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Paola Formenti is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and related subfields. The scientist's work spans multiple areas including Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Engineering.

Their main topics of study cover a broad range of atmospheric and environmental phenomena. These include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Aeolian processes and effects, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Vehicle emissions and performance.

Several recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system (2022), Aeolian Research
  • The CLoud-Aerosol-Radiation Interaction and Forcing: Year 2017 (CLARIFY-2017) measurement campaign (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Direct Radiative Effect by Mineral Dust Aerosols Constrained by New Microphysical and Spectral Optical Data (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Direct and semi-direct radiative forcing of biomass-burning aerosols over the southeast Atlantic (SEA) and its sensitivity to absorbing properties: a regional climate modeling study (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Formenti frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Claudia Di Biagio, Jean-François Doussin, Mathieu Cazaunau, Stuart Piketh, and Edouard Pangui.

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in understanding physical and chemical properties of African and Asian mineral dust

    P. Formenti;L. Schütz;Y. Balkanski;K. Desboeufs

  • Radiative properties and direct radiative effect of Saharan dust measured by the C-130 aircraft during SHADE: 1. Solar spectrum

    Jim Haywood;Pete Francis;Simon Osborne;Martin Glew

  • The mean physical and optical properties of regional haze dominated by biomass burning aerosol measured from the C-130 aircraft during SAFARI 2000

    Jim M. Haywood;Simon R. Osborne;Pete N. Francis;Andreas Keil

  • Measurement and modeling of the Saharan dust radiative impact: Overview of the Saharan Dust Experiment (SHADE)

    D. Tanré;J. Haywood;J. Pelon;J. F. Léon

  • Chemical and mineralogical analysis of individual mineral dust particles

    Alla H. Falkovich;Eliezer Ganor;Zev Levin;Paola Formenti

  • Overview of the Dust and Biomass-burning Experiment and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observing Period-0

    Jim M. Haywood;Jacques Pelon;Paola Formenti;N. A. Bharmal

  • A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system

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  • Chemical composition of mineral dust aerosol during the Saharan Dust Experiment (SHADE) airborne campaign in the Cape Verde region, September 2000

    P Formenti;W Elbert;Willy Maenhaut;J Haywood

  • Smoke and Clouds above the Southeast Atlantic: Upcoming Field Campaigns Probe Absorbing Aerosol’s Impact on Climate

    Paquita Zuidema;Jens Redemann;James M. Haywood;Robert Wood

  • Complex refractive indices and single-scattering albedo of global dust aerosols in the shortwave spectrum and relationship to size and iron content

    Claudia Di Biagio;Paola Formenti;Yves Balkanski;Lorenzo Caponi

  • An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin

    Jens Redemann;Robert Wood;Paquita Zuidema;Sarah J. Doherty

  • Ground-Based Lidar Measurements of Aerosols During ACE-2 Instrument Description, Results, and Comparisons with Other Ground-Based and Airborne Measurements

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Howard R. Gordon;Hal Maring

  • Inorganic and carbonaceous aerosols during the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) experiment: Chemical characteristics, physical properties, and emission data for smoke from African biomass burning

    P Formenti;W Elbert;Willy Maenhaut;J Haywood

  • Size distribution, shape, and composition of mineral dust aerosols collected during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observation Period 0: Dust and Biomass-Burning Experiment field campaign in Niger, January 2006

    Cédric Chou;Cédric Chou;Paola Formenti;Michel Maille;Patrick Ausset

  • Iron oxides and light absorption by pure desert dust: An experimental study

    S. C. Alfaro;S. Lafon;J. L. Rajot;P. Formenti

  • Seasonal variations of the physical and optical characteristics of Saharan dust: Results from the Dust Outflow and Deposition to the Ocean (DODO) experiment

    C. L. McConnell;E. J. Highwood;H. Coe;P. Formenti

  • Regional variability of the composition of mineral dust from western Africa: Results from the AMMA SOP0/DABEX and DODO field campaigns

    P. Formenti;Jean-Louis Rajot;K. Desboeufs;Sandrine Caquineau

  • Coarse-mode mineral dust size distributions, composition and optical properties from AER-D aircraft measurements over the tropical eastern Atlantic

    Claire L. Ryder;Franco Marenco;Jennifer K. Brooke;Victor Estelles

  • Global scale variability of the mineral dust long-wave refractive index: a new dataset of in situ measurements for climate modeling and remote sensing

    Claudia Di Biagio;Paola Formenti;Yves Balkanski;Lorenzo Caponi;Lorenzo Caponi

  • Saharan dust in Brazil and Suriname during the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) - Cooperative LBA Regional Experiment (CLAIRE) in March 1998

    P Formenti;Mo Andreae;L Lange;G Roberts

  • The Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds in Southern Africa Field Campaign in Namibia: Overview, Illustrative Observations, and Way Forward

    Paola Formenti;Barbara d'Anna;Cyrille Flamant;Marc Mallet

  • The mean physical and optical properties of regional haze dominated by biomass burning aerosol measured from the C-130 aircraft during SAFARI 2000 : SAFARI 2000-Southern African Regional Science Initiative

    Jim M. Haywood;Simon R. Osborne;Pete N. Francis;Andreas Keil

Frequent Co-Authors

Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Marc Mallet
Marc Mallet University of Tasmania
Jim Haywood
Jim Haywood University of Exeter
Jean-Louis Rajot
Jean-Louis Rajot Université Paris Cité
Hugh Coe
Hugh Coe University of Manchester
Willy Maenhaut
Willy Maenhaut Ghent University
Béatrice Marticorena
Béatrice Marticorena Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Agnès Borbon
Agnès Borbon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Barbara D'Anna
Barbara D'Anna Aix-Marseille University
Yves Balkanski
Yves Balkanski French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

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