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The Cyprus Institute
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About: The Cyprus Institute is a other organization based out in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Aerosol & Environmental science. The organization has 418 authors who have published 1252 publications receiving 32586 citations.
Topics: Aerosol, Environmental science, Lattice QCD, Geology, Nucleon
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01 Jul 2016TL;DR: In this paper, 15 nm light-absorbing NPs and 65 nm light absorbing NPs are deposited on BiVO4 photoanodes to study their effect on the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting performance of the semiconductor.
Abstract: Ag nanoparticles (NPs) are deposited on BiVO4 photoanodes to study their effect on the photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting performance of the semiconductor. 15 nm light-absorbing NPs and 65 ...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce MADE3 (Modal Aerosol Dynamics model for Europe, adapted for global applications, 3rd generation; version:MADE3v2.0b), an aerosol dynamics submodel for application within the MESSy framework (Modular Earth Submodel System).
Abstract: . We introduce MADE3 (Modal Aerosol Dynamics model for Europe, adapted for global applications, 3rd generation; version: MADE3v2.0b), an aerosol dynamics submodel for application within the MESSy framework (Modular Earth Submodel System). MADE3 builds on the predecessor aerosol submodels MADE and MADE-in. Its main new features are the explicit representation of coarse mode particle interactions both with other particles and with condensable gases, and the inclusion of hydrochloric acid (HCl) / chloride (Cl) partitioning between the gas and condensed phases. The aerosol size distribution is represented in the new submodel as a superposition of nine lognormal modes: one for fully soluble particles, one for insoluble particles, and one for mixed particles in each of three size ranges (Aitken, accumulation, and coarse mode size ranges). In order to assess the performance of MADE3 we compare it to its predecessor MADE and to the much more detailed particle-resolved aerosol model PartMC-MOSAIC in a box model simulation of an idealised marine boundary layer test case. MADE3 and MADE results are very similar, except in the coarse mode, where the aerosol is dominated by sea spray particles. Cl is reduced in MADE3 with respect to MADE due to the HCl / Cl partitioning that leads to Cl removal from the sea spray aerosol in our test case. Additionally, the aerosol nitrate concentration is higher in MADE3 due to the condensation of nitric acid on coarse mode particles. MADE3 and PartMC-MOSAIC show substantial differences in the fine particle size distributions (sizes l 2 μm) that could be relevant when simulating climate effects on a global scale. Nevertheless, the agreement between MADE3 and PartMC-MOSAIC is very good when it comes to coarse particle size distributions (sizes g 2 μm), and also in terms of aerosol composition. Considering these results and the well-established ability of MADE in reproducing observed aerosol loadings and composition, MADE3 seems suitable for application within a global model.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors defined the sources and sinks of sulfuric acid in different environments and derived a new physical proxy for sulfur acid to be utilized in locations and during periods when it is not measured.
Abstract: . Sulfuric acid has been shown to be a key driver for new particle formation and subsequent growth in various environments, mainly due to its low
volatility. However, direct measurements of gas-phase sulfuric acid are oftentimes not available, and the current sulfuric acid proxies cannot
predict, for example, its nighttime concentrations or result in significant discrepancies with measured values. Here, we define the sources and sinks
of sulfuric acid in different environments and derive a new physical proxy for sulfuric acid to be utilized in locations and during periods when
it is not measured. We used H2SO4 measurements from four different locations: Hyytiala, Finland; Agia Marina, Cyprus; Budapest,
Hungary; and Beijing, China, representing semi-pristine boreal forest, rural environment in the Mediterranean area, urban environment and heavily
polluted megacity, respectively. The new proxy takes into account the formation of sulfuric acid from SO2 via OH oxidation and other
oxidation pathways, specifically via stabilized Criegee intermediates. The sulfuric acid sinks included in the proxy are its condensation
sink (CS) and atmospheric clustering starting from H2SO4 dimer formation. Indeed, we found that the observed sulfuric acid
concentration can be explained by the proposed sources and sinks with similar coefficients in the four contrasting environments where we have tested
it. Thus, the new proxy is a more flexible and an important improvement over previous proxies. Following the recommendations in this paper, a
proxy for a specific location can be derived.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors run a chemical-transport model for 5 years, covering a period including a strong El Nino event (1997-1998), and find that variability of ozone in the stratosphere is an almost negligible driver of modelled post-El Nino increases of ozone STE and tropospheric ozone abundances.
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TL;DR: In this article, a new CO vertical column density product from near IR observations of the SCIAMACHY instrument onboard ENVISAT was developed for the investigation of the CO distribution over continents, where important emission sources are located.
Abstract: We developed a new CO vertical column density product from near IR observations of the SCIAMACHY instrument onboard ENVISAT. For the correction of a temporally and spatially variable offset of the CO vertical column densities we apply a normalisation procedure based on coincident MOPITT (version 4) observations over the oceans. The resulting normalised SCIAMACHY CO data is well suited for the investigation of the CO distribution over continents, where important emission sources are located. We use only SCIAMACHY observations for effective cloud fractions below 20 %. Since the remaining effects of clouds can still be large (up to 100 %), we applied a cloud correction scheme which explicitly considers the cloud fraction, cloud top height and surface albedo of individual observations. The normalisation procedure using MOPITT data and the cloud correction substantially improve the agreement with independent data sets. We compared our new SCIAMACHY CO data set, and also observations from the MOPITT instrument, to the results from three global atmospheric chemistry models (MATCH, EMAC at low and high resolution, and GEOS-Chem); the focus of this comparison is on regions with strong CO emissions (from biomass burning or anthropogenic sources). The comparison indicates that over most of these regions the seasonal cycle is generally captured well but the simulated CO vertical column densities are systematically smaller than those from the satellite observations, in particular with respect to SCIAMACHY observations. Because SCIAMACHY is more sensitive to the lowest part of the atmosphere compared to MOPITT, this indicates that especially close to the surface the model simulations systematically underestimate the true atmospheric CO concentrations, probably caused by an underestimation of CO emissions by current emission inventories. For some biomass burning regions, however, such as Central Africa in July–August, model results are also found to be higher than the satellite observations.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Philippe Ciais | 149 | 965 | 114503 |
Jonathan Williams | 102 | 613 | 41486 |
Jos Lelieveld | 100 | 570 | 37657 |
Andrew N. Nicolaides | 90 | 572 | 30861 |
Efstathios Stiliaris | 88 | 340 | 25487 |
Leonard A. Barrie | 74 | 177 | 17356 |
Nikos Mihalopoulos | 69 | 280 | 15261 |
Karl Jansen | 57 | 498 | 11874 |
Jean Sciare | 56 | 129 | 9374 |
Euripides G. Stephanou | 54 | 128 | 14235 |
Lefkos T. Middleton | 54 | 184 | 15683 |
Elena Xoplaki | 53 | 129 | 12097 |
Theodoros Christoudias | 50 | 197 | 7765 |
Dimitris Drikakis | 49 | 286 | 7136 |
George K. Christophides | 48 | 127 | 11099 |