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Begoña Artíñano is a researcher affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their work spans key areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on atmospheric science, global and planetary change, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research engages primarily with topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric ozone and climate, infection control and ventilation, and the impact of COVID-19 on air quality.

Notable recent papers include:

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories, 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Improving indoor air quality through an air purifier able to reduce aerosol particulate matter (PM) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs): Experimental results, 2021, Environmental Research
  • The variability of mass concentrations and source apportionment analysis of equivalent black carbon across urban Europe, 2023, Environment International
  • The role of outdoor and indoor air quality in the spread of SARS-CoV-2: Overview and recommendations by the research group on COVID-19 and particulate matter (RESCOP commission), 2022, Environmental Research
  • Seasonality of the particle number concentration and size distribution: a global analysis retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Begoña Artíñano frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Francisco J. Gómez-Moreno, Pedro Salvador, Francisco Molero, Andrés Alástuey, and Xavier Querol.

The preferred publication venues for their work include:

  • Environmental Research
  • Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Environment International
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

  • Speciation and origin of PM10 and PM2.5 in selected European cities

    X. Querol;A. Alastuey;C.R. Ruiz;B. Artiñano

  • Source origin of trace elements in PM from regional background, urban and industrial sites of Spain

    X. Querol;M. Viana;A. Alastuey;F. Amato

  • OC/EC ratio observations in Europe: Re-thinking the approach for apportionment between primary and secondary organic carbon

    Casimiro Pio;Mário Cerqueira;Roy M. Harrison;Teresa Nunes

  • Spatial and temporal variations in airborne particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) across Spain 1999–2005

    X. Querol;A. Alastuey;T. Moreno;M.M. Viana

  • Speciation and origin of PM10 and PM2.5 in Spain

    X. Querol;A. Alastuey;M.M. Viana;S. Rodriguez

  • Levels of particulate matter in rural, urban and industrial sites in Spain

    Xavier Querol;A Alastuey;S Rodríguez;M M Viana

  • Identification and characterisation of sources of PM10 in Madrid (Spain) by statistical methods

    Pedro Salvador;Begoña Artı́ñano;Diana G Alonso;Xavier Querol

  • Traffic and nucleation events as main sources of ultrafine particles in high-insolation developed world cities

    M. Brines;M. Brines;M. Dall'Osto;M. Dall'Osto;D. C. S. Beddows;R. M. Harrison;R. M. Harrison

  • PM speciation and sources in Mexico during the MILAGRO-2006 Campaign

    X. Querol;J. Pey;M. C. Minguillón;N. Pérez

  • Anthropogenic and natural influence on the PM10 and PM2.5 aerosol in Madrid (Spain). Analysis of high concentration episodes

    Begoña Artı́ñano;Pedro Salvador;Diana G. Alonso;Xavier Querol

  • Variations in atmospheric PM trace metal content in Spanish towns: Illustrating the chemical complexity of the inorganic urban aerosol cocktail

    Teresa Moreno;Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey;Mar Viana

  • Seasonal evolution of suspended particles around a large coal-fired power station: particulate levels and sources

    Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey;José A. Puicercus;Enrique Mantilla

  • Climatic Feedbacks and Desertification: The Mediterranean Model

    M. M. Millán;M. J. Estrela;M. J. Sanz;E. Mantilla

  • African dust outbreaks over the western Mediterranean Basin: 11-year characterization of atmospheric circulation patterns and dust source areas

    P. Salvador;Silvia Alonso-Pérez;Silvia Alonso-Pérez;Silvia Alonso-Pérez;Jorge Pey;Jorge Pey;Begoña Artíñano

  • ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison - Part 1: Reproducibility of concentration and fragment results from 13 individual Quadrupole Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitors (Q-ACSM) and consistency with co-located instruments

    Vincent Crenn;Jean Sciare;Jean Sciare;Philip L. Croteau;Stéphanie Verlhac

  • Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: results from the MED-PARTICLES project.

    Xavier Basagaña;Bénédicte Jacquemin;Angeliki Karanasiou;Bart Ostro

  • ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison - Part 2: Intercomparison of ME-2 organic source apportionment results from 15 individual, co-located aerosol mass spectrometers

    R. Fröhlich;V. Crenn;A. Setyan;C. A. Belis

  • Daily and hourly sourcing of metallic and mineral dust in urban air contaminated by traffic and coal-burning emissions

    Teresa Moreno;Angeliki Karanasiou;Fulvio Amato;Franco Lucarelli

  • THE EFFECT OF MESO-SCALE FLOWS ON REGIONAL AND LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN AREA

    M.M. Millán;B. Artíñano;L. Alonso;M. Navazo

  • Variability of carbonaceous aerosols in remote, rural, urban and industrial environments in Spain: implications for air quality policy

    X. Querol;A. Alastuey;M. Viana;T. Moreno

  • Individual particle characteristics of North African dust under different long-range transport scenarios

    Esther Coz;Francisco J. Gómez-Moreno;Manuel Pujadas;Gary S. Casuccio

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories

    Paolo Laj;Paolo Laj;Alessandro Bigi;Clémence Rose;Elisabeth Andrews;Elisabeth Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrés Alastuey
Andrés Alastuey Spanish National Research Council
Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Mar Viana
Mar Viana Spanish National Research Council
Jorge Pey
Jorge Pey Spanish National Research Council
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Noemí Pérez
Noemí Pérez Spanish National Research Council
Teresa Moreno
Teresa Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Sergio Rodríguez
Sergio Rodríguez Spanish National Research Council
Casimiro Pio
Casimiro Pio University of Aveiro
Marco Pandolfi
Marco Pandolfi Spanish National Research Council

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