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Environmental Sciences
France
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
72
Citations
18986
World Ranking
1489
National Ranking
48

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Paolo Laj is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, encompassing subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Pollution.

The scientist's main research topics include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Research Data Management Practices.

Paolo Laj has published in several frequent scientific venues, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environment International
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Recent publications by Paolo Laj include:

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (author: Deonie Allen)
  • AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground- and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in situ observations, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics (author: Jonas Gliß)
  • Multidecadal trend analysis of in situ aerosol radiative properties around the world, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics (author: Martine Collaud Coen)
  • Evaluation of climate model aerosol trends with ground-based observations over the last 2 decades - an AeroCom and CMIP6 analysis, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics (author: Augustin Mortier)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Paolo Laj's work, with frequent co-authors including Marcos Andrade, Alfred Wiedensohler, Fernando Velarde, Isabel Moreno, and Tuukka Petäjä.

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for reporting "black carbon" measurements

    Andreas Petzold;John A. Ogren;Markus Fiebig;Pablo Laj

  • A European aerosol phenomenology—1: physical characteristics of particulate matter at kerbside, urban, rural and background sites in Europe

    Rita Van Dingenen;Frank Raes;Jean-P Putaud;Urs Baltensperger

  • Mobility particle size spectrometers: harmonization of technical standards and data structure to facilitate high quality long-term observations of atmospheric particle number size distributions

    A. Wiedensohler;W. Birmili;A. Nowak;A. Sonntag

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

    P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

    D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  • Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment

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  • 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

  • Atmospheric Composition Change: Climate-Chemistry Interactions

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

  • Atmospheric Brown Clouds in the Himalayas: first two years of continuous observations at the Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (5079 m)

    P. Bonasoni;Paolo Laj;A. Marinoni;M. Sprenger

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

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

  • Microorganisms isolated from the water phase of tropospheric clouds at the Puy de Dôme: major groups and growth abilities at low temperatures.

    Pierre Amato;Marius Parazols;Martine Sancelme;Paolo Laj

  • Number size distributions and seasonality of submicron particles in europe 2008–2009

    A. Asmi;A. Wiedensohler;P. Laj;A. M Fjaeraa

  • AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground- and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in situ observations

    Jonas Gliß;Augustin Mortier;Michael Schulz;Elisabeth Andrews

  • 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

  • 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

  • Microbial population in cloud water at the Puy de Dôme: Implications for the chemistry of clouds

    Pierre Amato;Matthieu Ménager;Martine Sancelme;Paolo Laj

  • A short overview of the microbial population in clouds: Potential roles in atmospheric chemistry and nucleation processes

    Anne-Marie Delort;Anne-Marie Delort;Mickael Vaïtilingom;Pierre Amato;Pierre Amato;Martine Sancelme

  • Estimated impact of black carbon deposition during pre-monsoon season from Nepal Climate Observatory – Pyramid data and snow albedo changes over Himalayan glaciers

    T.J. Yasunari;T.J. Yasunari;P. Bonasoni;Paolo Laj;K. Fujita

  • Aerosol mass and black carbon concentrations, a two year record at NCO-P (5079 m, Southern Himalayas)

    A. Marinoni;P. Cristofanelli;Paolo Laj;R. Duchi

  • Single Particle Soot Photometer intercomparison at the AIDA chamber

    M. Laborde;M. Schnaiter;C. Linke;H. Saathoff

  • Primary versus secondary contributions to particle number concentrations in the European boundary layer

    C. L. Reddington;K. S. Carslaw;D. V. Spracklen;M. G. Frontoso

Frequent Co-Authors

Karine Sellegri
Karine Sellegri University of Clermont Auvergne
Angela Marinoni
Angela Marinoni Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Pierre Amato
Pierre Amato University of Clermont Auvergne
Anne-Marie Delort
Anne-Marie Delort University of Clermont Auvergne
Sandro Fuzzi
Sandro Fuzzi Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Erik Swietlicki
Erik Swietlicki Lund University
Elisabeth Andrews
Elisabeth Andrews Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki

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