Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Abatzoglou, J.T., and T.J. Brown, 2009: Influence of the Madden–Julian Oscillation on Summertime Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity over the Continental United States. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3596-3601.

Abatzoglou, J.T, K.T. Redmond, and L.M. Edwards, 2009: Classification of regional climate variability in the state of California. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 48(8), 1527-1541, DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2062.1

Abu-Allaban, M. D.H. Lowenthal, A.W. Gertler, and M. Labib, 2009: Sources of Volatile Organic Compounds in Cairo’s Ambient Air. Environ. Monitor. Assess., 157, 179-189.

Bailey, M.P., and J. Hallett, 2009: A Comprehensive Habit Diagram for Atmospheric Ice Crystals: Confirmation from the Laboratory, AIRS II, and Other Field Studies. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 2888-2899. doi: 10.1175/2009JAS2883.1.

Beg Paklar, G., D. Koracin, and C. Dorman, 2009: Wind-induced ocean circulation along California and Baja California coasts in June 1999. Atmos. Res., 94, 106-133.

Belu, R., and D. Koracin, 2009: Wind characteristics and wind energy potential in western Nevada. Renewable Energy, 34, 2246-2251.

Bowers, R.M., C.L. Lauber, C. Wiedinmyer, M. Hamady, A.G. Hallar, R. Fall, R. Knight, and N. Fierer, 2009: Characterization of Airborne Microbial Communities at a High-Elevation Site and their Potential to Act as Atmospheric Ice Nuclei. Appl. Environ. Microb., 75(15), 1-2, doi:10.1128/AEM.00447-09.

Broch, A., S.K. Hoekman, A.W. Gertler, C. Robbins, and M. Natarajan, 2009: Biodistillate Transportation Fuels 3. – Life-Cycle Impacts. Soc. Auto. Eng. Paper No. 2009-01-2768.

Cao, J.J., Z.X. Shen, J.C. Chow, G.W. Qi, and J.G. Watson, 2009: Seasonal variations and sources of mass and chemical composition for PM10 aerosol in Hangzhou, China. Particuology, 7(3), 161-168.

Cao, J.J., T. Zhang, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, F. Wu, and H. Li, 2009: Characterization of atmospheric ammonia over Xi'an, China. AAQR, 9(2), 277-289.

Cao, J.J., C.S. Zhu, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, Y.M. Han, G.H. Wang, Z.X. Shen, and Z.S. An, 2009: Black carbon relationships with emissions and meteorology in Xi'an. Atmos. Res., 94(2), 194-202.

Caprio, J.M., H.A. Quamme, and K.T. Redmond, 2009: A statistical procedure to determine recent climate change of extreme daily meteorological data as applied at two locations in northwestern North America. Climate Change, 92, 65-81, 10.1007/s10584-008-9474-1. Online Oct 2008.

Chakrabarty, R.K., M.A. Garro, S. Chancellor, C. Herald, and H. Moosmüller, 2009: FracMAP: A User-Interactive Package for Performing Simulation and Orientation-Specific Morphology Analysis of Fractal-Like Solid Nano-Agglomerates. Comp. Phys. Comm., 180, 1376-1381.

Chakrabarty, R.K., H. Moosmüller, W.P. Arnott, M.A. Garro, G. Tian, J.G. Slowik, E.S. Cross, J.-H. Han, P. Davidovits, T.B. Onasch, and D.R. Worsnop, 2009: Low Fractal Dimension Cluster-Dilute Soot Aggregates from a Premixed Flame. Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 235504 (4 pages).

Cheng, X., Y. Luo, B. Su, P. Verburg, D. Hui, D. Obrist, J.A. Arnone, D.W. Johnson, and R.D. Evans, 2009: Responses of net ecosystem CO2 exchange to nitrogen fertilization in experimentally manipulated grassland ecosystems. AGR Forest Meteorol., 149, 1956-1963.

Cheng, Y., S.C. Lee, J.J. Cao, H.F. Ho, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, and C.H Ao, 2009: Elemental composition of airborne aerosols at a traffic site and a suburban site in Hong Kong. Intl. J. Environ. Pollut., 36(1-3): 166-179.

Chow, J.C., J.G. Watson, P. Doraiswamy, L.-W.A. Chen, D.A. Sodeman, D.H. Lowenthal, W.P. Arnott, and Motallebi, 2009: Aerosol light absorption, black carbon, and elemental carbon measurements at the Fresno Supersite, California. Atmos. Res., 93(4), 874-887.

Chow, J.C., J.G. Watson, L.-W.A. Chen, R.J., and N.H. Frank, 2009: Quantification of organic carbon sampling artifacts in US non-urban and urban networks. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 27359-27400.

de Wekker, S.F.J., A. Ameen, G. Song, B.B. Stephens, A.G. Hallar, and I.B. McCubbin, 2009: A preliminary investigation of boundary layer effects on daytime atmospheric CO2 concentrations at a mountaintop location in the Rocky Mountains. Acta Geophysica, 57(4), 904-922. Published on-line, doi:10.2478/s11600-009-0033-6.

DeMott, P.J., M.D. Petters, A.J. Prenni, C.M. Carrico, S.M. Kreidenweis, J.L. Collett, Jr., and H. Moosmüller, 2009: Ice Nucleation Behavior of Biomass Combustion Particles at Cirrus Temperatures. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D16205, doi:10.1029/2009JD012036 (13 pages).

Engelbrecht, J.P., E.V. McDonald, J.A. Gillies, R.K.M. Jayanty, G. Casuccio, and A.W. Gertler 2009: Characterizing Mineral Dusts and Other Aerosols from the Middle East—Part 1: Ambient Sampling. Inhal. Toxicol., 21(4), 297-326.

Engelbrecht, J.P., E.V. McDonald, J.A. Gillies, R.K.M. Jayanty, G. Casuccio and A.W. Gertler 2009: Characterizing Mineral Dusts and Other Aerosols from the Middle East—Part 2: Grab Samples and Re-Suspensions. Inhal. Toxicol., 21(4), 327-336.

Faïn, X., D. Obrist, A.G. Hallar, I. McCubbin, and T. Rahn, 2009: High levels of reactive gaseous mercury observed at a high elevation research laboratory in the Rocky Mountains, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8049-8060.

Faïn X., C.P. Ferrari, A. Dommergue, M. Albert, M. Battle, J. Severinghaus, L. Arnaud, J.M. Barnola, W. Cairns, C. Barbante, and C. Boutron, 2009: Polar firn air reveals large-scale impact of anthropogenic mercury emissions during the 1970s. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 106(38), 16114-16119.

Giechaskiel, B., X. Wang, H.-G. Horn, J. Spielvogel, C. Gerhart, J. Southgate, L. Jing, M. Kasper, Y. Drossinos, A. Krasenbrink, 2009: Calibration of Condensation Particle Counters for Legislated Vehicle Number Emission Measurements. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 43(12), 1164-1173.

Gillies, J.A., W.G. Nickling, and M. Tilson 2009: Ventifacts and wind eroded rock features in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Geomorphology 107, 149-160, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.007.

Gillies, J.A., W.G. Nickling, J. King, and N. Lancaster 2009: Modeling aeolian sediment transport thresholds on Mars: a shear stress partitioning approach. Geomorphology 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009:02.016.

Green, M., S. Kondragunta, P. Ciren, and C. Xu, 2009: Comparison of GOES and MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) to AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) AOD and IMPROVE PM2.5 mass at Bondville, Illinois. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 59, 1082-1091.

Gyawali, M., W.P. Arnott, K. Lewis, and H. Moosmüller 2009: In Situ Aerosol Optics in Reno, NV, USA during and after the Summer 2008 California Wildfires and the Influence of Absorbing and Non-Absorbing Organic Coatings on Spectral Light Absorption. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8007-8015.

Hallett, J., and G.A. Isaac, 2009: Aircraft Icing in Glaciated and Mixed Phase Clouds. J. Aircraft, 45(6), 2120-2130.

Han, Y.M., J.J. Cao, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, Z.S. An, and S.X. Liu, 2009: Elemental carbon in urban soils and road dusts in Xi'an, China and its implication for air pollution. Atmos. Environ., 43(15), 2464-2470.

Han, Y.M., J.J. Cao, E.S. Posmentier, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, K.K. Fung, Z.D. Jin, S.X. Liu, and Z.S. An, 2009: The effect of acidification on the determination of elemental carbon, char-, and soot-elemental carbon in soils and sediments. Chemosphere, 75(1), 92-99.

Hidy, G.M., P. Biswas, J.C. Chow, L. Diaz-Roble, D.J. Eatough, H. Ellis, P. Mueller, T. Overcamp, J.G. Watson, and C.Y. Wu, 2009: Remote sensing of particulate pollution from space: Have we reached the promised land? Critical review introduction. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 59(6), 642-644.

Hidy, G.M., J.R. Brook, J.C. Chow, M. Green, R.B. Husar, C. Lee, R.D. Scheffe, A. Swanson, and J.G. Watson, 2009: The A&WMA 2009 Critical Review Discussion - Remote sensing of particulate pollution from space: Have we reached the promised land?: Critical review discussion. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 59(10), 1130-1139.

Ho, K.F., S.S. H. Ho, S.C. Lee, Y. Cheng, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, P.K.K. Louie, and L. Tian, 2009: Emissions of gas- and particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Shing Mun Tunnel, Hong Kong. Atmos. Environ., 43(40), 6343-6351.

Hoekman, S.K. 2009: Biofuels in the U.S. – Challenges and Opportunities. Renew. Energ. 34, 14-22.
Hoekman, S.K., A.W. Gertler, A. Broch, C. Robbins, and M. Natarajan, 2009: Biodistillate Transportation Fuels 1. – Production and Properties. Soc. Auto. Eng. Paper No. 2009-01-2766.

Hu, T.F., S.C. Lee, J.J. Cao, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, K.F. Ho, W.K. Ho, B. Rong and Z.S. An, 2009: Characterization of winter airborne particles at Emperor Qin's terra-cotta museum, China. Sci. Total Environ., 407(20), 5319-5327.

Hu, T.F., S.C. Lee, J.J. Cao, W.K. Ho, K.F. Ho, J.C. Chow, J.G. Watson, B. Rong, and Z.S. An, 2009: Atmospheric deterioration of Qin brick in an environmental chamber at Emperor Qin's Terracotta Museum, China. J. Archaeolog. Sci., 36(11), 2578-2583.

Huang, C., Y.-L. Lin, M.L. Kaplan, and J.J. Charney, 2009: Synoptic-Scale and Mesoscale Environments Conducive to Forest Fires during the October 2003 Extreme Fire Event in Southern California. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 48, 553-559.
 
Hudson, J. G., S. Noble, V. Jha, and S. Mishra, 2009: Correlations of small cumuli droplet and drizzle drop concentrations with cloud condensation nuclei concentrations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D05201, doi:10.1029/2008JD010581.
 
Hudson, J.G., and S. Noble, 2009: CCN and cloud droplet concentrations at a remote ocean site. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L13812, doi:10.1029/2009GL038465.

Huggins, A.W., 2009: Summary of studies that document the effectiveness of cloud seeding for snowfall augmentation. J. Weather Mod., 41, 119-126.

Kahyaoglu-Koracin, J., S. Bassett, D. Mouat, and A. Gertler 2009: Application of A Scenario-Based Modeling System to Predict the Air Quality Impacts of Future Growth, Atmos. Environ., 43, 1021-1028.
 
Kaplan, M.L., C.S. Adaniya, P.J. Marzette, K.C. King, S.J. Underwood, and J.M. Lewis, 2009: The role of upstream midtropospheric circulations in Sierra Nevada leeside (spillover) precipitation – Part II – A secondary atmospheric river accompanying a mid-level jet. J. Hydrometeor., 10, 1327-1354.

Kavouras, I.G., D.W. DuBois, and V. Etyemezian, 2009: A geospatial screening tool to identify the sources of windblown dust. Environ. Modell. Softw., 24, 1003-1011.

Kavouras, I.G., V. Etyemezian, D.W. DuBois, J. Xu, and M. Pitchford, 2009: Source reconciliation of atmospheric dust causing visibility impairment in Class I areas of the western United States. J. Geophys. Res.– Atmospheres, 114, D02308, doi:10.1029/2008JD009923.

Kavouras, I.G., V. Etyemezian, G. Nikolich, M. Young, J. Gillies, and D. Shafer, 2009: A new technique for characterizing the efficacy of fugitive dust suppressants. J Air and Waste Manage. Assoc., 59(5), 603-612, 10.3155/1047-3289.595.603.

Kunkel, K.E., M. Palecki, L. Ensor, K.G. Hubbard, D. Robinson, K. Redmond, and D. Easterling, 2009: Trends in 20th Century U.S. snowfall using a quality-controlled data set. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 26(1), 33-44. DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1138.1.

Kunkel, K.E., L. Ensor, M. Palecki, D. Easterling, D. Robinson, K.G. Hubbard, K. Redmond, 2009: A new look at lake-effect snowfall trends in the Laurentian Great Lakes using a temporally homogeneous data set. J. Great Lakes Res., 35(1), 23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2008.11.003.

Kunkel, K.E., M.A. Palecki, L. Ensor, D. Easterling, K.G. Hubbard, D. Robinson, and K. Redmond, 2009: Trends in 20th Century U.S. extreme snowfall seasons. J. Climate, 22(23), 6204-6216, DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2631.1.

Lewis, K.A., W.P. Arnott, H. Moosmüller, R.K. Chakrabarty, C.M. Carrico, S.M. Kreidenweis, D.E. Day, W.C. Malm, A. Laskin, J.L. Jimenez, I.M. Ulbrich, J.A. Huffman, T.B. Onasch, A. Trimborn, L. Lui, and M.I. Mishchenko 2009: Reduction in Biomass Burning Aerosol Light Absorption upon Humidification: Roles of Inorganically-Induced Hygroscopicity, Particle Collapse, and Photoacoustic Heat and Mass Transfer. Atm. Chem. Phys., 9, 8949-8966.

Lowenthal, D.H., Zielinska, B., Mason, B., Samy, S., Samburova, V., Collins, D., Spencer, C., Taylor, N., Allen, J., O., and Kumar, N., 2009: Aerosol characterization studies at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, summer, 2006. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08206, doi:10.1029/2008JD011274.

McMeeking, G.R., S.M. Kreidenweis, S. Baker, C.M. Carrico, J.C. Chow, J.L. Collett Jr., W.M. Hao, A.S. Holden, T.W. Kirchstetter, W.C. Malm H. Moosmüller, A.P. Sullivan, and C.E. Wold, 2009: Emissions of Trace Gases and Aerosols during the Open Combustion of Biomass in the Laboratory. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D19210, doi:10.1029/2009JD011836 (20 pages).

Mitchell, D.L., and W. Finnegan, 2009: Modification of cirrus clouds to reduce global warming. Environ. Res. Lett., 4, 045102 (8 pp), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045102.

Mitchell, D.L., R.P. d’Entremont, and R.P. Lawson, 2009: Inferring cirrus size distributions through satellite remote sensing and microphysical databases. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1106-1125. doi:10.1175/2009JAS3150.1.

Moosmüller, H., and W.P. Arnott 2009: Particle Optics in the Rayleigh Regime. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 59, 1028-1031.

Moosmüller, H., R.K. Chakrabarty, and W.P. Arnott, 2009: Aerosol Light Absorption and its Measurement: A Review. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110, 844-878.

Nussbaum, N.J., D. Zhu, H.D. Kuhns, C. Mazzoleni, M.-C.O. Chang, H. Moosmüller, J.G. Watson, 2009: The In-Plume Emissions Test-Stand: A novel instrument platform for the real-time characterization of combustion emissions. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 59(12), 1437-1445.
 
O’Hara, B.F., M.L. Kaplan, and S.J. Underwood, 2009: Synoptic climatological analyses of extreme snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Wea. Forecasting, 24, 1610-1624.
 
Obrist, D., D.W. Johnson, S.E. Lindberg, 2009: Mercury concentrations and pools in four Sierra Nevada forest sites, and relationships to organic carbon and nitrogen. Biogeosciences, 6, 1-13.

Peterson, H., M. Bailey, J. Hallett, and W. Beasley, 2009: NOx production in laboratory discharges simulating blue jets and red sprites. J. Geophys. Res., 114, A00E07, doi:10.1029/2009JA014489.

Petters, M.D., C.M. Carrico, S.M. Kreidenweis, A.J. Prenni, P.J. DeMott, J.L. Collett, Jr., and H. Moosmüller, 2009: Cloud Condensation Nucleation Activity of Biomass Burning Aerosol. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D22205, doi:10.1029/2009JD012353.

Petters, M.D., M.T. Parsons, A.J. Prenni, P.J. DeMott, S.M. Kreidenweis, C.M. Carrico, A.P. Sullivan, G.R. McMeeking, E. Levin, C.E. Wold, J.L. Collett, Jr., and H. Moosmüller, 2009: Ice Nuclei Emissions from Biomass Burning. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D07209, doi:10.1029/2008JD011532.

Pryor, S.C., J.A. Howe, and K.E. Kunkel, 2009: How spatially coherent and statistically robust are temporal changes in extreme precipitation in the contiguous USA? Intl. J. Climatology, 29, 31-45.

Robbins, C., S.K. Hoekman, A.W. Gertler, A. Broch, and M. Natarajan. Biodistillate Transportation Fuels 2. – Emissions Impacts. Soc. Auto. Eng. Paper No. 2009-01-2724 2009.

Saleeby, S.M., W.R. Cotton, D. Lowenthal, R.D. Borys, and M.A. Wetzel, 2009, Influence of cloud condensation nuclei on orographic snowfall. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 48, 903-922.

Tian, G., H. Moosmüller, and W P. Arnott, 2009: Simultaneous Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Aerosol and Oxygen A-band Absorption for the Calibration of Aerosol Light Absorption Measurements. Aerosol Sci. Tech., 43, 1084-1090.

Underwood, S.J., M.L. Kaplan and K.C. King, 2009: The role of upstream midtropospheric circulations in Sierra Nevada leeside (spillover) precipitation – Part I – A synoptic climatological analysis of flood precursor conditions. J. Hydrometeor., 10, 1309-1326.

Vega, E., D.H. Lowenthal, H. Ruiz, E. Reyes, J.G. Watson, J.C. Chow, M. Viana, X. Querol, and A. Alastuey, 2009: Fine particle receptor modeling in the atmosphere of Mexico City. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 59(12), 1417-1428.

Vidaurre, G., and J. Hallett: 2009: Ice and water content of stratiform mixed-phase cloud. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 1292-1306. DOI:10.1002/qj.440.

Vidaurre, G., and J. Hallett: 2009: Particle Impact and Breakup in Aircraft Measurement. J. Atmos. & Oceanic Technol., 26(5), 972-983.

Wang, G.H., K. Kawamura, M.J. Xie, S.Y. Hu, J.J. Cao, Z.S. An, J.G. Watson, and J.C. Chow, 2009: Organic molecular compositions and size distributions of Chinese summer and autumn aerosols from Nanjing: Characteristic haze event caused by wheat straw burning. Environ. Sci. Technol., 43(17): 6493-6499.

Wang, X., G. Chancellor, J. Evenstad, J. Farnsworth, A. Hase, G. Olson, A. Sreenath, and J. Agarwal, 2009: A Novel Optical Instrument for Estimating Size Segregated Aerosol Mass Concentration in Real Time. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 43(9), 939-950.

Watson, J.G., J.C. Chow, L.-W.A. Chen, and N.H. Frank, 2009: Methods to assess carbonaceous aerosol sampling artifacts for IMPROVE and other long-term networks. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 59(8), 898-911.

Weaver, C.P., X.-Z. Liang, J. Zhu, P. J. Adams, P. Amar, J. Avise, M. Caughey, J. Chen, R.C. Cohen, E. Cooter, J.P. Dawson, R. Gilliam, A. Gilliland, A.H. Goldstein, A. Grambsch, D. Grano, A. Guenther, W.I. Gustafson, R.A. Harley, S. He, B. Hemming, C. Hogrefe, H.-C. Huang, S.W. Hunt, D.J. Jacob, P.L. Kinney, K. Kunkel, J.-F. Lamarque, B. Lamb, N.K. Larkin, L.R. Leung, K.-J. Liao, J.-T. Lin, B.H. Lynn, K. Manomaiphiboon, C. Mass, D. McKenzie, L.J. Mickley, S.M. O'neill, C. Nolte, S.N. Pandis, P.N. Racherla, C. Rosenzweig, A.G. Russell, E. Salathé, A.L. Steiner, E. Tagaris, Z. Tao, S. Tonse, C. Wiedinmyer, A. Williams, D.A. Winner, J.-H. Woo, S. Wu, and D.J. Wuebbles, 2009: A preliminary synthesis of modeled climate change impacts on U.S. regional ozone concentrations. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 1843-1863.

Wiedinmyer, C., R.M. Bowers, N. Fierer, E. Horanyi, M. Hannigan, A.G. Hallar, I. McCubbin, and K. Baustian, 2009: The contribution of biological particles to observed particulate organic carbon at a remote high altitude site. Atmos. Environ., 43, 4278-4282.

Zhu, D., H.D. Kuhns, S. Brown, J.A. Gillies, V. Etyemezian, and A.W. Gertler 2009: Fugitive dust emissions from paved road travel in the Lake Tahoe basin, J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 59, 1219-1229, DOI:10.3155/1047-3289.59.10.1219.

Zhu, D., N.J. Nussbaum, H.D. Kuhns, M.-C.O. Chang, D. Sodeman, S. Uppupalli, H. Moosmüller, J.C. Chow, and J.G. Watson 2009: In-Plume Emissions Test Stand 2: Emission Factors for 10- to100-kW U.S. Military Generators. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 59(12), 1446-1457. DOI:10.3155/1047-3289.59.12.1446.