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Overview

Isobel J. Simpson is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. More specifically, their work focuses on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional interests in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Automotive Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Simpson's main research topics include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Their work has been published frequently in several venues, most notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • One Earth

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Isobel J. Simpson include:

  • Characterization, sources and reactivity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Seoul and surrounding regions during KORUS-AQ, 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • The Korea-United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study, 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017, 2020, NOAA Institutional Repository
  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Correcting model biases of CO in East Asia: impact on oxidant distributions during KORUS-AQ, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent collaborators frequently working alongside Simpson include D. R. Blake, Simone Meinardi, J. H. Crawford, Alan Fried, and Jung-Hun Woo.

Best Publications

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    Louisa K. Emmons;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;John J. Orlando;Geoff Tyndall

  • Characterization of trace gases measured over Alberta oil sands mining operations: 76 speciated C 2 –C 10 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO 2 , CH 4 , CO, NO, NO 2 , NO y , O 3 and SO 2

    I. J. Simpson;N. J. Blake;B. Barletta;G. S. Diskin

  • C1–C8 volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere of Hong Kong: Overview of atmospheric processing and source apportionment

    Hai Guo;K. L. So;I. J. Simpson;B. Barletta

  • Mixing ratios of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere of Karachi, Pakistan

    Barbara Barletta;Simone Meinardi;Isobel J Simpson;Haider A Khwaja

  • 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

  • Source contributions to ambient VOCs and CO at a rural site in eastern China

    H Guo;T Wang;I.J Simpson;D.R Blake

  • Source origins, modeled profiles, and apportionments of halogenated hydrocarbons in the greater Pearl River Delta region, southern China

    Hai Guo;A. J. Ding;Tao Wang;I. J. Simpson

  • Measurements of nonmethane hydrocarbons in 28 United States cities

    Angela K. Baker;Andreas J. Beyersdorf;Lambert A. Doezema;Aaron Katzenstein

  • Oxidative capacity and radical chemistry in the polluted atmosphere of Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta region: analysis of a severe photochemical smog episode

    Likun Xue;Rongrong Gu;Tao Wang;Xinfeng Wang

  • Boreal forest fire emissions in fresh Canadian smoke plumes: C 1 -C 10 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO 2 , CO, NO 2 , NO, HCN and CH 3 CN

    Isobel J. Simpson;S. K. Akagi;B. Barletta;N. J. Blake

  • Field measurements of trace gases and aerosols emitted by peat fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, during the 2015 El Niño

    Chelsea E. Stockwell;Chelsea E. Stockwell;Thilina Jayarathne;Mark A. Cochrane;Kevin C. Ryan

  • Ambient mixing ratios of nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) in two major urban centers of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region: Guangzhou and Dongguan

    Barbara Barletta;Simone Meinardi;Isobel J. Simpson;Shichun Zou

  • Long-term decline of global atmospheric ethane concentrations and implications for methane

    Isobel J. Simpson;Mads P. Sulbaek Andersen;Mads P. Sulbaek Andersen;Simone Meinardi;Lori Bruhwiler

  • The Korea–United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study

    James H. Crawford;Joon-Young Ahn;Jassim Al-Saadi;Limseok Chang

  • Tropospheric volatile organic compounds in China

    Hai Guo;Z.H. Ling;H.R. Cheng;Isobel Simpson

  • Measurements of reactive trace gases and variable O3 formation rates in some South Carolina biomass burning plumes

    S. K. Akagi;Robert J. Yokelson;I. R. Burling;S. Meinardi

  • Emissions of Trace Gases and Particles from Savanna Fires in Southern Africa

    Parikhit Sinha;Peter V. Hobbs;Robert J. Yokelson;Isaac T. Bertschi

  • Representation of the Community Earth System Model (CESM1) CAM4-chem within the Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI)

    Simone Tilmes;Jean Francois Lamarque;Louisa K. Emmons;Doug E. Kinnison

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

    S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Simone Meinardi
Simone Meinardi University of California, Irvine
Nicola J. Blake
Nicola J. Blake University of California, Irvine
Hai Guo
Hai Guo Hong Kong Polytechnic University
F. Sherwood Rowland
F. Sherwood Rowland University of California, Irvine
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Glenn S. Diskin
Glenn S. Diskin Langley Research Center
Xinming Wang
Xinming Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Henry E. Fuelberg
Henry E. Fuelberg Florida State University

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