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Papanikolaou, C.-A.; Papayannis, A.; Gidarakou, M.; Abdullaev, S.F.; Ajtai, N.; Baars, H.; Balis, D.; Bortoli, D.; Bravo-Aranda, J.A.; Collaud-Coen, M.; et al. Large-Scale Network-Based Observations of a Saharan Dust Event across the European Continent in Spring 2022. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 3350. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16173350

 Shang, X., Lipponen, A., Filioglou, M., Sundström, A.-M., Parrington, M., Buchard, V., Darmenov, A. S., Welton, E. J., Marinou, E., Amiridis, V., Sicard, M., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., Komppula, M., and Mielonen, T.: Monitoring biomass burning aerosol transport using CALIOP observations and reanalysis models: a Canadian wildfire event in 2019, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 1329–1344, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1329-2024, 2024

Gil-Díaz, C., Sicard, M., Comerón, A., dos Santos Oliveira, D. C. F., Muñoz-Porcar, C., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., Lewis, J. R., Welton, E. J., and Lolli, S.: Geometrical and optical properties of cirrus clouds in Barcelona, Spain: analysis with the two-way transmittance method of 4 years of lidar measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 1197–1216, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1197-2024, 2024.

Zenteno-Hernández, J. A., Comerón, A., Dios, F., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., Muñoz-Porcar, C., Sicard, M., Franco, N., Behrendt, A., and Di Girolamo, P.: On the temperature stability requirements of free-running Nd:YAG lasers for atmospheric temperature profiling through the rotational Raman technique, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 4687–4694, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4687-2024, 2024.

Savadkoohi, M., Pandolfi, M., Favez, O., Putaud, J.-P., Eleftheriadis, K., Fiebig, M., Hopke, P. K., Laj, P., Wiedensohler, A., Alados-Arboledas, L., Bastian, S., Chazeau, B., María, Á. C., Colombi, C., Costabile, F., Green, D. C., Hueglin, C., Liakakou, E., Luoma, K., … Querol, X. (2024). Recommendations for reporting equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations based on long-term pan-European in-situ observations. Environment International, 185, 108553. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENVINT.2024.108553

Savadkoohi et al, 2024 provides recommendations for reporting equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations based on long-term pan-European in-situ observations https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108553

Garcia-Marlès, M., Lara, R., Reche, C., Pérez, N., Tobías, A., Savadkoohi, M., Beddows, D., Salma, I., Vörösmarty, M., Weidinger, T., Hueglin, C., Mihalopoulos, N., Grivas, G., Kalkavouras, P., Ondracek, J., Zikova, N., Niemi, J. v., Manninen, H. E., Green, D. C., … Querol, X. (2024). Source apportionment of ultrafine particles in urban Europe. Environment International, 194, 109149. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENVINT.2024.109149

Garcia-Marlès et al.,2024 (2). Performs the source apportionment of ultrafine particles in urban Europe applying a hamronized methodology. This information is of high relevance for air quality assessment.

Garcia-Marlès, M., Lara, R., Reche, C., Pérez, N., Tobías, A., Savadkoohi, M., Beddows, D., Salma, I., Vörösmarty, M., Weidinger, T., Hueglin, C., Mihalopoulos, N., Grivas, G., Kalkavouras, P., Ondráček, J., Zíková, N., Niemi, J. v., Manninen, H. E., Green, D. C., … Querol, X. (2024). Inter-annual trends of ultrafine particles in urban Europe. Environment International, 185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108510

Garcia-Marlès et al.,2024 (1), study the inter-annual trends of ultrafine particles at urban European sites https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108510

Savadkoohi, M., Pandolfi, M., Favez, O., Putaud, J.-P., Eleftheriadis, K., Fiebig, M., Hopke, P. K., Laj, P., Wiedensohler, A., Alados-Arboledas, L., Bastian, S., Chazeau, B., María, Á. C., Colombi, C., Costabile, F., Green, D. C., Hueglin, C., Liakakou, E., Luoma, K., … Querol, X. (2024). Recommendations for reporting equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations based on long-term pan-European in-situ observations. Environment International, 185, 108553. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENVINT.2024.108553

Savadkoohi et al, 2024 provides recommendations for reporting equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations based on long-term pan-European in-situ observations https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108553

MIND-BB: Study of the atmospheric physical and chemical processes of BB from different domestic heating devices, assessing its impact on lung human cells (November, 2024).

Löher, F., Borrás, E., Muñoz, A., Nölscher, C. 2024. Characterization of a new Teflon chamber and on-line analysis of isomeric multifunctional photooxidation products. ATMOS MEAS TECH, 17:4553-4579. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4553-2024

Achebak, H., Garatachea, R., Pay, M.T. Jorba, O., Guevara, M., Pérez García-Pando, C., & Ballester, J.,: Geographic sources of ozone air pollution and mortality burden in Europe. Nature Medicine 30, 1732–1738 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02976-x

Garatachea, R., Pay, M. T., Achebak, H., Jorba, O., Bowdalo, D., Guevara, M., Petetin, H., Ballester, J., & Pérez García-Pando, C.,:  National and transboundary contributions to surface ozone concentration across European countries. Communications Earth and Environment 5, 588 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01716-w

Bowdalo, D., Basart, S., Guevara, M., Jorba, O., Pérez García-Pando, C., Jaimes Palomera, M., Rivera Hernandez, O., Puchalski, M., Gay, D., Klausen, J., Moreno, S., Netcheva, S., and Tarasova, O.: GHOST: a globally harmonised dataset of surface atmospheric composition measurements, Earth System Science Data, 16, 4417–4495, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-4417-2024, 2024.

Zhao-Yue Chen, Raúl Fernando Méndez Turrubiates, Hervé Petetin, Aleksander Lacima, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Joan Ballester,Cariñanos, P., Ruiz-Peñuela, S., Casans, A., Cazorla, A., Rejano, F., Ontiveros, A., Ortiz-Amezcua, P., Guerrero-Rascado, J.L., Olmo, F.J., Alados-Arboledas, L., Titos, G. Assessment of potential sources of airborne pollen in a high-mountain mediterranean natural environment (2025) Atmospheric Environment, 340, art. no. 120917 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120917

Pino-Carmona, M., Ruiz-Arias, J.A., Fernández-Carvelo, S., Bravo-Aranda, J.A., Alados-Arboledas, L. Intercomparison of WRF-chem aerosol schemes during a dry Saharan dust outbreak in Southern Iberian Peninsula (2024) Atmospheric Environment, 339, art. no. 120872- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120872

Kecorius, S., Madueño, L., Lovric, M., Racic, N., Schwarz, M., Cyrys, J., Casquero-Vera, J.A., Alados-Arboledas, L., Conil, S., Sciare, J., Ondracek, J., Hallar, A.G., Gómez-Moreno, F.J., Ellul, R., Kristensson, A., Sorribas, M., Kalivitis, N., Mihalopoulos, N., Peters, A., Gini, M., Eleftheriadis, K., Vratolis, S., Jeongeun, K., Birmili, W., Bergmans, B., Nikolova, N., Dinoi, A., Contini, D., Marinoni, A., Alastuey, A., Petäjä, T., Rodriguez, S., Picard, D., Brem, B., Priestman, M., Green, D.C., Beddows, D.C.S., Harrison, R.M., O’Dowd, C., Ceburnis, D., Hyvärinen, A., Henzing, B., Crumeyrolle, S., Putaud, J.-P., Laj, P., Weinhold, K., Plauškaitė, K., Byčenkienė, S. Atmospheric new particle formation identifier using longitudinal global particle number size distribution data (2024) Scientific Data, 11 (1), art. no. 1239, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04079-1

del Águila, A., Alcaraz-Segura, D., Martínez-López, J., Postma, T., Alados-Arboledas, L., Zamora, R., Navas-Guzmán, F. Two decades of high-resolution aerosol product over the Sierra Nevada Mountain region (SE Spain): Spatio-temporal distribution and impact on ecosystems (2024) Atmospheric Research, 308, art. no. 107515, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107515

MODIS+MAIAC Aerosol optical depth (AOD) characterization over a mountainous area. The study addresses the influence of atmospheric aerosols on mountain ecosystems, specifically on the Sierra Nevada Mountain region and National Park in Southeastern Spain.

Bedoya-Velásquez, A.E., Ceolato, R., Titos, G., Bravo-Aranda, J.A., Casans, A., Patrón, D., Fernández-Carvelo, S., Guerrero-Rascado, J.L., Alados-Arboledas, L. Synergy between Short-Range Lidar and In Situ Instruments for Determining the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Lidar Ratio (2024) Remote Sensing, 16 (9), art. no. 1583, . https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs16091583

Possibility of combining lidar and in situ measurements in the lowermost 150 m, addressing the characterization of the short-range lidar for developing a calibration method and correcting incomplete overlap for further data exploitation.

Garnés-Morales, G., Costa, M.J., Bravo-Aranda, J.A., Granados-Muñoz, M.J., Salgueiro, V., Abril-Gago, J., Fernández-Carvelo, S., Andújar-Maqueda, J., Valenzuela, A., Foyo-Moreno, I., Navas-Guzmán, F., Alados-Arboledas, L., Bortoli, D., Guerrero-Rascado, J.L. Four Years of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height Retrievals Using COSMIC-2 Satellite Data (2024) Remote Sensing, 16 (9), art. no. 1632 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16091632

Savadkoohi, M., Pandolfi, M., Favez, O., Putaud, J.-P., Eleftheriadis, K., Fiebig, M., Hopke, P.K., Laj, P., Wiedensohler, A., Alados-Arboledas, L., Bastian, S., Chazeau, B., María, Á.C., Colombi, C., Costabile, F., Green, D.C., Hueglin, C., Liakakou, E., Luoma, K., Listrani, S., Mihalopoulos, N., Marchand, N., Močnik, G., Niemi, J.V., Ondráček, J., Petit, J.-E., Rattigan, O.V., Reche, C., Timonen, H., Titos, G., Tremper, A.H., Vratolis, S., Vodička, P., Funes, E.Y., Zíková, N., Harrison, R.M., Petäjä, T., Alastuey, A., Querol, X. Valenzuela, A., García-Izquierdo, F.J., Sánchez-Jiménez, G., Bazo, E., Guerrero-Rascado, J.L., Cariñanos, P., Alados-Arboledas, L., Olmo-Reyes, F.J. Optical properties from extinction cross-section of single pollen particles under laboratory-controlled relative humidity (2024) Journal of Aerosol Science, 177, art. no. 106311, . Cited 1 time. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106311

Wang, W., Hocke, K., Nania, L., Cazorla, A., Titos, G., Matthey, R., Alados-Arboledas, L., Millares, A., Navas-Guzmán, F. Inter-relations of precipitation, aerosols, and clouds over Andalusia, southern Spain, revealed by the Andalusian Global ObseRvatory of the Atmosphere (AGORA) (2024) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24 (2), pp. 1571-1585. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1571-2024

Abril-Gago, J., Ortiz-Amezcua, P., Andújar-Maqueda, J., Bravo-Aranda, J.A., Granados-Muñoz, M.J., Navas-Guzmán, F., Alados-Arboledas, L., Guerrero-Rascado, J.L. Comparative Analysis of Aeolus Satellite Mission L2A, L2B and L2C Products with Ground-Based Lidars: Multi-Year Cal/Val Activities in Granada, Spain (2024) Springer Aerospace Technology, Part F2592, pp. 353-362. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53618-2_32

A multi-year Cal/Val comparison of the Aeolus satellite mission’s L2A, L2B, and L2C products with ground-based aerosol and Doppler lidars was carried out at the Granada-ACTRIS site in Spain https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53618-2_32

Tolentino da Silva, M., Granados-Muñoz, M.J., Bravo-Aranda, J.A., Alados-Arboledas, L., Guerrero-Rascado, J.L. Ground-Based Radar Capabilities at Granada (Spain) to Support EarthCARE Mission (2024) Springer Aerospace Technology, Part F2592, pp. 343-351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53618-2_31

Bazo, E., Martins, J.V., Perez-Ramirez, D., Valenzuela, A., Titos, G., Cazorla, A., Fuertes, D., Weiss, M., Turpie, A., Li, C., García-Izquierdo, F.J., Foyo-Moreno, I., Alados-Arboledas, L., Olmo, F.J. Optimization of the Polarized Imaging Nephelometer (PI-Neph) for continuous monitoring of multiwavelength aerosol phase functions in support of space polarimetry missions (2024) Atmospheric Environment, 316, art. no. 120181, . Cited 1 time. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120181

Set up and optimization of a commercial multiwavelength polarized imaging nephelometer(PI-Neph, Airphoton PIN100) designed to measure F11 (phase function) and –F12/F11 (polarized phase function) from ambient aerosol samples http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120181

Valenzuela, A., Bazo, E., Rica, R.A., Alados-Arboledas, L., Olmo-Reyes, F.J. Electrodynamic single-particle trap integrated into double-cavity ring-down spectroscopy for light extinction (2024) Journal of Aerosol Science, 175, art. no. 106292. Cited 1 time. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106292

New setup combining a Paul electrodynamic trap (PET) and a double-cavity D-CRDS for the spectroscopic observation of single particles suspended in air and optically interrogated for an indefinite time https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106292

Almansa, A. F., Barreto, Á., Kouremeti, N., González, R., Masoom, A., Toledano, C., Gröbner, J., García, R. D., González, Y., Kazadzis, S., Victori, S., Álvarez, Ó., Maupin, F., Carreño, V., Cachorro, V. E., and Cuevas, E.: The Langley ratio method, a new approach for transferring photometer calibration from direct sun measurements, Atmos. Tech., 17, 659–675, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-659-2024, 2024.

García, R. D., Barreto, Á., Rey, C. Fraile-Nuez, E., González-Vega, A., González-Vega, A., León-Luis, S.F., Alcantara, A., Almansa, A. F., Guirado-Fuentes, C., González-Sicilia, P., Cachorro, V.E., and and Bouchar, F. : Aerosol retrievals derived from a low-cost Calitoo sun-photometer taken on board a research vessel. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 341, 15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120888, 2024.

González, Y., Sánchez-Barrero, M. F., Popovici, I., Barreto, Á., Victori, S., Welton, E. J., García, R. D., Sicilia, P. G., Almansa, F. A., Torres, C., and Goloub, P.: Optical Properties of North Atlantic Aerosols Through a compact dual-wavelength depolarization Lidar Observations, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2727, 2024.

Hedelt, P., Reichardt, J., Lauermann, F., Weiß, B., Theys, N., Redondas, A., Barreto, A., Garcia, O., and Loyola, D.: Analysis of the long-range transport of the volcanic plume from the 2021 Tajogaite/Cumbre Vieja eruption to Europe using TROPOMI and ground-based measurements, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1710, 2024. Accepted for ACP.