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Donald C. Thornton

Donald C. Thornton

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
59
Citations
8556
World Ranking
3178
National Ranking
1224

Overview

Donald C. Thornton is associated with Drexel University in the United States. Their academic profile includes involvement in scientific research, although specific details about their research areas, publications, and collaborations are limited based on available data.

The scientist's recent papers, frequent co-authors, and publication venues are not documented in the provided dataset. There is also no information regarding book publications or distinct awards received by the researcher.

Details about the main fields and subfields of study, as well as specific research topics, have not been specified. This lack of detailed information prevents a comprehensive overview of their academic focus or thematic contributions to their discipline.

There are no records indicating that Donald C. Thornton is deceased, and therefore references are in the present tense, respecting the available factual status.

Best Publications

  • Rain in Shallow Cumulus Over the Ocean: The RICO Campaign

    R. M. Rauber;B. Stevens;B. Stevens;H. T. Ochs;C. Knight

  • Dynamics and chemistry of marine stratocumulus - DYCOMS II

    Bjorn Stevens;Donald H. Lenschow;Gabor Vali;Hermann Gerber

  • Potential impact of iodine on tropospheric levels of ozone and other critical oxidants

    D. Davis;J. Crawford;S. Liu;S. McKeen

  • Particle nucleation in the tropical boundary layer and its coupling to marine sulfur sources

    A. D. Clarke;D. Davis;V. N. Kapustin;F. Eisele

  • Atmospheric sulfur cycle simulated in the global model GOCART: Comparison with field observations and regional budgets

    Mian Chin;Dennis L. Savoie;Barry J. Huebert;Alan R. Bandy

  • Export efficiency of black carbon aerosol in continental outflow: Global implications

    Rokjin J. Park;Daniel J. Jacob;Paul I. Palmer;Antony D. Clarke

  • Low ozone in the marine boundary layer of the tropical Pacific Ocean: Photochemical loss, chlorine atoms, and entrainment

    H. B. Singh;G. L. Gregory;B. Anderson;E. Browell

  • On entrainment rates in nocturnal marine stratocumulus

    Bjorn Stevens;Bjorn Stevens;Donald H. Lenschow;Ian Faloona;C.-H. Moeng

  • Observations of Entrainment in Eastern Pacific Marine Stratocumulus Using Three Conserved Scalars

    Ian Faloona;Donald H. Lenschow;Teresa Campos;B. Stevens

  • An intercomparison of aircraft instrumentation for tropospheric measurements of sulfur dioxide

    Gerald L. Gregory;Douglas D. Davis;Norbert Beltz;Alan R. Bandy

  • Chemical characteristics of continental outflow from Asia to the troposphere over the western Pacific Ocean during February‐March 1994: Results from PEM‐West B

    R. W. Talbot;J. E. Dibb;B. L. Lefer;J. D. Bradshaw

  • Dimethyl sulfide oxidation in the equatorial Pacific: Comparison of model simulations with field observations for DMS, SO2, H2SO4(g), MSA(g), MS and NSS

    D. Davis;G. Chen;A. Bandy;D. Thornton

  • Bidirectional mixing in an ACE 1 marine boundary layer overlain by a second turbulent layer

    Lynn M. Russell;Donald H. Lenschow;Krista K. Laursen;Paul B. Krummel

  • Ozone and aerosol distributions and air mass characteristics over the South Pacific during the burning season

    Marta A. Fenn;Edward V. Browell;Carolyn F. Butler;William B. Grant

  • Characteristics and Influence of Biosmoke on the Fine-Particle Ionic Composition Measured in Asian Outflow during the Transport and Chemical Evolution Over the Pacific (TRACE-P) Experiment

    Y. Ma;R. J. Weber;Y.-N. Lee;D. A. Orsini

  • Long‐range transport of SO x and dust in East Asia during the PEM B Experiment

    Hui Xiao;Gregory R. Carmichael;James Durchenwald;Donald Thornton

  • Measurements of enhanced H2SO4 and 3–4 nm particles near a frontal cloud during the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1)

    R. J. Weber;G. Chen;D. D. Davis;R. L. Mauldin

  • Aircraft measurements of the latitudinal, vertical, and seasonal variations of NMHCs, methyl nitrate, methyl halides, and DMS during the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1)

    Nicola J. Blake;Donald R. Blake;Oliver W. Wingenter;Oliver W. Wingenter;Barkley C. Sive;Barkley C. Sive

  • Supplement to Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus—DYCOMS-II

    Bjorn Stevens;Donald H. Lenschow;Gabor Vali;Hermann Gerber

  • Chemistry of dimethyl sulfide in the equatorial Pacific atmosphere

    A. R. Bandy;D. C. Thornton;B. W. Blomquist;S. Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan R. Bandy
Alan R. Bandy Drexel University
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
G. W. Sachse
G. W. Sachse Langley Research Center
Robert W. Talbot
Robert W. Talbot University of Houston
Byron Blomquist
Byron Blomquist University of Colorado Boulder
Douglas D. Davis
Douglas D. Davis Georgia Institute of Technology
Antony D. Clarke
Antony D. Clarke University of Hawaii at Manoa
Brian G. Heikes
Brian G. Heikes University of Rhode Island
Fred L. Eisele
Fred L. Eisele Georgia Institute of Technology
Scott T. Sandholm
Scott T. Sandholm Georgia Institute of Technology

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