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David P. Edwards is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with specific expertise in atmospheric science and global and planetary change. Additional subfields include environmental engineering, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and ecological modeling.

The main topics of their work encompass atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality monitoring and forecasting, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David P. Edwards include Wenfu Tang, H. M. Worden, L. K. Emmons, Benjamin Gaubert, and Rebecca R. Buchholz.

Publication venues where Edwards has contributed multiple works include Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Nature Communications.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Edwards include:

  • Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions (2021) in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Correcting model biases of CO in East Asia: impact on oxidant distributions during KORUS-AQ (2020) in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • New seasonal pattern of pollution emerges from changing North American wildfires (2022) in Nature Communications
  • Assessing Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) carbon monoxide retrievals over urban versus non-urban regions (2020) in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Assessing sub-grid variability within satellite pixels over urban regions using airborne mapping spectrometer measurements (2021) in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Best Publications

  • THE HITRAN MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE AND HAWKS (HITRAN ATMOSPHERIC WORKSTATION): 1996 EDITION

    L. S. Rothman;C. P. Rinsland;A. Goldman;S. T. Massie

  • The HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database and HAWKS (HITRAN atmospheric workstation)

    Laurence S. Rothman;Curtis P. Rinsland;Aaron Goldman;Steven T. Massie

  • Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

    P. Zoogman;X. Liu;R.M. Suleiman;W.F. Pennington

  • Operational carbon monoxide retrieval algorithm and selected results for the MOPITT instrument

    M. N. Deeter;L. K. Emmons;G. L. Francis;D. P. Edwards

  • Emissions estimation from satellite retrievals: A review of current capability

    David G. Streets;Timothy Canty;Gregory R. Carmichael;Benjamin de Foy

  • Hyperspectral Earth Observation from IASI: Five Years of Accomplishments

    Fiona Hilton;Raymond Armante;Thomas August;Chris Barnet

  • New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS)

    Jhoon Kim;Ukkyo Jeong;Myoung Hwan Ahn;Jae H. Kim

  • Assessment of the global impact of aerosols on tropospheric oxidants

    Xuexi Tie;Sasha Madronich;Stacy Walters;David P. Edwards

  • Satellite-observed pollution from Southern Hemisphere biomass burning.

    D. P. Edwards;L. K. Emmons;J. C. Gille;A. Chu

  • Observations of carbon monoxide and aerosols from the Terra satellite: Northern Hemisphere variability

    D. P. Edwards;L. K. Emmons;D. A. Hauglustaine;D. A. Chu

  • Global Estimates of CO Sources with High Resolution by Adjoint Inversion of Multiple Satellite Datasets (MOPITT, AIRS, SCIAMACHY, TES)

    M. Kopacz;M. Kopacz;Daniel J. Jacob;John Fisher;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Decadal record of satellite carbon monoxide observations

    H. M. Worden;M. N. Deeter;C. Frankenberg;Maya George

  • 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

  • Validation of Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) CO retrievals with aircraft in situ profiles

    L. K. Emmons;M. N. Deeter;J. C. Gille;D. P. Edwards

  • Carbon monoxide distributions from the IASI/METOP mission: evaluation with other space-borne remote sensors

    Maya George;Cathy Clerbaux;Daniel Hurtmans;Solène Turquety;Solène Turquety

  • Fire in the Air: Biomass Burning Impacts in a Changing Climate

    Melita Keywood;Maria Kanakidou;Andreas Stohl;Frank Dentener

  • Observations of near-surface carbon monoxide from space using MOPITT multispectral retrievals

    H. M. Worden;M. N. Deeter;D. P. Edwards;J. C. Gille

  • Inventory of boreal fire emissions for North America in 2004 : Importance of peat burning and pyroconvective injection

    Solène Turquety;Solène Turquety;Jennifer A. Logan;Daniel J. Jacob;Rynda C. Hudman

  • Monthly CO surface sources inventory based on the 2000–2001 MOPITT satellite data

    Gabrielle Pétron;Claire Granier;Boris Khattatov;Valery Yudin

  • Validation of MOPITT Version 5 thermal-infrared, near-infrared, and multispectral carbon monoxide profile retrievals for 2000-2011

    M. N. Deeter;S. Martínez-Alonso;D. P. Edwards;L. K. Emmons

  • Tropospheric ozone over the tropical Atlantic: A satellite perspective

    D.-P. Edwards;J.-F. Lamarque;J.-L. Attié;L.-K. Emmons

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research
Merritt N. Deeter
Merritt N. Deeter National Center for Atmospheric Research
Helen M. Worden
Helen M. Worden National Center for Atmospheric Research
Louisa Emmons
Louisa Emmons National Center for Atmospheric Research
Cathy Clerbaux
Cathy Clerbaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Avelino F. Arellano
Avelino F. Arellano University of Arizona
James R. Drummond
James R. Drummond Dalhousie University
Pierre-François Coheur
Pierre-François Coheur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Gabriele Pfister
Gabriele Pfister National Center for Atmospheric Research
Daniel Hurtmans
Daniel Hurtmans Université Libre de Bruxelles

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