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Sara Basart is affiliated with the World Meteorological Organization in Switzerland. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Frequent coauthors involved in their research include Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Emilio Cuevas, Oriol Jorba, Enza Di Tomaso, and Jerónimo Escribano.

The scientific work of Sara Basart has been published across multiple venues. Some of the most frequent publication venues are:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Earth system science data
  • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Sara Basart include:

  • The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action, 2024, The Lancet
  • Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019-2020 Australian wildfires, 2021, Nature
  • Mineral dust cycle in the Multiscale Online Nonhydrostatic AtmospheRe CHemistry model (MONARCH) Version 2.0, 2021, Geoscientific model development
  • Multi-sectoral impact assessment of an extreme African dust episode in the Eastern Mediterranean in March 2018, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Modeling dust mineralogical composition: sensitivity to soil mineralogy atlases and their expected climate impacts, 2023, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Sara Basart has also contributed to book publications, including the "Izaña Atmospheric Research Center. Activity Report 2017-2018," published by Agencia Estatal de Meteorología and Organización Meteorológica Mundial eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Development and evaluation of the BSC-DREAM8b dust regional model over Northern Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East

    Sara Basart;Carlos Pérez;Slodoban Nickovic;Emilio Cuevas

  • Aerosol characterization in Northern Africa, Northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Basin and Middle East from direct-sun AERONET observations

    S. Basart;C. Pérez;C. Pérez;E. Cuevas;J. M. Baldasano;J. M. Baldasano

  • Atmospheric dust modeling from meso to global scales with the online NMMB/BSC-Dust model - Part 1: Model description, annual simulations and evaluation

    C. Pérez;C. Pérez;K. Haustein;Z. Janjic;O. Jorba

  • Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019–2020 Australian wildfires

    Weiyi Tang;Weiyi Tang;Joan Llort;Jakob Weis;Jakob Weis;Morgane M. G. Perron

  • Optimizing CALIPSO Saharan dust retrievals

    V. Amiridis;U. Wandinger;E. Marinou;E. Giannakaki

  • Development towards a global operational aerosol consensus: basic climatological characteristics of the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME)

    W. R. Sessions;J. S. Reid;A. Benedetti;P. R. Colarco

  • Validation of the FALL3D ash dispersion model using observations of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash clouds

    Arnau Folch;Antonio Costa;Antonio Costa;Sara Basart

  • Atmospheric Dust Modeling from Meso to Global Scales with the Online NMMB/BSC-Dust Model Part 2: Experimental Campaigns in Northern Africa

    K. Haustein;K. Haustein;C. Perez;C. Perez;J.M. Baldasano;J.M. Baldasano;O. Jorba

  • The MACC-II 2007–2008 reanalysis: atmospheric dust evaluation and characterization over northern Africa and the Middle East

    E. Cuevas;C. Camino;A. Benedetti;S. Basart

  • Mediterranean intense desert dust outbreaks and their vertical structure based on remote sensing data

    Antonis Gkikas;Sara Basart;Nikos Hatzianastassiou;Eleni Marinou

  • Current state of the global operational aerosol multi-model ensemble: An update from the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP).

    Peng Xian;Jeffrey S. Reid;Edward J. Hyer;Charles R. Sampson

  • Global assessment of sand and dust storms

    Gemma Shepherd;Enric Terradellas;Alexander Baklanov;Utchang Kang

  • Multi-sectoral impact assessment of an extreme African dust episode in the Eastern Mediterranean in March 2018.

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  • Saharan dust deposition may affect phytoplankton growth in the Mediterranean sea at ecological time scales.

    Rachele Gallisai;Francesc Peters;Gianluca Volpe;Sara Basart

  • A full year evaluation of the CALIOPE-EU air quality modeling system over Europe for 2004

    M.T. Pay;M. Piot;O. Jorba;S. Gassó;S. Gassó

  • Atmospheric dust modeling from meso to global scales with the online NMMB / BSC-Dust model – Part 1 : Model description , annual simulations and evaluation

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  • A methodology for investigating dust model performance using synergistic EARLINET/AERONET dust concentration retrievals

    I. Binietoglou;S. Basart;L. Alados-Arboledas;V. Amiridis

  • Extreme, wintertime Saharan dust intrusion in the Iberian Peninsula: Lidar monitoring and evaluation of dust forecast models during the February 2017 event

    Alfonso J. Fernández;Michäel Sicard;Maria J. Costa;Juan L. Guerrero-Rascado

  • Aerosols in the CALIOPE air quality modelling system: evaluation and analysis of PM levels, optical depths and chemical composition over Europe

    S. Basart;M. T. Pay;O. Jorba;C. Pérez

  • Status and Future of Numerical Atmospheric Aerosol Prediction with a Focus on Data Requirements

    Angela Benedetti;Jeffrey S. Reid;Peter Knippertz;John H. Marsham

  • Spatio-temporal variability of concentrations and speciation of particulate matter across Spain in the CALIOPE modeling system

    M.T. Pay;P. Jiménez-Guerrero;O. Jorba;S. Basart

  • How bias-correction can improve air quality forecasts over Portugal

    C. Borrego;A. Monteiro;M.T. Pay;I. Ribeiro

  • GARRLiC and LIRIC: strengths and limitations for the characterization of dust and marine particles along with their mixtures

    Alexandra Tsekeri;Anton Lopatin;Vassilis Amiridis;Eleni Marinou

Frequent Co-Authors

José María Baldasano
José María Baldasano Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Oriol Jorba
Oriol Jorba Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Emilio Cuevas
Emilio Cuevas International Agency For Research On Cancer
Carlos Pérez
Carlos Pérez Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Angela Benedetti
Angela Benedetti European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Lucia Mona
Lucia Mona National Research Council (CNR)
Vassilis Amiridis
Vassilis Amiridis National Observatory of Athens
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Francesca Barnaba
Francesca Barnaba Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Stelios Kazadzis
Stelios Kazadzis Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center

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