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Overview

Katherine Hayden is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, contributing extensively to the understanding of atmospheric processes and their impacts.

The main fields of study for Hayden include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering

Research topics frequently addressed in their work involve:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Hayden has published multiple papers in notable journals. Recent publications include:

  • Biomass burning nitrogen dioxide emissions derived from space with TROPOMI: methodology and validation, 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Complexity in the Evolution, Composition, and Spectroscopy of Brown Carbon in Aircraft Measurements of Wildfire Plumes, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Novel Analysis to Quantify Plume Crosswind Heterogeneity Applied to Biomass Burning Smoke, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A newly developed Lagrangian chemical transport scheme: Part 1. Simulation of a boreal forest fire plume, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric evolution of emissions from a boreal forest fire: the formation of highly functionalized oxygen-, nitrogen-, and sulfur-containing organic compounds, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Hayden include:

  • John Liggio
  • Shao-Meng Li
  • R. L. Mittermeier
  • Mengistu Wolde
  • Michael Wheeler

Their work is regularly published in several scientific journals, among which the most common venues are:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Radiative Absorption Enhancements Due to the Mixing State of Atmospheric Black Carbon

    Christopher D. Cappa;Timothy B. Onasch;Paola Massoli;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • Long-term changes in tropospheric ozone

    S.J. Oltmans;A.S. Lefohn;J.M. Harris;I. Galbally

  • High resolution mapping of nitrogen dioxide with TROPOMI: First results and validation over the Canadian oil sands.

    Debora Griffin;Xiaoyi Zhao;Chris A. McLinden;Folkert Boersma;Folkert Boersma

  • Oil sands operations as a large source of secondary organic aerosols

    John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li;Katherine Hayden;Youssef M. Taha

  • Measurements of ocean derived aerosol off the coast of California

    T. S. Bates;P. K. Quinn;A. A. Frossard;L. M. Russell

  • Impact of fuel quality regulation and speed reductions on shipping emissions: implications for climate and air quality.

    Daniel A. Lack;Daniel A. Lack;Christopher D. Cappa;Justin Langridge;Justin Langridge;Roya Bahreini;Roya Bahreini

  • A review of surface ozone in the polar regions

    Detlev Helmig;Samuel J. Oltmans;Daniel Carlson;Jean-Francois Lamarque

  • The vertical chemical and meteorological structure of the boundary layer in the Lower Fraser Valley during Pacific '93

    K.L Hayden;K.G Anlauf;R.M Hoff;J.W Strapp

  • Aerosol composition and sources in the central Arctic Ocean during ASCOS

    R. Y.-W. Chang;C. Leck;M. Graus;M. Graus;M Müller;M Müller

  • Nucleation and condensational growth to CCN sizes during a sustained pristine biogenic SOA event in a forested mountain valley

    J. R. Pierce;W. R. Leaitch;J. Liggio;D. M. Westervelt

  • Determining air pollutant emission rates based on mass balance using airborne measurement data over the Alberta oil sands operations

    M. Gordon;M. Gordon;S.-M. Li;R. Staebler;A. Darlington

  • Estimates of exceedances of critical loads for acidifying deposition in Alberta and Saskatchewan

    Paul A. Makar;Ayodeji Akingunola;Julian Aherne;Amanda S. Cole

  • Differences between measured and reported volatile organic compound emissions from oil sands facilities in Alberta, Canada

    Shao-Meng Li;Amy Leithead;Samar G. Moussa;John Liggio

  • Characterization of aerosol and cloud water at a mountain site during WACS 2010: secondary organic aerosol formation through oxidative cloud processing

    A. K Y Lee;K. L. Hayden;Pierre Herckes;W. R. Leaitch

  • Size-resolved aerosol chemistry on Whistler Mountain, Canada with a high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometer during INTEX-B

    Y. Sun;Q. Zhang;A. M. Macdonald;K. Hayden

  • Modelling aerosol–cloud–meteorology interaction: A case study with a fully coupled air quality model (GEM-MACH)

    W. Gong;P.A. Makar;J. Zhang;J. Milbrandt

  • Quantification of Methane Sources in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Alberta by Aircraft Mass-Balance

    Sabour Baray;Andrea Darlington;Mark Gordon;Katherine L. Hayden

  • Cloud processing of nitrate

    K. L. Hayden;A. M. Macdonald;W. Gong;D. Toom-Sauntry

  • A case study into the measurement of ship emissions from plume intercepts of the NOAA ship Miller Freeman

    Christopher Cappa;E. J. Williams;E. J. Williams;D. A. Lack;D. A. Lack;G. M. Buffaloe

  • Nighttime chemistry at a rural site in the Lower Fraser Valley

    Robert McLaren;Rhian A. Salmon;John Liggio;Katherine L. Hayden

  • Photochemical processing of organic aerosol at nearby continental sites: contrast between urban plumes and regional aerosol

    J. G. Slowik;J. G. Slowik;J. Brook;R. Y.-W. Chang;G. J. Evans

  • Measured Canadian oil sands CO 2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods

    John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li;Ralf M. Staebler;Katherine Hayden

Frequent Co-Authors

Shao-Meng Li
Shao-Meng Li Peking University
John Liggio
John Liggio Environment and Climate Change Canada
Paul A. Makar
Paul A. Makar Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kurt G. Anlauf
Kurt G. Anlauf Environment and Climate Change Canada
Ralf M. Staebler
Ralf M. Staebler Environment and Climate Change Canada
Patricia K. Quinn
Patricia K. Quinn Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Christopher D. Cappa
Christopher D. Cappa University of California, Davis
Paola Massoli
Paola Massoli Earth System Research Laboratory
Daniel A. Lack
Daniel A. Lack Earth System Research Laboratory
Brian M. Lerner
Brian M. Lerner Aerodyne Research

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