Publications






    2024

  • M. Dollner, J. Gasteiger, M. Schöberl, A. Gattringer, N.D. Beres, T.P. Bui, G. Diskin, B. Weinzierl (2024):The Cloud Indicator: A novel algorithm for automatic detection and classification of clouds using airborne in situ observations, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 308, 107504, 2024/10/01,

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.1075041

  • Imtiaz, Hafiz Hashim, Schaffer, Paul, Liu, Yingjie, Hesse, Paul, Bergmann, Alexander, Kupper, Martin (2024):Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Automotive Exhaust Plumes for Remote Emission Sensing Application Using Gas Schlieren Imaging Sensor System, Atmosphere, Vol. 15, Issue 9, page 1023, 2024/08/23,

    https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15091023

  • Paolo Laj, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Véronique Riffault, Vassilis Amiridis, Hendrik Fuchs, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Tuukka Petäjä, Thérèse Salameh, Niku Kivekäs, Eija Juurola, Giulia Saponaro, Sabine Philippin, Carmela Cornacchia, Lucas Alados Arboledas, Holger Baars, Anja Claude, Martine De Mazière, Bart Dils, Marvin Dufresne, Nikolaos Evangeliou, Olivier Favez, Markus Fiebig, Martial Haeffelin, Hartmut Herrmann, Kristina Höhler, Niklas Illmann, Axel Kreuter, Elke Ludewig, Eleni Marinou, Ottmar Möhler, Lucia Mona, Lise Eder Murberg, Doina Nicolae, Anna Novelli, Ewan O’Connor, Kevin Ohneiser, Rosa Maria Petracca Altieri, Bénédicte Picquet-Varrault, Dominik van Pinxteren, Bernhard Pospichal, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Stefan Reimann, Nikolaos Siomos, Iwona Stachlewska, Ralf Tillmann, Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri, Ulla Wandinger, Alfred Wiedensohler, Arnoud Apituley, Adolfo Comerón, Martin Gysel-Beer, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Nina Nikolova, Aleksander Pietruczuk, Stéphane Sauvage, Jean Sciare, Henrik Skov, Tove Svendby, Erik Swietlicki, Dimitar Tonev, Geraint Vaughan, Vladimir Zdimal, Urs Baltensperger, Jean-François Doussin, Markku Kulmala, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Sanna Sorvari Sundet, and Milan Vana (2024): Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure – ACTRIS, the European research infrastructure supporting atmospheric science. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 109, Issue 7, pages E1098–E1136, 2024/07/01,

    https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0064.1
  • A., Graus, M., Striednig, M., Lamprecht, C., Wohlfahrt, G.,Karl, T.: Deciphering anthropogenic and biogenic contributions to selected non-methane volatile organic compound emissions in an urban area. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , Vol. 22, Issue 12, Page 7063–7083, 2024/06/20

    https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/24/7063/2024/
  • Jochen Wagner, Alma Anna Ubele, Verena Schenzinger, and Axel Kreuter (2024): Extended aerosol optical depth (AOD) time series analysis in an Alpine valley: a comparative study from 2007 to 2023. Aerosol Research, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Page 153-159, 2024/06/06

    https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-2-153-2024
  • Schöberl, M., Dollner, M., Gasteiger, J., Seibert, P., Tipka, A., & Weinzierl, B. (2024): Characterization of the airborne aerosol inlet and transport system used during the A-LIFE aircraft field experiment. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 17(9), 2761–2776. 2024/05/08,

    https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-2-153-2024
  • Daniela Kau, Dušan Materić, Rupert Holzinger, Kathrin Baumann-Stanzer, Gerhard Schauer, Anne Kasper-Giebl (2024): Fine micro- and nanoplastics concentrations in particulate matter samples from the high alpine site Sonnblick, Austria. Chemosphere, 352(141410), 2024/03/,

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141410
  • Yttri, K. E., Bäcklund, A., Conen, F., Eckhardt, S., Evangeliou, N., Fiebig, M., Kasper-Giebl, A., Gold, A., Gundersen, H., Myhre, C. L., Platt, S. M., Simpson, D., Surratt, J. D., Szidat, S., Rauber, M., Tørseth, K., Ytre-Eide, M. A., Zhang, Z., and Aas, W. (2024): Composition and sources of carbonaceous aerosol in the European Arctic at Zeppelin Observatory, Svalbard (2017 to 2020). Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24( 2731–2758), 2024/02/29,

    https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2731-2024
  • Zachary C. J. Decker, Gordon A. Novak, Kenneth Aikin, Patrick R. Veres, J. Andrew Neuman, Ilann Bourgeois, T. Paul Bui, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Matthew M. Coggon, Douglas A. Day, Joshua P. DiGangi, Glenn S. Diskin, Maximilian Dollner, Alessandro Franchin, Carley D. Fredrickson, Karl D. Froyd, Georgios I. Gkatzelis, Hongyu Guo, Samuel R. Hall, Hannah Halliday, Katherine Hayden, Christopher D. Holmes, Jose L. Jimenez, Agnieszka Kupc, Jakob Lindaas, Ann M. Middlebrook, Richard H. Moore, Benjamin A. Nault, John B. Nowak, Demetrios Pagonis, Brett B. Palm, Jeff Peischl, Felix M. Piel, Pamela S. Rickly, Michael A. Robinson, Andrew W. Rollins, Thomas B. Ryerson, Gregory P. Schill, Kanako Sekimoto, Chelsea R. Thompson, Kenneth L. Thornhill, Joel A. Thornton, Kirk Ullmann, Carsten Warneke, Rebecca A. Washenfelder, Bernadett Weinzierl, Elizabeth B. Wiggins, Christina J. Williamson, Edward L. Winstead, Armin Wisthaler, Caroline C. Womack, Steven S. Brown (2024): Airborne Observations Constrain Heterogeneous Nitrogen and Halogen Chemistry on Tropospheric and Stratospheric Biomass Burning Aerosol. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 51, Issue 4, 2024/02/12,

    https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107273

    • 2023

  • Chunxiang Ye, Xianliang Zhou, Yingjie Zhang, Youfeng Wang, Jianshu Wang, Chong Zhang, Robert Woodward-Massey, Christopher Cantrell, Roy L. Mauldin III, Teresa Campos, Rebecca S. Hornbrook, John Ortega, Eric C. Apel, Julie Haggerty, Samuel Hall, Kirk Ullmann, Andrew Weinheimer, Jochen Stutz, Thomas Karl, James N. Smith, Alex Guenther & Shaojie Song (2023): Synthesizing evidence for the external cycling of NOx in high- to low-NOx atmospheres. Nature Communications, 14, Article number: 7995, 2023/12/02,

    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43866-z
  • Lucia Mona, Vassilis Amiridis, Emilio Cuevas, Antonis Gkikas, Serena Trippetta, Sophie Vandenbussche, Angela Benedetti, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Paola Formenti, Alexander Haefele, Stelios Kazadzis, Peter Knippertz, Benoit Laurent, Fabio Madonna, Slobodan Nickovic, Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Thomas Popp, Sergio Rodríguez, Andrea Sealy, Nobuo Sugimoto, Enric Terradellas, Ana Vukovic Vimic, Bernadett Weinzierl , and Sara Basart (2023): Observing Mineral Dust in Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe: Current Capabilities and Challenges ahead for the Development of Dust Services. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Cover Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, pages E2223–E2264, 2023/12/01,

    https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0005.1
  • Karin Rosenkilde Laursen, Nichlas Vous Christensen, Frans AA Mulder, Jörg Schullehner, Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Annie Jensen, Peter Møller, Steffen Loft, Anna-Carin Olin, Berit B. Rasmussen, Bernadette Rosati, Bo Strandberg, Marianne Glasius, Merete Bilde, Torben Sigsgaard & The Climate Chamber Group (2023): Airway and systemic biomarkers of health effects after short-term exposure to indoor ultrafine particles from cooking and candles – A randomized controlled double-blind crossover study among mild asthmatic subjects. Science Advances, Volume 20, article number 26, 2023/07/10,

    https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add2365
  • Di Bernardino A., Mevi G., Iannarelli A.M., Falasca S., Cede A., Tiefengraber M., Casadio S. (2023): Temporal Variation of NO2 and O3 in Rome (Italy) from Pandora and In Situ Measurements. Atmosphere, Vol 14, Issue 3, 2023/03/21,

    https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14030594
  • Thomas Karl, Christian Lamprecht, Martin Graus, Alexander Cede, Martin Tiefengraber, Jordi Vila-Guerau de Arellano, David Gurarie, Donald Lenschow (2023): High urban NOx triggers a substantial chemical downward flux of ozone. Science Advances, Vol 9, Issue 3, 2023/01/18,

    https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add2365


 

 

Institute of Electrical Measurement and Sensor Systems - Sensor Systems and Sensor Physics

The Institute of Electrical Measurement and Sensor Systems (EMS) at Graz University of Technology significantly contributes to the ACTRIS network through advanced sensing technologies for aerosols and gases. The Sensor Systems and Sensor Physics, and Photonic Sensors groups specialize in developing adapted measurement systems for environmental monitoring, air quality assessment, traffic pollution measurement, and icing cloud characterization.

Their research includes technologies such as photoacoustic spectroscopy, condensation particle counters, optical particle detection, and electrical particle detection. EMS operates a well-equipped aerosol reference laboratory with state-of-the-art instruments like the Jing miniCAST, TSI SMPS, and custom-made aerosol generators. They focus on improving aerosol and gas sensors for specific environments, such as traffic-related emissions and environmental trace gas quantification through laser-based techniques like TDLAS and PAS.

EMS also advances cloud characterization, particularly the measurement of liquid and ice water content in clouds, supported by in-house calibration tools. Their capabilities extend to complete sensor system design, including signal processing, hardware design, and system calibration.

Role in ACTRIS:

  • development of advanced sensor techniques
  • traffic pollution measurement
  • aerosol reference laboratory

Retrievals:

  • in situ aerosol and trace gase measurements
  • in situ cloud (liquid and ice water content) measurements

Contact:

Univ.-Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.rer.nat. Alexander Bergmann
Institute of Electrical Measurements and Sensoric 
alexander.bergmann@tugraz.at
https://www.tugraz.at/en/institutes/ems/research/sensor-systems-and-sensor-physics-group
https://www.lens-horizoneurope.eu/
https://structured-matter.com




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Pandora – measuring reactive trace gases (e.g.: NO2 and O3)

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PFR – Sun Photometer measuring aerosol optical depth (AOD)



LuftBlick Earth Observation Technologies

 

LuftBlick (founded in 2012) is an internationally operating science and engineering company located at Kreith, near Innsbruck, Austria.

Our core business is atmospheric remote sensing in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared, with data management and instrument hosting. Our expertise includes design of ground-based and satellite-instrumentation, development of instrument control software, laboratory and field calibration, retrieval algorithms for atmospheric trace gases (e.g. O3, NO2), instrument network hosting, operational network data and image processing, satellite validation support, data search and collocation, data harmonization, quality control, analysis and conversion.

LuftBlick’s key personnel has many years of experience in atmospheric research and has been serving as consultants or collaborators for institutions like ESA, NASA, the Skin Cancer Foundation, or Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center.

Role in ACTRIS:

  • Common operator of a central facility unit
  • Trace gas remote sensing (CREGARS), unit: UVVIS-AT

Retrievals:

  • Meteorology parameter
  • Reactive trace gases (NO2, O3, HCHO, SO2)

Contact:

Dr. Alexander Cede 
alexander.cede(at)luftblick.at 
http://pandonia.net
http://pandonia-global-network.org

Lab calibration of a Pandora



Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)

TU Wien has concentrated its research in five research focal areas (and one additional field) – one of them being Energy and Environment, where emphasis is set on interdisciplinary research and cross-linking of activities of research groups. Generally, research activities linked to ACTRIS contribute to the research field ‘Environmental Monitoring and Climate Adaption’.

ACTRIS connects projects carried out within the research units or groups Environmental Analytics, Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere,  Water Quality Management, Geophysics, This can be visualized via recent activities at the Sonnblick Observatory. Research at this high mountain site allows the characterization of background conditions above Europe, to identify long range transport of natural or anthropogenic pollution events and to investigate basic and applied research questions related to atmospheric processes and deposition. 

Present research projects comprise aerosol characterization, ice nucleation, wet deposition and permafrost monitoring. 

Role in ACTRIS:

  • Coordinator within ACTRIS Austria
  • Contributions to aerosol and cloud measurements at Sonnblick

Retrievals:

    • Aerosol parameter
    • Cloud and precipitation measurements

Contact:

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anne Kasper-Giebl
Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics
anneliese.kasper-giebl@tuwien.ac.at