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Jean-Luc Jaffrezo

Jean-Luc Jaffrezo

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
13841
World Ranking
1235
National Ranking
39

Overview

Jean-Luc Jaffrezo is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research specializes in atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, and global and planetary change.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Jean-Luc Jaffrezo include:

  • "Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe," 2020, Nature
  • "Substantial brown carbon emissions from wintertime residential wood burning over France," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Overview of the French Operational Network for In Situ Observation of PM Chemical Composition and Sources in Urban Environments (CARA Program)," 2021, Atmosphere
  • "Disparities in particulate matter (PM 10) origins and oxidative potential at a city scale (Grenoble, France) - Part 2: Sources of PM 10 oxidative potential using multiple linear regression analysis and the predictive applicability of multilayer perceptron neural network analysis," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Source apportionment of atmospheric PM 10 oxidative potential: synthesis of 15 year-round urban datasets in France," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Jean-Luc Jaffrezo frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Collaborations form a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Gaëlle Uzu
  • Olivier Favez
  • Pamela Dominutti
  • Andrê S. H. Prévôt
  • Andrés Alástuey

Best Publications

  • Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe.

    Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Gaëlle Uzu;Jianhui Jiang;Laure Estelle Cassagnes

  • Wintertime aerosol chemical composition and source apportionment of the organic fraction in the metropolitan area of Paris

    M. Crippa;P. F. Decarlo;P. F. Decarlo;J. G. Slowik;C. Mohr;C. Mohr

  • Nitrated and oxygenated derivatives of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ambient air of two French alpine valleys: Part 1: Concentrations, sources and gas/particle partitioning

    A. Albinet;E. Leoz-Garziandia;H. Budzinski;E. Villenave

  • Inter-comparison of source apportionment models for the estimation of wood burning aerosols during wintertime in an Alpine city (Grenoble, France)

    O. Favez;O. Favez;I. El Haddad;C. Piot;C. Piot;A. Boreave

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-5 : Climatology of black carbon optical properties at 9 regional background sites across Europe

    M. Zanatta;M. Gysel;N. Bukowiecki;T. Müller

  • Source apportionment of PM 10 in a north-western Europe regional urban background site (Lens, France) using positive matrix factorization and including primary biogenic emissions

    A. Waked;O. Favez;L. Y. Alleman;C. Piot

  • PM2.5 chemical composition in five European Mediterranean cities: A 1-year study

    Dalia Salameh;Anais Detournay;Jorge Pey;Jorge Pey;Noemi Pérez

  • Comparison between five acellular oxidative potential measurement assays performed with detailed chemistry on PM 10 samples from the city of Chamonix (France)

    Aude Calas;Gaëlle Uzu;Frank J. Kelly;Stephan Houdier

  • Comprehensive primary particulate organic characterization of vehicular exhaust emissions in France

    Imad El Haddad;Nicolas Marchand;Julien Dron;Brice Temime-Roussel

  • Air mass trajectories to Summit, Greenland: A 44‐year climatology and some episodic events

    Jonathan D. W. Kahl;Dewayne A. Martinez;Hampden Kuhns;Clifford I. Davidson

  • Chemical composition of PM 10 and PM 1 at the high-altitude Himalayan station Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (NCO-P) (5079 m a.s.l.)

    S. Decesari;M. C. Facchini;C. Carbone;L. Giulianelli

  • The contributions of snow, fog, and dry deposition to the summer flux of anions and cations at Summit, Greenland

    M H Bergin;J L Jaffrezo;C Davidson;Jack E. Dibb

  • The dynamic surface tension of atmospheric aerosol surfactants reveals new aspects of cloud activation

    Barbara Nozière;Barbara Nozière;Christine Baduel;Christine Baduel;Jean-Luc Jaffrezo

  • Seasonal variations of the water soluble organic carbon mass fraction of aerosol in two valleys of the French Alps

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  • One-year study of polycyclic aromatic compounds at an urban site in Grenoble (France): Seasonal variations, gas/particle partitioning and cancer risk estimation

    Sophie Tomaz;Pourya Shahpoury;Jean-Luc Jaffrezo;Gerhard Lammel

  • Identification and quantification of particulate tracers of exhaust and non-exhaust vehicle emissions

    Aurélie Charron;Aurélie Charron;Lucie Polo-Rehn;Lucie Polo-Rehn;Jean-Luc Besombes;Benjamin Golly

  • A new cascade impactor for aerosol sampling with subsequent PIXE analysis

    Willy Maenhaut;R Hillamo;T Makela;Jl Jaffrezo

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon deposition on the ice sheet of Greenland. Part I: superficial snow

    P. Masclet;V. Hoyau;J.L. Jaffrezo;H. Cachier

  • The importance of simulated lung fluid (SLF) extractions for a more relevant evaluation of the oxidative potential of particulate matter.

    Aude Calas;Gaëlle Uzu;Jean M. F. Martins;Didier Voisin

  • Seasonal variations of concentrations and optical properties of water soluble HULIS collected in urban environments

    C. Baduel;D. Voisin;J.-L. Jaffrezo

  • Aerosol chemical, physical, and radiative characteristics near a desert source region of northwest China during ACE‐Asia

    Jin Xu;Michael H. Bergin;Roby Greenwald;James J. Schauer

  • The unexpected role of bioaerosols in the Oxidative Potential of PM.

    A. Samake;Gaëlle Uzu;J. M. F. Martins;A. Calas

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the atmospheres of two French alpine valleys: sources and temporal patterns

    N. Marchand;N. Marchand;Jean-Luc Besombes;N. Chevron;P. Masclet

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Favez
Olivier Favez Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Kaspar R. Daellenbach
Kaspar R. Daellenbach Paul Scherrer Institute
André S. H. Prévôt
André S. H. Prévôt Paul Scherrer Institute
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire
Cliff I. Davidson
Cliff I. Davidson Syracuse University
Nicolas Marchand
Nicolas Marchand Aix-Marseille University
Jean Sciare
Jean Sciare Cyprus Institute
Claude F. Boutron
Claude F. Boutron Grenoble Alpes University
Valérie Gros
Valérie Gros Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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