Jorge Luis

(he/him)

@jorge.saturno.red

Aerosol scientist at PTB | Air quality | Black carbon

Scientific Researcher at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany🇩🇪

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Aerosol scientist working on black carbon light absorption and optical properties. Interested in open science, decentralized networks and photography.

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Career: 3

Scientific Researcher

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Jul 2020 - Present

Project coordinator for 19ENV09 MetroPEMS and 22NRM02 stanBC

Postdoctoral Researcher

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Jan 2018 - Jun 2020

Doctoral Researcher

Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Mar 2013 - Dec 2017

Skills: 17

Technical

Aerosol ScienceAir PollutionAir QualityAir Quality AnalysisAtmospheric ScienceData AnalysisGitMetrology

PlotlyRR ShinyScientific WritingSQLStatistical Data Analysis

Business

Data VisualizationProject Management

Interpersonal

Interpersonal Communication

Projects: 4

Standardisation of Black Carbon aerosol metrics for air quality and climate modelling (stanBC)

Jun 2023 - Present

Black carbon (BC) is an air pollutant that contributes to climate forcing, reduced crop yields and impacts on our health. Produced by incomplete combustion of transport and other fossil fuels, air quality networks have been set-up to monitor its mass concentration and legally binding procedures are in place to identify and treat emission sources. Networks measure equivalent Black Carbon (eBC) mass concentrations in real time with light absorption photometers, but traceability is incomplete, uncertainties are poorly understood, and robust documentary standards are lacking. This project will address these needs and via input into normative standards aims to generate greater reliability for measurements of this important air pollutant.

Improved vehicle exhaust quantification by portable emission measurement systems metrology (MetroPEMS)

metropems.ptb.de

Aug 2020 - Aug 2023

The project will develop new standards and calibration procedures for the three key components of a PEMS system: determination of NOx concentrations, number of particulates (PN) and exhaust mass flow. Based on these new measurements an improved PEMS instrument will be developed and validated along with traceable methods to extend performance for NO2 concentrations below 10 μmol/mol and up to 2500 μmol/mol. The work is expected to support the comparability of air quality measures across the EU and help manufacturers conform to current and future legislation.

Metrology for light absorption by atmospheric aerosols

empirblackcarbon.com/

Jan 2018 - Jun 2021

The measurement of particles in air characterised as black carbon is important both for their role in climate change and as a measure of combustion products associated with health effects. Measurements are made very widely, and compact, precise, real-time, relatively inexpensive instruments are available. Although it is conceptually a simple measure of the light absorbing properties of airborne particles, the metric does not currently have SI traceability, with consequences for the comparability and interpretation of data. The project will provide a workable solution to this major problem, with widespread benefits across the worlds of both climate change and air quality.

Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)

attoproject.org/

Mar 2013 - Dec 2017

The German-Brazilian joint project was launched in 2009 and is since coordinated on the Brazilian side by INPA and on the German side by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry; since 2017, the German part of project is coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry. The tower and its surrounding facilities/plots aim at delivering groundbreaking findings which will be the basis for improved climate models and increase our understanding of the ecosystem's functioning. With a height of 325 meters the tower extends above the ground-level boundary layer, which will provide local as well as regional information from the world´s largest tropical forest area.

Publications: 41

Laboratory-based calibration procedure for filter-based absorption photometers using photothermal interferometry and the extinction-minus-scattering method

Aerosol Science and Technology

Journal Article

doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2026.2688312

Tobias Hammer, Luka Drinovec, Griša Močnik, Asta Gregorič, Martin Rigler, Thomas Müller, Sebastian Düsing, Jorge Saturno, Andreas Nowak, John Backman, Eija Asmi, Krzysztof Ciupek, Douglas Walker, Maria Gini, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Stergios Vratolis, Jeffrey Blair, Ivan Iskra, Kyan Shlipak, Weidong Chen, Goufrane Abichou, Yongyong Hu, Jošt V. Lavrič, Johannes Murg, Michael Arndt, Alejandro Keller, Ernest Weingartner, Konstantina Vasilatou

Jun 2026

Open Science Network: Distributed social infrastructure for open scientific discussion

Preprint

doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-10224

Jorge Saturno, Ivan Minutillo, Mayel de Borniol, Pierre Boudes, Nicolas Fressengeas, Ulrike Hahn

Mar 2026

Dust source transfer from North Africa to the Amazon Basin: geochemical constraints on their long-term sources and composition

Preprint

doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-12006

Damien Guinoiseau, Christopher Pöhlker, Anna Kral, Jorge Saturno, Florian Ditas, Paulo Artaxo, Meinrat O. Andreae, Stephen J.G. Galer

Mar 2026

Long-range transport of wildfire emissions over Zugspitze, Germany: An opportunity to test the field calibration of black carbon absorption photometers

Preprint

doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-7261

Jorge Saturno, Cedric Couret, Michael Elsasser, Bryan Hellack, Andreas Nowak

Mar 2026

Himitsu Bako of NO2 Mixtures: Characterization of NO2 Reference Material Using FTIR Spectroscopy in Middle Infrared Region

Emission Control Science and Technology

Journal Article

doi.org/10.1007/s40825-024-00252-5

Mi Eon Kim, Kirill Berezkin, Jorge Saturno, Viktor Werwein, Gang Li, Alexandra Domanskaya

Jun 2025

Advancements in the incorporation of complex soot morphology within atmospheric sciences

Preprint

doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10154

Baseerat Romshoo, Thomas Müller, Sascha Pfeifer, Jorge Saturno, Andreas Nowak, Yifan Yang, Ajit Ahlawat, Gazala Habib, Arun S. Babu, Anil Madariya, Andrea Cuesta, Shravan Deshmukh, Jaikrishna Patil, Tobias Michels, Marius Kloft, Mira Pöhlker

Mar 2025

Finding your place in the climate movement as an earth-system scientist

Preprint

doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-19902

Elodie Duyck, Anda Iosip, Jorge Saturno

Mar 2025

Atmospheric black carbon mass absorption cross-section: a literature review

Preprint

doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-17364

Jorge Saturno, Joel C. Corbin, John Backman, Konstantina Vasilatou, Ernest Weingartner, Krzysztof Ciupek, Thomas Müller, Babu Suja Arun, Griša Močnik, Luka Drinovec, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Eija Asmi

Mar 2025

Analogías entre Git y la metrología

Preprint

doi.org/10.59350/hm8j5-88w17

Jorge Saturno

Nov 2024

African biomass burning affects aerosol cycling over the Amazon

Communications Earth & Environment

Journal Article

doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00795-5

Bruna A. Holanda, Marco A. Franco, David Walter, Paulo Artaxo, Samara Carbone, Yafang Cheng, Sourangsu Chowdhury, Florian Ditas, Martin Gysel-Beer, Thomas Klimach, Leslie A. Kremper, Ovid O. Krüger, Jost V. Lavric, Jos Lelieveld, Chaoqun Ma, Luiz A. T. Machado, Robin L. Modini, Fernando G. Morais, Andrea Pozzer, Jorge Saturno, Hang Su, Manfred Wendisch, Stefan Wolff, Mira L. Pöhlker, Meinrat O. Andreae, Ulrich Pöschl, Christopher Pöhlker

May 2023

Importance of size representation and morphology in modelling optical properties of black carbon: comparison between laboratory measurements and model simulations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6965-2022

Baseerat Romshoo, Mira Pöhlker, Alfred Wiedensohler, Sascha Pfeifer, Jorge Saturno, Andreas Nowak, Krzysztof Ciupek, Paul Quincey, Konstantina Vasilatou, Michaela N. Ess, Maria Gini, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Chris Robins, François Gaie-Levrel, Thomas Müller

Dec 2022

The Latin America Early Career Earth System Scientist Network (LAECESS): addressing present and future challenges of the upcoming generations of scientists in the region

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Journal Article

doi.org/10.1038/s41612-022-00300-3

Jorge Saturno, Ana María Yáñez-Serrano, Maricar Aguilos, Cybelli Barbosa, Tomás Rafael Bolaño-Ortiz, Samara Carbone, Stephanie Díaz-López, Sebastián Diez, Pamela Dominutti, Vanessa Engelhardt, Eliane Gomes Alves, Jenniffer Pedraza, Jorge Saturno, Zitely A. Tzompa-Sosa

Oct 2022

Summary report on the current state-of-the-art of Exhaust Flow Meter (EFM) calibration procedures, including (i) its associated uncertainty for relevant carrier gases and (ii) its relation to on-road emission tests

Report

doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.6624338

Jun 2022

MesSBAR—Multicopter and Instrumentation for Air Quality Research

Atmosphere

Journal Article

doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040629

Lutz Bretschneider, Andreas Schlerf, Anja Baum, Henning Bohlius, Marcel Buchholz, Sebastian Düsing, Volker Ebert, Hassnae Erraji, Paul Frost, Ralf Käthner, Thomas Krüger, Anne Caroline Lange, Marcel Langner, Andreas Nowak, Falk Pätzold, Julian Rüdiger, Jorge Saturno, Hendrik Scholz, Tobias Schuldt, Rickmar Seldschopf, Andre Sobotta, Ralf Tillmann, Birgit Wehner, Christian Wesolek, Katharina Wolf, Astrid Lampert

Apr 2022

Occurrence and growth of sub-50 nm aerosol particles in the Amazonian boundary layer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3469-2022

Jorge Saturno

Mar 2022

Optical properties of coated black carbon aggregates: numerical simulations, radiative forcing estimates, and size-resolved parameterization scheme

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12989-2021

Baseerat Romshoo, Thomas Müller, Sascha Pfeifer, Jorge Saturno, Andreas Nowak, Krzysztof Ciupek, Paul Quincey, Alfred Wiedensohler

Sep 2021

Long-term deposition and condensation ice-nucleating particle measurements from four stations across the globe

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15983-2020

Jann Schrod, Erik S. Thomson, Daniel Weber, Jens Kossmann, Christopher Pöhlker, Jorge Saturno, Florian Ditas, Paulo Artaxo, Valérie Clouard, Jean-Marie Saurel, Martin Ebert, Joachim Curtius, Heinz G. Bingemer

Dec 2020

Publishable Summary of 19ENV09 MetroPEMS - Improved vehicle exhaust quantification by portable emission measurement systems metrology

Report

doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.4300388

Dec 2020

Spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: A look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators

Environmental Research

Journal Article

doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109938

Tomás R. Bolaño-Ortiz, Yiniva Camargo-Caicedo, Salvador Enrique Puliafito, María Florencia Ruggeri, Sindy Bolaño-Diaz, Romina Pascual-Flores, Jorge Saturno, Sergio Ibarra-Espinosa, Olga L. Mayol-Bracero, Elvis Torres-Delgado, Francisco Cereceda-Balic

Dec 2020

Influx of African biomass burning aerosol during the Amazonian dry season through layered transatlantic transport of black carbon-rich smoke

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4757-2020

Apr 2020

Visualización de la pandemia de COVID-19 en R

Preprint

doi.org/10.59350/6y6cd-gr033

Jorge Saturno

Mar 2020

Spark discharge aerosol generator for field calibration of absorption photometers: Aerosol properties and stability

Publication

doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-13471

Jorge Saturno, Andreas Nowak, Matthias Jahn, Tobias Klein, Thomas Müller, Volker Ebert

Mar 2020

Influx of African biomass burning aerosol during the Amazonian dry season through layered transatlantic transport of black carbon-rich smoke

Preprint

doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-775

Bruna A. Holanda, Mira L. Pöhlker, Jorge Saturno, Matthias Sörgel, Jeannine Ditas, Florian Ditas, Qiaoqiao Wang, Tobias Donth, Paulo Artaxo, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Ramon Braga, Joel Brito, Yafang Cheng, Maximilian Dollner, Marco Aurélio Franco, Johannes Kaiser, Thomas Klimach, Christoph Knote, Ovid O. Krüger, Daniel Fütterer, Jošt V. Lavrič, Nan Ma, Luiz A. T. Machado, Jing Ming, Fernando Morais, Hauke Paulsen, Daniel Sauer, Hans Schlager, Hang Su, Bernadett Weinzierl, Adrian Walser, David Walter, Manfred Wendisch, Helmut Ziereis, Martin Zöger, Ulrich Pöschl, Meinrat O. Andreae, Christopher Pöhlker

Sep 2019

Supplementary material to "Influx of African biomass burning aerosol during the Amazonian dry season through layered transatlantic transport of black carbon-rich smoke"

Preprint

doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-775-supplement

Sep 2019

Land cover and its transformation in the backward trajectory footprint region of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8425-2019

Jul 2019

Mapas con {leaflet} en R

Preprint

doi.org/10.59350/5ey48-qa745

Jorge Saturno

Apr 2019

RStudio en Manjaro Linux

Preprint

doi.org/10.59350/gdqwg-9nw62

Jorge Saturno

Apr 2019

Publicar sitio web usando Hugo

Preprint

doi.org/10.59350/j57zr-1fr79

Jorge Saturno

Jan 2019

Strong impact of wildfires on the abundance and aging of black carbon in the lowermost stratosphere

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Journal Article

doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806868115

Jeannine Ditas, Nan Ma, Yuxuan Zhang, Denise Assmann, Marco Neumaier, Hella Riede, Einar Karu, Jonathan Williams, Dieter Scharffe, Qiaoqiao Wang, Jorge Saturno, Joshua P. Schwarz, Joseph M. Katich, Gavin R. McMeeking, Andreas Zahn, Markus Hermann, Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer, Meinrat O. Andreae, Ulrich Pöschl, Hang Su, Yafang Cheng

Nov 2018

Black and brown carbon over central Amazonia: long-term aerosol measurements at the ATTO site

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12817-2018

Jorge Saturno, Bruna A. Holanda, Christopher Pöhlker, Florian Ditas, Qiaoqiao Wang, Daniel Moran-Zuloaga, Joel Brito, Samara Carbone, Yafang Cheng, Xuguang Chi, Jeannine Ditas, Thorsten Hoffmann, Isabella Hrabe de Angelis, Tobias Könemann, Jošt V. Lavrič, Nan Ma, Jing Ming, Hauke Paulsen, Mira L. Pöhlker, Luciana V. Rizzo, Patrick Schlag, Hang Su, David Walter, Stefan Wolff, Yuxuan Zhang, Paulo Artaxo, Ulrich Pöschl, Meinrat O. Andreae

Sep 2018

African volcanic emissions influencing atmospheric aerosols over the Amazon rain forest

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10391-2018

Jorge Saturno, Florian Ditas, Marloes Penning de Vries, Bruna A. Holanda, Mira L. Pöhlker, Samara Carbone, David Walter, Nicole Bobrowski, Joel Brito, Xuguang Chi, Alexandra Gutmann, Isabella Hrabe de Angelis, Luiz A. T. Machado, Daniel Moran-Zuloaga, Julian Rüdiger, Johannes Schneider, Christiane Schulz, Qiaoqiao Wang, Manfred Wendisch, Paulo Artaxo, Thomas Wagner, Ulrich Pöschl, Meinrat O. Andreae, Christopher Pöhlker

Jul 2018

Long-term observations of cloud condensation nuclei over the Amazon rain forest – Part 2: Variability and characteristics of biomass burning, long-range transport, and pristine rain forest aerosols

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10289-2018

Mira L. Pöhlker, Florian Ditas, Jorge Saturno, Thomas Klimach, Isabella Hrabě de Angelis, Alessandro C. Araùjo, Joel Brito, Samara Carbone, Yafang Cheng, Xuguang Chi, Reiner Ditz, Sachin S. Gunthe, Bruna A. Holanda, Konrad Kandler, Jürgen Kesselmeier, Tobias Könemann, Ovid O. Krüger, Jošt V. Lavrič, Scot T. Martin, Eugene Mikhailov, Daniel Moran-Zuloaga, Luciana V. Rizzo, Diana Rose, Hang Su, Ryan Thalman, David Walter, Jian Wang, Stefan Wolff, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Paulo Artaxo, Meinrat O. Andreae, Ulrich Pöschl, Christopher Pöhlker

Jul 2018

Long-term study on coarse mode aerosols in the Amazon rain forest with the frequent intrusion of Saharan dust plumes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10055-2018

Daniel Moran-Zuloaga, Florian Ditas, David Walter, Jorge Saturno, Joel Brito, Samara Carbone, Xuguang Chi, Isabella Hrabě de Angelis, Holger Baars, Ricardo H. M. Godoi, Birgit Heese, Bruna A. Holanda, Jošt V. Lavrič, Scot T. Martin, Jing Ming, Mira L. Pöhlker, Nina Ruckteschler, Hang Su, Yaqiang Wang, Qiaoqiao Wang, Zhibin Wang, Bettina Weber, Stefan Wolff, Paulo Artaxo, Ulrich Pöschl, Meinrat O. Andreae, Christopher Pöhlker

Jul 2018

Comparison of different Aethalometer correction schemes and a reference multi-wavelength absorption technique for ambient aerosol data

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2837-2017

Jorge Saturno, Christopher Pöhlker, Dario Massabò, Joel Brito, Samara Carbone, Yafang Cheng, Xuguang Chi, Florian Ditas, Isabella Hrabě de Angelis, Daniel Morán-Zuloaga, Mira L. Pöhlker, Luciana V. Rizzo, David Walter, Qiaoqiao Wang, Paulo Artaxo, Paolo Prati, Meinrat O. Andreae

Aug 2017

Soluble iron nutrients in Saharan dust over the central Amazon rainforest

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2673-2017

Joana A. Rizzolo, Cybelli G. G. Barbosa, Guilherme C. Borillo, Ana F. L. Godoi, Rodrigo A. F. Souza, Rita V. Andreoli, Antônio O. Manzi, Marta O. Sá, Eliane G. Alves, Christopher Pöhlker, Isabella H. Angelis, Florian Ditas, Jorge Saturno, Daniel Moran-Zuloaga, Luciana V. Rizzo, Nilton E. Rosário, Theotonio Pauliquevis, Rosa M. N. Santos, Carlos I. Yamamoto, Meinrat O. Andreae, Paulo Artaxo, Philip E. Taylor, Ricardo H. M. Godoi

Feb 2017

Modeling investigation of light-absorbing aerosols in the Amazon Basin during the wet season

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14775-2016

Qiaoqiao Wang, Jorge Saturno, Xuguang Chi, David Walter, Jost V. Lavric, Daniel Moran-Zuloaga, Florian Ditas, Christopher Pöhlker, Joel Brito, Samara Carbone, Paulo Artaxo, Meinrat O. Andreae

Nov 2016

Amazon boundary layer aerosol concentration sustained by vertical transport during rainfall

Nature

Journal Article

doi.org/10.1038/nature19819

Jian Wang, Radovan Krejci, Scott Giangrande, Chongai Kuang, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Joel Brito, Samara Carbone, Xuguang Chi, Jennifer Comstock, Florian Ditas, Jost Lavric, Hanna E. Manninen, Fan Mei, Daniel Moran-Zuloaga, Christopher Pöhlker, Mira L. Pöhlker, Jorge Saturno, Beat Schmid, Rodrigo A. F. Souza, Stephen R. Springston, Jason M. Tomlinson, Tami Toto, David Walter, Daniela Wimmer, James N. Smith, Markku Kulmala, Luiz A. T. Machado, Paulo Artaxo, Meinrat O. Andreae, Tuukka Petäjä, Scot T. Martin

Oct 2016

Long-term observations of cloud condensation nuclei in the Amazon rain forest – Part 1: Aerosol size distribution, hygroscopicity, and new model parametrizations for CCN prediction

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15709-2016

Mira L. Pöhlker, Christopher Pöhlker, Florian Ditas, Thomas Klimach, Isabella Hrabe de Angelis, Alessandro Araújo, Joel Brito, Samara Carbone, Yafang Cheng, Xuguang Chi, Reiner Ditz, Sachin S. Gunthe, Jürgen Kesselmeier, Tobias Könemann, Jošt V. Lavrič, Scot T. Martin, Eugene Mikhailov, Daniel Moran-Zuloaga, Diana Rose, Jorge Saturno, Hang Su, Ryan Thalman, David Walter, Jian Wang, Stefan Wolff, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Paulo Artaxo, Meinrat O. Andreae, Ulrich Pöschl

2016

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosols

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Journal Article

doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10723-2015

Sep 2015

Efflorescence upon humidification? X-ray microspectroscopic in situ observation of changes in aerosol microstructure and phase state upon hydration

Geophys. Res. Lett.

Journal Article

doi.org/10.1002/2014gl059409

Christopher Pöhlker, Jorge Saturno, Mira L. Krüger, Jan-David Förster, Markus Weigand, Kenia T. Wiedemann, Michael Bechtel, Paulo Artaxo, Meinrat O. Andreae