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Margit Schwikowski is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Their research predominantly focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions to Environmental Science as well.

The primary areas of their scientific inquiry include Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work also spans subfields such as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Environmental Chemistry; and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Key topics addressed in Margit Schwikowski's research are cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, climate change and permafrost, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, landslides and related hazards, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Frequent publication venues for their work consist of The Cryosphere, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Glaciology, and The Science of The Total Environment.

  • Temperature Trends in the Northwestern Tibetan Plateau Constrained by Ice Core Water Isotopes Over the Past 7,000 Years, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Mt. Everest's highest glacier is a sentinel for accelerating ice loss, 2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Revised historical Northern Hemisphere black carbon emissions based on inverse modeling of ice core records, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Comparison of historical and recent accumulation rates on Abramov Glacier, Pamir Alay, 2020, Journal of Glaciology
  • High-altitude glacier archives lost due to climate change-related melting, 2024, Nature Geoscience

Margit Schwikowski collaborates frequently with several researchers including Theo M. Jenk, Anja Eichler, Shugui Hou, Hongxi Pang, and Wangbin Zhang. These collaborations reflect ongoing engagement with multidisciplinary teams exploring various aspects of cryospheric and atmospheric sciences.

Best Publications

  • High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

    Ru Jin Huang;Yanlin Zhang;Carlo Bozzetti;Kin Fai Ho

  • Saharan dust events at the Jungfraujoch: detection by wavelength dependence of the single scattering albedo and first climatology analysis

    M. Collaud Coen;E. Weingartner;D. Schaub;C. Hueglin

  • Aerosol climatology at the high‐alpine site Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

    U. Baltensperger;H. W. Gäggeler;D. T. Jost;M. Lugauer

  • Deposition of sulphur and nitrogen in Europe 1900–2050. Model calculations and comparison to historical observations

    Magnuz Engardt;David Simpson;Margit Schwikowski;Lennart Granat

  • Seasonal and elevational variations of black carbon and dust in snow and ice in the Solu-Khumbu, Nepal and estimated radiative forcings

    S. Kaspari;T. H. Painter;M. Gysel;S. M. Skiles

  • Recent increase in black carbon concentrations from a Mt. Everest ice core spanning 1860-2000 AD

    Susan D. Kaspari;Susan D. Kaspari;M. Schwikowski;M. Gysel;M. G. Flanner

  • Fossil vs. non-fossil sources of fine carbonaceous aerosols in four Chinese cities during the extreme winter haze episode of 2013

    Y.-L. Zhang;R.-J. Huang;R.-J. Huang;I. El Haddad;K.-F. Ho;K.-F. Ho

  • Temperature response in the Altai region lags solar forcing

    Anja Eichler;Anja Eichler;Susanne Olivier;Susanne Olivier;Keith Henderson;Andreas Laube

  • Historical record of European emissions of heavy metals to the atmosphere since the 1650s from alpine snow/ice cores drilled near Monte Rosa.

    Carlo Barbante;Margit Schwikowski;Thomas Döring;Heinz W. Gäggeler

  • A study of an outstanding Saharan dust event at the high-alpine site Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

    M. Schwikowski;P. Seibert;U. Baltensperger;H.W. Gaggeler

  • Historical record of carbonaceous particle concentrations from a European high‐alpine glacier (Colle Gnifetti, Switzerland)

    V. M. H. Lavanchy;H. W. Gäggeler;U. Schotterer;M. Schwikowski

  • Aerosol transport to the high Alpine sites Jungfraujoch (3454 m asl) and Colle Gnifetti (4452 m asl)

    M. Lugauer;U. Baltensperger;M. Furger;H. W. Gäggeler;H. W. Gäggeler

  • Post 17th-century changes of European PAH emissions recorded in high-altitude Alpine snow and ice.

    Jacopo Gabrieli;Paul Vallelonga;Giulio Cozzi;Paolo Gabrielli

  • Meltwater-induced relocation of chemical species in Alpine firn

    Ania Eichler;Ania Eichler;Margit Schwikowski;Heinz W. Gäggeler;Heinz W. Gäggeler

  • SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF AEROSOLS BY 14C MEASUREMENTS IN DIFFERENT CARBONACEOUS PARTICLE FRACTIONS

    Sönke Szidat;Theo Jenk;Heinz Gäggeler;H.-A. Synal

  • Climate variability during the last 1000 years inferred from Andean ice cores: A review of methodology and recent results

    Françoise Vimeux;Françoise Vimeux;Patrick Ginot;Margit Schwikowski;Mathias Vuille

  • A novel radiocarbon dating technique applied to an ice core from the Alps indicating late Pleistocene ages

    Theo M. Jenk;Theo M. Jenk;Theo M. Jenk;Sönke Szidat;Sönke Szidat;David Bolius;Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl

  • Glaciochemical dating of an ice core from upper Grenzgletscher (4200 m a.s.l.)

    Anja Eichler;Margit Schwikowski;Heinz W. Gäggeler;Verena Furrer

  • A high-resolution air chemistry record from an Alpine ice core: Fiescherhorn glacier, Swiss Alps

    M. Schwikowski;S. Brütsch;H. W. Gäggeler;U. Schotterer

  • Scavenging of atmospheric constituents in mixed phase clouds at the high-alpine site jungfraujoch part I: Basic concept and aerosol scavenging by clouds

    U Baltensperger;M Schwikowski;D.T Jost;S Nyeki

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz W. Gäggeler
Heinz W. Gäggeler Paul Scherrer Institute
Michael Sigl
Michael Sigl University of Oslo
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Sönke Szidat
Sönke Szidat University of Bern
Ulrich Schotterer
Ulrich Schotterer University of Bern
Shugui Hou
Shugui Hou Nanjing University
Willy Tinner
Willy Tinner University of Bern
Carlo Barbante
Carlo Barbante Ca Foscari University of Venice
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Claude F. Boutron
Claude F. Boutron Grenoble Alpes University

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