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Huilin Chen, Professor at the School of Atmospheric Sciences of Nanjing University, Honorary Professor at the University of Groningen. 

Huilin.Chen@nju.edu.cn

Research interests

1. Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2. Ecosystem Carbon Flux and its mechanism

3. Stratospheric 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 University of Jena (Worked at Max Planck Insititute for Biogeochemistry), 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 Natural Science Foundation of China, "On the Interaction Mechanism between Stratospheric Methane Oxidation Process and Carbon Monoxide Dynamics", 2025-2028, PI

• 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

• Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) “AirCore for Enhancing Space-based Greenhouse Studies”, 2016-2021, PI

• USA NOAA Climate Program Office “Improving CarbonTracker Flux Estimates for North America using Carbonyl Sulfide”, 2013-2017, Lead PI

Publication in the past 5 years

2024

Sha, Mahesh Kumar, Martine De Mazière, Justus Notholt, Thomas Blumenstock, Pieter Bogaert, Pepijn Cardoen, Huilin Chen, Filip Desmet, Omaira García, David W. T. Griffith, and et al.: Fiducial Reference Measurement for Greenhouse Gases (FRM4GHG) Remote Sensing 16, no. 18: 3525, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183525, 2024

Wanyu Liu, Xue Feng, Zhenchuan Niu, Weijian Zhou, Huilin Chen, Dan Liang, Mengni Lyu, Guowei Wang, Lin Liu: Temporal characteristics and vertical profiles of atmospheric CH4 at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains in China， Atmospheric Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120786, 2024

Shengxi Bai, Yongguang Zhang, Fei Li, Yingqi Yan, Huilin Chen, Shuzhuang Feng, Fei Jiang, Shiwei Sun, Zhongting Wang, Chunyan Zhou, Wei Zhou, Shaohua Zhao, High-resolution satellite estimates of coal mine methane emissions from local to regional scales in Shanxi, China, Sci. Total Environ., Volume 950, 2024, 175446, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175446, 2024

Hannakaisa Lindqvist, Ella Kivimäki, Tuomas Häkkilä, Aki Tsuruta, Oliver Schneising, Michael Buchwitz, Alba Lorente, Mari Martinez Velarte, Tobias Borsdorff, Carlos Alberti, Leif Backman, Matthias Buschmann, Huilin Chen, Darko Dubravica, Frank Hase, Pauli Heikkinen, Tomi Karppinen, Rigel Kivi, Erin McGee, Justus Notholt, Kimmo Rautiainen, Sébastien Roche, William Simpson, Kimberly Strong, Qiansi Tu, Debra Wunch, Tuula Aalto and Johanna Tamminen: Evaluation of Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Methane Observations at Northern High Latitudes. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 2979. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16162979, 2024

Jiarui Zhao, Huilin Chen*, Ximeng Qi, Xuguang Chi, Mengwei Jia, Fei Jiang, Sheng Zhong, Bo Zheng, Aijun Ding: Observed decade-long improvement of combustion efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta region in China, Environ. Res. Lett., 19, 074001, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad521e, 2024

Laughner, J. L., Toon, G. C., Mendonca, J., Petri, C., Roche, S., Wunch, D., Blavier, J.-F., Griffith, D. W. T., Heikkinen, P., Keeling, R. F., Kiel, M., Kivi, R., Roehl, C. M., Stephens, B. B., Baier, B. C., Chen, H., Choi, Y., Deutscher, N. M., DiGangi, J. P., Gross, J., Herkommer, B., Jeseck, P., Laemmel, T., Lan, X., McGee, E., McKain, K., Miller, J., Morino, I., Notholt, J., Ohyama, H., Pollard, D. F., Rettinger, M., Riris, H., Rousogenous, C., Sha, M. K., Shiomi, K., Strong, K., Sussmann, R., Té, Y., Velazco, V. A., Wofsy, S. C., Zhou, M., and Wennberg, P. O.: The Total Carbon Column Observing Network's GGG2020 data version, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 16, 2197–2260, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2197-2024, 2024.

Steiner, M., Peters, W., Luijkx, I., Henne, S., Chen, H., Hammer, S., and Brunner, D.: European CH4 inversions with ICON-ART coupled to the CarbonTracker Data Assimilation Shell, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 2759–2782, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2759-2024, 2024

F. Vogel, S. Ars, D. Wunch, J. Lavoie, L. Gillespie, H. Maazallahi, T. Röckmann, J. Nęcki, J. Bartyzel, P. Jagoda, D. Lowry, J. France, J. Fernandez, S. Bakkaloglu, R. Fisher, M. Lanoiselle, H. Chen, M. Oudshoorn, C. Yver-Kwok, S. Defratyka, J. A. Morgui, C. Estruch, R. Curcoll, C. Grossi, J. Chen, F. Dietrich, A. Forstmaier, H. A. C. Denier van der Gon, S. N. C. Dellaert, J. Salo, M. Corbu, S. S. Iancu, A. S. Tudor, A. I. Scarlat, and A. Calcan, Environmental Science & Technology 58 (5), 2271-2281 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03160, 2024

2023

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Menoud, M., van der Veen, C., Lowry, D., Fernandez, J. M., Bakkaloglu, S., France,  J. L., Fisher, R. E., Maazallahi, H., Stanisavljević, M., Nęcki, J., Vinkovic, K., Łakomiec, P., Rinne, J., Korbeń, P., Schmidt, M., Defratyka, S., Yver-Kwok, C., Andersen, T., Chen, H., and Röckmann, T.: New contributions of measurements in Europe to the global inventory of the stable isotopic composition of methane, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 4365–4386, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4365-2022, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 

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. 

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.