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Overview

Christopher D. Cappa is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of research in Environmental Science.

The main areas of study within their research include Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research covers a range of topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, with emphasis on Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Infection Control and Ventilation, Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation, and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery.

Christopher D. Cappa has published in several frequent venues, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Environmental Science Atmospheres

Key recent publications authored by Christopher D. Cappa include:

  • "Efficacy of masks and face coverings in controlling outward aerosol particle emission from expiratory activities," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Aging of Atmospheric Brown Carbon Aerosol," 2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • "The complex chemical effects of COVID-19 shutdowns on air quality," 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • "Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Acidity across the interface from the ocean surface to sea spray aerosol," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators of Christopher D. Cappa include:

  • Timothy H. Bertram
  • Kimberly A. Prather
  • Shantanu H. Jathar
  • William D. Ristenpart
  • Jesse H. Kroll

Best Publications

  • Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions.

    Brian C. McDonald;Brian C. McDonald;Joost A. De Gouw;Joost A. De Gouw;Jessica B. Gilman;Shantanu H. Jathar

  • Aerosol emission and superemission during human speech increase with voice loudness

    Sima Asadi;Anthony S. Wexler;Christopher D. Cappa;Santiago Barreda

  • Recent advances in understanding secondary organic aerosol: Implications for global climate forcing

    Manish Shrivastava;Christopher D. Cappa;Jiwen Fan;Allen H. Goldstein

  • Radiative Absorption Enhancements Due to the Mixing State of Atmospheric Black Carbon

    Christopher D. Cappa;Timothy B. Onasch;Paola Massoli;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • Energetics of hydrogen bond network rearrangements in liquid water.

    Jared D. Smith;Christopher D. Cappa;Kevin R. Wilson;Benjamin M. Messer

  • Bringing the ocean into the laboratory to probe the chemical complexity of sea spray aerosol

    Kimberly A. Prather;Timothy H. Bertram;Vicki H. Grassian;Grant B. Deane

  • Impact of brown and clear carbon on light absorption enhancement, single scatter albedo and absorption wavelength dependence of black carbon

    D. A. Lack;D. A. Lack;C. D. Cappa

  • Isotopic fractionation of water during evaporation

    Christopher D. Cappa;Melissa B. Hendricks;Melissa B. Hendricks;Melissa B. Hendricks;Donald J. DePaolo;Donald J. DePaolo;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Unified description of temperature-dependent hydrogen-bond rearrangements in liquid water.

    Jared D. Smith;Christopher D. Cappa;Kevin R. Wilson;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Brown carbon and internal mixing in biomass burning particles

    Daniel A. Lack;Daniel A. Lack;Justin M. Langridge;Justin M. Langridge;Roya Bahreini;Roya Bahreini;Christopher D. Cappa

  • Influence of vapor wall loss in laboratory chambers on yields of secondary organic aerosol

    Xuan Zhang;Christopher D. Cappa;Shantanu H. Jathar;Renee C. McVay

  • Efficacy of masks and face coverings in controlling outward aerosol particle emission from expiratory activities

    Sima Asadi;Christopher D. Cappa;Santiago Barreda;Anthony S. Wexler

  • 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

  • Relationship between oxidation level and optical properties of secondary organic aerosol.

    Andrew T. Lambe;Christopher D. Cappa;Paola Massoli;Timothy B. Onasch

  • Rethinking the global secondary organic aerosol (SOA) budget: stronger production, faster removal, shorter lifetime

    Alma Hodzic;Prasad S. Kasibhatla;Duseong S. Jo;Christopher D. Cappa

  • Soot Particle Studies—Instrument Inter-Comparison—Project Overview

    Eben S. Cross;Timothy B. Onasch;Adam Ahern;William Wrobel

  • The structure of ambient water

    Gary N.I. Clark;Christopher D. Cappa;Jared D. Smith;Richard J. Saykally

  • Saturation Vapor Pressures and Transition Enthalpies of Low-Volatility Organic Molecules of Atmospheric Relevance: From Dicarboxylic Acids to Complex Mixtures

    Merete Bilde;Kelley Barsanti;Murray Booth;Christopher D Cappa

  • Aging of Atmospheric Brown Carbon Aerosol

    Rachel F. Hems;Elijah G. Schnitzler;Carolyn Liu-Kang;Christopher D. Cappa

  • Quantitative estimates of the volatility of ambient organic aerosol

    C. D. Cappa;J. L. Jimenez

  • Bias in Filter-Based Aerosol Light Absorption Measurements Due to Organic Aerosol Loading: Evidence from Laboratory Measurements

    Christopher D. Cappa;Daniel A. Lack;James B. Burkholder;A. R. Ravishankara

  • Bias in Filter-Based Aerosol Light Absorption Measurements Due to Organic Aerosol Loading: Evidence from Ambient Measurements

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Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy B. Onasch
Timothy B. Onasch Boston College
Daniel A. Lack
Daniel A. Lack Earth System Research Laboratory
Paola Massoli
Paola Massoli Earth System Research Laboratory
Timothy H. Bertram
Timothy H. Bertram University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kevin R. Wilson
Kevin R. Wilson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Richard J. Saykally
Richard J. Saykally University of California, Berkeley
Ronald C. Cohen
Ronald C. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Kimberly A. Prather
Kimberly A. Prather University of California, San Diego
Patricia K. Quinn
Patricia K. Quinn Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

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