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Thomas B Ryerson

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First Author Publications:

Ryerson, T. B., et al. (2019), ATom: L2 In Situ Measurements from NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone (NOyO3) Instrument, Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1734.
Ryerson, T. B., et al. (2013), The 2010 California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) field study, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 5830-5866, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50331.
Ryerson, T. B., et al. (2011), Chemical data quantify Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbon flow rate and environmental distribution, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.1110564109.
Ryerson, T. B., et al. (2011), Atmospheric emissions from the Deepwater Horizon spill constrain air-water partitioning, hydrocarbon fate, and leak rate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L07803, doi:10.1029/2011GL0467.
Ryerson, T. B., et al. (2000), An efficient photolysis system for fast-response NO2 measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 26447-26461.

Co-Authored Publications:

Decker, Z., et al. (2024), Airborne Observations Constrain Heterogeneous Nitrogen and Halogen Chemistry on Tropospheric and Stratospheric Biomass Burning Aerosol, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL107273, doi:10.1029/2023GL107273.
Gkatzelis, G., et al. (2024), Parameterizations of US wildfire and prescribed fire emission ratios and emission factors based on FIREX-AQ aircraft measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-24-929-2024.
Gkatzelis, G., et al. (2024), Parameterizations of US wildfire and prescribed fire emission ratios and emission factors based on FIREX-AQ aircraft measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-24-929-2024.
Roberts, J., et al. (2024), Observations of cyanogen bromide (BrCN) in the global troposphere and their relation to polar surface O3 destruction, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-24-3421-2024.
Guo, H., et al. (2023), Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote troposphere defined by aircraft measurements – corrected, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 99-117, doi:10.5194/acp-23-99-2023.
Katich, J., et al. (2023), Pyrocumulonimbus affect average stratospheric aerosol composition, Science, 379, 815-820, doi:10.1126/science.add3101.
Rickly, P., et al. (2023), Emission factors and evolution of SO2 measured from biomass burning in wildfires and agricultural fires, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-22-15603-2022.
Roberts, J., et al. (2023), Observations of cyanogen bromide (BrCN) in the global troposphere and their relation to polar surface O3 destruction., doi:10.5194/egusphere-2023-860 (submitted).
Tang, Y., et al. (2023), Evaluation of the NAQFC driven by the NOAA Global Forecast System (version 16): comparison with the WRF-CMAQ during the summer 2019 FIREX-AQ campaign, Geosci. Model. Dev., doi:10.5194/gmd-15-7977-2022.
Bourgeois, I., et al. (2022), Comparison of airborne measurements of NO, NO2, HONO, NOy , and CO during FIREX-AQ, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 4901-4930, doi:10.5194/amt-15-4901-2022.
Bourgeois, I., et al. (2022), Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.2109628118.
Langford, A., et al. (2022), The Fires, Asian, and Stratospheric Transport–Las Vegas Ozone Study (FAST-LVOS), Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-22-1707-2022.
Liao, J., et al. (2022), Formaldehyde evolution in US wildfire plumes during the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality experiment (FIREX-AQ), Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-21-18319-2021.
Liao, J., et al. (2022), Formaldehyde evolution in US wildfire plumes during the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality experiment (FIREX-AQ), Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-21-18319-2021.
Tang, W., et al. (2022), Effects of Fire Diurnal Variation and Plume Rise on U.S. Air Quality During FIREX-AQ and WE-CAN Based on the Multi-Scale Infrastructure for Chemistry and Aerosols (MUSICAv0), J. Geophys. Res., 127, e2022JD036650, doi:10.1029/2022JD036650.
Wolfe, G. M., et al. (2022), Photochemical evolution of the 2013 California Rim Fire: synergistic impacts of reactive hydrocarbons and enhanced oxidants, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-22-4253-2022.
Xu, L., et al. (2022), Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes, Science Advances, 7, eabl3648, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abl3648.
Xu, L., et al. (2022), Adv.7, eabl3648 (2021) 8 December 2021SCIENCE ADVANCES, Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes, Xu et al., Sci., 7, eabl3648, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abl3648.
Zeng, L., et al. (2022), Characteristics and evolution of brown carbon in western United States wildfires, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-22-8009-2022.
Zeng, L., et al. (2022), Characteristics and evolution of brown carbon in western United States wildfires, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-22-8009-2022.
Brock, C., et al. (2021), Ambient aerosol properties in the remote atmosphere from global-scale in situ measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 15023-15063, doi:10.5194/acp-21-15023-2021.
Decker, Z., et al. (2021), Nighttime and daytime dark oxidation chemistry in wildfire plumes: an observation and model analysis of FIREX-AQ aircraft data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 16293-16317, doi:10.5194/acp-21-16293-2021.
Decker, Z., et al. (2021), Novel Analysis to Quantify Plume Crosswind Heterogeneity Applied to Biomass Burning Smoke, Environ. Sci. Technol., 55, 15646-15657, doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c03803.
Francoeur, C., et al. (2021), Quantifying Methane and Ozone Precursor Emissions from Oil and Gas Production Regions across the Contiguous US, Environmental Science & Technology, 1-28, doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c07352.
Gonzalez, Y., et al. (2021), Impact of stratospheric air and surface emissions on tropospheric nitrous oxide during ATom, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 11113-11132, doi:10.5194/acp-21-11113-2021.
Guo, H., et al. (2021), Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote troposphere defined by aircraft measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 13729-13746, doi:10.5194/acp-21-13729-2021.
Hintsa, E., et al. (2021), UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species (UCATS) – a versatile instrument for trace gas measurements on airborne platforms, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 6795-6819, doi:10.5194/amt-14-6795-2021.
Kenagy, H., et al. (2021), Evidence of Nighttime Production of Organic Nitrates During SEAC4 RS, FRAPPÉ, and KORUS-AQ, Geophys. Res. Lett..
Liao, J., et al. (2021), Formaldehyde evolution in US wildfire plumes during the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality experiment (FIREX-AQ), Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-21-18319-2021.
Nault, B., et al. (2021), Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds contribute substantially to air pollution mortality, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 11201-11224, doi:10.5194/acp-21-11201-2021.
Novak, G., et al. (2021), Rapid cloud removal of dimethyl sulfide oxidation products limits SO2 and cloud condensation nuclei production in the marine atmosphere, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.2110472118.
Thompson, C., et al. (2021), The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0315.1.
Wang, S., et al. (2021), Chemical Tomography in a Fresh Wildland Fire Plume: A Large Eddy Simulation (LES) Study, J. Geophys. Res..
Williamson, C., et al. (2021), Large hemispheric difference in nucleation mode aerosol concentrations in the lowermost stratosphere at mid and high latitudes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 9065-9088, doi:10.5194/acp-21-9065-2021.
Bourgeois, I., et al. (2020), Global-scale distribution of ozone in the remote troposphere from ATom and HIPPO airborne field missions., Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-2020-315.
Brune, W. H., et al. (2020), Exploring Oxidation in the Remote Free Troposphere: Insights From Atmospheric Tomography (ATom), J. Geophys. Res., 125, doi:10.1029/2019JD031685.
Hannun, R. A., et al. (2020), A cavity-enhanced ultraviolet absorption instrument for high-precision, fast-time-response ozone measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 6877-6887, doi:10.5194/amt-13-6877-2020.
Thames, A., et al. (2020), Missing OH reactivity in the global marine boundary layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 4013-4029, doi:10.5194/acp-20-4013-2020.
Travis, K., et al. (2020), Constraining remote oxidation capacity with ATom observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 7753-7781, doi:10.5194/acp-20-7753-2020.
Veres, P., et al. (2020), Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 117, doi:10.1073/pnas.1919344117.
Wang, S., et al. (2020), Global Atmospheric Budget of Acetone: Air‐Sea Exchange and the Contribution to Hydroxyl Radicals, J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2020JD032553, doi:10.1029/2020JD032553.
Chen, X., et al. (2019), On the sources and sinks of atmospheric VOCs: an integrated analysis of recent aircraft campaigns over North America, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 9097-9123, doi:10.5194/acp-19-9097-2019.
Liao, J., et al. (2019), Towards a satellite formaldehyde – in situ hybrid estimate for organic aerosol abundance, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 2765-2785, doi:10.5194/acp-19-2765-2019.
Veres, P., J. A. Neuman, and T. B. Ryerson (2019), ATom: L2 Measurements from the NOAA ToF Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (CIMS), Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1745.
Wang, S., et al. (2019), Atmospheric Acetaldehyde: Importance of Air‐Sea Exchange and a Missing Source in the Remote Troposphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, doi:10.1029/2019GL082034.
Wolfe, G. M., et al. (2019), ATom: Column-Integrated Densities of Hydroxyl and Formaldehyde in Remote Troposphere, Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1669.
Wolfe, G. M., et al. (2019), Mapping hydroxyl variability throughout the global remote troposphere via synthesis of airborne and satellite formaldehyde observations, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.1821661116.
Brune, W. H., et al. (2018), Atmospheric oxidation in the presence of clouds during the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 14493-14510, doi:10.5194/acp-18-14493-2018.
Fisher, J. A., et al. (2018), Methyl, Ethyl, and Propyl Nitrates: Global Distribution and Impacts on Reactive Nitrogen in Remote Marine Environments, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 12,429-12,451, doi:10.1029/2018JD029046.
Li, J., et al. (2018), Decadal changes in summertime reactive oxidized nitrogen and surface ozone over the Southeast United States, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2341-2361, doi:10.5194/acp-18-2341-2018.
Murphy, D., et al. (2018), An aerosol particle containing enriched uranium encountered in the remote T upper troposphere, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 184–185, 95-100, doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.01.006.
Romer, P., et al. (2018), Cite This: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 13738−13746 pubs.acs.org/est Constraints on Aerosol Nitrate Photolysis as a Potential Source of HONO and NOx, Environ. Sci. Technol., doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b03861.
Wofsy, S. C., et al. (2018), ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols, Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1581.
Liu, X., et al. (2017), Airborne measurements of western U.S. wildfire emissions: Comparison with prescribed burning and air quality implications, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 6108-6129, doi:10.1002/2016JD026315.
Marvin, M. R., et al. (2017), Impact of evolving isoprene mechanisms on simulated formaldehyde: An inter-comparison supported by in situ observations from SENEX, Atmos. Environ., 164, 325-336, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.05.049.
Nault, B., et al. (2017), Lightning NOx Emissions: Reconciling Measured and Modeled Estimates With Updated NOx Chemistry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 9479-9488, doi:10.1002/2017GL074436.
Coggon, M. M., et al. (2016), Emissions of nitrogen-containing organic compounds from the burning of herbaceous and arboraceous biomass: Fuel composition dependence and the variability of commonly used nitrile tracers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 9903-9912, doi:10.1002/2016GL070562.
Fisher, J. A., et al. (2016), Organic nitrate chemistry and its implications for nitrogen budgets in an isoprene- and monoterpene-rich atmosphere: constraints from aircraft (SEAC4RS) and ground-based (SOAS) observations in the Southeast US, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5969-5991, doi:10.5194/acp-16-5969-2016.
Kim, S., et al. (2016), Modeling the weekly cycle of NOx and CO emissions and their impacts on O3 in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin during the CalNex 2010 field campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 1340-1360, doi:10.1002/2015JD024292.
Liu, X., et al. (2016), Agricultural fires in the southeastern U.S. during SEAC4RS: Emissions of trace gases and particles and evolution of ozone, reactive nitrogen, and organic aerosol, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 7383-7414, doi:10.1002/2016JD025040.
Nault, B., et al. (2016), Observational Constraints on the Oxidation of NOx in the Upper Troposphere, J. Phys. Chem. A, 120, 1468-1478, doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07824.
Wolfe, G. M., et al. (2016), Formaldehyde production from isoprene oxidation across NOx regimes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 2597-2610, doi:10.5194/acp-16-2597-2016.
Yates, E., et al. (2016), Airborne measurements and emission estimates of greenhouse gases and other trace constituents from the 2013 California Yosemite Rim wildfire, Atmos. Environ., 127, 293-302, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.12.038.
Apel, E., et al. (2015), Upper tropospheric ozone production from lightning NOx-impacted convection: Smoke ingestion case study from the DC3 campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 2505-2523, doi:10.1002/2014JD022121.
Barth, M. C., et al. (2015), The Deep Convective Clouds And Chemistry (Dc3) Field Campaign, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1281-1310.
Emmons, L., et al. (2015), The POLARCAT Model Intercomparison Project (POLMIP): overview and evaluation with observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6721-6744, doi:10.5194/acp-15-6721-2015.
Liao, J., et al. (2015), Airborne organosulfates measurements over the continental US, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 2990-3005, doi:10.1002/2014JD022378.
Wagner, N. L., et al. (2015), In situ vertical profiles of aerosol extinction, mass, and composition over the southeast United States during SENEX and SEAC4RS: observations of a modest aerosol enhancement aloft, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 7085-7102, doi:10.5194/acp-15-7085-2015.
Wolfe, G. M., et al. (2015), Quantifying sources and sinks of reactive gases in the lower atmosphere using airborne flux observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 8231-8240, doi:10.1002/2015GL065839.
Brioude, J., et al. (2012), A new inversion method to calculate emission inventories without a prior at mesoscale: Application to the anthropogenic CO2 emission from Houston, Texas, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D05312, doi:10.1029/2011JD016918.
Choi, S., et al. (2012), Analysis of satellite-derived Arctic tropospheric BrO columns in conjunction with aircraft measurements during ARCTAS and ARCPAC, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 1255-1285, doi:10.5194/acp-12-1255-2012.
Koo, J.-H., et al. (2012), Characteristics of tropospheric ozone depletion events in the Arctic spring: analysis of the ARCTAS, ARCPAC, and ARCIONS measurements and satellite BrO observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 9909-9922, doi:10.5194/acp-12-9909-2012.
Lin, M., et al. (2012), Transport of Asian ozone pollution into surface air over the western United States in spring, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D00V07, doi:10.1029/2011JD016961.
Wespes, C., et al. (2012), Analysis of ozone and nitric acid in spring and summer Arctic pollution using aircraft, ground-based, satellite observations and MOZART-4 model: source attribution and partitioning, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 237-259, doi:10.5194/acp-12-237-2012.
Brock, C., et al. (2011), Characteristics, sources, and transport of aerosols measured in spring 2008 during the aerosol, radiation, and cloud processes affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC) Project, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2423-2453, doi:10.5194/acp-11-2423-2011.
Cooper, O. R., et al. (2011), Measurement of western U.S. baseline ozone from the surface to the tropopause and assessment of downwind impact regions, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D00V03, doi:10.1029/2011JD016095.
Pollack, I. B., B. T. Lerner, and T. B. Ryerson (2011), Evaluation of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes for detection of atmospheric NO2 by photolysis-chemiluminescence, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 65, 111-125, doi:10.1007/s10874-011-9184-3.
Cooper, O. R., et al. (2010), LETTERS Increasing springtime ozone mixing ratios in the free troposphere over western North America, Nature, doi:10.1038/nature08708.
Salawitch, R., et al. (2010), A new interpretation of total column BrO during Arctic spring, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L21805, doi:10.1029/2010GL043798.
Spackman, R., et al. (2010), Aircraft observations of enhancement and depletion of black carbon mass in the springtime Arctic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 9667-9680, doi:10.5194/acp-10-9667-2010.
Millet, D., et al. (2009), Halocarbon Emissions from the United States and Mexico and Their Global Warming Potential, Environ. Sci. Technol., 43, 1055-1060, doi:10.1021/es802146j.
Schwarz, J., et al. (2009), Heating rates and surface dimming due to black carbon aerosol absorption associated with a major U.S. city, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L15807, doi:10.1029/2009GL039213.
Spackman, R., et al. (2008), Empirical correlations between black carbon aerosol and carbon monoxide in the lower and middle troposphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L19816, doi:10.1029/2008GL035237.
Martin, R., et al. (2006), Evaluation of space-based constraints on global nitrogen oxide emissions with regional aircraft measurements over and downwind of eastern North America, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D15308, doi:10.1029/2005JD006680.

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