Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Nigel Andrew Richards

(Associate Research Scientist)

Nigel Andrew Richards's Contact Card & Information.
Email: nigel.richards@nasa.gov
Org Code: 614
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 614
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO

Positions/Employment


Associate Research Scientist

UMBC - NASA GSCF

February 2023 - Present


Doctoral Training Partnership Manager

University of Leeds - UK

September 2014 - February 2023


Research Fellow

National Centre for Earth Observation (University of Leeds) - UK

2009 - 2015


Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Leeds - UK

2007 - 2009


Postdoctoral Research Fellow

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena, CA

2005 - 2007

Education


  • PhD: Characteristics of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide Profiles Retrieved from MOPITT Measurements, 2000-2005, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
  • MPhys: Physics with Space Science & Technology, 1996-2000, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

Publications


Refereed

2016. "Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements." Science 354 (6316): 1119-1124 [10.1126/science.aaf2649] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Intercomparison and evaluation of satellite peroxyacetyl nitrate observations in the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16 (21): 13541-13559 [10.5194/acp-16-13541-2016] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Reduced anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing caused by biogenic new particle formation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (43): 12053-12058 [10.1073/pnas.1602360113] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles." Nature 533 (7604): 521-526 [10.1038/nature17953] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "The impact of residential combustion emissions on atmospheric aerosol, human health, and climate." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16 (2): 873-905 [10.5194/acp-16-873-2016] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Satellite detection, long‐range transport, and air quality impacts of volcanic sulfur dioxide from the 2014–2015 flood lava eruption at Bárðarbunga (Iceland)." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120 (18): 9739-9757 [10.1002/2015jd023638] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Satellite constraint on the tropospheric ozone radiative effect." Geophysical Research Letters 42 (12): 5074-5081 [10.1002/2015gl064037] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Evaluation of a regional air quality model using satellite column NO<sub>2</sub>: treatment of observation errors and model boundary conditions and emissions." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15 (10): 5611-5626 [10.5194/acp-15-5611-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Tropospheric ozone and ozone profiles retrieved from GOME-2 and their validation." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 8 (1): 385-398 [10.5194/amt-8-385-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Assessing hazards to aviation from sulfur dioxide emitted by explosive Icelandic eruptions." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 119 (24): 14,180-14,196 [10.1002/2014jd022070] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Comparison of the HadGEM2 climate-chemistry model against in situ and SCIAMACHY atmospheric methane data." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14 (23): 13257-13280 [10.5194/acp-14-13257-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Global stratospheric fluorine inventory for 2004–2009 from Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) measurements and SLIMCAT model simulations." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14 (1): 267-282 [10.5194/acp-14-267-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Evaluating global emission inventories of biogenic bromocarbons." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13 (23): 11819-11838 [10.5194/acp-13-11819-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "The Mediterranean summertime ozone maximum: global emission sensitivities and radiative impacts." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13 (5): 2331-2345 [10.5194/acp-13-2331-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Implementation of the Fast-JX Photolysis scheme (v6.4) into the UKCA component of the MetUM chemistry-climate model (v7.3)." Geoscientific Model Development 6 (1): 161-177 [10.5194/gmd-6-161-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Representation of tropical deep convection in atmospheric models – Part 2: Tracer transport." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11 (15): 8103-8131 [10.5194/acp-11-8103-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Large methane releases lead to strong aerosol forcing and reduced cloudiness." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11 (14): 6961-6969 [10.5194/acp-11-6961-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Bromoform and dibromomethane in the tropics: a 3-D model study of chemistry and transport." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10 (2): 719-735 [10.5194/acp-10-719-2010] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Impact of BrO on dimethylsulfide in the remote marine boundary layer." Geophysical Research Letters 37 (2): [10.1029/2009gl040868] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Observations of an atmospheric chemical equator and its implications for the tropical warm pool region." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (D20): D20313 [10.1029/2008jd009940] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer ozone profiles with aircraft observations during the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment–B." Journal of Geophysical Research 113 (D16): D16S29 [10.1029/2007jd008815] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) measurements of the total stratospheric and tropospheric column abundance of ozone." J Geopohys Res 113 (D15S16, doi:101029/): [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Connecting surface emissions, convective uplifting, and long-range transport of carbon monoxide in the upper troposphere: New observations from the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder." Geophysical Research Letters 34 (18): L18812 [10.1029/2007gl030638] [Journal Article/Letter]