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Ilana B. Pollack is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research focuses broadly on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular expertise in atmospheric science and global and planetary change. The scientist's subfields of study include atmospheric science, global and planetary change, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, safety research, and environmental engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and career development and diversity.

Ilana B. Pollack has published several papers in various scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds contribute substantially to air pollution mortality (2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • 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)
  • Emissions of Reactive Nitrogen From Western U.S. Wildfires During Summer 2018 (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
  • Evaluating the Impact of Chemical Complexity and Horizontal Resolution on Tropospheric Ozone Over the Conterminous US With a Global Variable Resolution Chemistry Model (2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ilana B. Pollack include Emily V. Fischer, Amy P. Sullivan, Jeff Peischl, Jeffrey L. Collett, and F. Flocke.

Publication venues where Ilana B. Pollack has contributed regularly are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (13 publications)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (6 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (5 publications)
  • Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (3 publications)
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (1 publication)

Best Publications

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

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

  • A large and ubiquitous source of atmospheric formic acid

    D. B. Millet;M. Baasandorj;D. K. Farmer;J. A. Thornton

  • Transport of Asian ozone pollution into surface air over the western United States in spring

    Meiyun Lin;Meiyun Lin;Arlene M. Fiore;Arlene M. Fiore;Larry W. Horowitz;Owen R. Cooper;Owen R. Cooper

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Formaldehyde Production from Isoprene Oxidation Across NOx Regimes

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

  • Organic aerosol formation downwind from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

    J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;A. M. Middlebrook;C. Warneke;C. Warneke;R. Ahmadov;R. Ahmadov

  • Trends in ozone, its precursors, and related secondary oxidation products in Los Angeles, California: A synthesis of measurements from 1960 to 2010

    Ilana B. Pollack;Ilana B. Pollack;Thomas B. Ryerson;Michael Trainer;J. A. Neuman;J. A. Neuman

  • Evaluation of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes for detection of atmospheric NO2 by photolysis - chemiluminescence

    Ilana B. Pollack;Brian M. Lerner;Thomas B. Ryerson

  • Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO x and CO 2 and their impacts

    J. Brioude;J. Brioude;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;R. Ahmadov;R. Ahmadov;S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim

  • Promoting professional identity, motivation, and persistence: Benefits of an informal mentoring program for female undergraduate students

    Paul R Hernandez;Brittany Bloodhart;Rebecca T Barnes;Amanda S Adams

  • Anthropogenic enhancements to production of highly oxygenated molecules from autoxidation

    Havala O. T. Pye;Havala O. T. Pye;Emma L. D’Ambro;Ben H. Lee;Siegfried Schobesberger;Siegfried Schobesberger

  • Atmospheric emissions from the Deepwater Horizon spill constrain air‐water partitioning, hydrocarbon fate, and leak rate

    T. B. Ryerson;K. C. Aikin;K. C. Aikin;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;E. L. Atlas

  • Airborne and ground-based observations of a weekend effect in ozone, precursors, and oxidation products in the California South Coast Air Basin

    I. B. Pollack;I. B. Pollack;T. B. Ryerson;M. Trainer;D. D. Parrish

  • Diode laser-based cavity ring-down instrument for NO 3 , N 2 O 5 , NO, NO 2 and O 3 from aircraft

    N. L. Wagner;N. L. Wagner;W. P. Dubé;W. P. Dubé;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;C. J. Young;C. J. Young

  • Airborne measurements of organosulfates over the continental U.S.

    Jin Liao;Jin Liao;Karl D. Froyd;Karl D. Froyd;Daniel M. Murphy;Frank N. Keutsch;Frank N. Keutsch

  • Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds contribute substantially to air pollution mortality

    Benjamin A. Nault;Benjamin A. Nault;Duseong S. Jo;Duseong S. Jo;Brian C. McDonald;Brian C. McDonald;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Pedro Campuzano-Jost

  • Upper tropospheric ozone production from lightning NOx-impacted convection: Smoke ingestion case study from the DC3 campaign

    E. C. Apel;R. S. Hornbrook;A. J. Hills;N. J. Blake

  • The glyoxal budget and its contribution to organic aerosol for Los Angeles, California, during CalNex 2010

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;S. S. Brown;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine

  • 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

  • Nighttime Chemical Transformation in Biomass Burning Plumes: A Box Model Analysis Initialized with Aircraft Observations.

    Zachary C J Decker;Zachary C J Decker;Zachary C J Decker;Kyle J Zarzana;Kyle J Zarzana;Matthew Coggon;Matthew Coggon;Kyung-Eun Min;Kyung-Eun Min

  • HONO Emissions from Western U.S. Wildfires Provide Dominant Radical Source in Fresh Wildfire Smoke

    Qiaoyun Peng;Brett B. Palm;Kira E. Melander;Ben H. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John S. Holloway
John S. Holloway National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck
Emily V. Fischer
Emily V. Fischer Colorado State University
John B. Nowak
John B. Nowak Langley Research Center
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Glenn M. Wolfe
Glenn M. Wolfe University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jin Liao
Jin Liao Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael Trainer
Michael Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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