Search Results - "Pirovano, G."

Source apportionment to support air quality planning: Strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches by Thunis, P., Clappier, A., Tarrason, L., Cuvelier, C., Monteiro, A., Pisoni, E., Wesseling, J., Belis, C.A., Pirovano, G., Janssen, S., Guerreiro, C., Peduzzi, E.

“…Information on the origin of pollution constitutes an essential step of air quality management as it helps identifying measures to control air pollution. In…”
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Ingestion and effects of polystyrene nanoparticles in the silkworm Bombyx mori by Parenti, C.C., Binelli, A., Caccia, S., Della Torre, C., Magni, S., Pirovano, G., Casartelli, M.

“…Information on the occurrence and effects of nanoplastics in ecosystems worldwide currently represent one of the main challenges from the ecotoxicological…”
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Feedbacks between air pollution and weather, part 2: Effects on chemistry by Makar, P.A., Gong, W., Hogrefe, C., Zhang, Y., Curci, G., Žabkar, R., Milbrandt, J., Im, U., Balzarini, A., Baró, R., Bianconi, R., Cheung, P., Forkel, R., Gravel, S., Hirtl, M., Honzak, L., Hou, A., Jiménez-Guerrero, P., Langer, M., Moran, M.D., Pabla, B., Pérez, J.L., Pirovano, G., San José, R., Tuccella, P., Werhahn, J., Zhang, J., Galmarini, S.

“…Fully-coupled air-quality models running in “feedback” and “no-feedback” configurations were compared against each other and observation network data as part…”
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Uncertainties of simulated aerosol optical properties induced by assumptions on aerosol physical and chemical properties: An AQMEII-2 perspective by Curci, G., Hogrefe, C., Bianconi, R., Im, U., Balzarini, A., Baró, R., Brunner, D., Forkel, R., Giordano, L., Hirtl, M., Honzak, L., Jiménez-Guerrero, P., Knote, C., Langer, M., Makar, P.A., Pirovano, G., Pérez, J.L., San José, R., Syrakov, D., Tuccella, P., Werhahn, J., Wolke, R., Žabkar, R., Zhang, J., Galmarini, S.

“…The calculation of aerosol optical properties from aerosol mass is a process subject to uncertainty related to necessary assumptions on the treatment of the…”
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PM2.5 source apportionment in Lombardy (Italy): Comparison of receptor and chemistry-transport modelling results by Pirovano, G., Colombi, C., Balzarini, A., Riva, G.M., Gianelle, V., Lonati, G.

“…This work discusses the source apportionment results produced by receptor and chemistry-transport modelling for PM2.5 in Northern Italy, selected as case study…”
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Feedbacks between air pollution and weather, Part 1: Effects on weather by Makar, P.A., Gong, W., Milbrandt, J., Hogrefe, C., Zhang, Y., Curci, G., Žabkar, R., Im, U., Balzarini, A., Baró, R., Bianconi, R., Cheung, P., Forkel, R., Gravel, S., Hirtl, M., Honzak, L., Hou, A., Jiménez-Guerrero, P., Langer, M., Moran, M.D., Pabla, B., Pérez, J.L., Pirovano, G., San José, R., Tuccella, P., Werhahn, J., Zhang, J., Galmarini, S.

“…The meteorological predictions of fully coupled air-quality models running in “feedback” versus “no-feedback” simulations were compared against each other and…”
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WRF-Chem model sensitivity to chemical mechanisms choice in reconstructing aerosol optical properties by Balzarini, A., Pirovano, G., Honzak, L., Žabkar, R., Curci, G., Forkel, R., Hirtl, M., San José, R., Tuccella, P., Grell, G.A.

“…In the framework of the AQMEII initiative WRF-Chem has been applied over Europe adopting two chemical configurations for the calendar year 2010. The first one…”
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Quantifying the benefits of Room Temperature Vulcanising rubber coatings for HV insulators against pollution in power system resilience assessment studies by Ciapessoni, E., Cirio, D., Pitto, A., Pirovano, G.

“…Load disruptions caused by environmental threats implicate high societal costs. Transmission System Operators (TSOs) are thus pushed to predict potentially…”
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Development and application of a high resolution hybrid modelling system for the evaluation of urban air quality by Pepe, N., Pirovano, G., Lonati, G., Balzarini, A., Toppetti, A., Riva, G.M., Bedogni, M.

“…A hybrid modelling system (HMS) was developed to provide hourly concentrations at the urban local scale. The system is based on the combination of a…”
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A new methodology to assess the performance and uncertainty of source apportionment models in intercomparison exercises by Belis, C.A., Pernigotti, D., Karagulian, F., Pirovano, G., Larsen, B.R., Gerboles, M., Hopke, P.K.

“…A new methodology to assess source apportionment model performance in intercomparison exercises, encompassing the preparation of real-world and synthetic…”
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Compensatory biliary and urinary excretion of gadobenate ion after administration of gadobenate dimeglumine (MultiHance(®)) in cases of impaired hepatic or renal function: a mechanism that may aid in the prevention of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis? by Kirchin, M A, Lorusso, V, Pirovano, G

“…To determine whether increased elimination of gadobenate ion via the hepatobiliary pathway might compensate for reduced/absent elimination via the urinary…”
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High-resolution air quality simulation over Europe with the chemistry transport model CHIMERE by Terrenoire, E, Bessagnet, B, Rouïl, L, Tognet, F, Pirovano, G, Létinois, L, Beauchamp, M, Colette, A, Thunis, P, Amann, M, Menut, L

“…A modified version of CHIMERE 2009, including new methodologies in emissions modelling and an urban correction, is used to perform a simulation at high…”
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Assessing insulators vulnerability to pollution-induced flashover for power system resilience studies by Ciapessoni, E., Cirio, D., Pitto, A., Pirovano, G.

“…Environmental phenomena may affect the power system infrastructure, leading to multiple, dependent contingencies and widespread load disruptions. Given the…”
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Evaluation of receptor and chemical transport models for PM10 source apportionment by Belis, C.A., Pernigotti, D., Pirovano, G., Favez, O., Jaffrezo, J.L., Kuenen, J., Denier van Der Gon, H., Reizer, M., Riffault, V., Alleman, L.Y., Almeida, M., Amato, F., Angyal, A., Argyropoulos, G., Bande, S., Beslic, I., Besombes, J.-L., Bove, M.C., Brotto, P., Calori, G., Cesari, D., Colombi, C., Contini, D., De Gennaro, G., Di Gilio, A., Diapouli, E., El Haddad, I., Elbern, H., Eleftheriadis, K., Ferreira, J., Vivanco, M. Garcia, Gilardoni, S., Golly, B., Hellebust, S., Hopke, P.K., Izadmanesh, Y., Jorquera, H., Krajsek, K., Kranenburg, R., Lazzeri, P., Lenartz, F., Lucarelli, F., Maciejewska, K., Manders, A., Manousakas, M., Masiol, M., Mircea, M., Mooibroek, D., Nava, S., Oliveira, D., Paglione, M., Pandolfi, M., Perrone, M., Petralia, E., Pietrodangelo, A., Pillon, S., Pokorna, P., Prati, P., Salameh, D., Samara, C., Samek, L., Saraga, D., Sauvage, S., Schaap, M., Scotto, F., Sega, K., Siour, G., Tauler, R., Valli, G., Vecchi, R., Venturini, E., Vestenius, M., Waked, A., Yubero, E.

“…In this study, the performance of two types of source apportionment models was evaluated by assessing the results provided by 40 different groups in the…”
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Evaluation and intercomparison of Ozone and PM10 simulations by several chemistry transport models over four European cities within the CityDelta project by Vautard, R., Builtjes, P.H.J., Thunis, P., Cuvelier, C., Bedogni, M., Bessagnet, B., Honoré, C., Moussiopoulos, N., Pirovano, G., Schaap, M., Stern, R., Tarrason, L., Wind, P.

“…The CityDelta project Cuvelier et al. [2006. CityDelta: a model intercomparison study to explore the impact of emission reductions in European cities in 2010…”
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Sensitivity of feedback effects in CBMZ/MOSAIC chemical mechanism by San José, R., Pérez, J.L., Balzarini, A., Baró, R., Curci, G., Forkel, R., Galmarini, S., Grell, G., Hirtl, M., Honzak, L., Im, U., Jiménez-Guerrero, P., Langer, M., Pirovano, G., Tuccella, P., Werhahn, J., Žabkar, R.

“…To investigate the impact of the aerosol effects on meteorological variables and pollutant concentrations two simulations with the WRF-Chem model have been…”
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Assessment of the MACC reanalysis and its influence as chemical boundary conditions for regional air quality modeling in AQMEII-2 by Giordano, L., Brunner, D., Flemming, J., Hogrefe, C., Im, U., Bianconi, R., Badia, A., Balzarini, A., Baró, R., Chemel, C., Curci, G., Forkel, R., Jiménez-Guerrero, P., Hirtl, M., Hodzic, A., Honzak, L., Jorba, O., Knote, C., Kuenen, J.J.P., Makar, P.A., Manders-Groot, A., Neal, L., Pérez, J.L., Pirovano, G., Pouliot, G., San José, R., Savage, N., Schröder, W., Sokhi, R.S., Syrakov, D., Torian, A., Tuccella, P., Werhahn, J., Wolke, R., Yahya, K., Žabkar, R., Zhang, Y., Galmarini, S.

“…The Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII) has now reached its second phase which is dedicated to the evaluation of online coupled…”
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Enhanced CAMx source apportionment analysis at an urban receptor in Milan based on source categories and emission regions by Pepe, N., Pirovano, G., Balzarini, A., Toppetti, A., Riva, G.M., Amato, F., Lonati, G.

“…Source apportionment results from CAMx/PSAT v6.3 model simulation at an urban receptor placed in Milan city centre are presented. CAMx was run over a domain…”
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Joint analysis of deposition fluxes and atmospheric concentrations of inorganic nitrogen and sulphur compounds predicted by six chemistry transport models in the frame of the EURODELTAIII project by Vivanco, M.G., Bessagnet, B., Cuvelier, C., Theobald, M.R., Tsyro, S., Pirovano, G., Aulinger, A., Bieser, J., Calori, G., Ciarelli, G., Manders, A., Mircea, M., Aksoyoglu, S., Briganti, G., Cappelletti, A., Colette, A., Couvidat, F., D'Isidoro, M., Kranenburg, R., Meleux, F., Menut, L., Pay, M.T., Rouïl, L., Silibello, C., Thunis, P., Ung, A.

“…In the framework of the UNECE Task Force on Measurement and Modelling (TFMM) under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), the…”
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Investigating impacts of chemistry and transport model formulation on model performance at European scale by Pirovano, G., Balzarini, A., Bessagnet, B., Emery, C., Kallos, G., Meleux, F., Mitsakou, C., Nopmongcol, U., Riva, G.M., Yarwood, G.

“…The CAMx and CHIMERE chemistry and transport models were applied over Europe for the year 2006 in the framework of the AQMEII inter-comparison exercise. Model…”
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