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657

Overview

Alexandru Rap is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions to Environmental Science as well. The main subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Geology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Themes extensively covered in their work involve:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Alexandru Rap has contributed articles to several prominent publication venues. Frequent journals include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Scientific Reports

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Alexandru Rap include:

  • The impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the Indian summer monsoon, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Tropospheric ozone radiative forcing uncertainty due to pre-industrial fire and biogenic emissions, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • The role of tropical volcanic eruptions in exacerbating Indian droughts, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Tropospheric warming over the northern Indian Ocean caused by South Asian anthropogenic aerosols: possible impact on the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Quantifying the tropospheric ozone radiative effect and its temporal evolution in the satellite era, 2024, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent collaborators in Alexandru Rap's research network include:

  • Wuhu Feng
  • Sandip Dhomse
  • Suvarna Fadnavis
  • Rolf Müller
  • K. S. Carslaw

Best Publications

  • Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing

    K.S. Carslaw;Lindsay Lee;C.L. Reddington;K.J. Pringle

  • Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles

    Jasper Kirkby;Jasper Kirkby;Jonathan Duplissy;Jonathan Duplissy;Kamalika Sengupta;Carla Frege

  • Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements

    Eimear M. Dunne;Hamish Gordon;Andreas Kürten;João Almeida;João Almeida

  • Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget

    D. V. Spracklen;J. L. Jimenez;K. S. Carslaw;D. R. Worsnop

  • Impact of uncertainties in atmospheric mixing on simulated UTLS composition and related radiative effects

    Martin Riese;F. Ploeger;A. Rap;B. Vogel

  • Natural aerosol direct and indirect radiative effects

    Alexandru Rap;Catherine E. Scott;Dominick V. Spracklen;Nicolas Bellouin

  • The direct and indirect radiative effects of biogenic secondary organic aerosol

    C. E. Scott;A. Rap;D. V. Spracklen;P. M. Forster

  • Global cloud condensation nuclei influenced by carbonaceous combustion aerosol

    D. V. Spracklen;K. S. Carslaw;U. Pöschl;A. Rap

  • Efficiency of short-lived halogens at influencing climate through depletion of stratospheric ozone

    R. Hossaini;M. P. Chipperfield;S. A. Montzka;A. Rap

  • Reduced anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing caused by biogenic new particle formation

    Hamish Gordon;Kamalika Sengupta;Alexandru Rap;Jonathan Duplissy

  • Impact on short-lived climate forcers increases projected warming due to deforestation.

    C. E. Scott;S. A. Monks;S. A. Monks;D. V. Spracklen;S. R. Arnold

  • Enhanced global primary production by biogenic aerosol via diffuse radiation fertilization

    A. Rap;C. E. Scott;C. L. Reddington;L. Mercado

  • The impact of residential combustion emissions on atmospheric aerosol, human health and climate

    E. W. Butt;A. Rap;A. Schmidt;C. E. Scott

  • Importance of tropospheric volcanic aerosol for indirect radiative forcing of climate

    A. Schmidt;K. S. Carslaw;G. W. Mann;A. Rap

  • A case study of the radiative forcing of persistent contrails evolving into contrail‐induced cirrus

    James M. Haywood;Richard Philip Allan;Jorge Bornemann;Piers M. Forster

  • Selective environmental stress from sulphur emitted by continental flood basalt eruptions

    Anja Schmidt;Richard A. Skeffington;Thorvaldur Thordarson;Thorvaldur Thordarson;Stephen Self;Stephen Self

  • Fires increase Amazon forest productivity through increases in diffuse radiation

    A. Rap;D.V. Spracklen;Lina M. Mercado;C.L. Reddington

  • The Mediterranean summertime ozone maximum: global emission sensitivities and radiative impacts

    N. A. D. Richards;S. R. Arnold;M. P. Chipperfield;G. Miles

  • Parameterization of contrails in the UK Met Office Climate Model

    A. Rap;P. M. Forster;A. Jones;O. Boucher

  • Reassessment of pre-industrial fire emissions strongly affects anthropogenic aerosol forcing.

    D. S. Hamilton;D. S. Hamilton;S. Hantson;C. E. Scott;J. O. Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Piers M. Forster
Piers M. Forster University of Leeds
Dominick V. Spracklen
Dominick V. Spracklen University of Leeds
Kenneth S. Carslaw
Kenneth S. Carslaw University of Leeds
Carly L. Reddington
Carly L. Reddington University of Leeds
Graham W. Mann
Graham W. Mann University of Leeds
Kirsty J. Pringle
Kirsty J. Pringle University of Leeds
Martyn P. Chipperfield
Martyn P. Chipperfield University of Leeds
Steve R. Arnold
Steve R. Arnold University of Leeds
Jim Haywood
Jim Haywood University of Exeter
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki

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