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Kirk R. Baker is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research spans multiple facets of environmental science, with particular emphasis on atmospheric science and global and planetary change. They have contributed to the fields of Environmental Science with 33 publications and Earth and Planetary Sciences with 23 publications.

The scientist's work is concentrated in several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Automotive Engineering. Their research addresses topics such as Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Fire effects on ecosystems, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Vehicle emissions and performance.

Frequent co-authors partnering with Kirk R. Baker include Barron H. Henderson, Heather Simon, Alison Eyth, Norm Possiel, and Neal Fann. This network highlights collaborative work spanning different aspects of environmental and atmospheric research.

Kirk R. Baker's publications appear regularly in several scientific venues. These include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • ACS ES&T Air
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric Environment

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Kirk R. Baker illustrate the scope and diversity of their environmental research:

  • Field Evaluation of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors for Measuring Wildfire Smoke, 2020, Sensors
  • Evaluation of 15 years of modeled atmospheric oxidized nitrogen compounds across the contiguous United States, 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Satellite Formaldehyde to Support Model Evaluation, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • The recent and future health burden of the U.S. mobile sector apportioned by source, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Comparison of ozone formation attribution techniques in the northeastern United States, 2023, Geoscientific model development

Best Publications

  • Compilation and interpretation of photochemical model performance statistics published between 2006 and 2012

    Heather Simon;Kirk R. Baker;Sharon Phillips

  • Modeling the Current and Future Roles of Particulate Organic Nitrates in the Southeastern United States

    Havala O. T. Pye;Deborah J. Luecken;Lu Xu;Christopher M. Boyd

  • Implementation and evaluation of PM2.5 source contribution analysis in a photochemical model

    R.H.F. Kwok;S.L. Napelenok;K.R. Baker

  • Modeling the formation and aging of secondary organic aerosols in Los Angeles during CalNex 2010

    P. L. Hayes;P. L. Hayes;P. L. Hayes;A. G. Carlton;K. R. Baker;R. Ahmadov;R. Ahmadov

  • Characterizing the PM2.5-related health benefits of emission reductions for 17 industrial, area and mobile emission sectors across the U.S.

    Neal Fann;Kirk R. Baker;Charles M. Fulcher

  • The recent and future health burden of air pollution apportioned across U.S. sectors.

    Neal Fann;Charles M. Fulcher;Kirk Baker

  • Photochemical grid model implementation and application of VOC, NO x , and O 3 source apportionment

    R. H. F. Kwok;K. R. Baker;S. L. Napelenok;G. S. Tonnesen

  • Photochemical Modeling of the Ozark Isoprene Volcano: MEGAN, BEIS, and Their Impacts on Air Quality Predictions

    Annmarie G Carlton;Kirk R Baker

  • Modeling the formation and aging of secondary organic aerosols during CalNex 2010

    P. L. Hayes;A. G. Carlton;K. R. Baker;R. Ahmadov

  • Contribution of regional-scale fire events to ozone and PM2.5 air quality estimated by photochemical modeling approaches

    K.R. Baker;M.C. Woody;G.S. Tonnesen;W. Hutzell

  • Field Evaluation of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors for Measuring Wildfire Smoke.

    Amara L. Holder;Anna K. Mebust;Lauren A. Maghran;Michael R. McGown

  • Evaluation of improved land use and canopy representation in BEIS v3.61 with biogenic VOC measurements in California

    Jesse O. Bash;Kirk R. Baker;Melinda R. Beaver

  • Understanding sources of organic aerosol during CalNex-2010 using the CMAQ-VBS

    Matthew C. Woody;Kirk R. Baker;Patrick L. Hayes;Patrick L. Hayes;Patrick L. Hayes;Jose L. Jimenez;Jose L. Jimenez

  • Ozarks isoprene experiment (OZIE): Measurements and modeling of the "isoprene volcano"

    Christine Wiedinmyer;Jim Greenberg;Alex Guenther;Brian Hopkins

  • A nonlinear regression model estimating single source concentrations of primary and secondarily formed PM2.5

    Kirk R. Baker;Kristen M. Foley

  • Photochemical model performance for PM2.5 sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, and precursor species SO2, HNO3, and NH3 at background monitor locations in the central and eastern United States

    Kirk Baker;Peter Scheff

  • The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment-A Plan for Integrated, Large Fire-Atmosphere Field Campaigns.

    Susan Prichard;N. Sim Larkin;Roger Ottmar;Nancy H.F. French

  • SYNTHESIS OF THE SOUTHEAST ATMOSPHERE STUDIES: Investigating Fundamental Atmospheric Chemistry Questions

    Annmarie G. Carlton;Joost de Gouw;Jose L. Jimenez;Jesse L. Ambrose

  • Photochemical model evaluation of 2013 California wild fire air quality impacts using surface, aircraft, and satellite data.

    K.R. Baker;M.C. Woody;L. Valin;J. Szykman

  • A framework for expanding aqueous chemistry in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 5.1

    Kathleen M. Fahey;Annmarie G. Carlton;Havala O. T. Pye;Jaemeen Baek

  • Chemical transport model simulations of organic aerosol in southern California: model evaluation and gasoline and diesel source contributions

    Shantanu H. Jathar;Matthew Woody;Havala O. T. Pye;Kirk R. Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Annmarie G. Carlton
Annmarie G. Carlton University of California, Irvine
Havala O. T. Pye
Havala O. T. Pye Environmental Protection Agency
Patrick L. Hayes
Patrick L. Hayes University of Montreal
Neal Fann
Neal Fann Environmental Protection Agency
Jesse O. Bash
Jesse O. Bash Environmental Protection Agency
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Shawn Urbanski
Shawn Urbanski US Forest Service
George Pouliot
George Pouliot Environmental Protection Agency
Rebecca A. Washenfelder
Rebecca A. Washenfelder National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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