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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

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75
Citations
19777
World Ranking
1275
National Ranking
35

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Alfonso Saiz-Lopez is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans primarily across Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specialized focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, mercury impact and mitigation studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Alfonso Saiz-Lopez demonstrate an active engagement with high-impact research themes and reputable journals. Notable papers include:

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frequent new particle formation over the high Arctic pack ice by enhanced iodine emissions, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Differing Mechanisms of New Particle Formation at Two Arctic Sites, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Role of iodine oxoacids in atmospheric aerosol nucleation, 2021, Science
  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report, 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Alfonso Saiz-Lopez frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, reflecting interdisciplinary interaction and scholarly cooperation. Some frequent co-authors are:

  • Carlos A. Cuevas
  • Rafael P. Fernández
  • Qinyi Li
  • Anoop S. Mahajan
  • Andrea Spolaor

Publications by Saiz-Lopez appear in several prominent journals and platforms indicating a broad dissemination of research findings. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Nature Communications
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric Chemistry of Iodine

    Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;John M. C. Plane;Alex R. Baker;Lucy J. Carpenter

  • Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

    P. Zoogman;X. Liu;R.M. Suleiman;W.F. Pennington

  • Tropospheric Halogen Chemistry: Sources, Cycling,and Impacts

    William R Simpson;Steven S Brown;Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;Joel A Thornton

  • Extensive halogen-mediated ozone destruction over the tropical Atlantic Ocean

    Katie A. Read;Anoop S. Mahajan;Lucy J. Carpenter;Mathew J. Evans

  • Reactive halogen chemistry in the troposphere

    Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;Roland von Glasow

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report:Assessment of global-scale model performance for global and regional ozone distributions, variability, and trends

    P. J. Young;V. Naik;A. M. Fiore;A. M. Fiore;A. Gaudel;A. Gaudel

  • Global impacts of tropospheric halogens (Cl, Br, I) on oxidants and composition in GEOS-Chem

    Tomás Sherwen;Johan A. Schmidt;Mat J. Evans;Lucy J. Carpenter

  • Boundary Layer Halogens in Coastal Antarctica

    Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;Anoop S. Mahajan;Anoop S. Mahajan;Anoop S. Mahajan;Rhian A. Salmon;Rhian A. Salmon;Rhian A. Salmon;Stephane J.-B. Bauguitte;Stephane J.-B. Bauguitte;Stephane J.-B. Bauguitte

  • Overview of IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) Community Simulations in Support of Upcoming Ozone and Climate Assessments

    Veronika Eyring;Jean-François Lamarque;Peter Hess;Florian Arfeuille

  • Direct evidence for coastal iodine particles from Laminaria macroalgae – linkage to emissions of molecular iodine

    Gordon McFiggans;Hugh Coe;R. Burgess;J. Allan

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere.

    Patrick R. Veres;J. Andrew Neuman;J. Andrew Neuman;Timothy H. Bertram;Emmanuel Assaf;Emmanuel Assaf

  • Atmospheric ammonia and its impacts on regional air quality over the megacity of Shanghai, China.

    Shanshan Wang;Jialiang Nan;Chanzhen Shi;Qingyan Fu

  • Novel iodine chemistry in the marine boundary layer

    Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;John M. C. Plane

  • Halogen activation via interactions with environmental ice and snow in the polar lower troposphere and other regions

    J. P. D. Abbatt;J. L. Thomas;J. L. Thomas;Katarina Abrahamsson;C. Boxe

  • Bromine and iodine chemistry in a global chemistry-climate model: description and evaluation of very short-lived oceanic sources

    C. Ordóñez;J.-F. Lamarque;S. Tilmes;D. E. Kinnison

  • Differing Mechanisms of New Particle Formation at Two Arctic Sites

    Lisa J. Beck;Nina Sarnela;Heikki Junninen;Heikki Junninen;Clara J. M. Hoppe

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: A critical review of changes in the tropospheric ozone burden and budget from 1850 to 2100

    A. T. Archibald;J. L. Neu;Y. F. Elshorbany;O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper

  • Frequent new particle formation over the high Arctic pack ice by enhanced iodine emissions.

    Andrea Baccarini;Linn Karlsson;Josef Dommen;Patrick Duplessis

  • Iodine chemistry in the troposphere and its effect on ozone

    A. Saiz-Lopez;Rafael P. Fernández;Rafael P. Fernández;C. Ordóñez;D.E. Kinnison

  • Role of iodine oxoacids in atmospheric aerosol nucleation.

    Xu-Cheng He;Yee Jun Tham;Lubna Dada;Mingyi Wang

  • Measurement and modelling of tropospheric reactive halogen species over the tropical Atlantic Ocean

    A. S. Mahajan;J. M. C. Plane;H. Oetjen;L. Mendes

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas E. Kinnison
Douglas E. Kinnison National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Anoop S. Mahajan
Anoop S. Mahajan Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
John M. C. Plane
John M. C. Plane University of Leeds
Rainer Volkamer
Rainer Volkamer University of Colorado Boulder
Simone Tilmes
Simone Tilmes National Center for Atmospheric Research
Elliot L Atlas
Elliot L Atlas University of Miami
Lucy J. Carpenter
Lucy J. Carpenter University of York
James D. Lee
James D. Lee University of York
Ross J. Salawitch
Ross J. Salawitch University of Maryland, College Park

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