Markus Furger

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Research Activities / Specialties

• Elemental analysis of aerosols with synchrotron radiation induced x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (synchrotron XRF)
• Aerosol measurements in Alpine valleys and other complex terrain
• Climatological studies of the wind field and air pollutants in the lower troposphere in the vicinity of mountain ranges
• Meteorological and atmospheric-chemical field experiments in the Alps (ALPEX, Pollumet, VOTALP, Ecomont, LOOP/PIPAPO, MAP, CARBOMONT, Aerowood, APART, Megapoli)
• Development of remote sensing applications in mountainous terrain (scintillometer, sodar, radar wind profilers)
• Flux and budget estimation techniques for data analyses of composite measurement systems (aircraft, remote sensing instruments, eddy correlation)
• Webmaster of the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry
• Construction of a smog chamber, with emphasis on illumination aspects
• Editor, Meteorologische Zeitschrift (2001-2006)

• Richard, A., N. Bukowiecki, P. Lienemann, M. Furger, M. Fierz, M. C. Minguillón, B. Weideli, R. Figi, U. Flechsig, K. Appel, A. S. H. Prévôt, and U. Baltensperger, 2010: Quantitative sampling and analysis of trace elements in atmospheric aerosols: impactor characterization and Synchrotron-XRF mass calibration. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 1473-1485.
• Bukowiecki, N., P. Lienemann, M. Hill, R. Figi, A. Richard, M. Furger, K. Rickers, G. Falkenberg, Y. J. Zhao, S. S. Cliff, A. S. H. Prevot, U. Baltensperger, B. Buchmann, and R. Gehrig, 2009: Real-World Emission Factors for Antimony and Other Brake Wear Related Trace Elements: Size-Segregated Values for Light and Heavy Duty Vehicles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 43, 8072-8078.
• Bukowiecki, N., R. Richter, M. Furger, E. Weingartner, M. Aguirre, T. Huthwelker, P. Lienemann, R. Gehrig, and U. Baltensperger, 2009: Deposition uniformity and particle size distribution of ambient aerosol collected with a rotating drum impactor. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 43, 891-901.
  
• Baltensperger, U., and M. Furger, 2008: Aerosol chemistry in remote locations. In: Environmental chemistry of aerosols, I. Colbeck, Ed., Blackwell Publishing, 217-252.
  
• Bukowiecki, N., P. Lienemann, C. N. Zwicky, M. Furger, A. Richard, G. Falkenberg, K. Rickers, D. Grolimund, C. Borca, M. Hill, R. Gehrig, and U. Baltensperger, 2008: X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for high throughput analysis of atmospheric aerosol samples: The benefits of synchrotron X-rays. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 63, 929-938 doi:910.1016/j.sab.2008.1005.1006.
• Rogiers, N., F. Conen, M. Furger, R. Stöckli, and W. Eugster, 2008: Impact of past and present land-management on the C-balance of a grassland in the Swiss Alps. Glob. Change Biol., 14, 2613-2625 doi:2610.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01680.x.
• Drobinski, P., R. Steinacker, H. Richner, K. Baumann-Stanzer, G. Beffrey, B. Benech, H. Berger, B. Chimani, A. Dabas, M. Dorninger, B. Dürr, C. Flamant, M. Frioud, M. Furger, I. Gröhn, S. Gubser, T. Gutermann, C. Häberli, E. Häller-Scharnhorst, G. Jaubert, M. Lothon, V. Mitev, U. Pechinger, M. Piringer, M. Ratheiser, D. Ruffieux, G. Seiz, M. Spatzierer, S. Tschannett, S. Vogt, R. Werner, and G. Zängl, 2007: Föhn in the Rhine Valley during MAP: A review of its multiscale dynamics in complex valley geometry. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 133, 897-916 doi: 810.1002/qj.1070.

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Education

Honors

• 1990: Meteotest Award (1st prize) for Ph.D. Dissertation
• 2003: PSI Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation (PSI Award for Science Communication)

Memberships

• Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)
• Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Member of the Swiss Society of Meteorology (SGM) (President 2008-2011)
• Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
• IAMAS National Correspondent for Switzerland (2007- )