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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
6048
World Ranking
6201
National Ranking
269

Best Publications

  • Photochemical processing of aqueous atmospheric brown carbon

    R. Zhao;A. K. Y. Lee;L. Huang;X. Li

  • Quantifying trace gas uptake to tropospheric aerosol: recent advances and remaining challenges

    J. P. D. Abbatt;A. K. Y. Lee;J. A. Thornton

  • Formation of light absorbing organo-nitrogen species from evaporation of droplets containing glyoxal and ammonium sulfate.

    Alex K. Y. Lee;Ran Zhao;Richard Li;John Liggio

  • Light Absorption by Ambient Black and Brown Carbon and its Dependence on Black Carbon Coating State for Two California, USA, Cities in Winter and Summer

    Christopher D. Cappa;Xiaolu Zhang;Lynn M. Russell;Sonya Collier;Sonya Collier

  • Substantial Seasonal Contribution of Observed Biogenic Sulfate Particles to Cloud Condensation Nuclei

    Kevin J. Sanchez;Chia Li Chen;Lynn M. Russell;Raghu Betha

  • Microlayer source of oxygenated volatile organic compounds in the summertime marine Arctic boundary layer

    Emma L. Mungall;Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;Jeremy J. B. Wentzell;Alex K. Y. Lee

  • High-resolution chemical ionization mass spectrometry (ToF-CIMS): application to study SOA composition and processing

    D. Aljawhary;A. K. Y. Lee;J. P. D. Abbatt

  • Role of Aerosol Liquid Water in Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Volatile Organic Compounds

    Jennifer A. Faust;Jenny P. S. Wong;Alex K. Y. Lee;Jonathan P. D. Abbatt

  • Nucleation and condensational growth to CCN sizes during a sustained pristine biogenic SOA event in a forested mountain valley

    J. R. Pierce;W. R. Leaitch;J. Liggio;D. M. Westervelt

  • Light‐absorbing properties of ambient black carbon and brown carbon from fossil fuel and biomass burning sources

    Robert M. Healy;Robert M. Healy;Jack M. Wang;Cheol-Heon Jeong;Alex K.Y. Lee

  • Aqueous OH oxidation of ambient organic aerosol and cloud water organics: Formation of highly oxidized products

    Alex K Y Lee;Pierre Herckes;W. R. Leaitch;A. M. MacDonald

  • Elemental composition of organic aerosol: the gap between ambient and laboratory measurements

    Qi Chen;Qi Chen;Colette L. Heald;Jose L. Jimenez;Manjula R. Canagaratna

  • Characterization of aerosol and cloud water at a mountain site during WACS 2010: secondary organic aerosol formation through oxidative cloud processing

    A. K Y Lee;K. L. Hayden;Pierre Herckes;W. R. Leaitch

  • Primary marine aerosol‐cloud interactions off the coast of California

    R. L. Modini;R. L. Modini;A. A. Frossard;A. A. Frossard;L. Ahlm;L. Ahlm;L. M. Russell

  • Aqueous-phase photooxidation of levoglucosan – a mechanistic study using aerosol time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometry (Aerosol ToF-CIMS)

    R. Zhao;E. L. Mungall;A. K. Y. Lee;D. Aljawhary

  • Understanding hygroscopic growth and phase transformation of aerosols using single particle Raman spectroscopy in an electrodynamic balance.

    Alex K. Y. Lee;T. Y. Ling;Chak K. Chan

  • Aqueous-phase photochemical oxidation and direct photolysis of vanillin – a model compound of methoxy phenols from biomass burning

    Y.J. Li;Dandan Huang;Hoi Yan Cheung;A.K.Y. Lee

  • Mixing state of carbonaceous aerosol in an urban environment: single particle characterization using the soot particle aerosol mass spectrometer (SP-AMS)

    A. K. Y. Lee;M. D. Willis;R. M. Healy;R. M. Healy;T. B. Onasch

  • Ergosterol as a biomarker for the quantification of the fungal biomass in atmospheric aerosols

    Arthur P.S. Lau;Alex K.Y. Lee;Chak K. Chan;Ming Fang

  • Seasonal Differences and Variability of Concentrations, Chemical Composition, and Cloud Condensation Nuclei of Marine Aerosol Over the North Atlantic

    Georges Saliba;Chia‐Li Chen;Savannah Lewis;Lynn M. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn M. Russell
Lynn M. Russell University of California, San Diego
Chak K. Chan
Chak K. Chan City University of Hong Kong
Jon Abbatt
Jon Abbatt University of Toronto
John Liggio
John Liggio Environment and Climate Change Canada
W. R. Leaitch
W. R. Leaitch Environment and Climate Change Canada
Shao-Meng Li
Shao-Meng Li Peking University
Christopher D. Cappa
Christopher D. Cappa University of California, Davis
Xiaolu Zhang
Xiaolu Zhang University of California, Davis
Allan K. Bertram
Allan K. Bertram University of British Columbia

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