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1558

Overview

G. Chen is a researcher affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States, focusing primarily on environmental and earth sciences with an emphasis on atmospheric phenomena. Their work spans key areas in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, contributing to the understanding of atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, and climate-related processes.

The scientist's main fields of study include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Environmental Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

G. Chen's research topics cover:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Advanced Decision-Making Techniques

Their publication record includes several peer-reviewed journal papers, reflecting a focus on meteorological and atmospheric processes, wind engineering, and structural impacts related to environmental events. Notable papers include:

  • The Coupling Between Tropical Meteorology, Aerosol Lifecycle, Convection, and Radiation during the Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex), 2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • An automated classification method of thunderstorm and non-thunderstorm wind data based on a convolutional neural network, 2020, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Atmospheric Carbon and Transport - America (ACT-America) Data Sets: Description, Management, and Delivery, 2021, Earth and Space Science
  • Reconciling Assumptions in Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches for Estimating Aerosol Emission Rates From Wildland Fires Using Observations From FIREX-AQ, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Performance of Hurricane-Resistant Housing during the 2022 Arabi, Louisiana, Tornado, 2024, Journal of Structural Engineering

Their frequent publication venues reflect their interdisciplinary approach combining atmospheric, environmental, and engineering perspectives:

  • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Structural Engineering

G. Chen collaborates regularly with other researchers active in related fields. Frequent co-authors include Joshua P. DiGangi, Michael A. Shook, Franklin T. Lombardo, Luke D. Ziemba, and Glenn S. Diskin.

Best Publications

  • An overview of snow photochemistry: evidence, mechanisms and impacts

    A. M. Grannas;A. E. Jones;J. Dibb;M. Ammann

  • Iron mobilization in mineral dust: Can anthropogenic SO2 emissions affect ocean productivity?

    N. Meskhidze;W. L. Chameides;A. Nenes;G. Chen

  • Particle nucleation in the tropical boundary layer and its coupling to marine sulfur sources

    A. D. Clarke;D. Davis;V. N. Kapustin;F. Eisele

  • Chemistry of hydrogen oxide radicals (HO x ) in the Arctic troposphere in spring

    Jialin Mao;Daniel J. Jacob;M. J. Evans;J. R. Olson

  • 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

  • Unexpected high levels of NO observed at South Pole

    D. Davis;J. B. Nowak;G. Chen;M. Buhr

  • Seasonal variations of the physical and optical characteristics of Saharan dust: Results from the Dust Outflow and Deposition to the Ocean (DODO) experiment

    C. L. McConnell;E. J. Highwood;H. Coe;P. Formenti

  • Assessment of ozone photochemistry in the western North Pacific as inferred from PEM‐West A observations during the fall 1991

    D. D. Davis;J. Crawford;G. Chen;W. Chameides

  • DMS oxidation in the Antarctic marine boundary layer: Comparison of model simulations and held observations of DMS, DMSO, DMSO2, H2SO4(g), MSA(g), and MSA(p)

    D. Davis;G. Chen;P. Kasibhatla;A. Jefferson

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

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

  • OH photochemistry and methane sulfonic acid formation in the coastal Antarctic boundary layer

    A. Jefferson;D. J. Tanner;F. L. Eisele;D. D. Davis

  • Assessment of upper tropospheric HOx sources over the tropical Pacific based on NASA GTE/PEM data: Net effect on HOx and other photochemical parameters

    J. Crawford;D. Davis;J. Olson;G. Chen

  • Dimethyl sulfide oxidation in the equatorial Pacific: Comparison of model simulations with field observations for DMS, SO2, H2SO4(g), MSA(g), MS and NSS

    D. Davis;G. Chen;A. Bandy;D. Thornton

  • OH measurements during the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1): Observations and model comparisons

    R. L. Mauldin;G. J. Frost;G. Chen;D. J. Tanner

  • South Pole NOx Chemistry: an assessment of factors controlling variability and absolute levels

    D. Davis;G. Chen;G. Chen;M. Buhr;J. Crawford

  • Measurements of enhanced H2SO4 and 3–4 nm particles near a frontal cloud during the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1)

    R. J. Weber;G. Chen;D. D. Davis;R. L. Mauldin

  • Measurements of OH, H2SO4, and MSA at the South Pole during ISCAT

    R. L. Mauldin;F. L. Eisele;D. J. Tanner;E. Kosciuch

  • Photostationary state analysis of the NO2‐NO system based on airborne observations from the western and central North Pacific

    J. Crawford;D. Davis;G. Chen;J. Bradshaw

  • CIMS measurements of HNO3 and SO2 at the South Pole during ISCAT 2000

    L.G. Huey;D.J. Tanner;D.L. Slusher;J.E. Dibb

  • An Assessment of Ozone Photochemistry in the Extratropical Western North Pacific: Impact of Continental Outflow During the Late Winter/Early Spring

    J. Crawford;D. Davis;G. Chen;J. Bradshaw

  • A new interpretation of total column BrO during Arctic spring

    R. J. Salawitch;T. Canty;T Kurosu;Kelly V. Chance

  • Observations of hydroxyl and the sum of peroxy radicals at Summit, Greenland during summer 2003

    S.J. Sjostedt;L.G. Huey;D.J. Tanner;J. Peischl;J. Peischl

Frequent Co-Authors

James H. Crawford
James H. Crawford Langley Research Center
Douglas D. Davis
Douglas D. Davis Georgia Institute of Technology
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Barry Lefer
Barry Lefer National Aeronautics and Space Administration
G. W. Sachse
G. W. Sachse Langley Research Center
Richard E. Shetter
Richard E. Shetter National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire
Bruce E. Anderson
Bruce E. Anderson Langley Research Center
John B. Nowak
John B. Nowak Langley Research Center
Fred L. Eisele
Fred L. Eisele Georgia Institute of Technology

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