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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
8409
World Ranking
7953
National Ranking
2834

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Meteorology
  • Thermodynamics
  • Atmosphere of Earth

Her main research concerns Aerosol, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Trace gas and Troposphere. The various areas that Karla M. Longo examines in her Aerosol study include Biological particles, Smoke, Mineralogy and Analytical chemistry. Her study in Atmospheric model, Biomass burning and Atmospheric chemistry is done as part of Meteorology.

Her studies deal with areas such as Cloud condensation nuclei and Cloud physics as well as Atmospheric sciences. Her Cloud condensation nuclei research integrates issues from Pyrocumulonimbus cloud, Liquid water content and Precipitation. Her work in Troposphere tackles topics such as Plume which are related to areas like MOPITT.

Her most cited work include:

  • Smoking Rain Clouds over the Amazon (1101 citations)
  • Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation-Brazil (SCAR-B) Experiment (295 citations)
  • Including the sub-grid scale plume rise of vegetation fires in low resolution atmospheric transport models (224 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary scientific interests are in Atmospheric sciences, Meteorology, Aerosol, Biomass burning and Trace gas. Her study in the field of Troposphere also crosses realms of Dry season. Her Atmospheric model, Atmospheric chemistry and Convection study in the realm of Meteorology connects with subjects such as Vegetation.

Her work carried out in the field of Aerosol brings together such families of science as Regional Atmospheric Modeling System, Precipitation, Mass concentration and Remote sensing. Karla M. Longo has researched Biomass burning in several fields, including Forestry and Environmental protection. Many of her research projects under Plume are closely connected to Pollution with Pollution, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Atmospheric sciences (40.74%)
  • Meteorology (39.51%)
  • Aerosol (37.04%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2013-2018)?

  • Aerosol (37.04%)
  • Dry season (11.11%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (40.74%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary areas of investigation include Aerosol, Dry season, Atmospheric sciences, Precipitation and Air quality index. Her work in Aerosol addresses issues such as Environmental chemistry, which are connected to fields such as Plume. Her Dry season research spans across into fields like Smoke, Amazonian, Atmospheric measurements, Lidar and Unified Model.

Her work deals with themes such as Effects of high altitude on humans, Altitude, Haze and AERONET, which intersect with Atmospheric sciences. Her work on Global Precipitation Measurement as part of her general Precipitation study is frequently connected to Range, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. Her Convection study improves the overall literature in Meteorology.

Between 2013 and 2018, her most popular works were:

  • ACRIDICON–CHUVA Campaign: Studying Tropical Deep Convective Clouds and Precipitation over Amazonia Using the New German Research Aircraft HALO (82 citations)
  • Ground-based aerosol characterization during the South American Biomass Burning Analysis (SAMBBA) field experiment (63 citations)
  • Characterising Brazilian biomass burning emissions using WRF-Chem with MOSAIC sectional aerosol (36 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Meteorology
  • Thermodynamics
  • Atmosphere of Earth

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Aerosol, Precipitation, Dry season, Convection and Range. Karla M. Longo integrates Aerosol with Volatilisation in her study. Volatilisation is integrated with Environmental chemistry, Pollution, Plume, Mixing ratio and Aerosol mass spectrometry in her study.

In her research, she undertakes multidisciplinary study on Environmental chemistry and Field experiment. Her Convection research entails a greater understanding of Meteorology. Her Effects of high altitude on humans research incorporates elements of Single-scattering albedo, Atmospheric sciences, Weather Research and Forecasting Model, AERONET and Altitude.

Best Publications

  • Smoking Rain Clouds over the Amazon

    Meinrat O. Andreae;Daniel Rosenfeld;P. Artaxo;A. A. Costa

  • Including the sub-grid scale plume rise of vegetation fires in low resolution atmospheric transport models

    S. R. Freitas;K. M. Longo;R. Chatfield;D. Latham

  • Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation-Brazil (SCAR-B) Experiment

    Y. J. Kaufman;P. V. Hobbs;V. W. J. H. Kirchhoff;P. Artaxo

  • Monitoring the transport of biomass burning emissions in South America

    Saulo R. Freitas;Karla M. Longo;Maria A. F. Silva Dias;Pedro L. Silva Dias

  • 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

  • The Coupled Aerosol and Tracer Transport model to the Brazilian developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (CATT-BRAMS) – Part 1: Model description and evaluation

    S. R. Freitas;K. M. Longo;M. A. F. Silva Dias;M. A. F. Silva Dias;R. Chatfield

  • Large-scale aerosol source apportionment in Amazonia

    Paulo Artaxo;Eduardo T. Fernandas;José V. Martins;Márcia A. Yamasoe

  • PREP-CHEM-SRC – 1.0: a preprocessor of trace gas and aerosol emission fields for regional and global atmospheric chemistry models

    S. R. Freitas;K. M. Longo;M. F. Alonso;M. Pirre

  • Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from cattle raising in Brazil

    Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;Carlos A. Nobre;Roberto Smeraldi;Ana P. D. Aguiar

  • An overview of the Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment 2008 (AMAZE-08)

    S. T. Martin;M. O. Andreae;D. Althausen;P. Artaxo

  • Química atmosférica na Amazônia: a floresta e as emissões de queimadas controlando a composição da atmosfera amazônica

    Paulo Artaxo;Luciana V. Gatti;Ana M. Córdova Leal;Karla M. Longo

  • Impact on human health of particulate matter emitted from burnings in the Brazilian Amazon region

    Eliane Ignotti;Joaquim Gonçalves Valente;Karla Maria Longo;Saulo Ribeiro Freitas

  • ACRIDICON–CHUVA Campaign: Studying Tropical Deep Convective Clouds and Precipitation over Amazonia Using the New German Research Aircraft HALO

    Manfred Wendisch;Ulrich Pöschl;Meinrat O. Andreae;Luiz A. T. Machado

  • Impact of including the plume rise of vegetation fires in numerical simulations of associated atmospheric pollutants

    S. R. Freitas;K. M. Longo;M. O. Andreae

  • The Coupled Aerosol and Tracer Transport model to the Brazilian developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (CATT-BRAMS) – Part 2: Model sensitivity to the biomass burning inventories

    K. M. Longo;S. R. Freitas;M. O. Andreae;A. Setzer

  • Air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in the subequatorial Amazon: a time series approach

    Eliane Ignotti;Eliane Ignotti;Sandra de Souza Hacon;Washington Leite Junger;Dennys Mourão

  • Ground-based aerosol characterization during the South American Biomass Burning Analysis (SAMBBA) field experiment

    J. Brito;L. V. Rizzo;W. T. Morgan;H. Coe

  • Technical Note: Sensitivity of 1-D smoke plume rise models to the inclusion of environmental wind drag

    S. R. Freitas;K. M. Longo;J. Trentmann;D. Latham

  • Emissões de queimadas em ecossistemas da América do Sul

    Saulo R. Freitas;Karla M. Longo;M. A. F. Silva Dias;P. L. Silva Dias

  • Pre-Harvest Sugarcane Burning: Determination of Emission Factors through Laboratory Measurements

    Daniela de Azeredo França;Karla Maria Longo;Turibio Gomes Soares Neto;José Carlos Santos

Frequent Co-Authors

Saulo R. Freitas
Saulo R. Freitas National Institute for Space Research
Paulo Artaxo
Paulo Artaxo Universidade de São Paulo
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Robert B. Chatfield
Robert B. Chatfield Ames Research Center
Lorraine A. Remer
Lorraine A. Remer University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Luciana V. Gatti
Luciana V. Gatti National Institute for Space Research
Ilan Koren
Ilan Koren Weizmann Institute of Science
Erik Swietlicki
Erik Swietlicki Lund University
Jim Haywood
Jim Haywood University of Exeter
Daniel Rosenfeld
Daniel Rosenfeld Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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