Douglas H. Lowenthal

Research Professor
Division of Atmospheric Sciences

Email: Doug.Lowenthal@dri.edu

Full Resume

Dr. Lowenthal's current research interests include the effects of natural and anthropogenic aerosols on cloud microphysics and precipitation rates, visibility, and source apportionment modeling. Before joining DRI, Dr. Lowenthal conducted research at the University of Rhode Island on long-range transport of pollution aerosols to the Arctic and acid deposition in the northeastern U.S.

RESEARCH AREAS:

• Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Pollution, Meteorology

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Lowenthal, D.H., and N. Kumar, 2004:

Variation of mass scattering efficiencies in IMPROVE. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. , 54, 926-934.

Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, T.W. Choularton, K.N. Bower, M.J. Flynn, and M.W. Gallagher, 2004:

Parameterization of the cloud droplet - sulfate relationship. Atmos. Environ., 38, 287-292.

Lowenthal, D.H., and N. Kumar, 2003:

PM_2.5 mass and light extinction reconstruction in IMPROVE. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 53, 1109-1120.

Lowenthal, D.H., N. Kumar, J. Hand, S. Kreidenweis, J. Collett, T. Lee, and D. Day, 2003:

Hygroscopic organic aerosols during BRAVO? J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. , 53, 1273-1279.

Borys, R.D., D.H. Lowenthal, S.A. Cohn, and W.O.J. Brown, 2003:

Mountaintop and radar measurements of aerosol effects on snow growth and snowfall rate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(10), 1538-doi:10.1029/2002GL016855.

Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, and M.A. Wetzel, 2002:

Aerosol distributions and cloud interactions at a mountaintop laboratory. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4345-4351.

Mazzera, D.M., D.H. Lowenthal, J.C. Chow, and J.G. Watson, 2000:

Sources of PM₁₀ and sulfate aerosol at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Chemosphere, 45, 347-356.

Lowenthal, D.H., and R.D. Borys, 2000:

sources of microphysical variation in marine stratiform clouds in the North Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, 1491-1494.

Lowenthal, D.H., J.G. Watson, and P. Saxena, 2000:

Contributions to light extinction during Project MOHAVE. Atmos. Environ., 34, 2351-2359.

Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, and B.W. Mosher, 1997:

Sources of Pollution Aerosol at Dye 3, Greenland. Atmos. Environ., 31, 3707-3717.

Lowenthal, D.H., C.F. Rogers, P. Saxena, J.G. Watson, and J.C. Chow, 1995:

Sensitivity of Estimated Light Extinction Coefficients to Model Assumptions and Measurement Errors. Atmos. Environ., 29, 751-766.

Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, J.C. Chow, R.K. Stevens, J.P. Pinto, and J.M. Ondov, 1993:

A Fine-Particle Sodium Tracer for Long-Range Transport of the Kuwaiti Oil-Fire Smoke. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 691-694.

Lowenthal, D.H., and K.A. Rahn, 1985:

Regional sources of pollution aerosol at Barrow, Alaska during winter 1979-80 as deduced from elemental tracers. Atmos. Environ., 19, 2011-2024.

Rahn, K.A., and D.H. Lowenthal, 1985:

Pollution aerosol in the northeast: Northeastern-Midwestern contributions. Science, 228, 275-284.