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Overview

David R. Worton is affiliated with the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom. Their research centers primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

The scientist's frequent research topics include atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, advanced chemical sensor technologies, chemical thermodynamics and molecular structure, scientific measurement and uncertainty evaluation, as well as spectroscopy and laser applications.

Key publications by David R. Worton include:

  • Future Adoption of Direct Measurement Techniques for Regulatory Measurements of Nitrogen Dioxide, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Development of an International System of Units (SI)-traceable transmission curve reference material to improve the quantitation and comparability of proton-transfer-reaction mass-spectrometry measurements, 2023, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Other recent papers co-authored or associated with related research fields and collaborators provide context to Worton's scientific contributions, such as:
  • Performing Quality Assurance of Carbon Dioxide for Carbon Capture and Storage, 2020, C - Journal of Carbon Research
  • Boreas: A Sample Preparation-Coupled Laser Spectrometer System for Simultaneous High-Precision In Situ Analysis of δ13C and δ2H from Ambient Air Methane, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • International comparison CCQM-K10.2018: BTEX in nitrogen at 5 nmol mol−1, 2022, Metrologia

Frequent collaborators in Worton's work include:

  • Paul J. Brewer
  • Adriaan M. H. van der Veen
  • Ruth Pearce
  • Sergi Moreno
  • Christophe Sutour

David R. Worton's publications have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Metrologia
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • C - Journal of Carbon Research

Best Publications

  • Elucidating secondary organic aerosol from diesel and gasoline vehicles through detailed characterization of organic carbon emissions

    Drew R. Gentner;Gabriel Isaacman;David R. Worton;Arthur W. H. Chan

  • Monoterpenes are the largest source of summertime organic aerosol in the southeastern United States

    Haofei Zhang;Haofei Zhang;Lindsay D. Yee;Ben H. Lee;Michael P. Curtis

  • 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

  • Chemical Composition of Gas-Phase Organic Carbon Emissions from Motor Vehicles and Implications for Ozone Production

    Drew R. Gentner;David R. Worton;Gabriel Isaacman;Laura C. Davis

  • Atmospheric benzenoid emissions from plants rival those from fossil fuels

    P. K. Misztal;P. K. Misztal;C. N. Hewitt;J. Wildt;J. D. Blande

  • Characterization of particulate matter emissions from on-road gasoline and diesel vehicles using a soot particle aerosol mass spectrometer

    T. R. Dallmann;T. R. Dallmann;T. B. Onasch;T. W. Kirchstetter;T. W. Kirchstetter;D. R. Worton

  • Lubricating Oil Dominates Primary Organic Aerosol Emissions from Motor Vehicles

    David R. Worton;Gabriel Isaacman;Drew R. Gentner;Timothy R. Dallmann

  • Organosulfates as Tracers for Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) Formation from 2-Methyl-3-Buten-2-ol (MBO) in the Atmosphere

    Haofei Zhang;David R. Worton;Michael Lewandowski;John Ortega

  • Observational insights into aerosol formation from isoprene

    David R. Worton;Jason D. Surratt;Brian W. Lafranchi;Brian W. Lafranchi;Arthur W.H. Chan

  • Online derivatization for hourly measurements of gas- and particle-phase semi-volatile oxygenated organic compounds by thermal desorption aerosol gas chromatography (SV-TAG)

    G. Isaacman;N. M. Kreisberg;L. D. Yee;D. R. Worton

  • Improved resolution of hydrocarbon structures and constitutional isomers in complex mixtures using gas chromatography-vacuum ultraviolet-mass spectrometry.

    Gabriel Isaacman;Kevin R. Wilson;Arthur W. H. Chan;David R. Worton

  • Formation and occurrence of dimer esters of pinene oxidation products in atmospheric aerosols

    K. Kristensen;K. L. Enggrob;S. M. King;D. R. Worton

  • Thermal desorption comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography for in-situ measurements of organic aerosols

    Allen H. Goldstein;David R. Worton;Brent J. Williams;Susanne V. Hering

  • Atmospheric trends and radiative forcings of CF4 and C2F6 inferred from firn air.

    David R. Worton;William T. Sturges;Laila K. Gohar;Keith P. Shine

  • Detailed chemical characterization of unresolved complex mixtures in atmospheric organics: Insights into emission sources, atmospheric processing, and secondary organic aerosol formation

    Arthur W. H. Chan;Arthur W. H. Chan;Gabriel Isaacman;Kevin R. Wilson;David R. Worton

  • Contribution of very short-lived organic substances to stratospheric chlorine and bromine in the tropics – a case study

    Johannes Christian Laube;Johannes Christian Laube;Andreas Engel;Harald Bönisch;Tanja Möbius

  • Development of an In Situ Thermal Desorption Gas Chromatography Instrument for Quantifying Atmospheric Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds

    Yunliang Zhao;Nathan M. Kreisberg;David R. Worton;Alexander P. Teng

  • Validity and limitations of simple reaction kinetics to calculate concentrations of organic compounds from ion counts in PTR-MS

    Rupert Holzinger;W. Joe F. Acton;William J. Bloss;Martin Breitenlechner

  • The multi-seasonal NO y budget in coastal Antarctica and its link with surface snow and ice core nitrate: results from the CHABLIS campaign

    Anna E. Jones;Eric W. Wolff;D. Ames;Stephane J.-B. Bauguitte;Stephane J.-B. Bauguitte

  • Origins and composition of fine atmospheric carbonaceous aerosol in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

    D. R. Worton;A. H. Goldstein;D. K. Farmer;D. K. Farmer;K. S. Docherty;K. S. Docherty;K. S. Docherty

  • Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow: an overview of the CHABLIS campaign

    A. E. Jones;E. W. Wolff;R. A. Salmon;S. J. B. Bauguitte

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein University of California, Berkeley
Susanne V. Hering
Susanne V. Hering Aerosol Dynamics (United States)
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Arthur W. H. Chan
Arthur W. H. Chan University of Toronto
Kevin R. Wilson
Kevin R. Wilson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jason D. Surratt
Jason D. Surratt University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
William C. Kuster
William C. Kuster National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Marianne Glasius
Marianne Glasius Aarhus University
John H. Seinfeld
John H. Seinfeld California Institute of Technology

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