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Kaley A. Walker

Kaley A. Walker

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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
67
Citations
17161
World Ranking
1966
National Ranking
71

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Kaley A. Walker is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada, with a research focus spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work centers predominantly on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with contributions also touching Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, and Rheumatology as subfields.

The scientist's research topics include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Climate variability and models, and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Walker has published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication outlets are Atmospheric measurement techniques, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress 2021 (AIS, FTS, HISE, SENSORS, ES), and Applied Optics.

Collaborations with other researchers are an important aspect of their work. Frequent coauthors include Patrick E. Sheese, Kimberly Strong, D. A. Degenstein, Adam Bourassa, and D. Murtagh.

Some recent papers authored by Kaley A. Walker include:

  • Validation of SAGE III/ISS Solar Occultation Ozone Products With Correlative Satellite and Ground-Based Measurements, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Investigation and amelioration of long-term instrumental drifts in water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements from the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) and their implications for studies of variability and trends, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: impact of model resolution in versions v9-02 of GEOS-Chem and v35j of its adjoint model, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Overview and update of the SPARC Data Initiative: comparison of stratospheric composition measurements from satellite limb sounders, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Unprecedented Spring 2020 Ozone Depletion in the Context of 20 Years of Measurements at Eureka, Canada, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview.

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

  • Unprecedented Arctic ozone loss in 2011

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Michelle L. Santee;Markus Rex;Nathaniel J. Livesey

  • Asian monsoon transport of pollution to the stratosphere.

    William J. Randel;Mijeong Park;Louisa Emmons;Doug Kinnison

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder temperature and geopotential height measurements

    M. Schwartz;A. Lambert;G.L. Manney;G.L. Manney;W.G. Read

  • Retrievals for the atmospheric chemistry experiment Fourier-transform spectrometer

    Chris D. Boone;Ray Nassar;Kaley A. Walker;Yves Rochon

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder stratospheric ozone measurements

    L. Froidevaux;Y. B. Jiang;A. Lambert;N. J. Livesey

  • Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopologues: 1. Comparison between models and observations

    Camille Risi;Camille Risi;David Noone;John Worden;Christian Frankenberg

  • Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite

    L. Froidevaux;N.J. Livesey;W.G. Read;Y.B. Jiang

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements

    Alyn Lambert;W. G. Read;N. J. Livesey;M. L. Santee

  • Chemical isolation in the Asian monsoon anticyclone observed in Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE-FTS) data

    Mijeong Park;William J. Randel;Louisa K. Emmons;Peter F. Bernath;Peter F. Bernath

  • An update on ozone profile trends for the period 2000 to 2016

    Wolfgang Steinbrecht;Lucien Froidevaux;Ryan Fuller;Ray Wang

  • Vertical structure of stratospheric water vapour trends derived from merged satellite data.

    M. I. Hegglin;D. A. Plummer;T. G. Shepherd;J. F. Scinocca

  • Speed-dependent Voigt profile for water vapor in infrared remote sensing applications

    Chris D. Boone;Kaley A. Walker;Peter F. Bernath;Peter F. Bernath

  • Past changes in the vertical distribution of ozone – Part 3: Analysis and interpretation of trends

    Neil R. P Harris;B Hassler;B Hassler;F Tummon;G E Bodeker

  • NOx descent in the Arctic middle atmosphere in early 2009

    C. E. Randall;V. L. Harvey;D. E. Siskind

  • A global view of the extratropical tropopause transition layer from Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer O3, H2O, and CO

    Michaela I. Hegglin;C.D. Boone;G.L. Manney;G.L. Manney;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker

  • 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

  • Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of 14 limb and occultation ozone profile data records

    Daan Hubert;Jean Christopher Lambert;Tijl Verhoelst;José Granville

  • Recent Northern Hemisphere stratospheric HCl increase due to atmospheric circulation changes

    Emmanuel Mahieu;M P Chipperfield;Justus Notholt;T Reddmann

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

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

  • A study of stratospheric chlorine partitioning based on new satellite measurements and modeling

    M. L. Santee;I. A. MacKenzie;G. L. Manney;G. L. Manney;M. P. Chipperfield

  • 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

Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
C. D. Boone
C. D. Boone University of Waterloo
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology
James R. Drummond
James R. Drummond Dalhousie University
Bernd Funke
Bernd Funke Spanish National Research Council
Gabriele Stiller
Gabriele Stiller Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kimberly Strong
Kimberly Strong University of Toronto
Emmanuel Mahieu
Emmanuel Mahieu University of Liège
T. von Clarmann
T. von Clarmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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