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Overview

Franco Lucarelli is affiliated with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions to subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Radiation.

The main topics Lucarelli investigates include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Among recent publications, the following papers are notable:

  • "Airborne bacteria structure and chemical composition relationships in winter and spring PM10 samples over southeastern Italy," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Impact of vacuum cleaning on indoor air quality," 2020, Building and Environment
  • "Quantitative assessment of the variability in chemical profiles from source apportionment analysis of PM10 and PM2.5 at different sites within a large metropolitan area," 2020, Environmental Research
  • "LABEC, the INFN ion beam laboratory of nuclear techniques for environment and cultural heritage," 2021, The European Physical Journal Plus
  • "Comparison of five methodologies to apportion organic aerosol sources during a PM pollution event," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors working alongside Lucarelli include:

  • Giulia Calzolai
  • S. Nava
  • Célia Alves
  • Silvia Becagli
  • Fabio Giardi

Lucarelli publishes regularly in several scientific journals, with the highest number of contributions appearing in:

  • Atmospheric Environment
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmosphere
  • Atmospheric Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • AIRUSE-LIFE+: a harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

    Fulvio Amato;Andrés Alastuey;Angeliki Karanasiou;Franco Lucarelli

  • Characterization of particulate matter sources in an urban environment

    F. Mazzei;A. D'Alessandro;F. Lucarelli;S. Nava

  • The impact of fireworks on airborne particles

    Roberta Vecchi;Vera Bernardoni;Diana Cricchio;Alessandra D’Alessandro

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives (nitro-PAHs, oxygenated PAHs, and azaarenes) in PM 2.5 from Southern European cities

    Célia A. Alves;Ana M. Vicente;Danilo Custódio;Mário Cerqueira

  • Hourly elemental concentrations in PM2.5 aerosols sampled simultaneously at urban background and road site during SAPUSS -diurnal variations and PMF receptor modelling

    Manuel Dall'Osto;Xavier Querol;Fulvio Amato;Angeliki Karanasiou

  • Source apportionment of fine and coarse particles at a roadside and urban background site in London during the 2012 summer ClearfLo campaign.

    Leigh R. Crilley;Franco Lucarelli;William J. Bloss;Roy M. Harrison

  • Evidence for heavy fuel oil combustion aerosols from chemical analyses at the island of Lampedusa: a possible large role of ships emissions in the Mediterranean

    Silvia Becagli;D. M. Sferlazzo;G. Pace;A. di Sarra

  • Multi-wavelength optical determination of black and brown carbon in atmospheric aerosols

    Dario Massabo;L. Caponi;V. Bernardoni;Maria Chiara Bove

  • Introduction to the special issue "in-depth study of air pollution sources and processes within Beijing and its surrounding region (APHH-Beijing)"

    Zongbo Shi;Zongbo Shi;Tuan Vu;Simone Kotthaus;Simone Kotthaus;Roy M. Harrison;Roy M. Harrison

  • Size and time-resolved roadside enrichment of atmospheric particulate pollutants

    F. Amato;M. Viana;A. Richard;M. Furger

  • 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

  • Elemental characterization of PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 in the town of Genoa (Italy).

    V Ariola;A D'Alessandro;F Lucarelli;G Marcazzan

  • Characterization of atmospheric aerosols at Monte Cimone, Italy, during summer 2004: Source apportionment and transport mechanisms

    F. Marenco;P. Bonasoni;F. Calzolari;M. Ceriani

  • A comprehensive assessment of PM emissions from paved roads: real-world Emission Factors and intense street cleaning trials.

    Fulvio Amato;S. Nava;F. Lucarelli;Xavier Querol

  • Sea spray aerosol in central Antarctica. Present atmospheric behaviour and implications for paleoclimatic reconstructions

    R. Udisti;U. Dayan;S. Becagli;M. Busetto

  • A mass closure and PMF source apportionment study on the sub-micron sized aerosol fraction at urban sites in Italy

    R. Vecchi;M. Chiari;A. D’Alessandro;P. Fermo

  • Quantification of Saharan and local dust impact in an arid Mediterranean area by the positive matrix factorization (PMF) technique

    Jose Nicolás;Massimo Chiari;Javier Crespo;Isabel Garcia Orellana

  • Hourly elemental composition and sources identification of fine and coarse PM10 particulate matter in four Italian towns

    A D'Alessandro;F Lucarelli;P.A Mandò;G Marcazzan

  • Evaluation of receptor and chemical transport models for PM10 source apportionment

    C.A. Belis;D. Pernigotti;G. Pirovano;O. Favez

  • Saharan dust aerosol over the central Mediterranean Sea: PM10 chemical composition and concentration versus optical columnar measurements

    M. Marconi;D. M. Sferlazzo;S. Becagli;C. Bommarito

  • Receptor modelling of airborne particulate matter in the vicinity of a major steelworks site

    Adewale Taiwo;David Beddows;G. Calzolai;Roy M. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia Nava
Silvia Nava National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Giulia Calzolai
Giulia Calzolai University of Florence
Roberta Vecchi
Roberta Vecchi University of Milan
Gianluigi Valli
Gianluigi Valli University of Milan
Roberto Udisti
Roberto Udisti University of Florence
Fulvio Amato
Fulvio Amato Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Rita Traversi
Rita Traversi University of Florence
Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Silvia Becagli
Silvia Becagli University of Florence
Mirko Severi
Mirko Severi University of Florence

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