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CURRICULUM VITAE
WENCHE AAS
Current position
Senior scientist, Atmospheric and Climate Research (ATMOS)
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Contact details
Tlf. +47 6389 8160 Mobile: +47 930 40 491 E-mail: waa@nilu.no
Homepage: http://zardoz.nilu.no/~wenche/
Personalia
Born: 6 April 1969
Nationality:
Norwegian
Sex:
Female
Languages:
Norwegian (native), English (fluently), German (some)
Education
Ph.D. (fil. dr.) (1995 – 1999) at the department of inorganic chemistry, Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH), Sweden. Title of the thesis: Constitution, Dynamics and Structure of
Binary and Ternary Actinide Complexes ISSN 0348-825x. Supervised by Professor
Ingmar Grenthe.
Master degree (Cand. Scient.) (1992 – 1994) at the department of organic chemistry,
University of Oslo. Supervised by Professor Mats Tilset.
Post Education/Courses:
Human geography and poverty questions (SGO2500: North/South Development,
TV1200: International politics I, STV1214: International politics on environment and
resources, ECON1910: Poverty and distribution in developing countries, SGO1001:
Introduction to human geography). University of Oslo (2008)
BIK6500. Introduction course in project management. Handelshøyskolen BI (2005)
Atmospheric chemistry and air pollution meteorology. Stockholm University (2003)
Positions
2004 – present: Senior scientist, NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research.
Acting Deputy Director at the Atmospheric and Climate Research
April 1999 – 2005 Scientist: NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research
1991 - 1998: Various teaching assignments in chemistry at different universities
(Oslo, Ås and Stockholm) and at a gymnasium (Oslo Handelsgymnasium)
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Main areas of work and projects
Norwegian monitoring programme of long-range transboundary air pollution on behalf
of the Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet). Project leader for the
topics acidification, eutrophication, short lived climate forces, troposphere ozone and
particulate matter, 1999-present.
The European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) on behalf of UN-ECE.
Responsible at EMEP/CCC for the work related to QA/QC, acidification
eutrophication, heavy metals. Coordinating the intensive measurement periods in
cooperation with several EU projects (i.e. ACTRIS, EUSAAR and EUCAARI), 1999-
present.
Project leader of NILU’s Strategic Institute Programme (SIS), Source apportionment
of short lived climate forcers, 2013-2016. Financed through the Norwegian Research
Council (NFR).
Responsible for data handling and reporting to AMAP (Arctic Monitoring and
Assessment Programme), CAMP (The Comprehensive Atmospheric Monitoring
Programme under OSPAR) and HELCOM (Convention on the Protection of the
Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area), 2001- present.
Project leader for the atmospheric monitoring program at Troll in Antarctica. Financed
through the NARE programme (NFR/NP). 2010-present
Work Package leader in the Norwegian Research Council (NFR) project ECOBREM
(Ecological consequences of increased biomass removal from forests in Norway), lead
by the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, 2009-2013.
The Marine Pollution Monitoring Programme (Tilførselsprogrammet) on behalf of
Klif/NIVA. Assessing the impact of pollutants to the marine areas surrounding the
Norwegian coast. Project leader for NILU's part of the project, 2009-2013.
Building up monitoring capacities in countries in the Eurasia region (Kazakhstan,
Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Azerbaijan) on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and UNECE, 2005-2013.
Responsible for developing a new CEN (European Committee for Standardization)
standard for measuring atmospheric deposition of heavy metals, 2006-2009
Integrated Monitoring Programme on Acidification of Chinese Terrestrial
System (IMPACT). Build up monitoring capacities at five rural sites in China.
Project leader for NILU's part of the project, on behalf of NORAD/NIVA, 1999-2004.
Professional societies
Member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Precipitation Chemistry in
WMO/GAW: http://qasac-americas.org/content/pc-sag
Nominated expert to the CEN/TC 264/WG 34: Anions and cations in PM 2.5
Past memberships:
Member of the Scientific Steering Committee in ACCENT's access to infrastructure
Member of the Expert panel on Deposition in UNECE WGE ICP Forest.
Convenor of the CEN/TC 264 WG20: Deposition of heavy metals
Social networks
2002 – present. Leader of the sport organisation at NILU
2002 – present. Member of the social welfare group at NILU
2010 – present. Member of the local committee at Bjølsen in Oslo for “TV-aksjonen”.
An annual national fundraising for charities.
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Wenche Aas
Publications in peer reviewed journals, ResearcherID: K-6439-2012
Maria Stock, Christoph Ritter, Veijo Aaltonen, Wenche Aas, Dorthe Handor, Andreas Herber, Renate Treeisen Klaus Dethloff (2013)
Where does the optically active aerosol in Ny-Ålesund come from? Tellus. Submittet
Robert Vet, Richard S. Artz, Mike Shaw, Chul-Un Ro, Silvina Carou, Wenche Aas, Alex Baker, Van C. Bowersox, Frank Dentener, Corinne
Galy-Lacaux, Amy Hou, Jacobus J. Pienaar, Robert Gillett, M. Cristina Forti, Sergey Gromov, Hiroshi Hara, Tamara Khodzher, Natalie M.
Mahowald, Slobodan Nickovic, P.S.P. Rao, and Neville W. Reid (2013) A global assessment of precipitation chemistry and deposition
Atmospheric Environment. Submitted.
1. N. Pirrone, W. Aas, S. Cinnirella, R. Ebinghaus, I. M. Hedgecock, J. Pacyna, F. Sprovieri, E.M. Sunderland. (2013).
Toward the next generation of air quality monitoring: Mercury.. Atmospheric Environment. In press
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.06.053
2. Karlsson, P.E., Ferm, M., Tømmervik, H., Hole, L.R., Karlsson, G.P., Ruoho-Airola, T., Aas, W., Hellsten, S., Akselsson,
C., Mikkelsen, T.N., Nihlgård, B. (2013) Biomass burning in eastern Europe during spring 2006 caused high deposition of
ammonium in northern Fennoscandia. Environ. Pollut., 176, 71-79. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2012.12.006.
3. Björkman, M., Kühnel, R., Partridge, D., Roberts, T., Aas, W., Mazzola, M., Viola, A., Hodson, A., Ström, J., and
Isaksson, E. (2013). Nitrate dry deposition in Svalbard. Tellus B, 65. 19071. doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19071
4. W. Aas, S. Tsyro, E. Bieber, R. Bergström, D. Ceburnis, T. Ellermann, H. Fagerli, M. Frölich, R. Gehrig, U. Makkonen, E.
Nemitz, R. Otjes, N. Perez, C. Perrino, A. S. H. Prévôt, J.-P. Putaud, D. Simpson, G. Spindler, M. Vana, and K. E. Yttri
(2012). Lessons learnt from the first EMEP intensive measurement periods. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 8073-8094,
doi:10.5194/acp-12-8073-2012, 2012.
5. K. Tørseth, W. Aas, K. Breivik, A. M. Fjæraa, M. Fiebig, A. G. Hjellbrekke, C. Lund Myhre, S. Solberg, and K. E. Yttri
(2012). Introduction to the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and observed atmospheric
composition change during 1972–2009. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 5447-5481, doi:10.5194/acp-12-5447-2012, 2012
6. Kühnel, R., Roberts, T.J., Björkman, M.P., Isaksson, E., Aas, W., Holmén, K., Ström, J. (2011) 20-year climatology of
NO3- and NH4+ wet deposition at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Adv. Meteorol., 2011, Art. id. 406508.
doi:10.1155/2011/406508.D
7. S. Tsyro, W. Aas, J. Soares, M. Sofiev, H. Berge, and G. Spindler (2011) Modelling of sea salt pollution over Europe: key
uncertainties and comparison with observations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10367-10388, 2011
8. Fischer R, Aas W, De Vries W, Clarke N, Cudlin P, Leaver D, Lundin L, Matteucci G, Matyssek R, Mikkelsen TN, Mirtl
M, Öztürk Y, Papale D, Potocic N, Simpson D, Tuovinen J-P, Vesala T, Wieser G, Paoletti E, (2011). Towards a
transnational system of supersites for forest monitoring and research in Europe - an overview on present state and future
recommendations. iForest 4: 167-171.
9. Sarah E. Godsey, Wenche Aas, Thomas A. Clair, Heleen A. de Wit, Ivan J. Fernandez, J. Steve Kahl, Iain A. Malcolm,
Colin Neal, Margaret Neal, Sarah J. Nelson, Stephen A. Norton, Marisa C. Palucis, Brit Lisa Skjelkvåle, Chris Soulsby,
Doerthe Tetzlaff and James W. Kirchner (2010) Generality of fractal 1/f scaling in catchment tracer time series, and its
implications for catchment travel time distributions Hydrological Processes. 24, 12, 1660–1671, DOI : 10.1002/hyp.7677
10. Wenche Aas, Laurent Y. Alleman, Elke Bieber, Peter Coleman, Dieter Gladtke, Jean-Luc Houdret, Vuokko Karlsson, and
Christian Monies (2009). Comparison of methods for measuring atmospheric deposition of lead, cadmium, arsenic and
nickel. J. Environ. Monit., 2009,11, 1276-1283. DOI: 10.1039/B822330K
11. Jozef M. Pacyna, Elisabeth G. Pacyna and Wenche Aas (2009). Changes of emissions and atmospheric deposition of
mercury, lead, and cadmium in Europe. Atmospheric Environment. 43, 1, 117-127. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.066.
12. Torunn Berg, Wenche Aas, Jozef Pacyna, Hilde T. Uggerud and Marit Vadset (2008) Atmospheric trace metal
concentrations at Norwegian background sites during 25 years, and its relation to European emissions. Atmospheric
Environment. 42, 7494-7501. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.020.
13. Lars R. Hole, Heleen de Wit and Wenche Aas (2008) Influence of summer and winter climate variability on nitrogen wet
deposition in Norway. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 12, 405-414.
14. Hilde Fagerli and Wenche Aas (2008) Trends of nitrogen in air and precipitation: Model results and observations at EMEP
sites in Europe, 1980–2003. Environmental Pollution. 154, 3, 448-461. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.024
15. K. E. Yttri, W. Aas, A. Bjerke, D. Ceburnis, C. Dye, L. Emblico, M. C. Facchini, C. Forster, J. E. Hanssen, H. C. Hansson,
S. G. Jennings, W. Maenhaut, J. P. Putaud, K. Tørseth (2007) Elemental and organic carbon in PM10: a one year
measurement campaign within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme EMEP. Atmospheric Chemistry and
Physics 7, 5711-5725.
16. Wenche Aas, Min Shao, Lei Jin, Thorjørn Larssen, Dawei Zhao, Renjun Xiang, Jinhong Zhang, Jinsong Xiao Lei Duan
(2007) Air concentrations and wet deposition of major inorganic ions at five non-urban sites in China, 2001-2003.
Atmospheric Environment 41, 8, 1706-1716, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.030
17. Wenche Aas, Jan Schaug and Jan Erik Hanssen (2007) Field intercomparison of main components in air in EMEP. Water,
Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus, 7:25–310 DOI 10.1007/s11267-006-9085-7
18. Thorjørn Larssen, Espen Lydersen, Dagang Tang, Yi He, Jixi Gao, Haiying Liu, Lei Duan, Hans M. Seip, Rolf D. Vogt,
Jan Mulder, Min Shao, Yanhui Wang, He Shang, Xiaoshan Zhang, Svein Solberg, Wenche Aas, Tonje Okland, Odd
Eilertsen, Valter Angell, Quanru Li, Dawei Zhao, Renjun Xiang, Jinshong Xiao, Jiahai Luo (2006) Acid Rain in China.
Environmental Science & Technology, 40, pp. 418-425
19. Wenche Aas and Arne Semb (2001) Standardisation of methods for long-term monitoring. "Water Air and Soil Pollution,
130, 1595-1600.
20. Kjetil Tørseth, Wenche Aas and Sverre Solberg (2001) Trend in airborne sulphur and nitrogen compounds in Norway
during 1985-1996 in relation to air mass origin. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 130, 1493-1498.
21. Brit Lisa Skjelkvåle, Kjetil Tørseth, Wenche Aas and Tom Andersen (2001) Decrease in Acid Deposition -Recovery in
Norwegian waters. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 130, 1433-1438.
22. Wenche Aas and Maria H. Johansson (1999) Structure of the sodium salt of the ternary uranyl-picolinate-fluoride complex:
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[UO2(picolinate)F3]Na2(H2O) 4]. Acta Chemica Scandinavica. 53, 8, 581-583
23. Wenche Aas, Zoltán Szabó and Ingmar Grenthe (1999) Equilibrium and Dynamics in the binary and ternary uranyl(VI)
oxalate and acetate/fluoride complexes. Journal of Chemical Society, Dalton transactions, 8, 1311-1318
24. Wenche Aas, Elke Steinler, Thomas Fanghänel and Jae Il Kim (1999) "Thermodynamics of Cm(III) in concentrated
electrolyte solutions. Fluoride complexation in I = 1 m NaCl at 25°C."Radiochimica Acta, 84/2, 85-88
25. Wenche Aas, Alexander Moukhamet-Galeev and Ingmar Grenthe (1998) "Complex Formation in the Ternary U(VI)-F-L
System (L = Carbonate, Oxalate, and Picolinate)." Radiochimica Acta 82, 77-82.
26. Zoltán Szabó, Wenche Aas and Ingmar Grenthe (1997) Structure, Isomerism, and Ligand Dynamics in Dioxouranium(VI)
Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry 1997, 36, 5369-5375.
Book chapters and assessments
Moldanova, J., Grennfelt, P., Jonsson, Å., Simpson, D., Spranger, T., Aas, W., Munthe, J., Rabl, A. (2011) Nitrogen as a threat to European
air quality. I: The European nitrogen assessment - sources, effects and policy perspectives. Red.: Sutton, M.A. et al. Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, s. 405-433.
Simpson, D., Aas, W., Bartnicki, J., Berge, H., Bleeker, A., Cuvelier, K., Dentener, F., Dore, T., Erisman, J.W., Fagerli, H., Felchard, C.,
Hertel, O., Jaarsveld, H. van, Jenkin, M., Schaap, M., Semeena, V.S., Thunis, P., Vautard, R., Vieno, M. (2011) Atmospheric transport and
deposition of reactive nitrogen in Europe. I: The European nitrogen assessment - sources, effects and policy perspectives. Red.: Sutton, M.A.
et al. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, s. 298-316.
Tørseth, K., Fagerli, H., Aas, W., Hole, L. (2011) Major achievements during the COST Action 729. I: Assessing and managing nitrogen
fluxes in the atmosphere-biosphere system in Europe. Cost Action 729 Final Report. Brussels, COST, s. 142-144.
Aas, W. (2009) Analytical procedures for measuring precipitation quality used within the EMEP monitoring program. I: Analytical
measurements in aquatic environments. CRC Press. Red.: J. Namiesnik and P. Szefer. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press (Analytical chemistry
series). , s. 399-412.
Schaug, J., Solberg, S., Tørseth, K., Barrett, K., Hole, L., Aas, W. (2004) National assessments Norway. EMEP assessment, Part II: National
contributions. Ed. by J. Bartnicki and G. Lövblad. Oslo, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, 2004. pp. 157-173
Scientific reports in 2012
(In total more than 100 reports)
The Norwegian national monitoring programme (Klif)
Aas, W., Hjellbrekke, A., Hole, L., Tørseth, K. (2012) Deposition of major inorganic compounds in Norway 2007-2011. Kjeller, NILU (Klif
report nr: 1136/2012). NILU OR 41/2012.
Lund, E. Aas, W., Høgåsen T. and Larssen. T. (2012) Exceedances of critical loads for acidification of surface water and soil and for nitrogen
effects on vegetation in Norway 2007–2011. In Norwegian. Oslo, NIVA. (Klif report nr 1135/2012 and TA 2991/2012). NIVA report 6448-
2012.
Aas, W., Solberg, S., Manø, S., Yttri, K.E. (2012) Monitoring of long-range transboundary air pollution. Annual report 2011. In Norwegian.
Kjeller, NILU (Klif report nr 1126/2012 and TA-2940/2012). NILU OR 19/2012.
Schartau, A.K., Fjellheim, A., Walseng, B., Skjelkvåle, B.L., Framstad, E., Halvorsen, G.A., Bruteig, I.E., Røsberg, I., Kålås, J.A.,
Nordbakken, J-F., Yttri, K.E., Andreassen, K., Skancke, L.B., Evju, M., Clarke, N., Aarrestad, P.A., Saksgård, R., Manø, S., Solberg, S.,
Jensen, T.C., Økland, T., Høgåsen, T., Hesthagen, T., Bakkestuen, V., Timmermann, V., Aas, W. (2012). Monitoring of long-range
transboundary air pollution. Summary report 2011. Oslo, NIVA In Norwegian. (Klif report nr 1121/2012 and TA 2933/2012). NIVA report
6379-2012.
Andreassen, K. Timmermann, V., Clarke, N., Solheim. H., Aas. W (2012) Norwegian monitoring programme for forest damage. Annual
report 2011. In Norwegian, Ås, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Report nr 18/12.
Green, N.W., Heldal, H.E., Måge, A., Aas, W., Gäfvert, T., Schrum, C., Boitsov, S., Breivik, K., Iosjpe, M., Yakushev, E., Skogen, M.,
Høgåsen, T., Eckhardt, S., Christiansen, A.B., Daae, K.L., Durand, D., Ledang, A.B., Jaccard, P.F. (2012). Marine Pollution and Monitoring
programme. Report for the Norwegian Sea 2011 In Norwegian. Oslo, NIVA (Klif report nr 1123/2012 and TA-2935/2012 ). NIVA report
6360-2012.
Allan, I.J., Aas, W., Langford. K., Christiansen, G., Green, N.W., Bæk, K., Breivik, K., Ranneklev S. (2012) Marine Pollution and
Monitoring programme. Passive air and water sampling at Andøya, Bjørnøya and Jan Mayen, 2010-2011. (Klif report nr 1125/2012 and TA-
2937/2012). NIVA Report 6366-2012.
The European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)
(to be downloaded from http://www.emep.int/emep_publications.html)
Aas, W. and Breivik K. (2012). Heavy metals and POP measurements 2010, Kjeller NILU, EMEP/CCC-Report 3/2012
Schlabach, M., Farag-Clement, R., Hung, H., Kallenborn, R., Su, Y. and Aas, W. (2012) AMAP/EMEP/NCP inter-laboratory study for POP
analysis 2010, Kjeller NILU, EMEP/CCC-Report 07/2011.
Yttri, K.E., Aas, W., Tørseth, K., Kristiansen, N.I., Myhre, C.L., Tsyro, S., Simpson, D., Bergström, R., Mareckova, K., Wankmüller, R.,
Klimont, Z., Amman, M., Kouvarakis, G.N., Laj, P., Pappalardo, G. and Prevot, A. (2012) Transboundary particulate matter in Europe.
Kjeller NILU, EMEP Status report 4/2012.
Fagerli, H., Gauss, M., Benedictow, A., Jonson, J.E., Nyiri, A., Schulz, M., Simpson, D., Steensen, B.M., Tsyro, S., Valdebenito, A., Wind,
P., Shamsudheen, S.V., Aas, W., Hjelbrekke, A.-G., Mareckova, K., Wankmuller, R., Solberg, S., Svendby, T., Vieno, M., Thunis, P.,
Cuvelier, K., Koffi, B. and Bengtström (2012). Transboundary acidification, eutrophication and ground level ozone in Europe in 2010. Oslo,
Norwegian Meteorological Institute. EMEP status report 1/2012.
Travnikov, O., Ilyin, I., Rozovskaya, O., Varygina, M., Mareckova, K., Wabkemueller, R. Aas, W. and Uggerud, H.T. (2012) Heavy metals:
transboundary pollution of the environment. Moscow/Kjeller, Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - East - MSC-E/Chemical Coordinating
Centre – CCC. EMEP Status Report 2/2012
Shatalov, V, Gusev, A., Dutchak, S., Rozovskaya, O., Sokovykh, V., Vulykh, N., Aas, W. and Breivik, K. (2012) Persistent organic
pollutants in the environment. Moscow/Kjeller, Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - East - MSC-E/Chemical Coordinating Centre – CCC.
EMEP Status Report 3/2012.
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