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John A. Gillies is affiliated with the Desert Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Soil Science, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers several interconnected topics, such as:

  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Frequent collaborators in their research include George Nikolich, Eden Furtak-Cole, Nancy P. Ziegler, Nicholas P. Webb, and Brandon L. Edwards. These partnerships have contributed to multiple publications across various venues.

Gillies has published several recent papers, including:

  • "Aeolian Remobilisation of Volcanic Ash: Outcomes of a Workshop in the Argentinian Patagonia" (2020) in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Assessing performance of a "nature-based" foredune restoration project, Oceano Dunes, California, USA" (2022) in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "Real-time PM10 emission rates from paved roads by measurement of concentrations in the vehicle's wake using on-board sensors Part 2. Comparison of SCAMPER, TRAKER™, flux measurements, and AP-42 silt sampling under controlled conditions" (2021) in Atmospheric Environment
  • "Plant phenology drives seasonal changes in shear stress partitioning in a semi-arid rangeland" (2023) in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Simulation of flow and shear stress distribution on the Oceano Dunes, implications for saltation and dust emissions" (2022) in Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Their publications have appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • Atmosphere
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Atmospheric Environment

Best Publications

  • Tailpipe, resuspended road dust, and brake-wear emission factors from on-road vehicles

    Mahmoud Abu-Allaban;John A Gillies;Alan W Gertler;Russ Clayton

  • Characterizing mineral dusts and other aerosols from the Middle East--Part 1: ambient sampling.

    Johann P. Engelbrecht;Eric V. McDonald;John A. Gillies;R. K. M. Jayanty

  • An improved dust emission model – Part 1: Model description and comparison against measurements

    J. F. Kok;J. F. Kok;N. M. Mahowald;G. Fratini;G. Fratini;J. A. Gillies

  • On-Road Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10) Emissions in the Sepulveda Tunnel, Los Angeles, California

    J A Gillies;A W Gertler;J C Sagebiel;W A Dippel

  • Effect of vehicle characteristics on unpaved road dust emissions

    J.A. Gillies;V. Etyemezian;H. Kuhns;D. Nikolic

  • Dust emission and transport in Mali, West Africa

    W. G. Nickling;J. A. Gillies

  • Characterizing mineral dusts and other aerosols from the Middle East--Part 2: grab samples and re-suspensions.

    Johann P. Engelbrecht;Eric V. McDonald;John A. Gillies;R. K.M. “Jay” Jayanty

  • Drag coefficient and plant form response to wind speed in three plant species: Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus), Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens glauca.), and Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum)

    J. A. Gillies;W. G. Nickling;J. King

  • The Portable In Situ Wind Erosion Laboratory (PI-SWERL): A new method to measure PM10 windblown dust properties and potential for emissions

    V. Etyemezian;G. Nikolich;S. Ahonen;M. Pitchford

  • Vehicle-based road dust emission measurement (III):: effect of speed, traffic volume, location, and season on PM10 road dust emissions in the Treasure Valley, ID

    V. Etyemezian;H. Kuhns;J. Gillies;J. Chow

  • Vehicle-based road dust emission measurement: I—methods and calibration

    V. Etyemezian;H. Kuhns;J. Gillies;M. Green

  • Emission of Fine-Grained Particulates from Desert Soils

    W. G. Nickling;J. A. Gillies

  • Long-Term Efficiencies of Dust Suppressants to Reduce PM10 Emissions from Unpaved Roads.

    John A. Gillies;John G. Watson;C. Fred Rogers;David DuBois

  • Time resolved characterization of diesel particulate emissions. 1. Instruments for particle mass measurements.

    Moosmüller H;Arnott Wp;Rogers Cf;Bowen Jl

  • A wind tunnel examination of shear stress partitioning for an assortment of surface roughness distributions

    S. Brown;W. G. Nickling;J. A. Gillies

  • Shear stress partitioning in large patches of roughness in the atmospheric inertial sublayer

    John A. Gillies;William G. Nickling;James King

  • Representation of vegetation and other nonerodible elements in aeolian shear stress partitioning models for predicting transport threshold

    James King;William G. Nickling;John A. Gillies

  • Dust emissions from undisturbed and disturbed supply‐limited desert surfaces

    Torin Macpherson;William G. Nickling;John A. Gillies;Vicken Etyemezian

  • Dust concentrations and particle-size characteristics of an intense dust haze event: Inland Delta Region, Mali, West Africa

    J.A. Gillies;W.G. Nickling;G.H. Mctainsh

  • Comparison and evaluation of chemically speciated mobile source PM2.5 particulate matter profiles.

    John A. Gillies;Alan W. Gertler

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Nickling
William G. Nickling University of Guelph
Nicholas Lancaster
Nicholas Lancaster Desert Research Institute
Jasper F. Kok
Jasper F. Kok University of California, Los Angeles
William R. Pierson
William R. Pierson Desert Research Institute
Ted M. Zobeck
Ted M. Zobeck Agricultural Research Service
John G. Watson
John G. Watson Desert Research Institute
Hans Moosmüller
Hans Moosmüller Desert Research Institute
Judith C. Chow
Judith C. Chow Desert Research Institute
Thomas A. Cahill
Thomas A. Cahill University of California, Davis
Béatrice Marticorena
Béatrice Marticorena Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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