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Overview

Mika Komppula is affiliated with the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Within these fields, their subfield expertise includes atmospheric science, global and planetary change, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and earth-surface processes.

Komppula's work covers several main topics in atmospheric research, including:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate

Mika Komppula has contributed to numerous publications in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent journals and archives where their work appears include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • EPJ Web of Conferences

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Komppula include:

  • Is PM1 similar to PM2.5? A new insight into the association of PM1 and PM2.5 with children's lung function, 2020, Environment International
  • Overview of the atmospheric research activities and results at Pallas GAW station, 2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • DeLiAn - a growing collection of depolarization ratio, lidar ratio and Ångström exponent for different aerosol types and mixtures from ground-based lidar observations, 2023, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Optical and geometrical aerosol particle properties over the United Arab Emirates, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Urban air particulate matter induces mitochondrial dysfunction in human olfactory mucosal cells, 2020, Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Frequent collaborators in their scientific work include Ari Leskinen, Pasi Jalava, Marjut Roponen, Guang-Hui Dong, and Xiao-Wen Zeng.

Best Publications

  • High Natural Aerosol Loading over Boreal Forests

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

  • Characterization and intercomparison of aerosol absorption photometers: result of two intercomparison workshops

    T. Müller;J.S. Henzing;G. De Leeuw;G. De Leeuw;G. De Leeuw;A. Wiedensohler

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • The automated multiwavelength Raman polarization and water-vapor lidar Polly XT : the neXT generation

    Ronny Engelmann;Thomas Kanitz;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • Direct observational evidence linking atmospheric aerosol formation and cloud droplet activation

    Veli-Matti Kerminen;Heikki Lihavainen;Mika Komppula;Yrjö Viisanen

  • An overview of the first decade of Polly NET : an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

    Holger Baars;Thomas Kanitz;Thomas Kanitz;Ronny Engelmann;Dietrich Althausen

  • Diurnal and annual characteristics of particle mass and number concentrations in urban, rural and Arctic environments in Finland

    Lauri Laakso;Tareq Hussein;Päivi Aarnio;Mika Komppula

  • Explaining global surface aerosol number concentrations in terms of primary emissions and particle formation

    D. V. Spracklen;K. S. Carslaw;J. Merikanto;G. W. Mann

  • Association of Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants With Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in China

    Bo Yi Yang;Yuming Guo;Iana Markevych;Zhengmin Min Qian

  • Ambient air pollution in relation to diabetes and glucose-homoeostasis markers in China: a cross-sectional study with findings from the 33 Communities Chinese Health Study

    Bo Yi Yang;Zhengmin (Min) Qian;Shanshan Li;Shanshan Li;Gongbo Chen;Gongbo Chen

  • Portable Raman Lidar Polly XT for Automated Profiling of Aerosol Backscatter, Extinction, and Depolarization

    Dietrich Althausen;Ronny Engelmann;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • Comparison of CALIOP level 2 aerosol subtypes to aerosol types derived from AERONET inversion data

    T. Mielonen;A. Arola;M. Komppula;J. Kukkonen

  • Aerosol size distribution measurements at four Nordic field stations: identification, analysis and trajectory analysis of new particle formation bursts

    Miikka Dal Maso;Larisa Sogacheva;Pasi P. Aalto;Ilona Riipinen

  • One year boundary layer aerosol size distribution data from five nordic background stations

    P Tunved;HC Hansson;M Kulmala;P Aalto

  • Production of “potential” cloud condensation nuclei associated with atmospheric new‐particle formation in northern Finland

    H. Lihavainen;V.-M. Kerminen;M. Komppula;J. Hatakka

  • Overview of the atmospheric research activities and results at Pallas GAW station

    Juha Hatakka;Tuula Aalto;Veijo Aaltonen;Mika Aurela

  • Measurements of cloud droplet activation of aerosol particles at a clean subarctic background site

    Mika Komppula;Heikki Lihavainen;Veli-Matti Kerminen;Markku Kulmala

  • Secondary new particle formation in Northern Finland Pallas site between the years 2000 and 2010

    E. Asmi;E. Asmi;N. Kivekäs;V.-M. Kerminen;M. Komppula

  • Continuous measurements of optical properties of atmospheric aerosols in Mukteshwar, northern India

    A.‐P. Hyvärinen;H. Lihavainen;M. Komppula;V. P. Sharma

  • Observations of new particle formation and size distributions at two different heights and surroundings in subarctic area in northern Finland

    M. Komppula;H. Lihavainen;J. Hatakka;J. Paatero

  • BAECC: A Field Campaign to Elucidate the Impact of Biogenic Aerosols on Clouds and Climate

    Tuukka Petäjä;Ewan J. O’Connor;Dmitri Moisseev;Victoria A. Sinclair

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari E. J. Lehtinen
Kari E. J. Lehtinen University of Eastern Finland
Heikki Lihavainen
Heikki Lihavainen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Ari Laaksonen
Ari Laaksonen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Maija-Riitta Hirvonen
Maija-Riitta Hirvonen University of Eastern Finland
Holger Baars
Holger Baars Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Jorma Jokiniemi
Jorma Jokiniemi University of Eastern Finland
Lauri Laakso
Lauri Laakso Finnish Meteorological Institute
Ronny Engelmann
Ronny Engelmann Leibniz Association
Antti Arola
Antti Arola Finnish Meteorological Institute

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