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Giulia Calzolai

Giulia Calzolai

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
5395
World Ranking
6883
National Ranking
138

Overview

Giulia Calzolai is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has contributed extensively to the study of environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research primarily spans the fields of atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, as well as atmospheric science and environmental engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications

Frequent collaborators in Calzolai's research include:

  • F. Lucarelli
  • S. Nava
  • Célia Alves
  • Silvia Becagli
  • M. Chiari

The scientist has published numerous papers across several venues that focus on environmental and atmospheric sciences. Prominent publication venues for Calzolai's work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmosphere
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Building and Environment
  • Atmospheric Environment

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Calzolai are:

  • "Equal abundance of summertime natural and wintertime anthropogenic Arctic organic aerosols," 2022, published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Elucidating the present-day chemical composition, seasonality and source regions of climate-relevant aerosols across the Arctic land surface," 2022, published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Impact of vacuum cleaning on indoor air quality," 2020, published in Building and Environment
  • "LABEC, the INFN ion beam laboratory of nuclear techniques for environment and cultural heritage," 2021, published in The European Physical Journal Plus
  • "Source Apportionment of PM2.5 in Florence (Italy) by PMF Analysis of Aerosol Composition Records," 2020, published in Atmosphere

Calzolai's research has a significant focus on investigating atmospheric aerosols, their chemical characteristics, and their impact on air quality and the environment, often employing advanced analytical techniques. The scope of work also includes contributions to health-related atmospheric toxicology and global and planetary changes related to air pollution dynamics.

Best Publications

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

    Fulvio Amato;Andrés Alastuey;Angeliki Karanasiou;Franco Lucarelli

  • 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

  • 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

  • Impact of a European directive on ship emissions on air quality in Mediterranean harbours

    Clara Schembari;Fabrizia Cavalli;Eleonora Cuccia;Jens Hjorth

  • 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

  • Equal abundance of summertime natural and wintertime anthropogenic Arctic organic aerosols

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  • AIRUSE-LIFE +: estimation of natural source contributions to urban ambient air PM 10 and PM 2. 5 concentrations in southern Europe – implications to compliance with limit values

    Evangelia Diapouli;Manousos Ioannis Manousakas;Sterios Vratolis;Vasiliki Vasilatou

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

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

  • Saharan dust impact in central Italy: An overview on three years elemental data records

    S. Nava;S. Becagli;G. Calzolai;M. Chiari

  • Constraining the ship contribution to the aerosol of the central Mediterranean

    Silvia Becagli;Fabrizio Anello;Carlo Bommarito;Federico Cassola

  • The upgraded external-beam PIXE/PIGE set-up at LABEC for very fast measurements on aerosol samples

    F. Lucarelli;G. Calzolai;M. Chiari;M. Giannoni

  • Evidence of biomass burning aerosols in the Barcelona urban environment during winter time

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

  • Radiocarbon analysis on organic and elemental carbon in aerosol samples and source apportionment at an urban site in Northern Italy

    V. Bernardoni;G. Calzolai;G. Calzolai;M. Chiari;M. Fedi

  • The new external beam facility for environmental studies at the Tandetron accelerator of LABEC

    G. Calzolai;M. Chiari;I. García Orellana;I. García Orellana;F. Lucarelli

  • PM10 source apportionment applying PMF and chemical tracer analysis to ship-borne measurements in the Western Mediterranean

    M. C Bove;P. Brotto;Giulia Calzolai;F. Cassola

  • Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign

    Anne Klaver;Paola Formenti;Sandrine Caquineau;Servanne Chevaillier

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Lucarelli
Franco Lucarelli National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Silvia Nava
Silvia Nava National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Roberta Vecchi
Roberta Vecchi University of Milan
Roberto Udisti
Roberto Udisti University of Florence
Rita Traversi
Rita Traversi University of Florence
Gianluigi Valli
Gianluigi Valli University of Milan
Silvia Becagli
Silvia Becagli University of Florence
Fulvio Amato
Fulvio Amato Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Célia Alves
Célia Alves University of Aveiro
Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council

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