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Overview

Kostas Tsigaridis is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their primary research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on atmospheric processes and climate-related topics.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Tsigaridis has contributed extensively to several subfields, notably:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Chemistry

Their research covers a wide range of topics with a strong emphasis on atmospheric chemistry and climate dynamics. Key topics addressed include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability and models
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Kostas Tsigaridis has published in several frequent venues, which provide the primary platforms for their work in atmospheric sciences and modeling:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Tsigaridis include:

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground- and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in situ observations, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Historical and future changes in air pollutants from CMIP6 models, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Historical (1850-2014) Aerosol Evolution and Role on Climate Forcing Using the GISS ModelE2.1 Contribution to CMIP6, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • CMIP6 Historical Simulations (1850-2014) With GISS-E2.1, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborative engagement with other experts in related areas, including:

  • Susanne E. Bauer
  • G. Faluvegi
  • Makoto Deushi
  • Naga Oshima
  • Drew Shindell

Best Publications

  • Organic aerosol and global climate modelling: a review

    M. Kanakidou;J. H. Seinfeld;S. N. Pandis;I. Barnes

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

  • Terrestrial biogeochemical feedbacks in the climate system

    Almut Arneth;S. P. Harrison;S. P. Harrison;S. Zaehle;K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

    Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

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

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

  • Global modelling of secondary organic aerosol in the troposphere: a sensitivity analysis

    K. Tsigaridis;M. Kanakidou

  • Past, present and future atmospheric nitrogen deposition

    M Kanakidou;Stelios Myriokefalitakis;Nikos Daskalakis;G Fanourgakis

  • Significant Atmospheric Aerosol Pollution Caused by World Food Cultivation

    Susanne E. Bauer;Susanne E. Bauer;Kostas Tsigaridis;Kostas Tsigaridis;Ron Miller;Ron Miller

  • Reconciling warming trends

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Drew T. Shindell;Konstantinos Tsigaridis

  • Secondary organic aerosol importance in the future atmosphere

    Kostas Tsigaridis;Maria Kanakidou

  • AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground- and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in situ observations

    Jonas Gliß;Augustin Mortier;Michael Schulz;Elisabeth Andrews

  • Historical and future changes in air pollutants from CMIP6 models

    Steven T. Turnock;Robert J. Allen;Martin Andrews;Susanne E. Bauer;Susanne E. Bauer

  • Black carbon vertical profiles strongly affect its radiative forcing uncertainty

    Bjørn Hallvard Samset;Gunnar Myhre;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • In-cloud oxalate formation in the global troposphere: a 3-D modeling study

    S. Myriokefalitakis;S. Myriokefalitakis;K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Mihalopoulos;J. Sciare

  • Atmospheric fluxes of organic N and P to the global ocean

    Maria Kanakidou;Robert A. Duce;Joseph M. Prospero;Alex R. Baker

  • The Model Intercomparison Project on the climatic response to Volcanic forcing (VolMIP) : experimental design and forcing input data for CMIP6

    Davide Zanchettin;Myriam Khodri;Claudia Timmreck;Matthew Toohey;Matthew Toohey

  • Historical (1850–2014) Aerosol Evolution and Role on Climate Forcing Using the GISS ModelE2.1 Contribution to CMIP6

    Susanne E. Bauer;Kostas Tsigaridis;Kostas Tsigaridis;Greg Faluvegi;Greg Faluvegi;Maxwell Kelley

  • Change in global aerosol composition since preindustrial times

    K. Tsigaridis;M. Krol;F. J. Dentener;Yves Balkanski

  • Human‐activity‐enhanced formation of organic aerosols by biogenic hydrocarbon oxidation

    Maria Kanakidou;Kostas Tsigaridis;Frank J. Dentener;Paul J. Crutzen

  • The influence of natural and anthropogenic secondary sources on the glyoxal global distribution

    S. Myriokefalitakis;M. Vrekoussis;K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;F. Wittrock

  • Modelled black carbon radiative forcing and atmospheric lifetime in AeroCom Phase II constrained by aircraft observations

    B. H. Samset;G. Myhre;Andreas Herber;Yutaka Kondo

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne E. Bauer
Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Maria Kanakidou
Maria Kanakidou University of Crete
Allegra N. LeGrande
Allegra N. LeGrande Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Mian Chin
Mian Chin Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Trond Iversen
Trond Iversen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Huisheng Bian
Huisheng Bian University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Larissa Nazarenko
Larissa Nazarenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Nicolas Bellouin
Nicolas Bellouin University of Reading

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