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Kenneth C. Aikin is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable contributions to atmospheric science and related subfields.

The scientist's work spans several interconnected topics in atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric ozone and climate, as well as atmospheric aerosols and clouds. Additional areas of study include vehicle emissions and performance, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and the impacts of fire on ecosystems.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kenneth C. Aikin include Jeff Peischl, Matthew M. Coggon, C. Warneke, Georgios I. Gkatzelis, and Brian McDonald.

Their publications are often found in leading journals such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Environmental Science & Technology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Nature Geoscience.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Kenneth C. Aikin include:

  • Volatile chemical product emissions enhance ozone and modulate urban chemistry, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Observations Confirm that Volatile Chemical Products Are a Major Source of Petrochemical Emissions in U.S. Cities, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Identifying Volatile Chemical Product Tracer Compounds in U.S. Cities, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Increased night-time oxidation over China despite widespread decrease across the globe, 2023, Nature Geoscience

Best Publications

  • Single‐particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and light‐scattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;R. S. Gao;D. W. Fahey;D. W. Fahey;D. S. Thomson;D. S. Thomson

  • Increasing springtime ozone mixing ratios in the free troposphere over western North America

    O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper;D. D. Parrish;A. Stohl;M. Trainer

  • Volatile chemical product emissions enhance ozone and modulate urban chemistry.

    Matthew M Coggon;Matthew M Coggon;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Brian C McDonald;Jessica B Gilman

  • 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

  • Quantifying sources of methane using light alkanes in the Los Angeles basin, California

    J. Peischl;J. Peischl;T. B. Ryerson;J. Brioude;J. Brioude;K. C. Aikin;K. C. Aikin

  • Quantifying atmospheric methane emissions from the Haynesville, Fayetteville, and northeastern Marcellus shale gas production regions

    J. Peischl;J. Peischl;T. B. Ryerson;K. C. Aikin;K. C. Aikin;J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw

  • Observations Confirm that Volatile Chemical Products Are a Major Source of Petrochemical Emissions in U.S. Cities.

    Georgios I Gkatzelis;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Matthew M Coggon;Matthew M Coggon;Brian C McDonald;Brian C McDonald;Jeff Peischl;Jeff Peischl

  • Primary and secondary sources of formaldehyde in urban atmospheres: Houston Texas region

    D. D. Parrish;T. B. Ryerson;Johan Mellqvist;John Johansson

  • Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere

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  • Identifying Volatile Chemical Product Tracer Compounds in U.S. Cities.

    Georgios I. Gkatzelis;Georgios I. Gkatzelis;Matthew M. Coggon;Matthew M. Coggon;Brian C. McDonald;Jeff Peischl;Jeff Peischl

  • Atmospheric emissions from the Deepwater Horizon spill constrain air‐water partitioning, hydrocarbon fate, and leak rate

    T. B. Ryerson;K. C. Aikin;K. C. Aikin;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;E. L. Atlas

  • Ozone loss inside the northern polar vortex during the 1991-1992 winter.

    M. H. Proffitt;K. Aikin;J. J. Margitan;M. Loewenstein

  • Increased night-time oxidation over China despite widespread decrease across the globe

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  • Quantifying Methane and Ethane Emissions to the Atmosphere From Central and Western U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Production Regions

    J. Peischl;J. Peischl;S. J. Eilerman;S. J. Eilerman;J. A. Neuman;J. A. Neuman;K. C. Aikin;K. C. Aikin

  • Quantifying atmospheric methane emissions from oil and natural gas production in the Bakken shale region of North Dakota

    J. Peischl;J. Peischl;A. Karion;A. Karion;A. Karion;C. Sweeney;C. Sweeney;E. A. Kort

  • Chemical depletion of Arctic ozone in winter 1999/2000

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;N. R. P. Harris;P. von der Gathen

  • Stratospheric contribution to high surface ozone in Colorado during springtime

    A. O. Langford;K. C. Aikin;C. S. Eubank;E. J. Williams

  • Diurnal Variability and Emission Pattern of Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) from the Application of Personal Care Products in Two North American Cities.

    Matthew M. Coggon;Matthew M. Coggon;Brian C. McDonald;Brian C. McDonald;Alexander Vlasenko;Patrick R. Veres;Patrick R. Veres

  • Emissions of nitrogen‐containing organic compounds from the burning of herbaceous and arboraceous biomass: Fuel composition dependence and the variability of commonly used nitrile tracers

    Matthew M. Coggon;Matthew M. Coggon;Patrick R. Veres;Patrick R. Veres;Bin Yuan;Bin Yuan;Abigail Koss;Abigail Koss;Abigail Koss

  • Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX‐AQ)

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  • Ozone photochemistry in an oil and natural gas extraction region during winter: simulations of a snow-free season in the Uintah Basin, Utah

    P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;K. Aikin;K. Aikin;J. A. deGouw;J. A. deGouw

  • Influence of Oil and Gas Emissions on Summertime Ozone in the Colorado Northern Front Range

    Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Peter M. Edwards;Jessica B. Gilman;Brian M. Lerner;Brian M. Lerner

  • Impact of transported background ozone inflow on summertime air quality in a California ozone exceedance area

    D. D. Parrish;K. C. Aikin;K. C. Aikin;S. J. Oltmans;B. J. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Brian M. Lerner
Brian M. Lerner Aerodyne Research
John S. Holloway
John S. Holloway National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Trainer
Michael Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Patrick R. Veres
Patrick R. Veres National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck

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