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  • Ellul R. and Sinagra E., Ozone and Airborne Particulate measurements in the Central Mediterranean. Proceedings of MEDUSE research meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 1996.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Analysis of Ozone concentrations over the Maltese islands for Jan. - Dec. 1997. Atmospheric group research meeting in Karlsruhe, FRG, December 1997.
  • Ellul R., Environmental Impact Statement as relating to Air Quality; Cirkewwa Harbor Project. Report prepared for EMDP/ Planning Authority, Jan. 1998.
  • Ellul R., Environmental Planning Statement as relating to Air Quality for Hot Asphalt Batching Plant/ Bitumen Storage Facilities at Ta' Zuta limits of Dingli, Malta. Report prepared for EMDP/ Planning Authority, May 1998.
  • Ellul R., Environmental Impact Statement as relating to Air Quality for Rabbitry to be located at Hal Saflieni, Malta. Report prepared for EMDP/Planning Authority, May 1998.
  • Ellul R., Nolle M., Gusten H., and Heinrich G., Background Ozone and Carbon Monoxide measurements over the Maltese Islands. Atmospheric Pollution Seminar, 9th April 1999, Mgarr, Gozo.
  • Ellul R. (ed.), Proceedings of the Atmospheric Pollution Seminar held on 9 April 1999 at L-Imġarr Hotel, Gozo, Malta. Malta University Press, March 2000.
  • Ellul R., Preliminary report on proposed Cement plant to be located at Ħal Farruġ, Malta. Report prepared for EMDP/Steering Committee of local Councils. June 1999.
  • Ellul R., Environmental impact Assessment as relating to Air Quality For Hot Asphalt Batching Plant to be located in Zejtun. Report prepared for EMDP/ Planning Authority February 2000.
  • Ellul R., Detection of long range pollutants from background station at Giordan Lighthouse, Gozo Research seminar at Fraunhofer Institute, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. May 2000.
  • Nolle M., Ellul R., Gusten H., and Heinrich G., Long Term Background Ozone and Carbon Monoxide Measurements on the Maltese Islands. Proceedings of 8th European Symposium on the Physico Chemical behaviour of Atmospheric Pollutants. September 2001, Turin, Italy.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Long Term Trends of Background Ozone Concentrations in the Central Mediterranean- Diurnal and Seasonal Variations as measured on the island of Gozo.
  • Contribution to TOR Project,  Eurotrac Programme Proceedings. Munich, Germany, Dec. 2001.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Report on Background Ozone and Carbon Monoxide concentrations over the Maltese Islands drawn up for Environment Protection Department. Government of Malta. December 2001.
  • Nolle M., Ellul R., Gusten H., and Heinrich G., A Long term study of Background Ozone Concentrations in the Central Mediterranean- Diurnal and Seasonal Variations on the Island of Gozo. Atmospheric Environment  Vol 36 (2002) 1391-1402
  • Nolle M., Ellul R. and Gusten H., Constant Flux Layer Approach for Correction of Historical Schoenbein-Type Ozone Measurements of the Gozo Series from 1884-1900. Comparison with Present Day Ozone Records on Gozo. Proceedings of Eurotrac Meeting in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, 11th-15th March 2002.
  • Nolle M., Ellul R., Nickovic S. and Gusten H. A Case study of a Recirculated Polluted Air Mass Observed on the Island of Gozo in the Central Mediterranean. Proceedings of IGAC Meeting, Crete, Greece, 18-20th September 2002.
  • Nolle M., Ellul R., Gusten H., and Heinrich G., A GAW Station on the Island of Gozo in the Central Mediterranean. Proceedings of WMO Workshop, Riga, Latvia, 27th-30th May 2002.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Long Term Trends of Background Ozone concentrations in the Central Mediterranean – Diurnal and seasonal variations measured on the Island of Gozo. Proceedings of the TOR-2, Eurotrac meeting, Moscow, September 2002.
  • Ellul R., Evaluation of long term background ozone and carbon monoxide measurements on the Maltese Islands. Seminars held by Nature Trust Malta and Ministry for Gozo, January and March 2002 respectively. Published as Third paper in “Gozo past and present”, ed. MN Cauchi, University of Malta Gozo Centre 2002. ISBN  99909-44-04-8.
  • Ellul R., Current state of Research on background pollution in the Mediterranean Basin. Seminar held by Cleaner Technology Centre at Corinthia Palace Hotel, Malta October 2002.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Long Term Trends of Trace Gas Concentrations in the Central Mediterranean as Measured at the GAW station on the island of Gozo. Tropospheric Ozone Research; EUROTRAC-2 Subproject Final Report edited by A Lindksog, Published by International Scientific Secretariat, National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Munich, Germany, 2003.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Long term trends of Ozone and Carbon Monoxide concentrations in the Central Mediterranean as measured at the GAW (Background) station on the island of Gozo.Report for 2002 submitted to MEPA, January 2003.
  • Loye Pilot M.D., Mihalopoulos N., Kouvarakis G., Markaki Z., Oikonomou C., Nolle M., Ellul R. One year data set of atmospheric deposition of Saharan dust and nutrients at Malta. ADIOS Report to European Commission. Deliverable No. 44. February 2004.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Contribution of 1997-2002 data set for Ozone and Carbon monoxide to WMO, WDCGG Data Summary. WDCGG No. 27. GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse Gases and Other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2003.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Annual report to MEPA/ EEA regarding ozone occurrences for 2003. January 2004.
  • Ellul R. and Nolle M., Contribution of 2003 data set for Ozone to WMO,  WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No. 28. GAW Data Volume IV  Greenhouse Gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2004.
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Intermediate report to MEPA regarding ozone occurrences for January – September 2004. September 2004.
  • Nolle M., Ellul R., Nickovic S. and Güsten H. Photosmog episodes on the island of Gozo in the Central Mediterranean - A Case study of recirculated polluted air mass. Proceedings of WMO/ GAW Expert workshop on the Quality and Application of European GAW Measurements. Tutzing, Germany 2-5 November 2004. Published by WMO Secretariat.
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Contribution of 2004 data set for Ozone, CO and SO2 to WMO WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No. 29. GAW  Data Volume IV Greenhouse Gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2005.
  • Kalabokas P.D., Kouvarakis G., Mihalopoulos N., Ellul R., Kleanthous S. and Repapis C.C. Rural surface ozone levels in the Eastern Mediterranean (Malta, Greece, Cyprus). Proceedings of EGU 2005 Conference, Vienna, April 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 7, 06252, 2005.
  • Ellul R., Nolle M., Güsten H and Ventura F. A study of historical surface Ozone Measurements (1884-1900) on the island of Gozo in the central Mediterranean. Atmospheric Environment,  Vol 39, Issue 30, September 2005,  pp 5608-5618.
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Ozone data set for 2005. Report submitted to MEPA, January 2006.
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Contribution of 2005 data set for Ozone CO and SO2 to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 30. GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse Gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 
  • Kalabokas P.D., Ellul R., Gerasopoulos E., Mihalopoulos N., Kleanthous S. and Repapis C.C. An  investigation of the factors influencing the rural surface ozone levels in the Eastern Mediterranean (Malta, Greece, Cyprus). Proceedings of IGAC/ CACGP/ WMO meeting held in Cape Town, South Africa 17th-22nd September 2006.
  • Saliba M., Ellul R., Güsten H., Camilleri L. A nine year study of background surface ozone concentrations on the island of Gozo in the Central Mediterranean. Proceedings of IGAC/ CACGP/ WMO meeting held in Cape Town, South Africa 17th-22nd September 2006.
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Contribution of 2006 data set for Ozone CO and SO2 to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 31. GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse Gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2007.
  • Saliba M., Ellul R., Güsten H., Camilleri L. A ten year study of background surface ozone concentrations on the island of Gozo in the Central Mediterranean. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry   60, Issue 2, Page 117, 2008.
  • Kalabokas P.D., Mihalopoulos N., Ellul R., Kleanthous S., Repapis C.C. An investigation of the meteorological and photochemical factors influencing the background rural and marine surface ozone levels in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean. Atmospheric Environment  42, 7894-7906, 2008.
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Contribution of 2007 data set for Ozone, CO and SO2 to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 32. GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse Gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2008.
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Contribution of 2008 data set for Ozone and CO  to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 33. GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse Gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2009.
  • Ellul R., Summary of a 12 Year Study of Atmospheric Pollution in the Central Mediterranean. Proceedings of WMO Workshop held at WMO, Geneva, Switzerland 5th-7th May 2009. Published by WMO Secretariat.
  • Ellul R., A 12 Year study of Atmospheric Pollution in the Central Mediterranea. A Maltese German project 1993 – 2009. Public Lecture presented at the Ministry of Gozo, St Francis Square, Victoria, Gozo on the 29th May 2009.
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Contribution of 2009 data set for Ozone and CO  to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 34. GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse Gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2010.
  • Ellul R., Giordan Lighthouse – Summary of a study of Atmospheric Pollution in the Central Mediterranean. Proceedings of World Meteorological Organization, Scientific Advisory Group on Reactive gases Meeting, Gozo, Malta,  29th-30th March 2011. Published by WMO Secretariat.
  • Saliba M., Farrugia F., Ellul R., A 12 year study of Atmospheric Pollution in the Central Mediterranean and future research prospects. Presented at EMEP – TFMM meeting held in Zurich, Switzerland, 11-13th May 2011. Published by NILU. Website September 2011: http://tarantula.nilu.no/projects/ccc/tfmm/zurich2011/index.html
  • Ellul R. and Saliba M., Contribution of 2010 data set for Ozone and CO to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 35, GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse Gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2011.
  • Ellul R. A 15 Year study of Atmospheric Pollution in the Central Mediterranean; 1997-2011. Lecture to HSBC Employees on the 24th October 2011 at University Gozo Campus.
  • Sciare J., Di Sarra A., Ellul R., Gerasopoulos E., Hansson H.C., Kleanthous S., Mihalopoulos N., Pey J., Querol X. and Yassaa N. A Mediterranean Atmospheric Network for in-situ aerosol measurements: Motivations and Objectives Proceedings of European Aerosol Conference 2nd-7th September 2012. Granada, Spain.
  • Ellul R. Contribution of 2011 data set for Ozone and CO to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 36, GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization. March 2012.
  • Azzopardi F., Ellul R., Prestifilippo M., Scollo S., Coltelli M. The effect of Volcanic Ash plumes on the Maltese islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal research, 260 (2013) 13-26.
  • Scollo S., Azzopardi F., Boselli A., Coltelli M., Ellul R., Leto G., Messana F., Pisani G., Prestefilippo M., Saliba M., Schiavone J., Spata G., Spinelli N., Wang X. Reduction of Hazard from volcanic ash plumes between Sicily and Malta: The Vamos Seguro project. Presented at Rittman Conference, Catania, Italy. 12th-14th December 2012, INGV Misc. 15 page 121.
  • Azzopardi F., Ellul R., Prestefilippo M., Scollo S., Coltelli M. The effect of Etna volcanic ash plumes on the Maltese islands. Presented at Rittman conference, Catania, Italy. 12th-14th December 2012,  INGV Misc, 15 page 20.
  • Scollo S., Azzopardi F., Boselli A., Coltelli M., Ellul R., Leto G., Pisani G., Prestefilippo M., Saliba M., Schiavone J., Spata G., Spinelli N., Wang X., Zanmar Sanchez R. Volcanic Ash Monitoring and Forecasting between Sicily and Malta Area and Sharing of Results for Aviation Safety: The Vamos Seguro project. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol 15, EGU General Assembly April 8th-12th, 2013, Vienna, Austria.
  • Azzopardi F., Prestefilippo M., Scollo S., Coltelli M., Ellul R. The effect of Etna volcanic ash plumes on the Maltese islands. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol 15, EGU General Assembly April 8th-12th, 2013, Vienna, Austria.
  • Ellul R., Azzopardi F., Saliba M. Contribution of 2012 data set for Ozone and CO to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 37, GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse gases and other Atmospheric Gases.Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization, March 2013.
  • di Sarra A., Sferlazzo D., Meloni D., Becagli S., Ellul R. The Big Dust event of May 22, 2013, in the Central Mediterranean: Optical properties and Surface radiative forcing. 7th International workshop on Sand/ Duststorms and associated Dustfall 2-4 December 2013, Frascati (Rome) Italy.
  • Di Iorio T., Anello F., Bommarito C., Cacciani M., Denjean C., DeSilvestri L., Di Biagio C., di Sarra A., Ellul R., Formenti P., Gomez-Amo J.L., Martinez-Lozano J.A., Meloni D., Monteleone F., Pace G., Piacentino S., Schioppo R., Sferlazzo D. Long range transport of smoke particles from Canadian forest fires to the Mediterranean basin during June 2013. Proceedings of American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, USA, 9-13,  December 2013.
  • Overview of the Project CHARMEX activities on Saharan dust in the Mediterranean region. F. Dulac (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, IPSL/LSCE, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France) and an international ChArMEx Team: L. Alados Arboledas, A. Alastuey, G. Ancellet, J. Arndt, J.-L. Attié, P. Augustin, S. Becagli, G. Bergametti, M. Bocquet, F. Bordier, A. Bourdon, T. Bourrianne, J.A. Bravo-Aranda, D. Carrer, X. Ceamanos, P. Chazette, I. Chiapello, A. Comerón, G. D’Amico, B. D’Anna, H. Delbarre, C. Denjean, K. Desboeufs, J. Descloitres, M. Diouri, C. Di Biagio, T. Di Iorio, G. Di Sarra, L. Doppler, P. Durand, L.  El Amraoui, R. Ellul, H. Ferré, L. Fleury, P. Formenti, E. Freney, C. Gaimoz, E. Gerasopoulos, P. Goloub, J.L. Gómez- Amo, M.J.  Granados-Muñoz, N. Grand, J. Gröbner, J.-L. Guerrero Rascado, C. Guieu, D. Hadjimitsis, E. Hamonou, H.C. Hansson, M. Iarlori, S. Ioannou, C. Jambert, E. Jaumouillé, M. Jeannot, W. Junkermann, C. Keleshis, P. Kokkalis, D. Lambert, B. Laurent, J.- F. Léon, C. Liousse, M. Lopez Bartolome, R. Losno, M. Mallet, R.-E. Mamouri, D. Meloni, L. Menut, N. Montoux, R. Morales Baquero, P  Nabat, F. Navas-Guzmán, D. Nicolae, J.B. Nicolas, G. Notton, W. Ohayon, C. Paoli, A. Papayannis, J. Pelon, J. Pey, V. Pont, M. Pujadas, X. Querol, F. Ravetta, J.-B. Renard, V. Rizi, G. Roberts, J.-L. Roujean, K.N. Sartelet, J.-L. Savelli, J. Sciare, K. Sellegri, D.M. Sferlazzo, M. Sicard, A. Smyth, F. Solmon, D. Tanré, B. Torres, J. Totems, A. Tovar Sánchez, N. Verdier, D. Vignelles, J. Vincent, F. Wagner, Y. Wang, J. Wenger, N. Yassaa et al. - 7th International workshop on Sand/ Duststorms and associated Dustfall, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 2-4th  December 2013.
  • Cristofanelli P., Scheel H.E., Steinbacher M., Saliba M., Azzopardi F., Ellul R., Frohlich M., Calzolari F., Duchi R., Landi T.C., Marinoni A. and Bonasoni P. Long term surface Ozone variability at the Mt. Cimone WMO/GAW Global station (2165 m a.s.l., Italy). Atmospheric Environment, Vol 101, (2015) 23-33. Available online 6th November 2014.
  • Azzopardi F., Smyth A., Saliba M., Azzopardi M., Azzopardi J., Sciare J., DuLac F., Scollo S., Prestifilippo M., Jalkanen J.-P., Johansson L., Pribylova P. and Ellul R. Giordan Lighthouse –A GAW station on the island of Gozo in the Central Mediterranean; Summary of results obtained regarding shipping emissions, volcanic plumes and other anthropogenic emissions. Presented at The 9th International Conference on Air Quality Science and Application, March 24-28, 2014, Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Germany.
  • Contribution of 2013 data set for Trace gases to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. R Ellul, F Azzopardi, M Saliba. - WDCGG No 38, GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization, March 2014
  • Sofen E.D., Bowdalo D., Evans M. J., Apadula F., Bonasoni P., Cupeiro M., Ellul R., Galbally I. E., Girgzdiene R., Luppo S., Mimouni M., Nahas A.C., Saliba M., and Torseth K.. Gridded Global Surface Ozone Metrics for Atmospheric Chemistry Model Evaluation. Earth System Science Data Discussions, Vol.8, pp 603 – 647, 2015.
  • Ellul R., Azzopardi F., Saliba M., Contribution of 2014 data set for Trace gases to WMO, WDCGG Data summary. WDCGG No 39, GAW Data Volume IV Greenhouse gases and other Atmospheric Gases. Published by Japan Meteorological Agency/ World Meteorological Organization, March 2015.

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