Huilin Chen
Professor
Huilin.Chen@nju.edu.cn
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Research interests
1. The Carbon Cycle Studies
2. Atmospehric Greenhouse Gases
3. Atmospheric Physical and Chemical processes
Academic employment
2021 – now Professor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
2018 – 2021 Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
2013 – 2018 Assistant Professor (tenure track), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
2011 – 2012 Post-doctoral research associate, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, CO, USA
Education
2010 Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science Max Planck Insititute for Biogeochemistry & University of Jena, Germany
2005 M.Sc. in nformation and Communication Engineering Tsinghua University
2002 B.Sc. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics University of Science and Technology of China
Project
National Key Research and Development Project of China, “Evaluation of Methane Emissions estimates using Satellite and surface monitoring - methods and standards research (EMES)”, 2022-2025, Lead PI
Publication in the past 5 years
2023
68. Zhou, M., Langerock, B., Sha, M. K., Hermans, C., Kumps, N., Kivi, R., Heikkinen, P., Petri, C., Notholt, J., Chen, H., and De Mazière, M.: Atmospheric N2O and CH4 total columns retrieved from low-resolution Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra (Bruker VERTEX 70) in the mid-infrared region, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5593–5608, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5593-2023, 2023.
67. Tong, X., Van Heuven, S., Scheeren, B., Kers, B., Hutjes, R., and Chen, H*：Aircraft-Based AirCore Sampling for Estimates of N2O and CH4 Emissions, Environ. Sci. Technol., 57, 15571-15579, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c04932, 2023
66. Stavropoulou, F., Vinković, K., Kers, B., de Vries, M., van Heuven, S., Korbeń, P., Schmidt, M., Wietzel, J., Jagoda, P., Necki, J. M., Bartyzel, J., Maazallahi, H., Menoud, M., van der Veen, C., Walter, S., Tuzson, B., Ravelid, J., Morales, R. P., Emmenegger, L., Brunner, D., Steiner, M., Hensen, A., Velzeboer, I., van den Bulk, P., Denier van der Gon, H., Delre, A., Edjabou, M. E., Scheutz, C., Corbu, M., Iancu, S., Moaca, D., Scarlat, A., Tudor, A., Vizireanu, I., Calcan, A., Ardelean, M., Ghemulet, S., Pana, A., Constantinescu, A., Cusa, L., Nica, A., Baciu, C., Pop, C., Radovici, A., Mereuta, A., Stefanie, H., Dandocsi, A., Hermans, B., Schwietzke, S., Zavala-Araiza, D., Chen, H.*, and Röckmann, T.*: High potential for CH4 emission mitigation from oil infrastructure in one of EU's major production regions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 10399–10412, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10399-2023, 2023.
65. Zanchetta, A., Kooijmans, L. M. J., van Heuven, S., Scifo, A., Scheeren, H. A., Mammarella, I., Karstens, U., Ma, J., Krol, M., and Chen, H.*: Sources and sinks of carbonyl sulfide inferred from tower and mobile atmospheric observations in the Netherlands, Biogeosciences, 20, 3539–3553, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3539-2023, 2023.
64. Andersen, T., Zhao, Z., de Vries, M., Necki, J., Swolkien, J., Menoud, M., Röckmann, T., Roiger, A., Fix, A., Peters, W., and Chen, H.*: Local-to-regional methane emissions from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) quantified using UAV-based atmospheric measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 5191–5216, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5191-2023, 2023.
63. Tong, X., Scheeren, B., Bosveld, F., Hensen, A., Frumau, A., Meijer, H.A.J., Chen, H*: Magnitude and seasonal variation of N2O and CH4 emissions over a mixed agriculture-urban region, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 334, 109433, ISSN 0168-1923, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109433, 2023.
62. Laughner, J. L., Roche, S., Kiel, M., Toon, G. C., Wunch, D., Baier, B. C., Biraud, S., Chen, H., Kivi, R., Laemmel, T., McKain, K., Quéhé, P.-Y., Rousogenous, C., Stephens, B. B., Walker, K., and Wennberg, P. O.: A new algorithm to generate a priori trace gas profiles for the GGG2020 retrieval algorithm, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 1121–1146, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1121-2023, 2023.
61. Tsuruta, Aki, Ella Kivimäki, Hannakaisa Lindqvist, Tomi Karppinen, Leif Backman, Janne Hakkarainen, Oliver Schneising, Michael Buchwitz, Xin Lan, Rigel Kivi, Huilin Chen, Matthias Buschmann, Benedikt Herkommer, Justus Notholt, Coleen Roehl, Yao Té, Debra Wunch, Johanna Tamminen, and Tuula Aalto: CH4 Fluxes Derived from Assimilation of TROPOMI XCH4 in CarbonTracker Europe-CH4: Evaluation of Seasonality and Spatial Distribution in the Northern High Latitudes, Remote Sensing 15, no. 6: 1620. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061620, 2023.
2022
60. Mengwei Jia, Fei Li, Yuzhong Zhang, Mousong Wu, Yingsong Li, Shuzhuang Feng, Hengmao Wang, Huilin Chen, Weimin Ju, Jun Lin, Jianwei Cai, Yongguang Zhang, Fei Jiang: The Nord Stream pipeline gas leaks released approximately 220,000 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere, Environmental Science and Ecotechnology,12, 100210, 2666-4984, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.2022.100210, 2022
59. Shi, T., Han, Z., Han, G., Ma, X.*, Chen, H.*, Andersen, T., Mao, H., Chen, C., Zhang, H., and Gong, W.: Retrieving CH4-emission rates from coal mine ventilation shafts using UAV-based AirCore observations and the genetic algorithm–interior point penalty function (GA-IPPF) model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 13881–13896, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13881-2022, 2022.
58. Bergamaschi, P., Segers, A., Brunner, D., Haussaire, J.-M., Henne, S., Ramonet, M., Arnold, T., Biermann, T., Chen, H., Conil, S., Delmotte, M., Forster, G., Frumau, A., Kubistin, D., Lan, X., Leuenberger, M., Lindauer, M., Lopez, M., Manca, G., Müller-Williams, J., O'Doherty, S., Scheeren, B., Steinbacher, M., Trisolino, P., Vítková, G., and Yver Kwok, C.: High-resolution inverse modelling of European CH4 emissions using the novel FLEXPART-COSMO TM5 4DVAR inverse modelling system, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 13243–13268, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13243-2022, 2022.
57. Schneider, M., Ertl, B., Tu, Q., Diekmann, C. J., Khosrawi, F., Röhling, A. N., Hase, F., Dubravica, D., García, O. E., Sepúlveda, E., Borsdorff, T., Landgraf, J., Lorente, A., Butz, A., Chen, H., Kivi, R., Laemmel, T., Ramonet, M., Crevoisier, C., Pernin, J., Steinbacher, M., Meinhardt, F., Strong, K., Wunch, D., Warneke, T., Roehl, C., Wennberg, P. O., Morino, I., Iraci, L. T., Shiomi, K., Deutscher, N. M., Griffith, D. W. T., Velazco, V. A., and Pollard, D. F.: Synergetic use of IASI profile and TROPOMI total-column level 2 methane retrieval products, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 4339–4371, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4339-2022, 2022
56. Vinković, K., Andersen, T., De Vries, M., Kers, B., Van Heuven, S., Peters, W., Hensen, A., Den Bulk, P., Chen, H.*: Evaluating the use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based active AirCore system to quantify methane emissions from dairy cows, Sci. Total Environ., Volume 831, 154898, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154898, 2022
55. Bakkaloglu, S., Lowry, D., Fisher, R.E., Menoud, M., Lanoisellé, M., Chen, H., Röckmann, T., Nisbet, E.G.: Stable isotopic signatures of methane from waste sources through atmospheric measurements, Atmos. Environ.,Volume 276, 119021,ISSN 1352-2310,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119021,2022
54. Morales, R., Ravelid, J., Vinkovic, K., Korbeń, P., Tuzson, B., Emmenegger, L., Chen, H., Schmidt, M., Humbel, S., and Brunner, D.: Controlled-release experiment to investigate uncertainties in UAV-based emission quantification for methane point sources, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 2177–2198, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2177-2022, 2022
53. Jouni Heiskanen, Christian Brümmer, Nina Buchmann, Carlo Calfapietra, Huilin Chen, Bert Gielen, Thanos Gkritzalis, Samuel Hammer, Susan Hartman, Mathias Herbst, Ivan A. Janssens, Armin Jordan, Eija Juurola, Ute Karstens, Ville Kasurinen, Bart Kruijt Harry Lankreijer, Ingeborg Levin, Maj-Lena Linderson, Denis Loustau, Lutz Merbold, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Dario Papale, Marian Pavelka, Kim Pilegaard, Michel Ramonet, Corinna Rebmann, Janne Rinne, Léonard Rivier, Elena Saltikoff, Richard Sanders, Martin Steinbacher, Tobias Steinhoff, Andrew Watson, Alex T. Vermeulen, Timo Vesala, Gabriela Vítková, and Werner Kutsch: “The Integrated Carbon Observation System in Europe”, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, E855–E872, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0364.1, 2022
2021
52. Kooijmans, L. M. J., Cho, A., Ma, J., Kaushik, A., Haynes, K. D., Baker, I., Luijkx, I. T., Groenink, M., Peters, W., Miller, J. B., Berry, J. A., Ogée, J., Meredith, L. K., Sun, W., Kohonen, K.-M., Vesala, T., Mammarella, I., Chen, H., Spielmann, F. M., Wohlfahrt, G., Berkelhammer, M., Whelan, M. E., Maseyk, K., Seibt, U., Commane, R., Wehr, R., and Krol, M.: Evaluation of carbonyl sulfide biosphere exchange in the Simple Biosphere Model (SiB4), Biogeosciences, 18, 6547–6565, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6547-2021, 2021.
51. Andersen, T., Vinkovic, K., Vries, M.d., Kers,B., Necki, J., Swolkien, J., Roiger, A., Peters, W., Chen, H.*:Quantifying methane emissions from coal mining ventilation shafts using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based active AirCore system, Atmospheric Environment: X, Volume 12, 100135,ISSN 2590-1621, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2021.100135, 2021.
50. Guan, Y., Shan, Y., Huang, Q., Chen, H., Wang, D., & Hubacek, K. (2021). Assessment to China's recent emission pattern shifts. Earth's Future, 9, e2021EF002241.https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002241
49. Bakkaloglu S, Lowry D, Fisher RE, France JL, Brunner D, Chen H, Nisbet EG. Quantification of methane emissions from UK biogas plants. Waste Manag. 2021 Apr 1;124:82-93. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.01.011. Epub 2021 Feb 18. PMID: 33610114.
48. Boesch, H.; Liu, Y.; Tamminen, J.; Yang, D.; Palmer, P.I.; Lindqvist, H.; Cai, Z.; Che, K.; Di Noia, A.; Feng, L.; Hakkarainen, J.; Ialongo, I.; Kalaitzi, N.; Karppinen, T.; Kivi, R.; Kivimäki, E.; Parker, R.J.; Preval, S.; Wang, J.; Webb, A.J.; Yao, L.; Chen, H. Monitoring Greenhouse Gases from Space. Remote Sens., 13, 2700. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142700, 2021
47. Yver-Kwok, C., Philippon, C., Bergamaschi, P., Biermann, T., Calzolari, F., Chen, H., Conil, S., Cristofanelli, P., Delmotte, M., Hatakka, J., Heliasz, M., Hermansen, O., Komínková, K., Kubistin, D., Kumps, N., Laurent, O., Laurila, T., Lehner, I., Levula, J., Lindauer, M., Lopez, M., Mammarella, I., Manca, G., Marklund, P., Metzger, J.-M., Mölder, M., Platt, S. M., Ramonet, M., Rivier, L., Scheeren, B., Sha, M. K., Smith, P., Steinbacher, M., Vítková, G., and Wyss, S.: Evaluation and optimization of ICOS atmosphere station data as part of the labeling process, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 89–116, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-89-2021, 2021
2020
46. Hooghiem, J. J. D., Popa, M. E., Röckmann, T., Grooß, J.-U., Tritscher, I., Müller, R., Kivi, R., and Chen, H.*: Wildfire smoke in the lower stratosphere identified by in situ CO observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 13985–14003, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13985-2020, 2020.
45. Menoud, M., van der Veen, C., Scheeren, B., Chen, H., Szenasi, B., Morales, R. P., Pison, I., Bousquet, P., Brunner, D., Röckmann, T.: Characterisation of methane sources in lutjewad, the netherlands, using quasi-continuous isotopic composition measurements. Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 72(1), 1823733, 2020
44. Ramonet, M., Ciais, P., Apadula, F., Bartyzel, J., Bastos, A., Bergamaschi, P., Chen, H., et al. (2020). The fingerprint of the summer 2018 drought in europe on ground-based atmospheric CO(2)measurements. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 375(1810), 20190513.
43. Laube, J. C., Elvidge, E. C. L., Adcock, K. E., Baier, B., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Chen, H., Droste, E. S., Grooß, J.-U., Heikkinen, P., Hind, A. J., Kivi, R., Lojko, A., Montzka, S. A., Oram, D. E., Randall, S., Röckmann, T., Sturges, W. T., Sweeney, C., Thomas, M., Tuffnell, E., and Ploeger, F.: Investigating stratospheric changes between 2009 and 2018 with halogenated trace gas data from aircraft, AirCores, and a global model focusing on CFC-11, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 9771–9782, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9771-2020, 2020
42. Sha, M. K., De Mazière, M., Notholt, J., Blumenstock, T., Chen, H., Dehn, A., Griffith, D. W. T., Hase, F., Heikkinen, P., Hermans, C., Hoffmann, A., Huebner, M., Jones, N., Kivi, R., Langerock, B., Petri, C., Scolas, F., Tu, Q., and Weidmann, D.: Intercomparison of low- and high-resolution infrared spectrometers for ground-based solar remote sensing measurements of total column concentrations of CO2, CH4, and CO, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4791–4839, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4791-2020, 2020.
41. Tu, Q., Hase, F., Blumenstock, T., Kivi, R., Heikkinen, P., Sha, M. K., Raffalski, U., Landgraf, J., Lorente, A., Borsdorff, T., Chen, H., Dietrich, F., and Chen, J.: Intercomparison of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 abundances on regional scales in boreal areas using Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) analysis, COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON) spectrometers, and Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4751–4771, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4751-2020, 2020.
40. Kohonen, K.-M., Kolari, P., Kooijmans, L. M. J., Chen, H., Seibt, U., Sun, W., and Mammarella, I.: Towards standardized processing of eddy covariance flux measurements of carbonyl sulfide, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 3957–3975, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3957-2020, 2020.
39. Karppinen, T.; Lamminpää, O.; Tukiainen, S.; Kivi, R.; Heikkinen, P.; Hatakka, J.; Laine, M.; Chen, H.; Lindqvist, H.; Tamminen, J. Vertical Distribution of Arctic Methane in 2009–2018 Using Ground-Based Remote Sensing. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 917.
2019
38. Zhou, M., Langerock, B., Sha, M. K., Kumps, N., Hermans, C., Petri, C., Warneke, T., Chen, H., Metzger, J.-M., Kivi, R., Heikkinen, P., Ramonet, M., and De Mazière, M.: Retrieval of atmospheric CH4 vertical information from ground-based FTS near-infrared spectra, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 6125–6141, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6125-2019, 2019
37. Zhou, M., Langerock, B., Vigouroux, C., Sha, M. K., Hermans, C., Metzger, J.-M., Chen, H., Ramonet, M., Kivi, R., Heikkinen, P., Smale, D., Pollard, D. F., Jones, N., Velazco, V. A., García, O. E., Schneider, M., Palm, M., Warneke, T., and De Mazière, M.: TCCON and NDACC XCO measurements: difference, discussion and application, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 5979–5995, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5979-2019, 2019
36. Kooijmans, L.M.J.*, Sun, W., Aalto, J., Erkkila, K., Maseyk, K., Seibt, U., Vesala, T., Mammarella, I., Chen, H.*： ‘Influences of light and humidity on carbonyl sulfide-based estimates of photosynthesis’, Proc Natl Acad Sci(PNAS) USA 116(7) 2470-2475, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807600116, 2019.