Publications

Publications are listed by year.

2020

Swedish Clean Air and Climate Research Programme – SCAC (pdf, 1.4 MB)
Final report second phase

Annica Ekman, Joakim Langner, Hans-Christen Hansson, Olena Gruzieva, Bertil Forsberg, Camilla Andersson, Per Erik Karlsson, Filip Moldan, Håkan Pleijel, Stefan Åström, John Munthe

Exposure to traffic-related particle matter and effects on lung function and potential interactions in a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study in west Sweden

Carlsen, H. K., et al.

Associations between Vehicle Exhaust Particles and Ozone at Home Address and Birth Weight (pdf, 872.9 kB)

David Olsson, Christer Johansson and Bertil Forsberg

The European heat wave of 2018 and its promotion of the ozone climate penalty in southwest Sweden (pdf, 1.1 MB)

Julia M. Johansson, Ågot K. Watne, Per Erik Karlsson, Gunilla Pihl Karlsson, Helena Danielsson, Camilla Andersson and Håkan Pleijel

Surface temperature response to regional black carbon emissions: do location and magnitude matter?

Maria Sand, Terje K. Berntsen, Annica M. L. Ekman, Hans-Christen Hansson, and Anna Lewinschal
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Nitrogen deposition is the most important environmental driver of growth of pure, even-aged and managed European forests

Etzold, Sophia, Ferretti, Marco, Reinds, Gert Jan, Solberg, Svein, Gessler, Arthur, Waldner, Peter, Schaub, Marcus, Simpson, David, Benham, Sue, Hansen, Karin Ingerslev, Morten, Jonard, Mathieu, Karlsson, Per Erik, Lindroos, Antti-Jussi, Marchetto, Aldo, Manninger, Miklos, Meesenburg, Hennin, Merilä, Päivi, Nöjd, Pekka, Rautio, Pasi, Sanders, Tanja GM, Seidling, Walter, Skudnik, Mitja, Thimonier, Anne, Verstraeten, Arne, Vesterdal, Lars, Vejpustkova, Monika, de Vries, Wim.
Forest Ecology and Management

2019

An evaluation of European nitrogen and sulfur wet deposition and their trends estimated by six chemistry transport models for the period 1990-2010

Theobald, M., Vivanco, M.G., Aas, W., Andersson, C., et al.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Trends of inorganic and organic aerosols and precursor gases in Europe: insights from the EURODELTA multi-model experiment over the 1990–2010 period

Ciarelli, G. Theobald, M., Vivanco, M., Beekmann, M., Aas, W., Andersson C. et al.
Geoscientific Model Development

Long-term health impact assessment of total PM2.5 in Europe during the 1990-2015 period

Ciarelli, G., Colette, A., Schucht, S., Beekman, M., Andersson, C., et al.
Atmospheric Environment

Observed annual surface ozone maxima and minima in northern and central Europe from 1990–2015 — latitudedependence and temporal trends (pdf, 1.3 MB)

Jenny Klingberg, Per Erik Karlsson, Camilla Andersson, Magnuz Engardt, Gunilla Pihl Karlsson and Håkan Pleijel

Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution, Black Carbon, and Their Source Components in Relation to Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke (pdf, 241.5 kB)

Petter Ljungman and others, Karolinska Institutet.

Se also article in ScienceDaily, 30 October 2019:
Traffic exhaust at residential address increases the risk of stroke

Estimating the potential of incremental behavioural changes to reduce Swedish emissions of NEC Directive air pollutants (pdf, 2 MB)

Stefan Åström, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, September 2019

Research and reflections on European air pollution policy support models (pdf, 1005.1 kB)

Stefan Åström, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Thesis for the degree of doctor in phiosphy, May 2019

The choice of climate metric is of limited importance when ranking options for abatement of near-term climate forcers

Stefan Åström, Daniel J. A. Johansson

Presentation:
Methodological reflections on the European Commissions’ 2013 use of CBA (pdf, 983.2 kB)

Stefan Åström, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Presentation November 26, 2019, at the EU Conference on Modelling for Policy support

Presentation (in Swedish):
Klimatomställning och luftvård, fallgropar och winwin? (pdf, 405.5 kB)

Stefan Åström, IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet
Presentation May 6, 2019, at Svenska Luftvårdsföreningen
(Swedish Association for Clean Air)

Presentation:
The new Swedish National Air Quality Plan and Swedish 2018 IAM developments (pdf, 441.6 kB)

Stefan Åström, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Presentation April 23, 2019, at CLRTAP work group meeting: Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling

Local and remote temperature response of regional SO2 emissions

Anna Lewinschal, Annica M. L. Ekman, Hans-Christen Hansson, Maria Sand, Terje K. Berntsen, Joakim Langner
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Abating N in Nordic agriculture - Policy, measures and way forward (pdf, 533 kB) (preprint version)

Sofie Hellsten, Tommy Dalgaard, Katri Rankinen, Kjetil Tørseth, Lars Bakken, Marianne Bechmann, Airi Kulmala, Filip Moldan, Stina Olofsson, Kristoffer Piil, Kajsa Pira, Eila Turtola
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 236, 674-686
The article, in print version, can be downloaded here until April 5, 2019.

2018

A Site-Specific Analysis of the Implications of a Changing Ozone Profile and Climate for Stomatal Ozone Fluxes in Europe

Hayes, F., Gina Mills, Rocio Alonso, Ignacio González-Fernández, Mhairi Coyle, Ludger Grünhage, Giacomo Gerosa, Per Erik Karlsson, Riccardo Marzuoli
Water Air and Soil Pollution

Modelled deposition of nitrogen and sulfur in Europe estimated by 14 air quality model-systems: Evaluation, effects of changes in emissions and implications for habitat protection

Vivanco, M.G., Theobald, M.R., Garcia-Gomez, H., Garrido, J.L., Prank, M., Aas, W., Adani, M., Alyuz, U., Andersson, C., et al.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

A multi-model comparison of meteorological drivers of surface ozone over Europe

Otero, N., Sillman, J., Mar., K.A., Rust, H.W., Solberg, S., Andersson, C., et al.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Investment perspectives on costs for air pollution control affect the optimal use of emission control measures

Stefan Åström, Gregor Kiesewetter, Wolfgang Schöpp, Robert Sander, Sofia Andersson

Long-term evolution of the impacts of ozone air pollution on agricultural yields in Europe (pdf, 7.3 MB)

A. Colette, F. Tognet, L. Létinois, V. Lemaire, F. Couvidat, R.M. Alonso Del Amo, I. A. Gonzalez Fernandez, I. Rábago Juan-Aracil, H. Harmens, C. Andersson, S. Tsyro, A. Manders, M. Mircea

Potentiell påverkan på luftföroreningsutsläpp av Miljömålsberedningens klimatstrategi

Stefan Åström

The costs and benefits of a nitrogen emission control area in the Baltic and North Seas

Stefan Åström, Katarina Yaramenka, Hulda Winnes, Erik Fridell, Michael Holland
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 59, March 2018, Pages 223–236

2017

EURODELTA-Trends, a multi-model experiment of air quality hindcast in Europe over 1990-2010

Colette, A, Andersson, C, et al

Past, present and future concentrations of ground-level ozone and potential impacts on ecosystems and human health in northern Europe

Karlsson, P.E., Klingberg, J., Engardt, M., Andersson, C., Langner, J., Pihl Karlsson, G. and Pleijel, H.
Science of The Total Environment

Ammonia emissions in Sweden

Sofie Hellsten

Reanalysis of and attribution to near-surface ozone concentrations in Sweden during 1990–2013

Andersson, C, Alpfjord, H., Robertson, L., Karlsson, P. E., and Engardt, M.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

On the Robustness of Air Pollution Policy Cost-Benefit Analysis

Stefan Åström.

The impact of Swedish SO2 policy instruments on SO2emissions 1990–2012

Stefan Åström, Katarina Yaramenka, Ingrid Mawdsley, Helena Danielsson, Peringe Grennfelt, Annika Gerner, Tomas Ekvall, Erik O.Ahlgrenc

Health Impact of PM10, PM2.5 and Black Carbon Exposure Due to Different Source Sectors in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Umea, Sweden

David Segersson, Kristina Eneroth, Lars Gidhagen,Christer Johansson, Gunnar Omstedt, Anders Engström Nylén and Bertil Forsberg

Svenska marginalkostnader för NOx-rening från stationära källor år 2030 enligt EU-kommissionens NEC-scenario (pdf, 323.6 kB)

Tomas Wisell, Stefan Åström

Epidemiological analysis of ozone and nitrogen impacts on vegetation – critical evaluation and recommendations

Sabine Braun, Beat Achermann, Alessandra De Marco, Håkan Pleijel, Per Erik Karlsson, Beat Rihm, Christian Schindler, Elena Paoletti. Accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.
Science of The Total Environment

Forskning för renare luft

​En sammanfattning av resultaten i Naturvårdsverkets forskningsprogram SCAC - Swedish Clean Air and Climate Research Program.

Ladda ner här. (pdf, 6.8 MB)

2016

Future response of temperature and precipitation to reduced aerosol emission as compared with increased greenhouse gas concentrations.

Acosta Navarro, J. C., Ekman, A. M. L., Pausata, F., Lewinschal, A., Varma, V., Seland, Ø., Gauss, M., Iversen, T., Kirkevåg, A., Riipinen, I., Hansson, H.-C. Accepted for publication in Journal of Climate.

Amplification of Arctic warming by past air pollution reductions in Europe.

J. C. Acosta Navarro; V. Varma; I. Riipinen; Ø. Seland; A. Kirkevåg; H. Struthers; T. Iversen; H.-C. Hansson; and A. M. L. Ekman. Nature Geoscience March 2016. DOI:10.1038/NGEO2673

Past, present and future concentrations of ground-level ozone and potential impacts on ecosystems and human health in northern Europe.

Karlsson, P. E., Klingberg, J., Engardt, M., Andersson, C., Langner, J, Pihl Karlsson, G. and Pleijel, H. Science of The Total Environment Volume 576, 15 January 2017, Pages 22–35

Epidemiological analysis of air pollution effects on vegetation

Braun, S. Achermann, B., De Marco, A., Pleijel, H., Karlsson, P. E., Rihm, R., Schindler, C., Paoletti, E. Submitted to Science of the Total environment, Oct 2016

Report on suggestions for improvements of the descriptions of ozone impacts on forest carbon sequestration in GAINS. (pdf, 283.5 kB)

Karlsson, P.E.,  Pleijel, H., Linderholm, H.

Amplification of Artic warming by past air pollution reductions in Europe (pdf, 1.1 MB)

J. C. Acosta Navarro, V. Varma, I. Riipinen, Ø. Seland, A. Kirkevåg, H. Struthers,
T. Iversen, H.-C. Hansson and A. M. L. Ekman

2015

Emissionsprognoser och scenarier. Behovsanalys (pdf, 1.3 MB)

K. Kindbom, T. Gustafsson

Response of Arctic temperature to changes in emissions of short-lived climate forcers

M. Sand, T. K. Berntsen, K. von Salzen, M. G. Flanner, J. Langner & D. G. Victor. Nature Climate Change:(2015) DOI:doi:10.1038/nclimate2880

The POLARCAT Model Intercomparison Project (POLMIP): overview and evaluation with observations

L. K. Emmons, S. R. Arnold, S. A. Monks, V. Huijnen, S. Tilmes, K. S. Law, J. L. Thomas, J.-C. Raut, I. Bouarar, S. Turquety, Y. Long, B. Duncan, S. Steenrod, S. Strode, J. Flemming, J. Mao, J. Langner, A. M. Thompson, D. Tarasick, E. C. Apel, D. R. Blake, R. C. Cohen, J. Dibb, G. S. Diskin, A. Fried, S. R. Hall, L. G. Huey, A. J. Weinheimer, A. Wisthaler, T. Mikoviny, J. Nowak, J. Peischl, J. M. Roberts, T. Ryerson, C. Warneke, and D. Helmig. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6721-6744, 2015, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/6721/2015/acp-15-6721-2015.pdf

Biomass burning influence on high-latitude tropospheric ozone and reactive nitrogen in summer 2008: a multi-model analysis based on POLMIP simulations

S. R. Arnold, L. K. Emmons, S. A. Monks, K. S. Law, D. A. Ridley, S. Turquety, S. Tilmes, J. L. Thomas, I. Bouarar, J. Flemming, V. Huijnen, J. Mao, B. N. Duncan, S. Steenrod, Y. Yoshida, J. Langner, and Y. Long.Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6047-6068, 2015, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/6047/2015/acp-15-6047-2015.pdf

Multi-model study of chemical and physical controls on transport of anthropogenic and biomass burning pollution to the Arctic

S. A. Monks, S. R. Arnold, L. K. Emmons, K. S. Law, S. Turquety, B. N. Duncan, J. Flemming, V. Huijnen, S. Tilmes, J. Langner, J. Mao, Y. Long, J. L. Thomas, S. D. Steenrod, J. C. Raut, C. Wilson, M. P. Chipperfield, G. S. Diskin, A. Weinheimer, H. Schlager, and G. Ancellet. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 3575-3603, 2015, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/3575/2015/acp-15-3575-2015.pdf

Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere: a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set

S. Eckhardt, B. Quennehen, D. J. L. Olivié, T. K. Berntsen, R. Cherian, J. H. Christensen, W. Collins, S. Crepinsek, N. Daskalakis, M. Flanner, A. Herber, C. Heyes, Ø. Hodnebrog, L. Huang, M. Kanakidou, Z. Klimont, J. Langner, K. S. Law, M. T. Lund, R. Mahmood, A. Massling, S. Myriokefalitakis, I. E. Nielsen, J. K. Nøjgaard, J. Quaas, P. K. Quinn, J.-C. Raut, S. T. Rumbold, M. Schulz, S. Sharma, R. B. Skeie, H. Skov, T. Uttal, K. von Salzen, and A. Stohl. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9413-9433, 2015, http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/9413/2015/acp-15-9413-2015.pdf

Integration of prognostic aerosol–cloud interactions in a chemistry transport model coupled offline to a regional climate model

Thomas, M. A., Kahnert, M., Andersson, C., Kokkola, H., Hansson, U., Jones, C., Langner, J., and Devasthale, A. Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 1885-1898, doi:10.5194/gmd-8-1885-2015, 2015, http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/8/1885/2015/gmd-8-1885-2015.pdf

MATCH-SALSA – Multi-scale Atmospheric Transport and CHemistry model coupled to the SALSA aerosol microphysics model – Part 1: Model description and evaluation

Andersson, C., Bergström, R., Bennet, C., Robertson, L., Thomas, M., Korhonen, H., Lehtinen, K. E. J., and Kokkola, H. Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 171-189, doi:10.5194/gmd-8-171-2015, 2015, http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/8/171/2015/gmd-8-171-2015.pdf

Multi-model study of chemical and physical controls on transport of anthropogenic and biomass burning pollution to the (pdf, 2.7 MB) Arctic (pdf, 2.7 MB).

S. A. Monks, S. R. Arnold, L. K. Emmons, K. S. Law, S. Turquety, B. N. Duncan, J. Flemming, V. Huijnen,S. Tilmes, J. Langner, J. Mao, Y. Long, J. L. Thomas, S. D. Steenrod, J. C. Raut, C. Wilson, M. P. Chipperfield, G. S. Diskin, A. Weinheimer, H. Schlager, and G. Ancellet. 2015. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 3575–3603, 2015. 

2014

Utsläppsbegränsningars effekt på försurande deposition i Sverige - fokus på 1990-2010

S. Åström, K. Yaramenka, I. Mawdsley, H. Danielsson, P. Grennfelt, A. Gerner

The POLARCAT Model Intercomparison Project (POLMIP): overview and evaluation with observations (pdf, 6 MB).

L. K. Emmons, S. R. Arnold, S. A. Monks, V. Huijnen, S. Tilmes, K. S. Law, J. L. Thomas, J.-C. Raut, I. Bouarar, S. Turquety, Y. Long, B. Duncan, S. Steenrod, S. Strode, J. Flemming7 J. Mao, J. Langner, A. M. Thompson, D. Tarasick, E. C. Apel, D. R. Blake, R. C. Cohen,J. Dibb, G. S. Diskin, A. Fried, S. R. Hall, L. G. Huey, A. J. Weinheimer, A. Wisthaler, T. Mikoviny, J. Nowak J. Peischl, J. M. Roberts,T. Ryerson, C. Warneke, and D. Helmig. 2014. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 29331–29393, 2014

Biomass burning influence on high latitude tropospheric ozone and reactive nitrogen in summer 2008: a multi-model analysis based on POLMIP simulations. (pdf, 7.2 MB)

S. R. Arnold, L. K. Emmons, S. A. Monks, K. S. Law, D. A. Ridley,S. Turquety, S. Tilmes, J. L. Thomas, I. Bouarar, J. Flemming, V. Huijnen, J. Mao, B. N. Duncan, S. Steenrod, Y. Yoshida, J. Langner, and Y. Long. 2014. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 24573–24621, 2014.

MATCH-SALSA – Multi-scale Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry model coupled to the SALSA aerosol micropysics model. Part 1 – model description and evaluation.

Andersson C.M., Bergström, R., Bennet, C., Robertson, L., Thomas, M., Korhonen, H., Lehtinen, K. and Kokkola, H. 2014. Geosci Model Develop Discuss. 7, 3265-3305.

CO2-induced terrestrial climate feedback mechanism: From carbon sink to aerosol source and back

Kulmala, M., Nieminen, T., Nikandrova, A., Lehtipalo, K., Manninen, H. E., Kajos, M. K., Kolari, P., Lauri, A., Petaja, T., Krejci, R., Hansson, H-C, Swietlicki, E., Lindroth, A., Christensen, T. R., Arneth, A., Hari, P., Back, J., Vesala, T., Kerminen, V.-M., 2014, BOREAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH, 19, 122-131

Reconciling aerosol light extinction measurements from spaceborne lidar observations and in situ measurements in the Arctic

AF Tesche, M., Zieger, P., Rastak, N., Charlson, R. J., Glantz, P., Tunved, P., Hansson, H. -C., 2014, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 14, 7869-7882

Intercomparison and evaluation of global aerosol microphysical properties among AeroCom models of a range of complexity

Mann, GW, Carslaw, KS, Reddington, CL, Pringle, KJ, Schulz, M, Asmi, A, Spracklen, DV, Ridley, DA, Woodhouse, MT, Lee, LA, Zhang, K, Ghan, SJ, Easter, RC, Liu, X, Stier, P, Lee, YH, Adams, PJ, Tost, H, Lelieveld, J, Bauer, SE, Tsigaridis, K, van Noije, TPC, Strunk, A, Vignati, E, Bellouin, N, Dalvi, M, Johnson, CE, Bergman, T, Kokkola, H, von Salzen, K, Yu, F, Luo, G, Petzold, A, Heintzenberg, J, Clarke, A, Ogren, A, Gras, J, Baltensperger, U, Kaminski, U, Jennings, SG, O'Dowd, CD, Harrison, RM, Beddows, DCS, Kulmala, M, Viisanen, Y, Ulevicius, V, Mihalopoulos, N, Zdimal, V, Fiebig, M, Hansson, HC, Swietlicki, E, Henzing, JS, 2014, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 14, 4679-4713

Variations in tropospheric submicron particle size distributions across the European continent 2008-2009

Beddows, D. C. S., Dall'Osto, M., Harrison, R. M., Kulmala, M., Asmi, A., Wiedensohler, A., Laj, P., Fjaeraa, A. M., Sellegri, K., Birmili, W., Bukowiecki, N., Weingartner, E., Baltensperger, U., Zdimal, V., Zikova, N., Putaud, J-P., Marinoni, A., Tunved, P., Hansson, H. -C., Fiebig, M., Kivekas, N., Swietlicki, E., Lihavainen, H., Asmi, E., Ulevicius, V., Aalto, P. P., Mihalopoulos, N., Kalivitis, N., Kalapov, I., Kiss, G., de Leeuw, G., Henzing, B., O'Dowd, C., Jennings, S. G., Flentje, H., Meinhardt, F., Ries, L., van der Gon, H. A. C. Denier, Visschedijk, A. J. H., 2014, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 14, 4327-4348

2013

MATCH-SALSA – Multi-scale Atmospheric Transport and CHemistry model coupled to the SALSA aerosol microphysics model.

Andersson, C., et al. 2013. SMHI RMK report no 115. http://www.smhi.se/polopoly_fs/1.34622!RMK%20115.pdf