Air quality research group

Nahid Atashi
- nahid.atashihelsinkifi
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Doctoral Programme in Atmospheric Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
- Air quality research group
Person: Visiting scholar, U2 Teaching and research staff
20192025
Jing Cai
- Air quality research group
Person: U2 Teaching and research staff
20202025
Lubna Dada
- lubna.dadahelsinkifi
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) - Visiting scholar
- Doctoral Programme in Atmospheric Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Air quality research group
Person: Visiting scholar, U2 Teaching and research staff
20132025
Kaspar Dällenbach
- Doctoral Programme in Atmospheric Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Air quality research group
Person: U2 Teaching and research staff
20172025
Wei Du
- wei.duhelsinkifi
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) - University Researcher
- Air quality research group
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, U2 Teaching and research staff
20192025

2 Finished
2 Active

Enviro-PEEX(Next) on ECMWF: Research and development for seamless modelling of meteorology – atmospheric composition on multi-scales for the Pan-Eurasian EXperiment (PEEX) domain for weather, air quality and climate applications
Mahura, A. (Principal Investigator), Boy, M. (Participant), Foreback, B. (Participant), Makkonen, R. (Participant), Savenets, M. (Participant), Pysarenko, L. (Participant), Malytska, L. (Participant), Nuterman, R. (Participant), Baklanov, A. (Participant), Sahyoun, M. (Participant), Ezau, I. (Participant), Nerobelov, G. (Participant), Musralinova, G. (Participant) & Polyakova, S. (Participant)
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2027
Project: Research project

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EMME-CARE: Eastern Mediterranean Middle East - Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre
Kulmala, M. (Project manager), Dada, L. (Co-Principal Investigator), Baalbaki, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Lauri, K. A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Petäjä, T. (Co-Principal Investigator), Riuttanen, L. (Participant), Haapanala, P. (Participant), Vesala, T. (Participant), Bäck, J. (Participant), Kangasluoma, J. (Participant), Jokinen, T. (Participant) & Lappalainen, H. K. (Participant)
01/09/2017 → 01/09/2026
Project: Research project
RI-URBANS: Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban and Industrial AreaS
Querol, X. (Principal Investigator), Petäjä, T. (Co-Principal Investigator), Lehtipalo, K. (Participant), Laj, P. (Participant), Mahura, A. (Participant), Kulmala, M. (Participant), Järvi, L. (Participant), Jokinen, T. (Participant), Tarkoma, S. (Participant), Paasonen, P. (Participant), Ehn, M. (Participant), Rebeiro-Hargrave, A. (Participant), Lappalainen, H. K. (Participant) & Agró, M. (Participant)
01/10/2021 → 30/09/2025
Project: Research project
Air Quality in a Changing World
Sihvonen, A. P. E. (Participant), Riuttanen, L. (Participant), Ruuskanen, T. (Participant), Kujansuu, J. (Participant), Kettula, K. (Participant), Pehkonen-Rajamäki, E. (Participant), Paasonen, P. (Participant), Lauri, K. A. (Participant), Hämeri, K. (Participant), Petäjä, T. (Participant) & Kulmala, M. (Project manager)
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Other project

261 Article
7 Conference contribution
4 Review Article
3 Doctoral Thesis
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Advancing computational methods in aerosol composition modeling and measurement data management
Rusanen, A., 2025, Helsinki.
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles

Open Access
A Lagrangian view on severe haze in Beijing: local and long-range sources of trace gases and primary and secondary aerosols
Foreback, B., Clusius, P. S., Baykara, M., Mahura, A., Pichelstorfer, L., Xavier, C., Zhou, P., Kokkonen, T., Kerminen, V.-M., Liu, Y., Xia, M., Chen, X., Hua, C., Wang, Z., Palmer, P. I., Nuterman, R., Baklanov, A., Ciarelli, G., Sinclair, V. & Liu, Z.-S. & 5 others, Ashu, T. A., Ashu, V. N., Kulmala, M., Paasonen, P. & Boy, M., 15 Dec 2025, In: Atmospheric Environment. 363, 24 p., 121602.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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Anthropogenic organic aerosol in Europe produced mainly through second-generation oxidation
Xiao, M., Wang, M., Mentler, B., Garmash, O., Lamkaddam, H., Molteni, U., Simon, M., Ahonen, L., Amorim, A., Baccarini, A., Bauer, P. S., Chen, D., Chiu, R., Dada, L., Duplissy, J., Finkenzeller, H., Fischer, L., He, X., Heinritzi, M. & Hofbauer, V. & 38 others, Kim, C., Kürten, A., Kvashnin, A., Lehtipalo, K., Liu, Y., Mai, H., Makhmutov, V., Mathot, S., Mauldin, R., Onnela, A., Petäjä, T., Quéléver, L. L. J., Rissanen, M., Schuchmann, S., Sipilä, M., Stolzenburg, D., Stozhkov, Y., Tauber, C., Tomé, A., Wagner, R., Yan, C., Yang, B., Ye, P., Zha, Q., Curtius, J., Hansel, A., Kirkby, J., Kulmala, M., Volkamer, R., Winkler, P. M., Worsnop, D. R., Nie, W., Donahue, N. M., Hoyle, C. R., Jiang, J., Baltensperger, U., Dommen, J. & El Haddad, I., 10 Mar 2025, In: Nature Geoscience. 18, 3, p. 239-245 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
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A Proxy Model for Traffic Related Air Pollution Indicators Based on Traffic Count
Racic, N., Petric, V., Mureddu, F., Portin, H., Niemi, J. V., Hussein, T. & Lovric, M., 1 May 2025, In: Atmosphere. 16, 5, 14 p., 538.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
A robust black carbon prediction model derived from observational datasets in the Yangtze River Delta region, China
Duan, L., Fung, P. L., Fu, Q., Chen, J., Huo, J., Huang, K., Wang, G., Zaidan, M. A., Guo, Z. & Hussein, T., 15 Jul 2025, In: Environmental Pollution. 377, 11 p., 126361.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

ACCC Flagship EU WOrkshop
Bäck, J. (Chair of organizing committee), Tahvonen, O. (Speaker: Presenter), Pauli, A.S.-L. (Member of organizing committee), Petäjä, T. (Speaker: Presenter), Kulmala, M. (Speaker: Presenter), Vesala, T. (Speaker: Presenter), Thakur, R. (Speaker: Presenter), Rantanen, R. P. (Speaker: Presenter), Paatero, S. (Speaker: Presenter), Lappalainen, H. K. (Attendee), Riuttanen, L. (Attendee), Bianchi, F. (Attendee) & Fung, P. L. (Attendee)
18 Sept 2023 → 19 Sept 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
ACCC Flagship EU Workshop
Bäck, J. (Chair of organizing committee), Tahvonen, O. (Attendee), Rasilo, T. (Attendee), Pauli, A.S.-L. (Member of organizing committee), Riuttanen, L. (Attendee), Rantanen, R. P. (Attendee), Lintunen, A. (Attendee), Paasonen, P. (Attendee), Porcar-Castell, A. (Attendee), Järvi, L. (Attendee), Lehtipalo, K. (Attendee), Ciarelli, G. (Attendee), Peräkylä, O. (Attendee) & Buenrostro Mazon, S. N. (Secretary of organizing committee)
22 Mar 2023 → 24 Mar 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
European Aerosol Conference (EAC) 2020
Kontkanen, J. (Speaker: Presenter)
31 Aug 2020 → 4 Sept 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Board member of Nordic Society for Aerosol Research (NOSA) (External organisation)
Kontkanen, J. (Board member)
Jan 2020 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Ilmansuojelu (Journal)
Kontkanen, J. (Member of editorial board)
Jan 2020 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of communication journal

Size-resolved particle number emissions in Beijing determined from measured particle size distributions
Kontkanen, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 25 Aug 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3999054
Dataset

INSIGHT: Scientists Claim EU Uses Unrealistic Chemical Exposure Models for Safety Calls
Hussein, T.
03/07/2019
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Air quality research group

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Nahid Atashi

Jing Cai

Lubna Dada

Kaspar Dällenbach

Wei Du

Enviro-PEEX(Next) on ECMWF: Research and development for seamless modelling of meteorology – atmospheric composition on multi-scales for the Pan-Eurasian EXperiment (PEEX) domain for weather, air quality and climate applications

EMME-CARE: Eastern Mediterranean Middle East - Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre

RI-URBANS: Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban and Industrial AreaS

Air Quality in a Changing World

Advancing computational methods in aerosol composition modeling and measurement data management

A Lagrangian view on severe haze in Beijing: local and long-range sources of trace gases and primary and secondary aerosols

Anthropogenic organic aerosol in Europe produced mainly through second-generation oxidation

A Proxy Model for Traffic Related Air Pollution Indicators Based on Traffic Count

A robust black carbon prediction model derived from observational datasets in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

ACCC Flagship EU WOrkshop

ACCC Flagship EU Workshop

European Aerosol Conference (EAC) 2020

Board member of Nordic Society for Aerosol Research (NOSA) (External organisation)

Ilmansuojelu (Journal)

Size-resolved particle number emissions in Beijing determined from measured particle size distributions

INSIGHT: Scientists Claim EU Uses Unrealistic Chemical Exposure Models for Safety Calls

Air quality research group

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