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Peter Tunved is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and focuses their research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work emphasizes Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional studies in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of Peter Tunved's research cover Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Peter Tunved has contributed numerous publications in well-known scientific venues, most notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Tellus B
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmosphere
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Tropical and Boreal Forest - Atmosphere Interactions: A Review," 2022, Tellus B
  • "Sea Spray Aerosol (SSA) as a Source of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) to the Atmosphere: Field Evidence from Long-Term Air Monitoring," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Dimethyl Sulfide-Induced Increase in Cloud Condensation Nuclei in the Arctic Atmosphere," 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Atmospheric composition in the European Arctic and 30 years of the Zeppelin Observatory, Ny-Ålesund," 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "From a polar to a marine environment: has the changing Arctic led to a shift in aerosol light scattering properties?," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent coauthors contributing alongside Peter Tunved include:

  • Radovan Krejčí
  • J. Ström
  • Paul Zieger
  • Hans-Christen Hansson
  • Markku Kulmala

The scope of Peter Tunved's research spans detailed analysis of atmospheric aerosols, their chemical and physical interactions with clouds and climate systems, and the implications these interactions have for understanding both global and regional climatological and environmental changes. Their work also touches upon pollutant dynamics in Arctic regions and assessments of long-term atmospheric composition shifts.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • High Natural Aerosol Loading over Boreal Forests

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

  • Hygroscopic properties of submicrometer atmospheric aerosol particles measured with H-TDMA instruments in various environments—a review

    Erik Swietlicki;H-C Hansson;K Hameri;Birgitta Svenningsson

  • 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

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

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

  • Arctic aerosol life cycle: linking aerosol size distributions observed between 2000 and 2010 with air mass transport and precipitation at Zeppelin station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

    Peter Tunved;Johan Ström;Radovan Krejci

  • The direct and indirect radiative effects of biogenic secondary organic aerosol

    C. E. Scott;A. Rap;D. V. Spracklen;P. M. Forster

  • Global analysis of continental boundary layer new particle formation based on long-term measurements

    Tuomo Nieminen;Tuomo Nieminen;Veli Matti Kerminen;Tuukka Petäjä;Pasi P. Aalto

  • 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

  • Processes controlling the annual cycle of Arctic aerosol number and size distributions

    Betty Croft;Randall V. Martin;Randall V. Martin;W. Richard Leaitch;Peter Tunved

  • Arctic sea ice melt leads to atmospheric new particle formation

    M. Dall´Osto;D. C. S. Beddows;P. Tunved;R. Krejci

  • Pan-Arctic aerosol number size distributions: seasonality and transport patterns

    Eyal Freud;Radovan Krejci;Peter Tunved;Richard Leaitch

  • Tropical and Boreal Forest – Atmosphere Interactions: A Review

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  • One year of particle size distribution and aerosol chemical composition measurements at the Zeppelin Station, Svalbard, March 2000?March 2001

    J. Ström;J. Umegård;K. Tørseth;P. Tunved

  • Sources of chemical species in rainwater during monsoon and non-monsoonal periods over two mega cities in India and dominant source region of secondary aerosols

    P. S. P. Rao;Suresh Tiwari;Suresh Tiwari;J. L. Matwale;S. Pervez

  • Seasonality of aerosol optical properties in the Arctic

    Lauren Schmeisser;Lauren Schmeisser;Lauren Schmeisser;John Backman;John A. Ogren;John A. Ogren;Elisabeth Andrews

  • Sea Spray Aerosol (SSA) as a Source of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) to the Atmosphere: Field Evidence from Long-Term Air Monitoring

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  • 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

  • On Aethalometer measurement uncertainties and an instrument correction factor for the Arctic

    John Backman;Lauren N. Schmeisser;Lauren N. Schmeisser;Aki Virkkula;Aki Virkkula;Aki Virkkula;John A. Ogren;John A. Ogren

  • Organosulfates and organic acids in Arctic aerosols: speciation, annual variation and concentration levels

    A. M. K. Hansen;K. Kristensen;Q. T. Nguyen;A. Zare;A. Zare

  • 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

  • Arctic smoke – aerosol characteristics during a record smoke event in the European Arctic and its radiative impact

    Renatte Treffeisen;Peter Tunved;Johan Ström;Andreas Herber

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Ström
Johan Ström Stockholm University
Radovan Krejci
Radovan Krejci Stockholm University
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Erik Swietlicki
Erik Swietlicki Lund University
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Paolo Laj
Paolo Laj Grenoble Alpes University
Hans-Christen Hansson
Hans-Christen Hansson Stockholm University
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Heikki Lihavainen
Heikki Lihavainen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos

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