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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
117
Citations
47540
World Ranking
141
National Ranking
65

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

John G. Watson is affiliated with the Desert Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering, with a significant focus on atmospheric phenomena and air quality.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering

Subfields of their research extend into several specialized areas such as Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics addressed in their work are diverse and concentrate primarily on the interactions between atmospheric chemistry and public health, including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

John G. Watson has published extensively in well-known scientific venues with frequent publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Aerosol and Air Quality Research
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist's recent papers reflect their focus on air quality, aerosols, and the health effects of particulate matter. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Brownness of Organic Aerosol over the United States: Evidence for Seasonal Biomass Burning and Photobleaching Effects," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Cytotoxicity of PM2.5 vehicular emissions in the Shing Mun Tunnel, Hong Kong," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United States," 2020, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
  • "Evaluation of gas and particle sensors for detecting spacecraft-relevant fire emissions," 2020, Fire Safety Journal
  • "Particle-bound PAHs and Chemical Composition, Sources and Health Risk of PM2.5 in a Highly Industrialized Area," 2021, Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Frequent collaborators with whom John G. Watson has co-authored include:

  • Judith C. Chow
  • Xiaoliang Wang
  • L.-W. Antony Chen
  • Junji Cao

Best Publications

  • The dri thermal/optical reflectance carbon analysis system: description, evaluation and applications in U.S. Air quality studies

    Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;Lyle C. Pritchett;William R. Pierson

  • Visibility: Science and Regulation

    John G. Watson

  • Comparison of IMPROVE and NIOSH Carbon Measurements

    Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;Dale Crow;Douglas H. Lowenthal

  • Spatial and seasonal distributions of carbonaceous aerosols over China

    J. J. Cao;J. J. Cao;J. J. Cao;Shun-cheng Lee;J. C. Chow;J. G. Watson

  • The IMPROVE_A Temperature Protocol for Thermal/Optical Carbon Analysis: Maintaining Consistency with a Long-Term Database

    Judith C Chow;John G Watson;L W Antony Chen;M C Oliver Chang

  • Descriptive analysis of PM2.5 and PM10 at regionally representative locations during SJVAQS/AUSPEX

    Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;Zhiqiang Lu;Douglas H. Lowenthal

  • Characteristics of carbonaceous aerosol in Pearl River Delta Region, China during 2001 winter period

    J.J Cao;J.J Cao;S.C Lee;K.F Ho;X.Y Zhang

  • Equivalence of elemental carbon by thermal/optical reflectance and transmittance with different temperature protocols.

    Judith C Chow;John G Watson;L W Antony Chen;W Patrick Arnott

  • Fine Particle and Gaseous Emission Rates from Residential Wood Combustion

    Jacob D. McDonald;Barbara Zielinska;Eric M. Fujita;John C. Sagebiel

  • PM2.5 chemical source profiles for vehicle exhaust, vegetative burning, geological material, and coal burning in Northwestern Colorado during 1995.

    John G Watson;Judith C Chow;James E Houck

  • Characterization and source apportionment of atmospheric organic and elemental carbon during fall and winter of 2003 in Xi'an, China

    J. J. Cao;F. Wu;J. C. Chow;Shun-cheng Lee

  • Review of volatile organic compound source apportionment by chemical mass balance

    John G. Watson;Judith C. Chow;Eric M. Fujita

  • Source profiles for industrial, mobile, and area sources in the Big Bend Regional Aerosol Visibility and Observational study.

    Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;Hampden Kuhns;Vicken Etyemezian

  • Temporal and spatial variations of PM2.5 and PM10 aerosol in the Southern California air quality study

    Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;Eric M. Fujita;Zhiqiang Lu

  • Spatial and seasonal variations of atmospheric organic carbon and elemental carbon in Pearl River Delta Region, China

    J.J Cao;J.J Cao;S.C Lee;K.F Ho;S.C Zou

  • The effective variance weighting for least squares calculations applied to the mass balance receptor model

    John G. Watson;John A. Cooper;James J. Huntzicker

  • A hybrid ARIMA and artificial neural networks model to forecast particulate matter in urban areas: The case of Temuco, Chile

    Luis A. Díaz-Robles;Juan C. Ortega;Joshua S. Fu;Gregory D. Reed

  • Winter and Summer PM2.5 Chemical Compositions in Fourteen Chinese Cities

    Jun Ji Cao;Zhen Xing Shen;Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson

  • Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United States.

    Daniel A. Jaffe;Susan M. O’Neill;Narasimhan K. Larkin;Amara L. Holder

  • Summary of Organic and Elemental Carbon/Black Carbon Analysis Methods and Intercomparisons

    John G. Watson;Judith C. Chow;L.-W. Antony Chen

  • Receptor modeling application framework for particle source apportionment.

    John G Watson;Tan Zhu;Judith C Chow;Johann Engelbrecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith C. Chow
Judith C. Chow Desert Research Institute
Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoliang Wang
Xiaoliang Wang Desert Research Institute
L.-W. Antony Chen
L.-W. Antony Chen University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Douglas H. Lowenthal
Douglas H. Lowenthal Desert Research Institute
Kin-Fai Ho
Kin-Fai Ho Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shuncheng Lee
Shuncheng Lee Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Steven Sai Hang Ho
Steven Sai Hang Ho Desert Research Institute
Hans Moosmüller
Hans Moosmüller Desert Research Institute
Yongming Han
Yongming Han Chinese Academy of Sciences

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