Publications

Screening for potential hazard effects from four nitramines on human eye and skin.

Fjellsbø, L.M.; Van Rompay, A.R.; Hooyberghs, J.; Nelissen, I.; Dusinska, M.

Occurrence and seasonality of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes in Arctic air.

Krogseth, I.S.; Kierkegaard, A.; Mclachlan, M.S.; Breivik, K.; Hansen, K.M.; Schlabach, M.

Development of a compact PTR-ToF-MS for suborbital research on the earth's atmospheric composition.

Wisthaler, A.; Crawford, J.H.; Haidacher, S.; Hanel, G.; Hartungen, E.; Jordan, A.; Märk, L.; Mikoviny, T.; Müller, M.; Mutschlechner, P.; Schottkowsky, R.; Sulzer, P.

Measurement of volcanic ash in Norwegian air space. WP 1.4.2 Improved detection of ash clouds. NILU OR

Kylling, A.

Water and ice clouds and temperature conditions may often influence the detection of volcanic ash affected pixels in infrared satellite images. Several methods are available for the detection of ash clouds in SEVIRI images. Manual adjustments to the methods are often needed for a given ash situation. The report describes various methods for detection of ash affected pixels. A quantitative comparison of the methods is made based on synthetic SEVIRI images from the 2010 Eyafjallajokull eruption.

Heating plant i Torshavn. Review of two assessments. NILU OR

Tønnesen, D.

NILU has made simple model calculations of an emission from a planned energy central in the Faroes, and made a review of two separate reports concerning emissions from this facility. NILU agrees with the conclusion made by H.R. Olesen that a 20 m high stack is sufficient to uphold the Danish air quality regulations.

Estimating sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions in China using atmospheric observations and inverse modeling. NILU F

Fang, X.; Thompson, R.; Saito, T.; Yokouchi, Y.; Li, S.; Kim, .J, Kim, K.; Park, S.; Graziosi, F.; Stohl, A.

Application of Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) (Part II). NILU F

Wisthaler, A.

Persistent organic pollutants in Norwegian men from 1979 to 2007: Intraindividual changes, age-period-cohort effects, and model predictions.

Nøst, T.H.; Breivik, K.; Fuskevåg, O.-M.; Nieboer, E.; Odland, J.Ø.; Sandanger, T.M.

Persistent organic pollutants in the environment. EMEP Status Report, 3/2013

Gusev, A.; Rozovskaya, O.; Shatalov, V.; Sokovykh, V.; Vulykh, N.; Aas, W.; Breivik, K.; Katsoyiannis, A.

Development of a compact PTR-ToF-MS for suborbital research on the earth's atmospheric composition. NILU F

Wisthaler, A.; Crawford, J.H.; Haidacher, S.; Hanel, G.; Hartungen, E.; Jordan, A.; Märk, L.; Mikoviny, T.; Müller, M.; Mutschlechner, P.; Schottkowsky, R.; Sulzer, P.

Evaluation of new data sources for improving the estimation of background concentrations in Norway. NILU OR

Schneider, P.; Obracaj, A.

A previous report (OR 68/2011) described a geostatistical methodology developed for creating a consistent dataset of background concentrations of NO2, O3, PM10, and PM2.5 in Norway, that are representative of a typical year. The resulting dataset has a resolution of 0.1 degrees by 0.1 degrees and is available at hourly temporal resolution. Based on this existing methodology, this study reports on the evaluation of new data sources as a means of improving such estimates of background concentrations. The potential of satellite-derived NO2 data is evaluated for guiding the geostatistics-based spatial interpolation procedure of NO2 station data in Norway. Furthermore, the output from a high-resolution atmospheric model was tested with respect to its capability of improving the spatial and temporal characterization of background concentrations. Finally, an online web mapping system was developed to make the project results easily accessible and to provide basic data analysis and visualization routines for the public.

Forecasting long-range atmospheric transport episodes of polychlorinated biphenyls using FLEXPART.

Halse, A.K.; Eckhardt, S.; Schlabach, M.; Stohl, A.; Breivik, K.