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Overview

E. L. Winstead is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their primary focus lies within Atmospheric Science, covering subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Earth-Surface Processes, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research extensively addresses topics including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Aeolian processes and effects, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Frequent publication venues for Winstead include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Environmental Science Atmospheres

Prominent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Winstead are:

  • Richard H. Moore
  • Luke D. Ziemba
  • Ewan Crosbie
  • Michael A. Shook
  • Claire Robinson

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by E. L. Winstead include:

  • "Cleaner burning aviation fuels can reduce contrail cloudiness," 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Sizing response of the Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS) and Laser Aerosol Spectrometer (LAS) to changes in submicron aerosol composition and refractive index," 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "High Temporal Resolution Satellite Observations of Fire Radiative Power Reveal Link Between Fire Behavior and Aerosol and Gas Emissions," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Nighttime and daytime dark oxidation chemistry in wildfire plumes: an observation and model analysis of FIREX-AQ aircraft data," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Rapid cloud removal of dimethyl sulfide oxidation products limits SO 2 and cloud condensation nuclei production in the marine atmosphere," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Biofuel blending reduces particle emissions from aircraft engines at cruise conditions

    Richard H. Moore;Kenneth L. Thornhill;Bernadett Weinzierl;Bernadett Weinzierl;Daniel Sauer;Daniel Sauer

  • a Driver for Global Change

    Joel S. Levine;Wesley R. Cofer;Donald R. Cahoon;Edward L. Winstead

  • Results from the DC-8 Inlet Characterization Experiment (DICE): Airborne Versus Surface Sampling of Mineral Dust and Sea Salt Aerosols

    Cameron S. McNaughton;Antony D. Clarke;Steven G. Howell;Mitchell Pinkerton

  • Cleaner burning aviation fuels can reduce contrail cloudiness

    Christiane Voigt;Christiane Voigt;Jonas Kleine;Jonas Kleine;Daniel Sauer;Richard H. Moore

  • Biomass Burning: A Driver for Global Change!

    J S Levine;Iii W. R. Cofer;Jr D. R. Cahoon;E L Winstead

  • NO and N 2 O emissions from savanna soils following the first simulated rains of the season

    M.C. Scholes;R. Martin;R.J. Scholes;D. Parsons

  • Mapping the Operation of the Miniature Combustion Aerosol Standard (Mini-CAST) Soot Generator

    Richard H. Moore;Luke D. Ziemba;Dabrina Dutcher;Andreas J. Beyersdorf

  • Analysis of CCN activity of Arctic aerosol and Canadian biomass burning during summer 2008

    T. L. Lathem;A. J. Beyersdorf;K. L. Thornhill;E. L. Winstead

  • Reductions in aircraft particulate emissions due to the use of Fischer–Tropsch fuels

    A. J. Beyersdorf;M. T. Timko;L. D. Ziemba;D. Bulzan

  • Crown fire emissions of CO2, CO, H2, CH4, and TNMHC from a dense Jack pine boreal forest fire

    W. R. Cofer;E. L. Winstead;B. J. Stocks;J. G. Goldammer

  • Biogenic soil emissions of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from savannas in South Africa: The impact of wetting and burning

    Joel S. Levine;Edward L. Winstead;Dirk A. B. Parsons;Mary C. Scholes

  • Particulate Emissions of Gas Turbine Engine Combustion of a Fischer−Tropsch Synthetic Fuel

    M. T. Timko;Z. Yu;T. B. Onasch;H.-W. Wong

  • Influence of Jet Fuel Composition on Aircraft Engine Emissions: A Synthesis of Aerosol Emissions Data from the NASA APEX, AAFEX, and ACCESS Missions

    Richard H. Moore;Michael Shook;Andreas Beyersdorf;Chelsea Corr;Chelsea Corr

  • Sizing response of the Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS) and Laser Aerosol Spectrometer (LAS) to changes in submicron aerosol composition and refractive index

    Richard H. Moore;Elizabeth B. Wiggins;Elizabeth B. Wiggins;Adam T. Ahern;Adam T. Ahern;Stephen Zimmerman

  • Airborne observations of aerosol extinction by in situ and remote-sensing techniques: Evaluation of particle hygroscopicity

    Luke D. Ziemba;K. Lee Thornhill;Rich Ferrare;John Barrick

  • Observations of heterogeneous reactions between Asian pollution and mineral dust over the Eastern North Pacific during INTEX-B

    C. S. McNaughton;A. D. Clarke;V. Kapustin;Y. Shinozuka;Y. Shinozuka

  • Nighttime and daytime dark oxidation chemistry in wildfire plumes: an observation and model analysis of FIREX-AQ aircraft data

    Zachary C. J. Decker;Zachary C. J. Decker;Zachary C. J. Decker;Michael A. Robinson;Michael A. Robinson;Michael A. Robinson;Kelley C. Barsanti;Ilann Bourgeois;Ilann Bourgeois

  • Observations of Saharan dust microphysical and optical properties from the Eastern Atlantic during NAMMA airborne field campaign

    G. Chen;L. D. Ziemba;L. D. Ziemba;D. A. Chu;K. L. Thornhill

  • Aircraft Particle Emissions eXperiment (APEX)

    C. C. Wey;B. E. Anderson;C. Hudgins;C. Wey

  • Rapid cloud removal of dimethyl sulfide oxidation products limits SO2 and cloud condensation nuclei production in the marine atmosphere.

    Gordon A Novak;Charles H Fite;Christopher D Holmes;Patrick R Veres

  • Gaseous emissions from Canadian boreal forest fires

    Wesley R. Cofer;Joel S. Levine;Edward L. Winstead;Brian J. Stocks

  • The effects of fire on biogenic soil emissions of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide

    Joel S. Levine;Wesley R. Cofer;Daniel I. Sebacher;Edward L. Winstead

  • Trace gas emissions from Chaparral and Boreal Forest fires

    Wesley R. Cofer;Joel S. Levine;Daniel I. Sebacher;Edward L. Winstead

  • High Temporal Resolution Satellite Observations of Fire Radiative Power Reveal Link Between Fire Behavior and Aerosol and Gas Emissions

    Elizabeth Brooke Wiggins;Elizabeth Brooke Wiggins;Amber Jeanine Soja;Amber Jeanine Soja;Emily M. Gargulinski;Hannah Selene Halliday

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce E. Anderson
Bruce E. Anderson Langley Research Center
Luke D. Ziemba
Luke D. Ziemba Langley Research Center
Andreas J. Beyersdorf
Andreas J. Beyersdorf California State University, San Bernardino
Glenn S. Diskin
Glenn S. Diskin Langley Research Center
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire
Joel S. Levine
Joel S. Levine Langley Research Center
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Eric Scheuer
Eric Scheuer University of New Hampshire
Armin Sorooshian
Armin Sorooshian University of Arizona
Athanasios Nenes
Athanasios Nenes École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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