Projects

MBRACE: Measurement-Based understanding of the aeRosol budget in the Arctic and its Climate Effects 

The Arctic Ocean Expedition 2018

Trace elements in ambient aerosols and their sources in large Chinese cities

Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition

Energy wood can significantly contribute to the Swiss Energy Strategy 2050. It has the potential to increase its present contribution to the energy demand of Switzerland from today 3.8% to 7.3%.…

Rapid measurements of isotope fractionations during plant metabolic processes as response to environmental changes

Black Carbon in the Atmosphere: Emissions, Aging and Cloud Interactions

Effects of radiation changes on trends

Effects of radiation changes on trends

Aerosol Mass Spectrometric Studies of Atmospheric Aerosol Composition and Unimolecular Reactions using Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization

Chemical composition of atmospheric gases and aerosols in Estonia

Aerosols in Lithuania.

The relationship between stable isotopes, water-use efficiency and tree mortality under drought

In-depth analysis of N&S compounds

Large intercomparison campaign of 15 aerosol mass spectrometers at the SIRTA supersite (Paris, F)

Aerosol particles from wood combustion and their effect on climate and health

EuroDelta3 Project

Development and validation of a new online mass spectrometer for aerosols, the ToF-ACSM

Integrating European ground-based stations equipped with advanced atmospheric probing instrumentation

Development and employment of a new instrument to measure the particles hygroscopic properties on board of a Zeppelin.

Clean Air for London - the PSI contribution

Sources of trace elements in aerosols using synchrotron-XRF

Production and Processing of Atmospheric Aerosols from Biogenic and Biomass Burning Sources

Understanding the isotope signal of trees growing on continuous permafrost in northern Siberia

Development of a ice selective inlet (ISI) for the extraction of ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds and subsequent physico-chemical analysis of ice nuclei

Source Attribution of Particulate Matter using a new aerodynamic lens

Secondary Aerosol from Traffic, measured with the mobile smogchamber

Measurements of non-refractory PM1 and source apportionment of OM with a mini-AMS in Zurich during a full year

Modelling of scenarios for 2020 in the framework of the revision of the Gothenburg Protocol

NOx Abatement in Diesels: Process Analysis, Optimisation, and Impact

Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change in the Los Angeles Basin

Source Apportionment Modelling for Aerosols in Switzerland: Contribution from abroad

Integration of European Simulation Chambers for studying atmospheric processes

Characterization aerosl particles Surface reactivity of Nanoparticles Key free radical reactions - thermochemistry

Fast and loading compensated Aethalometerà an instrument for real time measurement of light absorbing carbonaceous aerosol

Tree response to elevated CO2 above timberline

Impact of aerosol on human health

Characterization of black carbon in atmospheric aerosols and ice cores using a single particle soot photometer

Investigation of various aspects of the interactions of cosmic rays with aerosols and clouds

Source Apportionment and Aerosol Modeling with Budget Analysis

Understanding the influence of water uptake on atmospheric aerosol particles with respect to their optical properties.

Extended particle analytics for wood burning emissions

Trace elements in aerosols: Quantification and source apportionment

Development and employment of humidity-controlled aerosol monitors

PM10 emission factors of abrasion particles from road traffic

Air Quality Modelling for 3 episodes with CAMx

Use of Aethalometer, 14C, AMS, GC-MS, IC-MS to derive the influence of wood burning in Roveredo, Switzerland

Fossil and non-fossil carbon in aerosol in Switzerland

European climate of the last millennium

Climatic changes, tree-ring growth and C- and O-isotope variations along longitudinal transects in Siberia and in the Urals