| Education: |
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, 2008, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich), Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IACETH).
Thesis: " Total Ozone Measurements at Arosa (Switzerland): Seasonal Variation and Precision of Dobson and Brewer Observations"
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M.S., Physics, 2004
at Univerita’ degli studi di Milano (Italy)
Thesis:
Atmospheric Particle Size Distribution in Milan by Differential Mobility Particle Sizer and Optical Particle Counter measurements
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| Professional Experience: |
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| 2011-present |
Research Scientist, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
Atmospheric Science Branch
NASA Ames Research Center |
| 2009-2011 |
Post Doctoral Fellow, NASA Post Doctoral Program
Space and Earth Science department
Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics. Group Leader: Dr. Anthony Strawa
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| April-Nov. 2008 |
Post Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH- Zürich, AtmosphericChemistry group, Group Leader: Prof. Dr. Peter Thomas |
| 2005-2008 |
Teaching assistant, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich
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| 2004-2005 |
Product manager for aerosol particle instruments, Luchsinger srl, Via Bergamo 25, Curno
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Refereed
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Rodriguez, S., R. Van Dingenen, J. P. Putaud, A. Dell'Acqua, J. Pey, X. Querol, A. Alastuey, S. Chenery, K. F. Ho, R. Harrison, R. Tardivo, B. Scarnato, and V. Gemelli. 2007. A study on the relationship between mass concentrations, chemistry and number size distribution of urban aerosols in Milan, Barcelona and London. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7: 2217-2232. |
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Scarnato, B., J. Staehelin, T. Peter, J. Gröbner, and R. Stübi. 2009. Temperature and slant path effects in Dobson and Brewer total ozone measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D24303, doi:10.1029/2009JD012349 |
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Scarnato B, J. Staehelin, R. Stübi and H. Schill. 2010. Long Term Total Ozone Observations at Arosa (Switzerland) with Dobson and Brewer instruments (1988-2007). J. Geophys. Res., 115, D13306, doi:10.1029/2009JD011908. |
| Invited Seminars: |
Scarnato, B., Stahelin, J., Peter T., Groebner J. and Stuebi R. “Total Ozone Observations at Arosa (Switzerland) by Dobson and Brewer: Temperature and Ozone Slant Path Effect.” December 2009, AGU San Francisco. |
Strawa, A., R.Chatfield, M. Legg R. Esswein, E. Justice, B. Scarnato. “Toward Obtaining Reliable Particulate Air Quality from Satellites” December 2009, AGU San Francisco. |
Strawa, A., R.Chatfield, M. Legg R. Esswein, E. Justice, B. Scarnato “Toward Obtaining Reliable Particulate Air Quality from Satellites” November 2009, AAAR, Minneapolis, MN. |
Scarnato, B., Stahelin, J. T., Groebner J. and Stuebi R. “Direct sun total ozone measurements by Dobson and Brewer: Temperature and ozone slant path effect.” AGU, December 2007, San Francisco, CA. |
Scarnato, B., Stahelin J., Stuebi R. and Schill H. “Comparison of Stratospheric ozone measurements by Dobson and Brewer spectrophotometers.” EGU, April 2006, Vienna, Austria. |
Scarnato, B., Stahelin J., Stuebi R. and Schill H. “Comparison of Brewer and Dobson total ozone measurements, Time of coincidence" June 2005, Delft. The 9th Brewer Users Group Meeting. |
| Training: |
Satellite data workshop held by Richard Kleidman (NASA Goddard), Silicon Valley Center inMoffett Field, CA 94035, December 8th 2008 |
New Particle Formation in the Atmosphere. Instructor Peter H. McMurry, AAAR tutorials, November 2009, Minneapolis, USA. |
More Than the Sum of the Parts: Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing, and Its Relationship to Sub-orbital Measurements and Models. Instructor Ralph Kahn, November 2009, Minneapolis, USA. |
Secondary Aerosol Formation, Instructor Paul Ziemann, AAAR tutorials, November 2009, Minneapolis, USA. |
Introduction and Use of Web-Based Resources for Aerosol calculations. Instructor: Scot Martin, AAAR tutorials, November 2009, Minneapolis, USA.
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Training on TSI Particle Instruments (Certificated), TSI Aachen (Germany), March 9-11 2005. Instructors Dr. Hans-Georg Horn, TSI GmbH and Axel Zerrath, TSI GmbH. The training at GmbH covered technical principle, operation, maintenance and marketing of TSI particle instruments. |
| Computer Experience : |
Languages: R (statistical language), IGOR, JAVA, FORTRAN |
| Professional Societies: |
American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Union |
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