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Overview

Helen M. Worden is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specialized emphasis on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

Their work encompasses a range of topics in atmospheric research, including:

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

Helen M. Worden has contributed to several recent papers across multiple well-regarded scientific venues. Notable publications include:

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (2020), Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions (2021), Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Updated tropospheric chemistry reanalysis and emission estimates, TCR-2, for 2005-2018 (2020), Earth system science data
  • Chinese Regulations Are Working-Why Is Surface Ozone Over Industrialized Areas Still High? Applying Lessons From Northeast US Air Quality Evolution (2021), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Correcting model biases of CO in East Asia: impact on oxidant distributions during KORUS-AQ (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Among the frequent co-authors that Helen collaborates with are Benjamin Gaubert, Wenfu Tang, Rebecca R. Buchholz, L. K. Emmons, and M. N. Deeter.

Their research outputs are published most often in these scientific venues:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day distribution and trends of tropospheric ozone relevant to climate and global atmospheric chemistry model evaluation

    A. Gaudel;O. R. Cooper;G. Ancellet;B. Barret

  • Indonesian fire activity and smoke pollution in 2015 show persistent nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño-induced drought

    Robert D. Field;Robert D. Field;Guido R. van der Werf;Thierry Fanin;Eric J. Fetzer

  • Tropospheric emission spectrometer: retrieval method and error analysis

    K.W. Bowman;C.D. Rodgers;S.S. Kulawik;J. Worden

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Tropospheric ozone from 1877 to 2016, observed levels, trends and uncertainties

    David Tarasick;Ian E. Galbally;Ian E. Galbally;Owen R. Cooper;Owen R. Cooper;Martin G. Schultz

  • Decadal record of satellite carbon monoxide observations

    H. M. Worden;M. N. Deeter;C. Frankenberg;Maya George

  • Carbon monoxide distributions from the IASI/METOP mission: evaluation with other space-borne remote sensors

    Maya George;Cathy Clerbaux;Daniel Hurtmans;Solène Turquety;Solène Turquety

  • Unexpected slowdown of US pollutant emission reduction in the past decade.

    Zhe Jiang;Zhe Jiang;Brian C. McDonald;Brian C. McDonald;Helen Worden;John R. Worden

  • Reduced biomass burning emissions reconcile conflicting estimates of the post-2006 atmospheric methane budget.

    John R. Worden;A. Anthony Bloom;Sudhanshu Pandey;Sudhanshu Pandey;Zhe Jiang;Zhe Jiang

  • Comparisons of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) ozone profiles to ozonesondes: Methods and initial results

    H. M. Worden;J. A. Logan;J. R. Worden;R. Beer

  • Observations of near-surface carbon monoxide from space using MOPITT multispectral retrievals

    H. M. Worden;M. N. Deeter;D. P. Edwards;J. C. Gille

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: A critical review of changes in the tropospheric ozone burden and budget from 1850 to 2100

    A. T. Archibald;J. L. Neu;Y. F. Elshorbany;O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper

  • Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) nadir ozone profiles using ozonesonde measurements

    Ray Nassar;Jennifer A. Logan;Helen M. Worden;Inna A. Megretskaia

  • Predicted errors of tropospheric emission spectrometer nadir retrievals from spectral window selection

    John Worden;Susan S. Kulawik;Mark W. Shephard;Shepard A. Clough

  • Global atmospheric carbon monoxide budget 2000–2017 inferred from multi-species atmospheric inversions

    Bo Zheng;Frederic Chevallier;Yi Yin;Philippe Ciais

  • Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer observations of the tropospheric HDO/H2O ratio: Estimation approach and characterization

    John Worden;Kevin Bowman;David Noone;Reinhard Beer

  • Validation of MOPITT Version 5 thermal-infrared, near-infrared, and multispectral carbon monoxide profile retrievals for 2000-2011

    M. N. Deeter;S. Martínez-Alonso;D. P. Edwards;L. K. Emmons

  • Rapid decline in carbon monoxide emissions and export from East Asia between years 2005 and 2016

    Bo Zheng;Frederic Chevallier;Philippe Ciais;Yi Yin

  • Measured and modeled CO and NOy in DISCOVER-AQ: An evaluation of emissions and chemistry over the eastern US

    Daniel C. Anderson;Christopher P. Loughner;Christopher P. Loughner;Glenn Diskin;Andrew Weinheimer

  • Observed vertical distribution of tropospheric ozone during the Asian summertime monsoon

    John Worden;Dylan B. A. Jones;Jane Liu;Mark Parrington

  • A 15-year record of CO emissions constrained by MOPITT CO observations

    Zhe Jiang;Zhe Jiang;John R. Worden;Helen Worden;Merritt Deeter

  • The MOPITT version 4 CO product: Algorithm enhancements, validation, and long‐term stability

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Merritt N. Deeter
Merritt N. Deeter National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kevin W. Bowman
Kevin W. Bowman California Institute of Technology
Cathy Clerbaux
Cathy Clerbaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Susan S. Kulawik
Susan S. Kulawik Ames Research Center
Louisa Emmons
Louisa Emmons National Center for Atmospheric Research
John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research
Pierre-François Coheur
Pierre-François Coheur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Avelino F. Arellano
Avelino F. Arellano University of Arizona
Daniel Hurtmans
Daniel Hurtmans Université Libre de Bruxelles
Annmarie Eldering
Annmarie Eldering California Institute of Technology

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