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James R. Drummond

James R. Drummond

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
10902
World Ranking
4034
National Ranking
167

Overview

James R. Drummond is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. The primary fields of study for their research include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extends into several subfields, particularly Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics focus on atmospheric processes and environmental dynamics. These include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Recent significant publications by James R. Drummond include:

  • Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • The MOPITT Version 9 CO product: sampling enhancements and validation, 2022, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Unprecedented Spring 2020 Ozone Depletion in the Context of 20 Years of Measurements at Eureka, Canada, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Drone measurements of surface-based winter temperature inversions in the High Arctic at Eureka, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • A 20-year review of the performance and operation of the MOPITT instrument, 2022, Advances in Space Research

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • H. M. Worden
  • M. N. Deeter
  • J. C. Gille
  • Kimberly Strong
  • Kaley A. Walker

James R. Drummond has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Advances in Space Research

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview.

    P. F. Bernath;C.T. Mcelroy;M. C. Abrams;C.D. Boone

  • Operational carbon monoxide retrieval algorithm and selected results for the MOPITT instrument

    M. N. Deeter;L. K. Emmons;G. L. Francis;D. P. Edwards

  • Satellite-observed pollution from Southern Hemisphere biomass burning.

    D. P. Edwards;L. K. Emmons;J. C. Gille;A. Chu

  • Observations of carbon monoxide and aerosols from the Terra satellite: Northern Hemisphere variability

    D. P. Edwards;L. K. Emmons;D. A. Hauglustaine;D. A. Chu

  • Decadal record of satellite carbon monoxide observations

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

  • Validation of Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) CO retrievals with aircraft in situ profiles

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

  • The Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) Instrument: Overall Performance and Calibration Requirements

    James R. Drummond;G. S. Mand

  • 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 over the tropical Atlantic: A satellite perspective

    D.-P. Edwards;J.-F. Lamarque;J.-L. Attié;L.-K. Emmons

  • The Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder on Nimbus-7

    J. R. Drummond;John Theodore Houghton;G. D. Peskett;C. D. Rodgers

  • Vertical resolution and information content of CO profiles retrieved by MOPITT

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

  • 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

  • A review of 9-year performance and operation of the MOPITT instrument

    James R. Drummond;James R. Drummond;Jiansheng Zou;Florian Nichitiu;Jayanta Kar

  • Measurements of tropospheric OH concentrations: A comparison of field data with model predictions

    D. Perner;U. Platt;M. Trainer;M. Trainer;G. Hübler;G. Hübler

  • Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions

    R.R. Buchholz;Helen H.M. Worden;Mijeong Park;Gene G.L. Francis

  • Increased Northern Hemispheric carbon monoxide burden in the troposphere in 2002 and 2003 detected from the ground and from space

    Leonid N. Yurganov;Pierre Duchatelet;A. V. Dzhola;David P. Edwards

  • Airborne intercomparison of vacuum ultraviolet fluorescence and tunable diode laser absorption measurements of tropospheric carbon monoxide

    John S. Holloway;Roger O. Jakoubek;David D. Parrish;Christoph Gerbig

  • Solar occultation satellite data and derived meteorological products: Sampling issues and comparisons with Aura Microwave Limb Sounder

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;William H. Daffer;Joseph M. Zawodny;Peter F. Bernath;Peter F. Bernath

  • Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

    E. Dupuy;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker;J. Kar;C.D. Boone

  • Sensitivity of MOPITT observations to carbon monoxide in the lower troposphere

    M. N. Deeter;D. P. Edwards;J. C. Gille;James R. Drummond

  • Simultaneous ground-based observations of O 3 , HCl, N 2 O, and CH 4 over Toronto, Canada by three Fourier transform spectrometers with different resolutions

    D. Wunch;J. R. Taylor;D. Fu;P. Bernath;P. Bernath

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kimberly Strong
Kimberly Strong University of Toronto
Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University
Merritt N. Deeter
Merritt N. Deeter National Center for Atmospheric Research
Louisa Emmons
Louisa Emmons National Center for Atmospheric Research
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
C. T. McElroy
C. T. McElroy York University
Alan Fried
Alan Fried University of Colorado Boulder
C. E. Meek
C. E. Meek University of Saskatchewan

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