2026 M. Dal Maso: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	70	1657	1576	21	21	290	21664

Overview

M. Dal Maso is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on Atmospheric Science, with additional activities in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Vehicle emissions and performance, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Plant responses to elevated CO2, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

Key recent publications demonstrate ongoing contributions to the study of atmospheric phenomena. Selected papers include:

Formation and growth of fresh atmospheric aerosols: eight years of aerosol size distribution data from SMEAR II, Hyytiälä, Finland (2024) published in Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
Evaluation of an automatic algorithm for fitting the particle number size distributions (2024) published in Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
Long-term measurements of surface fluxes above a Scots pine forest in Hyytiälä, southern Finland, 1996-2001 (2024) published in Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
Trends in atmospheric new-particle formation: 16 years of observations in a boreal-forest environment (2024) published in Helda (University of Helsinki)
Direct field evidence of autocatalytic iodine release from atmospheric aerosol (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

M. Dal Maso frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

Markku Kulmala
Tuukka Petäjä
Miska Olin
Hilkka Timonen
Joni Kalliokoski

The primary venues for M. Dal Maso's publications are:

Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
Helda (University of Helsinki)
Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Geoscientific model development

Best Publications

Formation and growth rates of ultrafine atmospheric particles: a review of observations

M Kulmala;Hanna Tuula Katariina Vehkamäki;Tuukka Petäjä;M Dal Maso

2630
Citations
A large source of low-volatility secondary organic aerosol

Mikael Ehn;Joel A. Thornton;Einhard Kleist;Mikko Sipila

2060
Citations
Formation and growth of fresh atmospheric aerosols: eight years of aerosol size distribution data from SMEAR II, Hyytiälä, Finland

Miikka Dal Maso;Markku Kulmala;Ilona Riipinen;Robert Wagner

909
Citations
Measurement of the nucleation of atmospheric aerosol particles

Markku Kulmala;Tuukka Petäjä;Tuomo Nieminen;Mikko Sipilä

700
Citations
On the formation, growth and composition of nucleation mode particles

M. Kulmala;M. Dal maso;J. M. Mäkelä;L. Pirjola

653
Citations
High Natural Aerosol Loading over Boreal Forests

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

579
Citations
Toward direct measurement of atmospheric nucleation.

Markku Kulmala;Ilona Riipinen;Mikko Juhani Sipilä;Hanna E Manninen

574
Citations
Atmospheric sulphuric acid and aerosol formation: implications from atmospheric measurements for nucleation and early growth mechanisms

S.-L. Sihto;M. Kulmala;V.-M. Kerminen;M. Dal Maso

522
Citations
A new feedback mechanism linking forests, aerosols, and climate

M. Kulmala;T. Suni;K. E. J. Lehtinen;M. Dal Maso

427
Citations
Overview of the international project on biogenic aerosol formation in the boreal forest (BIOFOR)

M. Kulmala;K. Hämeri;K. Hämeri;P. P. Aalto;J. M. Mäkelä

401
Citations
Connections between atmospheric sulphuric acid and new particle formation during QUEST III–IV campaigns in Heidelberg and Hyytiälä

I. Riipinen;S.-L. Sihto;M. Kulmala;Frank Arnold

335
Citations
Gas phase formation of extremely oxidized pinene reaction products in chamber and ambient air

M. Ehn;E. Kleist;H. Junninen;T. Petäjä

324
Citations
New particle formation in forests inhibited by isoprene emissions.

Astrid Kiendler-Scharr;Juergen Wildt;Miikka Dal Maso;Thorsten Hohaus

321
Citations
New particle formation in Beijing, China: Statistical analysis of a 1‐year data set

Zhijun Wu;Min Hu;Shang Liu;Birgit Wehner

319
Citations
Organic nitrate and secondary organic aerosol yield from NO 3 oxidation of β-pinene evaluated using a gas-phase kinetics/aerosol partitioning model

J. L. Fry;A. Kiendler-Scharr;A. W. Rollins;P. J. Wooldridge

313
Citations
Condensation and coagulation sinks and formation of nucleation mode particles in coastal and boreal forest boundary layers

M. Dal Maso;M. Kulmala;K. E. J. Lehtinen;J. M. Mäkelä;J. M. Mäkelä

301
Citations
Estimating nucleation rates from apparent particle formation rates and vice versa: Revised formulation of the Kerminen–Kulmala equation

Kari E.J. Lehtinen;Miikka Dal Maso;Markku Kulmala;Veli-Matti Kerminen

290
Citations
Traffic is a major source of atmospheric nanocluster aerosol

Topi Rönkkö;Heino Kuuluvainen;Panu Karjalainen;Jorma Keskinen

288
Citations
Initial steps of aerosol growth

M. Kulmala;L. Laakso;K. E. J. Lehtinen;I. Riipinen

268
Citations
The role of VOC oxidation products in continental new particle formation

A. Laaksonen;A. Laaksonen;M. Kulmala;C. D. O'Dowd;J. Joutsensaari

244
Citations
Gas‐aerosol relationships of H2SO4, MSA, and OH: Observations in the coastal marine boundary layer at Mace Head, Ireland

H. Berresheim;T. Elste;H. G. Tremmel;A. G. Allen

242
Citations
Nucleation and growth of new particles in Po Valley, Italy

A. Hamed;J. Joutsensaari;S. Mikkonen;L. Sogacheva

238
Citations
On the growth of nucleation mode particles: source rates of condensable vapor in polluted and clean environments

M. Kulmala;T. Petäjä;P. Mönkkönen;I. K. Koponen

234
Citations
Sulphuric acid closure and contribution to nucleation mode particle growth

M. Boy;M. Kulmala;T. M. Ruuskanen;M. Pihlatie

219
Citations
On the formation, growth and composition of nucleation mode particles

Unknown

137
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki

Pasi Aalto University of Helsinki

Kari E. J. Lehtinen University of Eastern Finland

Ilona Riipinen Stockholm University

Ari Laaksonen Finnish Meteorological Institute

Michael Boy University of Helsinki

Tuukka Petäjä University of Helsinki

Colin D. O'Dowd University of Galway

Petri Keronen University of Helsinki

Heikki Junninen University of Tartu

External Links

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