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Brett B. Palm is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Research data management practices

Brett B. Palm's research has been published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Recent publications include:

  • Quantification of organic aerosol and brown carbon evolution in fresh wildfire plumes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emissions of Trace Organic Gases From Western U.S. Wildfires Based on WE-CAN Aircraft Measurements, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • HONO Emissions from Western U.S. Wildfires Provide Dominant Radical Source in Fresh Wildfire Smoke, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Daytime Oxidized Reactive Nitrogen Partitioning in Western U.S. Wildfire Smoke Plumes, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Emissions of Reactive Nitrogen From Western U.S. Wildfires During Summer 2018, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Joel A. Thornton
  • F. Flocke
  • Qiaoyun Peng
  • Carley D. Fredrickson
  • Lu Hu

Best Publications

  • Evolution of brown carbon in wildfire plumes

    Haviland Forrister;Jiumeng Liu;Jiumeng Liu;Eric Scheuer;Jack Dibb

  • Airborne measurements of western U.S. wildfire emissions: Comparison with prescribed burning and air quality implications

    Xiaoxi Liu;Xiaoxi Liu;Xiaoxi Liu;L. Gregory Huey;Robert J. Yokelson;Vanessa Selimovic

  • Biomass burning dominates brown carbon absorption in the rural southeastern United States

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;A. R. Attwood;A. R. Attwood;C. A. Brock;H. Guo

  • Quantification of organic aerosol and brown carbon evolution in fresh wildfire plumes

    Brett B. Palm;Qiaoyun Peng;Carley D. Fredrickson;Ben H. Lee

  • Characterization of a real-time tracer for isoprene epoxydiols-derived secondary organic aerosol (IEPOX-SOA) from aerosol mass spectrometer measurements

    W. W. Hu;P. Campuzano-Jost;B. B. Palm;D. A. Day

  • Impact of Thermal Decomposition on Thermal Desorption Instruments: Advantage of Thermogram Analysis for Quantifying Volatility Distributions of Organic Species.

    Harald Stark;Harald Stark;Reddy L. N. Yatavelli;Reddy L. N. Yatavelli;Samantha L. Thompson;Samantha L. Thompson;Hyungu Kang;Hyungu Kang

  • Increasing Isoprene Epoxydiol-to-Inorganic Sulfate Aerosol Ratio Results in Extensive Conversion of Inorganic Sulfate to Organosulfur Forms: Implications for Aerosol Physicochemical Properties

    Matthieu Riva;Matthieu Riva;Yuzhi Chen;Yue Zhang;Ziying Lei

  • Real-time measurements of secondary organic aerosol formation and aging from ambient air in an oxidation flow reactor in the Los Angeles area

    Amber M. Ortega;Patrick L. Hayes;Zhe Peng;Brett B. Palm

  • Modeling the Radical Chemistry in an Oxidation Flow Reactor: Radical Formation and Recycling, Sensitivities, and the OH Exposure Estimation Equation

    Rui Li;Brett B. Palm;Amber M. Ortega;James Hlywiak

  • In situ secondary organic aerosol formation from ambient pine forest air using an oxidation flow reactor

    Brett Brian Palm;Brett Brian Palm;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Amber Marie Ortega;Amber Marie Ortega;Douglas A. Day;Douglas A. Day

  • Non-OH chemistry in oxidation flow reactors for the study of atmospheric chemistry systematically examined by modeling

    Zhe Peng;Zhe Peng;Douglas A. Day;Douglas A. Day;Amber Marie Ortega;Amber Marie Ortega;Amber Marie Ortega;Brett Brian Palm;Brett Brian Palm

  • HO x radical chemistry in oxidation flow reactors with low-pressure mercury lamps systematically examined by modeling

    Z. Peng;Z. Peng;D. A. Day;D. A. Day;H. Stark;H. Stark;R. Li;R. Li;R. Li

  • Emissions of Trace Organic Gases From Western U.S. Wildfires Based on WE-CAN Aircraft Measurements

    Wade Permar;Qian Wang;Vanessa Selimovic;Catherine Wielgasz

  • Agricultural fires in the southeastern U.S. during SEAC4RS: emissions of trace gases and particles and evolution of ozone, reactive nitrogen, and organic aerosol.

    Xiaoxi Liu;Y. Zhang;L. G. Huey;R. J. Yokelson

  • 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

  • Ambient Gas-Particle Partitioning of Tracers for Biogenic Oxidation.

    Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz;Lindsay D. Yee;Nathan M. Kreisberg;Rebecca Wernis

  • Trends in sulfate and organic aerosol mass in the Southeast U.S.: Impact on aerosol optical depth and radiative forcing

    A. R. Attwood;A. R. Attwood;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;C. A. Brock;W. Hu;W. Hu

  • Volatility and lifetime against OH heterogeneous reaction of ambient isoprene-epoxydiols-derived secondary organic aerosol (IEPOX-SOA)

    Weiwei Hu;Weiwei Hu;Brett B. Palm;Brett B. Palm;Douglas A. Day;Douglas A. Day;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Pedro Campuzano-Jost

  • HONO Emissions from Western U.S. Wildfires Provide Dominant Radical Source in Fresh Wildfire Smoke

    Qiaoyun Peng;Brett B. Palm;Kira E. Melander;Ben H. Lee

  • Emissions of reactive nitrogen from western U.S. wildfires during summer 2018

    Jakob Lindaas;Ilana B. Pollack;Lauren A. Garofalo;Matson A. Pothier

  • Semicontinuous measurements of gas–particle partitioning of organic acids in a ponderosa pine forest using a MOVI-HRToF-CIMS

    R. L. N. Yatavelli;R. L. N. Yatavelli;R. L. N. Yatavelli;H. Stark;S. L. Thompson;S. L. Thompson;J. R. Kimmel

  • Daytime Oxidized Reactive Nitrogen Partitioning in Western U.S. Wildfire Smoke Plumes

    Julieta F. Juncosa Calahorrano;Jakob Lindaas;Katelyn O'Dell;Brett B. Palm

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Weiwei Hu
Weiwei Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Douglas A. Day
Douglas A. Day University of Colorado Boulder
Pedro Campuzano-Jost
Pedro Campuzano-Jost University of Colorado Boulder
Joel A. Thornton
Joel A. Thornton University of Washington
Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein University of California, Berkeley
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William H. Brune
William H. Brune Pennsylvania State University
Antonio O. Manzi
Antonio O. Manzi National Institute for Space Research
Harald Stark
Harald Stark University of Colorado Boulder

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