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Nenes, Athanasios

2025

Lecture

Global Inversion of a Black Carbon Emissions based on FLEXPART modelling and a Bayesian inversion algorithm

Eckhardt, Sabine; Thompson, Rona Louise; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Pisso, Ignacio; Yttri, Karl Espen; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Platt, Stephen Matthew

2025

Lecture

Dust in the arctic: a brief review of feedbacks and interactions between climate change, aeolian dust and ecosystems

Meinander, Outi; Uppstu, Andreas; Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Pavla; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Jørgensen, Christian Juncher; Baklanov, Alexander; Kristensson, Adam; Massling, Andreas; Sofiev, Mikhail

2025

Scientific journal publication

FLEXPART-11: Advancements in a Lagrangian Atmospheric Model for Enhanced Accuracy, Efficiency, and Flexibility

Bakels, Lucie; Tatsii, Daria; Tipka, Anne; Dütsch, Marina; Blaschek, Michael; Bucci, Silvia; Plach, Andreas; Vojta, Martin; Seibert, Petra; Pisso, Ignacio; Eckhardt, Sabine; Cassiani, Massimo; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Mulder, Marie; Stohl, Andreas

2024

Poster

Estimation of methane emissions at European scale with a special focus on Austria

Wittig, Sophie; Raju, Anjumol; Nabavi, Seyed Omid; Vojta, Martin; Redl, Peter; Hoheisel, Antje; Hirtl, Marcus; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2024

Poster

Constraining CO2 fluxes over Europe using FLEXINVERT and in-situ measurements

Raju, Anjumol; Wittig, Sophie; Vojta, Martin; Nabavi, Omid; Redl, Peter; Hoheisel, Antje; Hirtl, Marcus; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2024

Poster

Forecasting transport of biomass burning emissions for the ARCSIX 2024 campaign

Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Sollum, Espen; Stebel, Kerstin

2024

Lecture

FLEXPART version 11: improved accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility

Bakels, Lucie; Tatsii, Daria; Tipka, Anne; Thompson, Rona Louise; Dütsch, Marina; Blaschek, Michael; Seibert, Petra; Baier, Katharina; Bucci, Silvia; Cassiani, Massimo; Eckhardt, Sabine; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Henne, Stephan; Kaufmann, Pirmin; Lechner, Vincent; Maurer, Christian; Mulder, Marie D.; Pisso, Ignacio; Plach, Andreas; Subramanian, Rakesh; Vojta, Martin; Stohl, Andreas

2024

Scientific journal publication

Optical and Microphysical Properties of the Aerosols during a Rare Event of Biomass-Burning Mixed with Polluted Dust

Gidarakou, Marilena; Papayannis, Alexandros; Kokkalis, Panagiotis; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Vratolis, Stergios; Remoundaki, Emmanouella; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Eckhardt, Sabine; Veselovskii, Igor; Mylonaki, Maria; Argyrouli, Athina; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Solomos, Stavros; Gini, Maria

2024

Scientific journal publication

Spatial Source Contribution and Interannual Variation in Deposition of Dust Aerosols Over the Chinese Loess Plateau

Haugvaldstad, Ove Westermoen; Tang, Hui; Kaakinen, Anu; Bohm, Katja; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Grythe, Henrik; Stevens, Thomas; Zhang, Zhongshi; Stordal, Frode

2024

Scientific journal publication

ICOS-NORWAY – A TOOL TO VERIFY NORWEGIAN GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS

Lauvset, Siv Kari; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Lange, Holger; Becker, Meike; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Omar, Abdirahman; Fransson, Agneta; Roden, Nicholas; King, Andrew; Myhre, Gunnar; Olsen, Are

2024

Poster

The consolidated European synthesis of CH4 and N2O emissions for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2019

Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana; Qiu, Chunjing; McGrath, Matthew J; Peylin, Philippe; Peters, Glen Philip; Ciais, Philippe; Thompson, Rona Louise; Tsuruta, Aki; Brunner, Dominik; Kuhnert, Matthias; Matthews, Bradley; Palmer, Paul I.; Tarasova, Oksana; Regnier, Pierre; Lauerwald, Ronny; Bastviken, David; Hoglund-Isaksson, Lena; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Etiope, Giuseppe; Aalto, Tuula; Balsamo, Gianpaolo; Bastrikov, Vladislav; Berchet, Antoine; Brockmann, Patrick; Ciotoli, Giancarlo; Conchedda, Giulia; Monica, Crippa; Dentener, Frank; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Guizzardi, Diego; Günther, Dirk; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Houweling, Sander; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet; Kouyate, Massaer; Leip, Adrian; Leppänen, Antti; Lugato, Emanuele; Maisonnier, Manon; Manning, Alistair J.; Markkanen, Tiina; McNorton, Joe; Muntean, Marilena; Oreggioni, Gabriel David; Patra, Prabir K.; Perugini, Lucia; Pison, Isabelle; Raivonen, Maarit T.; Saunois, Marielle; Segers, Arjo J.S.; Smith, Pete; Solazzo, Efisio; Tian, Hanqin; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Vesala, Timo; Werf, Guido R. Van Der; Wilson, Chris; Zaehle, Sönke

2023

Scientific journal publication

Revised Historical Black Carbon Emissions based on Atmospheric Modelling, Ice Core Records and an Inverse Algorithm

Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Plach, Andreas; McConnell, Joseph; Sigl, Michael; Zdanowicz, Christian; Lim, Seahee; Chellman, Nathan J; Opel, Thomas; Meyer, Hanno; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Schwikowski, Margit; Stohl, Andreas

2023

Lecture

Modelling the 2021 East Asia super dust storm using FLEXPART and FLEXDUST and its comparison with reanalyses and observations

Tang, Hui; Haugvaldstad, Ove Westermoen; Stordal, Frode; Bi, Jianrong; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Grythe, Henrik; Wang, Bin; Rao, Zhimin; Zhang, Zhongshi; Berntsen, Terje Koren; Kaakinen, Anu

2023

Scientific journal publication

Greenhouse gas observations in ICOS Norway and ReGAME

Platt, Stephen Matthew; Hermansen, Ove; Lunder, Chris Rene; Svendby, Tove Marit; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Thompson, Rona Louise; Pisso, Ignacio; Krishnankutty, Nalini

2023

Lecture

Global fields of the methane isotopic ratio constrained with observations

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Thompson, Rona Louise; Tsuruta, Aki; Röckmann, Thomas; Levin, Ingeborg; Platt, Stephen Matthew

2023

Lecture

Resuspension of microplastic particles from arid regions and global impacts on atmospheric concentrations and deposition

Evangelou, Ioanna; Tatsii, Daria; Bucci, Silvia; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2023

Lecture

Revised historical Northern Hemisphere black carbon emissions based on inverse modeling of ice core records

Eckhardt, Sabine; Pisso, Ignacio; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Plach, Andreas; McConnell, Joseph R.; Sigl, Michael; Ruppel, Meri; Zdanowicz, Christian; Lim, Saehee; Chellman, Nathan J; Opel, Thomas; Meyer, Hanno; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Schwikowski, Margit; Stohl, Andreas

2023

Scientific journal publication

Forecast products for BC and dust

Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Sollum, Espen

2023

Lecture

Sources and fate of atmospheric microplastics revealed from inverse and dispersion modelling: From global emissions to deposition

Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Tichý, Ondřej; Eckhardt, Sabine; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Brahney, Janice

2022

Scientific journal publication

What caused a record high PM10 episode in northern Europe in October 2020?

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Aas, Wenche; Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Hamer, Paul David; Johnsrud, Mona; Kylling, Arve; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Stebel, Kerstin; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Yttri, Karl Espen

2022

Scientific journal publication

Revised Historical Black Carbon Emissions based on Atmospheric Modelling, Ice Core Records and an Inverse Algorithm

Eckhardt, Sabine; Pisso, Ignacio; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Plach, Andreas; McConnell, Joseph R.; Sigl, Michael; Ruppel, Meri; Zdanowicz, Christian; Lim, Seahee; Chellman, Nathan J; Opel, Thomas; Meyer, Hanno; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Schwikowski, Margit; Stohl, Andreas

2022

Lecture

Validation of Aerosol Model and Reanalysis Products over the Arctic and Implications for Regional Aerosol-Cloud Interactions

Zamora, Lauren M; Kahn, Ralph A.; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Huebert, Klaus

2022

Lecture

An overview of the project ‘ReGAME – Reliable Global Methane Emissions estimates in a changing world’

Platt, Stephen Matthew; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Stebel, Kerstin; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Pisso, Ignacio; Schneider, Philipp; Myhre, Gunnar; Hodnebrog, Øivind; Skeie, Ragnhild Bieltvedt; Hermansen, Ove; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Stohl, Andreas; Serov, Pavel; Ferré, Benedicte

2022

Poster

Comparisons between the distributions of dust and combustion aerosols in MERRA-2, FLEXPART, and CALIPSO and implications for deposition freezing over wintertime Siberia

Zamora, Lauren M; Kahn, Ralph A.; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Huebert, Klaus B

2022

Scientific journal publication

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.

2021

Scientific journal publication

The consolidated European synthesis of CH4 and N2O emissions for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2017

Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana; Qiu, Chunjing; Ciais, Philippe; Thompson, Rona Louise; Peylin, Philippe; McGrath, Matthew J; Solazzo, Efisio; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Bergamaschi, Peter; Brunner, Dominik; Peters, Glen Philip; Hoglund-Isaksson, Lena; Regnier, Pierre; Lauerwald, Ronny; Bastviken, David; Tsuruta, Aki; Winiwarter, Wilfried; Patra, Prabir K.; Kuhnert, Matthias; Oreggioni, Gabriel David; Crippa, Monica; Saunois, Marielle; Perugini, Lucia; Markkanen, Tiina; Aalto, Tuula; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Yao, Yuanzhi; Wilson, Chris; Conchedda, Giulia; Günther, Dirk; Leip, Adrian; Smith, Pete; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Leppänen, Antti; Manning, Alistair J.; McNorton, Joe; Brockmann, Patrick; Dolman, Albertus Johannes

2021

Scientific journal publication

The Monitoring Nitrous Oxide Sources (MIN2OS) satellite project

Ricaud, Philippe; Attié, Jean-Luc; Chalinel, Rémi; Pasternak, Frédérick; Léonard, Joël; Pison, Isabelle; Pattey, Elizabeth; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zelinger, Zdenek; Lelieveld, Jos; Sciare, Jean; Saitoh, Naoko; Warner, Juying; Fortems-Cheiney, Audrey; Reynal, Hélène; Vidot, Jérôme; Brooker, Laure; Berdeu, Laurent; Saint-Pé, Olivier; Patra, Prabir K.; Dostál, Michal; Suchánek, Jan; Nevrlý, Václav; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot

2021

Scientific journal publication

Arctic Aerosol Model Validation and Evidence for Deposition Ice Nucleation over Siberia

Zamora, Lauren M; Kahn, Ralph; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot

2021

Lecture

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

2021

Report

The Community Inversion Framework v1.0: a unified system for atmospheric inversion studies

Berchet, Antoine; Sollum, Espen; Thompson, Rona Louise; Pison, Isabelle; Thanwerdas, Joel; Broquet, Grégoire; Chevallier, Frédéric; Aalto, Tuula; Berchet, Adrien; Bergamaschi, Peter; Brunner, Dominik; Engelen, Richard; Fortems-Cheiney, Audrey; Gerbig, Christoph; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Haussaire, Jean-Matthieu; Henne, Stephan; Houweling, Sanne; Karstens, Ute; Kutsch, Werner L.; Luijkx, Ingrid T.; Monteil, Guillaume; Palmer, Paul I.; Peet, Jacob C. A. van; Peters, Wouter; Peylin, Philippe; Potier, Elise; Rödenbeck, Christian; Saunois, Marielle; Scholze, Marko; Tsuruta, Aki; Zhao, Yuanhong

2021

Scientific journal publication

Inverse modeling of halocarbons: sensitivity to the baseline definition

Vojta, Martin; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2021

Lecture

Monitoring of greenhouse gases – methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) – modelling of emissions and fluxes

Stebel, Kerstin; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Thompson, Rona Louise; Pisso, Ignacio; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Sollum, Espen; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Grythe, Henrik; Tarrasón, Leonor; Kylling, Arve; Schneider, Philipp; Ytre-Eide, Martin

2021

Lecture

Nye flukskart for klimagassene metan (CH4) og CO2

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot

2020

Lecture

The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 10.4

Pisso, Ignacio; Sollum, Espen; Grythe, Henrik; Kristiansen, Nina Iren; Cassiani, Massimo; Eckhardt, Sabine; Arnold, Delia; Morton, Don; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Sodemann, Harald; Haimberger, Leopold; Henne, Stephan; Brunner, Dominik; Burkhart, John; Fouilloux, Anne Claire; Brioude, Jerome; Philipp, Anne; Seibert, Petra; Stohl, Andreas

2020

Lecture

The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 10.4

Pisso, Ignacio; Sollum, Espen; Grythe, Henrik; Kristiansen, Nina Iren; Cassiani, Massimo; Eckhardt, Sabine; Arnold, Delia; Morton, Don; Thompson, Rona Louise; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Sodemann, Harald; Haimberger, Leopold; Henne, Stephan; Brunner, Dominik; Burkhart, John; Fouilloux, Anne Claire; Brioude, Jerome; Philipp, Anne; Seibert, Petra; Stohl, Andreas

2019

Scientific journal publication

Three-dimensional methane distribution simulated with FLEXPART 8-CTM-1.1 constrained with observation data

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Henne, Stephan; Thompson, Rona Louise; Dlugokencky, Edward J.; Machida, Toshinobu; Paris, Jean-Daniel; Sasakawa, Motoki; Segers, Arjo; Sweeney, Colm; Stohl, Andreas

2018

Scientific journal publication

Mineral dust radiative forcing in the Arctic

Kylling, Arve; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2018

Poster

Three-dimensional concentration fields of methane simulated with a Lagrangian model nudged with observation data

Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Henne, Stephan; Thompson, Rona Louise; Machida, Toshinobu; Paris, Jean-Daniel; Sasakawa, Motoki; Segers, Arjo; Sweeney, Colm; Stohl, Andreas

2018

Poster

Mineral Dust Instantaneous Radiative Forcing in the Arctic

Kylling, Arve; Zwaaftink, Christine Groot; Stohl, Andreas

2018

Scientific journal publication

Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) Norway and Ocean Thematic Centre (OTC), phase 3

Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) is a European research infrastructure forming an observation system that measure and assess atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations ensuring independent and reliable carbon measurements. Through observations, ICOS […]

Project period: 2025 – 2027

Ongoing

Verifying Emissions of Climate Forcers (EYE-CLIMA)

The Global Stocktake, and the success of the Paris Agreement, hinges on the information nations provide about their emissions through National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (NGHGIs). Current methodologies laid-out by the […]

Project period: 2023 – 2026

Ongoing