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Karl Espen Yttri is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Air Research in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, and related environmental topics within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their published work spans numerous subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Automotive Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Key research topics covered by Karl Espen Yttri include:

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

Frequent collaborators in their research activities include Wenche Aas, Stephen M. Platt, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, and Andrê S. H. Prévôt.

The scientist has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals with the following recent papers:

  • "Equal abundance of summertime natural and wintertime anthropogenic Arctic organic aerosols," 2022, published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Atmospheric composition in the European Arctic and 30 years of the Zeppelin Observatory, Ny-Ålesund," 2022, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "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
  • "Regionally sourced bioaerosols drive high-temperature ice nucleating particles in the Arctic," 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • "Trends, composition, and sources of carbonaceous aerosol at the Birkenes Observatory, northern Europe, 2001-2018," 2021, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Karl Espen Yttri's publication record highlights consistent work with the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, alongside contributions to Nature Geoscience, Environmental Research Letters, Nature Communications, and Aerosol and Air Quality Research.

In addition to journal articles, Karl Espen Yttri has authored a book titled "Revising PM2.5 emissions from residential combustion, 2005-2019," published by TemaNord in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Toward a standardised thermal-optical protocol for measuring atmospheric organic and elemental carbon: the EUSAAR protocol

    Fabtizia Cavalli;Mar Viana;Karl Espen Yttri;J. Genberg

  • Introduction to the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and observed atmospheric composition change during 1972–2009

    K. Tørseth;W. Aas;K. Breivik;A. M. Fjæraa

  • 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

  • Health effects of residential wood smoke particles: the importance of combustion conditions and physicochemical particle properties

    Anette Kocbach Bølling;Joakim Pagels;Karl Espen Yttri;Lars Barregard

  • Evaluating the climate and air quality impacts of short-lived pollutants

    Andreas Stohl;Borgar Aamaas;M Amann;LH Baker

  • Phthalate levels in Norwegian indoor air related to particle size fraction

    Kirsten Eline Rakkestad;Christian Jarle Dye;Karl Espen Yttri;Jørn Andreas Holme

  • Fossil and non-fossil sources of organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in Göteborg, Sweden

    Sönke Szidat;Sönke Szidat;Matthias Ruff;Matthias Ruff;Nolwenn Perron;Lukas Wacker

  • 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

  • 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

  • Modelling of organic aerosols over Europe (2002--2007) using a volatility basis set (VBS) framework: application of different assumptions regarding the formation of secondary organic aerosol

    R. Bergström;R. Bergström;H. A. C. Denier van der Gon;A.S.H. Prevot;Karl Espen Yttri

  • Ambient aerosol concentrations of sugars and sugar-alcohols at four different sites in Norway

    K. E. Yttri;C. Dye;G. Kiss

  • Elemental and organic carbon in PM 10 : a one year measurement campaign within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme EMEP

    K. E. Yttri;W. Aas;A. Bjerke;J. N. Cape

  • Contribution of wood burning to PM10 in London

    Gary W. Fuller;Anja H. Tremper;Timothy D. Baker;Karl Espen Yttri

  • Physicochemical characterisation of combustion particles from vehicle exhaust and residential wood smoke

    Anette Kocbach;Yanjun Li;Karl E Yttri;Flemming R Cassee

  • 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

  • Modelled radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect with multi-observation evaluation

    Gunnar Myhre;Tore Flatlandsmo Berglen;Tore Flatlandsmo Berglen;M Johnsrud;Christopher Hoyle

  • Modeling carbonaceous aerosol over Europe: Analysis of the CARBOSOL and EMEP EC/OC campaigns

    David Simpson;David Simpson;K. E. Yttri;Z. Klimont;K. Kupiainen

  • Effects of relative humidity on aerosol light scattering in the Arctic

    Paul Zieger;Rahel Fierz-Schmidhauser;Martin Gysel;Johan Ström

  • Determination of monosaccharide anhydrides in atmospheric aerosols by use of high-performance liquid chromatography combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry.

    Christian Dye;Karl Espen Yttri

  • Source apportionment of the summer time carbonaceous aerosol at Nordic rural background sites

    K. E. Yttri;D. Simpson;D. Simpson;J. K. Nojgaard;K. Kristensen

  • Transboundary particulate matter, photo-oxidants, acidifying and eutrophying components

    Hilde Fagerli;Svetlana Tsyro;Jan Eiof Jonson;Ágnes Nyíri

Frequent Co-Authors

David Simpson
David Simpson Chalmers University of Technology
Markus Fiebig
Markus Fiebig Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Robert Bergström
Robert Bergström Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Darius Ceburnis
Darius Ceburnis University of Galway
Sabine Eckhardt
Sabine Eckhardt Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Andreas Stohl
Andreas Stohl University of Vienna
Erik Swietlicki
Erik Swietlicki Lund University
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Gerald Spindler
Gerald Spindler Leibniz Association
Sönke Szidat
Sönke Szidat University of Bern

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