Paul Glantz

Environmental Representative
Associate professor
Room: V216
Phone: +46 8 674 7647
Paul.Glantz@aces.su.se

About me

Global warming is primarily a problem of too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, which acts as a blanket, trapping heat and thus warming the planet. However, anthropogenic emissions of aerosol particles impact the Earth’s radiation balance and climate as well. In my research, aerosol optical properties as well as cloud optical and microphysical properties derived from satellite observations are investigated. In remote marine areas it is possible, based on satellite observations, to investigate how sea spray aerosol affects aerosol and cloud optical properties in the atmosphere. Time series of aerosol optical thickness (AOT) over Europe are another field of research. Actually, a negative trend in AOT, found over the northern Europe for the last decade, causes a direct aerosol cooling. Satellite observations are also used in air quality studies.

Latest scientific papers

A Random Forest Approach to Estimate Daily Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Ozone at Fine Spatial Resolution in Sweden

Stafoggia, M.; Johansson, C.; Glantz, P.; Renzi, M.; Shtein, A.; de Hoogh, K.; Kloog, I.; Davoli, M.; Michelozzi, P.; Bellander, T.
2020 | ATMOSPHERE | 11 (239) (1-19)

Trends in MODIS and AERONET derived aerosol optical thickness over Northern Europe.

Glantz, P.; Freud, E.; Johansson, C.; Noone, K. J.; Tesche, M.
2019 | Tellus B Chem Phys Meteorol | 71 (1) (1-21)

Effect of Wind Speed on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aerosol Optical Depth over the North Pacific

Merkulova, Lena; Freud, Eyal; Mårtensson, E. Monica; Nilsson, E. Douglas; Glantz, Paul
2018 | ATMOSPHERE | 9 (2) (1-19)

Spaceborne observations of low surface aerosol concentrations in the Stockholm region

Tesche, M.; Glantz, P.; Johansson, C.
2016 | TELLUS B | 68 (28951)

Aviation effects on already-existing cirrus clouds

M. Tesche; P. Achtert; P. Glantz; K. J. Noone
2016 | Nat. Commun. | 7 (12016)

All publications

Atmospheric Science

The life cycle and impact of tiny atmospheric particles known as aerosols – both indoors as well as outdoors.