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Colette L. Heald

Colette L. Heald

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
23777
World Ranking
1185
National Ranking
516

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Colette L. Heald is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output includes extensive work related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality, and planetary atmospheric dynamics.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Heald's publication record also indicates contributions to several specific subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Education.

The scientist has published in a range of notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Science Advances
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Heald are:

  • The fuel of atmospheric chemistry: Toward a complete description of reactive organic carbon, 2020, Science Advances
  • The complex chemical effects of COVID-19 shutdowns on air quality, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • An evaluation of global organic aerosol schemes using airborne observations, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • How emissions uncertainty influences the distribution and radiative impacts of smoke from fires in North America, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Updated World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines Highlight the Importance of Non-anthropogenic PM2.5, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Jesse H. Kroll
  • J. L. Jiménez
  • Therese S. Carter
  • Pedro Campuzano-Jost
  • Sidhant J. Pai

Colette L. Heald received the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2015 and was also named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) that same year.

Best Publications

  • The model of emissions of gases and aerosols from nature version 2.1 (MEGAN2.1): An extended and updated framework for modeling biogenic emissions

    A. B. Guenther;X. Jiang;C. L. Heald;T. Sakulyanontvittaya

  • CAM-chem: description and evaluation of interactive atmospheric chemistry in the Community Earth System Model

    J.-F. Lamarque;L. Emmons;Peter Hess;Douglas E. Kinnison

  • A Large Organic Aerosol Source in the Free Troposphere Missing from Current Models

    Colette L. Heald;Daniel J. Jacob;Rokjin J. Park;Lynn M. Russell

  • Threat to future global food security from climate change and ozone air pollution

    Amos P. K. Tai;Amos P. K. Tai;Maria Val Martin;Maria Val Martin;Colette L. Heald

  • Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) aircraft mission: Design, execution, and first results

    Daniel J. Jacob;James H. Crawford;Mary M. Kleb;Vickie S. Connors

  • 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

  • Global modeling of secondary organic aerosol formation from aromatic hydrocarbons: high- vs. low-yield pathways

    D. K. Henze;D. K. Henze;J. H. Seinfeld;N. L. Ng;J. H. Kroll

  • Predicted change in global secondary organic aerosol concentrations in response to future climate, emissions, and land use change

    C. L. Heald;C. L. Heald;D. K. Henze;L. W. Horowitz;Johannes J. Feddema

  • Sources and properties of Amazonian aerosol particles

    Scot T. Martin;Meinrat O. Andreae;Paulo Artaxo;Darrel Baumgardner

  • Biogenic carbon and anthropogenic pollutants combine to form a cooling haze over the southeastern United States

    Allen H. Goldstein;Charles D. Koven;Colette L. Heald;Inez Y. Fung

  • Spatial distribution of isoprene emissions from North America derived from formaldehyde column measurements by the OMI satellite sensor

    Dylan B. Millet;Dylan B. Millet;Daniel J. Jacob;K. Folkert Boersma;Tzung-May Fu

  • Aerosol Impacts on Climate and Biogeochemistry

    Natalie Mahowald;Daniel S. Ward;Silvia Kloster;Mark G. Flanner

  • Atmospheric ammonia and particulate inorganic nitrogen over the United States

    C. L. Heald;J. L. Collett;T. Lee;K. B. Benedict

  • Future Fire Impacts on Smoke Concentrations, Visibility, and Health in the Contiguous United States.

    B. Ford;M. Val Martin;S. E. Zelasky;E. V. Fischer

  • Comparative inverse analysis of satellite (MOPITT) and aircraft (TRACE-P) observations to estimate Asian sources of carbon monoxide

    Colette L. Heald;Daniel James Jacob;Dylan B. A. Jones;Paul I. Palmer

  • Exploiting simultaneous observational constraints on mass and absorption to estimate the global direct radiative forcing of black carbon and brown carbon

    X Wang;C L Heald;D A Ridley;J P Schwarz;J P Schwarz

  • Relative roles of biogenic emissions and Saharan dust as ice nuclei in the Amazon basin

    Anthony J. Prenni;Markus D. Petters;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Colette L. Heald

  • Exploring the vertical profile of atmospheric organic aerosol: comparing 17 aircraft field campaigns with a global model

    C. L. Heald;H. Coe;J. L. Jimenez;R. J. Weber

  • Atmospheric budget of primary biological aerosol particles from fungal spores

    Colette L. Heald;Dominick V. Spracklen

  • Asian Outflow and Trans-Pacific Transport of Carbon Monoxide and Ozone Pollution: An Integrated Satellite, Aircraft, and Model Perspective

    Colette L. Heald;Daniel James Jacob;Arlene M. Fiore;Louisa K. Emmons

  • Global distributions, time series and error characterization of atmospheric ammonia (NH 3 ) from IASI satellite observations

    M. Van Damme;M. Van Damme;L. Clarisse;C. L. Heald;D. Hurtmans

  • Smaller desert dust cooling effect estimated from analysis of dust size and abundance

    Jasper F. Kok;David A. Ridley;Qing Zhou;Ron L. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Jacob
Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Cathy Clerbaux
Cathy Clerbaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Louisa Emmons
Louisa Emmons National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dylan B. A. Jones
Dylan B. A. Jones University of Toronto
Anne E. Perring
Anne E. Perring Colgate University
Pierre-François Coheur
Pierre-François Coheur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Alex Guenther
Alex Guenther University of California, Irvine
Lieven Clarisse
Lieven Clarisse Université Libre de Bruxelles

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