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2095

Overview

Darin W. Toohey is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Aerospace Engineering, and Speech and Hearing.

The main topics of Toohey's work include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, infection control and ventilation, and noise effects and management.

Recent significant publications by Toohey include:

  • Observations of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Surface Radiation over the Southern Ocean: An Overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Influences of Recent Particle Formation on Southern Ocean Aerosol Variability and Low Cloud Properties, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Observations of Ice Nucleating Particles in the Free Troposphere From Western US Wildfires, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Cloud-Nucleating Particles Over the Southern Ocean in a Changing Climate, 2021, Earth's Future
  • Measurements and Simulations of Aerosol Released while Singing and Playing Wind Instruments, 2021, ACS Environmental Au

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Toohey are:

  • C. H. Twohy
  • Paul J. DeMott
  • Kathryn A. Moore
  • Sonia M. Kreidenweis
  • Christina S. McCluskey

Toohey's research has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Best Publications

  • Free Radicals Within the Antarctic Vortex: The Role of CFCs in Antarctic Ozone Loss

    J. G. Anderson;D. W. Toohey;W. H. Brune

  • Emissions from biomass burning in the Yucatan

    R. J. Yokelson;J. D. Crounse;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;T. Karl

  • Removal of Stratospheric O3 by Radicals: In Situ Measurements of OH, HO2, NO, NO2, ClO, and BrO

    P. O. Wennberg;R. C. Cohen;R. M. Stimpfle;J. P. Koplow

  • In situ measurements constraining the role of sulphate aerosols in mid-latitude ozone depletion

    D. W. Fahey;S. R. Kawa;E. L. Woodbridge;P. Tin

  • Introducing the concept of Potential Aerosol Mass (PAM)

    E. Kang;M. J. Root;D. W. Toohey;W. H. Brune

  • Organic aerosol composition and sources in Pasadena, California, during the 2010 CalNex campaign

    P. L. Hayes;A. M. Ortega;M. J. Cubison;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd

  • Kinetics of O3 destruction by ClO and BrO within the Antarctic vortex: An analysis based on in situ ER‐2 data

    J. G. Anderson;W. H. Brune;S. A. Lloyd;D. W. Toohey

  • Halogen activation via interactions with environmental ice and snow in the polar lower troposphere and other regions

    J. P. D. Abbatt;J. L. Thomas;J. L. Thomas;Katarina Abrahamsson;C. Boxe

  • Transport out of the lower stratospheric Arctic vortex by Rossby wave breaking

    D. W. Waugh;R. A. Plumb;R. J. Atkinson;M. R. Schoeberl

  • Observations of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and surface radiation over the southern ocean

    Greg Michael McFarquhar;Christopher S. Bretherton;Roger Marchand;Alain Protat

  • Emissions from forest fires near Mexico City

    Robert J. Yokelson;S. P. Urbanski;E. L. Atlas;D. W. Toohey

  • Chlorine chemistry on polar stratospheric cloud particles in the arctic winter.

    C. R. Webster;R. D. May;D. W. Toohey;L. M. Avallone

  • Trace gas and particle emissions from open biomass burning in Mexico

    Robert J. Yokelson;I. R. Burling;S. P. Urbanski;E. Atlas

  • The potential for ozone depletion in the arctic polar stratosphere.

    W. H. Brune;J. G. Anderson;D. W. Toohey;D. W. Fahey

  • Validation of UARS Microwave Limb Sounder Ozone Measurements

    L. Froidevaux;W. G. Read;T. A. Lungu;R. E. Cofield

  • Chemical depletion of Arctic ozone in winter 1999/2000

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;N. R. P. Harris;P. von der Gathen

  • In situ observations of ClO in the Arctic stratosphere: ER‐2 aircraft results from 59°N TO 80°N latitude

    William Henry Brune;D. W. Toohey;J. G. Anderson;K. R. Chan

  • Properties of air mass mixing and humidity in the subtropics from measurements of the D/H isotope ratio of water vapor at the Mauna Loa Observatory

    David Noone;David Noone;Joseph Galewsky;Zachary D. Sharp;John Worden

  • Dependence of SOA oxidation on organic aerosol mass concentration and OH exposure: Experimental PAM chamber studies

    E. Kang;E. Kang;D. W. Toohey;W. H. Brune

  • In situ observations of aerosol and chlorine monoxide after the 1991 eruption of mount pinatubo: effect of reactions on sulfate aerosol.

    J. C. Wilson;H. H. Jonsson;C. A. Brock;D. W. Toohey

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

    S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Anderson
James G. Anderson Harvard University
William H. Brune
William H. Brune Pennsylvania State University
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University
K. R. Chan
K. R. Chan Ames Research Center
Cynthia H. Twohy
Cynthia H. Twohy Northwest Research Associates
James C. Wilson
James C. Wilson University of Denver
David Noone
David Noone University of Auckland
Andrew Gettelman
Andrew Gettelman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Greg M. McFarquhar
Greg M. McFarquhar University of Oklahoma

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