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C. N. Hewitt is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, and related fields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader subjects, Hewitt's work explores several subfields such as atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, and global and planetary change.

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change

The scientist's research topics cover a range of issues centered on atmospheric conditions and pollutant effects. These include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric ozone and climate, vehicle emissions and performance, toxic organic pollutants impact, and energy and environment impacts.

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

Hewitt has published extensively in scientific journals, contributing to venues such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Environmental Science Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Environment X
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Among their recent papers are:

  • Evaluating the sensitivity of radical chemistry and ozone formation to ambient VOCs and NO x in Beijing, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Elevated levels of OH observed in haze events during wintertime in central Beijing, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • In situ ozone production is highly sensitive to volatile organic compounds in Delhi, India, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Avoiding high ozone pollution in Delhi, India, 2020, Faraday Discussions
  • Low-NO atmospheric oxidation pathways in a polluted megacity, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Hewitt has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field, including James Lee, W. Joe F. Acton, Jacqueline F. Hamilton, James R. Hopkins, and Eiko Nemitz.

Best Publications

  • A global model of natural volatile organic compound emissions

    Alex Guenther;C. Nicholas Hewitt;David Erickson;Ray Fall

  • Emissions of volatile organic compounds from vegetation and the implications for atmospheric chemistry

    Fred Fehsenfeld;Jack Calvert;Ray Fall;Paul Goldan

  • Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure for Improvement of Air Quality in Urban Street Canyons

    Thomas A. M. Pugh;A. Robert MacKenzie;J. Duncan Whyatt;C. Nicholas Hewitt

  • Biogenic volatile organic compounds in the Earth system

    Jullada Laothawornkitkul;Jane E. Taylor;Nigel D. Paul;C. Nicholas Hewitt

  • Inventorying emissions from nature in Europe

    David Simpson;Wilfried Winiwarter;Gunnar Börjesson;Steve Cinderby

  • Quantifying the effect of urban tree planting on concentrations and depositions of PM10 in two UK conurbations

    A.G. McDonald;W.J. Bealey;D. Fowler;U. Dragosits

  • Biogenic emissions in Europe: 1. Estimates and uncertainties

    David Simpson;Alex Guenther;C. Nicholas Hewitt;Rainer Steinbrecher

  • The relative greenhouse gas impacts of realistic dietary choices

    Mike Berners-Lee;C. Hoolohan;H. Cammack;C. N. Hewitt

  • Relative contribution of oxygenated hydrocarbons to the total biogenic VOC emissions of selected mid-European agricultural and natural plant species

    Georg König;Monika Brunda;Hans Puxbaum;C.Nicholas Hewitt

  • The effect of trade between China and the UK on national and global carbon dioxide emissions

    You Li;C.N. Hewitt

  • Current global food production is sufficient to meet human nutritional needs in 2050 provided there is radical societal adaptation

    Mike Berners-Lee;Cara Kennelly;Rosie Watson;C N Hewitt

  • Forests and Their Canopies: Achievements and Horizons in Canopy Science.

    Akihiro Nakamura;Roger L. Kitching;Min Cao;Thomas J. Creedy;Thomas J. Creedy

  • The application of proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) to the monitoring and analysis of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere

    C. N. Hewitt;S. Hayward;A. Tani

  • Using green infrastructure to improve urban air quality (GI4AQ)

    C. Nick Hewitt;Kirsti Ashworth;A. Rob MacKenzie

  • Measurement of monoterpenes and related compounds by proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS)

    Akira Tani;Akira Tani;S. Hayward;CN Hewitt

  • Screening of 18 Mediterranean plant species for volatile organic compound emissions

    S. Owen;C. Boissard;R.A. Street;S.C. Duckham

  • A dedicated study of new particle formation and fate in the coastal environment (PARFORCE): overview of objectives and achievements

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Colin D. O'Dowd;Kaarle Hämeri;Kaarle Hämeri;Jyrki M. Mäkelä;Jyrki M. Mäkelä;Liisa Pirjola

  • Mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions embodied in food through realistic consumer choices

    C. Hoolohan;M. Berners-Lee;J. McKinstry-West;C.N. Hewitt

  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from 40 Mediterranean plant species : VOC speciation and extrapolation to habitat scale

    Susan Margaret Owen;Christophe Boissard;C.Nicholas Hewitt

  • Hydroperoxides in plants exposed to ozone mediate air pollution damage to alkene emitters.

    Hewitt Cn;Hewitt Cn;Kok Gl;Fall R

  • Global terrestrial isoprene emission models: Sensitivity to variability in climate and vegetation

    Almut Arneth;Almut Arneth;Guy Schurgers;J. Lathiere;T. Duhl

  • Photosynthesis-dependent isoprene emission from leaf to planet in a global carbon-chemistry-climate model

    N. Unger;K. Harper;Y. Zheng;N. Y. Kiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiko Nemitz
Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Pawel K. Misztal
Pawel K. Misztal University of California, Berkeley
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Thomas A. M. Pugh
Thomas A. M. Pugh University of Birmingham
Alex Guenther
Alex Guenther University of California, Irvine
James D. Lee
James D. Lee University of York
John A. Pyle
John A. Pyle University of Cambridge
Keith Smith
Keith Smith University of Edinburgh
Gordon McFiggans
Gordon McFiggans University of Manchester
John Grace
John Grace University of Edinburgh

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