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Overview

J. R. Spackman is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily centers on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Environmental Science. The work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's main research topics cover a diverse range of areas related to atmospheric and climate studies. These include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Spackman has authored multiple research papers, contributing to various academic journals. Notable recent publications are:

  • "Global-scale constraints on light-absorbing anthropogenic iron oxide aerosols" (2021), published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "Terrain Trapped Airflows and Precipitation Variability during an Atmospheric River Event" (2020), published in Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • "Examining the Linkages Between GPM Satellite-Derived Precipitation Features Associated With Atmospheric Rivers and Rossby Wave Breaking" (2025), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Observational ozone datasets over the global oceans and polar regions (version 2024)" (2025), published in Earth system science data

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Ju-Mee Ryoo
  • Kara D. Lamb
  • Hitoshi Matsui
  • Joseph M. Katich
  • A. E. Perring

The scientist's contributions have appeared in specialized publication venues such as:

  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth system science data

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Measurement of the mixing state, mass, and optical size of individual black carbon particles in urban and biomass burning emissions

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;R. S. Gao;J. R. Spackman;J. R. Spackman;L. A. Watts;L. A. Watts

  • Coatings and their enhancement of black carbon light absorption in the tropical atmosphere

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;J. R. Spackman;J. R. Spackman;D. W. Fahey;D. W. Fahey;R. S. Gao

  • A Novel Method for Estimating Light-Scattering Properties of Soot Aerosols Using a Modified Single-Particle Soot Photometer

    R. S. Gao;J. P. Schwarz;K. K. Kelly;D. W. Fahey

  • Exploiting simultaneous observational constraints on mass and absorption to estimate the global direct radiative forcing of black carbon and brown carbon

    X Wang;C L Heald;D A Ridley;J P Schwarz;J P Schwarz

  • Biomass burning in Siberia and Kazakhstan as an important source for haze over the Alaskan Arctic in April 2008

    C. Warneke;C. Warneke;R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini;J. Brioude;J. Brioude;C. A. Brock

  • Global budget and radiative forcing of black carbon aerosol: Constraints from pole-to-pole (HIPPO) observations across the Pacific

    Qiaoqiao Wang;Daniel James Jacob;J. Ryan Spackman;Anne E. Perring;Anne E. Perring

  • Soot Particle Studies—Instrument Inter-Comparison—Project Overview

    Eben S. Cross;Timothy B. Onasch;Adam Ahern;William Wrobel

  • Characteristics, sources, and transport of aerosols measured in spring 2008 during the aerosol, radiation, and cloud processes affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC) Project

    C. A. Brock;J. Cozic;J. Cozic;R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd

  • Gasoline emissions dominate over diesel in formation of secondary organic aerosol mass

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

  • Global-scale black carbon profiles observed in the remote atmosphere and compared to models

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;J. R. Spackman;J. R. Spackman;R. S. Gao;L. A. Watts;L. A. Watts

  • An important contribution to springtime Arctic aerosol from biomass burning in Russia

    C. Warneke;C. Warneke;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;J. Brioude;J. Brioude;R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini

  • 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

  • Description and evaluation of tropospheric chemistry and aerosols in the Community Earth System Model (CESM1.2)

    S. Tilmes;J.-F. Lamarque;Lk K. Emmons;De E. Kinnison

  • The Detection Efficiency of the Single Particle Soot Photometer

    J. P. Schwarz;J. R. Spackman;R. S. Gao;A. E. Perring

  • Dropsonde Observations of Total Integrated Water Vapor Transport within North Pacific Atmospheric Rivers

    F. M. Ralph;S. F. Iacobellis;P. J. Neiman;J. M. Cordeira

  • Black carbon aerosol size in snow

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;R. S. Gao;A. E. Perring;A. E. Perring;J. R. Spackman

  • Atmospheric observations of Arctic Ocean methane emissions up to 82° north

    E. A. Kort;E. A. Kort;Steven C. Wofsy;B. C. Daube;Minghui Diao

  • Observations of deep convective influence on stratospheric water vapor and its isotopic composition

    Thomas F. Hanisco;E. J. Moyer;E. M. Weinstock;J. M. St. Clair

  • Atmospheric Rivers Emerge as a Global Science and Applications Focus

    F. M. Ralph;M. Dettinger;D. Lavers;I. V. Gorodetskaya

  • Global‐scale seasonally resolved black carbon vertical profiles over the Pacific

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;B. H. Samset;A. E. Perring;A. E. Perring;J. R. Spackman

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua P. Schwarz
Joshua P. Schwarz National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Daniel A. Lack
Daniel A. Lack Earth System Research Laboratory
Ann M. Middlebrook
Ann M. Middlebrook National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Roya Bahreini
Roya Bahreini University of California, Riverside
Ru-Shan Gao
Ru-Shan Gao National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John S. Holloway
John S. Holloway National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder
T. B. Ryerson
T. B. Ryerson Earth System Research Laboratory

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