A Research Project
within the:
EC 6th Framework
Programme
within the:
EC 6th Framework
Programme
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| Institution | Paul Scherrer Institut |
| Department | Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Address | CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland |
| Phone | +41-56-310-2408 |
| Fax | +41-56-310-4525 |
| World Wide Web |  http://lac.web.psi.ch/ |
Principal investigator:
| Name | PD Dr. Urs Baltensperger |
| Position | Head of Laboratory |
 Mail to U. Baltensperger | |
| Scientific interests | Physical and chemical aerosol characterization, as well as effects on climate and heterogeneous chemistry, by combining laboratory and field experiments |
Important publications: D. Paulsen, E. Weingartner, M.R. Alfarra, U. Baltensperger, Volatility measurements of photochemically- and nebulizer-generated organic paricles, J. Aerosol Sci., in press, 2006.
S. Szidat, T.M. Jenk, H.-A. Synal, M. Kalberer, L. Wacker, I. Hajdas, A. Kasper-Giebl, U. Baltensperger, Contributions of fossil fuel, biomass burning, and biogenic emissions to carbonaceous aerosols in Zürich as traced by 14C, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D07206, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006590, 2006.
D.S. Gross, M.F. Gälli, M. Kalberer, A.S.H. Prévôt, J. Dommen, M.R. Alfarra, J. Duplissy, K- Gaeggeler, A. Gascho, A. Metzger, U. Baltensperger, Real-time measurement of oligomeric species in secondary organic aerosol with the aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer, Anal. Chem., 78, 2130-2137, 2006.
G. McFiggans, P. Artaxo, U. Baltensperger, H. Coe, M.C. Facchini, G. Feingold, S. Fuzzi, M. Gysel, A. Laaksonen, U. Lohmann, T.F. Mentel, D.M. Murphy, C.D. O'Dowd, J.R. Snider, E. Weingartner, The effect of physical and chemical aerosol properties on warm cloud droplet activation, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 5, 8507-8646, 2005.
V. Samburova, S. Szidat, C. Hueglin, R. Fisseha, U. Baltensperger, R. Zenobi, M. Kalberer, Seasonal variation of high-molecular weight compounds in the water-soluble fraction of organic urban aerosols, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D23210, doi:10.1029/2005JD005910, 2005.
A. Petzold, M. Gysel, X. Vancassel, R. Hitzenberger, H. Puxbaum, S. Vrchoticky, E. Weingartner, U. Baltensperger, P. Mirabel, On the effects of organic matter and sulphur-containing compounds on the CCN activation of combustion particles, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 3187-3203, 2005.
R. Fisseha, J. Dommen, L. Gutzwiller, E. Weingartner, M. Gysel, C. Emmenegger, M. Kalberer, U. Baltensperger, Seasonal and diurnal characteristics of water soluble inorganic compounds in the gas and aerosol phase in the Zurich area, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 5, 5809-5839, 2005.
M. Sax, R. Zenobi, U. Baltensperger, M. Kalberer, Time resolved infrared spectroscopic analysis of aerosol formed by photo-oxidation of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and a-pinene, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 39, 822-830, 2005.
C. Hak, I. Pundt, S. Trick, C. Kern, U. Platt, J. Dommen, C. Ordonez, A. S. H. Prevot, W. Junkermann, C. Atorga-Llorens, B. R. Larsen, J. Mellqvist, A. Strandberg, Y. Yu, B. Balle, J. Kleffmann, J. C. Lörzer, G. O. Braathen, R. Volkamer, Intercomparison of four different in-situ techniques for ambient formaldehyde measurements in urban air. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2881-2900, 2005.
U. Baltensperger, M. Kalberer, J. Dommen, D. Paulsen, M.R. Alfarra, H. Coe, R. Fisseha, A. Gascho, M. Gysel, S. Nyeki, M. Sax, M. Steinbacher, A.S.H. Prévôt, S. Sjögren, E. Weingartner, R. Zenobi, Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic and biogenic precursors, Faraday Discuss., 130, 265-278, 2005.
D. Paulsen, J. Dommen, M. Kalberer, A.S.H. Prévôt, R. Richter, M. Sax, M. Steinbacher, E. Weingartner, U. Baltensperger, Secondary organic aerosol formation by irradiation of 1,3,5 trimethylbenzene-NOX-H2O in a new reaction chamber for atmospheric chemistry and physics, Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 2668-2678, 2005.
K.-P. Hinz, A. Trimborn, E. Weingartner, S. Henning, U. Baltensperger, B. Spengler, Aerosol single particle compositions at the Jungfraujoch, J. Aerosol Sci., 36, 123-145, 2005.
C. Hueglin, R. Gehrig, U. Baltensperger, M. Gysel, C. Monn, H. Vonmont, Chemical characterisation of PM2.5, PM10 and coarse particles at urban, near-city and rural sites in Switzerland, Atmos. Environ., 39, 637-651, 2005.
R. Nessler, E. Weingartner, U. Baltensperger, Effect of humidity on aerosol light absorption and its implications for extinction and single scattering albedo illustrated for a site in the lower free troposphere, J. Aerosol Sci., 36, 958-972, 2005.
R. Fisseha, J. Dommen, M. Sax, D. Paulsen, M. Kalberer, R. Maurer, F. Höfler, E. Weingartner, U. Baltensperger, Identification of organic acids in secondary organic aerosol and the corresponding gas phase from chamber experiments, Anal. Chem., 76, 6535-6540, 2004.
M. Schaap, G. Spindler, M. Schulz, K. Acker, W. Maenhaut, A. Berner, W. Wieprecht, N. Streit, K. Mueller, E. Brüggemann, J.-P. Putaud, H. Puxbaum, U. Baltensperger, H. ten Brink, Artefacts in the sampling of nitrate studied in the "INTERCOMP" campaigns of EUROTRAC-AEROSOL, Atmos. Environ., 38, 6487-6496, 2004.
K. Müller, G. Spindler, W. Maenhaut, R. Hitzenberger, W. Wieprecht, U. Baltensperger, H. Ten Brink, INTERCOMP2000, a campaign to assess the comparability of methods in use in Europe for measuring aerosol composition, Atmos. Environ., 38, 6459-6466, 2004.
S. Szidat, T.M. Jenk, H.W. Gäggeler, H.-A. Synal, R. Fisseha, U. Baltensperger, M. Kalberer, V. Samburova, S. Reimann, I. Hajdas, Radiocarbon (14C) deduced biogenic and anthropogenic contributions to organic carbon (OC) of urban aerosols from Zürich, Switzerland, Atmos. Environ., 38, 4035-4044, 2004.
S. Szidat, T.M. Jenk, H.W. Gäggeler, H.-A. Synal, R. Fisseha, U. Baltensperger, M. Kalberer, V. Samburova, L. Wacker, M. Saurer, M. Schwikowski, I. Hajdas, Source apportionment of aerosols by 14C measurements in different carbonaceous particle fractions, Radiocarbon, 46, 475-484, 2004.
M. Kalberer, D. Paulsen, M. Sax, M. Steinbacher, J. Dommen, A.S.H. Prévôt, R. Fisseha, E. Weingartner, V. Frankevich, R. Zenobi, U. Baltensperger, Identification of polymers as major components of atmospheric organic aerosols, Science, 303, 1659-1662, 2004.
R. van Dingenen, F. Raes, J.-P. Putaud, U. Baltensperger, A. Charron, M.-C. Facchini, S. Decesari, S. Fuzzi, R. Gehrig, H.-C. Hansson, R.M. Harrision, C. Hüglin, A.M. Jones, P. Laj, G. Lorbeer, W. Maenhaut, F. Palmgren, X. Querol, S. Rodriguez, J. Schneider, H. ten Brink, P. Tunved, K. Torseth, B. Wehner, E. Weingartner, A. Wiedensohler, P. Wahlin, A european aerosol phenomenology, 1: physical characteristics of particulate matter at kerbside, urban, rural and background sites in Europe, Atmos. Environ., 38, 2561-2577, 2004.
S. Henning, S. Bojinski, K. Diehl, S. Ghan, S. Nyeki, E. Weingartner, S. Wurzler, U. Baltensperger, Aerosol partitioning in natural mixed-phase clouds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L06101, doi:10.1029/2003GL019025, 2004.
M. Gysel, E. Weingartner, S. Nyeki, D. Paulsen, U. Baltensperger, I. Galambos, G. Kiss, Hygroscopic properties of water-soluble matter and humic-like organics in atmospheric fine aerosol, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 35-50, 2004.
R. Fisseha, J. Dommen, K. Gäggeler, E. Weingartner, V. Samburova, M. Kalberer, U. Baltensperger, Online gas and aerosol measurement of water soluble carboxylic acids in Zurich, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2006.
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