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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
77
Citations
19154
World Ranking
1143
National Ranking
89

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

James D. Lee is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research expertise spans primarily Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant attention to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

James D. Lee has contributed extensively to the literature in notable publication venues. The most frequent venues of publication include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by James D. Lee, the following are highlighted:

  • "COVID-19 lockdowns highlight a risk of increasing ozone pollution in European urban areas," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Evaluating the sensitivity of radical chemistry and ozone formation to ambient VOCs and NO x in Beijing," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Elevated levels of OH observed in haze events during wintertime in central Beijing," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "3D Bioprinting-Tunable Small-Diameter Blood Vessels with Biomimetic Biphasic Cell Layers," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "UK surface NO 2 levels dropped by 42% during the COVID-19 lockdown: impact on surface O 3," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • James R. Hopkins
  • Freya Squires
  • C. N. Hewitt
  • Will Drysdale
  • Lisa K. Whalley

Best Publications

  • Spatially resolved flux measurements of NOx from London suggest significantly higher emissions than predicted by inventories

    Adam R. Vaughan;James D. Lee;Pawel K. Misztal;Stefan Metzger;Stefan Metzger

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

    P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

  • Development of a detailed chemical mechanism (MCMv3.1) for the atmospheric oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons

    C. Bloss;V. Wagner;M. E. Jenkin;R. Volkamer;R. Volkamer

  • Extensive halogen-mediated ozone destruction over the tropical Atlantic Ocean

    Katie A. Read;Anoop S. Mahajan;Lucy J. Carpenter;Mathew J. Evans

  • Contributions from transport, solid fuel burning and cooking to primary organic aerosols in two UK cities

    J.D. Allan;P.I. Williams;W.T. Morgan;C.L. Martin

  • Enhanced light absorption by mixed source black and brown carbon particles in UK winter

    Shang Liu;Shang Liu;Allison C. Aiken;Kyle Gorkowski;Kyle Gorkowski;Manvendra K. Dubey

  • On the photochemical production of new particles in the coastal boundary layer

    Colin O'Dowd;Gordon McFiggans;David J. Creasey;Liisa Pirjola

  • Evaluating the performance of low cost chemical sensors for air pollution research

    Alastair C. Lewis;James D. Lee;Peter M. Edwards;Marvin D. Shaw

  • Quantifying the magnitude of a missing hydroxyl radical source in a tropical rainforest

    L. K. Whalley;P. M. Edwards;K. L. Furneaux;A. Goddard

  • Size distribution, mixing state and source apportionment of black carbon aerosol in London during wintertime

    Dantong Liu;James D. Allan;Dominique E. Young;Hugh Coe

  • Nitrogen management is essential to prevent tropical oil palm plantations from causing ground-level ozone pollution

    C. N. Hewitt;A. R. MacKenzie;P. Di Carlo;C. F. Di Marco

  • The chemistry of OH and HO 2 radicals in the boundary layer over the tropical Atlantic Ocean

    L. K. Whalley;K. L. Furneaux;A. Goddard;J. D. Lee

  • Free radical modelling studies during the UK TORCH Campaign in summer 2003

    Katherine M. Emmerson;Katherine M. Emmerson;Nicola Carslaw;D.C. Carslaw;James D. Lee

  • OH and HO2 radical chemistry in a forested region of north-western Greece

    N Carslaw;D.J Creasey;D Harrison;D.E Heard

  • Detailed budget analysis of HONO in central London reveals a missing daytime source

    J. D. Lee;L. K. Whalley;D. E. Heard;D. Stone

  • On the vertical distribution of boundary layer halogens over coastal Antarctica: implications for O 3 , HO x , NO x and the Hg lifetime

    A. Saiz-Lopez;A. Saiz-Lopez;J. M. C. Plane;A. S. Mahajan;P. S. Anderson

  • Measurement and modelling of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry in the U.K. West Midlands conurbation: Overview of the PUMA Consortium project

    R.M. Harrison;J. Yin;R.M. Tilling;X. Cai

  • COVID-19 lockdowns highlight a risk of increasing ozone pollution in European urban areas

    Stuart K. Grange;Stuart K. Grange;James D. Lee;Will S. Drysdale;Alastair C. Lewis

  • Ozone photochemistry and elevated isoprene during the UK heatwave of August 2003

    James D. Lee;Alastair C. Lewis;Paul S. Monks;Mark Jacob

  • Evaluating the sensitivity of radical chemistry and ozone formation to ambient VOCs and NO x in Beijing

    Lisa K. Whalley;Eloise J. Slater;Robert Woodward-Massey;Robert Woodward-Massey;Chunxiang Ye;Chunxiang Ye

  • The oxidative capacity of the troposphere: Coupling of field measurements of OH and a global chemistry transport model

    William J. Bloss;Mathew J. Evans;James D. Lee;Roberto Sommariva

  • Elevated levels of OH observed in haze events during wintertime in central Beijing

    Eloise J. Slater;Lisa K. Whalley;Robert Woodward-Massey;Robert Woodward-Massey;Chunxiang Ye;Chunxiang Ye

  • Nitrogen management is essential to prevent tropical oil palm plantations from causing ground-level ozone pollution

    Nick Hewitt;James Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair C. Lewis
Alastair C. Lewis University of York
James R. Hopkins
James R. Hopkins University of York
Dwayne E. Heard
Dwayne E. Heard University of Leeds
William J. Bloss
William J. Bloss University of Birmingham
Hugh Coe
Hugh Coe University of Manchester
Lucy J. Carpenter
Lucy J. Carpenter University of York
Stephane Bauguitte
Stephane Bauguitte Cranfield University
Jacqueline F. Hamilton
Jacqueline F. Hamilton University of York
Carl J. Percival
Carl J. Percival University of Manchester
Andrew R. Rickard
Andrew R. Rickard University of York

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