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Nicolas Bukowiecki

Nicolas Bukowiecki

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
8061
World Ranking
5298
National Ranking
133

Overview

Nicolas Bukowiecki is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research is primarily situated within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing to 19 and 15 publications respectively in these fields. Their work covers several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics focus extensively on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, as well as the interactions between air quality and health impacts. Other significant topics in their portfolio include atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and climate change and health impacts.

Frequent publication venues for Nicolas Bukowiecki reflect a focus on atmospheric and environmental sciences. These include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric Environment X
  • Environmental Research Communications
  • Science Advances

The scientist has collaborated notably with several co-authors over multiple publications. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Martin Gysel-Beer
  • Martine Collaud Coen
  • Alfred Wiedensohler
  • Jean-Philippe Putaud
  • Andrés Alástuey

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Nicolas Bukowiecki highlights research in aerosol properties, atmospheric composition, and particulate matter analysis. These papers are:

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories (2020), Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Multidecadal trend analysis of in situ aerosol radiative properties around the world (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric conditions and composition that influence PM 2.5 oxidative potential in Beijing, China (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A European aerosol phenomenology - 7: High-time resolution chemical characteristics of submicron particulate matter across Europe (2021), Atmospheric Environment X
  • Seasonality of the particle number concentration and size distribution: a global analysis retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • New particle formation in the free troposphere: A question of chemistry and timing.

    Federico Bianchi;Federico Bianchi;Federico Bianchi;Jasmin Tröstl;Heikki Junninen;Carla Frege

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

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

  • EUCAARI ion spectrometer measurements at 12 European sites – analysis of new particle formation events

    H. E. Manninen;T. Nieminen;E. Asmi;S. Gagné

  • 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

  • The ToF-ACSM: a portable aerosol chemical speciation monitor with TOFMS detection

    R. Fröhlich;M. J. Cubison;J. G. Slowik;N. Bukowiecki

  • Separation of volatile and non-volatile aerosol fractions by thermodesorption: instrumental development and applications

    H Burtscher;U Baltensperger;N Bukowiecki;P Cohn

  • A mobile pollutant measurement laboratory—measuring gas phase and aerosol ambient concentrations with high spatial and temporal resolution

    N. Bukowiecki;J. Dommen;A.S.H. Prévôt;R. Richter

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-5 : Climatology of black carbon optical properties at 9 regional background sites across Europe

    M. Zanatta;M. Gysel;N. Bukowiecki;T. Müller

  • Diesel Aerosol Sampling in the Atmosphere

    David B Kittelson;Jason Johnson;Winthrop Watts;Qiang Wei

  • Real-time characterization of ultrafine and accumulation mode particles in ambient combustion aerosols

    N Bukowiecki;D.B Kittelson;W.F Watts;H Burtscher

  • 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

  • Aerosol decadal trends – Part 1: In-situ optical measurements at GAW and IMPROVE stations

    M. Collaud Coen;E. Andrews;E. Andrews;A. Asmi;U. Baltensperger

  • Long-term cloud condensation nuclei number concentration, particle number size distribution and chemical composition measurements at regionally representative observatories

    Julia Schmale;Silvia Henning;Stefano Decesari;Bas Henzing

  • Overview of the Antarctic circumnavigation expedition: study of preindustrial-like aerosols and their climate effects (ACE-SPACE)

    Julia Schmale;Andrea Baccarini;Iris Thurnherr;Silvia Henning

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

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

  • Iron, manganese and copper emitted by cargo and passenger trains in Zürich (Switzerland): Size-segregated mass concentrations in ambient air

    Nicolas Bukowiecki;Nicolas Bukowiecki;Robert Gehrig;Matthias Hill;Peter Lienemann

  • Background Free‐Tropospheric Ice Nucleating Particle Concentrations at Mixed‐Phase Cloud Conditions

    Larissa Lacher;Larissa Lacher;Paul J. DeMott;Ezra J. T. Levin;Kaitlyn J. Suski;Kaitlyn J. Suski

  • Analysis of long‐term aerosol size distribution data from Jungfraujoch with emphasis on free tropospheric conditions, cloud influence, and air mass transport

    Erik Herrmann;Ernest Weingartner;Stephan Henne;Laurent Vuilleumier

  • 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

  • Fine and ultrafine particles in the Zürich (Switzerland) area measured with a mobile laboratory: an assessment of the seasonal and regional variation throughout a year

    N. Bukowiecki;J. Dommen;A. S. H. Prévôt;E. Weingartner

  • A Review of More than 20 Years of Aerosol Observation at the High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch, Switzerland (3580 m asl)

    Nicolas Bukowiecki;Ernest Weingartner;Martin Gysel;Martine Collaud Coen

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories

    Paolo Laj;Paolo Laj;Alessandro Bigi;Clémence Rose;Elisabeth Andrews;Elisabeth Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Ernest Weingartner
Ernest Weingartner University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Martin Gysel
Martin Gysel Paul Scherrer Institute
Paolo Laj
Paolo Laj Grenoble Alpes University
Elisabeth Andrews
Elisabeth Andrews Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Martin Steinbacher
Martin Steinbacher Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
André S. H. Prévôt
André S. H. Prévôt Paul Scherrer Institute
Karine Sellegri
Karine Sellegri University of Clermont Auvergne
Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Marco Pandolfi
Marco Pandolfi Spanish National Research Council

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