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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
80
Citations
26894
World Ranking
953
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Gordon McFiggans is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several main fields within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on atmospheric science and related subfields.

The primary areas of study include:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Speech and Hearing

Their main research topics cover a range of subjects related to air quality and atmospheric chemistry, specifically:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

McFiggans has published extensively in respected scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Nature Communications
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

The scientist collaborates regularly with a core group of co-authors, among whom are:

  • Aristeidis Voliotis
  • Hugh Coe
  • M. Rami Alfarra
  • Yu Wang
  • Yunqi Shao

Highlighted recent papers include the following, listed with their year of publication and venue:

  • "Enhanced aerosol particle growth sustained by high continental chlorine emission in India," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "Multi-generation OH oxidation as a source for highly oxygenated organic molecules from aromatics," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Mutual promotion between aerosol particle liquid water and particulate nitrate enhancement leads to severe nitrate-dominated particulate matter pollution and low visibility," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Tropical and Boreal Forest - Atmosphere Interactions: A Review," 2022, Tellus B
  • "Mitigation of PM 2.5 and ozone pollution in Delhi: a sensitivity study during the pre-monsoon period," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

    Mattias Hallquist;J. C. Wenger;U. Baltensperger;Y. Rudich

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

    P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

  • The effect of physical and chemical aerosol properties on warm cloud droplet activation

    G. Mcfiggans;P. Artaxo;Urs Baltensperger;H. Coe

  • A marine biogenic source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles

    Theodore W. Wilson;Luis A. Ladino;Peter A. Alpert;Mark N. Breckels

  • Atmospheric Chemistry of Iodine

    Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;John M. C. Plane;Alex R. Baker;Lucy J. Carpenter

  • Hygroscopic properties of submicrometer atmospheric aerosol particles measured with H-TDMA instruments in various environments—a review

    Erik Swietlicki;H-C Hansson;K Hameri;Birgitta Svenningsson

  • Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget

    D. V. Spracklen;J. L. Jimenez;K. S. Carslaw;D. R. Worsnop

  • Iodide accumulation provides kelp with an inorganic antioxidant impacting atmospheric chemistry.

    Frithjof C. Küpper;Lucy J. Carpenter;Gordon B. McFiggans;Carl J. Palmer

  • Black-carbon absorption enhancement in the atmosphere determined by particle mixing state

    Dantong Liu;James Whitehead;M. Rami Alfarra;Ernesto Reyes-Villegas

  • New and extended parameterization of the thermodynamic model AIOMFAC: calculation of activity coefficients for organic-inorganic mixtures containing carboxyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl, ether, ester, alkenyl, alkyl, and aromatic functional groups

    A. Zuend;C. Marcolli;A. M. Booth;D. M. Lienhard;D. M. Lienhard

  • An overview of current issues in the uptake of atmospheric trace gases by aerosols and clouds

    C. E. Kolb;R. A. Cox;J. P. D. Abbatt;M. Ammann

  • Secondary organic aerosol reduced by mixture of atmospheric vapours

    Gordon McFiggans;Thomas F. Mentel;Juergen Wildt;Iida Pullinen;Iida Pullinen

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • Closure study between chemical composition and hygroscopic growth of aerosol particles during TORCH2

    M. Gysel;M. Gysel;J. Crosier;D. O. Topping;J. D. Whitehead

  • Inversion of tandem differential mobility analyser (TDMA) measurements

    M. Gysel;M. Gysel;G.B. McFiggans;H. Coe

  • A modeling study of iodine chemistry in the marine boundary layer

    Gordon McFiggans;John M. C. Plane;Beverley J. Allan;Lucy J. Carpenter

  • Direct evidence for coastal iodine particles from Laminaria macroalgae – linkage to emissions of molecular iodine

    Gordon McFiggans;Hugh Coe;R. Burgess;J. Allan

  • Ubiquity of organic nitrates from nighttime chemistry in the European submicron aerosol

    A. Kiendler-Scharr;A. A. Mensah;A. A. Mensah;E. Friese;David Topping

  • Aging of biomass burning aerosols over West Africa: Aircraft measurements of chemical composition, microphysical properties, and emission ratios

    Gerard Capes;Ben Johnson;G. McFiggans;P. I. Williams

  • On the photochemical production of new particles in the coastal boundary layer

    Colin O'Dowd;Gordon McFiggans;David J. Creasey;Liisa Pirjola

Frequent Co-Authors

David Topping
David Topping University of Manchester
Hugh Coe
Hugh Coe University of Manchester
James Allan
James Allan University of Manchester
Carl J. Percival
Carl J. Percival University of Manchester
Paul I. Williams
Paul I. Williams University of Manchester
Paul S. Monks
Paul S. Monks University of Leicester
John M. C. Plane
John M. C. Plane University of Leeds
Martin Gallagher
Martin Gallagher University of Manchester
Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn University of Manchester
M. R. Alfarra
M. R. Alfarra University of Manchester

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