Publications

2022

Calì Quaglia, F.; Meloni, D.; Muscari, G.; Di Iorio, T.; Ciardini, V.; Pace, G.; Becagli, S.; Di Bernardino, A.; Cacciani, M.; Hannigan, J.W.; et al. On the Radiative Impact of Biomass-Burning Aerosols in the Arctic: The August 2017 Case Study. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 313. doi:10.3390/rs14020313.

Oehri, J., Schaepman-Strub, G., Kim, JS. et al. Vegetation type is an important predictor of the arctic summer land surface energy budget. Nat Commun 13, 6379 (2022). doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34049-3.

2020

Becagli, S., L. Caiazzo, T. Di Iorio, A. di Sarra, D. Meloni, G. Muscari, G. Pace, M. Severi, and R. Traversi (2020), New insights on metals in the Arctic aerosol in a climate changing world, Sci. Total Environ., 741, 140511, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140511.

2019

Becagli, S., A. Amore, L. Caiazzo, T. Di Iorio, A. di Sarra, L. Lazzara, C. Marchese, D. Meloni, G. Mori, G. Muscari, C. Nuccio, G. Pace, M. Severi, and R. Traversi (2019), Biogenic aerosol in the Arctic from 8 years of MSA data from Ny Ålesund (Svalbard Islands) and Thule (Greenland), Atmosphere, 2019, 10, 349, doi:10.3390/atmos10070349.

2018

Mevi, G., G. Muscari, P. P. Bertagnolio, I. Fiorucci, and G. Pace (2018), VESPA-22: a ground-based microwave spectrometer for long-term measurements of polar stratospheric water vapor, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 1099-1117, doi:10.5194/amt-11-1099-2018.

2016

Becagli, S., L. Lazzara, C. Marchese, U. Dayan, S.E. Ascanius, M. Cacciani, L. Caiazzo, C. Di Biagio, T. Di Iorio, A. di Sarra, P. Eriksen, F. Fani, F. Giardi, D. Meloni, G. Muscari, G. Pace, M. Severi, R. Traversi, R. Udisti (2016), Relationships linking primary production, sea ice melting, and biogenic aerosol in the Arctic, Atmospheric Environment, 136, 1-15, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.04.002.

2015

Tomasi, C., B. H. Petkov, M. Mazzola, C. Ritter, A. G. di Sarra, T. Di Iorio, and M. Del Guasta (2015), Seasonal variations of the relative optical air mass function for background aerosol and thin cirrus clouds at Arctic and Antarctic sites, Remote Sens., 7, 7157-7180, doi:10.3390/rs70607157.

2014

Muscari, G., C. Di Biagio, A. di Sarra, M. Cacciani, S. E. Ascanius, P. P. Bertagnolio, C. Cesaroni, R. L. de Zafra, P. Eriksen, G. Fiocco, I. Fiorucci, D. Fuà (2014), Observations of surface radiation and stratospheric processes at Thule Air Base, Greenland, during the IPY, Annals of Geophysics, Special Issue: Geophysical monitorings at the Earth's polar regions, 57, 3, SS0323, doi:10.4401/ag-6382.

2013

Fiorucci, I., G. Muscari, L. Froidevaux, M. L. Santee (2013), Ground-based stratospheric O₃ and HNO₃ measurements at Thule, Greenland: An intercomparison with Aura MLS observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 2441-2453, doi:10.5194/amt-6-2441-2013.

2012

Bertagnolio, P. P., G. Muscari, and J. Baskaradas (2012), Development of a 22 GHz ground-based spectrometer for middle atmospheric water vapour monitoring, European Journal of Remote Sensing, 45, 51-61, doi:10.5721/EuJRS20124506.

Di Biagio, C., A. di Sarra, P.Eriksen, S.E. Ascanius, G. Muscari, and B. Holben (2012), Effect of surface albedo, water vapour, and atmospheric aerosols on the cloud-free shortwave radiative budget in the Arctic, Climate Dynamics, vol. 39, p. 953-969, doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1280-1.

Muscari, G., C. Cesaroni, I. Fiorucci, A. K. Smith, L. Froidevaux, and M. G. Mlynczak (2012), Strato-Mesospheric ozone measurements using ground-based millimeter-wave spectroscopy at Thule, Greenland, J. Geophys. Res., D07307, doi:10.1029/2011JD016863.

2011

Fiorucci, I., G.Muscari, and R. L. de Zafra (2011), Revising the retrieval technique of a long-term stratospheric HNO₃ data set: from a constrained matrix inversion to the optimal estimation algorithm, Ann. Geophys., 29, 1317-1330, doi:10.5194/angeo-29-1317-2011.

2010

Di Biagio, C., G. Muscari, A. di Sarra, R. L. de Zafra, P. Eriksen, G. Fiocco, I. Fiorucci, and D. Fuà (2010), Evolution of temperature, O₃, CO, and N₂O profiles during the exceptional 2009 Arctic major stratospheric warming observed by lidar and mm-wave spectroscopy at Thule (76.5°N, 68.8°W), Greenland, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D24315, doi:10.1029/2010JD014070.

2008

Muscari, G., and R. L. de Zafra (2008), Reply to comment by Rolf Müller and Simone Tilmes on "Middle atmospheric O₃, CO, N₂O, HNO₃, and temperature profiles during the warm Arctic winter 2001-2002", J. Geophys. Res., 113, D18304, doi:10.1029/2008JD010292.

2007

Muscari, G., A. di Sarra, R. L. de Zafra, F. Lucci, F. Baordo, F. Angelini, and G. Fiocco (2007), Middle atmospheric O₃, CO, N₂O, HNO₃, and temperature profiles during the warm Arctic winter 2001-2002, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D14304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007849.

Santee, M. L., A. Lambert, W. G. Read, N. J. Livesey, R. E. Cofield, D. T. Cuddy, W. H. Daffer, B. J. Drouin, L. Froidevaux, R. A. Fuller, R. F. Jarnot, B. W. Knosp, G. L. Manney, V. S. Perun, W. V. Snyder, P. C. Stek, R. P. Thurstans, P. A. Wagner, J. W. Waters, G. Muscari, R. L. de Zafra, J. E. Dibb, D. W. Fahey, P. J. Popp, T. P. Marcy, K. W. Jucks, G. C. Toon, R. A. Stachnik, P. F. Bernath, C. D. Boone, K. A. Walker, J. Urban, and D. Murtagh (2007), Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder HNO₃ measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S40, doi:10.1029/2007JD008721.

2004

de Zafra, R. L., and G. Muscari (2004), CO as an important high-altitude tracer of dynamics in the Polar Stratosphere and Mesosphere, J. Geophys. Res, 109, D06105, doi:10.1029/2003JD004099.

Keckhut, P., S. McDermid, D. Swart, T. McGee, S. Godin-Beekmann, A. Adriani, J. Barnes, J.-L. Baray, H. Bencherif, H. Claude, A. G. di Sarra, G. Fiocco, G. Hansen, A. Hauchecorne, T. Leblanc, C. H. Lee, S. Pal, G. Megie, H. Nakane, R. Neuber, W. Steinbrecht, and J. Thayer (2004), Review of ozone and temperature lidar validations performed within the framework of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change, J. Environ. Monit., 6, 721-733, doi:10.1039/b404256e.

2002

di Sarra, A., M. Cacciani, G. Fiocco, D. Fuà, and T. S. Jørgensen (2002), Lidar observations of polar stratospheric clouds over northern Greenland in the period 1990-1997, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D12), 4152, doi:10.1029/2001JD001074.

Muscari, G., M. L. Santee, and R. L. de Zafra (2002), Intercomparison of stratospheric HNO₃ measurements over Antarctica: Ground-Based Millimeter-wave versus UARS /MLS Version 5 retrievals, J. Geophys. Res, 107(D24), 4809, doi:10.1029/2002JD002546.

1998

di Sarra, A., L. Bernardini, M. Cacciani, G. Fiocco and D. Fuà (1998), Lidar observations of the Pinatubo aerosol at Thule, Greenland: relationships with the polar vortex, in Atmospheric Ozone, 197-200, edited by R. Bojkov and G. Visconti, published by Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico d'Abruzzo.

di Sarra, A., L. Bernardini, M. Cacciani, G. Fiocco and D. Fuà (1998), Stratospheric aerosols observed by lidar over northern Greenland in the aftermath of the Pinatubo eruption, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 13873-13891. doi:10.1029/98JD00901.

1997

Benedetti, A., A. di Sarra, G. Fiocco and D. Fuà (1997), Cirrus clouds at Thule, Greenland, during summer: lidar observations and influence on the planetary radiative budget, in IRS 96: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, 23-26, edited by W.L. Smith and K. Stamnes, A. Deepak Publishing, Hampton, VA.

Fiocco, G., N. Larsen, S. Bekki, C. David, A.R. MacKenzie, T. Peter, A. di Sarra and S. Spreng (1997), Particles in the stratosphere, in European Research on the Stratosphere: The Contribution of EASOE and SESAME to our current Understanding of the Ozone Layer, 61-91, Europen Commission, EUR 16986, 283 pp., Luxembourg.

Marenco, F., A. di Sarra, M. Cacciani, G. Fiocco, and D. Fuà (1997), Thermal structure of the winter middle atmosphere observed by lidar at Thule, Greenland, during 1993-94, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 59, 151-158, doi:10.1016/1364-6826(95)00198-0.

1996

Fiocco, G., M. Cacciani, A. di Sarra, D. Fuà, P. Colagrande, G. De Bendetti and R. Viola (1996), The evolution of the Pinatubo stratospheric aerosol layer observed by lidar at South Pole, Rome, Thule: a summary of results, in The Mt. Pinatubo Eruption: Effects on the Atmosphere and Climate, NATO/ASI Series, Vol. I 42, 17-32, G. Fiocco, D. Fuà and G. Visconti eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

1995

di Sarra, A., M. Cacciani, G. Fiocco, D. Fuà, T.S. Jørgensen, B. Knudsen, N. Larsen and I.B. Mikkelsen (1995), Ozone and aerosol correlated observations at Thule, Greenland, in the period 1991-1994, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 25965-25977. doi:10.1029/95JD02906.

1994

Di Girolamo, P., M. Cacciani, A. di Sarra, G. Fiocco and D. Fuà (1994), Lidar observations of the Pinatubo aerosol layer at Thule, Greenland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1295-1298, doi:10.1029/93GL02892.

Larsen, N., B. Knudsen, T.S. Jørgensen, A. di Sarra, D. Fuà, P. Di Girolamo, G. Fiocco, M. Cacciani, J.M. Rosen and N.T. Kjome (1994), Backscatter measurements of stratospheric aerosols at Thule during January-February 1992, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1303-1306, doi:10.1029/93GL02896.

Neuber, R., G. Beyerle, G. Fiocco, A. di Sarra, K.H. Fricke, C. David, S. Godin, L. Stefanutti, G. Vaughan and J.P. Wolf (1994), Latitudinal distribution of stratospheric aerosols during the EASOE winter 1991/92, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1283-1286, doi:10.1029/93GL02890.

1992

di Sarra, A., M. Cacciani, P. Di Girolamo, G. Fiocco, D. Fuà, B. Knudsen, N. Larsen and T.S. Jørgensen (1992), Observations of correlated behavior of stratospheric ozone and aerosol at Thule during winter 1991-92, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1823-1826, doi:10.1029/92GL01887.