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• Time-dependent source apportionment of submicron organic aerosol for a rural site in an alpine valley using a rolling positive matrix factorisation (PMF) window.

  Authors:Gang Chen, Yulia Sosedova, Francesco Canonaco, Roman Fröhlich, Anna Tobler, Athanasia Vlachou, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 19) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 11, 2021617 words Report, Author abstr... We collected 1 year of aerosol chemical speciation monitor (ACSM) data in Magadino, a village located in the south of the Swiss Alpine region, one of Switzerland's most polluted areas. We analysed the mass spectra of...

• Source-specific light absorption by carbonaceous components in the complex aerosol matrix from yearly filter-based measurements.

  Authors:Vaios Moschos, Martin Gysel-Beer, Robin L. Modini, Joel C. Corbin, Dario Massabò, Camilla Costa, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 17) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 31, 2021525 words Article Understanding the sources of light-absorbing organic (brown) carbon (BrC) and its interaction with black carbon (BC) and other non-refractory particulate matter (NR-PM) fractions is important for reducing uncertainties...

• Development of a versatile source apportionment analysis based on positive matrix factorization: a case study of the seasonal variation of organic aerosol sources in Estonia

  Authors:Athanasia Vlachou, Anna Tobler, Houssni Lamkaddam, Francesco Canonaco, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  June 3, 2019425 words Author abstract, Bri...

  Bootstrap analysis is commonly used to capture the uncertainties of a bilinear receptor model such as the positive matrix factorization (PMF) model. This approach can estimate the factor-related uncertainties and...

• Argon offline-AMS source apportionment of organic aerosol over yearly cycles for an urban, rural, and marine site in northern Europe

  Authors:Carlo Bozzetti, Yuliya Sosedova, Mao Xiao, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Vidmantas Ulevicius, Vadimas Dudoitis, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 3, 2017387 words Author abstract, Bri... The widespread use of Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometers (AMS) has greatly improved real-time organic aerosol (OA) monitoring, providing mass spectra that contain sufficient information for source apportionment....

• Production of particulate brown carbon during atmospheric aging of residential wood-burning emissions

  Authors:Nivedita K. Kumar, Joel C. Corbin, Emily A. Bruns, Dario Massabo, Jay G. Slowik, Luka Drinovec, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 18, Issue 24) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 14, 2018267 words Author abstract, Bri...

  We investigate the optical properties of light-absorbing organic carbon (brown carbon) from domestic wood combustion as a function of simulated atmospheric aging. At shorter wavelengths (370-470 nm), light...

• Insights into organic-aerosol sources via a novel laser-desorption/ionization mass spectrometry technique applied to one year of PM.sub.10 samples from nine sites in central Europe

  Authors:Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Imad El-Haddad, Lassi Karvonen, Athanasia Vlachou, Joel C. Corbin, Jay G. Slowik, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 14, 201878 words Author abstract, Bri... Byline: Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Imad El-Haddad, Lassi Karvonen, Athanasia Vlachou, Joel C. Corbin, Jay G. Slowik, Maarten F. Heringa, Emily A. Bruns, Samuel M. Luedin, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Sö,nke Szidat, Andrea...

• The new instrument using a TC-BC (total carbon-black carbon) method for the online measurement of carbonaceous aerosols.

  Authors:Martin Rigler, Luka Drinovec, GaÅ¡per Lavric, Athanasia Vlachou, André S. H. Prévôt, Jean Luc Jaffrezo, et al.From:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 13, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 17, 2020266 words Brief article We present a newly developed total carbon analyzer (TCA08) and a method for online speciation of carbonaceous aerosol with a high time resolution. The total carbon content is determined by flash heating of a sample...

• Source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols in Beijing with radiocarbon and organic tracers: insight into the differences between urban and rural sites.

  Authors:Siqi Hou, Di Liu, Jingsha Xu, Tuan V. Vu, Xuefang Wu, Deepchandra Srivastava, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 28, 2021503 words Article Carbonaceous aerosol is a dominant component of fine particles in Beijing. However, it is challenging to apportion its sources. Here, we applied a newly developed method which combined radiocarbon (.sup.14 C) with...

• Health benefits of the mediterranean diet: an update of research over the last 5 years

  Authors:Efthymios Gotsis, Panagiotis Anagnostis, Anargyros Mariolis, Athanasia Vlachou, Niki Katsiki, and Asterios KaragiannisFrom:Angiology (Vol. 66, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

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• Oxidative stress-induced inflammation in susceptible airways by anthropogenic aerosol

  Authors:Zaira Leni, Laure Estelle Cassagnes, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Imad El Haddad, Athanasia Vlachou, Gaelle Uzu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 18, 20207,753 words Report 1590LAmbient air pollution is one of the leading five health risks worldwide. One of the most harmful air pollutants is particulate matter (PM), which has different physical characteristics (particle size and number, surface...

• Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe

  Authors:Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Gaelle Uzu, Jianhui Jiang, Laure-Estelle Cassagnes, Zaira Leni, Athanasia Vlachou, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 587, Issue 7834) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 19, 202013,486 words Report 1670LParticulate matter is a component of ambient air pollution that has been linked to millions of annual premature deaths globally.sup.1-3. Assessments of the chronic and acute effects of particulate matter on human health...

• Long-term chemical analysis and organic aerosol source apportionment at nine sites in central Europe: source identification and uncertainty assessment

  Authors:Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Giulia Stefenelli, Carlo Bozzetti, Athanasia Vlachou, Paola Fermo, Raquel Gonzalez, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 17, Issue 21) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 8, 2017393 words Brief article, Repor... Long-term monitoring of organic aerosol is important for epidemiological studies, validation of atmospheric models, and air quality management. In this study, we apply a recently developed filter-based offline...

• Fossil and non-fossil source contributions to atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols during extreme spring grassland fires in Eastern Europe

  Authors:Vidmantas Ulevicius, Carlo Bozzetti, Athanasia Vlachou, Genrik Mordas, Vadimas Dudoitis, Vidmantas Remeikis, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 16, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  May 4, 2016330 words Brief article In early spring the Baltic region is frequently affected by high-pollution events due to biomass burning in that area. Here we present a comprehensive study to investigate the impact of biomass/grass burning (BB) on the...

• Advanced source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols by coupling offline AMS and radiocarbon size-segregated measurements over a nearly 2-year period

  Authors:Athanasia Vlachou, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Carlo Bozzetti, Benjamin Chazeau, Gary A. Salazar, Soenke Szidat, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 18, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 2018584 words Author abstract, Bri... Carbonaceous aerosols are related to adverse human health effects. Therefore, identification of their sources and analysis of their chemical composition is important. The offline AMS (aerosol mass spectrometer)...