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Barbara Ervens is affiliated with the University of Clermont Auvergne in France. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing extensively to these fields with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The scientist has published 31 works related to Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols and 18 works covering Atmospheric aerosols and clouds. Other main topics explored include Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Barbara Ervens's research has appeared in several academic journals, with a frequent presence in Atmospheric chemistry and physics, which features 11 of their publications. Other prominent venues include Biogeosciences, which hosts 3 of their papers, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 2 publications, as well as Nature Communications and the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Barbara Ervens include:

  • Global organic and inorganic aerosol hygroscopicity and its effect on radiative forcing (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Biodegradation by bacteria in clouds: an underestimated sink for some organics in the atmospheric multiphase system (2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • Biotic and abiotic transformation of amino acids in cloud water: experimental studies and atmospheric implications (2021, Biogeosciences)
  • Sensitivities to biological aerosol particle properties and ageing processes: potential implications for aerosol-cloud interactions and optical properties (2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • The global impact of bacterial processes on carbon mass (2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)

Frequent co-authors of Barbara Ervens include Pierre Amato, Ulrich Pöschl, Minghui Zhang, Amina Khaled, and Muriel Joly. These collaborators have contributed to numerous joint publications across various atmospheric and environmental research topics relevant to their shared fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Organic aerosol and global climate modelling: a review

    M. Kanakidou;J. H. Seinfeld;S. N. Pandis;I. Barnes

  • Secondary organic aerosol formation in cloud droplets and aqueous particles (aqSOA): a review of laboratory, field and model studies

    B. Ervens;B. Ervens;B. J. Turpin;R. J. Weber

  • Atmospheric oxalic acid and SOA production from glyoxal: Results of aqueous photooxidation experiments

    Annmarie G. Carlton;Barbara Jo Turpin;Katye E. Altieri;Sybil Seitzinger

  • A modeling study of aqueous production of dicarboxylic acids: 1. Chemical pathways and speciated organic mass production

    Barbara Ervens;Graham Feingold;Gregory J. Frost;Gregory J. Frost;Sonia M. Kreidenweis

  • Glyoxal processing by aerosol multiphase chemistry: towards a kinetic modeling framework of secondary organic aerosol formation in aqueous particles

    B. Ervens;B. Ervens;R. Volkamer;R. Volkamer

  • CAPRAM2.3: A chemical aqueous phase radical mechanism for tropospheric chemistry

    H. Herrmann;B. Ervens;Hans-Werner Jacobi;R. Wolke

  • Organic aerosol formation in urban and industrial plumes near Houston and Dallas, Texas

    R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini;B. Ervens;B. Ervens;A. M. Middlebrook;C. Warneke;C. Warneke

  • Modeling the processing of aerosol and trace gases in clouds and fogs.

    Barbara Ervens;Barbara Ervens

  • Temperature-dependent rate constants for hydroxyl radical reactions with organic compounds in aqueous solutions

    B. Ervens;S. Gligorovski;H. Herrmann

  • CAPRAM 2.4 (MODAC mechanism): An extended and condensed tropospheric aqueous phase mechanism and its application

    B. Ervens;C. George;J. E. Williams;J. E. Williams;G. V. Buxton

  • Secondary organic aerosol yields from cloud-processing of isoprene oxidation products

    Barbara Ervens;Barbara Ervens;Annmarie G. Carlton;Barbara J. Turpin;Katye E. Altieri

  • Oxalic acid in clear and cloudy atmospheres: Analysis of data from International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation 2004

    Armin Sorooshian;Varuntida Varutbangkul;Fred J. Brechtel;Barbara Ervens;Barbara Ervens

  • Water activity and activation diameters from hygroscopicity data - Part I: Theory and application to inorganic salts

    S. M. Kreidenweis;K. Koehler;P. J. DeMott;A. J. Prenni

  • The influence of chemical composition and mixing state of Los Angeles urban aerosol on CCN number and cloud properties

    M. J. Cubison;B. Ervens;B. Ervens;B. Ervens;G. Feingold;K. S. Docherty

  • Influence of water‐soluble organic carbon on cloud drop number concentration

    Barbara Ervens;Graham Feingold;Sonia M. Kreidenweis

  • Key parameters controlling OH‐initiated formation of secondary organic aerosol in the aqueous phase (aqSOA)

    Barbara Ervens;Barbara Ervens;Armin Sorooshian;Yong B. Lim;Barbara J. Turpin

  • Water activity and activation diameters from hygroscopicity data - Part II: Application to organic species

    K. A. Koehler;S. M. Kreidenweis;P. J. DeMott;A. J. Prenni

  • Evidence of a natural marine source of oxalic acid and a possible link to glyoxal

    Matteo Rinaldi;Stefano Decesari;Claudio Carbone;Emanuela Finessi

  • CCN predictions using simplified assumptions of organic aerosol composition and mixing state: a synthesis from six different locations

    B. Ervens;B. Ervens;M. J. Cubison;E. Andrews;E. Andrews;G. Feingold

  • 化学的水溶液相ラジカル機構(CAPRAM2.4(MODAC機構)) 拡大・要約対流圏水溶液相機構とその応用

    Ervens B;George C;Williams J E;Buxton G

  • Prediction of cloud condensation nucleus number concentration using measurements of aerosol size distributions and composition and light scattering enhancement due to humidity

    Barbara Ervens;Barbara Ervens;Michael Cubison;Michael Cubison;Elisabeth Andrews;Elisabeth Andrews;Graham Feingold

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham Feingold
Graham Feingold National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Anne-Marie Delort
Anne-Marie Delort University of Clermont Auvergne
Pierre Amato
Pierre Amato University of Clermont Auvergne
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Sonia M. Kreidenweis
Sonia M. Kreidenweis Colorado State University
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Armin Sorooshian
Armin Sorooshian University of Arizona
Hartmut Herrmann
Hartmut Herrmann Leibniz Association
Roya Bahreini
Roya Bahreini University of California, Riverside
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder

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