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47
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10533
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5698
National Ranking
441

Overview

Kirsty J. Pringle is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular emphasis on atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

The scientist has authored multiple papers primarily addressing atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds. Their recent publications include:

  • "Iceland is an episodic source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles relevant for mixed-phase clouds," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Constraining Uncertainty in Aerosol Direct Forcing," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Impact of the 2019/2020 Australian Megafires on Air Quality and Health," 2021, GeoHealth
  • "Robust observational constraint of uncertain aerosol processes and emissions in a climate model and the effect on aerosol radiative forcing," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Constraints on global aerosol number concentration, SO 2 and condensation sink in UKESM1 using ATom measurements," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Pringle has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Science Advances
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • GeoHealth
  • Atmospheric Environment X

Collaborations with other researchers form a significant component of their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • K. S. Carslaw
  • James B. McQuaid
  • Ailish M. Graham
  • S. R. Arnold
  • Jill S. Johnson

The core topics of their research encompass:

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

Their work spans notable subfields such as atmospheric science, global and planetary change, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, and automotive engineering.

Best Publications

  • Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing

    K.S. Carslaw;Lindsay Lee;C.L. Reddington;K.J. Pringle

  • Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles

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

  • Multimodel estimates of intercontinental source-receptor relationships for ozone pollution

    Arlene M. Fiore;F. J. Dentener;O. Wild;C. Cuvelier

  • Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements

    Eimear M. Dunne;Hamish Gordon;Andreas Kürten;João Almeida;João Almeida

  • The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

    K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

  • A multi-model assessment of pollution transport to the Arctic

    D. T. Shindell;M. Chin;F. Dentener;R. M. Doherty

  • Global distribution of the effective aerosol hygroscopicity parameter for CCN activation

    K. J. Pringle;H. Tost;A. Pozzer;U. Pöschl

  • A global off-line model of size-resolved aerosol microphysics: I. Model development and prediction of aerosol properties

    D. V. Spracklen;K. J. Pringle;K. S. Carslaw;M. P. Chipperfield

  • The magnitude and causes of uncertainty in global model simulations of cloud condensation nuclei

    L. A. Lee;K. J. Pringle;C. L. Reddington;G. W. Mann

  • Contribution of feldspar and marine organic aerosols to global ice nucleating particle concentrations

    Jesús Vergara-Temprado;Benjamin J. Murray;Theodore W. Wilson;Daniel O'Sullivan

  • The scavenging processes controlling the seasonal cycle in Arctic sulphate and black carbon aerosol

    J. Browse;K. S. Carslaw;S. R. Arnold;K. Pringle

  • Description and evaluation of GMXe: a new aerosol submodel for global simulations (v1)

    K. J. Pringle;K. J. Pringle;H. Tost;S. Message;B. Steil

  • The direct and indirect radiative effects of biogenic secondary organic aerosol

    C. E. Scott;A. Rap;D. V. Spracklen;P. M. Forster

  • Occurrence of pristine aerosol environments on a polluted planet

    Douglas S. Hamilton;Lindsay A. Lee;Kirsty J. Pringle;Carly L. Reddington

  • Emulation of a complex global aerosol model to quantify sensitivity to uncertain parameters

    L. A. Lee;K. S. Carslaw;K. J. Pringle;G. W. Mann

  • Intercomparison and evaluation of global aerosol microphysical properties among AeroCom models of a range of complexity

    G.W. Mann;K.S. Carslaw;C.L. Reddington;K.J. Pringle;K.J. Pringle

  • Reduced anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing caused by biogenic new particle formation

    Hamish Gordon;Kamalika Sengupta;Alexandru Rap;Jonathan Duplissy

  • The impact of residential combustion emissions on atmospheric aerosol, human health and climate

    E. W. Butt;A. Rap;A. Schmidt;C. E. Scott

  • Importance of tropospheric volcanic aerosol for indirect radiative forcing of climate

    A. Schmidt;K. S. Carslaw;G. W. Mann;A. Rap

  • Distributions and regional budgets of aerosols and their precursors simulated with the EMAC chemistry-climate model

    A. Pozzer;A. de Meij;K. J. Pringle;H. Tost

  • Contribution of Feldspar and Marine Organic aerosols to global ice nucleating particles concentrations

    Jesús Vergara Temprado;Benjamin J. Murray;Theodore W. Wilson;Daniel O'Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth S. Carslaw
Kenneth S. Carslaw University of Leeds
Graham W. Mann
Graham W. Mann University of Leeds
Dominick V. Spracklen
Dominick V. Spracklen University of Leeds
Carly L. Reddington
Carly L. Reddington University of Leeds
Alexandru Rap
Alexandru Rap University of Leeds
Philip Stier
Philip Stier University of Oxford
Holger Tost
Holger Tost Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Piers M. Forster
Piers M. Forster University of Leeds
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Nicolas Bellouin
Nicolas Bellouin University of Reading

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