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Allison C. Aiken is a researcher affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional areas of expertise include Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The researcher's main topics of study cover several aspects of atmospheric science, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting
  • Analytical chemistry and sensors

Research output includes publications in a range of scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Aerosol Science and Technology

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Allison C. Aiken include:

  • "Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA)" (2021), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Long-range transported North American wildfire aerosols observed in marine boundary layer of eastern North Atlantic" (2020), Environment International
  • "The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign" (2023), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Wildfire Smoke Demonstrates Significant and Predictable Black Carbon Light Absorption Enhancements" (2022), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Identifying a regional aerosol baseline in the eastern North Atlantic using collocated measurements and a mathematical algorithm to mask high-submicron-number-concentration aerosol events" (2020), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Allison C. Aiken frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Katherine Benedict
  • Kyle Gorkowski
  • Manvendra K. Dubey
  • Abu Sayeed Shawon
  • Ryan Farley

Best Publications

  • Evolution of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere

    J. L. Jimenez;M. R. Canagaratna;N. M. Donahue;A. S. H. Prevot

  • Field-Deployable, High-Resolution, Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

    Peter F. DeCarlo;Joel R. Kimmel;Achim Trimborn;Megan J. Northway

  • O/C and OM/OC Ratios of Primary, Secondary, and Ambient Organic Aerosols with High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    Allison C. Aiken;Peter F. DeCarlo;Jesse H. Kroll;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • Brownness of organics in aerosols from biomass burning linked to their black carbon content

    Rawad Saleh;Ellis S. Robinson;Daniel S. Tkacik;Adam T. Ahern

  • Elemental Analysis of Organic Species with Electron Ionization High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

    Allison C. Aiken;Peter F. DeCarlo;Jose L. Jimenez

  • A simplified description of the evolution of organic aerosol composition in the atmosphere

    C. L. Heald;J. H. Kroll;J. L. Jimenez;K. S. Docherty

  • Characterization of Primary Organic Aerosol Emissions from Meat Cooking, Trash Burning, and Motor Vehicles with High-Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometry and Comparison with Ambient and Chamber Observations

    Claudia Mohr;J. Alex Huffman;Michael J. Cubison;Allison C. Aiken

  • Mexico City aerosol analysis during MILAGRO using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry at the urban supersite (T0) – Part 1: Fine particle composition and organic source apportionment

    Allison Aiken;Allison Aiken;D. Salcedo;Michael J. Cubison;J. Huffman

  • Morphology and mixing state of individual freshly emitted wildfire carbonaceous particles

    Swarup China;Claudio Mazzoleni;Kyle Gorkowski;Kyle Gorkowski;Allison C. Aiken

  • Fast airborne aerosol size and chemistry measurements above Mexico City and Central Mexico during the MILAGRO campaign

    P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;E. J. Dunlea;J. R. Kimmel;A. C. Aiken

  • Contribution of nitrated phenols to wood burning brown carbon light absorption in Detling, United Kingdom during winter time.

    Claudia Mohr;Felipe D. Lopez-Hilfiker;Peter Zotter;André S. H. Prévôt

  • Enhanced light absorption by mixed source black and brown carbon particles in UK winter

    Shang Liu;Shang Liu;Allison C. Aiken;Kyle Gorkowski;Kyle Gorkowski;Manvendra K. Dubey

  • Relating hygroscopicity and composition of organic aerosol particulate matter

    J. Duplissy;J. Duplissy;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;J. Dommen;M. R. Alfarra

  • Chemically-resolved aerosol volatility measurements from two megacity field studies

    J. A. Huffman;J. A. Huffman;J. A. Huffman;K. S. Docherty;A. C. Aiken;A. C. Aiken;M. J. Cubison

  • Investigation of the sources and processing of organic aerosol over the Central Mexican Plateau from aircraft measurements during MILAGRO

    P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;I. M. Ulbrich;I. M. Ulbrich;J. Crounse;B. de Foy

  • Loading-dependent elemental composition of α-pinene SOA particles

    John E. Shilling;John E. Shilling;Qi Chen;Stephanie M. King;Thomas Rosenoern

  • Development and Characterization of a Fast-Stepping/Scanning Thermodenuder for Chemically-Resolved Aerosol Volatility Measurements

    J. Alex Huffman;Paul J. Ziemann;John T. Jayne;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • Design, Modeling, Optimization, and Experimental Tests of a Particle Beam Width Probe for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

    J. Alex Huffman;John T. Jayne;Frank Drewnick;Allison C. Aiken

  • The importance of aerosol mixing state and size-resolved composition on CCN concentration and the variation of the importance with atmospheric aging of aerosols

    J. Wang;M. J. Cubison;A. C. Aiken;J. L. Jimenez

  • The Green Ocean Amazon Experiment (GoAmazon2014/5) Observes Pollution Affecting Gases, Aerosols, Clouds, and Rainfall over the Rain Forest

    S. T. Martin;P. Artaxo;L. Machado;A. O. Manzi

  • Mexico City Aerosol Analysis during MILAGRO using High Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    A. C. Aiken;J. L. Jimenez

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Manvendra K. Dubey
Manvendra K. Dubey Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peter F. DeCarlo
Peter F. DeCarlo Johns Hopkins University
I. M. Ulbrich
I. M. Ulbrich University of Colorado Boulder
Timothy B. Onasch
Timothy B. Onasch Boston College
Stephen R. Springston
Stephen R. Springston Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jian Wang
Jian Wang Washington University in St. Louis
J. A. Huffman
J. A. Huffman University of Denver
Leah R. Williams
Leah R. Williams Aerodyne Research
Edward J. Dunlea
Edward J. Dunlea University of Colorado Boulder

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