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Maheswar Rupakheti is affiliated with the Research Institute for Sustainability in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their primary research areas focus on Atmospheric Science and its related subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Economics and Econometrics.

Rupakheti's work covers key topics within atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, energy and environment impacts, and climate change policy and economics.

The scientist has a significant record of publications in several specialized venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geoscience Frontiers

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Black carbon dominates the aerosol absorption over the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayan foothills," 2020, Environment International
  • "Aerosol-induced atmospheric heating rate decreases over South and East Asia as a result of changing content and composition," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Light absorption properties of elemental carbon (EC) and water-soluble brown carbon (WS-BrC) in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A 5-year study," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "The COVID-19 Pandemic Not Only Poses Challenges, but Also Opens Opportunities for Sustainable Transformation," 2021, Earth's Future
  • "Ambient air quality in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, during the pre-monsoon: concentrations and sources of particulate matter and trace gases," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers such as Dipesh Rupakheti, Shichang Kang, Xiufeng Yin, S. Ramachandran, and Qianggong Zhang. These collaborations reflect a sustained engagement with research networks focused on atmospheric studies and environmental science.

Best Publications

  • The "dual-spot" Aethalometer: an improved measurement of aerosol black carbon with real-time loading compensation

    L. Drinovec;G. Močnik;P. Zotter;P. Zotter;A. S. H. Prévôt

  • Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects

    Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang;Yun Qian;Zhenming Ji

  • Atmospheric brown clouds reach the Tibetan Plateau by crossing the Himalayas

    Z.L. Lüthi;Bojan Škerlak;S.-W. Kim;Axel Lauer

  • Characterization of organosulfates in atmospheric aerosols at Four Asian locations

    Elizabeth A. Stone;Elizabeth A. Stone;Liming Yang;Liya E. Yu;Maheswar Rupakheti

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

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

  • Overview of VOC emissions and chemistry from PTR-TOF-MS measurements during the SusKat-ABC campaign: high acetaldehyde, isoprene and isocyanic acid in wintertime air of the Kathmandu Valley

    Chinmoy Sarkar;Vinayak Sinha;Vinod Kumar;Maheswar Rupakheti

  • Organic molecular tracers in the atmospheric aerosols from Lumbini, Nepal, in the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain: influence of biomass burning

    Xin Wan;Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Quanlian Li;Dipesh Rupakheti

  • Lockdown caused by COVID-19 pandemic reduces air pollution in cities worldwide

    Asheshwor Man Shrestha;Uttam Babu Shrestha;Roshan Sharma;Suraj Bhattarai

  • Source apportionment of NMVOCs in the Kathmandu Valley during the SusKat-ABC international field campaign using positive matrix factorization

    Chinmoy Sarkar;Vinayak Sinha;Baerbel Sinha;Arnico K. Panday

  • Characteristics and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in atmospheric aerosols in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

    Pengfei(陈鹏飞) Chen;Shichang(康世昌) Kang;Chaoliu(李潮流) Li;Maheswar Rupakheti

  • Carbonaceous aerosol characteristics on the Third Pole: A primary study based on the Atmospheric Pollution and Cryospheric Change (APCC) network.

    Pengfei Chen;Shichang Kang;Chaoliu Li;Qianggong Zhang

  • Environmental, energy security, and energy equity (3E) benefits of net-zero emission strategy in a developing country: A case study of Nepal

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  • Pre-monsoon air quality over Lumbini, a world heritage site along the Himalayan foothills

    Dipesh Rupakheti;Bhupesh Adhikary;Puppala Siva Praveen;Maheswar Rupakheti

  • Source apportionment of PM10 mass and particulate carbon in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

    Bong Mann Kim;Jin-Soo Park;Sang-Woo Kim;Hyunjae Kim

  • Analysis of the vehicle fleet in the Kathmandu Valley for estimation of environment and climate co-benefits of technology intrusions

    Shreejan Ram Shrestha;Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh;Quishi Xu;Maheswar Rupakheti

  • Aerosol-induced atmospheric heating rate decreases over South and East Asia as a result of changing content and composition

    S. Ramachandran;S. Ramachandran;Maheswar Rupakheti;Mark G. Lawrence;Mark G. Lawrence

  • Black carbon dominates the aerosol absorption over the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayan foothills.

    S. Ramachandran;Maheswar Rupakheti;Mark G. Lawrence

  • Seasonal variation of ozone and black carbon observed at Paknajol, an urban site in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

    Davide Putero;P. Cristofanelli;Angela Marinoni;B. Adhikary

  • Light absorption properties of elemental carbon (EC) and water-soluble brown carbon (WS-BrC) in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A 5-year study.

    Pengfei Chen;Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Lekhendra Tripathee;Kirpa Ram

  • Investigation of the mixing layer height derived from ceilometer measurements in the Kathmandu Valley and implications for local air quality

    Andrea Mues;Maheswar Rupakheti;Christoph Münkel;Axel Lauer

  • The COVID-19 Pandemic not only Poses Challenges, but also Opens Opportunities for Sustainable Transformation

    Prajal Pradhan;Daya Raj Subedi;Dilip Khatiwada;Kirti Kusum Joshi

  • Overview of VOC emissions and chemistry from PTR-TOF-MS measurements during the SusKat-ABC campaign: high acetaldehyde, ketene, isoprene and isocyanic acid in wintertime air of the Kathmandu Valley

    C. Sarkar;V. Sinha;V. Kumar;M. Rupakheti

Frequent Co-Authors

Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Qianggong Zhang
Qianggong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiyuan Cong
Zhiyuan Cong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chaoliu Li
Chaoliu Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Manish Naja
Manish Naja Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
Elizabeth A. Stone
Elizabeth A. Stone University of Iowa
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Richard E. Peltier
Richard E. Peltier University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kimitaka Kawamura
Kimitaka Kawamura Chubu University

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