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Overview

Glenn M. Wolfe is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. Their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics. Air quality and health impacts as well as atmospheric aerosols and clouds also feature prominently in their research interests. Additional topics include air quality monitoring and forecasting, along with fire effects on ecosystems.

Recent publications by Glenn M. Wolfe include:

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes, 2021, Science Advances
  • Revisiting the effectiveness of HCHO/NO2 ratios for inferring ozone sensitivity to its precursors using high resolution airborne remote sensing observations in a high ozone episode during the KORUS-AQ campaign, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds contribute substantially to air pollution mortality, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Glenn M. Wolfe include:

  • T. F. Hanisco
  • Glenn S. Diskin
  • Jason M. St. Clair
  • Jeff Peischl
  • D. R. Blake

The scientist has published extensively in well-known venues with multiple contributions to Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Atmospheric Environment, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Environmental Research Letters.

Their publications number in the dozens, reflecting consistent contributions primarily in the fields of Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. The integration of research topics ranging from atmospheric ozone phenomena to air quality impacts demonstrates a broad scope within environmental and atmospheric sciences.

Best Publications

  • A large atomic chlorine source inferred from mid-continental reactive nitrogen chemistry

    Joel A. Thornton;James P. Kercher;Theran P. Riedel;Nicholas L. Wagner

  • Why do models overestimate surface ozone in the Southeast United States

    Katherine R. Travis;Daniel J. Jacob;Jenny A. Fisher;Patrick S. Kim

  • The Framework for 0-D Atmospheric Modeling (F0AM) v3.1

    Glenn M. Wolfe;Glenn M. Wolfe;Margaret R. Marvin;Sandra J. Roberts;Katherine R. Travis

  • Aqueous-phase mechanism for secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene: application to the southeast United States and co-benefit of SO2 emission controls

    Eloise A Marais;Daniel J Jacob;Jose L Jimenez;Jose L Jimenez;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Pedro Campuzano-Jost

  • 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

  • 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

  • Rapid deposition of oxidized biogenic compounds to a temperate forest

    Tran B. Nguyen;John D. Crounse;Alex P. Teng;Jason M. St. Clair

  • Insights into hydroxyl measurements and atmospheric oxidation in a California forest

    J. Mao;J. Mao;X. Ren;L. Zhang;D. M. Van Duin

  • Organic nitrate chemistry and its implications for nitrogen budgets in an isoprene- and monoterpene-rich atmosphere: constraints from aircraft (SEAC 4 RS) and ground-based (SOAS) observations in the Southeast US

    Jenny A. Fisher;Daniel J. Jacob;Katherine R. Travis;Patrick S. Kim

  • Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes

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  • Missing gas-phase source of HONO inferred from Zeppelin measurements in the troposphere.

    Xin Li;Franz Rohrer;Andreas Hofzumahaus;Theo Brauers

  • Formaldehyde Production from Isoprene Oxidation Across NOx Regimes

    G. M. Wolfe;G. M. Wolfe;J. Kaiser;T. F. Hanisco;F. N. Keutsch

  • The effect of varying levels of surfactant on the reactive uptake of N 2 O 5 to aqueous aerosol

    V. F. McNeill;J. Patterson;G. M. Wolfe;J. A. Thornton

  • The oxidation of oleate in submicron aqueous salt aerosols: evidence of a surface process.

    V. Faye McNeill;Glenn M. Wolfe;Joel A. Thornton

  • Observational insights into aerosol formation from isoprene

    David R. Worton;Jason D. Surratt;Brian W. Lafranchi;Brian W. Lafranchi;Arthur W.H. Chan

  • Observing atmospheric formaldehyde (HCHO) from space: validation and intercomparison of six retrievals from four satellites (OMI, GOME2A, GOME2B, OMPS) with SEAC4RS aircraft observations over the Southeast US.

    Lei Zhu;Daniel J. Jacob;Patrick S. Kim;Jenny A. Fisher

  • Agricultural fires in the southeastern U.S. during SEAC4RS: emissions of trace gases and particles and evolution of ozone, reactive nitrogen, and organic aerosol.

    Xiaoxi Liu;Y. Zhang;L. G. Huey;R. J. Yokelson

  • Closing the peroxy acetyl nitrate budget: observations of acyl peroxy nitrates (PAN, PPN, and MPAN) during BEARPEX 2007

    B. W. LaFranchi;G. M. Wolfe;J. A. Thornton;S. A. Harrold

  • The Chemistry of Atmosphere-Forest Exchange (CAFE) Model – Part 1: Model description and characterization

    G. M. Wolfe;J. A. Thornton

  • An MCM modeling study of nitryl chloride (ClNO 2 ) impacts on oxidation, ozone production and nitrogen oxide partitioning in polluted continental outflow

    T. P. Riedel;T. P. Riedel;G. M. Wolfe;G. M. Wolfe;K. T. Danas;J. B. Gilman;J. B. Gilman

  • Revisiting the effectiveness of HCHO/NO2 ratios for inferring ozone sensitivity to its precursors using high resolution airborne remote sensing observations in a high ozone episode during the KORUS-AQ campaign

    Amir H. Souri;Caroline R. Nowlan;Glenn M. Wolfe;Glenn M. Wolfe;Lok N. Lamsal

  • Mapping hydroxyl variability throughout the global remote troposphere via synthesis of airborne and satellite formaldehyde observations.

    Glenn M. Wolfe;Glenn M. Wolfe;Julie M. Nicely;Julie M. Nicely;Jason M. St. Clair;Jason M. St. Clair;Thomas F. Hanisco

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

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

  • Forest-atmosphere exchange of ozone: sensitivity to very reactive biogenic VOC emissions and implications for in-canopy photochemistry

    G. M. Wolfe;G. M. Wolfe;J. A. Thornton;M. McKay;M. McKay;A. H. Goldstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Hanisco
Thomas F. Hanisco Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Frank N. Keutsch
Frank N. Keutsch Harvard University
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Patrick R. Veres
Patrick R. Veres National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Joel A. Thornton
Joel A. Thornton University of Washington
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John D. Crounse
John D. Crounse California Institute of Technology

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