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Rafael Borge is affiliated with the Technical University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant contribution to the subfields of health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, atmospheric science, automotive engineering, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of Borge's work include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle Emissions and Performance
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Borge has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed articles, with recent notable papers including:

  • Estimates of pedestrian exposure to atmospheric pollution using high-resolution modelling in a real traffic hot-spot, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • The impact of wildfires on air pollution and health across land use categories in Brazil over a 16-year period, 2023, Environmental Research
  • NOx removal efficiency of urban photocatalytic pavements at pilot scale, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • On-road vehicle emission inventory and its spatial and temporal distribution in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Assessment of the Madrid region air quality zoning based on mesoscale modelling and k-means clustering, 2022, Atmospheric Environment

Throughout their career, Borge has frequently published in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Forests
  • Air Quality Atmosphere & Health
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborations have been a consistent part of Borge's work, with frequent co-authors including David de la Paz, Adolfo Narros, José María Cordero, Petros Koutrakis, and Mihaela Mircea. These collaborations have involved multiple joint publications and research projects.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive sensitivity analysis of the WRF model for air quality applications over the Iberian Peninsula

    Rafael Borge;Vassil Alexandrov;Juan José del Vas;Julio Lumbreras

  • Analysis of long-range transport influences on urban PM10 using two-stage atmospheric trajectory clusters

    Rafael Borge;Julio Lumbreras;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Pavlos Kassomenos

  • Health impact assessment of a reduction in ambient PM(2.5) levels in Spain.

    Elena Boldo;Cristina Linares;Julio Lumbreras;Rafael Borge

  • Using statistical methods to carry out in field calibrations of low cost air quality sensors

    José María Cordero;Rafael Borge;Adolfo Narros

  • Study of PM10 and PM2.5 levels in three European cities: Analysis of intra and inter urban variations

    P.A. Kassomenos;S. Vardoulakis;A. Chaloulakou;A.K. Paschalidou

  • Emission inventories and modeling requirements for the development of air quality plans. Application to Madrid (Spain).

    Rafael Borge;Julio Lumbreras;Javier Pérez;David de la Paz

  • Daily and hourly sourcing of metallic and mineral dust in urban air contaminated by traffic and coal-burning emissions

    Teresa Moreno;Angeliki Karanasiou;Fulvio Amato;Franco Lucarelli

  • Comparison of road traffic emission models in Madrid (Spain)

    Rafael Borge;Isabel de Miguel;David de la Paz;Julio Lumbreras

  • Emission factors from road dust resuspension in a Mediterranean freeway

    F. Amato;A. Karanasiou;T. Moreno;A. Alastuey

  • Development of a high-resolution emission inventory for Spain using the SMOKE modelling system: A case study for the years 2000 and 2010

    Rafael Borge;Julio Lumbreras;Encarnacion Rodríguez

  • Microscale traffic simulation and emission estimation in a heavily trafficked roundabout in Madrid (Spain).

    Christina Quaassdorff;Rafael Borge;Javier Pérez;Julio Lumbreras

  • Levels, sources and seasonality of coarse particles (PM10–PM2.5) in three European capitals – Implications for particulate pollution control

    P. Kassomenos;S. Vardoulakis;A. Chaloulakou;G. Grivas

  • Evaluation of a CFD-based approach to estimate pollutant distribution within a real urban canopy by means of passive samplers.

    J.L. Santiago;R. Borge;F. Martin;D. de la Paz

  • Assessment of vehicle emissions projections in Madrid (Spain) from 2004 to 2012 considering several control strategies

    J. Lumbreras;M. Valdés;R. Borge;M.E. Rodríguez

  • Road dust contribution to PM levels - Evaluation of the effectiveness of street washing activities by means of Positive Matrix Factorization

    Angeliki Karanasiou;Teresa Moreno;Fulvio Amato;Julio Lumbreras

  • Impact of weather changes on air quality and related mortality in Spain over a 25 year period [1993-2017].

    Rafael Borge;Rafael Borge;Weeberb J. Requia;Carlos Yagüe;Iny Jhun

  • Modelling NOX concentrations through CFD-RANS in an urban hot-spot using high resolution traffic emissions and meteorology from a mesoscale model

    Beatriz Sanchez;Jose Luis Santiago;Alberto Martilli;Fernando Martin

  • Air quality modeling and mortality impact of fine particles reduction policies in Spain

    Elena Boldo;Cristina Linares;Nuria Aragonés;Julio Lumbreras

  • Assessment of microscale spatio-temporal variation of air pollution at an urban hotspot in Madrid (Spain) through an extensive field campaign

    Rafael Borge;Adolfo Narros;Begoña Artíñano;Carlos Yagüe

  • Application of a short term air quality action plan in Madrid (Spain) under a high-pollution episode - Part II: Assessment from multi-scale modelling.

    Rafael Borge;Jose Luis Santiago;David de la Paz;Fernando Martín

Frequent Co-Authors

Begoña Artíñano
Begoña Artíñano Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Teresa Moreno
Teresa Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Angeliki Karanasiou
Angeliki Karanasiou Spanish National Research Council
Alfonso Saiz-Lopez
Alfonso Saiz-Lopez Spanish National Research Council
Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Linares
Cristina Linares Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Fulvio Amato
Fulvio Amato Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Andrés Alastuey
Andrés Alastuey Spanish National Research Council
Sotiris Vardoulakis
Sotiris Vardoulakis University of Canberra
Alberto Martilli
Alberto Martilli Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas

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