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Ari Karppinen is affiliated with the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Finland and has a research focus primarily in environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering. Their work spans multiple interconnected subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, and general health professions.

The scientist's main topics of investigation involve air quality and health impacts, vehicle emissions and performance, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, climate change and health impacts, indoor air quality and microbial exposure, and wind and air flow studies.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Ari Karppinen include:

  • The influence of residential wood combustion on the concentrations of PM 2.5 in four Nordic cities, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Modeling of the Concentrations of Ultrafine Particles in the Plumes of Ships in the Vicinity of Major Harbors, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • An operational urban air quality model ENFUSER, based on dispersion modelling and data assimilation, 2022, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Opinion: Insights into updating Ambient Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Added Value of Vaisala AQT530 Sensors as a Part of a Sensor Network for Comprehensive Air Quality Monitoring, 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science

Ari Karppinen frequently publishes in venues such as Atmospheric chemistry and physics, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Atmospheric Environment, Environmental Modelling & Software, and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.

Collaborations are a recurring aspect of their research work. Frequently co-authored researchers include Jaakko Kukkonen, Jarkko V. Niemi, Joel Kuula, Leena Kangas, and Mari Kauhaniemi.

Best Publications

  • Extensive evaluation of neural network models for the prediction of NO2 and PM10 concentrations, compared with a deterministic modelling system and measurements in central Helsinki

    Jaakko Kukkonen;Leena Partanen;Ari Karppinen;Juhani Ruuskanen

  • Retrieval of mixing height and dust concentration with lidar ceilometer

    Christoph Münkel;Noora Eresmaa;Janne Räsänen;Ari Karppinen

  • Evolving the neural network model for forecasting air pollution time series

    Harri Niska;Teri Hiltunen;Ari Karppinen;Juhani Ruuskanen

  • Intercomparison of air quality data using principal component analysis, and forecasting of PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations using artificial neural networks, in Thessaloniki and Helsinki

    Dimitris Voukantsis;Kostas Karatzas;Jaakko Kukkonen;Teemu Räsänen

  • Mixing height determination by ceilometer

    N. Eresmaa;A. Karppinen;S. M. Joffre;J. Räsänen

  • Chemical composition of aerosols during a major biomass burning episode over northern Europe in spring 2006: Experimental and modelling assessments

    Sanna Saarikoski;Markus Sillanpää;Mikhail Sofiev;Hilkka Timonen

  • Evaluation of a multiple regression model for the forecasting of the concentrations of NOx and PM10 in Athens and Helsinki

    A. Vlachogianni;P. Kassomenos;Ari Karppinen;S. Karakitsios

  • Meteorological dependence of size-fractionated number concentrations of urban aerosol particles

    Tareq Hussein;Tareq Hussein;Ari Karppinen;Ari Karppinen;Jaakko Kukkonen;Jaakko Kukkonen;Jari Härkönen;Jari Härkönen

  • Integrated systems for forecasting urban meteorology, air pollution and population exposure

    A. Baklanov;O. Hänninen;L. H. Slørdal;J. Kukkonen

  • A model for evaluating the population exposure to ambient air pollution in an urban area

    Anu Kousa;Jaakko Kukkonen;Ari Karppinen;Päivi Aarnio

  • A modelling system for predicting urban air pollution: model description and applications in the Helsinki metropolitan area

    A. Karppinen;J. Kukkonen;T. Elolähde;M. Konttinen

  • A modelling system for predicting urban air pollution:: comparison of model predictions with the data of an urban measurement network in Helsinki

    A. Karppinen;J. Kukkonen;T. Elolähde;M. Konttinen

  • A measurement campaign in a street canyon in Helsinki and comparison of results with predictions of the OSPM model

    Jaakko Kukkonen;Esko Valkonen;Jari Walden;Tarja Koskentalo

  • Measurements and modelling of PM2.5 concentrations near a major road in Kuopio, Finland

    Petri Tiitta;Taisto Raunemaa;Jarkko Tissari;Tarja Yli-Tuomi

  • Evaluation of the CAR-FMI model against measurements near a major road

    Jaakko Kukkonen;Jari Härkönen;Jari Walden;Ari Karppinen

  • Investigating the Surface Energy Balance in Urban Areas – Recent Advances and Future Needs

    M. Piringer;C. S. B. Grimmond;S. M. Joffre;P. Mestayer

  • The surface energy balance and the mixing height in urban areas—activities and recommendations of COST-Action 715

    Martin Piringer;Sylvain Joffre;Alexander Baklanov;Andreas Christen

  • A semi-empirical model for urban PM10 concentrations, and its evaluation against data from an urban measurement network

    Jaakko Kukkonen;Jari Härkönen;Ari Karppinen;Mia Pohjola

  • The Spatial and Temporal Variation of Measured Urban PM10 and PM2.5 in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

    M. A. Pohjola;A. Kousa;J. Kukkonen;J. Härkönen

  • Statistical model for assessing the portion of fine particulate matter transported regionally and long range to urban air.

    Ari Karppinen;Jari Härkönen;Jaakko Kukkonen;Päivi Aarnio

  • Influence of spatial resolution on population PM2.5 exposure and health impacts

    Antti Korhonen;Antti Korhonen;Heli Lehtomäki;Heli Lehtomäki;Isabell Rumrich;Isabell Rumrich;Niko Karvosenoja

  • The influence of residential wood combustion on the concentrations of PM2.5 in four Nordic cities

    Jaakko Kukkonen;Susana López-Aparicio;David Segersson;Camilla Geels

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaakko Kukkonen
Jaakko Kukkonen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Mikhail Sofiev
Mikhail Sofiev Finnish Meteorological Institute
Matthias Ketzel
Matthias Ketzel University of Surrey
Kaarle Kupiainen
Kaarle Kupiainen Finnish Environment Institute
Otto Hänninen
Otto Hänninen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Ioannis Kompatsiaris
Ioannis Kompatsiaris Information Technologies Institute, Greece
Tareq Hussein
Tareq Hussein University of Helsinki
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Liisa Pirjola
Liisa Pirjola Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Ranjeet S. Sokhi
Ranjeet S. Sokhi University of Hertfordshire

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