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Markus Furger is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, pollution, and global and planetary change.

The main topics covered in their work include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, heavy metals in the environment, smart materials for construction, geophysical methods and applications, and vehicle emissions and performance.

Markus Furger has published extensively, with notable contributions appearing across various journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric Environment X
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Real-time measurement and source apportionment of elements in Delhi's atmosphere", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "A new method for long-term source apportionment with time-dependent factor profiles and uncertainty assessment using SoFi Pro: application to 1 year of organic aerosol data", 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Real-Time Measurements of PM2.5 Oxidative Potential Using a Dithiothreitol Assay in Delhi, India", 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Characteristics and sources of hourly elements in PM10 and PM2.5 during wintertime in Beijing", 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Source apportionment of highly time-resolved elements during a firework episode from a rural freeway site in Switzerland", 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Pragati Rai
  • Andrê S. H. Prévôt
  • Jay G. Slowik
  • Urs Baltensperger
  • Imad El Haddad

Best Publications

  • Sources and variability of inhalable road dust particles in three European cities

    F. Amato;M. Pandolfi;T. Moreno;M. Furger

  • PM10 emission factors for non-exhaust particles generated by road traffic in an urban street canyon and along a freeway in Switzerland

    N. Bukowiecki;N. Bukowiecki;P. Lienemann;M. Hill;M. Furger

  • Changes of daily surface ozone maxima in Switzerland in all seasons from 1992 to 2002 and discussion of summer 2003

    C. Ordóñez;H. Mathis;M. Furger;S. Henne

  • Quantification of topographic venting of boundary layer air to the free troposphere

    S. Henne;M. Furger;S. Nyeki;S. Nyeki;M. Steinbacher

  • Real-time measurement and source apportionment of elements in Delhi's atmosphere.

    Pragati Rai;Markus Furger;Imad El Haddad;Varun Kumar

  • Biotic, abiotic, and management controls on the net ecosystem CO2 exchange of European mountain grassland ecosystems

    Georg Wohlfahrt;Margaret Anderson-Dunn;Michael Bahn;Manuela Balzarolo

  • 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

  • Real-world emission factors for antimony and other brake wear related trace elements: size-segregated values for light and heavy duty vehicles

    Nicolas Bukowiecki;Peter Lienemann;Matthias Hill;Renato Figi

  • Size and time-resolved roadside enrichment of atmospheric particulate pollutants

    F. Amato;M. Viana;A. Richard;M. Furger

  • Radical budget analysis in a suburban European site during the MEGAPOLI summer field campaign

    Vincent Michoud;Alexandre Kukui;Alexandre Kukui;M. Camredon;Aurélie Colomb

  • A new method for long-term source apportionment with time-dependent factor profiles and uncertainty assessment using SoFi Pro: application to 1 year of organic aerosol data

    Francesco Canonaco;Anna Tobler;Gang Chen;Yulia Sosedova

  • Study of the unknown HONO daytime source at a European suburban site during the MEGAPOLI summer and winter field campaigns

    Vincent Michoud;Aurélie Colomb;Agnès Borbon;K. Miet

  • Meteorology, air quality, and health in London: the ClearfLo project

    S.I. Bohnenstengel;S.E. Belcher;A. Aiken;J. D. Allan

  • The first UK measurements of nitryl chloride using a chemical ionization mass spectrometer in central London in the summer of 2012, and an investigation of the role of Cl atom oxidation

    Thomas J. Bannan;A. Murray Booth;Asan Bacak;Jennifer B. A. Muller

  • Elemental composition of ambient aerosols measured with high temporal resolution using an online XRF spectrometer

    Markus Furger;María Cruz Minguillón;Varun Yadav;Jay G. Slowik

  • Source apportionment of size and time resolved trace elements and organic aerosols from an urban courtyard site in Switzerland

    A. Richard;M.F.D. Gianini;C. Mohr;M. Furger

  • Variations in time and space of trace metal aerosol concentrations in urban areas and their surroundings

    Teresa Moreno;Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey;Cristina Reche

  • Effect of land management on ecosystem carbon fluxes at a subalpine grassland site in the Swiss Alps

    N. Rogiers;W. Eugster;W. Eugster;M. Furger;R. Siegwolf

  • Aerosol climatology and planetary boundary influence at the Jungfraujoch analyzed by synoptic weather types

    M. Collaud Coen;E. Weingartner;M. Furger;S. Nyeki

  • Impact of past and present land-management on the C-balance of a grassland in the Swiss Alps

    Nele Rogiers;Nele Rogiers;Franz Conen;Markus Furger;Reto Stöckli

  • The VOTALP Mesolcina Valley Campaign 1996 – concept, background and some highlights

    Markus Furger;Josef Dommen;Werner K Graber;Lionel Poggio

Frequent Co-Authors

André S. H. Prévôt
André S. H. Prévôt Paul Scherrer Institute
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Jay G. Slowik
Jay G. Slowik Paul Scherrer Institute
Nicolas Bukowiecki
Nicolas Bukowiecki University of Basel
Werner Eugster
Werner Eugster ETH Zurich
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf Paul Scherrer Institute
Fulvio Amato
Fulvio Amato Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Claudia Mohr
Claudia Mohr ETH Zurich
Francesco Canonaco
Francesco Canonaco Paul Scherrer Institute
Andreas Stohl
Andreas Stohl University of Vienna

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