Publications

Ozone loss in the Arctic winter 2014/2015.

Goutail, F.; Lefèvre, F.; Pazmiño, A.; Pommereau, J. P.; Chipperfield, M.; Feng, W.; Van Roozendael, M.; Eriksen, P.; Stebel, K.; Kivi, R.; Zhao, X.; Walker, K.; Strong, K.

A model sensitivity study of the impact of clouds on satellite detection and retrieval of volcanic ash.

Kylling, A.; Kristiansen, N.; Stohl, A.; Buras-Schnell, R.; Emde, C.; Gasteiger, J.

Observed anomalous atmospheric patterns in summers of unusual Arctic sea ice melt.

Knudsen, E.M.; Orsolini, Y.J.; Furevik, T.; Hodges, K.I.

Reconciling reported and unreported HFC emissions with atmospheric observations.

Lunt, M.F.; Rigby,M.; Ganesan, A.L.; Manning, A.J.; Prinn, R.G.; O'Doherty, S.; Mühle, J.; Harth, C.M.; Salameh, P.K.; Arnold, T.; Weiss, R.F.; Saito, T.; Yokouchi, Y.; Krummel, P.B.; Steele, L.P.; Fraser, P.J.; Li, S.; Park, S.; Reimann, S.; Vollmer, M.K.; Lunder, C.; Hermansen, O.; Schmidbauer, N.; Maione, M.; Arduini, J.; Young, D.; Simmonds, P.G.

European emissions of HCFC-22 based on eleven years of high frequency atmospheric measurements and a Bayesian inversion method.

Graziosi, F.; Arduini, J.; Furlani, F.; Giostra, U.; Kuijpers, L.J.M.; Montzka, S.A.; Miller, B.R.; O'Doherty, S.J.; Stohl, A.; Bonasoni, P.; Maione, M.

Climate change impacts on environmental and human exposure to mercury in the Arctic.

Sundseth, K.; Pacyna, J.M.; Banel, A.; Pacyna, E.G.; Rautio, A.

NILU's Environmental Management Report 2014. NILU OR

Braathen, O.-A.; Marsteen, L.; Andresen, E.B.; Fjeldstad, H.

One of NILU's main goals is to study the impact of pollution and supply decision-makers with a sound scientific platform for choosing measures to reduce the negative impacts. It is also very important for the institute to have control of the impact the institute¿s own activities may have on the environment and to reduce negative impacts as far as possible.

NILU has for many years been working to improve the status of the environment and to reduce negative impacts. In order to take this one step further, it was decided that the institute should restructure the work according to a relevant environmental standard and to seek certification according to the same standard.

The chosen standard is ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use) and NILU achieved certification according to this standard in October 2010. This report summarizes the results of the system.

Impacts on human health in the Arctic owing to climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling - The EU ArcRisk project policy outcome.

Pacyna, J.M.; Cousins, I.T.; Halsall, C.; Rautio, A.; Pawlak, J.; Pacyna, E.G.; Sundseth, K.; Wilson, S.; Munthe, J.

Investigation of outdoor textiles and gear with respect to determine the content of ionic perfluorinated substances (PFASs). Evaluation of results. NILU OR

Hanssen, L.; Herzke, D.

NILU has on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency determined the concentration of ionic perfluorinated substances (PFASs), including PFOA, in outdoor gear.
Of the investigated 18 items, no PFAS could be detected at all in nine of them. Two samples contained PFOA exceeding the limit of 1 µg/m2. The quality assurance where three replicates of one sample were extracted had a relative standard deviation (RSD) less than 10% for all detected substances except one (PFTrDA). Other quality measures such as recovery calculations and blanks shows that the method used for extraction is suitable for these types of matrices and substances. PFOS was not present in the items investigated, indicating that the textile industry manages to effectively avoid PFOS in their production processes.

Record high levels of siloxanes released into Tromsøysund.

Solbakken, C.F.

Recommendations for the Pilot Assessment. Recommendations from NILU based on the presentations given by ATMOTERM during the A3 Modelling Meeting in Warsaw on 19th and 20th February 2015. NILU OR

Karl, M.; Guerreiro, C.; Pacyna, J.M.; Pacyna, E.G.

Extraordinary halocarbon emissions initiated by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.

Saito, T.; Fang, X.; Stohl, A.; Yokouchi, Y.; Zeng, J.; Fukuyama, Y.; Mukai, H.