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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
100
Citations
28743
World Ranking
383
National Ranking
167

Overview

G. W. Sachse was affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States and contributed to research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focused on several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Automotive Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Throughout their career, they contributed to research on diverse topics such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Some of their recent publications included:

  • Photochemical evolution of the 2013 California Rim Fire: synergistic impacts of reactive hydrocarbons and enhanced oxidants (2022) published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Wintertime Nitrous Oxide Emissions in the San Joaquin Valley of California Estimated from Aircraft Observations (2021) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Influence of lateral and top boundary conditions on regional air quality prediction: A multiscale study coupling regional and global chemical transport models (2021) published in UNC Libraries
  • Improving regional ozone modeling through systematic evaluation of errors using the aircraft observations during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (2021) published in UNC Libraries

They frequently collaborated with several other researchers including:

  • D. R. Blake
  • Armin Wisthaler
  • Thomas B. Ryerson
  • L. G. Huey
  • Glenn S. Diskin

Their work appeared mainly in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Biomass‐burning emissions and associated haze layers over Amazonia

    M. O. Andreae;E. V. Browell;M. Garstang;G. L. Gregory

  • Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) aircraft mission: Design, execution, and first results

    Daniel J. Jacob;James H. Crawford;Mary M. Kleb;Vickie S. Connors

  • 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

  • Origin of ozone and NOx in the tropical troposphere: A photochemical analysis of aircraft observations over the South Atlantic basin

    Daniel James Jacob;E. G. Heikes;S.-M. Fan;S.-M. Fan;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Transport pathways for Asian pollution outflow over the Pacific: Interannual and seasonal variations

    Hongyu Liu;Hongyu Liu;Daniel J. Jacob;Isabelle Bey;Isabelle Bey;Robert M. Yantosca

  • Airborne measurement of OH reactivity during INTEX-B

    J. Mao;J. Mao;X. Ren;X. Ren;W. H. Brune;J. R. Olson

  • Fast‐response, high‐precision carbon monoxide sensor using a tunable diode laser absorption technique

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  • 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

  • Convective transport of biomass burning emissions over Brazil during TRACE A

    Kenneth E. Pickering;Anne M. Thompson;Yansen Wang;Wei Kuo Tao

  • Analysis of the atmospheric distribution, sources, and sinks of oxygenated volatile organic chemicals based on measurements over the Pacific during TRACE‐P

    H. B. Singh;L. J. Salas;R. B. Chatfield;E. Czech

  • Comparative inverse analysis of satellite (MOPITT) and aircraft (TRACE-P) observations to estimate Asian sources of carbon monoxide

    Colette L. Heald;Daniel James Jacob;Dylan B. A. Jones;Paul I. Palmer

  • Airborne measurements of western U.S. wildfire emissions: Comparison with prescribed burning and air quality implications

    Xiaoxi Liu;Xiaoxi Liu;Xiaoxi Liu;L. Gregory Huey;Robert J. Yokelson;Vanessa Selimovic

  • Photochemistry in biomass burning plumes and implications for tropospheric ozone over the tropical South Atlantic

    Denise Leonore Mauzerall;Jennifer A. Logan;Daniel J. Jacob;Bruce E. Anderson

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder O3 and CO observations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

    N. J. Livesey;Mark Filipiak;L. Froidevaux;W. G. Read

  • Asian Outflow and Trans-Pacific Transport of Carbon Monoxide and Ozone Pollution: An Integrated Satellite, Aircraft, and Model Perspective

    Colette L. Heald;Daniel James Jacob;Arlene M. Fiore;Louisa K. Emmons

  • Validation of Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) CO retrievals with aircraft in situ profiles

    L. K. Emmons;M. N. Deeter;J. C. Gille;D. P. Edwards

  • Biomass burning emissions and vertical distribution of atmospheric methyl halides and other reduced carbon gases in the South Atlantic region

    Nicola J. Blake;Donald R. Blake;Barkley C. Sive;Tai-Yih Chen

  • Influence of plumes from biomass burning on atmospheric chemistry over the equatorial and tropical South Atlantic during CITE 3

    M. O. Andreae;B. E. Anderson;D. R. Blake;J. D. Bradshaw

  • 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

  • An intercomparison and evaluation of aircraft-derived and simulated CO from seven chemical transport models during the TRACE-P experiment

    Christopher M. Kiley;Henry E. Fuelberg;Paul I. Palmer;Dale J. Allen

  • Export efficiency of black carbon aerosol in continental outflow: Global implications

    Rokjin J. Park;Daniel J. Jacob;Paul I. Palmer;Antony D. Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Gerald L. Gregory
Gerald L. Gregory Langley Research Center
Robert W. Talbot
Robert W. Talbot University of Houston
Scott T. Sandholm
Scott T. Sandholm Georgia Institute of Technology
Bruce E. Anderson
Bruce E. Anderson Langley Research Center
Stephanie A. Vay
Stephanie A. Vay Langley Research Center
Brian G. Heikes
Brian G. Heikes University of Rhode Island
J. D. Bradshaw
J. D. Bradshaw University of Canterbury
Edward V. Browell
Edward V. Browell Langley Research Center
Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research

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