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Overview

Frank Flocke is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily centers on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on atmospheric science and related subfields.

The scientist has contributed notably to areas such as atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, fire effects on ecosystems, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, and air quality monitoring and forecasting.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

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

Key papers authored or coauthored by Frank Flocke include:

  • Quantification of organic aerosol and brown carbon evolution in fresh wildfire plumes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds contribute substantially to air pollution mortality, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Emissions of Trace Organic Gases From Western U.S. Wildfires Based on WE-CAN Aircraft Measurements, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • HONO Emissions from Western U.S. Wildfires Provide Dominant Radical Source in Fresh Wildfire Smoke, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Daytime Oxidized Reactive Nitrogen Partitioning in Western U.S. Wildfire Smoke Plumes, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Brett B. Palm
  • T. Campos
  • Joel A. Thornton
  • Wade Permar
  • Lu Hu

Their work spans several interconnected themes in atmospheric sciences. These themes cover the chemistry and dynamics of aerosols, the effects of wildfire emissions on air quality and atmospheric composition, and the implications of these factors for public health and climate.

Best Publications

  • Emissions from biomass burning in the Yucatan

    R. J. Yokelson;J. D. Crounse;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;T. Karl

  • Hydrogen Radicals, Nitrogen Radicals, and the Production of O3 in the Upper Troposphere

    P. O. Wennberg;T. F. Hanisco;L. Jaeglé;D. J. Jacob

  • Effect of petrochemical industrial emissions of reactive alkenes and NOx on tropospheric ozone formation in Houston, Texas

    T. B. Ryerson;M. Trainer;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;C. A. Brock;C. A. Brock

  • 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

  • Distribution and fate of selected oxygenated organic species in the troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Atlantic

    H. Singh;Y. Chen;A. Tabazadeh;Y. Fukui

  • Surface and Lightning Sources of Nitrogen Oxides over the United States: Magnitudes, Chemical Evolution, and Outflow

    R C Hudman;D J Jacob;S Turquety;Eric M Leibensperger

  • A thermal dissociation–chemical ionization mass spectrometry (TD‐CIMS) technique for the simultaneous measurement of peroxyacyl nitrates and dinitrogen pentoxide

    Darlene L. Slusher;Darlene L. Slusher;L. Gregory Huey;David J. Tanner;Frank M. Flocke

  • Effects of changing power plant NOx emissions on ozone in the eastern United States: Proof of concept

    G. J. Frost;G. J. Frost;S. A. McKeen;S. A. McKeen;M. Trainer;T. B. Ryerson

  • Quantification of organic aerosol and brown carbon evolution in fresh wildfire plumes

    Brett B. Palm;Qiaoyun Peng;Carley D. Fredrickson;Ben H. Lee

  • Ozone production in transpacific Asian pollution plumes and implications for ozone air quality in California

    R. C. Hudman;Daniel James Jacob;O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper;M. J. Evans

  • Chemistry and transport of pollution over the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific: spring 2006 INTEX-B campaign overview and first results

    H. B. Singh;W. H. Brune;J. H. Crawford;F. Flocke

  • 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

  • Distributions of brominated organic compounds in the troposphere and lower stratosphere

    S. M. Schauffler;E. L. Atlas;D. R. Blake;F. Flocke

  • Testing fast photochemical theory during TRACE‐P based on measurements of OH, HO2, and CH2O

    Jennifer R. Olson;J. H. Crawford;G. Chen;A. Fried

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

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

  • Observed OH and HO2 in the upper troposphere suggest a major source from convective injection of peroxides

    L. Jaeglé;Daniel James Jacob;P. O. Wennberg;C. M. Spivakovsky

  • Evaluation of space-based constraints on global nitrogen oxide emissions with regional aircraft measurements over and downwind of eastern North America

    Randall V. Martin;Randall V. Martin;Christopher E. Sioris;Kelly Chance;Thomas B. Ryerson

  • A case study of transpacific warm conveyor belt transport: Influence of merging airstreams on trace gas import to North America

    O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper;C. Forster;D. Parrish;M. Trainer

  • On the origin of tropospheric ozone and NOx over the tropical South Pacific

    Martin G. Schultz;Daniel James Jacob;Yuhang Wang;Yuhang Wang;Jennifer A. Logan

  • An investigation of the chemistry of ship emission plumes during ITCT 2002

    G. Chen;L. G. Huey;M. Trainer;D. Nicks

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Elliot L Atlas
Elliot L Atlas University of Miami
Alan Fried
Alan Fried University of Colorado Boulder
Eric C. Apel
Eric C. Apel National Center for Atmospheric Research
Christopher A. Cantrell
Christopher A. Cantrell University of Colorado Boulder
Nicola J. Blake
Nicola J. Blake University of California, Irvine
Teresa L. Campos
Teresa L. Campos National Center for Atmospheric Research
J. A. Neuman
J. A. Neuman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John S. Holloway
John S. Holloway National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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