• On presolar stardust grains from CO classical novae 

      Iliadis, Christian; Downen, Lori N.; José Pont, Jordi; Nittler, Larry R.; Starrfield, Sumner (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2018-03-10)
      Article
      Accés obert
      About 30%–40% of classical novae produce dust 20–100 days after the outburst, but no presolar stardust grains from classical novae have been unambiguously identified yet. Although several studies claimed a nova paternity ...
    • Optimizing CALIPSO saharan dust retrievals 

      Amiridis, Vassilis; Wandinger, Ulla; Marinou, E.; Giannakaki, E.; Tsekeri, A.; Basart Alpuente, Sara; Kazadzis, Stylianos; Gkikas, A.; Taylor, M.; Baldasano Recio, José María; Ansmann, Albert (2013-12-13)
      Article
      Accés obert
      We demonstrate improvements in CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) dust extinction retrievals over northern Africa and Europe when corrections are applied regarding the Saharan dust ...
    • Study: Aircraft engine degradation due to aerosol particles ingestion 

      Varese Nafá, Andrés (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-05-24)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Accés obert
      This thesis consists in studying the relation between some atmospheric contaminants hovering in the air and the aircraft engine deterioration. The contaminants can be, among others, sea salt or dust, and commercial aircraft ...