Papers in Science, Nature and GRL in 2006

 

 

Polar Ozone

The search for signs of recovery of the ozone layer, Nature 441, 39, 2006.

 

Severe ozone depletion in the cold Arctic winter 2004-05, GRL 33, L17815, 2006.

 

Chemical ozone loss in the Arctic and Antarctic stratosphere between 1992 and 2005, GRL 33, L20812, 2006.

 

Severe Arctic ozone loss in the winter 2004/2005:  observations from ACE-FTS, GRL 33, L15801, 2006.

 

When will the Antarctic ozone hole recover?  GRL 33, L12814, 2006.

 

 

CFCs

Rise and decline of active chlorine in the stratosphere, GRL 33, L18807, 2006.

 

First appearance and rapid growth of anthropogenic HFC-245a in the atmosphere, GRL 33, L20806, 2006.

 

Long-term stratospheric carbon tetrafluoride (CF4) increase inferred from 1985-2004 infrared space-based solar occultation measurements, GRL 33, L02808, 2006.

 

 

Organic Aerosols

Deliquescence-controlled activation of organic aerosols, GRL 33, L06801, 2006.

 

Key factors influencing the relative humidity dependence of aerosol light scattering, GRL 33, L06813, 2006.

 

Link between isoprene and secondary organic aerosol (SOA):  Pyruvic acid oxidation yields low volatility organic acids in clouds, GRL 33, L06822, 2006.

 

Global secondary organic aerosol from isoprene oxidation, GRL 33, L09812, 2006.

 

Organosulfate formation during the uptake of pinonaldehyde on acidic sulfate aerosols, GRL 33, L13808, 2006.

 

Cloud formation of particles containing humic-like substances, GRL 33, L10816, 2006.

 

On the flux of oxygenated volatile organic compounds from organic aerosol oxidation, GRL 33, L15815, 2006.

 

Laboratory observation of oligomers in the aerosol from isoprene/NOx photooxidation, GRL 33, L13805, 2006.

 

Does atmospheric processing of saturated hydrocarbon surfaces by NO3 lead to volatilization?, GRL 33, L17816, 2006.

 

Secondary organic aerosol formation from anthropogenic air pollution:  Rapid and higher than expected, GRL 33, L17811, 2006.

 

Chemical aging and the hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic conversion of carbonaceous aerosol, GRL, 33, L24806, 2006.

 

 

Forest Aerosols and Forest Fires

High Natural Aerosol Loading over Boreal Forests, Science, 312, 261, 2006.

 

Smoke and Pollution Aerosol Effect on Cloud Cover, Science 313, 655, 2006.

 

Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western US Forest Wildfire Activity, Science 313, 940, 2006.

 

The Impact of Boreal Forest Fire on Climate Warming, Science 314, 1130, 2006.

 

 

Atmospheric Chemistry

Variability in Nocturnal Nitrogen Oxide Processing and Its Role in Regional Air Quality, Science, 311, 67, 2006.

 

Controls on methanol and acetone in marine and continental atmospheres, GRL 33, L02803, 2006.

 

Scavenging of pollutant acid substances by Asian mineral dust particles, GRL 33, L07816, 2006.

 

Formation of HNO3 and NO3- in the antropogenically-influenced eastern Mediterranean marine boundary layer, GRL, 33, L05811, 2006.

 

On the stratospheric chemistry of hydrogen cyanide, GRL 33, L11806, 2006.

 

Global lifetime of elemental mercury against oxidation by atomic bromine in the free troposphere, GRL 33, L20808, 2006.

 

Photosensitized reduction of nitrogen dioxide on humic acid as a source of nitrous acid, Nature, 440, 195, 2006.

 

Strong correlation between levels of tropospheric hydroxyl radicals and solar ultraviolet radiation, Nature, 442, 184, 2006.

 

Aerosol chemistry and climate:  laboratory studies of the carbonate component of mineral dust and its reaction products, GRL 33, L13811, 2006.

 

 

Methane/Climate

Ice Record of 13C for Atmospheric CH4 Across the Younger Dryas-Preboreal Transition, Scinece 313, 1109, 2006.

 

Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming, Nature 443, 71, 2006.

 

 

Atmospheric temperature

Anthropogenic and Natural Influences in the Evolution of Lower Stratopsheric Cooling, Science 311, 1138, 2006.

 

Significant Warming of the Antarctic Winter Troposphere, Science 311, 1914, 2006.

 

 

Physical Chemistry

The Rotational Spectrum of the Water-Hydroperoxy Radical (H2O-HO2) complex, Science 311, 1278, 2006.

 

Wavelength-dependence of the photolysis of diiodomethane in seawater, GRL 33, L06606, 2006.

 

 

CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei) and Aerosol indirect effect

Size Matters More than Chemistry for Cloud-Nucleating Ability of Aerosol Particles, Science 312, 1375, 2006.

 

Phytoplankton and Cloudiness in the Southern Ocean, Science 314, 1419, 2006.

 

CCN prediction:  Is theory sufficient for assessments of the indirect effect?, GRL 33, L05816, 2006.

 

Aerosol indirect effect over the Indian Ocean, GRL 33, L06806, 2006.

 

Measurments of aerosol size-resolved hygroscopicity at sub and supermicron sizes, GRL 33, L21808, 2006.

 

 

 

Cirrus Clouds

Solid Ammonium Sulfate Aerosols as Ice Nuclei:  A Pathway for Cirrus cloud Formation, Science 313, 1770, 2006.

 

Homogeneous aerosol freezing in the tops of high-altitude tropical cumulonimbus clouds, GRL 33, L08802, 2006.

 

Heterogeneous freezing of ammonium sulfate and sodium chloride solutions by long chain alcohols, GRL 33, L07802, 2006.

 

Nitric acid in cirrus clouds, GRL 33, L05803, 2006.

 

Formation of nitric acid/water ice particles in cirrus clouds, GRL 33, L08806, 2006.

 

 

Other Interesting Topics

Food for Thought:  Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Simulation with Rising CO2 Concentration, Science, 312, 1918, 2006.

 

Ozone pollution from future ship traffic in the Arctic northern passages, GRL 33, L13807, 2006.

 

Wind reduction by aerosol particles, GRL 33, L24814, 2006.

 

The importance of the diurnal and annual cycle of air traffic for contrail radiative forcing, Nature, 441, 864, 2006.

 

 

Climate

A climatologically significant aerosol longwave indirect effect in the Arctic, Nature 439, 453, 2006.

 

Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles, Nature 440, 491, 2006.

 

Increased Arctic cloud longwave emissivity associated with pollution from mid-latitudes, Nature 440, 787, 2006.

 

The twentieth century was the wettest period in northern Pakistan over the past millennium, Nature 440, 1179, 2006.