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Christian M. Carrico is affiliated with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, Engineering, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work explores areas including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization.

The scientist has contributed to studies on the behavior and composition of aerosols and their impacts on air quality and climate. Topics covered in their research include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Fire effects on ecosystems, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Manvendra K. Dubey, Sabina Gulick, James E. Lee, A. C. Aiken, and Katherine Benedict.

Their recent papers encompass the following:

  • Optical and Chemical Analysis of Absorption Enhancement by Mixed Carbonaceous Aerosols in the 2019 Woodbury, AZ, Fire Plume, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • A Quantitative Method to Measure and Speciate Amines in Ambient Aerosol Samples, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Humidified single-scattering albedometer (H-CAPS-PMSSA): Design, data analysis, and validation, 2021, Aerosol Science and Technology
  • Impacts of a Prescribed Fire on Air Quality in Central New Mexico, 2023, Atmosphere
  • Plant versus local soil inorganic ionic composition: The relationship to biomass smoke, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment

Christian M. Carrico frequently publishes in journals such as Atmosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Aerosol Science and Technology, The Science of The Total Environment, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Best Publications

  • Emissions of trace gases and aerosols during the open combustion of biomass in the laboratory

    Gavin R. McMeeking;Gavin R. McMeeking;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Stephen Baker;Christian M. Carrico

  • Determination of levoglucosan in biomass combustion aerosol by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

    Guenter Engling;Christian M. Carrico;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Jeffrey L. Collett

  • Measurement of aerosol chemical, physical and radiative properties in the Yangtze delta region of China

    Jin Xu;M.H. Bergin;X. Yu;G. Liu

  • Mixtures of pollution, dust, sea salt, and volcanic aerosol during ACE‐Asia: Radiative properties as a function of relative humidity

    Christian M. Carrico;Christian M. Carrico;Pinar Kus;Mark J. Rood;Patricia K. Quinn

  • Cloud condensation nucleation activity of biomass burning aerosol

    Markus D. Petters;Markus D. Petters;Christian M. Carrico;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Anthony J. Prenni

  • Water activity and activation diameters from hygroscopicity data - Part I: Theory and application to inorganic salts

    S. M. Kreidenweis;K. Koehler;P. J. DeMott;A. J. Prenni

  • Hygroscopicity and cloud droplet activation of mineral dust aerosol

    K. A. Koehler;S. M. Kreidenweis;P. J. DeMott;M. D. Petters

  • Biomass burning smoke aerosol properties measured during Fire Laboratory at Missoula Experiments (FLAME)

    E. J. T. Levin;G. R. McMeeking;G. R. McMeeking;C. M. Carrico;L. E. Mack

  • The importance of carbon and mineral dust to seasonal aerosol properties in the Nepal Himalaya

    Christian M. Carrico;Christian M. Carrico;Michael H. Bergin;Arun B. Shrestha;Jack E. Dibb

  • Cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleation activity of hydrophobic and hydrophilic soot particles.

    Kirsten A. Koehler;Paul J. DeMott;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Olga B. Popovicheva

  • Towards closing the gap between hygroscopic growth and activation for secondary organic aerosol: Part 1 – Evidence from measurements

    H. Wex;M. D. Petters;C. M. Carrico;E. Hallbauer

  • Climate change impacts on fire regimes and key ecosystem services in Rocky Mountain forests

    Monique E. Rocca;Peter M. Brown;Lee H. MacDonald;Christian M. Carrico

  • Ice nuclei emissions from biomass burning

    Markus D. Petters;Matthew T. Parsons;Matthew T. Parsons;Anthony J. Prenni;Paul J. DeMott

  • Aerosol optical properties measured on board the Ronald H. Brown during ACE-Asia as a function of aerosol chemical composition and source region

    P. K. Quinn;P. K. Quinn;D. J. Coffman;D. J. Coffman;T. S. Bates;T. S. Bates;E. J. Welton

  • Reduction in biomass burning aerosol light absorption upon humidification: roles of inorganically-induced hygroscopicity, particle collapse, and photoacoustic heat and mass transfer

    K. A. Lewis;W. P. Arnott;H. Moosmüller;R. K. Chakrabarty

  • Aerosol light scattering properties at Cape Grim, Tasmania, during the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1)

    Christian M. Carrico;Mark J. Rood;John A. Ogren

  • Aerosol Optical properties at Sagres, Portugal during ACE‐2

    Christian M. Carrico;Mark J. Rood;John A. Ogren;Christian Neusüß

  • Impact of particulate organic matter on the relative humidity dependence of light scattering: A simplified parameterization

    Patricia K. Quinn;T. S. Bates;T. Baynard;A. D. Clarke

  • Water uptake and chemical composition of fresh aerosols generated in open burning of biomass

    C. M. Carrico;M. D. Petters;M. D. Petters;S. M. Kreidenweis;A. P. Sullivan

  • Towards closing the gap between hygroscopic growth and activation for secondary organic aerosol – Part 2: Theoretical approaches

    M. D. Petters;H. Wex;C. M. Carrico;E. Hallbauer

  • Mixtures of pollution, dust, sea salt, and volcanic aerosol during ACE-Asia: Radiative properties as a function of relative humidity : Characterization of Asian aerosols and their radiative impacts on climate

    Christian M. Carrico;Pinar Kus;Mark J. Rood;Patricia K. Quinn

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia M. Kreidenweis
Sonia M. Kreidenweis Colorado State University
Jeffrey L. Collett
Jeffrey L. Collett Colorado State University
Gavin R. McMeeking
Gavin R. McMeeking Colorado State University
Mark J. Rood
Mark J. Rood University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Markus D. Petters
Markus D. Petters North Carolina State University
William C. Malm
William C. Malm Colorado State University
Patricia K. Quinn
Patricia K. Quinn Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University
Anthony J. Prenni
Anthony J. Prenni National Park Service
Bret A. Schichtel
Bret A. Schichtel National Park Service

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