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Ellsworth J. Welton is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science as notable subfields of study.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Welton has contributed to frequent publication venues such as:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Their recent papers include:

  • "The 2019 Raikoke volcanic eruption - Part 2: Particle-phase dispersion and concurrent wildfire smoke emissions" (2022), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Determining cloud thermodynamic phase from the polarized Micro Pulse Lidar" (2020), published in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Cirrus Cloud Top-of-the-Atmosphere Net Daytime Forcing in the Alaskan Subarctic from Ground-Based MPLNET Monitoring" (2020), published in Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • "The extreme forest fires in California/Oregon in 2020: Aerosol optical and physical properties and comparisons of aged versus fresh smoke" (2023), published in Atmospheric Environment
  • "Volcanic Eruption of Cumbre Vieja, La Palma, Spain: A First Insight to the Particulate Matter Injected in the Troposphere" (2022), published in Remote Sensing

Frequent co-authors in Welton's research collaborations are:

  • Simone Lolli
  • Jasper R. Lewis
  • James R. Campbell
  • Michaël Sicard
  • Erica K. Dolinar

Best Publications

  • Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot

    A. S. Ackerman;O. B. Toon;D. E. Stevens;A. J. Heymsfield

  • Advancements in the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Version 3 database – automated near-real-time quality control algorithm with improved cloud screening for Sun photometer aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements

    David M. Giles;Alexander Sinyuk;Mikhail G. Sorokin;Joel S. Schafer

  • Global monitoring of clouds and aerosols using a network of micropulse lidar systems

    Ellsworth J. Welton;James R. Campbell;James D. Spinhirne;V. Stanley Scott

  • Full-Time, Eye-Safe Cloud and Aerosol Lidar Observation at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Sites: Instruments and Data Analysis

    James R. Campbell;Dennis L. Hlavka;Ellsworth J. Welton;Connor J. Flynn

  • 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

  • Transport of smoke from Canadian forest fires to the surface near Washington, D.C.: Injection height, entrainment, and optical properties

    P. R. Colarco;M. R. Schoeberl;B. G. Doddridge;L. T. Marufu

  • Measurements of aerosol vertical profiles and optical properties during INDOEX 1999 using micropulse lidars

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Patricia K. Quinn;Piotr J. Flatau

  • Analysis of measurements of Saharan dust by airborne and ground-based remote sensing methods during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE)

    Jeffrey S. Reid;James E. Kinney;Douglas L. Westphal;Brent N. Holben

  • Ground-Based Lidar Measurements of Aerosols During ACE-2 Instrument Description, Results, and Comparisons with Other Ground-Based and Airborne Measurements

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Howard R. Gordon;Hal Maring

  • Cloud and aerosol measurements from GLAS: Overview and initial results

    James D. Spinhirne;Stephen P. Palm;William D. Hart;Dennis L. Hlavka

  • Micro-Pulse Lidar Signals: Uncertainty Analysis

    Ellsworth J. Welton;James R. Campbell

  • The Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds in Southern Africa Field Campaign in Namibia: Overview, Illustrative Observations, and Way Forward

    Paola Formenti;Barbara d'Anna;Cyrille Flamant;Marc Mallet

  • Aerosol optical properties measured on board the Ronald H. Brown during ACE-Asia as a function of aerosol chemical composition and source region

    P. K. Quinn;P. K. Quinn;D. J. Coffman;D. J. Coffman;T. S. Bates;T. S. Bates;E. J. Welton

  • Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer measurements of aerosol absorption from space: Comparison to SAFARI 2000 ground‐based observations

    O. Torres;O. Torres;P. K. Bhartia;A. Sinyuk;E. J. Welton

  • Tropical cirrus cloud contamination in sun photometer data

    Boon Ning Chew;James R. Campbell;Jeffrey S. Reid;David M. Giles

  • Aerosol optical properties during INDOEX 1999: Means, variability, and controlling factors

    P. K. Quinn;P. K. Quinn;D. J. Coffman;D. J. Coffman;T. S. Bates;T. S. Bates;T. L. Miller;T. L. Miller

  • Clear-sky closure studies of lower tropospheric aerosol and water vapor during ACE-2 using airborne sunphotometer, airborne in-situ, space-borne, and ground-based measurements

    Beat Schmid;John M. Livingston;Philip B. Russell;Philip A. Durkee

  • Coordinated airborne, spaceborne, and ground‐based measurements of massive thick aerosol layers during the dry season in southern Africa

    B. Schmid;J. Redemann;P. B. Russell;P. V. Hobbs

  • Saharan dust transport to the Caribbean during PRIDE: 2. Transport, vertical profiles, and deposition in simulations of in situ and remote sensing observations

    P. R. Colarco;P. R. Colarco;O. B. Toon;J. S. Reid;J. M. Livingston

  • Study of MPLNET-Derived Aerosol Climatology over Kanpur, India, and Validation of CALIPSO Level 2 Version 3 Backscatter and Extinction Products

    Amit Misra;S. N. Tripathi;D. S. Kaul;Ellsworth J. Welton

  • Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot

    A. S. Ackerman;O. B. Toon;D. E. Stevens;A. J. Heymsfield

  • Cloud and aerosol measurements from GLAS : Overview and initial results : Results from ice, cloud, and land elevation satellite (ICESat) mission

    James D. Spinhime;Stephen P. Palm;William D. Hart;Dennis L. Hlavka

  • Measurements of aerosol vertical profiles and optical properties during INDOEX 1999 using micropulse lidars : Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX)

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Patricia K. Quinn;Piotr J. Flatau

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Campbell
James R. Campbell United States Naval Research Laboratory
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
James D. Spinhirne
James D. Spinhirne University of Arizona
Jeffrey S. Reid
Jeffrey S. Reid United States Naval Research Laboratory
John M. Livingston
John M. Livingston SRI International
Patricia K. Quinn
Patricia K. Quinn Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Sheng-Hsiang Wang
Sheng-Hsiang Wang National Central University
Si-Chee Tsay
Si-Chee Tsay Goddard Space Flight Center
Jens Redemann
Jens Redemann University of Oklahoma
Alexander Smirnov
Alexander Smirnov Goddard Space Flight Center

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