Atmospheric Chemistry

Faculty

Research Staff

  • Murat Aydin
  • Shari Bush
  • Juno Hsu
  • Hector Martinez De La Torre
  • Pedro Vicente Nunes
  • Pedro Vicente Nunes
  • Xin Zhu

Postdoctoral Scholar

Graduate Student

  • Mackenzie Grieman
  • Jordan Schnell
  • Kristal Verhulst
  • Wenshan Wang
  • Ian Wrangham

Student Assistant

  • Ayush Jangam
  • Ricardo Jimenez
  • Hollie McKiel
  • Melinda Nicewonger
  • Whitney Sum
  • Nick Weis

Research Topics Include:

  • Emissions, transformation and transport of chemicals throughout the troposphere and stratosphere
  • Understanding the influence of atmospheric chemistry on climate and air quality
  • Development of new analytical techniques for trace gases
  • Field expeditions
  • Stable isotope studies
  • Numerical models of global atmospheric photochemistry and transport

 

Recent Publications

Prather, Michael J.. "Lifetimes and time scales in atmospheric chemistry." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 365 (2007): 1705-1726. Abstract
Marandino, Crista A.. Eddy Correlation Air/Sea Flux Measurements of Trace Gases Using Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ioonization Mass Spectrometry In Earth System Science. Vol. Ph.D. Irvine: University of California, Irvine, 2007.
Flanner, Mark G.. Effects of vertically-resolved solar heating, snow aging, and black carbon on snow albedo feedback In Earth System Science. Vol. Ph.D. Irvine: University of California, Irvine, 2007.
Finley, Brandon D.. Detection of Dihalogens In Costal Urban Air In Earth System Science. Vol. Ph.D. Irvine: University of California, Irvine, 2007.
Zender, C. S., and J. Talamantes. "Climate controls on valley fever incidence in Kern County, California." International Journal of Biometeorology 50 (2006): 174-182. Abstract
Saltzman, Eric S., I. Dioumaeva, and Brandon D. Finley. "Glacial/interglacial variations in methanesulfonate (MSA) in the Siple Dome ice core, West Antarctica." Geophysical Research Letters 33 (2006). Abstract
Zender, C. S., and Eun Young Kwon. "Regional contrasts in dust emission responses to climate." Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 110 (2005). Abstract
Gotoh, Akiko Allison. Stable carbon isotope analysis of atmospheric nonmethane hydrocarbons using continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry In Chemistry. Vol. Ph.D. Irvine: University of California, Irvine, 2005.
Dahl, Elizabeth. Photochemical production of oceanic alkyl nitrates In Earth System Science. Vol. Ph.D. Irvine: University of California, Irvine, 2005.
Redeker, Kelly. Methyl halide emissions from rice paddies In Earth System Science. Vol. Ph.D. Irvine: University of California, Irvine, 2002.
Research Lab Description Links to more information
Trumbore / Czimczik Research Group

The focus of my research is the cycling of carbon and nitrogen in the terrestrial biosphere. I am particularly interested in understanding how climate change and alterations in land use and management as well as in the frequencies of disturbances (i.e. drought, fire) affect the allocation and residence time of carbon and nitrogen in soils and perennial plants. And, how changes in terrestrial ecosystems feed back to the climate system, e.g. by constraining future levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Sue Trumbore's Homepage at Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Claudia Czimczik Homepage
Prather Modeling Lab

Simulation of the physical, chemical and biological processes that determine atmospheric composition. Development of

  1. detailed numerical models of photochemistry and atmospheric radiation, and
  2. global chemical transport models that describe ozone and other trace gases.

Studies include the predicted effects of volcanic sulfate aerosols on stratospheric ozone loss, the role of clouds in scattering sunlight and altering photochemistry, and the non-linearities in chemical systems that lead to sudden changes such as the depletion of ozone caused by CFC increases.
Michael Prather's Homepage
UC Irvine Environment Institute
Saltzman / Aydin Research Group

The oceans produce a diverse array of trace gases that affect the chemistry of the atmosphere and the climate system. Our goal is to understand what controls the production, emissions, and atmospheric chemistry of oceanic trace gases. We develop trace gas detectors, collect field data from islands and ships and use computer models to simulate natural processes.

 Saltzman / Aydin Research Group
Zender Modeling Lab

Our research group studies the energy and trace species that pass through Earth's atmosphere. We model the microphysics of trace gas, aerosol, cloud, and surface interactions with Earth's radiative, thermodynamic, and chemical budgets. We then (often) parameterize these effects in climate models. The model simulations, combined with lab, field, and satellite data, help us attribute alteration of Earth's climate and composition to specific processes. Our current research includes mineral dust, meteoric, and carbonaceous aerosols, snow lifecycle and albedo, aerosol impacts on ocean biogeochemistry, wind-driven surface energy/mass exchange, climate-disease links, and terascale data analysis. Our aerosol generation, radiative transfer, and data processing models are freely available and are used in geoscience research institutions world-wide.
Charles Zender's Homepage
http://dust.ess.uci.edu
Kim Lab

We are exploring interactions between biosphere-atmosphere-human, specifically, how the interactions affect on the oxidation capacity of the troposphere that controls fates of trace gases and secondary photochemical product (e.g ozone and secondary aerosols) productions. Our research tools are mainly in-situ measurement instrumentation to precisely quantify very reactive radical species in the troposphere and we deploy the instrumentation to the environmentally critical locations.