Wendy S. Goliff

Assistant Research Professor
Division of Atmospheric Sciences

Dr. Goliff's atmospheric chemistry research focuses on sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and gas-phase chemistry mechanism development. She has collaborated with Dr. Barbara Zielinska on a number of field campaigns such as the Central California Ozone Study (CCOS) in which ambient samples were collected with canisters and Tenax and then analyzed by gas chromatographs (GC) equipped with flame ionization detectors and GC/Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy/Mass Spectrometry. For CCOS, she is also participating in the data analysis phase and plans to publish several journal papers. In addition, Dr. Goliff is performing photochemical modeling studies with Dr. W. R. Stockwell to further develop a VOC reaction scheme for the Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism 2 (RACM2) which includes improved mechanisms for biogenically emitted volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). She is working to extend the concept of incremental reactivity to toxic compounds such as the formation of formaldehyde. Presently, she is working with Dr. Stockwell to write a journal manuscript on the RACM2. Future work includes a plan for field work with Dr. Stockwell and Dr. Jose D. Fuentes concerning the atmospheric fate of BVOCs and laboratory chamber studies on those product yields of BVOCs that affect visibility and ozone and aerosol formation.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Kim D., C.P. Loughner, M.A. Wetzel, W.S. Goliff, and W.R. Stockwell, 2005:

A Comparison of Photolysis Rate Parameters Estimated from Measured and Simulated Actinic Flux for Wintertime Conditions at Storm Peak Laboratory, Colorado. J. Atmos. Chem., in press .

Goliff, W.S., and W.R. Stockwell, 2005:

The sensitivity of ozone and hydroxyl to increased speciation of ketones in the new Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism, Version 2. Eos Trans. AGU, 86 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A11B-0868.

Stockwell, W.R., and W.S. Goliff, 2005:

Evaluation of the Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism, version 2 (RACM2). Eos Trans. AGU , 86 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A34A-07.

Stockwell W.R., and W.S. Goliff, 2004:

Measurement of Actinic Flux and the Calculation of Photolysis Rate Parameters for the Central California Ozone Study. Atmos. Environ., 38, 5169-5177.

Goliff, W.S., and W.R. Stockwell, 2004:

The Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism, Version 2 -- A Status Report. Presented at the Gordon Conference on Biogenic Hydrocarbons and the Atmosphere, May 2-7, 2004, Barga, Italy.

Goliff, W.S., and W.R. Stockwell, 2004:

The Sensitivity of Ozone and Hydroxyl Radical Concentrations to Measured and Modeled Actinic Flux and Three Chemical Mechanisms. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2004 Fall Meeting, December 16, 2004.

Stockwell, W.R., and W.S. Goliff, 2004:

Actinic Flux Measurements for the Central California Ozone Study. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2004 Fall Meeting, December 16, 2004.

Fujita, E.M., D.E. Campbell, B. Zielinska, J.C. Sagebiel, J.L. Bowen, W.S. Goliff, W.R. Stockwell, and D.R. Lawson, 2003:

Diurnal and Weekday Variations in the Source Contributions of Ozone Precursors in California’s South Coast Air Basin. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 53, 844-863.

Stockwell, W.R., D. Kim, D. Freeman, I. Shumyatsky, J.M. Lewis, and W.S. Goliff, 2003:

Modeling the Effect of Mountainous Terrain on Atmospheric Chemistry. In Proceedings of the Air & Waste Management Association 96th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 22-26, 2003, San Diego, California, Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

Goliff, W.S., L.R. Rinehart, and B. Zielinska, 2003:

California Regional PM10/PM2.5 Air Quality Study: Determination of Source VOC Profiles. In Proceedings of the Air & Waste Management Association 96th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 22-26, 2003, San Diego, California, Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

Goliff, W.S., and W.R. Stockwell, 2003:

Estimating HO Radical Concentrations for the Central California Ozone Study. Presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December, 2003, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A22G-07.

Stockwell, W R., D. Kim, D. Freeman, I. Shumyatsky, W.S. Goliff, J.M. Lewis, and J. Watson, 2003:

Modeling Studies of the Contribution of Regional Transport to the Formation of Secondary Aerosol over the Western United States. Presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December, 2003, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A11E-0034.

Stockwell, W.R., and W.S. Goliff, 2002:

Comment on “Simulation of a Reacting Pollutant Puff using an Adaptive Grid Algorithm” by R.K. Srivastava et al. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4643, doi:10.1029/2002JD002164.

Goliff, W.S., and F.S. Rowland, 1997:

Methyl Chloride Formation by Gas Phase Thermal Chlorine Atom Reaction with Methyl Iodide and Methyl Bromide. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 3029-3032.