Samuel Oltmans

Organization

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

University of Colorado, Boulder

First Author Publications

Oltmans, S.J., et al. (2004), Tropospheric ozone over the North Pacific from ozonesonde observations, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D15S01, doi:10.1029/2003JD003466.
Oltmans, S.J. (1985), Measurements of water vapor in the stratosphere with a frost point hygrometer, Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, Proceedings of the 1985 International Symposium on Moisture and Humidity, Washington, D. C., Instrument Society of America, 251-285.

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Co-Authored Publications

Vömel, H., et al. (2020), A new method to correct the electrochemical concentration cell (ECC) ozonesonde time response and its implications for “background current” and pump efficiency, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5667-5680, doi:10.5194/amt-13-5667-2020.
Tarasick, D.W., et al. (2019), Quantifying stratosphere-troposphere transport of ozone using balloon- T borne ozonesondes, radar windprofilers and trajectory models, Atmos. Environ., 198, 496-509, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.10.040.
Tarasick, D., et al. (2019), Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Tropospheric ozone from 1877 to 2016, observed levels, trends and uncertainties, Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Tropospheric, 7, 39, doi:10.1525/elementa.376.
Sterling, C.W., et al. (2018), Homogenizing and estimating the uncertainty in NOAA’s long-term vertical ozone profile records measured with the electrochemical concentration cell ozonesonde, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3661-3687, doi:10.5194/amt-11-3661-2018.
Stauffer, R.M., et al. (2017), Tropospheric ozonesonde profiles at long-term U.S. monitoring sites: 2. Links between Trinidad Head, CA, profile clusters and inland surface ozone measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 1261-1280, doi:10.1002/2016JD025254.
Thompson, A.M., et al. (2017), First Reprocessing of Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) Ozone Profiles (1998–2016): 2. Comparisons With Satellites and Ground-Based Instruments, J. Geophys. Res., 1998-2016), 2-26.
Hall, E.G., et al. (2016), Advancements, measurement uncertainties, and recent comparisons of the NOAA frost point hygrometer, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4295-4310, doi:10.5194/amt-9-4295-2016.
Hurst, D.F., et al. (2016), Recent divergences in stratospheric water vapor measurements by frost point hygrometers and the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4447-4457, doi:10.5194/amt-9-4447-2016.
Huang, J., et al. (2015), Origin of springtime ozone enhancements in the lower troposphere over Beijing: in situ measurements and model analysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 5161-5179, doi:10.5194/acp-15-5161-2015.
Cooper, O.R., et al. (2014), review, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene • , 2, 29, doi:10.12952/journal.elementa.000029.
Hurst, D.F., et al. (2014), Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder stratospheric water vapor measurements by the NOAA frost point hygrometer, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 1612-1625, doi:10.1002/2013JD020757.
Koo, J., et al. (2014), Influence of climate variability on near-surface ozone depletion events in the Arctic spring, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL059275.
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.
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.
Thompson, A.M., et al. (2012), Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) ozone climatology (2005–2009): Tropospheric and tropical tropopause layer (TTL) profiles with comparisons to OMI-based ozone products, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D23301, doi:10.1029/2011JD016911.
Zhang, Y., et al. (2012), Distribution, variability and sources of tropospheric ozone over south China in spring: Intensive ozonesonde measurements at five locations and modeling analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D12304, doi:10.1029/2012JD017498.
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.
Hurst, D.F., et al. (2011), Comparisons of temperature, pressure and humidity measurements by balloon-borne radiosondes and frost point hygrometers during MOHAVE-2009, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 2777-2793, doi:10.5194/amt-4-2777-2011.
Hurst, D.F., et al. (2011), Stratospheric water vapor trends over Boulder, Colorado: Analysis of the 30 year Boulder record, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D02306, doi:10.1029/2010JD015065.
Thompson, A.M., et al. (2011), Strategic ozone sounding networks: Review of design and accomplishments, Atmos. Environ., 45, 2145-2163, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.002.
Wofsy, S., et al. (2011), HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO): Fine-grained, global scale measurements of climatically important atmospheric gases and aerosols, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, 369, 2073-2086, doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0313.
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.J., et al. (2010), A new interpretation of total column BrO during Arctic spring, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L21805, doi:10.1029/2010GL043798.
Parrington, M., et al. (2009), Impact of the assimilation of ozone from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer on surface ozone across North America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04802, doi:10.1029/2008GL036935.
Popp, P., et al. (2009), Stratospheric correlation between nitric acid and ozone, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D03305, doi:10.1029/2008JD010875.
Deshler, T., et al. (2008), Atmospheric comparison of electrochemical cell ozonesondes from different manufacturers, and with different cathode solution strengths: The Balloon Experiment on Standards for Ozonesondes, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D04307, doi:10.1029/2007JD008975.
Nassar, R., et al. (2008), Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) nadir ozone profiles using ozonesonde measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S17, doi:10.1029/2007JD008819.
Cooper, O.R., et al. (2007), Evidence for a recurring eastern North America upper tropospheric ozone maximum during summer, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D23304, doi:10.1029/2007JD008710.
Jiang, Y.B., et al. (2007), Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Ozone by ozonesonde and lidar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S34, doi:10.1029/2007JD008776.
Schoeberl, M.R., et al. (2007), A trajectory-based estimate of the tropospheric ozone column using the residual method, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S49, doi:10.1029/2007JD008773.
Smit, H.G.J., et al. (2007), Assessment of the performance of ECC-ozonesondes under quasi-flight conditions in the environmental simulation chamber: Insights from the Juelich Ozone Sonde Intercomparison Experiment (JOSIE), J. Geophys. Res., 112, D19306, doi:10.1029/2006JD007308.
Tarasick, D.W., et al. (2007), Comparison of Canadian air quality forecast models with tropospheric ozone profile measurements above midlatitude North America during the IONS/ICARTT campaign: Evidence for stratospheric input, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S22, doi:10.1029/2006JD007782.
Thompson, A.M., et al. (2007), Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Ozonesonde Network Study (IONS) 2004: 1. Summertime upper troposphere/lower stratosphere ozone over northeastern North America, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S12, doi:10.1029/2006JD007441.
Thompson, A.M., et al. (2007), Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Ozonesonde Network Study (IONS) 2004: 2. Tropospheric ozone budgets and variability over northeastern North America, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S13, doi:10.1029/2006JD007670.
Thompson, A.M., et al. (2007), Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) 1998–2004 tropical ozone climatology: 3. Instrumentation, station-to-station variability, and evaluation with simulated flight profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D03304, doi:10.1029/2005JD007042.
Cooper, O.R., et al. (2006), Large upper tropospheric ozone enhancements above midlatitude North America during summer: In situ evidence from the IONS and MOZAIC ozone measurement network, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D24S05, doi:10.1029/2006JD007306.
Morris, G.A., et al. (2006), Alaskan and Canadian forest fires exacerbate ozone pollution over Houston, Texas, on 19 and 20 July 2004, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D24S03, doi:10.1029/2006JD007090.
Solomon, S., et al. (2005), On the distribution and variability of ozone in the tropical upper troposphere: Implications for tropical deep convection and chemicaldynamical coupling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23813, doi:10.1029/2005GL024323.
Thompson, A.M., et al. (2004), Shadoz—A Tropical Ozonesonde–Radiosonde Network For The Atmospheric Community, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1549, doi:10.1175/BAMS-85-10-1549.
Wild, O., et al. (2003), Chemical transport model ozone simulations for spring 2001 over the western Pacific: Comparisons with TRACE-P lidar, ozonesondes, and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer columns, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8826, doi:10.1029/2002JD003283.
Greenblatt, J.B., et al. (2002), Tracer-based determination of vortex descent in the 1999-2000 Arctic winter, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8279, doi:10.1029/2001JD000937.
Liu, H., et al. (2002), Sources of tropospheric ozone along the Asian Pacific Rim: An analysis of ozonesonde observations, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4573, doi:10.1029/2001JD002005.

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