Aerosol Physics and Optics Group

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The vision of the Aerosol Physics and Optics Group is to reduce uncertainties of predictions of future climate and to improve health through better air quality by advancing the scientific understanding of environmental impacts of atmospheric aerosols. We focus on aerosol physical and optical properties that remain poorly quantified or hinder identification of effective mitigation pathways.

Our mission is to perform long-term observations of atmospheric aerosol at the high-altitude research station Jungfraujoch and at the Payerne observatory in order to quantify spatio-temporal variability of aerosol burden and properties driven by sources, transport and transformation, as well as removal processes. Our observations are embedded in the Global Atmosphere Watch program of the World Meteorological Organization and in the Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS). We also aim at quantifying aerosol-cloud and aerosol-radiation interactions in laboratory and field experiments. One of the main topics is the relationship between physico-chemical and optical properties of aerosols, on the one hand to predict radiative impacts from aerosol properties, and on the other hand to retrieve aerosol properties from optical measurements using aerosol polarimetry.

People

Projects

Project Absteigend sortieren Description Duration Aufsteigend sortieren Contact
ACTRIS

Observation network of the Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS). Source: www.actris.eu

ongoing since 2011 Dr. Martin Gysel Beer
GAW Aerosol Monitoring at JFJ

GAW Longterm Aerosol Monitoring at the High-Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch

ongoing since 1995 Dr. Martin Gysel Beer
BISAR

Polarimetry to Bridge the Gap between In-Situ and Remote Sensing Observations of Atmospheric Aerosols

2022-2025 Dr. Martin Gysel Beer
APPROPRIATE

Aviation Plume PROPeRtIes AT point of Exposure

2021-2025 Dr. Benjamin Tobias Brem
Sino-Swiss Joint Research Project on aerosol health effects

Which aerosol components and processes control the toxicity of ambient particulate pollution? Targeted studies of aerosol oxidative potential

2020-2024 Dr. Robin Lewis Modini

A complete publication list from 2006 onwards including reprints or postprints as copyright allows is available through the institutional repository (DORA PSI).

  • Beck I, Moallemi A, Heutte B, Pernov JB, Bergner N, Rolo M, et al.
    Characteristics and sources of fluorescent aerosols in the central Arctic Ocean
    Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2024; 12: 00125 (29 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00125
    DORA PSI
  • Bertozzi B, Wagner R, Höhler K, Saathoff H, Möhler O, Leisner T
    Influence of the neutralization degree on the ice nucleation ability of ammoniated sulfate particles
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2024; 129(2): e2023JD040078 (22 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040078
    DORA PSI
  • Cheng Z, Qiu X, Li A, Chai Q, Shi X, Ge Y, et al.
    Heterogeneous reactions significantly contribute to the atmospheric formation of nitrated aromatic compounds during the haze episode in urban Beijing
    Science of the Total Environment. 2024; 917: 170612 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170612
    DORA PSI
  • Cheung RKY, Qi L, Manousakas MI, Puthussery JV, Zheng Y, Koenig TK, et al.
    Major source categories of PM2.5 oxidative potential in wintertime Beijing and surroundings based on online dithiothreitol-based field measurements
    Science of the Total Environment. 2024; 928: 172345 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172345
    DORA PSI
  • Decker ZCJ, Novak GA, Aikin K, Veres PR, Neuman JA, Bourgeois I, et al.
    Airborne observations constrain heterogeneous nitrogen and halogen chemistry on tropospheric and stratospheric biomass burning aerosol
    Geophysical Research Letters. 2024; 51(4): e2023GL107273 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107273
    DORA PSI
  • Durdina L, Durand E, Edebeli J, Spirig C, Brem BT, Elser M, et al.
    Characterizing and predicting nvPM size distributions for aviation emission inventories and environmental impact
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2024; 58(24): 10548-10557. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02538
    DORA PSI
  • Heeb NV, Muñoz M, Haag R, Wyss S, Schönenberger D, Durdina L, et al.
    Corelease of genotoxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nanoparticles from a commercial aircraft jet engine – dependence on fuel and thrust
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2024; 58(3): 1615-1624. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c08152
    DORA PSI
  • Lacher L, Adams MP, Barry K, Bertozzi B, Bingemer H, Boffo C, et al.
    The Puy de Dôme ICe Nucleation Intercomparison Campaign (PICNIC): comparison between online and offline methods in ambient air
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2024; 24(4): 2651-2678. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2651-2024
    DORA PSI
  • Laj P, Myhre CL, Riffault V, Amiridis V, Fuchs H, Eleftheriadis K, et al.
    Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS): The European Research Infrastructure Supporting Atmospheric Science
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2024; 105(7): E1098-E1136. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0064.1
    DORA PSI
  • Romanias MN, Coggon MM, Al Ali F, Burkholder JB, Dagaut P, Decker Z, et al.
    Emissions and atmospheric chemistry of furanoids from biomass burning: insights from laboratory to atmospheric observations
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2024; 8(5): 857-899. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00226
    DORA PSI
  • Sipkens TA, Corbin JC, Smith B, Gagné S, Lobo P, Brem BT, et al.
    Quantifying the uncertainties in thermal–optical analysis of carbonaceous aircraft engine emissions: an interlaboratory study
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2024; 17(14): 4291-4302. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4291-2024
    DORA PSI
  • Testa B, Durdina L, Alpert PA, Mahrt F, Dreimol CH, Edebeli J, et al.
    Soot aerosols from commercial aviation engines are poor ice-nucleating particles at cirrus cloud temperatures
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2024; 24(7): 4537-4567. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-4537-2024
    DORA PSI
  • Tummon F, Adamov S, Clot B, Crouzy B, Gysel-Beer M, Kawashima S, et al.
    A first evaluation of multiple automatic pollen monitors run in parallel
    Aerobiologia. 2024; 40: 93-108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-021-09729-0
    DORA PSI
  • Ahlberg E, Ausmeel S, Nilsson L, Spanne M, Pauraite J, Nøjgaard JK, et al.
    Measurement report: black carbon properties and concentrations in southern Sweden urban and rural air - the importance of long-range transport
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2023; 23(5): 3051-3064. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3051-2023
    DORA PSI
  • Alfarra R, Baltensperger U, Bell DM, Danelli SG, Di Biagio C, Doussin J-F, et al.
    Preparation of the experiment: addition of particles
    In: Doussin J-F, Fuchs H, Kiendler-Scharr A, Seakins P, Wenger J, eds. A practical guide to atmospheric simulation chambers. Cham: Springer; 2023:163-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22277-1_5
    DORA PSI
  • Corbin JC, Modini RL, Gysel-Beer M
    Mechanisms of soot-aggregate restructuring and compaction
    Aerosol Science and Technology. 2023; 57(2): 89-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2022.2137385
    DORA PSI
  • Durand E, Durdina L, Smallwood G, Johnson M, Spirig C, Edebeli J, et al.
    Correction for particle loss in a regulatory aviation nvPM emissions system using measured particle size
    Journal of Aerosol Science. 2023; 169: 106140 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106140
    DORA PSI
  • Holanda BA, Franco MA, Walter D, Artaxo P, Carbone S, Cheng Y, et al.
    African biomass burning affects aerosol cycling over the Amazon
    Communications Earth & Environment. 2023; 4(1): 154 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00795-5
    DORA PSI
  • Moallemi A, Modini RL, Brem BT, Bertozzi B, Giaccari P, Gysel-Beer M
    Concept, absolute calibration, and validation of a new benchtop laser imaging polar nephelometer
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2023; 16(15): 3653-3678. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3653-2023
    DORA PSI
  • Mügge C, Nowak N, Strack M, Metzler-Nolte N, Weigand W
    Synthetic approaches towards peptide-conjugates of Pt(II) compounds with an (O,S) chelating moiety
    European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2023; 26(36): e202300519 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202300519
    DORA PSI
  • Spitieri C, Gini M, Gysel-Beer M, Eleftheriadis K
    Annual cycle of hygroscopic properties and mixing state of the suburban aerosol in Athens, Greece
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2023; 23(1): 235-249. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-235-2023
    DORA PSI
  • Warneke C, Schwarz JP, Dibb J, Kalashnikova O, Frost G, Al-Saad J, et al.
    Fire influence on regional to global environments and air quality (FIREX-AQ)
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2023; 128(2): e2022JD037758 (62 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037758
    DORA PSI
  • Zhang J, Li K, Wang T, Gammelsæter E, Cheung RKY, Surdu M, et al.
    Bulk and molecular-level composition of primary organic aerosol from wood, straw, cow dung, and plastic burning
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2023; 23(22): 14561-14576. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14561-2023
    DORA PSI
  • Zieger P, Heslin-Rees D, Karlsson L, Koike M, Modini R, Krejci R
    Black carbon scavenging by low-level Arctic clouds
    Nature Communications. 2023; 14(1): 5488 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41221-w
    DORA PSI
  • Amaladhasan DA, Heyn C, Hoyle CR, El Haddad I, Elser M, Pieber SM, et al.
    Modelling the gas-particle partitioning and water uptake of isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosol at high and low relative humidity
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2022; 22(1): 215-244. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-215-2022
    DORA PSI
  • Beck I, Angot H, Baccarini A, Dada L, Quéléver L, Jokinen T, et al.
    Automated identification of local contamination in remote atmospheric composition time series
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2022; 15(14): 4195-4224. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4195-2022
    DORA PSI
  • Bianchi F, Sinclair VA, Aliaga D, Zha Q, Scholz W, Wu C, et al.
    The SALTENA experiment. Comprehensive observations of aerosol sources, formation, and processes in the South American Andes
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2022; 103(2): E212-E229. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0187.1
    DORA PSI
  • Boiger R, Modini RL, Moallemi A, Degen D, Adelmann A, Gysel-Beer M
    Retrieval of aerosol properties from in situ, multi-angle light scattering measurements using invertible neural networks
    Journal of Aerosol Science. 2022; 163: 105977 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2022.105977
    DORA PSI
  • Brunner C, Brem BT, Collaud Coen M, Conen F, Steinbacher M, Gysel-Beer M, et al.
    The diurnal and seasonal variability of ice-nucleating particles at the high altitude station Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.), Switzerland
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2022; 22(11): 7557-7573. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7557-2022
    DORA PSI
  • Delaval MN, Jonsdottir HR, Leni Z, Keller A, Brem BT, Siegerist F, et al.
    Responses of reconstituted human bronchial epithelia from normal and health-compromised donors to non-volatile particulate matter emissions from an aircraft turbofan engine
    Environmental Pollution. 2022; 307: 119521 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119521
    DORA PSI
  • Eirund GK, Drossaart van Dusseldorp S, Brem BT, Dedekind Z, Karrer Y, Stoll M, et al.
    Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions during a Saharan dust event - a summertime case‐study from the Alps
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 2022; 148(743): 943-961. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4240
    DORA PSI
  • Fredrickson CD, Palm BB, Lee BH, Zhang X, Orlando JJ, Tyndall GS, et al.
    Formation and evolution of catechol-derived SOA mass, composition, volatility, and light absorption
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2022; 6(4): 1067-1079. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00007
    DORA PSI
  • Moallemi A, Modini RL, Lapyonok T, Lopatin A, Fuertes D, Dubovik O, et al.
    Information content and aerosol property retrieval potential for different types of in situ polar nephelometer data
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2022; 15(19): 5619-5642. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5619-2022
    DORA PSI
  • Pasquier JT, David RO, Freitas G, Gierens R, Gramlich Y, Haslett S, et al.
    The Ny-Ålesund aerosol cloud experiment (NASCENT): overview and first results
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2022; 103(11): E2533-E2558. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0034.1
    DORA PSI
  • Qi L, Bozzetti C, Corbin JC, Daellenbach KR, El Haddad I, Zhang Q, et al.
    Source identification and characterization of organic nitrogen in atmospheric aerosols at a suburban site in China
    Science of the Total Environment. 2022; 818: 151800 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151800
    DORA PSI
  • Tatzelt C, Henning S, Welti A, Baccarini A, Hartmann M, Gysel-Beer M, et al.
    Circum-Antarctic abundance and properties of CCN and INPs
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2022; 22(14): 9721-9745. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9721-2022
    DORA PSI