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KORUS-AQ

Jessica B. Smith

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Harvard University

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School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

12 Oxford Street

Link Bldg.

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

First Author Publications:

Smith, J. B. (2021), PERSPECTIVES ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE Convective hydration of the stratosphere Cirrus plumes above superstorm anvils are visible manifestations of a hydraulic jump, Atmos. Chem. Phys..
Smith, J. B., et al. (2017), A case study of convectively sourced water vapor observed in the overworld stratosphere over the United States, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 9529-9554, doi:10.1002/2017JD026831.
Smith, J. B. (2012), The Sources and Significance of Stratospheric Water Vapor: Mechanistic Studies from Equator to Pole, PhD Dissertation, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.

Co-Authored Publications:

Gordon, A., et al. (2024), Airborne observations of upper troposphere and lower stratosphere composition change in active convection producing above-anvil cirrus plumes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-24-7591-2024.
Homeyer, C., et al. (2023), Extreme Altitudes of Stratospheric Hydration by Midlatitude Convection Observed During the DCOTSS Field Campaign, Geophys. Res. Lett..
Pandey, A., et al. (2023), Sensitivity of Deep Convection and Cross-Tropopause Water Transport to Microphysical Parameterizations in WRF, J. Geophys. Res., 128, e2022JD037053, doi:10.1029/2022JD037053.
Wilmouth, D., et al. (2023), RESEARCH ARTICLE | EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, AND PLANETARY SCIENCES OPEN ACCESS Impact of the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption on stratospheric composition, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.2301994120.
Jensen, E., et al. (2020), Assessment of Observational Evidence for Direct Convective Hydration of the Lower Stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2020JD032793, doi:10.1029/2020JD032793.
Clapp, C., et al. (2019), Identifying source regions and the distribution of cross‐tropopause convective outflow over North America during the warm season, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 13750-, doi:10.1029/2019JD031382.
Rollins, A., et al. (2014), Evaluation of UT/LS hygrometer accuracy by intercomparison during the NASA MACPEX mission, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2013JD020817.
Cziczo, D., et al. (2013), Clarifying the Dominant Sources and Mechanisms of Cirrus Cloud Formation, Science, 340, 1320-1324.
Sayres, D., et al. (2010), Influence of convection on the water isotopic composition of the tropical tropopause layer and tropical stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J20, doi:10.1029/2009JD013100.
Tilmes, S., et al. (2010), An aircraft-based upper troposphere lower stratosphere O3, CO and H2O climatology for the Northern Hemisphere, J. Geophys. Res. (submitted).
Weinstock, E., et al. (2009), Validation of the Harvard Lyman-a in situ water vapor instrument: Implications for the mechanisms that control stratospheric water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D23301, doi:10.1029/2009JD012427.
Jensen, E., et al. (2008), Formation of large ( 100 µm) ice crystals near the tropical tropopause, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1621-1633, doi:10.5194/acp-8-1621-2008.
Sayres, D., et al. (2008), Validation and determination of ice water contentradar reflectivity relationships during CRYSTALFACE: Flight requirements for future comparisons, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D05208, doi:10.1029/2007JD008847.
Davis, S., et al. (2007), Comparisons of in situ measurements of cirrus cloud ice water content, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10212, doi:10.1029/2006JD008214.
Hanisco, T. F., et al. (2007), Observations of deep convective influence on stratospheric water vapor and its isotopic composition, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L04814, doi:10.1029/2006GL027899.
Pittman, J. V., et al. (2007), Transport in the subtropical lowermost stratosphere during the Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers-Florida Area Cirrus Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D08304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007851.
Popp, P., et al. (2007), Condensed-phase nitric acid in a tropical subvisible cirrus cloud, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24812, doi:10.1029/2007GL031832.
Weinstock, E., et al. (2007), Quantifying the impact of the North American monsoon and deep midlatitude convection on the subtropical lowermost stratosphere using in situ measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D18310, doi:10.1029/2007JD008554.
Gao, R., et al. (2006), Measurements of relative humidity in a persistent contrail, Atmos. Environ., 40, 1590-1600, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.021.
Lopez, J. P., et al. (2006), CO signatures in subtropical convective clouds and anvils during CRYSTAL-FACE: An analysis of convective transport and entrainment using observations and a cloud-resolving model, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D09305, doi:10.1029/2005JD006104.
Popp, P., et al. (2006), The observation of nitric acid-containing particles in the tropical lower stratosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 601-611, doi:10.5194/acp-6-601-2006.
Jensen, E., et al. (2005), Formation of a Tropopause Cirrus Layer Observed over Florida during CRYSTAL-FACE, J. Geophys. Res., 110, 2005, doi:10.1029/2004JD004671.
Jensen, E., et al. (2005), Ice supersaturations exceeding 100% at the cold tropical tropopause: implications for cirrus formation and dehydration, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 851-862, doi:10.5194/acp-5-851-2005.
Popp, P., et al. (2004), Nitric acid uptake on subtropical cirrus cloud particles, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D06302, doi:10.1029/2003JD004255.
Xueref, I., et al. (2004), Combining a receptor-oriented framework for tracer distributions with a cloud-resolving model to study transport in deep convective clouds: Application to the NASA CRYSTAL-FACE campaign, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L14106, doi:10.1029/2004GL019811.
Hanisco, T. F., et al. (2002), Quantifying the rate of heterogeneous processing in the Arctic polar vortex with in situ observations of OH, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8278, doi:10.1029/2000JD000425.
Hanisco, T. F., et al. (2002), In situ observations of HO2 and OH obtained on the NASA ER-2 in the high-ClO conditions of the 1999/2000 Arctic polar vortex, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8283, doi:10.1029/2001JD001024.

Note: Only publications that have been uploaded to the ESD Publications database are listed here.