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Benjamin Nault

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Aerodyne Research, Inc.

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Work: (574) 551-7979

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45 Manning Rd

Billerica, MA 01821

United States

First Author Publications:

Nault, B., et al. (2021), Chemical transport models often underestimate inorganic aerosol acidity in remote regions of the atmosphere, Commun Earth Environ, 2, doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00164-0.
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.
Nault, B., et al. (2020), Interferences with aerosol acidity quantification due to gas-phase ammonia uptake onto acidic sulfate filter samples, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 6193-6213, doi:10.5194/amt-13-6193-2020.
Nault, B., et al. (2018), Secondary organic aerosol production from local emissions dominates the organic aerosol budget over Seoul, South Korea, during KORUS-AQ, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 17769-17800, doi:10.5194/acp-18-17769-2018.
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.
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.
Nault, B., et al. (2015), Measurements of CH3O2NO2 in the upper troposphere, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 987-997, doi:10.5194/amt-8-987-2015.

Co-Authored Publications:

Bian, H., et al. (2024), Observationally constrained analysis of sulfur cycle in the marine atmosphere with NASA ATom measurements and AeroCom model simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-24-1717-2024.
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.
Bian, H., et al. (2023), Observationally constrained analysis of sulfur cycle in the marine atmosphere with NASA ATom measurements and AeroCom model simulations, doi:10.5194/egusphere-2023-1966 (submitted).
Brewer, J. F., et al. (2023), A Scheme for Representing Aromatic Secondary Organic Aerosols in Chemical Transport Models: Application to Source Attribution of Organic Aerosols Over South Korea During the KORUS-AQ Campaign, J. Geophys. Res., e2022JD037257, doi:10.1029/2022JD037257.
Jo, D., et al. (2023), Global Health and Climate Effects of Organic Aerosols from Different Sources, Environ. Sci. Technol., 57, 13793-13807, doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c02823.
Katich, J., et al. (2023), Pyrocumulonimbus affect average stratospheric aerosol composition, Science, 379, 815-820, doi:10.1126/science.add3101.
Pagonis, D., et al. (2023), Impact of Biomass Burning Organic Aerosol Volatility on Smoke Concentrations Downwind of Fires, Environ. Sci. Technol., 57, 17011-17021, doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c05017.
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.
Shah, V., et al. (2023), Nitrogen oxides in the free troposphere: implications for tropospheric oxidants and the interpretation of satellite NO2 measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-23-1227-2023.
Shah, V., et al. (2023), Nitrogen oxides in the free troposphere: implications for tropospheric oxidants and the interpretation of satellite NO2 measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-23-1227-2023.
Tomsche, L., et al. (2023), Measurement report: Emission factors of NH3 and NHx for wildfires and agricultural fires in the United States, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-23-2331-2023.
Travis, K. R., et al. (2023), Emission Factors for Crop Residue and Prescribed Fires in the Eastern US during FIREX-AQ, J. Geophys. Res., 128, e2023JD039309, doi:10.1029/2023JD039309.
Zhu, H., et al. (2023), Parameterization of size of organic and secondary inorganic aerosol for efficient representation of global aerosol optical properties, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-23-5023-2023.
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.
Day, D. A., et al. (2022), A systematic re-evaluation of methods for quantification of bulk particle-phase organic nitrates using real-time aerosol mass spectrometry, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 459-483, doi:10.5194/amt-15-459-2022.
Kim, D., et al. (2022), Field observational constraints on the controllers in glyoxal (CHOCHO) reactive uptake to aerosol, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-22-805-2022.
Lee, Y. R., et al. (2022), An investigation of petrochemical emissions during KORUS-AQ: Ozone production, reactive nitrogen evolution, and aerosol production. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10, 00079-24, doi:10.1525/elementa.2022.00079.
Oak, Y. J., et al. (2022), Evaluation of Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) Simulations for Seoul, Korea, J. Adv. Modeling Earth Syst..
Travis, K. R., et al. (2022), Limitations in representation of physical processes prevent successful simulation of PM2.5 during KORUS-AQ, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-22-7933-2022.
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.
Chen, X., et al. (2021), HCOOH in the Remote Atmosphere: Constraints from Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Airborne Observations, ACS Earth Space Chem., doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00049.
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), The importance of size ranges in aerosol instrument intercomparisons: a case study for the Atmospheric Tomography Mission, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 3631-3655, doi:10.5194/amt-14-3631-2021.
Kenagy, H., et al. (2021), Contribution of Organic Nitrates to Organic Aerosol over South Korea during KORUS-AQ, Environ. Sci. Technol., 55, 16326-16338, doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c05521.
Moore, R., et al. (2021), Sizing response of the Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS) and Laser Aerosol Spectrometer (LAS) to changes in submicron aerosol composition and refractive index, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 4517-4542, doi:10.5194/amt-14-4517-2021.
Pagonis, D., et al. (2021), Airborne extractive electrospray mass spectrometry measurements of the chemical composition of organic aerosol, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 1545-1559, doi:10.5194/amt-14-1545-2021.
Schueneman, M., et al. (2021), Aerosol pH indicator and organosulfate detectability from aerosol mass spectrometry measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 2237-2260, doi:10.5194/amt-14-2237-2021.
Schueneman, M., et al. (2021), Aerosol pH Indicator and Organosulfate Detectability from Aerosol Mass Spectrometry Measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., doi:10.5194/amt-2020-339.
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.
Zhai, S., et al. (2021), Relating geostationary satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) over East Asia to fine particulate matter (PM2.5): insights from the KORUS-AQ aircraft campaign and GEOS-Chem model simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 16775-16791, doi:10.5194/acp-21-16775-2021.
Heim, E. W., et al. (2020), Asian dust observed during KORUS-AQ facilitates the uptake and incorporation of soluble pollutants during transport to South Korea, Atmos. Environ., 224, 117305, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117305.
Hodzic, A., et al. (2020), Characterization of organic aerosol across the global remote troposphere: a comparison of ATom measurements and global chemistry models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 4607-4635, doi:10.5194/acp-20-4607-2020.
Hu, W., et al. (2020), Ambient Quantification and Size Distributions for Organic Aerosol in Aerosol Mass Spectrometers with the New Capture Vaporizer, Anal. Chem., 676, 676−689, doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00310.
Jordan, C. E., et al. (2020), Investigation of factors controlling PM2.5 variability across the South Korean Peninsula during KORUS-AQ, variability across the South Korean Peninsula during KORUS-AQ, 8, 28, doi:10.1525/elementa.424.
Koenig, T., et al. (2020), Quantitative detection of iodine in the stratosphere, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 117, doi:10.1073/pnas.1916828117.
Pai, S. J., et al. (2020), An evaluation of global organic aerosol schemes using airborne observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 2637-2665, doi:10.5194/acp-20-2637-2020.
Saide Peralta, et al. (2020), Understanding and improving model representation of aerosol optical properties for a Chinese haze event measured during KORUS-AQ, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 6455-6478, doi:10.5194/acp-20-6455-2020.
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.
Brock, C., et al. (2019), Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 3081-3099, doi:10.5194/amt-12-3081-2019.
Hodshire, A., et al. (2019), The potential role of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) in aerosol formation and growth and the associated radiative forcings, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 3137-3160, doi:10.5194/acp-19-3137-2019.
Jeong, D., et al. (2019), Integration of airborne and ground observations of nitryl chloride in the Seoul metropolitan area and the implications on regional oxidation capacity during KORUS-AQ 2016, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 12779-12795, doi:10.5194/acp-19-12779-2019.
Jimenez-Palacios, J., et al. (2019), ATom: L2 Measurements from CU High-Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-AMS), Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1716.
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.
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.
Williamson, C., et al. (2019), ATom: In Situ Tropical Aerosol Properties and Comparable Global Model Outputs, Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1684.
Williamson, C. J., et al. (2019), A large source of cloud condensation nuclei from new particle formation in the tropics, Nature, doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1638-9.
Williamson, C., et al. (2019), A large source of cloud condensation nuclei from new particle formation in the tropics, Nature, 574, 399-403, doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1638-9.
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.
Hu, W., et al. (2018), Evaluation of the New Capture Vaporizer for Aerosol Mass Spectrometers (AMS): Elemental Composition and Source Apportionment of Organic Aerosols (OA), Anal. Chem., 2, 410−421, doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00002.
Katich, J., et al. (2018), Strong Contrast in Remote Black Carbon Aerosol Loadings Between the Atlantic and Pacific Basins, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 13,386-13,395, doi:10.1029/2018JD029206.
Lamb, K., et al. (2018), Estimating Source Region Influences on Black Carbon Abundance, Microphysics, and Radiative Effect Observed Over South Korea, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 13,527-13,548, doi:10.1029/2018JD029257.
Wofsy, S. C., et al. (2018), ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols, Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1581.
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.
Barth, M. C., et al. (2015), The Deep Convective Clouds And Chemistry (Dc3) Field Campaign, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1281-1310.

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