Publications

2026Atmos. Res.
A multi-station climatology of the Maltese Islands: coastal, topographic, and urban drivers of intra-island variabilityUnder review
Ciarlo, J. M., Vella, R., Cauchi, J. P., Camilleri, S., Micallef, A., Coppola, E., Micallef, A., Mifsud, D.
2026EGUsphere · preprint
Aerosol–cloud interactions influence the climate response to AMOC weakeningUnder review
Vella, R., Lohmann, U.
2026EGUsphere · preprint
Global atmospheric aerosol distributions and composition from the Earth’s surface to the stratosphereUnder review
Kohl, M., Brühl, C., Tost, H., Xenofontos, C., Christoudias, T., Gromov, S., Appel, O., Borrmann, S., Bourassa, A., Campuzano-Jost, P., Cheng, Y., Eppers, O., Froyd, K. D., Holanda, B. A., Jimenez, J. L., Jöckel, P., Joppe, P., Kaiser, K., Katich, J. M., Klingmüller, K., Köllner, F., Kupc, A., Martin, A., Pöhlker, C., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Rieger, L., Ruhl, S., Schill, G. P., Schneider, J., Schulz, C., Schwarz, J. P., Tsimpidi, A. P., Vella, R., Williamson, C. J., Yang, Y., Zawada, D., Lelieveld, J., Pozzer, A.
2026EGUsphere · preprint
The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) contribution to CMIP7 – description of new experimental protocols and preliminary resultsUnder review
Visioni, D., Robock, A., Duffey, A., Henry, M., Hirasawa, H., Lee, W. R., Wang, C., Roberts, K., Watanabe, S., Reboita, M. S., Sugiyama, M., Kravitz, B., Haywood, J., Tilmes, S., Bonou, F., Chen, J., Sukhodolov, T., Vattioni, S., Jörimann, A., Villanueva, D., Vella, R., Farron, P., Bednarz, E. M., Niemeier, U., Golja, C., Anel, J. A.
2026EGUsphere · preprint
Oxidation mechanisms for volatile methylated sulfur compounds and the major contribution of methanesulfonic acid to Southern Ocean aerosol particlesUnder review
Ruhl, S., Kohl, M., Baalbaki, R., Xenofontos, C., Vella, R., Gromov, S., He, X.-C., Shen, J., Alfaouri, D., Atabakhsh, S., Dada, L., DeVivo, J., Duplissy, J., El Haddad, I., Harder, H., Jokinen, T., Junninen, H., Kanawade, V. P., Sebastian, M. K., Klebach, H., Kulmala, M., Kunkler, F., Lelieveld, J., Lehtipalo, K., Lietzke, C. J., Liu, L., Mauldin, R., Mentler, B., Möhler, O., Petäjä, T., Russell, D. M., Simon, M., Thakur, R. C., Yu, W., Zhang, J., Zheng, Z., Kirkby, J., Tost, H., Christoudias, T., Sander, R., Pozzer, A.
2026Geophys. Res. Lett.
Air Quality Penalty in Southeast Asia Driven by AMOC Slowdown
Vella, R., Steil, B., Meccia, V., Tost, H., Lelieveld, J., Pozzer, A.
2025Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Changes in global atmospheric oxidant chemistry from land cover conversion
Vella, R., Gromov, S., Nussbaumer, C. M., Stecher, L., Kohl, M., Ruhl, S., Tost, H., Lelieveld, J., Pozzer, A.
2025Open Res. Europe
Insights into climate variability of the meteorological records from a background monitoring station: The Giordan Lighthouse, Gozo
Ciarlo, J. M., Vella, R., Saliba, M., Ellul, R., Micallef, A., Coppola, E., Micallef, A., Mifsud, D.
2025Nature Commun.
Impacts of convection, chemistry, and clearing on biogenic volatile organic compounds over the Amazon
Tripathi, N., Edtbauer, A., Ringsdorf, A., Wang, N., Krumm, B., Kohl, M., Vella, R., Pozzer, A., Lelieveld, J., Williams, J.
2025Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Influence of land cover change on atmospheric organic gases, aerosols, and radiative effects
Vella, R., Forrest, M., Pozzer, A., Tsimpidi, A. P., Hickler, T., Lelieveld, J., Tost, H.
2024PhD thesis · MPI-C
Bi-directional feedbacks of interactive vegetation dynamics and the atmospheric aerosol burden in the Earth system
Vella, R.
2023Biogeosciences
Changes in biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in response to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation
Vella, R., Pozzer, A., Forrest, M., Lelieveld, J., Hickler, T., Tost, H.
2023Geosci. Model Dev.
Isoprene and monoterpene simulations using the chemistry–climate model EMAC (v2.55) with interactive vegetation from LPJ-GUESS (v4.0)
Vella, R., Forrest, M., Lelieveld, J., Tost, H.
2021Front. Sustain. Cities
COVID-19-related changes in NO₂ and O₃ concentrations and associated health effects in Malta
Fenech, S., Aquilina, N. J., Vella, R.
2020J. Environ. Manag.
A photometric mapping of the night sky brightness of the Maltese islands
Caruana, J., Vella, R., Spiteri, D., Nolle, M., Fenech, S., Aquilina, N. J.

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