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     2026

     2025

  1. Bessagnet, B., Thapa, N., Bajgai, D. P., Sahu, R., Saikia, A., Cholakian, A., ... & Gurung, K. (2025). High resolution air quality simulation in the Himalayan valleys, a case study in Bhutan. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25(24), 18675-18696.
  2. Ghosh, S., Cholakian, A., Mailler, S., & Menut, L.. Representing improved tropospheric ozone distribution over the Northern Hemisphere by including lightning NO x emissions in CHIMERE. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25(12), 6273-6297, 2025.
  3. Bettineschi, M., Vitali, B., Cholakian, A., Zardi, D., Bianchi, F., Sinclair, V., ... & Ciarelli, G.. Across land, sea, and mountains: sulphate aerosol sources and transport dynamics over the northern Apennines. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 5(9), 1023-1034, 2025.
  4. Vida, M., Foret, G., Siour, G., Jaffrezo, J. L., Favez, O., Cholakian, A., ... & Beekmann, M. Modelling oxidative potential of atmospheric particle: A 2-year study over France. Science of The Total Environment, 967, 178813, 2025.
  5. Ciarelli, G., Cholakian, A., Bettineschi, M., Vitali, B., Bessagnet, B., Sinclair, V. A., ... & Bianchi, F. The impact of the Himalayan aerosol factory: results from high resolution numerical modelling of pure biogenic nucleation over the Himalayan valleys. Faraday Discussions, 2025.
     2024

  6. Bessagnet, B., Cuvelier, K., de Meij, A., Monteiro, A., Pisoni, E., Thunis, P., ... & Trimpeneers, E. (2024). Assessment of the sensitivity of model responses to urban emission changes in support of emission reduction strategies. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 17(4), 681-706, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-023-01469-z , 2024.
  7. Mailler, S., Mallios, S., Cholakian, A., Amiridis, V., Menut, L., & Pennel, R. (2024). New explicit formulae for the settling speed of prolate spheroids in the atmosphere: theoretical background and implementation in AerSett v2. 0.2. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(14), 5641-5655, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5641-2024 , 2024.
  8. Vitali, B., Bettineschi, M., Cholakian, A., Zardi, D., Bianchi, F., Sinclair, V. A., ... & Ciarelli, G. (2024). Analysis of chemical and transport processes of biogenic aerosols over the northern Apennines: insights from the WRF-CHIMERE model. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 4(9), 967-987, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EA00040D, 2024.
  9. Ciarelli, G., Tahvonen, S., Cholakian, A., Bettineschi, M., Vitali, B., Petäjä, T., & Bianchi, F. (2024). On the formation of biogenic secondary organic aerosol in chemical transport models: an evaluation of the WRF-CHIMERE (v2020r2) model with a focus over the Finnish boreal forest. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(2), 545-565, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-545-2024, 2024.
  10. Vida, M., Foret, G., Siour, G., Couvidat, F., Favez, O., Uzu, G., ... & Jaffrezo, J. L. (2024). Modelling of atmospheric concentrations of fungal spores: a 2-year simulation over France using CHIMERE. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(18), 10601-10615, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10601-2024, 2024.
  11. Bessagnet, B., Bossioli, E., Cholakian, A., Vivanco, M.G., Cuvelier, K., Theobald, M.R., Gil, V., Menut, L., de Meij, A., Pisoni, E. and Thunis, P.: Impact of air quality model settings for the evaluation of emission reduction strategies to curb air pollution. Environmental Research, p.119112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119112, 2024.
  12. Menut, L., Bessagnet, B., Cholakian, A., Siour, G., Mailler, S. and Pennel, R.: What is the relative impact of nudging and online coupling on meteorological variables, pollutant concentrations and aerosol optical properties?. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(9), pp.3645-3665. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3645-2024, 2024.
  13. Bessagnet, B., Cuvelier, K., de Meij, A., Monteiro, A., Pisoni, E., Thunis, P., Violaris, A., Kushta, J., Denby, B.R., Mu, Q. and Wærsted, E.G.: Assessment of the sensitivity of model responses to urban emission changes in support of emission reduction strategies. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 17(4), pp.681-706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-023-01469-z, 2024.
  14. Ciarelli, G., Tahvonen, S., Cholakian, A., Bettineschi, M., Vitali, B., Petäjä, T. and Bianchi, F.: On the formation of biogenic secondary organic aerosol in chemical transport models: an evaluation of the WRF-CHIMERE (v2020r2) model with a focus over the Finnish boreal forest. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(2), pp.545-565. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-545-2024, 2024.
    15.  2023

  15. Menut, L., Cholakian, A., Siour, G., Lapere, R., Pennel, R., Mailler, S. and Bessagnet, B.: Impact of Landes forest fires on air quality in France during the 2022 summer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23(13), pp.7281-7296.https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-7281-2023, 2023.
  16. Mailler, S., Pennel, R., Menut, L., and Cholakian, A.: An improved version of the piecewise parabolic method advection scheme: description and performance assessment in a bidimensional test case with stiff chemistry in toyCTM v1.0.1. Geoscientific Model Development, 16(24), pp.7509--7526. https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/7509/2023/, 2023.
  17. Cholakian, A.; Beekmann, M.; Siour, G.; Coll, I.; Cirtog, M.; Ormeño, E.; Flaud, P.M.; Perraudin, E.; Villenave, E.: Simulation of organic aerosol, its precursors, and related oxidants in the Landes pine forest in southwestern France: accounting for domain-specific land use and physical conditions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23(6), pp.3679-3706, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3679-2023, 2023.
  18. Mailler, S., Menut, L., Cholakian, A., and Pennel, R.: AerSett v1.0: a simple and straightforward model for the settling speed of big spherical atmospheric aerosols, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 1119-1127, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1119-2023, 2023.
  19. Cholakian, A.; Bessagnet, B.; Menut, L.; Pennel, R.; Mailler, S. Anthropogenic Emission Scenarios over Europe with the WRF-CHIMERE-v2020 Models: Impact of Duration and Intensity of Reductions on Surface Concentrations during the Winter of 2015. Atmosphere, 14, 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14020224,2023.
  20. Guion, A., Turquety, S., Cholakian, A., Polcher, J., Ehret, A., and Lathiere, J.: Biogenic isoprene emissions, dry deposition velocity, and surface ozone concentration during summer droughts, heatwaves, and normal conditions in southwestern Europe, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 1043-1071, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1043-2023, 2023.
    21.  2022

  21. Menut, L., Siour, G., Bessagnet, B., Cholakian, A., Pennel, R., & Mailler, S.: Impact of wildfires on mineral dust emissions in Europe. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037395, 2022.
  22. Lachatre, M., Mailler, S., Menut, L., Cholakian, A., Sellitto, P., Siour, G., Guermazi, H., Salerno, G., and Giammanco, S.: Modelling SO2 conversion into sulfates in the mid-troposphere with a 3D chemistry transport model: the case of Mount Etna's eruption on 12 April 2012, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 13861-13879, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13861-2022, 2022.
  23. Cholakian, A., Beekmann, M., Siour, G., Coll, I., Cirtog, M., Ormeno, E., Flaud, P.-M., Perraudin, E., and Villenave, E.: Simulation of organic aerosol, its precursors and related oxidants in the Landes pine forest in south-western France: Need to account for domain specific land-use and physical conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2022-697, in review, 2022.
    24.  2021

  24. Menut, L., Bessagnet, B., Briant, R., Cholakian, A., Couvidat, F., Mailler, S., Pennel, R., Siour, G., Tuccella, P., Turquety, S., and Valari, M.: The CHIMERE v2020r1 online chemistry-transport model, Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 6781-6811, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6781-2021, 2021.
  25. Cholakian, A., Coll, I., Colette, A. and Beekmann, M.: Exposure of the population of southern France to air pollutants in future climate case studies. Atmospheric Environment, 264, p.118689, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118689, 2021.
    26.  2020

  26. Menut, L., Bessagnet, B., Siour, G., Mailler, S., Pennel, R. and Cholakian, A.: Impact of lockdown measures to combat Covid-19 on air quality over western Europe. Science of the Total Environment, 741, p.140426, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140426, 2021.
     2019

  27. Ciarelli, G., Theobald, M. R., Vivanco, M. G., Beekmann, M., Aas, W., Andersson, C., Bergström, R., Manders-Groot, A., Couvidat, F., Mircea, M., Tsyro, S., Fagerli, H., Mar, K., Raffort, V., Roustan, Y., Pay, M.-T., Schaap, M., Kranenburg, R., Adani, M., Briganti, G., Cappelletti, A., D'Isidoro, M., Cuvelier, C., Cholakian, A., Bessagnet, B., Wind, P., and Colette, A.: Trends of inorganic and organic aerosols and precursor gases in Europe: insights from the EURODELTA multi-model experiment over the 1990-2010 period, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 4923-4954, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4923-2019, 2019.
  28. Cholakian, A., Beekmann, M., Coll, I., Ciarelli, G., and Colette, A.: Biogenic secondary organic aerosol sensitivity to organic aerosol simulation schemes in climate projections, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 13209-13226, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13209-2019, 2019.
  29. Cholakian, A., Colette, A., Coll, I., Ciarelli, G., and Beekmann, M.: Future climatic drivers and their effect on PM10 components in Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 4459-4484, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4459-2019, 2019.
  30. Cholakian, A., Beekmann, M., Coll, I., Ciarelli, G., and Colette, A.: Biogenic secondary organic aerosol sensitivity to organic aerosol simulation schemes in climate projections, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 13209-13226, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13209-2019, 2019.
    31.  2018

  31. Cholakian, A., Beekmann, M., Colette, A., Coll, I., Siour, G., Sciare, J., Marchand, N., Couvidat, F., Pey, J., Gros, V., Sauvage, S., Michoud, V., Sellegri, K., Colomb, A., Sartelet, K., Langley DeWitt, H., Elser, M., Prévot, A. S. H., Szidat, S., and Dulac, F.: Simulation of fine organic aerosols in the western Mediterranean area during the ChArMEx 2013 summer campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 7287-7312, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7287-2018, 2018.