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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
67
Citations
13967
World Ranking
2008
National Ranking
49

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Fulvio Amato is a researcher affiliated with the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research in Spain. Their main fields of study include Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on related subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Automotive Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Pollution.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to air quality and health impacts, vehicle emissions and performance, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, heavy metals in the environment, radioactivity and radon measurements, and noise effects and management.

Fulvio Amato has published extensively, contributing to a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

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

Significant recent publications by Amato are:

  • "Short-term health effects from outdoor exposure to biomass burning emissions: A review," (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Loadings, chemical patterns and risks of inhalable road dust particles in an Atlantic city in the north of Portugal," (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Compositional changes of PM2.5 in NE Spain during 2009-2018: A trend analysis of the chemical composition and source apportionment," (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Toxicity of airborne nanoparticles: Facts and challenges," (2024) in Environment International
  • "Transport-related airborne nanoparticles: Sources, different aerosol modes, and their toxicity," (2023) in Atmospheric Environment

Collaborative efforts are a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Xavier Querol, Andrés Alástuey, Célia Alves, Barend L. van Drooge, and Cristina Reche.

Best Publications

  • Quantifying road dust resuspension in urban environment by Multilinear Engine: A comparison with PMF2

    F. Amato;Monica Pandolfi;Alberto Escrig;Xavier Querol

  • Spatial and chemical patterns of PM10 in road dust deposited in urban environment

    Fulvio Amato;Marco Pandolfi;Mar Viana;Xavier Querol

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

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

  • Urban air quality: The challenge of traffic non-exhaust emissions

    Fulvio Amato;Flemming R. Cassee;Hugo A.C. Denier van der Gon;Robert Gehrig

  • Sources and variability of inhalable road dust particles in three European cities

    F. Amato;M. Pandolfi;T. Moreno;M. Furger

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

    Fulvio Amato;Andrés Alastuey;Angeliki Karanasiou;Franco Lucarelli

  • Child exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollutants in schools in Barcelona, Spain.

    Ioar Rivas;Mar Viana;Teresa Moreno;Marco Pandolfi

  • A review on the effectiveness of street sweeping, washing and dust suppressants as urban PM control methods.

    F. Amato;X. Querol;C. Johansson;C. Nagl

  • Source apportionment of PM 10 and PM 2.5 at multiple sites in the strait of Gibraltar by PMF: impact of shipping emissions

    Marco Pandolfi;Yolanda Gonzalez-Castanedo;Andrés Alastuey;Jesus D. de la Rosa

  • PM10 emission factors for non-exhaust particles generated by road traffic in an urban street canyon and along a freeway in Switzerland

    N. Bukowiecki;N. Bukowiecki;P. Lienemann;M. Hill;M. Furger

  • Chemical Tracers of Particulate Emissions from Commercial Shipping

    Mar Viana;Fulvio Amato;Andrés Alastuey;Xavier Querol

  • Monitoring the impact of desert dust outbreaks for air quality for health studies

    X. Querol;A. Tobías;N. Pérez;A. Karanasiou

  • The effects of particulate matter sources on daily mortality: a case-crossover study of Barcelona, Spain

    Bart Ostro;Aurelio Tobias;Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey

  • Sources of indoor and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations in primary schools

    F Amato;I Rivas;M Viana;T Moreno

  • 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

  • Exposure to airborne particulate matter in the subway system

    Vânia Martins;Teresa Moreno;María Cruz Minguillón;Fulvio Amato

  • The association between greenness and traffic-related air pollution at schools.

    Payam Dadvand;Ioar Rivas;Xavier Basagaña;Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol

  • Subway platform air quality: Assessing the influences of tunnel ventilation, train piston effect and station design

    Teresa Moreno;Noemi Perez;Cristina Reche;Vânia Martins

  • Urban air quality comparison for bus, tram, subway and pedestrian commutes in Barcelona

    Teresa Moreno;Cristina Reche;Ioar Rivas;Maria Cruz Minguillón

  • Biomass burning contributions to urban aerosols in a coastal Mediterranean City

    C. Reche;M. Viana;F. Amato;A. Alastuey

  • Source apportionment of particle number size distribution in urban background and traffic stations in four European cities.

    Ioar Rivas;David C.S. Beddows;Fulvio Amato;David C. Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Andrés Alastuey
Andrés Alastuey Spanish National Research Council
Teresa Moreno
Teresa Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Marco Pandolfi
Marco Pandolfi Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Reche
Cristina Reche Spanish National Research Council
Angeliki Karanasiou
Angeliki Karanasiou Spanish National Research Council
Silvia Nava
Silvia Nava National Institute for Nuclear Physics
María Cruz Minguillón
María Cruz Minguillón Spanish National Research Council
Franco Lucarelli
Franco Lucarelli National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Mar Viana
Mar Viana Spanish National Research Council

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