Published papers (peer-reviewed):

2024

Franco, M. A., Valiati, R., Holanda, B. A., Meller, B. B., Kremper, L. A., Rizzo, L. V., Carbone, S., Morais, F. G., Nascimento, J. P., Andreae, M. O., Cecchini, M. A., Machado, L. A. T., Ponczek, M., Pöschl, U., Walter, D., Pöhlker, C., and Artaxo, P.: Vertically resolved aerosol variability at the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory under wet-season conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 8751–8770, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8751-2024, 2024.

Franco, M. A.; Morais, F. ; RIZZO, L. V. ; PALACIOS, R. ; VALIATI, R. ; TEIXEIRA, M. ; MACHADO, LUIZ A. T. ; ARTAXO, P. . Aerosol optical depth and water vapor variability assessed through autocorrelation analysis. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, v. 136, p. 15, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-024-01011-5, 2024.

Machado, L. A. T., Kesselmeier, J., Botía, S., van Asperen, H., O. Andreae, M., de Araújo, A. C., Artaxo, P., Edtbauer, A., R. Ferreira, R., Franco, M. A., Harder, H., Jones, S. P., Dias-Júnior, C. Q., Haytzmann, G. G., Quesada, C. A., Komiya, S., Lavric, J., Lelieveld, J., Levin, I., Nölscher, A., Pfannerstill, E., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Ringsdorf, A., Rizzo, L., Yáñez-Serrano, A. M., Trumbore, S., Valenti, W. I. D., Vila-Guerau de Arellano, J., Walter, D., Williams, J., Wolff, S., and Pöhlker, C.: How rainfall events modify trace gas mixing ratios in central Amazonia, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 8893–8910, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8893-2024, 2024.

Unfer, G. R., Machado, L. A. T., Artaxo, P., Franco, M. A., Kremper, L. A., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., and Pöhlker, C.: Amazonian Aerosol Size Distributions in a Lognormal Phase Space: Characteristics and Trajectories, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-3869-2024, 2024.

Palácios, R., Castagna, D., Barbosa, L., Souza, A. P., Imbiriba, B., Zolin, C. A., Nassarden, D., Duarte, L., Morais, F. G., Franco, M. A., Cirino, G., Kuhn, P., Sodré, G., Curado, L., Basso, J., de Paulo, S. R., Rodrigues, T.: ENSO Effects on the Relationship between Aerosols and Evapotranspiration in the South of the Amazon Biome, Environmen Research, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118516

2023

Avichay Efraim, Ramon Braga; Daniel Rosenfeld; Oliver Lauer; Marco A. Franco; Leslie A. Kremper; Christopher Pöhlker; Meinrat O. Andreae; Cléo Quaresma; Mira Pöhlker. Secondary droplet activation during condensational growth in convective clouds and its detection from satellites. Atmospheric Research. v. 299. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.107196

Holanda, B. A., Franco, M. A., Walter, D., Andreae, M. O., Artaxo, P., Carbone, S., Cheng, Y., Chowdhury, S., Ditas, F., Gysel-Beer, M., Klimach, T., Kremper, L. A., Krüger, O. O., Lavric, J. V., Lelieveld, J., Ma, C., Machado, L. A. T., Morais, F. G., Modini, R. L., Pozzer, A., Saturno, J., Su, H., Wendisch, M., Wolff, S., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., and Pöhlker, C., African smoke over the Amazon rain forest. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, v. 4, p. 154, 2023. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00795-5

KHADIR, THÉODORE ; RIIPINEN, ILONA ; TALVINEN, SINI ; HESLIN'REES, DOMINIC ; PO'HLKER, CHRISTOPHER ; RIZZO, LUCIANA ; MACHADO, LUIZ A. T. ; FRANCO, MARCO A. ; KREMPER, LESLIE A. ; ARTAXO, PAULO ; PETA'JA', TUUKKA ; KULMALA, MARKKU ; TUNVED, PETER ; EKMAN, ANNICA M. L. ; KREJCI, RADOVAN ; VIRTANEN, ANNELE . Sink, Source or Something In-Between? Net Effects of Precipitation on Aerosol Particle Populations. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, v. 50, p. e2023GL104325, 2023. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL104325

VIANA, L. A. ; FRANCO, M. A. M. ; RIZZO, L. V. . Variabilidade temporal da concentração de metano na média troposfera e associação com variáveis globais e regionais no nordeste da Amazônia. Revista Brasileira de Sensoriamento Remoto, v. 4, p. 35-55, 2023. https://rbsr.com.br/index.php/RBSR/article/view/124

2022

PALÁCIOS, RAFAEL ; NASSARDEN, DANIELLE C. S. ; FRANCO, MARCO A. ; MORAIS, FERNANDO G. ; MACHADO, LUIZ A. T. ; RIZZO, LUCIANA V. ; CIRINO, GLAUBER ; PEREIRA, AUGUSTO G. C. ; RIBEIRO, PRISCILA DOS S. ; BARROS, LUCAS R. C. ; BIUDES, MARCELO S. ; CURADO, LEONE F. A. ; RODRIGUES, THIAGO R. ; MENEZES, JORGE ; LANDULFO, EDUARDO ; ARTAXO, PAULO . Evaluation of MODIS Dark Target AOD Product with 3 and 10 km Resolution in Amazonia. Atmosphere. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/11/1742

Morais, F. ; FRANCO, M. A. M. ; PALACIOS, R. ; MACHADO, LUIZ A. T. ; RIZZO, L. V. ; BARBOSA, H. ; JORGE, F. ; SCHAFER, J. ; HOLBEN, B. ; LANDULFO, E. ; ARTAXO, PAULO . Relationship between Land Use and Spatial Variability of Atmospheric Brown Carbon and Black Carbon Aerosols in Amazonia. Atmosphere. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/8/1328

NASCIMENTO, JANAINA P. ; BARBOSA, HENRIQUE M. J. ; BANDUCCI, ALESSANDRO L. ; RIZZO, LUCIANA V. ; VARA-VELA, ANGEL LIDUVINO ; MELLER, BRUNO B. ; GOMES, HELBER ; CEZAR, ANDRÉ ; FRANCO, MARCO A. ; PONCZEK, MILENA ; WOLFF, STEFAN ; BELA, MEGAN M. ; ARTAXO, PAULO . Major Regional-Scale Production of O 3 and Secondary Organic Aerosol in Remote Amazon Regions from the Dynamics and Photochemistry of Urban and Forest Emissions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c01358

Efraim, A., Lauer, O., Rosenfeld, D., Braga, R., Franco, M. A., Kremper, L. A., Zhu, Y., Pöschl, U., Pöhlker, C. Andreae, M., Artaxo, P., Araújo, A., Pöhlker, M.: Satellite-based detection of secondary droplet activation in convective clouds. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036519.

FRANCO, M. A., DITAS, F., KREMPER, L. A., MACHADO, L. A. T., ANDREAE, M. O., ARAÚJO, A., BARBOSA, H. M. J., DE BRITO, J. F., CARBONE, S., HOLANDA, B. A., MORAIS, F. G., NASCIMENTO, J. P., PÖHLKER, M. L., RIZZO, L. V., SÁ, M., SATURNO, J., WALTER, D., WOLFF, S., PÖSCHL, U., ARTAXO, P., AND PÖHLKER, C.: Occurrence and growth of sub-50 nm aerosol particles in the Amazonian boundary layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3469-2022

Artaxo, P., Hansson, H.-C., Andreae,M. O., Bäck, J., Alves, E. G., Barbosa, H. M. J., Franco, M.A., et al.: Tropical and Boreal Forest – Atmosphere Interactions: a Review, submitted to Tellus B, 2022. https://b.tellusjournals.se/articles/10.16993/tellusb.34

Lima, L. N., Reis, D. C., Sakano, V. K., Franco, M. A. , Morais, F., John, V. M.: Influence of microstructure and physical characteristics in the performance of non-professional masks sold in São Paulo. Public Health. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033350622000105?via%3Dihub

2021

Milena Ponczek, Marco A. Franco, Samara Carbone, Luciana V. Rizzo, Djacinto Santos Junior, Fernando G. Morais, Alejandro Duarte, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Paulo Artaxo. Linking chemical composition and optical properties of biomass burning aerosols in Amazonia. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2021. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2022/EA/D1EA00055A

TOLEDO MACHADO, L. A., FRANCO, M. A., KREMPER, L. A., DITAS, F., ANDREAE, M. O., ARTAXO, P., CECCHINI, M. A., HOLANDA, B. A., PÖHLKER, M. L., SARAIVA, I., WOLFF, S., PÖSCHL, U., AND PÖHLKER, C.: How weather events modify aerosol particle size distributions in the Amazon boundary layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18065-2021, 2021.

PRASS, M. ; ANDREAE, MEINRAT O. ; ARAUJO, A. C. ; ARTAXO, PAULO ; DITAS, F. ; ELBERT, W. ; FORSTER, J. ; FRANCO, M. A.; ANGELIS, I. H. ; KESSELMEIE, J. ; KLIMACH, T. ; KREMPER, L. ; THINES, E. ; WALTER, DAVID ; WEBER, J. ; WEBER, B. ; FUCHS, B. M. ; PÖSCHL, ULRICH ; POHLKER, C. . Bioaerosols in the Amazon rain forest: temporal variations and vertical profiles of Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea. BIOGEOSCIENCES, v. 18, p. 4873-4887, 2021. https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/18/4873/2021/.

NASCIMENTO, J. ; BELA, M. M. ; MELLER, B. ; BANDUCCI, A. L. ; RIZZO, L. V. ; VARA-VELA, A. L. ; BARBOSA, H. ; GOMES, H. ; RAFEE, S. A. A. ; FRANCO, M. A.; Carbone, S. ; CIRINO, G. G. ; SOUZA, R. A. F. ; MCKEEN, S. A. ; ARTAXO, PAULO . Aerosols from anthropogenic and biogenic sources and their interactions - modeling aerosol formation, optical properties, and impacts over the central Amazon basin. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, v. 21, p. 6755-6779, 2021. https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/21/6755/2021/.

MORAIS, F.; SAKANO, V. K.; LIMA, L. N.; FRANCO, M. A.; REIS, D. C.; ZANCHETTA, L. M.; JORGE, F.; LANDULFO, E.; CATALANI, L. H.; BARBOSA, H.; JOHN, V. M.; ARTAXO, P. . Filtration efficiency of a large set of COVID-19 face masks commonly used in Brazil. Aerosol Science and Technology, v. 55, p. 1028 - 1041, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2021.1915466.

2020

DA SILVA, JONATAN ; MORAIS, FERNANDO G. ; FRANCO, MARCO A.; LOPES, FÁBIO J. S. ; ARRUDA, GREGORI DE A. ; YOSHIDA, ALEXANDRE C. ; CORREIA, ALEXANDRE ; LANDULFO, EDUARDO . Exploring the Twilight Zone: A Multi-Sensor Approach. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES, v. 237, p. 07015, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023707015.

HOLANDA, BRUNA A.; PÖHLKER, MIRA L.; WALTER, DAVID; SATURNO, JORGE; SÖRGEL, MATTHIAS; DITAS, JEANNINE; DITAS, FLORIAN; SCHULZ, CHRISTIANE; FRANCO, M. A.; WANG, QIAOQIAO; DONTH, TOBIAS; ARTAXO, PAULO; BARBOSA, HENRIQUE M. J.; et al.; Influx of African biomass burning aerosol during the Amazonian dry season through layered transatlantic transport of black carbon-rich smoke. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, v. 20, p. 4757-4785, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4757-2020.

2019

PALÁCIOS, RAFAEL DA SILVA ; ROMERA, KELLY SOUSA ; CURADO, LEONE FRANCISCO AMORIM ; BANGA, NELSON MARIO ; ROTHMUND, LUCAS DOUGLAS ; SALLO, FERNANDO DA SILVA ; MORAIS, DENES ; SANTOS, ANNA CAROLINNA ALBINO ; MORAES, TONNY JADER ; MORAIS, FERNANDO GONÇALVES ; LANDULFO, EDUARDO ; FRANCO, MARCO AURÉLIO DE MENEZES; KUHNEN, IGOR ANTONIO ; MARQUES, JOÃO BASSO ; NOGUEIRA, JOSÉ DE SOUZA ; JÚNIOR, LUIZ CLAUDIO GALVÃO DO VALLE ; RODRIGUES, THIAGO RANGEL . Long Term Analysis of Optical and Radiative Properties of Aerosols in the Amazon Basin. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, v. 20, p. 139-154, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2019.04.0189.

VILLAS-BOAS, PAULINO RIBEIRO ; DE MENEZES FRANCO, MARCO AURÉLIO; MARTIN-NETO, LADISLAU ; GOLLANY, HERO T. ; MILORI, DEBORA MARCONDES BASTOS PEREIRA . Applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Soil Analysis, Part I: Review of Fundamentals and Chemical and Physical Properties. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, v. 71, p. 789-804, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12888.

VILLAS-BOAS, PAULINO RIBEIRO ; DE MENEZES FRANCO, MARCO AURÉLIO; MARTIN-NETO, LADISLAU ; GOLLANY, HERO T. ; MILORI, DEBORA MARCONDES BASTOS PEREIRA . Applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Soil Characterization, Part II: Review of Elemental Analysis and Soil Classification. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, v. 71, p. 805-818, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12889.

2016

VILLAS-BOAS, PAULINO RIBEIRO ; ROMANO, RENAN ARNON ; DE MENEZES FRANCO, MARCO AURÉLIO; FERREIRA, EDILENE CRISTINA ; FERREIRA, EDNALDO JOSÉ ; CRESTANA, SILVIO ; MILORI, DÉBORA MARCONDES BASTOS PEREIRA . Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to determine soil texture: A fast analytical technique. GEODERMA, v. 263, p. 195-202, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.09.018.

Arxiv paper (no peer-reviewed):

Marco Aurélio de Menezes Franco, Débora Marcondes Bastos Pereira Milori, Paulino Ribeiro Villas Boas. Comparison of Algorithms for Baseline Correction of LIBS Spectra for Quantifying Total Carbon in Brazilian Soils. https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.03695