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Edward J. Hyer is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with an emphasis on atmospheric phenomena and global change.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their subfields of study include Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Environmental Engineering. The main topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Edward J. Hyer has published numerous papers in prominent scientific journals. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Selected recent publications by Edward J. Hyer are:

  • "Australia's Black Summer pyrocumulonimbus super outbreak reveals potential for increasingly extreme stratospheric smoke events," 2021, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "Arctic spring and summertime aerosol optical depth baseline from long-term observations and model reanalyses - Part 1: Climatology and trend," 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Measurements from inside a Thunderstorm Driven by Wildfire: The 2019 FIREX-AQ Field Experiment," 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Ensemble PM2.5 Forecasting During the 2018 Camp Fire Event Using the HYSPLIT Transport and Dispersion Model," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Arctic spring and summertime aerosol optical depth baseline from long-term observations and model reanalyses - Part 2: Statistics of extreme AOD events, and implications for the impact of regional biomass burning processes," 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent co-authors of Edward J. Hyer include:

  • David A. Peterson
  • Peng Xian
  • Jeffrey S. Reid
  • James R. Campbell
  • Alexei Lyapustin

Best Publications

  • Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program

    Jeffrey S. Reid;Edward J. Hyer;Randall S. Johnson;Brent N. Holben

  • Global Monitoring and Forecasting of Biomass-Burning Smoke: Description of and Lessons From the Fire Locating and Modeling of Burning Emissions (FLAMBE) Program

    J.S. Reid;E.J. Hyer;E.M. Prins;D.L. Westphal

  • A system for operational aerosol optical depth data assimilation over global oceans

    Jianglong Zhang;Jianglong Zhang;Jeffrey S. Reid;Douglas L. Westphal;Nancy L. Baker

  • Influences of boreal fire emissions on Northern Hemisphere atmospheric carbon and carbon monoxide

    Eric S. Kasischke;Edward J. Hyer;Paul C. Novelli;Lori P. Bruhwiler

  • An over-land aerosol optical depth data set for data assimilation by filtering, correction, and aggregation of MODIS Collection 5 optical depth retrievals

    E. J. Hyer;J. S. Reid;J. Zhang

  • Daily and 3‐hourly variability in global fire emissions and consequences for atmospheric model predictions of carbon monoxide

    M. Mu;J. T. Randerson;G. R. van der Werf;L. Giglio

  • Wildfire-Driven Thunderstorms Cause a Volcano-Like Stratospheric Injection of Smoke

    David Peterson;James Campbell;Edward Hyer;Michael Fromm

  • AVHRR-based mapping of fires in Russia: New products for fire management and carbon cycle studies

    Anatoly I. Sukhinin;Nancy H.F. French;Eric S. Kasischke;Jenny H. Hewson

  • Australia’s Black Summer pyrocumulonimbus super outbreak reveals potential for increasingly extreme stratospheric smoke events

    David A. Peterson;Michael D. Fromm;Richard H. D. McRae;James R. Campbell

  • An 11-year global gridded aerosol optical thickness reanalysis (v1.0) for atmospheric and climate sciences

    Peng Lynch;Jeffrey S. Reid;Douglas L. Westphal;Jianglong Zhang

  • Optical properties of boreal region biomass burning aerosols in central Alaska and seasonal variation of aerosol optical depth at an Arctic coastal site

    T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;B. N. Holben;J. S. Reid;A. Sinyuk

  • Source attribution and interannual variability of Arctic pollution in spring constrained by aircraft (ARCTAS, ARCPAC) and satellite (AIRS) observations of carbon monoxide

    J. A. Fisher;Daniel J. Jacob;M. T. Purdy;M. Kopacz;M. Kopacz

  • A seasonal trend of single scattering albedo in southern African biomass‐burning particles: Implications for satellite products and estimates of emissions for the world's largest biomass‐burning source

    T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;B. N. Holben;J. S. Reid;M. M. Mukelabai

  • Multi-scale meteorological conceptual analysis of observed active fire hotspot activity and smoke optical depth in the Maritime Continent

    J. S. Reid;P. Xian;E. J. Hyer;M. K. Flatau

  • An analysis of the collection 5 MODIS over-ocean aerosol optical depth product for its implication in aerosol assimilation

    Y. Shi;J. Zhang;J. S. Reid;B. Holben

  • Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire

    Nancy H.F. French;William J. De Groot;Liza K. Jenkins;Brendan M. Rogers

  • Advances in multiangle satellite remote sensing of speciated airborne particulate matter and association with adverse health effects: from MISR to MAIA

    David J. Diner;Stacey W. Boland;Michael Brauer;Carol Bruegge

  • Impacts of enhanced biomass burning in the boreal forests in 1998 on tropospheric chemistry and the sensitivity of model results to the injection height of emissions

    Fok-Yan T. Leung;Jennifer A. Logan;Rokjin Park;Edward Hyer

  • The 2013 Rim Fire: Implications for Predicting Extreme Fire Spread, Pyroconvection, and Smoke Emissions

    David A. Peterson;Edward J. Hyer;James R. Campbell;Michael D. Fromm

  • Meteorology influencing springtime air quality, pollution transport, and visibility in Korea

    David A. Peterson;Edward J. Hyer;Sang-Ok Han;James H. Crawford

  • Aerosol optical depth assimilation for a size-resolved sectional model: impacts of observationally constrained, multi-wavelength and fine mode retrievals on regional scale analyses and forecasts

    P. E. Saide;G. R. Carmichael;Z. Liu;C. S. Schwartz

  • Current state of the global operational aerosol multi-model ensemble: An update from the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP).

    Peng Xian;Jeffrey S. Reid;Edward J. Hyer;Charles R. Sampson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Reid
Jeffrey S. Reid United States Naval Research Laboratory
Jianglong Zhang
Jianglong Zhang University of North Dakota
James R. Campbell
James R. Campbell United States Naval Research Laboratory
Douglas L. Westphal
Douglas L. Westphal United States Naval Research Laboratory
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Iowa
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Thomas F. Eck
Thomas F. Eck Goddard Space Flight Center
Alexander Smirnov
Alexander Smirnov Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert E. Holz
Robert E. Holz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric S. Kasischke
Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park

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