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Overview

Joan D. Willey is affiliated with the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the United States and conducts research primarily within environmental science. Their work spans several subfields, including atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, and automotive engineering.

Their main research themes focus on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, toxic organic pollutants impact, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and vehicle emissions and performance.

Joan D. Willey has contributed to several publications, including the following papers:

  • Atmospheric Deposition and Annual Flux of Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Replacement Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids in Wilmington, NC, USA (2021), published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Variable ethanol concentrations and stable carbon isotopes reveal anthropogenic ethanol contributions to rainwater (2020), published in Atmospheric Environment
  • Impact of rainwater hydrogen peroxide on chlorophyll a content of surface Gulf Stream seawater off North Carolina, USA (2021), published through UNC Libraries
  • Rainfall stimulation of primary production in western Atlantic Ocean waters: roles of different nitrogen sources and co-limiting nutrients (2021), published through UNC Libraries

Willey frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Megumi S. Shimizu, G. Brooks Avery, Robert J. Kieber, Ralph N. Mead, and Malia Go, each appearing in multiple joint publications.

Their work is commonly published in venues such as UNC Libraries, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, and Atmospheric Environment.

Best Publications

  • Rainwater dissolved organic carbon: concentrations and global flux.

    Joan D. Willey;Robert J. Kieber;Mary S. Eyman;G. Brooks Avery

  • CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SOILS : AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY FOR UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE MAJORS

    Charles F. Stehman;Joan D. Willey;G. Brooks Avery;John J. Manock

  • Chromium speciation in rainwater: Temporal variability and atmospheric deposition

    Robert J. Kieber;Joan D. Willey;Suzanne D. Zvalaren

  • Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) In Rainwater, Southeastern North Carolina, USA

    Robert J. Kieber;Robert F. Whitehead;Seth N. Reid;Joan D. Willey

  • Occurrence of the artificial sweetener sucralose in coastal and marine waters of the United States

    Ralph N. Mead;Jeremy B. Morgan;G. Brooks Avery;Robert J. Kieber

  • Iron speciation in coastal rainwater: concentration and deposition to seawater

    Robert J. Kieber;Kelly Williams;Joan D. Willey;Steve Skrabal

  • Organic Complexation of Fe(II) and Its Impact on the Redox Cycling of Iron in Rain

    R. J. Kieber;S. A. Skrabal;B. J. Smith;J. D. Willey

  • Dissolved organic carbon and organic acids in coastal New Zealand rainwater

    Robert J Kieber;Barrie Peake;Joan D Willey;G.Brooks Avery

  • Carbon isotopic characterization of dissolved organic carbon in rainwater: Terrestrial and marine influences

    G.B. Avery;J.D. Willey;R.J. Kieber

  • Flux and bioavailability of Cape Fear River and rainwater dissolved organic carbon to Long Bay, southeastern United States

    G. B. Avery;Joan D. Willey;Robert J. Kieber;G. Christopher Shank

  • Rainfall stimulation of primary production in western Atlantic Ocean waters:roles of different nitrogen sources and co-limiting nutrients

    Hans W. Paerl;Joan D. Willey;Malia Go;Benjamin L. Peierls

  • Rainwater monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acid concentrations in southeastern North Carolina, USA, as a function of air-mass back-trajectory

    G. Brooks Avery;Robert J. Kieber;Melanie Witt;Joan D. Willey

  • Factors Influencing Nitrogen Speciation in Coastal Rainwater

    R. J. Kieber;M. S. Long;J. D. Willey

  • Rainwater formaldehyde: concentration, deposition and photochemical formation

    Robert J. Kieber;Matthew F. Rhines;Joan D. Willey;G. Brooks Avery

  • Natural fluorescence as a tracer for distinguishing between piedmont and coastal plain river water in the nearshore waters of Georgia and North Carolina

    Joan D. Willey;Larry P. Atkinson

  • Hydrogen peroxide at the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Station: Temporal variability of seawater hydrogen peroxide

    G. Brooks Avery;William J. Cooper;Robert J. Kieber;Joan D. Willey

  • The effect of seawater magnesium on natural fluorescence during estuarine mixing, and implications for tracer applications

    Joan D. Willey

  • Biological and isotopic changes in coastal waters induced by Hurricane Gordon

    Marilyn L. Fogel;Carmen Aguilar;Russell Cuhel;David J. Hollander

  • Coastal rainwater hydrogen peroxide: Concentration and deposition

    Joan D. Willey;Robert J. Kieber;Richard D. Lancaster

  • Hydrogen peroxide at the Bermuda Atlantic time Series Station. Part 1 : Temporal variability of atmospheric hydrogen peroxide and its influence on seawater concentrations

    Robert J. Kieber;William J. Cooper;Joan D. Willey;G. Brooks Avery

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Kieber
Robert J. Kieber University of North Carolina Wilmington
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David C. Podgorski
David C. Podgorski University of New Orleans
Marilyn L. Fogel
Marilyn L. Fogel University of California, Riverside
William J. Cooper
William J. Cooper University of North Carolina Wilmington
Karsten Baumann
Karsten Baumann University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Barbara J. Turpin
Barbara J. Turpin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Larry P. Atkinson
Larry P. Atkinson Old Dominion University
David J. Hollander
David J. Hollander University of South Florida
Peter J. Statham
Peter J. Statham University of Southampton

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