Dr. Peter Colarco is a research physical scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He leads research on the distributions and properties of atmospheric aerosols, and their impacts on Earth’s weather and climate system. His main research tools are global atmospheric circulation models and remote sensing observations. Dr. Colarco implemented and coupled the aerosol module currently used for near-real time forecasting and climate simulation in the NASA GEOS-5 Earth system model. He participates in numerous studies to validate Earth system model representations of aerosols, including developing detailed simulators of remote sensing observations, most recently for the CALIOP and OMI space-based sensors. He is also developing new representations for stratospheric aerosols in GEOS-5. Dr. Colarco has been a PI of a number of NASA funded research efforts and has authored or co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers. He has supported a number of NASA airborne field campaigns as a forecaster and flight planner. Dr. Colarco is additionally a co-chair of the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP), a grassroots effort to coordinate the activities of global aerosol forecasting centers, model developers, and data providers.
Peter R Colarco
(RSCH AST, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY & DYN)
| Email: | peter.r.colarco@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.6382 |
| Org Code: | 614 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 614 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Missions & Projects
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Physical Scientist
NASA - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
March 2005 - Present
Research Associate
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
September 2003 - March 2005
Goddard Visiting Fellow
Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center, University of Maryland-Baltimore County - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
September 2002 - September 2003
Education
MS, Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences - University of Colorado, Boulder
MS, Physics - Creighton University
BS, Physics and Astronomy - University of Iowa
Current Projects
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office with Chemistry Climate Model and Global Modeling Initiative: Core Activities
Aerosols
I am the lead for the Chemistry Climate Modeling effort. We are a collaboration of scientists in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory and the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office. We use global atmospheric chemistry and aerosol models to understand NASA remote sensing observations and the interactions of atmospheric chemistry within the Earth system. More about this project can be found here.
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
1997 - Present
American Meteorological Society
2000 - Present
Grants
17-TASNPP17-0059: Algorithm Development and Validation Towards an Improved Aerosol Extinction Profile Dataset from the Suomi NPP OMPS Limb Profiler
Co-Investigator performing global aerosol model simulations of stratospheric aerosols distributions for assisting in aerosol algorithm development for the Suomi NPP OMPS/LP instrument.
NNH17ZDA001N-TASNPP - NASA - Awarded: 2018-01-15
Dates: -
16-ACMAP16-0051: Assessment of the spatial and temporal variability of mineral dust aerosols in the Middle East and North Africa using observations and modeling
Co-Investigator involved in helping perform and evaluate simulations of dust aerosol transport in the global GEOS-5 Earth system model
NNH16ZDA001N-ACMAP - NASA - Awarded: 2017-01-09
Dates: -
16-MAP16-0060: Coupled Predictive Fire Emissions and Interactive Aerosol and Greenhouse Gas Chemistry (“Quick Chemistry”) in the GEOS-5 Earth System Model
Co-Investigator involved in helping perform simulations of biomass burning aerosol emissions and transport in the NASA GEOS-5 global Earth system model.
NNH16ZDA001N-MAP - NASA - Awarded: 2017-03-17
Dates: -
16-ACMAP16-0086: Evaluating model reanalyses of Arctic aerosol surface and atmospheric forcing by assimilating OMI over ice
Co-Investigator involved in simulating satellite observations of aerosols, focused on the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on the NASA Aura spacecraft.
NNH16ZDA001N-ACMAP - NASA - Awarded: 2017-01-09
Dates: -
16-IIP16-0020: Advanced Development of a Multi-Angle Stratospheric Aerosol Radiometer (MASTAR)
Co-Investigator helping define science requirements for this project to design a simple, compact limb scattering instrument for detection of stratospheric aerosols.
NNH16ZDA001N-IIP - NASA - Awarded: 2016-10-31
Dates: -
Awards
Robert H. Goddard Award for Science Achievement, 2020
NASA Group Achievement Award (HS3), 2015
NASA Group Achievement Award (GLOPAC), 2011
NASA Ames Research Center Group Achievement Award (ARCTAS), 2009
NASA Ames Research Center Group Achievement Award (TC4), 2008
NASA GSFC Performance Award, 2007, 2009, 2010
NASA GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres Peer Scientific Research Award, 2006
ACCESS and Gordon Research Conference, Atmospheric Chemistry, poster presenter, 2003
NASA Earth System Science Fellowship, 1998 – 2001
Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, 1998
American Physical Society Industrial Summer Internship, Alimenterics, Inc., Summer 1996
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Improved simulations of biomass burning aerosol optical properties and lifetimes in the NASA GEOS Model during the ORACLES-I campaign." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 24 (7): 4421-4449 [10.5194/acp-24-4421-2024] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Simulating the Volcanic Sulfate Aerosols From the 1991 Eruption of Cerro Hudson and Their Impact on the 1991 Ozone Hole." Geophysical Research Letters 51 (5): [10.1029/2023gl106619] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Investigation of observed dust trends over the Middle East region in NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) model simulations." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 24 (4): 2443-2464 [10.5194/acp-24-2443-2024] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Benchmarking GOCART-2G in the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS)." Geoscientific Model Development 17 (3): 1443-1468 [10.5194/gmd-17-1443-2024] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Observationally constrained analysis of sulfur cycle in the marine atmosphere with NASA ATom measurements and AeroCom model simulations." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 24 (3): 1717-1741 [10.5194/acp-24-1717-2024] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Mineral dust optical properties for remote sensing and global modeling: A review." Remote Sensing of Environment 303 113982 [10.1016/j.rse.2023.113982] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Long-term mortality burden trends attributed to black carbon and PM2·5 from wildfire emissions across the continental USA from 2000 to 2020: a deep learning modelling study." The Lancet Planetary Health 7 (12): e963-e975 [10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00235-8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Investigation of observed dust trends over the Middle East region in NASA GEOS Earth system model simulations." EGUsphere [10.5194/egusphere-2023-1325] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Interactive Stratospheric Aerosol Microphysics‐Chemistry Simulations of the 1991 Pinatubo Volcanic Aerosols With Newly Coupled Sectional Aerosol and Stratosphere‐Troposphere Chemistry Modules in the NASA GEOS Chemistry‐Climate Model (CCM)." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15 (8): [10.1029/2022ms003147] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Volcanic Drivers of Stratospheric Sulfur in GFDL ESM4." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15 (5): [10.1029/2022ms003532] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "A SmallSat Concept to Resolve Diurnal and Vertical Variations of Aerosols, Clouds, and Boundary Layer Height." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 104 (4): E815–E836 [10.1175/bams-d-21-0179.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "A Multimodel Investigation of Asian Summer Monsoon UTLS Transport Over the Western Pacific." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127 (24): [10.1029/2022jd037511] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "An evaluation of biomass burning aerosol mass, extinction, and size distribution in GEOS using observations from CAMP2Ex." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22 (24): 16091-16109 [10.5194/acp-22-16091-2022] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Change in Tropospheric Ozone in the Recent Decades and Its Contribution to Global Total Ozone." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127 (22): [10.1029/2022jd037170] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Tracking the 2022 Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai aerosol cloud in the upper and middle stratosphere using space‐based observations." Geophysical Research Letters [10.1029/2022gl100091] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Dynamical perturbation of the stratosphere by a pyrocumulonimbus injection of carbonaceous aerosols." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22 (17): 11049-11064 [10.5194/acp-22-11049-2022] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Arctic spring and summertime aerosol optical depth baseline from long-term observations and model reanalyses – Part 1: Climatology and trend." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22 (15): 9915-9947 [10.5194/acp-22-9915-2022] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "A Coupled Evaluation of Operational MODIS and Model Aerosol Products for Maritime Environments Using Sun Photometry: Evaluation of the Fine and Coarse Mode." Remote Sensing 14 (13): 2978 [10.3390/rs14132978] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Analysis of Scattering Angle Sampling by Multi-Angle Imaging Polarimeters for Different Orbit Geometries." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3 [10.3389/frsen.2022.836262] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements." Nature Geoscience [10.1038/s41561-022-00901-w] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Tracking aerosols and SO2 clouds from the Raikoke eruption: 3D view from satellite observations." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 14 (12): 7545-7563 [10.5194/amt-14-7545-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "First retrieval of absorbing aerosol height over dark target using TROPOMI oxygen B band: Algorithm development and application for surface particulate matter estimates." Remote Sensing of Environment 265 112674 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112674] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Nighttime smoke aerosol optical depth over U.S. rural areas: First retrieval from VIIRS moonlight observations." Remote Sensing of Environment 267 112717 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112717] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The response of the Amazon ecosystem to the photosynthetically active radiation fields: integrating impacts of biomass burning aerosol and clouds in the NASA GEOS Earth system model." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21 (18): 14177-14197 [10.5194/acp-21-14177-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Observation and modeling of the historic “Godzilla” African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and the southern US in June 2020." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21 (16): 12359-12383 [10.5194/acp-21-12359-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The long-term transport and radiative impacts of the 2017 British Columbia pyrocumulonimbus smoke aerosols in the stratosphere." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21 (15): 12069-12090 [10.5194/acp-21-12069-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21 (10): 8169-8193 [10.5194/acp-21-8169-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21 (10): 8127-8167 [10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Chemical transport models often underestimate inorganic aerosol acidity in remote regions of the atmosphere." Communications Earth & Environment 2 (1): 93 [10.1038/s43247-021-00164-0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Development of an Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aerosol index (AI) data assimilation scheme for aerosol modeling over bright surfaces – a step toward direct radiance assimilation in the UV spectrum." Geoscientific Model Development 14 (1): 27-42 [10.5194/gmd-14-27-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Revisiting the relationship between Atlantic dust and tropical cyclone activity using aerosol optical depth reanalyses: 2003–2018." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20 (23): 15357-15378 [10.5194/acp-20-15357-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Apparent dust size discrepancy in aerosol reanalysis in north African dust after long-range transport." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20 (16): 10047-10062 [10.5194/acp-20-10047-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Evaluation of the OMPS/LP stratospheric aerosol extinction product using SAGE III/ISS observations." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 (6): 3471-3485 [10.5194/amt-13-3471-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere." Nature Geoscience [10.1038/s41561-020-0586-1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Optimized profile retrievals of aerosol microphysical properties from simulated spaceborne multiwavelength Lidar." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 246 106932 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.106932] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Characterization of organic aerosol across the global remote troposphere: a comparison of ATom measurements and global chemistry models." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20 (8): 4607-4635 [10.5194/acp-20-4607-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Stratospheric Injection of Massive Smoke Plume from Canadian Boreal Fires in 2017 as seen by DSCOVR‐EPIC, CALIOP and OMPS‐LP Observations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres [10.1029/2020jd032579] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "The Influence of Elevated Smoke Layers on Stratocumulus Clouds over the SE Atlantic in the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Model." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres [10.1029/2019jd031209] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "A comparison of lognormal and gamma size distributions for characterizing the stratospheric aerosol phase function from optical particle counter measurements." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 (3): 1071-1087 [10.5194/amt-13-1071-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Six Global Biomass Burning Emission Datasets: Inter-comparison and Application in one Global Aerosol Model." Atmos. Chem. Phys 20 (2): 969–994 [10.5194/acp-20-969-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Observationally constrained analysis of sea salt aerosol in the marine atmosphere." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 10773-10785 [10.5194/acp-19-10773-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Retrievals of aerosol single scattering albedo by multiwavelength lidar measurements: Evaluations with NASA Langley HSRL-2 during discover-AQ field campaigns." Remote Sensing of Environment 222 144-164 [10.1016/j.rse.2018.12.022] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Current State of the global operational aerosol multi‐model ensemble: an update from the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP)." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 145 (S1): 176-209 [10.1002/qj.3497] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Improvement of stratospheric aerosol extinction retrieval from OMPS/LP using a new aerosol model." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 11 (12): 6495-6509 [10.5194/amt-11-6495-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Net radiative effects of dust in the tropical North Atlantic based on integrated satellite observations and in situ measurements." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18 (15): 11303-11322 [10.5194/acp-18-11303-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Status and future of numerical atmospheric aerosol prediction with a focus on data requirements." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18 (14): 10615-10643 [10.5194/acp-18-10615-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Exploring systematic offsets between aerosol products from the two MODIS sensors." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 11 4073-4092 [https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4073-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Dust Impacts on the 2012 Hurricane Nadine Track during the NASA HS3 Field Campaign." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences JAS-D-17-0237.1 [10.1175/jas-d-17-0237.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Characterization of smoke and dust episode over West Africa: comparison of MERRA-2 modeling with multiwavelength Mie–Raman lidar observations." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 11 (2): 949-969 [10.5194/amt-11-949-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "A detailed characterization of the Saharan dust collected during the Fennec campaign in 2011: in situ ground-based and laboratory measurements." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18 (2): 1023-1043 [10.5194/acp-18-1023-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Retrievals of aerosol microphysics from simulations of spaceborne multiwavelength lidar measurements." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 205 27-39 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.09.009] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Simulation of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument aerosol index using the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System aerosol reanalysis products." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 10 (11): 4121-4134 [10.5194/amt-10-4121-2017] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 – onward, Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation." Journal of Climate 30 (17): 6823-6850 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0609.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 -- onward, Part II: Evaluation and Case Studies." Journal of Climate JCLI-D-16-0613.1 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0613.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "The Role of Sulfur Dioxide in Stratospheric Aerosol Formation Evaluated Using In-Situ Measurements in the Tropical Lower Stratosphere." Geophysical Research Letters [10.1002/2017gl072754] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "The implementation of NEMS GFS Aerosol Component (NGAC) Version 1.0 for global dust forecasting at NOAA/NCEP." Geosci. Model Dev. 9 (5): 1905-1919 [10.5194/gmd-9-1905-2016] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Isolating the roles of different forcing agents in global stratospheric temperature changes using model integrations with incrementally added single forcings." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. [10.1002/2015jd023841] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Shortwave direct radiative effects of above-cloud aerosols over global oceans derived from 8 years of CALIOP and MODIS observations." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16 (5): 2877-2900 [10.5194/acp-16-2877-2016] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Evaluation of the surface PM2.5 in Version 1 of the NASA MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis over the United States." Atmospheric Environment 125 (Part A): 100-111 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.11.004] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Total dust deposition flux during precipitation in Toyama, Japan, in the spring of 2009: A sensitivity analysis with the NASA GEOS-5 Model." Atmospheric Research 167 298–313 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.08.005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "The MERRA-2 Aerosol Assimilation." Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 45 [Report]
2015. "Use of the CALIOP vertical feature mask for evaluating global aerosol models." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 8 3647-3669 [10.5194/amt-8-3647-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "A multi-model evaluation of aerosols over South Asia: common problems and possible causes." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15 5903-5928 [10.5194/acp-15-5903-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Using the OMI aerosol index and absorption aerosol optical depth to evaluate the NASA MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis ." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15 5743-5760 [10.5194/acp-15-5743-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Development towards a global operational aerosol consensus: Basic climatological characteristics of the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME)." Atmos. Chem. Phys 15 335-362 [10.5194/acp-15-335-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Impact of satellite viewing-swath width on global and regional aerosol optical thickness statistics and trends." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 7 (7): 2313-2335 [10.5194/amt-7-2313-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "GEOS-5 sulfur dioxide simulations during the Frostburg, MD 2010 field campaign." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 14 1929-1941 [10.5194/acp-14-1929-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Evaluation of GEOS-5 sulfur dioxide simulations during the Frostburg, MD 2010 field campaign." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 14 (4): 1929-1941 [10.5194/acp-14-1929-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "The GOddard SnoW Impurity Module (GOSWIM) for the NASA GEOS-5 Earth System Model: Preliminary Comparisons with Observations in Sapporo, Japan." SOLA 10 (0): 50-56 [10.2151/sola.2014-011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Current and Future Perspectives of Aerosol Research at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society early view [10.1175/ BAMS-D-13-00153.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Impact of radiatively interactive dust aerosols in the NASA GEOS-5 climate model: Sensitivity to dust particle shape and refractive index." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 119 (2): 753-786 [10.1002/2013JD020046] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Source attributions of pollution to the Western Arctic during the NASA ARCTAS field campaign." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 13 (9): 4707-4721 [10.5194/acp-13-4707-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Correction to ‘Dispersion of the volcanic sulfate cloud from a Mount Pinatubo-like eruption’." J. Geophys. Res. 118 (14): 7849 [10.1002/jgrd.50616] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Remote sensing of surface visibility from space: A look at the United States East Coast." Atmospheric Environment 81 136–147 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.050] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Direct and semi-direct aerosol effects in the NASA GEOS-5 AGCM: aerosol-climate interactions due to prognostic versus prescribed aerosols." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (1): 149–169 [10.1029/2012JD018388] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Implications of satellite swath width on global aerosol optical thickness statistics." Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss. 5 (2): 2795-2820 [10.5194/amtd-5-2795-2012] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Dispersion of the volcanic sulfate cloud from a Mount Pinatubo-like eruption." J. Geophys. Res. 117 (D6): D06216 [10.1029/2011JD016968] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction Workshop on Aerosol Forecast Verification." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92 (11): ES48-ES53 [10.1175/bams-d-11-00105.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "International Operational Aerosol Observability Workshop." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92 (6): ES21-ES24 [10.1175/2010bams3183.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Observed Increase of TTL Temperature and Water Vapor in Polluted Clouds over Asia." J. Climate 24 (11): 2728-2736 [10.1175/2010jcli3749.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Influence of convection and aerosol pollution on ice cloud particle effective radius." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11 (2): 457-463 [10.5194/acp-11-457-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Reactive nitrogen, ozone and ozone production in the Arctic troposphere and the impact of stratosphere-troposphere exchange." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11 (24): 13181-13199 [10.5194/acp-11-13181-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "The fate of Saharan dust across the Atlantic and implications for a Central American dust barrier." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11 (16): 8415-8431 [10.5194/acp-11-8415-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "The CALIPSO Mission: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91 (9): 1211-1229 [10.1175/2010bams3009.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Planning, implementation, and first results of the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4)." J. Geophys. Res. 115 D00J04 [10.1029/2009JD013073] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Influence of the 2006 Indonesian biomass burning aerosols on tropical dynamics studied with the GEOS-5 AGCM." J Geophys Res 115 (D14): D14121 [10.1029/2009JD013181] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Online simulations of global aerosol distributions in the NASA GEOS-4 model and comparisons to satellite and ground-based aerosol optical depth." J Geophys Res 115 (D14): D14207 [10.1029/2009JD012820] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Online simulations of mineral dust aerosol distributions: Comparisons to NAMMA observations and sensitivity to dust emission parameterization." J Geophys Res 115 (D3): D03202 [10.1029/2009JD012692] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Aerosol-CO relationship and aerosol effect on ice cloud particle size: Analyses from Aura Microwave Limb Sounder and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer observations." J. Geophys. Res. 114 (D20): D20707 [10.1029/2009JD012421] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Clean and polluted clouds: Relationships among pollution, ice clouds, and precipitation in South America." Geophysical Research Letters 35 (14): L14804 [10.1029/2008gl034631] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Modeling the transport and optical properties of smoke plumes from South American biomass burning." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (D7): D07208 [10.1029/2007jd009005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Long-term variability in Saharan dust transport and its link to North Atlantic sea surface temperature." Geophysical Research Letters 35 (7): [10.1029/2007gl032297] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Modeling the transport and optical properties of smoke aerosols from African savanna fires during the Southern African Regional Science Initiative campaign (SAFARI 2000)." Journal of Geophysical Research 112 (D8): D08203 [10.1029/2006jd007528] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Alaskan and Canadian forest fires exacerbate ozone pollution over Houston, Texas, on 19 and 20 July 2004." J. Geophys. Res. 111 (D24): D24S03 [10.1029/2006JD007090] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Principal component analysis of the evolution of the Saharan air layer and dust transport: Comparisons between a model simulation and MODIS and AIRS retrievals." J. Geophys. Res. 111 (D20): D20109 [10.1029/2006JD007093] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Chemical characterization of aerosols on the East Coast of the United States using aircraft and ground-based stations during the CLAMS Experiment." J Atmos Sci 62 (4): 934-946 [10.1175/JAS3388.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Forecasting dust storms using the CARMA-dust model and MM5 weather data." Environmental Modelling & Software 19 (2): 129-140 [10.1016/s1364-8152(03)00115-4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Transport of smoke from Canadian forest fires to the surface near Washington, D.C.: Injection height, entrainment, and optical properties." J. Geophys. Res. 109 (D6): D06203 [10.1029/2003JD004248] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Saharan dust transport to the Caribbean during PRIDE: 1. Influence of dust sources and removal mechanisms on the timing and magnitude of downwind aerosol optical depth events from simulations of in situ and remote sensing observations." Journal of Geophysical Research 108 (D19): 8589 [10.1029/2002jd002658] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Analysis of measurements of Saharan dust by airborne and ground-based remote sensing methods during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE)." J. Geophys. Res. 108 (D19): 8586 [10.1029/2002JD002493] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Saharan dust transport to the Caribbean during PRIDE: 2. Transport, vertical profiles, and deposition in simulations of in situ and remote sensing observations." J. Geophys. Res. 108 (D19): 8590 [10.1029/2002JD002659] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Saltation Sandblasting behavior during mineral dust aerosol production." Geophysical Research Letters 29 (18): 15-1-15-4 [10.1029/2002gl015248] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Determining the UV imaginary index of refraction of Saharan dust particles from TOMS data using a three dimensional model of dust transport." J.Geophys. Res 107 10.129/2001JD000903. [Journal Article/Letter]