Ru-Shan Gao

Organization

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

First Author Publications

Gao, R., et al. (2014), OH in the tropical upper troposphere and its relationships to solar radiation and reactive nitrogen, J Atmos Chem, 71, 55-64.
Gao, R., et al. (2013), A High-Sensitivity Low-Cost Optical Particle Counter Design, Aerosol Science and Technology, 47, 137-145, doi:10.1080/02786826.2012.733039.
Gao, R., et al. (2012), A compact, fast UV photometer for measurement of ozone from research aircraft, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2201-2210, doi:10.5194/amt-5-2201-2012.
Gao, R., et al. (2008), Calculations of solar shortwave heating rates due to black carbon and ozone absorption using in situ measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14203, doi:10.1029/2007JD009358.
Gao, R., et al. (2008), Calculations of solar shortwave heating rates due to black carbon and ozone absorption using in situ measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14203, doi:10.1029/2007JD009358.
Gao, R., et al. (2007), A Novel Method for Estimating Light-Scattering Properties of Soot Aerosols Using a Modified Single-Particle Soot Photometer, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 41, 125-135, doi:10.1080/02786820601118398.
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.
Gao, R., et al. (2004), Evidence That Nitric Acid Increases Relative Humidity in Low-Temperature Cirrus Clouds, Science, 303, 516-520, doi:10.1126/science.1091255.
Gao, R., et al. (2001), JNO2 at high solar zenith angles in the lower stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2405-2408.
Gao, R., et al. (2001), Observational evidence for the role of denitrification in Arctic stratospheric ozone loss, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2879-2882.
Gao, R., et al. (1999), A comparison of observations and model simulations of NOx/NOy in the lower stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1153-1156.

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Co-Authored Publications

Liu, S., et al. (2021), Sea spray aerosol concentration modulated by sea surface temperature, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.2020583118.
Bourgeois, I.E.V., 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.
Brock, C.A., 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.
Yu, P., et al. (2019), Efficient In‐Cloud Removal of Aerosols by Deep Convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 1061-1069, doi:10.1029/2018GL080544.
Rollins, A.W., et al. (2018), SO2 Observations and Sources in the Western Pacific Tropical Tropopause Region, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 13,549-13,559, doi:10.1029/2018JD029635.
Jensen, E.J., et al. (2017), The NASA Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX): High-altitude aircraft measurements in the tropical western Pacific, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 12/2015, 129-144, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00263.1.
Perring, A.E., et al. (2017), In situ measurements of water uptake by black carbon-containing aerosol in wildfire plumes, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 1086-1097, doi:10.1002/2016JD025688.
Rollins, A.W., et al. (2017), The role of sulfur dioxide in stratospheric aerosol formation evaluated by using in situ measurements in the tropical lower stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL072754.
Telg, H., et al. (2017), A practical set of miniaturized instruments for vertical profiling of aerosol physical properties, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 51, 715-723, doi:10.1080/02786826.2017.1296103.
Thornberry, T.D., et al. (2017), Ice water content-extinction relationships and effective diameter for TTL cirrus derived from in situ measurements during ATTREX 2014, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 4494-4507, doi:10.1002/2016JD025948.
Schwarz, J.P., et al. (2015), Technique and theoretical approach for quantifying the hygroscopicity of black-carbon-containing aerosol using a single particle soot photometer, Journal of Aerosol Science, 81, 110-126.
Thornberry, T.D., et al. (2015), A two-channel, tunable diode laser-based hygrometer for measurement of water vapor and cirrus cloud ice water content in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 211-224, doi:10.5194/amt-8-211-2015.
Rollins, A.W., et al. (2014), Evaluation of UT/LS hygrometer accuracy by intercomparison during the NASA MACPEX mission, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2013JD020817.
Jensen, E.J., et al. (2013), Ice nucleation and dehydration in the Tropical Tropopause Layer, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.1217104110.
Perring, A.E., et al. (2013), Evaluation of a Perpendicular Inlet for Airborne Sampling of Interstitial Submicron Black-Carbon Aerosol, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 47, 1066-1072, doi:10.1080/02786826.2013.821196.
Schwarz, J.P., et al. (2013), Black carbon aerosol size in snow, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 3, 1356-1460, doi:10.1038/srep01356.
Thornberry, T.D., et al. (2013), Measurement of low-ppm mixing ratios of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere using chemical ionization mass spectrometry, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 1461-1475, doi:10.5194/amt-6-1461-2013.
Tuck, A.F., et al. (2013), Molecular velocity distributions and generalized scale invariance in the turbulent atmosphere, Faraday Discussions, 130, 181-193, doi:10.1039/b410551f.
Schwarz, J.P., et al. (2012), Assessing Single Particle Soot Photometer and Integrating Sphere/Integrating Sandwich Spectrophotometer measurement techniques for quantifying black carbon concentration in snow, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2581-2592, doi:10.5194/amt-5-2581-2012.
Brock, C.A., 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.
Huang, X.-F., et al. (2011), Black carbon measurements in the Pearl River Delta region of China, J. Geophys. Res., 116.
Rollins, A.W., et al. (2011), Catalytic oxidation of H2 on platinum: a robust method for generating low mixing ratio H2O standards, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 2059-2064, doi:10.5194/amt-4-2059-2011.
Spackman, J.R., et al. (2011), Seasonal variability of black carbon mass in the tropical tropopause layer, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L09803, doi:10.1029/2010GL046343.
Stith, J.L., et al. (2011), Observations of ice nuclei and heterogeneous freezing in a Western Pacific extratropical storm, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 6229-6243, doi:10.5194/acp-11-6229-2011.
Thornberry, T.D., et al. (2011), Laboratory evaluation of the effect of nitric acid uptake on frost point hygrometer performance, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 289-296, doi:10.5194/amt-4-289-2011.
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.
Park, S., et al. (2010), Vertical transport rates and concentrations of OH and Cl radicals in the Tropical Tropopause Layer from observations of CO2 and halocarbons: implications for distributions of long- and short-lived chemical species, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 6669-6684, doi:10.5194/acp-10-6669-2010.
Schwarz, J.P., et al. (2010), The Detection Efficiency of the Single Particle Soot Photometer, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 44, 612-628, doi:10.1080/02786826.2010.481298.
Schwarz, J.P., et al. (2010), Global‐scale black carbon profiles observed in the remote atmosphere and compared to models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L18812, doi:10.1029/2010GL044372.
Spackman, J.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.
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).
Popp, P., et al. (2009), Stratospheric correlation between nitric acid and ozone, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D03305, doi:10.1029/2008JD010875.
Schwarz, J.P., 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.
Livesey, N.J., et al. (2008), Validation of Aura Microwaver Limb Sounder O 3 and CO observations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S02, doi:10.1029/2007JD008805.
Schwarz, J.P., et al. (2008), Coatings and their enhancement of black carbon light absorption in the tropical atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03203, doi:10.1029/2007JD009042.
Spackman, J.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.
Marcy, T., et al. (2007), Measurements of trace gases in the tropical tropopause layer, Atmos. Environ., 41, 7253-7261, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.032.
Park, S., et al. (2007), The CO2 tracer clock for the Tropical Tropopause Layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 3989-4000, doi:10.5194/acp-7-3989-2007.
Popp, P., et al. (2007), Condensed-phase nitric acid in a tropical subvisible cirrus cloud, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24812, doi:10.1029/2007GL031832.
Kita, K., et al. (2006), A chemical ionization mass spectrometer for ground-based measurements of nitric acid, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 23, 1104-1113.
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.
Schwartz, J.P., et al. (2006), Single-particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and light-scattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D1607, doi:10.1029/2006JD007076.
Schwarz, J.P., et al. (2006), Single-particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and light-scattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16207, doi:10.1029/2006JD007076.
Marcy, T., et al. (2005), Using chemical ionization mass spectrometry for detection of HNO3, HCl, and ClONO2 in the atmosphere, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 243, 63-70, doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2004.11.012.
Dhaniyala, S., et al. (2004), Stratospheric Aerosol Sampling: Effect of a Blunt-Body Housing on Inlet Sampling Characteristics, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 38, 1080-1090, doi:10.1080/02786829088581.
Marcy, T., et al. (2004), Quantifying Stratospheric Ozone in the Upper Troposphere with in Situ Measurements of HCl, Science, 304, 261-265, doi:10.1126/science.1093418.
Popp, P., et al. (2004), Nitric acid uptake on subtropical cirrus cloud particles, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D06302, doi:10.1029/2003JD004255.
Northway, M.J., et al. (2002), An analysis of large HNO3-containing particles sampled in the Arctic stratosphere during the winter of 1999/2000, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8298, doi:10.1029/2001JD001079.
Northway, M.J., et al. (2002), Relating inferred HNO3 flux values to the denitrification of the 1999—2000 Arctic vortex, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi:10.1029/2002GL015000.
Fahey, D.W., et al. (2001), The detection of large HNO3-containing particles in the winter artic stratosphere, Science, 291, 1026-1031.
Lanzendorf, E.J., et al. (2001), Establishing the dependence of [HO2]/[OH] on temperature, halogen loading, O3, and Nox based on in situ measurements from the NASA ER-2, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 1535-1542.
Neuman, J.A., et al. (2001), In situ measurements of HNO3, NOy, NO, and O3 in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere, Atmos. Environ., 35, 5789-5797.
Perkins, K.K., et al. (2001), The Nox-HNO3 System in the lower stratosphere: Insights from in situ measurements and implications of the JHNO3-[OH] relationship, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 1521-1534.
Popp, P., et al. (2001), Severe and extensive denitrification in the 1999-2000 Arctic Winter Stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2875-2878.
Fahey, D.W., et al. (2000), Ozone destruction and production rates between spring and autumn in the Arctic stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27:, 2605-2608.
Neuman, J.A., et al. (2000), A fast response chemcial ionization mass spectrometer for in situ measurements of HNO3 in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 71, 3886-3894.
Keim, E.R., et al. (1999), NOy partitioning from measurements of nitrogenand hydrogen radicals in the upper troposphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 51-54.
Strawa, A., et al. (1999), Carbonaceous aerosol (Soot) measured in the lower stratosphere during POLARIS and its role in stratospheric chemistry, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 26753-26766.
Del Negro, L.A., et al. (1997), Evaluating the role of NAT, NAD, and liquid H2SO4/H2O/HNO3 solutins in Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud aerosol: Observations and implications, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13255.
Chang, A.Y., et al. (1996), A comparison of measurements from ATMOS and instruments aboard the ER-2 aircraft: Halogenated gases, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2393-2396.
Chang, A.Y., et al. (1996), A comparison of measurements from ATMOS and instruments aboard the ER-2 aircraft: Tracers of atmospheric transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2389-2392.
Fahey, D.W., et al. (1996), In situ observations of NOy, O3, and NOy/O3 ratio in the lower stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 1653-1656.
Keim, E.R., et al. (1996), Observations of large reductions in the NO/NOy ratio near the mid-latitude tropopause and the role of heterogeneous chemistry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3223-3226.
Newchurch, M., et al. (1996), Stratospheric NO and NO2 abundances from atmos solar-occultation measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2373-2376.
Fahey, D.W., et al. (1995), In situ observations of aircraft exhaust in the lower stratosphere at midlatitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 3065-3074 (manuscript in preparation).
Cohen, R.C., et al. (1994), Are Models of Catalytic Removal of O3 by HOx accurate? Constraints From in situ Measurements of the OH to HO2 Ratio, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2539-2542.
Jaeglé, L., et al. (1994), In Situ Measurements of the NO2/NO Ratio For Testing Atmospheric Photochemical Models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2555-2558.
Salawitch, R.J., et al. (1994), The Distribution of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Chlorine Radicals in the Lower Stratosphere: Implications for Changes in O3 Due to Emission of NOy from Supersonic Aircraft, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2547-2550.
Salawitch, R.J., et al. (1994), The Diurnal Variation of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Chlorine Radicals: Implications for the Heterogeneous Production of HNO2, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2551-2554.
Wennberg, P., et al. (1994), Removal of Stratospheric O3 by Radicals: In Situ Measurements of OH, HO2, NO, NO2, ClO, and BrO, Science, 266, 398-404.

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

Ru-Shan Gao

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Aeronautics and
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