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Erkki Kyrölä is affiliated with the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, their work is concentrated on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, supported by expertise in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research covers key topics including Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Cryospheric studies and observations, Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Erkki Kyrölä has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • D. A. Degenstein
  • Adam Bourassa
  • Alexei Rozanov
  • Chris Roth
  • Daniel Zawada

Their publication record includes work in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues comprise:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Earth system science data
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Among their recent influential papers are:

  • Measurement report: regional trends of stratospheric ozone evaluated using the MErged GRIdded Dataset of Ozone Profiles (MEGRIDOP), 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Overview and update of the SPARC Data Initiative: comparison of stratospheric composition measurements from satellite limb sounders, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Systematic comparison of vectorial spherical radiative transfer models in limb scattering geometry, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • SPARC Data Initiative monthly zonal mean composition measurements from stratospheric limb sounders (1978-2018), 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Radiance data for "Systematic Comparison of Vectorial Spherical Radiative Transfer Models in Limb Scattering Geometry" by Zawada et al., 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • The OSIRIS instrument on the Odin spacecraft

    E J Llewellyn;N D Lloyd;D A Degenstein;R L Gattinger

  • Molecular oxygen in the rho Ophiuchi cloud

    B. Larsson;R. Liseau;L. Pagani;P. Bergman

  • Diurnal variation of ozone depletion during the October-November 2003 solar proton events

    Pekka T. Verronen;Annika Seppälä;Mark A. Clilverd;Craig J. Rodger

  • Past changes in the vertical distribution of ozone – Part 3: Analysis and interpretation of trends

    Neil R. P Harris;B Hassler;B Hassler;F Tummon;G E Bodeker

  • Solar proton events of October–November 2003: Ozone depletion in the Northern Hemisphere polar winter as seen by GOMOS/Envisat

    A. Seppälä;P. T. Verronen;E. Kyrölä;S. Hassinen

  • GOMOS on Envisat: an overview

    E. Kyrölä;J. Tamminen;G.W. Leppelmeier;V. Sofieva

  • SWAN: A Study of Solar Wind Anisotropies on SOHO With Lyman Alpha Sky Mapping

    J. L. Bertaux;E. Kyrölä;E. Quémerais;R. Pellinen

  • Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of 14 limb and occultation ozone profile data records

    Daan Hubert;Jean Christopher Lambert;Tijl Verhoelst;José Granville

  • Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

    E. Dupuy;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker;J. Kar;C.D. Boone

  • Molecular oxygen in the ρ Ophiuchi cloud

    B. Larsson;R. Liseau;L. Pagani;P. Bergman

  • The Odin orbital observatory

    H. L. Nordh;F. von Schéele;U. Frisk;K. Ahola

  • Monitoring of ozone trend by stellar occultations: the GOMOS instrument

    J.L. Bertaux;G. Mégie;T. Widemann;E. Chassefière

  • Stratospheric ozone profiles retrieved from limb scattered sunlight radiance spectra measured by the OSIRIS instrument on the Odin satellite

    C. von Savigny;C. S. Haley;C. E. Sioris;I. C. McDade

  • Arctic and Antarctic polar winter NOx and energetic particle precipitation in 2002–2006

    Annika Seppälä;Pekka T. Verronen;Mark A. Clilverd;Cora E. Randall

  • Polar vortex evolution during the 2002 Antarctic major warming as observed by the Odin satellite

    Philippe Ricaud;Franck Lefèvre;Gwenaël Berthet;D. Murtagh

  • Combined SAGE II–GOMOS ozone profile data set for 1984–2011 and trend analysis of the vertical distribution of ozone

    E. Kyrölä;M. Laine;V. Sofieva;J. Tamminen

  • Absorption cross-sections of Ozone in the ultraviolet and visible spectral regions – Status report 2015

    Johannes Orphal;Johannes Staehelin;Johanna Tamminen;Geir Braathen

  • Global ozone monitoring by occultation of stars: an overview of GOMOS measurements on ENVISAT

    Jean-Loup Bertaux;E. Kyrölä;D. Fussen;Alain Hauchecorne

  • Trends in stratospheric ozone derived from merged SAGE II and Odin-OSIRIS satellite observations

    A. E. Bourassa;D. A. Degenstein;W. J. Randel;J. M. Zawodny

  • Retrieval of atmospheric parameters from GOMOS data

    E. Kyrölä;J. Tamminen;V. Sofieva;J. L. Bertaux

  • Production of odd hydrogen in the mesosphere during the January 2005 solar proton event

    Pekka T. Verronen;Annika Seppälä;Erkki Kyrölä;Johanna Tamminen

  • Multiple scattering radiance in limb-viewing geometry

    Liisa Oikarinen;Elina Sihvola;Erkki Kyrölä

  • Analysing time-varying trends in stratospheric ozone time series using the state space approach

    M. Laine;N. Latva-Pukkila;N. Latva-Pukkila;E. Kyrölä

Frequent Co-Authors

Johanna Tamminen
Johanna Tamminen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Alain Hauchecorne
Alain Hauchecorne University of Paris-Saclay
Pekka T. Verronen
Pekka T. Verronen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Jean-Loup Bertaux
Jean-Loup Bertaux Atmospheres Laboratory Environments, Observations Spatiales
Annika Seppälä
Annika Seppälä University of Otago
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology
Adam Bourassa
Adam Bourassa University of Saskatchewan
Donal P. Murtagh
Donal P. Murtagh Chalmers University of Technology
Bernd Funke
Bernd Funke Spanish National Research Council

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