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52
Citations
9211
World Ranking
4517
National Ranking
191

Overview

Adam Bourassa is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Environmental Science. Their research work primarily spans atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and related subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, spectroscopy, and aerospace engineering.

Their main topics of study cover various aspects of atmospheric phenomena, such as atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, climate variability and models, and spectroscopy and laser applications.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Earth system science data

Among their recent scholarly papers are:

  • "On the stratospheric chemistry of midlatitude wildfire smoke," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "OMPS LP Version 2.0 multi-wavelength aerosol extinction coefficient retrieval algorithm," 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Validation of SAGE III/ISS Solar Occultation Ozone Products With Correlative Satellite and Ground-Based Measurements," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Global perturbation of stratospheric water and aerosol burden by Hunga eruption," 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology (version 2.0): 1979-2018," 2020, Earth system science data

Their collaborative work involves frequent coauthors such as D. A. Degenstein, Daniel Zawada, Landon Rieger, Douglas A. Degenstein, and Kimberlee Dubé. These partnerships have contributed to advancing research in atmospheric science and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Stratospheric Aerosol--Observations, Processes, and Impact on Climate

    Stefanie Kremser;Larry W. Thomason;Marc von Hobe;Markus Hermann

  • Major influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on the stratospheric aerosol layer during the last decade

    Jean-Paul Vernier;Jean-Paul Vernier;Larry W. Thomason;J.-P. Pommereau;Adam Bourassa

  • The OSIRIS instrument on the Odin spacecraft

    E J Llewellyn;N D Lloyd;D A Degenstein;R L Gattinger

  • High resolution mapping of nitrogen dioxide with TROPOMI: First results and validation over the Canadian oil sands.

    Debora Griffin;Xiaoyi Zhao;Chris A. McLinden;Folkert Boersma;Folkert Boersma

  • Evidence for a continuous decline in lower stratospheric ozone offsetting ozone layer recovery

    William T. Ball;Justin Alsing;Justin Alsing;Daniel J. Mortlock;Daniel J. Mortlock;Johannes Staehelin

  • Large volcanic aerosol load in the stratosphere linked to Asian monsoon transport.

    Adam E. Bourassa;Alan Robock;William J. Randel;Terry Deshler

  • A global space-based stratospheric aerosol climatology: 1979–2016

    Larry W. Thomason;Nicholas Ernest;Luis Millán;Landon Rieger

  • The 2019/20 Australian wildfires generated a persistent smoke-charged vortex rising up to 35 km altitude

    Sergey Khaykin;Bernard Legras;Silvia Bucci;Pasquale Sellitto

  • An update on ozone profile trends for the period 2000 to 2016

    Wolfgang Steinbrecht;Lucien Froidevaux;Ryan Fuller;Ray Wang

  • Observations of the eruption of the Sarychev volcano and simulations using the HadGEM2 climate model.

    James M. Haywood;James M. Haywood;Andy Jones;Lieven Clarisse;Adam Bourassa

  • Past changes in the vertical distribution of ozone – Part 3: Analysis and interpretation of trends

    Neil R. P Harris;B Hassler;B Hassler;F Tummon;G E Bodeker

  • On the stratospheric chemistry of midlatitude wildfire smoke

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  • SASKTRAN: A spherical geometry radiative transfer code for efficient estimation of limb scattered sunlight

    A.E. Bourassa;D.A. Degenstein;E.J. Llewellyn

  • Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of 14 limb and occultation ozone profile data records

    Daan Hubert;Jean Christopher Lambert;Tijl Verhoelst;José Granville

  • Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

    E. Dupuy;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker;J. Kar;C.D. Boone

  • Global perturbation of stratospheric water and aerosol burden by Hunga eruption

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  • Stratospheric aerosol retrieval with optical spectrograph and infrared imaging system limb scatter measurements

    A. E. Bourassa;D. A. Degenstein;R. L. Gattinger;E. J. Llewellyn

  • Limb scatter ozone retrieval from 10 to 60 km using a multiplicative algebraic reconstruction technique

    D. A. Degenstein;A. E. Bourassa;C. Z. Roth;E. J. Llewellyn

  • Evolution of stratospheric ozone and water vapour time series studied with satellite measurements

    A. Jones;J. Urban;D. P. Murtagh;P. Eriksson

  • Trends in stratospheric ozone derived from merged SAGE II and Odin-OSIRIS satellite observations

    A. E. Bourassa;D. A. Degenstein;W. J. Randel;J. M. Zawodny

  • OMPS LP Version 2.0 multi-wavelength aerosol extinction coefficient retrieval algorithm

    Ghassan Taha;Ghassan Taha;Robert Loughman;Tong Zhu;Larry Thomason

  • A Multiwavelength Retrieval Approach for Improved OSIRIS Aerosol Extinction Retrievals

    L. A. Rieger;D. J. Zawada;A. E. Bourassa;D. A. Degenstein

  • The 2019/20 Australian wildfires generated a persistent smoke-charged vortex rising up to 35 km altitude

    Sergey Khaykin;Bernard Legras;Silvia Bucci;Pasquale Sellitto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Chris A. McLinden
Chris A. McLinden Environment and Climate Change Canada
E. J. Llewellyn
E. J. Llewellyn University of Saskatchewan
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology
Erkki Kyrölä
Erkki Kyrölä Finnish Meteorological Institute
Donal P. Murtagh
Donal P. Murtagh Chalmers University of Technology
Christopher E. Sioris
Christopher E. Sioris Environment and Climate Change Canada
Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University
Joseph M. Zawodny
Joseph M. Zawodny Langley Research Center
Johanna Tamminen
Johanna Tamminen Finnish Meteorological Institute

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