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Johnathan W. Hair is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with extensive work across related subfields such as global and planetary change, atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, earth-surface processes, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's work centers on atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, fire effects on ecosystems, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and air quality and health impacts.

Johnathan W. Hair has contributed to several papers in prominent scientific venues. Noteworthy recent publications include:

  • Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes, 2021, Science Advances
  • Atmospheric Research Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean Region and North American East Coast: A Review of Past Work and Challenges Ahead, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Investigation of factors controlling PM2.5 variability across the South Korean Peninsula during KORUS-AQ, 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Effects of Fire Diurnal Variation and Plume Rise on U.S. Air Quality During FIREX-AQ and WE-CAN Based on the Multi-Scale Infrastructure for Chemistry and Aerosols (MUSICAv0), 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Evaluation and intercomparison of wildfire smoke forecasts from multiple modeling systems for the 2019 Williams Flats fire, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

The majority of their publications appear in leading journals including Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Frontiers in Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

Johnathan W. Hair frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors. Key collaborators include:

  • Taylor Shingler
  • R. A. Ferrare
  • Marta A. Fenn
  • Armin Sorooshian
  • Richard H. Moore

Best Publications

  • Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar for profiling aerosol optical properties

    Johnathan W. Hair;Chris A. Hostetler;Anthony L. Cook;David B. Harper

  • CALIPSO lidar observations of the optical properties of Saharan dust: A case study of long‐range transport

    Zhaoyan Liu;Ali Omar;Mark Vaughan;Johnathan Hair

  • Sources, seasonality, and trends of southeast US aerosol: an integrated analysis of surface, aircraft, and satellite observations with the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model

    P S Kim;Daniel J Jacob;Jenny A Fisher;K Travis

  • Annual boom-bust cycles of polar phytoplankton biomass revealed by space-based lidar

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Yongxiang Hu;Robert T. O’Malley;Emmanuel S. Boss

  • Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes

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  • Spaceborne Lidar in the Study of Marine Systems.

    Chris A Hostetler;Michael J Behrenfeld;Yongxiang Hu;Johnathan W Hair

  • The North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES): Science Motive and Mission Overview

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Richard H. Moore;Chris A. Hostetler;Jason Graff

  • Space‐based lidar measurements of global ocean carbon stocks

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Yongxiang Hu;Chris A. Hostetler;Giorgio Dall'Olmo

  • Simultaneous polarimeter retrievals of microphysical aerosol and ocean color parameters from the "MAPP" algorithm with comparison to high-spectral-resolution lidar aerosol and ocean products.

    S. Stamnes;C. Hostetler;R. Ferrare;S. Burton

  • Aerosol–Cloud–Meteorology Interaction Airborne Field Investigations: Using Lessons Learned from the U.S. West Coast in the Design of ACTIVATE off the U.S. East Coast

    Armin Sorooshian;Bruce Anderson;Susanne E. Bauer;Rachel A. Braun

  • Observing atmospheric formaldehyde (HCHO) from space: validation and intercomparison of six retrievals from four satellites (OMI, GOME2A, GOME2B, OMPS) with SEAC4RS aircraft observations over the Southeast US.

    Lei Zhu;Daniel J. Jacob;Patrick S. Kim;Jenny A. Fisher

  • The 2013 Rim Fire: Implications for Predicting Extreme Fire Spread, Pyroconvection, and Smoke Emissions

    David A. Peterson;Edward J. Hyer;James R. Campbell;Michael D. Fromm

  • Assessment of the CALIPSO Lidar 532 nm attenuated backscatter calibration using the NASA LaRC airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar

    Raymond R. Rogers;Chris A. Hostetler;Johnathan W. Hair;Richard A. Ferrare

  • Effects of Fire Diurnal Variation and Plume Rise on U.S. Air Quality During FIREX‐AQ and WE‐CAN Based on the Multi‐Scale Infrastructure for Chemistry and Aerosols (MUSICAv0)

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  • Atmospheric Research Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean Region and North American East Coast: A Review of Past Work and Challenges Ahead

    Armin Sorooshian;Andrea F. Corral;Rachel A. Braun;Brian Cairns

  • Airborne observations of aerosol extinction by in situ and remote-sensing techniques: Evaluation of particle hygroscopicity

    Luke D. Ziemba;K. Lee Thornhill;Rich Ferrare;John Barrick

  • Aerosol and cloud interaction observed from high spectral resolution lidar data

    Wenying Su;Gregory L. Schuster;Norman G. Loeb;Raymond R. Rogers

  • Investigation of factors controlling PM 2.5 variability across the South Korean Peninsula during KORUS-AQ.

    Carolyn E. Jordan;Carolyn E. Jordan;James H. Crawford;Andreas J. Beyersdorf;Andreas J. Beyersdorf;Thomas F. Eck;Thomas F. Eck

  • Thunderstorms enhance tropospheric ozone by wrapping and shedding stratospheric air

    Laura L. Pan;Cameron R. Homeyer;Cameron R. Homeyer;Shawn Honomichl;Brian A. Ridley

  • Airborne characterization of subsaturated aerosol hygroscopicity and dry refractive index from the surface to 6.5km during the SEAC4RS campaign

    Taylor Shingler;Ewan Crosbie;Ewan Crosbie;Amber Ortega;Manabu Shiraiwa

  • CALIPSO lidar calibration at 1064 nm: version 4 algorithm

    Mark Vaughan;Anne Garnier;Damien Josset;Melody Avery

  • Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer ozone profiles with aircraft observations during the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment–B

    Nigel A. D. Richards;Nigel A. D. Richards;Gregory B. Osterman;Edward V. Browell;Johnathan W. Hair

  • Ozone, aerosol, potential vorticity, and trace gas trends observed at high‐latitudes over North America from February to May 2000

    Edward V. Browell;Johnathan W. Hair;Carolyn F. Butler;William B. Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center
Richard A. Ferrare
Richard A. Ferrare Langley Research Center
Marta A. Fenn
Marta A. Fenn Langley Research Center
Sharon Burton
Sharon Burton Langley Research Center
Glenn S. Diskin
Glenn S. Diskin Langley Research Center
Brian Cairns
Brian Cairns Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Yongxiang Hu
Yongxiang Hu Langley Research Center
Luke D. Ziemba
Luke D. Ziemba Langley Research Center
Armin Sorooshian
Armin Sorooshian University of Arizona
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire

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