Publications

The ESA WACMOS-ET Project: Advancing in the production of evapotranspiration from satellite observations. NILU F

Jimenez, C.; Prigent, C.; Aires, F.; Miralles, D.; Trigo, I.; Muller, J.-P.; Disney, M.; McCabe, M.; Ershadi, A.; Muller, B.; Hirschi, M.; Seneviratne, S.; Schneider, P.; Prata, F.; Jung, M.; Reichstein, M.; Fisher, J.; Mu, Q.; Su, B.; Timmermans, J.; Abouali, M.; Chen, X.; Fernandez, D.

Validation of MERIS Products at Sagres, SW Portugal Between 2008-2012. NILU F

Icely, J.; Cristina, S.; Goela, P.; Moore, G.; Danchenko, S.; Newton, A.

Achievements of three year aerosol_cci work. NILU F

Holzer-Popp, T.; de Leeuw, G.; Bingen, C.; Fischer, J.; Kinne, S.; North, P.; Poulson, C.; Ramon, D.; Schulz, M.; Stebel, K.; Tanre, D.; Thomas, G.; Veefkind, P.; Vountas, M.; Zieger, P.; Pinnock, S.

Support to aviation control service: monitoring of volcanic SO2 and ash emissions by a multi-sensor satellite system. NILU F

Brenot, H.; Theys, N.; van Gent, J.; Van Roozendael, M.; Clarisse, L.; Hurtmans, D.; Coheur, P.; Clerbaux, C.; van der A, R.; Prata, F.; Zehner, C.

Time series analysis of significant wave height data for identification of trends in the ocean wave climate.

Vanem, E.; Walker, S.E.

An OSSE to study the impact of S4/5 spaceborne observations on air quality data assimilation systems. NILU F

Eskes, H.,Veefkind, P.; Williams, J.; Nijhuis, A.O.; de Haan, J.; Attie, J.; Abida, R.; Ricaud, P.; El Amraoui, L.; Curier, L.; Segers, A.; Kujanpaa, J.; Tamminen, J.; Lahoz, W.

FUTUREVOLC: A European volcanological supersite in Iceland, a monitoring system and network for the future. NILU F

Sigmundsson, F.; Hooper, A.; Prata, F.; Gudmundsson, M.T.; Kylling, A.; Hreinsdottir, S.; Ofeigsson, B.G.; Spaans, K.; Vincent, D.; Jordan, C.J.; Vogfjord, K.; Kristinsson, I.; Loughlin, S.; Ilyinskaya, E.; Witham, C.; Bean, C.; Ripepe, M.; Minet, C.; FUTUREVOLC Consortium.

Birds and mammals off the northern coast for Argentina: first report of an association between birds and a feeding Pygmy Right Whale Caprea marginata.

Kylin, H.

Antiparasite treatments reduce humoral immunity and impact oxidative status in raptor nestlings.

Hanssen, S.A.; Bustnes, J.O.; Schnug, L.; Bourgeon, S.; Johnsen, T.V.; Ballesteros, M.; Sonne, C.; Herzke, D.; Eulaers, I.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Covaci, A.; Eens, M.; Halley, D.J.; Moum, T.; Ims, R.A.; Erikstad, K.E.

Air quality monitoring in the border areas of Norway and Russia - progress report April 2012-March 2013. NILU OR

Berglen, T.F.; Dauge, F.; Andresen, E.; Haugsbakk, I.; Nilsson, L.O.; Ofstad, T.; Tønnesen, D.; Vadset, M.; Våler, R.L.

The nikkel smelters in NW Russia close to the Norwegian border emits large quantities of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and heavy metals. These emissions lead to enhanced concentrations of environmental pollutants in the border areas, also at the Norwegian side of the border. This report is part of the national environmental monitoring program and includes air quality monitoring, precipitation chemistry and meteorology.

Background concentrations in Norway - Temporal averaging and uncertainty assessment. NILU OR

Schneider, P.

A system for providing approximate spatial and temporal estimates of the surface background concentrations of PM10 , PM2.5, NO2 , and O3 for a typical year in Norway has been established at NILU in recent years. In 2013, the system was further improved and expanded by carrying out two main tasks: Firstly the spatial component of the system was extended from previously a single year to a 3-year average, thus decreasing the impact of inter-annual variability. Secondly, a preliminary validation of the background estimates was carried out and an approximate uncertainty was calculated for four species in the dataset and is now communicated to the user on the project website. The validation results indicate that overall the average estimated concentrations follow the average observed concentration fairly well. This is particularly true for PM10 and PM2.5. The averaged estimates for O3 and NO2 also follow the averaged observations relatively closely, although NO2 is clearly underestimated at all four validation stations. In terms of quantitative uncertainty estimates for the hourly estimates at the level of individual species, O3 is the parameter which was found to have the lowest uncertainty of all four species. While the median absolute uncertainty for hourly O3 estimates was found to be 18.7 ¿g m-3, the median relative uncertainty was only 33.8 %. Both PM10 and PM2.5 had significantly higher uncertainties, with a median relative uncertainty for the hourly estimates of 90 % and 88 %, respectively. Finally, the hourly estimates for NO2 also showed quite high relative uncertainties with a value of 73 %.

Development of sensor-based Citizens' Observatory Community for improving quality of life in Cities (CITI-SENSE). NILU F

Liu, H.-Y.; Bartonova, A.; CITI-SENSE Consortium.