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RAINER M. VOLKAMER Office Phone: 303 492 1843
E-mail: Rainer.Volkamer@colorado.edu
FAX: 303 492 5894
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Ph.D.: Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Postdoctoral Fellow: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Selected Publications
Books
B2) Volkamer, R.; A DOAS Study on the Oxidation Mechanism of Aromatic Hydrocarbons under Simulated Atmospheric Conditions. Dissertation 2001, Institut für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, Germany. http://www.dissertation.de, ISBN 3-89825-457-7
B1) Volkamer, R.; Absorption von Sauerstoff im Herzberg I System und Anwendung auf Aromatenmessungen am EUropean PHOto REactor (EUPHORE). Diploma thesis D-491, 1996, Institut für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Articles in peer-reviewed Journals
2007
PR24) Dunlea, E. J., S. C. Herndon, D. D. Nelson, R. Volkamer, F. San Martini, P. M. Sheehy, M. S. Zahniser, J. H. Shorter, J. C. Wormhoudt, B. K. Lamb, E. J. Allwine, J. S. Gaffney, N. A. Marley, M. Grutter, C. Marquez, S. Blanco, B. Cardenas, C. R. Ramos Villegas, C. E. Kolb, L. T. Molina, and M. J. Molina, Evaluation of nitrogen dioxide chemiluminescence monitors in a polluted urban environment. 2007, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 2691-2704.
PR23) Volkamer, R., P.M. Sheehy, L.T. Molina, M.J. Molina, Oxidative capacity of the Mexico City atmosphere. Part 1: A radical source perspective, 2007, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion, 7, 5365-5412.
PR22) Sinreich, R.; Volkamer, R.; Filsinger, F.; Kern, C.; Platt, U.; Sebastian, O.; Wagner, T.; MAX-DOAS measurement of Glyoxal during ICARTT-2004. 2007, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7, 1293-1303.
PR21) Lei, W.; deFoy, B.; Zavala, M.; Volkamer, R.; Molina, L.T.; Characterizing ozone production in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area: A case study using a chemical transport model. 2007, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7, 1347-1366.
PR20) de Foy, B.; Lei, W.; Zavala, M.; Volkamer, R.; Samuelsson, J.; Mellqvist, J.; Galle, B.; Martinez, A.P.; Grutter, M.; Molina, L.T.. Modelling constraints on the emission inventory and on vertical diffusion for CO and SO2 in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area using Solar FTIR and zenith sky UV spectroscopy. 2007, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 781-801.
PR19) Velasco, E.; Lamb, B.; Westberg, H.; Allwine, E.; Sosa, G.; Arriaga-Colina, J. L.; Jobson, B. T.; Alexander, M.; Prazeller, P.; Knighton, W. B.; Rogers, T. M.; Grutter, M.; Herndon, S. C.; Kolb, C. E.; Zavala, M.; de Foy, B.; Volkamer, R.; Molina, L. T.; Molina, M. J.; Distribution, magnitudes, reactivities, ratios and diurnal patterns of volatile organic compounds in the Valley of Mexico during the MCMA 2002 and 2003 field campaigns. 2007, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 329-353.
2006
PR18) Volkamer, R.; Jimenez, J.L.; Dzepina, K.; Salcedo, D.; SanMartini, F.M.; Molina, L.T.; Worsnop, D.R.; Molina, M.J.; Secondary Organic Aerosol formation from Anthropogenic Air Pollution: Rapid and higher than expected. 2006, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17811. doi: 10.1029/2006GL026899.
PR17) Wittrock, F.; Richter, A.; Burrows, J.P.; Kanakidou, M.; Volkamer, R.; Beirle, S.; Platt, U.; Wagner, T.; Simultaneous Global Observations of Glyoxal and Formaldehyde from Space.2006, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16804. doi: 10.1029/2006GL026310.
PR16) San Martini, F. M.; Dunlea, E. J.; Volkamer, R.; Onasch, T. B.; Jayne, J. T.; Canagaratna, M. R.; Worsnop, D. R.; Kolb, C. E.; Shorter, J. H.; Herndon, S. C.; Zahniser, M. S.; Salcedo, D.; Dzepina, K.; Jimenez, J. L.; Ortega, J. M.; Johnson, K. S.; McRae, G. J.; Molina, L. T.; Molina, M. J.; Implementation of a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method to inorganic aerosol modeling of observations from the MCMA-2003 Campaign. PartII: Model application to the CENICA, Pedregal and Santa Ana sites. 2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 4889-4904.
PR15) Salcedo, D.; Onasch, T. B.; Dzepina, K.; Canagaratna, M. R.; Zhang, Q.; Huffman, J. A.; DeCarlo, P. F.; Jayne, J. T.; Mortimer, P.; Worsnop, D. R.; Kolb, C. E.; Johnson, K. S.; Zuberi, B.; Marr, L. C.; Volkamer, R.; Molina, L. T.; Molina, M. J.; Cardenas, B.; Bernabé, R. M.; Márquez, C.; Gaffney, J. S.; Marley, N. A.; Laskin, A.; Shutthanandan, V.; Xie, Y.; Brune, W.H.; Lesher, R.; Shirley, T.; Jimenez, J. L.. Characterization of ambient aerosols in Mexico City during the MCMA-2003 campaign with Aerosol Mass Spectrometry: results from the CENICA Supersite. 2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 925-946.
PR14) Kleffmann, J.; Lörzer, J.C.; Wiesen, P.; Kern, C.; Trick, S.; Volkamer, R.; Rodenas, M.; Wirtz, K.; Intercomparison of the DOAS and LOPAP Techniques for the Detection of Nitrous Acid (HONO). 2006, Atmos. Environ., 40 (20) 3640-3652.
PR13) Dunlea, E.J.; Herndon, S.C.; Nelson, D. D.; Volkamer, R.M.; Lamb, B.K.; Allwine, E.J.; Grutter, M.; Ramos Villegas, C.R.; Kolb, C.E.; Molina, L.T.; Molina, M.J.; Evaluation of Standard Ultraviolet Absorption Ozone Monitors in a Polluted Urban Environment. 2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 3163-3180.
PR12) Garcia, A.R.; Volkamer, R.; Galle, B.; Samuelsson, J.; Mellqvist, J.; Molina, L.T. and Molina, M.J.; Separation of emitted and photochemical formaldehyde in Mexico City using a statistical analysis and a new pair of gas-phase tracers. 2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 4545-4557.
PR11) Shirley, T.R.; Brune, W. H.; Ren, X.; Mao, J.; Lesher, R.; Cardenas, B.; Volkamer, R.; Molina, L.T.; Molina, M.J.; Lamb, B.; Velasco, E.; Jobson, T.; Alexander, M.; Atmospheric oxidation in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) during April 2003. 2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2753-2765.
2005
PR10) Volkamer, R.; Molina, L.T.; Molina, M.J.; Shirley, T.; Brune, W.H.; DOAS measurement of Glyoxal as a new marker for fast VOC chemistry in urban air. 2005, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L08806. doi:10.1029/2005GL022616. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol308/issue5727/twil.dtl
PR9) Hak, C; Pundt, I.; Trick, S.; Kern, C.; Platt, U.; Dommen, J.; Ordonez, C.; Prevot, A.S.H.; Junkermann, W.; Astorga-Llorens, C.; Larsen, B.R.; Mellqvist, J.; Strandberg, A.; Yu, Y.; Galle, B.; Kleffmann, J.; Loerzer, J.; Braathen, G.O.; Volkamer, R.; Intercomparison of four different in-situ techniques for ambient formaldehyde measurements in urban air. 2005, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2881-2900.
PR8) Volkamer, R.; Spietz, P.; Burrows, J.H. and Platt, U.; High-resolution absorption cross-section of Glyoxal in the UV/vis and IR spectral ranges. 2005, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 175, 35-46.
PR7) Bloss, C.; Wagner, V.; Jenkin, M.E.; Volkamer, R.; Bloss, W.J.; Lee, J.D.; Heard, D.E.; Wirtz, K.; Martin-Reviejo, M.; Rea, G.; Wenger, J.C. and Pilling, M.J.; Development of a detailed chemical mechanism (MCMv3.1) for the atmospheric oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons. 2005, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 5, 641-664.
2004
PR6) Marley, N.A.; Gaffney, J.S.; White, R.V.; Rodriguez-Cuadra, L.; Herndon, S.E.; Kolb, C.E.; Dunlea, E.; Volkamer, R.M.; Molina, L.T. and Molina, M.J.; Fast Gas Chromatography with Luminol Chemiluminescent Detection for the Simultaneous Determination of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Peroxyacetyl Nitrate (PAN) in the Atmosphere. 2004, Rev. Scient. Instr., 75 (11) 4595-4605.
2002
PR5) Klotz, B.; Volkamer, R.; Hurley, M.D.; Sulbaek Andersen, M.P.; Nielsen, O.J.; Barnes, I.; Imamura, T.; Wirtz, K.; Becker, K.H.; Platt, U.; Wallington, T.J. and Washida, N.; OH-initiated oxidation of benzene: Part II. Influence of elevated NOx concentrations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2002, 4, 4399–4411.
PR4) Volkamer, R.; Klotz, B.; Barnes, I.; Imamura, T.; Wirtz, K.; Washida, N.; Becker, K.H. and Platt, U.; OH-Initiated Oxidation of Benzene: Part I. Phenol formation under Atmospheric Conditions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.2002, 4 (9), 1598-1610.
2001
PR3) Volkamer, R.; Platt, U. and Wirtz, K.; Primary and Secondary Glyoxal Formation from Aromatics: Experimental Evidence for the Bicycloalkyl-Radical Pathway from Benzene, Toluene, and p-Xylene. J. Phys. Chem. A 2001, 105, 7865-7874.
1998
PR2) Klotz, B.; Soerensen, S.; Barnes, I.; Becker, K.H.; Etzkorn, T.; Volkamer, R.; Platt, U.; Wirtz, K. and Martín-Reviejo, M.; Atmospheric Oxidation of Toluene in a Large-volume Outdoor Photoreactor: In Situ Determination of Ring-Retaining Products Yields. J. Phys. Chem. A 1998, 102 (50), 10289-10299.
PR1) Volkamer, R.; Etzkorn, T.; Geyer, A. and Platt, U.; Correction of the Oxygen Interference with UV Spectroscopic (DOAS) Measurements of Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere. Atmos. Environ. 1998, 32, 3731-3747.
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