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Catherine Liousse

Catherine Liousse

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
15773
World Ranking
3960
National Ranking
157

Overview

Catherine Liousse is affiliated with Paul Sabatier University in France. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, and Environmental Engineering. The scientist's work explores various aspects of air quality, atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, and environmental gas dynamics.

Their recent scholarly contributions include studies on air pollution and particulate matter in Western Africa, as well as inventories of anthropogenic emissions on the continent. Notable publications by Catherine Liousse include:

  • "African anthropogenic emissions inventory for gases and particles from 1990 to 2015" (2021), Earth System Science Data
  • "Physico-chemical characterization of urban aerosols from specific combustion sources in West Africa at Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire and Cotonou in Benin in the frame of the DACCIWA program" (2020), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Source Apportionment of Ambient Particulate Matter (PM) in Two Western African Urban Sites (Dakar in Senegal and Bamako in Mali)" (2023), Atmosphere
  • "'Living with' air pollution in Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire): a study of risk culture and silent suffering in three occupational areas" (2020), Health Risk & Society
  • "Source Apportionment of Ambient Particulate Matter (PM) in two Western Africa Urban Sites (Dakar in Senegal and Bamako in Mali)" (2023), Preprints.org

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Véronique Yoboué, Thierno Doumbia, Sylvain Gnamien, Claire Granier, and Corinne Galy-Lacaux. These collaborations reflect shared interests in atmospheric sciences and environmental health.

Their research appears in a variety of publication venues, with multiple contributions to conferences and journals such as ISEE Conference Abstracts, Earth System Science Data, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmosphere, and Health Risk & Society.

Main topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle Emissions and Performance

Best Publications

  • Historical (1850–2000) gridded anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of reactive gases and aerosols: methodology and application

    J.-F. Lamarque;T. C. Bond;V. Eyring;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier

  • A global three‐dimensional model study of carbonaceous aerosols

    C. Liousse;C. Liousse;J. E. Penner;C. Chuang;J. J. Walton

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

    P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

  • Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants at global and regional scales during the 1980–2010 period

    Claire Granier;Bertrand Bessagnet;Tami Bond;Ariela D'Angiola

  • Construction of a 1° × 1° fossil fuel emission data set for carbonaceous aerosol and implementation and radiative impact in the ECHAM4 model

    W. F. Cooke;C. Liousse;H. Cachier;J. Feichter

  • Optical and thermal measurements of black carbon aerosol content in different environments: Variation of the specific attenuation cross-section, sigma (σ)

    C. Liousse;H. Cachier;S.G. Jennings

  • Physical, chemical, and optical properties of regional hazes dominated by smoke in Brazil

    Jeffrey S. Reid;Peter V. Hobbs;Ronald J. Ferek;Donald R. Blake

  • Aerosol modeling with CHIMERE—preliminary evaluation at the continental scale

    Bertrand Bessagnet;Amir Hodzic;Robert Vautard;Matthias Beekmann

  • "What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health"

    J. Jason West;Aaron Cohen;Frank Dentener;Bert Brunekreef

  • Emission factors of hydrocarbons, halocarbons, trace gases and particles from biomass burning in Brazil

    Ronald J. Ferek;Jeffrey S. Reid;Peter V. Hobbs;Donald R. Blake

  • Effects of black carbon content, particle size, and mixing on light absorption by aerosols from biomass burning in Brazil

    J. Vanderlei Martins;Paulo Artaxo;Catherine Liousse;Jeffrey S. Reid

  • Modeling of carbonaceous particles emitted by boreal and temperate wildfires at northern latitudes

    David Lavoué;Catherine Liousse;Hélène Cachier;Brian J. Stocks

  • The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service global and regional emissions (April 2019 version)

    Claire Granier;Sabine Darras;Hugo Denier van der Gon;Doubalova Jana

  • Particulate content of savanna fire emissions

    Hélène Cachier;Catherine Liousse;Patrick Buat-Menard;Annie Gaudichet

  • A global emission inventory of carbonaceous aerosol from historic records of fossil fuel and biofuel consumption for the period 1860–1997

    C. Junker;C. Liousse

  • Aerosol modelling for regional climate studies: application to anthropogenic particles and evaluation over a European/African domain

    F. Solmon;F. Giorgi;C. Liousse

  • Explosive growth in African combustion emissions from 2005 to 2030

    Catherine Liousse;E. Assamoi;Patrick Criqui;Claire Granier;Claire Granier

  • The Canopy and Aerosol Particles Interactions in TOulouse Urban Layer (CAPITOUL) experiment

    Valéry Masson;Laurent Gomes;Grégoire Pigeon;Catherine Liousse

  • Regional modeling of carbonaceous aerosols over Europe—focus on secondary organic aerosols

    Bertrand Bessagnet;Laurent Menut;Gabriele Curci;Alma Hodzic

  • Intercomparison of Magnitudes and Trends in Anthropogenic Surface Emissions From Bottom-Up Inventories, Top-Down Estimates, and Emission Scenarios

    N. Elguindi;C. Granier;C. Granier;T. Stavrakou;S. Darras

  • Comparisons of techniques for measuring shortwave absorption and black carbon content of aerosols from biomass burning in Brazil

    Jeffrey S. Reid;Peter V. Hobbs;Catherine Liousse;J. Vanderlei Martins

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire Granier
Claire Granier National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Corinne Galy-Lacaux
Corinne Galy-Lacaux Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Hélène Cachier
Hélène Cachier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Gregory J. Frost
Gregory J. Frost National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Marc Mallet
Marc Mallet University of Tasmania
Fabien Solmon
Fabien Solmon International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Hugh Coe
Hugh Coe University of Manchester
Martin Schultz
Martin Schultz Forschungszentrum Jülich
Bertrand Bessagnet
Bertrand Bessagnet École Normale Supérieure

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