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Overview

Eric C. Apel is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric and environmental sciences, with extensive contributions to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The scientist's research covers a range of main topics, particularly:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

Eric C. Apel has published papers in numerous scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Hazardous Air Pollutants in Fresh and Aged Western US Wildfire Smoke and Implications for Long-Term Exposure," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Emissions of Trace Organic Gases From Western U.S. Wildfires Based on WE-CAN Aircraft Measurements," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Rebecca S. Hornbrook
  • Alan J. Hills
  • D. R. Blake
  • Jeff Peischl
  • Kirk Ullmann

Best Publications

  • Effects of aging on organic aerosol from open biomass burning smoke in aircraft and laboratory studies

    M. J. Cubison;M. J. Cubison;A. M. Ortega;A. M. Ortega;P. L. Hayes;P. L. Hayes;D. K. Farmer;D. K. Farmer

  • Missing OH reactivity in a forest: evidence for unknown reactive biogenic VOCs.

    Piero Di Carlo;Piero Di Carlo;William H. Brune;Monica Martinez;Hartwig Harder

  • An overview of the MILAGRO 2006 Campaign: Mexico City emissions and their transport and transformation

    L. T. Molina;S. Madronich;J. S. Gaffney;E. Apel

  • Global atmospheric budget of acetaldehyde: 3-D model analysis and constraints from in-situ and satellite observations

    D. B. Millet;A. Guenther;D. A. Siegel;N. B. Nelson

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere.

    Patrick R. Veres;J. Andrew Neuman;J. Andrew Neuman;Timothy H. Bertram;Emmanuel Assaf;Emmanuel Assaf

  • Rapid cycling of reactive nitrogen in the marine boundary layer

    Chunxiang Ye;Xianliang Zhou;Xianliang Zhou;Dennis Pu;Jochen Stutz

  • HO x budgets in a deciduous forest: Results from the PROPHET summer 1998 campaign

    D. Tan;D. Tan;I. Faloona;I. Faloona;J. B. Simpas;W. Brune

  • Nitrogen oxides and PAN in plumes from boreal fires during ARCTAS-B and their impact on ozone: an integrated analysis of aircraft and satellite observations

    M. J. Alvarado;J. A. Logan;J. Mao;E. Apel

  • The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign

    Mary C. Barth;Christopher A. Cantrell;William H. Brune;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere

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  • Hydrocarbon source signatures in Houston, Texas: Influence of the petrochemical industry

    B. T. Jobson;C. M. Berkowitz;W. C. Kuster;P. D. Goldan

  • Regional-scale chemical transport modeling in support of the analysis of observations obtained during the TRACE-P experiment

    G. R. Carmichael;Y. Tang;G. Kurata;I. Uno

  • Emissions and ambient distributions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOC) in a ponderosa pine ecosystem: interpretation of PTR-MS mass spectra

    S. Kim;T. Karl;A. Guenther;G. Tyndall

  • Exploring dimethyl sulfide (DMS) oxidation and implications for global aerosol radiative forcing

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  • Evolution of Asian aerosols during transpacific transport in INTEX-B

    E. J. Dunlea;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;A. C. Aiken;A. C. Aiken;J. R. Kimmel

  • Direct evidence for chlorine-enhanced urban ozone formation in Houston, Texas

    Paul L Tanaka;Daniel D Riemer;Sunghye Chang;Greg Yarwood

  • Heterogeneous N2O5 Uptake During Winter: Aircraft Measurements During the 2015 WINTER Campaign and Critical Evaluation of Current Parameterizations

    Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Dorothy L. Fibiger;Dorothy L. Fibiger;William P. Dubé;William P. Dubé;Felipe Lopez‐Hilfiker

  • Megacity impacts on regional ozone formation: observations and WRF-Chem modeling for the MIRAGE-Shanghai field campaign

    X. Tie;X. Tie;F. Geng;A. Guenther;J. Cao

  • The Nonmethane Hydrocarbon Intercomparison Experiment (NOMHICE): Tasks 1 and 2

    Eric C. Apel;Jack G. Calvert;Fred C. Fehsenfeld

  • Nighttime observations of anomalously high levels of hydroxyl radicals above a deciduous forest canopy

    Ian Faloona;Ian Faloona;Dave Tan;Dave Tan;William Brune;Julia Hurst

  • Chemical evolution of volatile organic compounds in the outflow of the Mexico City metropolitan area

    E. C. Apel;L. K. Emmons;T. Karl;F. Flocke

  • Emissions of volatile organic compounds inferred from airborne flux measurements over a megacity

    T. Karl;E. Apel;A. Hodzic;D. D. Riemer

  • Hazardous Air Pollutants in Fresh and Aged Western US Wildfire Smoke and Implications for Long-Term Exposure

    Katelyn O'Dell;Rebecca S Hornbrook;Wade Permar;Ezra J T Levin

  • ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols

    S.C. Wofsy;S. Afshar;H.M. Allen;E.C. Apel

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research
Daniel D. Riemer
Daniel D. Riemer University of Miami
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Teresa L. Campos
Teresa L. Campos National Center for Atmospheric Research
Frank Flocke
Frank Flocke National Center for Atmospheric Research
Samuel R. Hall
Samuel R. Hall National Center for Atmospheric Research
Christopher A. Cantrell
Christopher A. Cantrell University of Colorado Boulder
Glenn M. Wolfe
Glenn M. Wolfe University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Alan Fried
Alan Fried University of Colorado Boulder
Armin Wisthaler
Armin Wisthaler University of Oslo

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