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Brian C. McDonald
Physical Scientist, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
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Early Season 2023 Wildfires Generated Record‐Breaking Surface Ozone Anomalies Across the U.S. Upper Midwest
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
26 november 2024
Owen R. Cooper, Kelvin Bates, Kevin W. Bowman, Ste...

During summer 2023 Canada experienced its most intense wildfire season on record. Smoke plumes from these fires advected across the United States (...

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Impacts of On‐Road Vehicular Emissions on U.S. Air Quality: A Comparison of Two Mobile Emission Models (MOVES and FIVE)
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
10 october 2024
Siqi Ma, Bok Baek, Colin Harkins, Yunyao Li, Brian...

On‐road vehicles are significant contributors to air pollution globally, particularly to nitrogen oxides (NOx) and ozone (O3). Quantifying th...

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Evaluating Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieved From VIIRS Using Global Scale, Multi‐Seasonal Airborne Observations
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
21 june 2024
Siyuan Wang, Charles A. Brock, Shobha Kondragunta,...

Aerosol optical depth (AOD) is a vital parameter in atmospheric research. Using observations of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIR...

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An Observing System Simulation Experiment Analysis of How Well Geostationary Satellite Trace‐Gas Observations Constrain NOx Emissions in the US
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
12 january 2024
Chia-Hua Hsu, Daven K. Henze, Arthur Mizzi, Gonzal...

We investigate the benefit of assimilating high spatial‐temporal resolution nitrogen dioxide (NO2) measurements from a geostationary (GEO) in...

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Challenges of detecting free tropospheric ozone trends in a sparsely sampled environment
PLANNING FOR OBSERVATION CONTINUITY: SCIENTIFIC NEEDS, DECISION SUPPORT VALUE, AND PRACTICAL CHALLENGES II POSTER
science and society | 15 december 2023
Kai-Lan Chang, Owen R. Cooper, Audrey Gaudel, Bria...
High quality long-term records are essential to ensure reliable and appropriate trend detection of tropospheric ozone. However, the necessity for main...
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Smoke Exposure and Underserved Wildland Communities
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE: FOCUS ON AIR (INE)QUALITY POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Megan Robertson, Audrey Gaudel, Rebecca Schwantes,...
A substantial proportion of the wildfire responders in the United States are migrant and immigrant workers with origins in Mexico and Central America....
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Characterizing volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in California’s South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB): Comparison of AEROMMA 2023 airborne and SUNVEx 2021 ground-based observations
AIR QUALITY TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN URBAN AREA V POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Jessica Gilman, Victoria Treadaway, Morgan Selby, ...
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted from natural and anthropogenic sources. On-road sources have traditionally dominated urban emissions. Ov...
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Observing anthropogenic and biogenic CO2 emissions using a dense sensor network
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN URBAN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS QUANTIFICATION AND RELATED UNCERTAINTY II POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Jinsol Kim, William Berelson, Nick Rollins, John B...
Urban areas account for a large fraction of global fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and cities are implementing mitigation strategies to re...
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