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Ilona Riipinen

Ilona Riipinen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
78
Citations
24051
World Ranking
1066
National Ranking
17

Overview

Ilona Riipinen is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research is focused primarily on Atmospheric Science and related subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Automotive Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The principal themes of Ilona Riipinen's work encompass Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric ozone and climate, Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, Air quality and health impacts, Vehicle emissions and performance, and Autonomous vehicle technology and safety.

Frequent collaborators include Annica M. L. Ekman, Radovan Krejčí, Markku Kulmala, Roman Bardakov, and Tuukka Petäjä, reflecting ongoing research partnerships within the atmospheric and environmental science communities.

Riipinen has contributed to numerous publications across a variety of scientific venues. The most common publication outlets are Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Helda (University of Helsinki), Nature, and Tellus B.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ilona Riipinen include:

  • Formation and growth of fresh atmospheric aerosols: eight years of aerosol size distribution data from SMEAR II, Hyytiälä, Finland (2024) published in Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation (2020) published in Nature
  • Size-dependent influence of NO x on the growth rates of organic aerosol particles (2020) published in Science Advances
  • Tropical and Boreal Forest - Atmosphere Interactions: A Review (2022) published in Tellus B
  • Long-term field measurements of charged and neutral clusters using Neutral cluster and Air Ion Spectrometer (NAIS) (2024) published in Helda (University of Helsinki)

Best Publications

  • Direct observations of atmospheric aerosol nucleation.

    Markku Kulmala;Jenni Kontkanen;Heikki Junninen;Katrianne Lehtipalo

  • Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid-amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere

    Joao Almeida;Joao Almeida;Siegfried Schobesberger;Andreas Kürten;Ismael K. Ortega

  • Particulate matter, air quality and climate: Lessons learned and future needs

    S. Fuzzi;U. Baltensperger;K. Carslaw;S. Decesari

  • Formation and growth of fresh atmospheric aerosols: eight years of aerosol size distribution data from SMEAR II, Hyytiälä, Finland

    Miikka Dal Maso;Markku Kulmala;Ilona Riipinen;Robert Wagner

  • The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere

    Jasmin Tröstl;Wayne K. Chuang;Hamish Gordon;Martin Heinritzi

  • Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles

    Jasper Kirkby;Jasper Kirkby;Jonathan Duplissy;Jonathan Duplissy;Kamalika Sengupta;Carla Frege

  • Measurement of the nucleation of atmospheric aerosol particles

    Markku Kulmala;Tuukka Petäjä;Tuomo Nieminen;Mikko Sipilä

  • Toward direct measurement of atmospheric nucleation.

    Markku Kulmala;Ilona Riipinen;Mikko Juhani Sipilä;Hanna E Manninen

  • Atmospheric sulphuric acid and aerosol formation: implications from atmospheric measurements for nucleation and early growth mechanisms

    S.-L. Sihto;M. Kulmala;V.-M. Kerminen;M. Dal Maso

  • Evidence for the role of organics in aerosol particle formation under atmospheric conditions.

    Axel Metzger;Bart Verheggen;Josef Dommen;Jonathan Duplissy

  • Contribution of particle formation to global cloud condensation nuclei concentrations

    Dominick V. Spracklen;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Markku Kulmala;Veli-Matti Kerminen

  • Organic condensation: a vital link connecting aerosol formation to cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations

    I. Riipinen;I. Riipinen;J. R. Pierce;T. Yli-Juuti;T. Nieminen

  • 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

  • The contribution of organics to atmospheric nanoparticle growth

    Ilona Riipinen;Ilona Riipinen;Taina Yli-Juuti;Jeffrey R. Pierce;Tuukka Petäjä

  • 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

  • Cloud condensation nuclei production associated with atmospheric nucleation: a synthesis based on existing literature and new results

    Veli-Matti Kerminen;Mikhail Paramonov;Tatu Anttila;Ilona Riipinen

  • Connections between atmospheric sulphuric acid and new particle formation during QUEST III–IV campaigns in Heidelberg and Hyytiälä

    I. Riipinen;S.-L. Sihto;M. Kulmala;Frank Arnold

  • Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation.

    Mingyi Wang;Weimeng Kong;Ruby Marten;Xu Cheng He

  • Multicomponent new particle formation from sulfuric acid, ammonia, and biogenic vapors

    Katrianne Lehtipalo;Katrianne Lehtipalo;Katrianne Lehtipalo;Chao Yan;Lubna Dada;Federico Bianchi

  • Revising the hygroscopicity of inorganic sea salt particles.

    Paul Zieger;O. Vaisanen;J. C. Corbin;Dan G. Partridge;Dan G. Partridge

  • Initial steps of aerosol growth

    M. Kulmala;L. Laakso;K. E. J. Lehtinen;I. Riipinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Tuukka Petäjä
Tuukka Petäjä University of Helsinki
Spyros N. Pandis
Spyros N. Pandis University of Patras
Ari Laaksonen
Ari Laaksonen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Kari E. J. Lehtinen
Kari E. J. Lehtinen University of Eastern Finland
Katrianne Lehtipalo
Katrianne Lehtipalo University of Helsinki
Neil M. Donahue
Neil M. Donahue Carnegie Mellon University
Jonathan Duplissy
Jonathan Duplissy University of Helsinki
Heikki Junninen
Heikki Junninen University of Tartu
Annele Virtanen
Annele Virtanen University of Eastern Finland

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