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Overview

Johan Ström is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The primary topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Ström has published in a number of scientific venues, most frequently in Atmospheric chemistry and physics, where six of their papers have appeared. Other publication venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Tellus B, both with two publications each, as well as Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Atmospheric Environment.

Their recent significant papers include:

  • "Dimethyl Sulfide-Induced Increase in Cloud Condensation Nuclei in the Arctic Atmosphere," 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Atmospheric composition in the European Arctic and 30 years of the Zeppelin Observatory, Ny-Ålesund," 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "From a polar to a marine environment: has the changing Arctic led to a shift in aerosol light scattering properties?", 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Collective geographical ecoregions and precursor sources driving Arctic new particle formation," 2023, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Relationship between cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentration and aerosol optical depth in the Arctic region," 2021, Atmospheric Environment

Frequent collaborators in Ström's research include:

  • Peter Tunved
  • Radovan Krejčí
  • Eija Asmi
  • Jonas Svensson
  • Paul Zieger

The scope of their published work strongly reflects a focus on atmospheric processes in polar and Arctic regions, with numerous studies investigating aerosol characteristics, cloud condensation nuclei, and atmospheric composition related to climate and environmental changes.

Best Publications

  • High Natural Aerosol Loading over Boreal Forests

    P. Tunved;H.-C. Hansson;V.-M. Kerminen;J. Ström

  • Arctic smoke – record high air pollution levels in the European Arctic due to agricultural fires in Eastern Europe in spring 2006

    A. Stohl;T. Berg;T. Berg;J. F. Burkhart;J. F. Burkhart;A. M. Fjǽraa

  • Transport of Biomass Burning Smoke to the Upper Troposphere by Deep Convection in the Equatorial Region.

    M. O. Andreae;P. Artaxo;H. Fischer;S. R. Freitas

  • A review of sea-spray aerosol source functions using a large global set of sea salt aerosol concentration measurements

    Henrik Grythe;Henrik Grythe;Henrik Grythe;Johan Ström;Radovan Krejčí;Radovan Krejčí;Patricia K. Quinn

  • Arctic aerosol life cycle: linking aerosol size distributions observed between 2000 and 2010 with air mass transport and precipitation at Zeppelin station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

    Peter Tunved;Johan Ström;Radovan Krejci

  • Pan-Arctic enhancements of light absorbing aerosol concentrations due to North American boreal forest fires during summer 2004

    A. Stohl;E. Andrews;E. Andrews;J. F. Burkhart;C. Forster

  • Aerosols in polar regions: A historical overview based on optical depth and in situ observations

    C. Tomasi;V. Vitale;A. Lupi;C. Di Carmine

  • Source identification of short-lived air pollutants in the Arctic using statistical analysis of measurement data and particle dispersion model output

    David Arne Hirdman;Harald Sodemann;Sabine Eckhardt;John Faulkner Burkhart

  • In situ observations of particles in jet aircraft exhausts and contrails for different sulfur-containing fuels

    U. Schumann;J. Ström;R. Busen;R. Baumann

  • Seven years of recent European net terrestrial carbon dioxide exchange constrained by atmospheric observations

    W. Peters;W. Peters;M. C. Krol;G. R. van der Werf;S. Houweling

  • On the Transition of Contrails into Cirrus Clouds

    F. Schröder;B. Kärcher;C. Duroure;J. Ström

  • The roles of dynamical variability and aerosols in cirrus cloud formation

    B. Kärcher;J. Ström

  • Pan-Arctic enhancement of light absorbing aerosol concentration due to North American boreal forest fires during summer 2004

    A. Stohl;E. Andrews;J. F. Burkhart;C. Forster

  • Freezing thresholds and cirrus cloud formation mechanisms inferred from in situ measurements of relative humidity

    W. Haag;B. Kärcher;J. Ström;A. Minikin

  • Long-term trends of black carbon and sulphate aerosol in the Arctic: changes in atmospheric transport and source region emissions

    David Arne Hirdman;John Faulkner Burkhart;Harald Sodemann;Sabine Eckhardt

  • Airborne observations of dust aerosol over the North Atlantic Ocean during ACE-2: Indications for heterogeneous ozone destruction

    Marian de Reus;Frank Dentener;Andreas Thomas;Stephan Borrmann

  • Water vapour measurements inside cirrus clouds in Northern and Southern hemispheres during INCA

    Joëlle Ovarlez;Jean-François Gayet;Klaus Gierens;Johan Ström

  • Application of the variability-size relationship to atmospheric aerosol studies: estimating aerosol lifetimes and ages

    J. Williams;M. de Reus;R. Krejci;H. Fischer

  • Aircraft measurements of sub micrometer aerosol particles ( > 7 nm) in the midlatitude free troposphere and tropopause region

    Franz Schröder;Johan Ström

  • One year boundary layer aerosol size distribution data from five nordic background stations

    P Tunved;HC Hansson;M Kulmala;P Aalto

  • Arctic sea ice melt leads to atmospheric new particle formation

    M. Dall´Osto;D. C. S. Beddows;P. Tunved;R. Krejci

Frequent Co-Authors

Radovan Krejci
Radovan Krejci Stockholm University
Peter Tunved
Peter Tunved Stockholm University
Andreas Minikin
Andreas Minikin German Aerospace Center
Andreas Petzold
Andreas Petzold Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ulrich Schumann
Ulrich Schumann German Aerospace Center
Jean-François Gayet
Jean-François Gayet University of Clermont Auvergne
Andreas Stohl
Andreas Stohl University of Vienna
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Elisabeth Isaksson
Elisabeth Isaksson Norwegian Polar Institute

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