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Karl D. Froyd is a researcher affiliated with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Environmental Science and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Engineering. The main topics addressed in their publications concern atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, fire effects on ecosystems, and planetary science and exploration.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Gregory P. Schill
  • Daniel M. Murphy
  • C. A. Brock
  • Christina Williamson
  • Agnieszka Kupc

The venues where Karl D. Froyd has commonly published include:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Karl D. Froyd are:

  • "Global Measurements of Brown Carbon and Estimated Direct Radiative Effects," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements," 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "A biogenic secondary organic aerosol source of cirrus ice nucleating particles," 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Clarifying the Dominant Sources and Mechanisms of Cirrus Cloud Formation

    Daniel J. Cziczo;Karl D. Froyd;Karl D. Froyd;Corinna Hoose;Eric J. Jensen

  • Single-particle mass spectrometry of tropospheric aerosol particles

    D. M. Murphy;D. J. Cziczo;K. D. Froyd;P. K. Hudson

  • Aerosol classification using airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar measurements – methodology and examples

    S. P. Burton;R. A. Ferrare;C. A. Hostetler;J. W. Hair

  • Atmospheric ion-induced nucleation of sulfuric acid and water

    E. R. Lovejoy;J. Curtius;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd

  • Aqueous-phase mechanism for secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene: application to the southeast United States and co-benefit of SO2 emission controls

    Eloise A Marais;Daniel J Jacob;Jose L Jimenez;Jose L Jimenez;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Pedro Campuzano-Jost

  • Organic aerosol composition and sources in Pasadena, California, during the 2010 CalNex campaign

    P. L. Hayes;A. M. Ortega;M. J. Cubison;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd

  • Biomass burning in Siberia and Kazakhstan as an important source for haze over the Alaskan Arctic in April 2008

    C. Warneke;C. Warneke;R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini;J. Brioude;J. Brioude;C. A. Brock

  • 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

  • Characteristics, sources, and transport of aerosols measured in spring 2008 during the aerosol, radiation, and cloud processes affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC) Project

    C. A. Brock;J. Cozic;J. Cozic;R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd

  • A large source of cloud condensation nuclei from new particle formation in the tropics.

    Christina J. Williamson;Christina J. Williamson;Agnieszka Kupc;Agnieszka Kupc;Duncan Axisa;Kelsey R. Bilsback

  • Contribution of isoprene-derived organosulfates to free tropospheric aerosol mass

    K. D. Froyd;S. M. Murphy;D. M. Murphy;J. A. de Gouw

  • Fine particle pH and gas–particle phase partitioning of inorganic species in Pasadena, California, during the 2010 CalNex campaign

    Hongyu Guo;Jiumeng Liu;Jiumeng Liu;Karl D. Froyd;Karl D. Froyd;James M. Roberts

  • An important contribution to springtime Arctic aerosol from biomass burning in Russia

    C. Warneke;C. Warneke;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;J. Brioude;J. Brioude;R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini

  • Deactivation of ice nuclei due to atmospherically relevant surface coatings

    Daniel J Cziczo;Daniel J Cziczo;Karl D Froyd;Karl D Froyd;Stephane J Gallavardin;Stephane J Gallavardin;Ottmar Moehler

  • Aerosol composition of the tropical upper troposphere

    K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;D. M. Murphy;T. J. Sanford;T. J. Sanford;D. S. Thomson;D. S. Thomson

  • Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements

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  • Aerosols that form subvisible cirrus at the tropical tropopause

    K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;D. M. Murphy;P. Lawson;D. Baumgardner

  • Global Measurements of Brown Carbon and Estimated Direct Radiative Effects

    Linghan Zeng;Aoxing Zhang;Yuhang Wang;Nicholas L. Wagner;Nicholas L. Wagner

  • Airborne measurements of organosulfates over the continental U.S.

    Jin Liao;Jin Liao;Karl D. Froyd;Karl D. Froyd;Daniel M. Murphy;Frank N. Keutsch;Frank N. Keutsch

  • Observations of the chemical composition of stratospheric aerosol particles

    D. M. Murphy;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;J. C. Wilson

  • Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere

    G. P. Schill;G. P. Schill;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;H. Bian;H. Bian;A. Kupc;A. Kupc;A. Kupc

  • Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products

    Charles A. Brock;Christina Williamson;Christina Williamson;Agnieszka Kupc;Agnieszka Kupc;Karl D. Froyd;Karl D. Froyd

  • Electron-Beam-Induced Damage in Self-Assembled Monolayers

    Kannan Seshadri;Karl Froyd;Atul N. Parikh;David L. Allara

  • ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols

    S.C. Wofsy;S. Afshar;H.M. Allen;E.C. Apel

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel M. Murphy
Daniel M. Murphy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Pedro Campuzano-Jost
Pedro Campuzano-Jost University of Colorado Boulder
Joshua P. Schwarz
Joshua P. Schwarz National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Charles A. Brock
Charles A. Brock National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bernadett Weinzierl
Bernadett Weinzierl University of Vienna
Eric A. Ray
Eric A. Ray National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jerome Brioude
Jerome Brioude University of La Réunion

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