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Francesca Barnaba is affiliated with the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, as well as their interactions with air quality and climate phenomena. The work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

The main fields of study that encompass their research contributions are Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, they have addressed specific topics such as Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Luca Di Liberto, Sara Basart, Monica Campanelli, Stefano Casadio, and Lucia Mona. These coauthors have worked with Francesca Barnaba on multiple projects, reflecting ongoing scientific partnerships.

Their research has been published in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • European Review
  • Environment International

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Francesca Barnaba include:

  • "Overview: On the transport and transformation of pollutants in the outflow of major population centres - observational data from the EMeRGe European intensive operational period in summer 2017" (2022), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Multiannual assessment of the desert dust impact on air quality in Italy combining PM10 data with physics-based and geostatistical models" (2022), Environment International
  • "Impact of synoptic meteorological conditions on air quality in three different case studies in Rome, Italy" (2021), Atmospheric Pollution Research
  • "A wide-ranging investigation of the COVID-19 lockdown effects on the atmospheric composition in various Italian urban sites (AER - LOCUS)" (2021), Urban Climate
  • "The impact of cloudiness and cloud type on the atmospheric heating rate of black and brown carbon in the Po Valley" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Aerosol seasonal variability over the Mediterranean region and relative impact of maritime, continental and Saharan dust particles over the basin from MODIS data in the year 2001

    F. Barnaba;G. P. Gobbi

  • Altitude-resolved properties of a Saharan dust event over the Mediterranean

    Gian Paolo Gobbi;Francesca Barnaba;Riccardo Giorgi;Alessandra Santacasa

  • Lidar estimation of tropospheric aerosol extinction, surface area and volume: Maritime and desert-dust cases

    Francesca Barnaba;Gian Paolo Gobbi

  • Estimating the impact of Saharan dust on the year 2001 PM10 record of Rome, Italy

    G.P. Gobbi;F. Barnaba;L. Ammannato

  • Identification of key aerosol populations through their size and composition resolved spectral scattering and absorption

    F. Costabile;F. Barnaba;F. Angelini;G. P. Gobbi

  • Saharan dust particle properties over the central Mediterranean

    A.M. Tafuro;F. Barnaba;F. De Tomasi;M.R. Perrone

  • An important fingerprint of wildfires on the European aerosol load

    F. Barnaba;F. Angelini;G. Curci;G. P. Gobbi

  • The vertical distribution of aerosols, Saharan dust and cirrus clouds in Rome (Italy) in the year 2001

    G. P. Gobbi;F. Barnaba;L. Ammannato

  • WRF-Chem model simulations of a dust outbreak over the central Mediterranean and comparison with multi-sensor desert dust observations

    Umberto Rizza;Francesca Barnaba;Mario Marcello Miglietta;Cristina Mangia

  • Annual cycle in co-located in situ, total-column, and height- resolved aerosol observations in the Po Valley (Italy): Implications for ground-level particulate matter mass concentration estimation from remote sensing

    F. Barnaba;J. P. Putaud;C. Gruening;A. dell'Acqua

  • Transport of Po Valley aerosol pollution to the northwestern Alps – Part 1: Phenomenology

    Henri Diémoz;Francesca Barnaba;Tiziana Magri;Giordano Pession

  • First results of the "Carbonaceous Aerosol in Rome and Environs (CARE)" Experiment : Beyond current standards for PM10

    Francesca Costabile;Honey Alas;Michaela Aufderheide;Pasquale Avino

  • Classifying aerosol particles through the combination of optical and physical-chemical properties: Results from a wintertime campaign in Rome (Italy)

    S. Valentini;F. Barnaba;V. Bernardoni;G. Calzolai

  • Spectral actinic flux in the lower troposphere: measurement and 1-D simulations for cloudless, broken cloud and overcast situations

    A Kylling;AR Webb;R Kift;GP Gobbi

  • Impact of port emissions on EU-regulated and non-regulated air quality indicators: The case of Civitavecchia (Italy)

    Gian Paolo Gobbi;Luca Di Liberto;Francesca Barnaba

  • How much is particulate matter near the ground influenced by upper-level processes within and above the PBL? A summertime case study in Milan (Italy) evidences the distinctive role of nitrate

    G. Curci;L. Ferrero;P. Tuccella;F. Barnaba

  • Sunphotometry of the 2006–2007 aerosol optical/radiative properties at the Himalayan Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (5079 m a.s.l.)

    G. P. Gobbi;F. Angelini;P. Bonasoni;G. P. Verza

  • Satellite AOD conversion into ground PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 over the Po valley (Milan, Italy) exploiting information on aerosol vertical profiles, chemistry, hygroscopicity and meteorology

    L. Ferrero;A. Riccio;B.S. Ferrini;L. D'Angelo

  • Characteristics of brown carbon in the urban Po Valley atmosphere

    Francesca Costabile;Stefania Gilardoni;Francesca Barnaba;Antonio Di Ianni

  • Desert dust contribution to PM10 loads in Italy: Methods and recommendations addressing the relevant European Commission Guidelines in support to the Air Quality Directive 2008/50

    Francesca Barnaba;Andrea Bolignano;Luca Di Liberto;Matteo Morelli

  • Lidar and in situ observations of continental and Saharan aerosol: closure analysis of particles optical and physical properties

    G.P. Gobbi;F. Barnaba;R. Van Dingenen;J.P. Putaud

Frequent Co-Authors

Gian Paolo Gobbi
Gian Paolo Gobbi National Research Council (CNR)
Sara Basart
Sara Basart World Meteorological Organization
Gabriele Curci
Gabriele Curci University of L'Aquila
Lucia Mona
Lucia Mona National Research Council (CNR)
Paola Formenti
Paola Formenti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Maria Cristina Facchini
Maria Cristina Facchini Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Franco Lucarelli
Franco Lucarelli National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Silvia Nava
Silvia Nava National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Oriol Jorba
Oriol Jorba Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Griša Močnik
Griša Močnik Jožef Stefan Institute

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