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Dr. Oliver Wild

Research Scientist
Atmospheric Composition Program
Frontier Research System for Global Change

Address
Frontier Research System for Global Change
3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Kanagawa 236-0001, Japan.
e-mail: oliver (@jamstec.go.jp)
Research Experience and Education:

 1999-Present: Research Scientist, Frontier Research System for Global Change (JAMSTEC/NASDA)
1996-1999: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
1995-1996: Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge
1995: Ph. D., Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge
1990: B.A. (Natural Sciences), Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Research interests:

 Modelling of atmospheric composition and chemistry, with particular interest in the evolution and tropospheric distribution of ozone and related oxidants. Key areas of interest are:

  1. Intercontinental transport of ozone and its precursors
  2. Indirect climate impacts of short-lived gases such as NOx and CO
  3. Factors controlling the ozone distribution over East Asia
  4. Meteorological impacts on continental ozone production and export
  5. Model treatments of tropospheric chemistry and photolysis
  6. The strengths and weaknesses of 3-D Eulerian models in simulating tropospheric ozone
Recent publications:

Wild, O., M.J. Prather, H. Akimoto, J.K. Sundet, I.S.A. Isaksen, J.H. Crawford, D.D. Davis, M.A. Avery, Y. Kondo, G.W. Sachse, and S.T. Sandholm, CTM Ozone Simulations for Spring 2001 over the Western Pacific: Regional ozone production and its global impacts, J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi:10.1029/2003JD004041, in press.
Wild, O., J.K. Sundet, M.J. Prather, I.S.A. Isaksen, H. Akimoto, E.V. Browell, and S.J. Oltmans, CTM Ozone Simulations for Spring 2001 over the Western Pacific: Comparisons with TRACE-P lidar, ozonesondes and TOMS columns, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8826, doi:10.1029/2002JD003283, 2003.
Wild, O., and H. Akimoto, Intercontinental transport of ozone and its precursors in a 3-D global CTM, J. Geophys. Res., 106, pp 27,729-27,744, 2001.
Wild, O., M.J. Prather and H. Akimoto, Indirect long-term global cooling from NOx emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, pp 1719-1722, 2001.
Wild, O., and H. Akimoto, Intercontinental transport and chemical transformation of ozone and its precursors from East Asia, Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change, Eds., T. Matsuno and H. Kida, pp. 375-382, Terrapub, Tokyo, 2001.
Wild, O., and M.J. Prather, Excitation of the primary tropospheric chemical mode in a global three-dimensional model, J. Geophys. Res., 105, pp 24,647-24,660, 2000.
Wild, O., X. Zhu, and M.J. Prather, Fast-J: Accurate simulation of in- and below-cloud photolysis in tropospheric chemical models, J. Atmos. Chem., 37, pp 245-282, 2000.

Full list of publications

FRSGC Press Release (2001): NOx and CO climate impacts (original in Japanese)
FRSGC Press Release (2001): Intercontinental Transport of Ozone (original in Japanese)

Presentations:
  1. Meteorological impacts on Continental Ozone Production and Export (Interlaken 2002)
Model Development:
  1. ASAD atmospheric chemistry package
  2. Cambridge Trajectory Model (a.k.a. CiTTyCAT)
  3. Fast-J photolysis scheme
  4. UCI Chemistry Transport Model (restricted)
  5. FRSGC/UCI Chemistry Transport Model
Notes:

 Measurement campaign involvement: ACSOE (Ireland, 1996); TRACE-P (Western Pacific, 2001)
Modelling contributions to assessment reports: WMO (1994), IPCC (1995), IPCC (2001)
Last Updated: 26 Nov 2003