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Overview

Michael Gauss is a researcher affiliated with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Norway. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on atmospheric science and related subfields.

The scientist's research covers multiple thematic areas including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric ozone and climate, vehicle emissions and performance, carbon dioxide capture technologies, and climate change policy and economics.

Michael Gauss has published extensively in several established scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on air quality modeling, emissions, and climate-related environmental processes:

  • "Estimating lockdown-induced European NO 2 changes using satellite and surface observations and air quality models" (2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • "Effects of global ship emissions on European air pollution levels" (2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • "Monthly resolved modelled oceanic emissions of carbonyl sulphide and carbon disulphide for the period 2000-2019" (2021, Earth system science data)
  • "Description of the uEMEP_v5 downscaling approach for the EMEP MSC-W chemistry transport model" (2020, Geoscientific model development)
  • "Model evaluation of short-lived climate forcers for the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme: a multi-species, multi-model study" (2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Michael Gauss has co-authored papers with Jesper Heile Christensen, Svetlana Tsyro, Joakim Langner, Cynthia Whaley, and Kathy S. Law.

Their work spans a variety of subfields within environmental science, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering

Michael Gauss's research contributes to understanding air quality dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, and climate-related environmental processes through modeling and observational studies. Their publications frequently appear in specialized journals dedicated to atmospheric chemistry and geoscientific model development.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen and sulfur deposition on regional and global scales:a multimodel evaluation

    F. Dentener;J. Drevet;Jean-François Lamarque;Isabelle Bey

  • Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone

    D. S. Stevenson;F. J. Dentener;M. G. Schultz;K. Ellingsen

  • The EMEP MSC-W chemical transport model -- technical description

    David Simpson;David Simpson;Anna Benedictow;Halldis Berge;Robert Bergström;Robert Bergström

  • Radiative forcing in the 21st century due to ozone changes in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

    M. Gauss;G. Myhre;G. Pitari;M. J. Prather

  • Multimodel estimates of intercontinental source-receptor relationships for ozone pollution

    Arlene M. Fiore;F. J. Dentener;O. Wild;C. Cuvelier

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Land transport

    Elmar Uherek;Thomas Halenka;Jens Borken-Kleefeld;Yves Balkanski

  • The global atmospheric environment for the next generation

    F. Dentener;David Stevenson;K. Ellingsen;T. van Noije

  • Megacities, air quality and climate

    Alexander Baklanov;Luisa T. Molina;Michael Gauss

  • Online coupled regional meteorology chemistry models in Europe: current status and prospects

    A. Baklanov;K. Schlünzen;P. Suppan;J. Baldasano

  • Atmospheric Composition Change: Climate-Chemistry Interactions

    I.S.A. Isaksen;C. Granier;C. Granier;G. Myhre;T. Berntsen

  • Fresh Air in the 21st Century

    Michael Prather;Michael Gauss;Terje Berntsen;Ivar Isaksen

  • A regional air quality forecasting system over Europe : the MACC-II daily ensemble production

    V. Marecal;V. H Peuch;Camilla Andersson;S. Andersson

  • Multimodel simulations of carbon monoxide: Comparison with observations and projected near‐future changes

    D. T. Shindell;Gregory S. Faluvegi;D. S. Stevenson;M. C. Krol

  • Radiative forcing since preindustrial times due to ozone change in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

    M. Gauss;G. Myhre;I. S. A. Isaksen;V. Grewe

  • Air quality trends in Europe over the past decade: a first multi-model assessment

    Augustin Colette;Claire Granier;Øivind Hodnebrog;Hermann Jakobs

  • Multi-model simulations of the impact of international shipping on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in 2000 and 2030

    V. Eyring;D. S. Stevenson;A. Lauer;F. J. Dentener

  • Multi-model ensemble simulations of tropospheric NO2 compared with GOME retrievals for the year 2000

    T. P. C. Van Noije;H. J. Eskes;F. J. Dentener;D. S. Stevenson

  • Intercontinental Impacts of Ozone Pollution on Human Mortality

    Susan Casper Anenberg;J. Jason West;Arlene M. Fiore;Daniel A. Jaffe

  • A multi-model study of impacts of climate change on surface ozone in Europe

    J. Langner;M. Engardt;A. Baklanov;J. H. Christensen

  • Trend analysis of greenhouse gases over Europe measured by a network of ground-based remote FTIR instruments

    T Gardiner;A Forbes;M De Maziere;C Vigouroux

  • Air quality trends in Europe over the past decade: a first multimodel assessment

    Augustin Colette;B. Bessagnet;Ariela d'Angiola;M. Gauss

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire Granier
Claire Granier National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ivar S. A. Isaksen
Ivar S. A. Isaksen University of Oslo
Augustin Colette
Augustin Colette Stanford University
David Simpson
David Simpson Chalmers University of Technology
Alexander Baklanov
Alexander Baklanov University of Copenhagen
Hilde Fagerli
Hilde Fagerli Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Øivind Hodnebrog
Øivind Hodnebrog Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Frode Stordal
Frode Stordal University of Oslo
Bertrand Bessagnet
Bertrand Bessagnet École Normale Supérieure
Guy Brasseur
Guy Brasseur Max Planck Society

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