Dr. Markus Furger

Scientist

Paul Scherrer Institute
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Suisse
Téléphone
+41 56 310 29 91
  • Elemental analysis of aerosols with semi-continuous online x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (online-XRF) (2015- )
  • Elemental analysis of aerosols with synchrotron radiation induced x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (SR-XRF) (2006-2018)
  • Aerosol measurements in Megacities:
             MEGAPOLI 2010 (Paris, France)
             CalNex-LA 2010 (Los Angeles, USA)
             APICE 2011 (Marseille, France)
             ClearfLo 2012 (London, UK)
             XRF-China 2017 (Beijing, PRC)
             XRF-Asia 2019 (New Delhi, India)
             SDC_CleanAirChina 2019- (Xi'an and other cities, PRC)
  • Trace element measurements in coal-related heavily polluted areas: Krakow, Poland (test campaigns in 2018, 2019)
  • Aerosol measurements in Alpine valleys and other complex terrain:
             Aerowood 2004 (Mesolcina Valley, CH)
             APART 2008 (Zurich, Reiden, CH)
  • Meteorological and atmospheric-chemical field experiments in the Alps (ALPEX 1982, Pollumet 1986, VOTALP 1995/96, Ecomont 1995/96, LOOP/PIPAPO 1997, MAP 1999, CARBOMONT 2001)
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Books and book chapters

  • Furger M
    The Swiss Society for Meteorology – the first 100 years
    In: Willemse S, Furger M, eds. From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology: a book of the Swiss Society for Meteorology. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich; 2016:19-29.
    DORA PSI
  • Willemse S, Furger M, eds.
    From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology: a book of the Swiss Society for Meteorology
    Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich; 2016. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010649833
    DORA PSI
  • Graber WK, Furger M
    Field techniques for atmospheric systems
    In: Sydow A, ed. Environmental systems. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publishers; 2010:182-200.
    DORA PSI
  • Graber WK, Furger M
    Measurement tools for atmospheric systems
    In: Sydow A, ed. Environmental systems. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publisher; 2010:101-122.
    DORA PSI
  • Baltensperger U, Furger M
    Aerosol chemistry in remote locations
    In: Colbeck I, ed. Environmental chemistry of aerosols. Oxford: Blackwell; 2008:217-252. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444305388.ch8
    DORA PSI
  • Graber W, Siegwolf RTW, Furger M
    CO2 and water vapour exchange between the composite test area and the atmosphere over Monte Bondone
    In: Cernusca A, Tappeiner U, Bayfield N, eds. Land-use changes in European mountain ecosystems: ECOMONT - concepts and results. Berlin: Blackwell-Wissenschafts-Verlag; 1999:268-271.
    DORA PSI
  • Graber WK, Siegwolf RTW, Furger M
    Gas exchange between experimental sites and the atmosphere
    In: Cernusca A, Tappeiner U, Bayfield N, eds. Land-use changes in European mountain ecosystems: ECOMONT - concepts and results. Berlin: Blackwell-Wissenschafts-Verlag; 1999:145-150.
    DORA PSI

Articles

  • Canonaco F, Tobler A, Chen G, Sosedova Y, Slowik JG, Bozzetti C, et al.
    A new method for long-term source apportionment with time-dependent factor profiles and uncertainty assessment using SoFi Pro: application to 1 year of organic aerosol data
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2021; 14(2): 923-943. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-923-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Rai P, Slowik JG, Furger M, El Haddad I, Visser S, Tong Y, et al.
    Highly time-resolved measurements of element concentrations in PM10 and PM2.5: comparison of Delhi, Beijing, London, and Krakow
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021; 21(2): 717-730. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-717-2021
    DORA PSI
  • Furger M, Rai P, Slowik JG, Cao J, Visser S, Baltensperger U, et al.
    Automated alternating sampling of PM10 and PM2.5 with an online XRF spectrometer
    Atmospheric Environment: X. 2020; 5: 100065 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2020.100065
    DORA PSI
  • Puthussery JV, Singh A, Rai P, Bhattu D, Kumar V, Vats P, et al.
    Real-time measurements of PM2.5 oxidative potential using a dithiothreitol assay in Delhi, India
    Environmental Science and Technology Letters. 2020; 7(7): 504-510. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00342
    DORA PSI
  • Rai P, Furger M, El Haddad I, Kumar V, Wang L, Singh A, et al.
    Real-time measurement and source apportionment of elements in Delhi's atmosphere
    Science of the Total Environment. 2020; 742: 140332 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140332
    DORA PSI
  • Rai P, Furger M, Slowik JG, Canonaco F, Fröhlich R, Hüglin C, et al.
    Source apportionment of highly time-resolved elements during a firework episode from a rural freeway site in Switzerland
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2020; 20(3): 1657-1674. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1657-2020
    DORA PSI
  • Furger M, Minguillón MC, Yadav V, Slowik JG, Hüglin C, Fröhlich R, et al.
    Elemental composition of ambient aerosols measured with high temporal resolution using an online XRF spectrometer
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2017; 10(6): 2061-2076. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2061-2017
    DORA PSI
  • Furger M
    The Swiss Society for Meteorology – the first 100 years
    In: Willemse S, Furger M, eds. From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology: a book of the Swiss Society for Meteorology. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich; 2016:19-29.
    DORA PSI
  • Willemse S, Furger M, eds.
    From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology: a book of the Swiss Society for Meteorology
    Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich; 2016. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010649833
    DORA PSI
  • Bannan TJ, Murray Booth A, Bacak A, Muller JBA, Leather KE, Le Breton M, et al.
    The first UK measurements of nitryl chloride using a chemical ionization mass spectrometer in central London in the summer of 2012, and an investigation of the role of Cl atom oxidation
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2015; 120(11): 5638-5657. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022629
    DORA PSI
  • Berninger F, Susiluoto S, Gianelle D, Bahn M, Wohlfahrt G, Sutton M, et al.
    Management and site effects on carbon balances of european mountain meadows and rangelands
    Boreal Environment Research. 2015; 20(6): 748-760.
    DORA PSI
  • Bohnenstengel SI, Belcher SE, Aiken A, Allan JD, Allen G, Bacak A, et al.
    Meteorology, air quality, and health in London. The ClearfLo project
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2015; 96(5): 779-804. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00245.1
    DORA PSI
  • Visser S, Slowik JG, Furger M, Zotter P, Bukowiecki N, Canonaco F, et al.
    Advanced source apportionment of size-resolved trace elements at multiple sites in London during winter
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2015; 15(19): 11291-11309. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11291-2015
    DORA PSI
  • Visser S, Slowik JG, Furger M, Zotter P, Bukowiecki N, Dressler R, et al.
    Kerb and urban increment of highly time-resolved trace elements in PMsub>10, PM2.5 and PM1.0 winter aerosol in London during ClearfLo 2012
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2015; 15(5): 2367-2386. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2367-2015
    DORA PSI
  • Michoud V, Colomb A, Borbon A, Miet K, Beekmann M, Camredon M, et al.
    Study of the unknown HONO daytime source at a European suburban site during the MEGAPOLI summer and winter field campaigns
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2014; 14(6): 2805-2822. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2805-2014
    DORA PSI
  • Michoud V, Kukui A, Camredon M, Colomb A, Borbon A, Miet K, et al.
    Radical budget analysis in a suburban European site during the MEGAPOLI summer field campaign
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2012; 12(24): 11951-11974. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11951-2012
    DORA PSI
  • Amato F, Viana M, Richard A, Furger M, Prévôt ASH, Nava S, et al.
    Size and time-resolved roadside enrichment of atmospheric particulate pollutants
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(6): 2917-2931. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-2917-2011
    DORA PSI
  • Amato F, Pandolfi M, Moreno T, Furger M, Pey J, Alastuey A, et al.
    Sources and variability of inhalable road dust particles in three European cities
    Atmospheric Environment. 2011; 45(37): 6777-6787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.003
    DORA PSI
  • Collaud Coen M, Weingartner E, Furger M, Nyeki S, Prévôt ASH, Steinbacher M, et al.
    Aerosol climatology and planetary boundary influence at the Jungfraujoch analyzed by synoptic weather types
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(12): 5931-5944. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5931-2011
    DORA PSI
  • Moreno T, Querol X, Alastuey A, Reche C, Cusack M, Amato F, et al.
    Variations in time and space of trace metal aerosol concentrations in urban areas and their surroundings
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(17): 9415-9430. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9415-2011
    DORA PSI
  • Richard A, Gianini MFD, Mohr C, Furger M, Bukowiecki N, Minguillón MC, et al.
    Source apportionment of size and time resolved trace elements and organic aerosols from an urban courtyard site in Switzerland
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(17): 8945-8963. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-8945-2011
    DORA PSI
  • Trickl T, Bärtsch-Ritter N, Eisele H, Furger M, Mücke R, Sprenger M, et al.
    High-ozone layers in the middle and upper troposphere above Central Europe: Potential import from the stratosphere along the subtropical jet stream
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(17): 9343-9366. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9343-2011
    DORA PSI
  • Bukowiecki N, Lienemann P, Hill M, Furger M, Richard A, Amato F, et al.
    PM10 emission factors for non-exhaust particles generated by road traffic in an urban street canyon and along a freeway in Switzerland
    Atmospheric Environment. 2010; 44(19): 2330-2340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.039
    DORA PSI
  • Gehrig R, Zeyer K, Bukowiecki N, Lienemann P, Poulikakos LD, Furger M, et al.
    Mobile load simulators - a tool to distinguish between the emissions due to abrasion and resuspension of PM10 from road surfaces
    Atmospheric Environment. 2010; 44(38): 4937-4943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.020
    DORA PSI
  • Graber WK, Furger M
    Field techniques for atmospheric systems
    In: Sydow A, ed. Environmental systems. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publishers; 2010:182-200.
    DORA PSI
  • Graber WK, Furger M
    Measurement tools for atmospheric systems
    In: Sydow A, ed. Environmental systems. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publisher; 2010:101-122.
    DORA PSI
  • Richard A, Bukowiecki N, Lienemann P, Furger M, Fierz M, Minguillón MC, et al.
    Quantitative sampling and analysis of trace elements in atmospheric aerosols: impactor characterization and synchrotron-XRF mass calibration
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2010; 3(5): 1473-1485. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1473-2010
    DORA PSI
  • Bukowiecki N, Richard A, Furger M, Weingartner E, Aguirre M, Huthwelker T, et al.
    Deposition uniformity and particle size distribution of ambient aerosol collected with a rotating drum impactor
    Aerosol Science and Technology. 2009; 43(9): 891-901. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786820903002431
    DORA PSI
  • Baltensperger U, Furger M
    Aerosol chemistry in remote locations
    In: Colbeck I, ed. Environmental chemistry of aerosols. Oxford: Blackwell; 2008:217-252. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444305388.ch8
    DORA PSI
  • Bukowiecki N, Lienemann P, Zwicky CN, Furger M, Richard A, Falkenberg G, et al.
    X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for high throughput analysis of atmospheric aerosol samples: the benefits of synchrotron X-rays
    Spectrochimica Acta B: Atomic Spectroscopy. 2008; 63(9): 929-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2008.05.006
    DORA PSI
  • Furger M
    AEROCHEM II. Modelling the impact of aircraft emissions on ozone and other chemical compounds in the atmosphere
    Meteorologische Zeitschrift. 2002; 11(3): 139-140. https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2002/0011-0139
    DORA PSI
  • Baumann K, Maurer H, Rau G, Piringer M, Pechinger U, Prévôt A, et al.
    The influence of south Foehn on the ozone distribution in the Alpine Rhine valley - results from the MAP field phase
    Atmospheric Environment. 2001; 35(36): 6379-6390. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00364-8
    DORA PSI
  • Furger M, Drobinski P, Prévôt ASH, Weber RO, Graber WK, Neininger B
    Comparison of horizontal and vertical scintillometer crosswinds during strong foehn with lidar and aircraft measurements
    Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 2001; 18(12): 1975-1988. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1975:COHAVS>2.0.CO;2
    DORA PSI
  • Weber RO, Furger M
    Climatology of near-surface wind patterns over Switzerland
    International Journal of Climatology. 2001; 21(7): 809-827. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.667
    DORA PSI
  • Furger M, Dommen J, Graber WK, Poggio L, Prévôt ASH, Emeis S, et al.
    The VOTALP Mesolcina Valley campaign 1996 - concept, background and some highlights
    Atmospheric Environment. 2000; 34(9): 1395-1412. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00377-5
    DORA PSI
  • Graber WK, Schuhmacher P, Furger M
    An atmospheric water vapor cycle model for evaluating large-scale effects of Alpine land use changes on the atmospheric water cycle
    In: Brebbia CA, Zanetti P, Ibarra-Berastegi G, eds. Development & application of computer techniques to environmental studies VII. Vol. 7. Environmental studies. sine loco: WIT Press; 2000:271-278.
    DORA PSI
  • Lugauer M, Baltensperger U, Furger M, Gäggeler HW, Jost DT, Nyeki S, et al.
    Influences of vertical transport and scavenging on aerosol particle surface area and radon decay product concentrations at the Jungfraujoch (3454 m above sea level)
    Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2000; 105(D15): 19869-19879.
    DORA PSI
  • Nyeki S, Kalberer M, Colbeck I, De Wekker S, Furger M, Gäggeler HW, et al.
    Convective boundary layer evolution to 4 km asl over high-alpine terrain: airborne lidar observations in the Alps
    Geophysical Research Letters. 2000; 27(5): 689-692. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL010928
    DORA PSI
  • Poggio LP, Furger M, Prévôt ASH, Graber WK, Andreas EL
    Scintillometer wind measurements over complex terrain
    Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 2000; 17(1): 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0017:SWMOCT>2.0.CO;2
    DORA PSI
  • Prévôt ASH, Dommen J, Bäumle M, Furger M
    Diurnal variations of volatile organic compounds and local circulation systems in an Alpine valley
    Atmospheric Environment. 2000; 34(9): 1413-1423. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00440-9
    DORA PSI
  • Schmid W, Schiesser H-H, Furger M, Jenni M
    The origin of severe winds in a tornadic bow-echo storm over northern Switzerland
    Monthly Weather Review. 2000; 128(1): 192-207. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0192:TOOSWI>2.0.CO;2
    DORA PSI
  • Graber W, Siegwolf RTW, Furger M
    CO2 and water vapour exchange between the composite test area and the atmosphere over Monte Bondone
    In: Cernusca A, Tappeiner U, Bayfield N, eds. Land-use changes in European mountain ecosystems: ECOMONT - concepts and results. Berlin: Blackwell-Wissenschafts-Verlag; 1999:268-271.
    DORA PSI
  • Graber WK, Siegwolf RTW, Furger M
    Gas exchange between experimental sites and the atmosphere
    In: Cernusca A, Tappeiner U, Bayfield N, eds. Land-use changes in European mountain ecosystems: ECOMONT - concepts and results. Berlin: Blackwell-Wissenschafts-Verlag; 1999:145-150.
    DORA PSI
  • Graber WK, Neininger B, Furger M
    CO2 and water vapour exchange between an alpine ecosystem and the atmosphere
    Environmental Modelling and Software. 1998; 13(3-4): 353-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00040-1
    DORA PSI
  • Lugauer M, Baltensperger U, Furger M, Gäggeler HW, Jost DT, Schwikowski M, et al.
    Aerosol transport to the high Alpine sites Jungfraujoch (3454 m asl) and Colle Gnifetti (4452 m asl)
    Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology. 1998; 50(1): 76-92. https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v50i1.16026
    DORA PSI
  • Furger M, Whiteman CD, Wilczak JM
    Uncertainty of boundary layer heat budgets computed from wind profiler - RASS networks
    Monthly Weather Review. 1995; 123(3): 790-799. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1995)123<0790:UOBLHB>2.0.CO;2
    DORA PSI
  • Furger M
    The radiosoundings of Payerne: aspects of the synoptic-dynamic climatology of the wind field near mountain ranges
    Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 1992; 45(1): 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00865989
    DORA PSI

My online resume

1978-83 Physics student at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
1983 Diploma in physics, specialization in atmospheric physics and optics, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
1984-90 Research assistant at the University of Bern, Institute of Geography, Group for Applied Climatology
1990 Ph.D. in geography (climatology), University of Bern, Switzerland
1992-93 Post-Doc at Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
1990-present Atmospheric Scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institute
  • 1990: Meteotest Award (1st prize) for Ph.D. Dissertation
  • 2003: PSI Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation (PSI Award for Science Communication)
  • Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) (1992 - )
  • Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) (1993 - )
  • Member of the Swiss Society of Meteorology (SGM) (1995 - ;  President 2008-2011)
  • Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), former European Geophysical Society (EGS) (1993 - )
  • Member of the Swiss National Committee of the IUGG (2007-2013)
  • Swiss National Correspondent of the IAMAS (2007-2013)


Contact

Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry
Secretariate
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland

Claudia Indlekofer

Telephone:
+41 56 310 2522
E-mail:
claudia.indlekofer@psi.ch