Publications
2025
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.
Open Research Europe, in review.
FullShifts in global atmospheric oxidant chemistry from land cover change
Vella, R.., Gromov, S., Nussbaumer, C. M., Stecher, L., Kohl, M., Ruhl, S., Tost, H., Lelieveld, J., Pozzer, A.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, accepted.
FullImpacts 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.
Nature Communications.
FullInfluence 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.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
Full
2024
- Bi-directional feedbacks of interactive vegetation dynamics and the atmospheric aerosol burden in the Earth system
Vella, R., PhD thesis.
Full
2023
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.
Biogeosciences.
FullIsoprene 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.
Geoscientific Model Development.
Full
2021
- COVID-19-related changes in NO₂ and O₃ concentrations and associated health effects in Malta
Fenech, S., Aquilina, N. J., Vella, R.
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities.
Full
2020
- 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.
Journal of Environmental Management.
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