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Ammerlaan, B.A.J. (author), Jedynska, A.D. (author), Henzing, J.S. (author), Holzinger, R. (author)We present results that demonstrate a possible bias in the fractioning of total carbon (TC) into elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) for measurements with the Sunset Laboratory Inc. Thermal/Optical Carbon Aerosol Analyser. The bias is caused by an unstable laser transmission signal. The transmission signal during the analysis of an...article 2015
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Snelder, M. (author), Wesseling, B. (author), van Arem, B. (author), Hertogh, M.J.C.M. (author)When infrastructures projects are evaluated, it is not only important to evaluate them with models that represent the average daily situation, but also to evaluate them in case of irregular situations like incidents. This becomes especially relevant when various project alternatives are expected to show significantly different scores in case of...article 2017
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Sofiev, M. (author), Berger, U. (author), Prank, M. (author), Vira, J. (author), Arteta, J. (author), Belmonte, J. (author), Bergmann, K.C. (author), Chéroux, F. (author), Elbern, H. (author), Friese, E. (author), Galan, C. (author), Gehrig, R. (author), Khvorostyanov, D. (author), Kranenburg, R. (author), Kumar, U. (author), Marécal, V. (author), Meleux, F. (author), Menut, L. (author), Pessi, A.M. (author), Robertson, L. (author), Ritenberga, O. (author), Rodinkova, V. (author), Saarto, A. (author), Segers, A. (author), Severova, E. (author), Sauliene, I. (author), Siljamo, P. (author), Steensen, B.M. (author), Teinemaa, E. (author), Thibaudon, M. (author), Peuch, V.H. (author)This paper presents the first ensemble modelling experiment in relation to birch pollen in Europe. The seven-model European ensemble of MACC-ENS, tested in trial simulations over the flowering season of 2010, was run through the flowering season of 2013. The simulations have been compared with observations in 11 countries, all members of the...article 2015
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Hendriks, C. (author), Kranenburg, R. (author), Kuenen, J.J.P. (author), van den Bril, B. (author), Verguts, V. (author), Schaap, M. (author)Accurate modelling of mitigation measures for nitrogen deposition and secondary inorganic aerosol (SIA) episodes requires a detailed representation of emission patterns from agriculture. In this study the meteorological influence on the temporal variability of ammonia emissions from livestock housing and application of manure and fertilizer are...article 2016
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Lenzen, M. (author), Geschke, A. (author), Abd Rahman, M.D. (author), Xiao, Y. (author), Fry, J. (author), Reyes, R. (author), Dietzenbacher, E. (author), Inomata, S. (author), Kanemoto, K. (author), Los, B. (author), Moran, D. (author), Schulte in den Bäumen, H. (author), Tukker, A. (author), Walmsley, T. (author), Wiedmann, T. (author), Wood, R. (author), Yamano, N. (author)We describe the creation of the Global Multi-Region Input–Output (MRIO) Lab, which is a cloud-computing platform offering a collaborative research environment through which participants can use each other’s resources to assemble their own individual MRIO versions. The Global MRIO Lab’s main purpose is to harness and focus previously disparate...article 2017
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Wood, R. (author), Stadler, K. (author), Bulavskaya, T. (author), Lutter, S. (author), Giljum, S. (author), de Koning, A. (author), Kuenen, J. (author), Schütz, H. (author), Acosta-Fernández, J. (author), Usubiaga, A. (author), Simas, M. (author), Ivanova, O. (author), Weinzettel, J. (author), Schmidt, J.H. (author), Merciai, S. (author), Tukker, A. (author)Measuring progress towards sustainable development requires appropriate frameworks and databases. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) is undergoing continuous refinement with these objectives in mind. In SEEA, there is a need for databases to encompass the global dimension of societal metabolism. In this paper, we focus on the...article 2015
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Ntziachristos, L. (author), Papadimitriou, G. (author), Ligterink, N. (author), Hausberger, S. (author)Diesel NOx emissions have been at the forefront of research and regulation scrutiny as a result of failures of late vehicle technologies to deliver on-road emissions reductions. The current study aims at identifying the actual emissions levels of late light duty vehicle technologies, including Euro 5 and Euro 6 ones. Mean NOx emission factor...article 2016
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Bosch, P.R. (author), Rovers, V. (author)De kwetsbaarheid voor de effecten van klimaatverandering kan binnen een stedelijk gebied sterk uiteenlopen. Daarop gericht anticiperen is verstandig. Met name een scala aan relatief kleine maatregelen blijkt efficiënt om de kÏimaatbestendigheid te vergroten, zeker wanneer dit tegelijkertijd gebeurt met groot onderhoud of renovaties. Dit blijkt...article 2015
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Felix, E. (author), de Haan, H. (author), Vaandrager, L. (author), Koelen, M. (author)To support decision making regarding modifications to the current housing stock, this article explores older people's everyday lived experience of the house in the Netherlands. Twelve in-depth interviews were carried out, using diaries and a topic list. The study found physical, personal and social dimensions of experience that turn a house into...article 2015
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Schaap, M. (author), Cuvelier, C. (author), Hendriks, C. (author), Bessagnet, B. (author), Baldasano, J.M. (author), Colette, A. (author), Thunis, P. (author), Karam, D. (author), Fagerli, H. (author), Graff, A. (author), Kranenburg, R. (author), Nyiri, A. (author), Pay, M.T. (author), Rouïl, L. (author), Schulz, M. (author), Simpson, D. (author), Stern, R. (author), Terrenoire, E. (author), Wind, P. (author)Air pollution causes adverse effects on human health as well as ecosystems and crop yield and also has an impact on climate change trough short-lived climate forcers. To design mitigation strategies for air pollution, 3D Chemistry Transport Models (CTMs) have been developed to support the decision process. Increases in model resolution may...article 2015
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Brouwer, J. (author), Gerohazi, E. (author), Szemzo, H. (author), Luig, K.T. (author)Collective Self-Organized (CSO) Housing (referring to both renovation of existing stock and construction of new dwellings, with the definitive influence of the residents) has become the center of attention of public authorities and private businesses alike, the main reason being that it is often considered a good solution to open up new market...article 2016
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van Wijck, F. (author)Zoals in de meeste ziekenhuizen speelt ook in VUmc een aantal activiteiten zich onder begane grondniveau af. Op zich volkomen logisch en verantwoord. Maar in dit ziekenhuis ging het fout op een manier die niemand voor mogelijk had gehouden, met desastreuze gevolgen. Volledig herstel van de schade zal naar verwachting anderhalf jaar in beslag...article 2015
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Dammers, E. (author), Palm, M. (author), van Damme, M. (author), Vigouroux, C. (author), Smale, D. (author), Conway, S. (author), Toon, G.C. (author), Jones, N. (author), Nussbaumer, E. (author), Warneke, T. (author), Petri, C. (author), Clarisse, L. (author), Clerbaux, C. (author), Hermans, C. (author), Lutsch, E. (author), Strong, K. (author), Hannigan, J.W. (author), Nakajima, H. (author), Morino, I. (author), Herrera, B. (author), Stremme, W. (author), Grutter, M. (author), Schaap, M. (author), Kruit, R.J.W. (author), Notholt, J. (author), Coheur, P.F. (author), Erisman, J.W. (author)Global distributions of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) measured with satellite instruments such as the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) contain valuable information on NH3 concentrations and variability in regions not yet covered by ground-based instruments. Due to their large spatial coverage and (bi-)daily overpasses, the...article 2016
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Szigeti, T. (author), Dunster, C. (author), Cattaneo, A. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Spinazze, A. (author), Saraga, D.E. (author), Sakellaris, I.A. (author), de Kluizenaar, Y. (author), Cornelissen, E.J.M. (author), Hanninen, O. (author), Peltonen, M. (author), Calzolai, G. (author), Lucarelli, F. (author), Mandin, C. (author), Bartzis, J.G. (author), Zaray, G. (author), Kelly, F.J. (author)In the frame of the OFFICAIR project, indoor and outdoor PM2.5 samples were collected in office buildings acrossarticle 2016
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Mahmod, M. (author), Jonkers, E. (author), Klunder, G.A. (author), Benz, T. (author), Winder, A. (author)Transport is an important source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Although the applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for transport, also known as intelligent transport systems, are seen as having great potential to help reduce emissions from road transport, their exact impact on CO<inf>2</inf> emissions...article 2015
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Pedersen, M. (author), Gehring, U. (author), Beelen, R. (author), Wang, M. (author), Giorgis-Allemand, L. (author), Andersen, A.M.N. (author), Basagaña, X. (author), Bernard, C. (author), Cirach, M. (author), Forastiere, F. (author), de Hoogh, K. (author), Gražuleviĉvienė, R. (author), Gruzieva, O. (author), Hoek, G. (author), Jedynska, A. (author), Klümper, C. (author), Kooter, I.M. (author), Krämer, U. (author), Kukkonen, J. (author), Porta, D. (author), Postma, D.S. (author), Raaschou-Nielsen, O. (author), van Rossem, L. (author), Sunyer, J. (author), Sørensen, M. (author), Tsai, M.Y. (author), Vrijkotte, T.G.M. (author), Wilhelm, M. (author), Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J. (author), Pershagen, G. (author), Brunekreef, B. (author), Kogevinas, M. (author), Slama, R. (author)Background: The health effects of suspended particulate matter (PM) may depend on its chemical composition. Associations between maternal exposure to chemical constituents of PM and newborn’s size have been little examined. Objective: We aimed to investigate the associations of exposure to elemental constituents of PM with term low birth weight ...article 2016
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Fraters, D. (author), Boom, G.J.F.L. (author), Boumans, L.J.M. (author), de Weerd, H. (author), Wolters, M. (author)The solute concentration in the subsoil beneath the root zone is an important parameter for leaching assessment. Drainage centrifugation is considered a simple and straightforward method of determining soil solution chemistry. Although several studies have been carried out to determine whether this method is robust, hardly any results are...article 2017
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Hendriks, C. (author), Kuenen, J. (author), Kranenburg, R. (author), Scholz, Y. (author), Schaap, M. (author)Effective air pollution and short-lived climate forcer mitigation strategies can only be designed when the effect of emission reductions on pollutant concentrations and health and ecosystem impacts are quantified. Within integrated assessment modeling source-receptor relationships (SRRs) based on chemistry transport modeling are used to this end...article 2015
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Erisman, J.W. (author), Dammers, E. (author), van Damme, M. (author), Soudzilovskaia, N. (author), Schaap, M. (author)An overview of the achievements and the current state of knowledge on reactive nitrogen in Europe, focusing on deposition, critical load exceedances, and modeled and measured trends.article 2015
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Helsper, J.P.F.G. (author), Peters, R.J.B. (author), van Bemmel, M.E.M. (author), Rivera, Z.E.H. (author), Wagner, S. (author), von der Kammer, F. (author), Tromp, P.C. (author), Hofmann, T. (author), Weigel, S. (author)Seven commercial titanium dioxide pigments and two other well-defined TiO2 materials (TiMs) were physicochemically characterised using asymmetric flow field flow fractionation (aF4) for separation, various techniques to determine size distribution and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) for chemical characterization. The aF4...article 2016