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Laura L. Pan is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their body of research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with strong contributions to the subfields of Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work has appeared frequently in several scientific journals, with notable publication venues including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Laura L. Pan's research covers a variety of topics related to the atmosphere and climate. Key topics include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Sports Performance and Training

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Laura L. Pan include:

  • "A microphysics guide to cirrus - Part 2: Climatologies of clouds and humidity from observations," 2020, published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Upward transport into and within the Asian monsoon anticyclone as inferred from StratoClim trace gas observations," 2021, published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Global Atmospheric Budget of Acetone: Air-Sea Exchange and the Contribution to Hydroxyl Radicals," 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Assessment of Observational Evidence for Direct Convective Hydration of the Lower Stratosphere," 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "A Multimodel Investigation of Asian Summer Monsoon UTLS Transport Over the Western Pacific," 2022, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Shawn Honomichl
  • Warren P. Smith
  • E. Atlas
  • Douglas E. Kinnison
  • Silvia Viciani

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity of chemical tracers to meteorological parameters in the MOZART-3 chemical transport model

    D.E. Kinnison;Guy P. Brasseur;S. Walters;R.R. Garcia

  • THE EXTRATROPICAL UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE

    A. Gettelman;P. Hoor;L. L. Pan;W. J. Randel

  • Definitions and sharpness of the extratropical tropopause: A trace gas perspective

    L. L. Pan;W. J. Randel;B. L. Gary;M. J. Mahoney

  • The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign

    Mary C. Barth;Christopher A. Cantrell;William H. Brune;Steven A. Rutledge

  • The terrain-induced rotor experiment: A field campaign overview including observational highlights

    Vanda Grubišić;James D. Doyle;Joachim Kuettner;Stephen Mobbs

  • Observational characteristics of double tropopauses

    William J. Randel;Dian J. Seidel;Laura L. Pan

  • Planning, implementation, and scientific goals of the studies of emissions and atmospheric composition, clouds and climate coupling by regional surveys (SEAC4RS) field mission

    Owen B. Toon;Hal Maring;Jack E. Dibb;Richard Ferrare

  • A microphysics guide to cirrus – Part 2: Climatologies of clouds and humidity from observations

    Martina Krämer;Christian Rolf;Nicole Spelten;Armin Afchine

  • Efficient transport of tropospheric aerosol into the stratosphere via the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone.

    Pengfei Yu;Karen H. Rosenlof;Shang Liu;Shang Liu;Shang Liu;Hagen Telg;Hagen Telg

  • Transport of chemical tracers from the boundary layer to stratosphere associated with the dynamics of the Asian summer monsoon

    Laura L. Pan;Shawn B. Honomichl;Douglas E. Kinnison;Marta Abalos

  • Dynamical tropopause based on isentropic potential vorticity gradients

    A. Kunz;A. Kunz;P. Konopka;R. Müller;L. L. Pan

  • Boundary layer sources for the Asian anticyclone: Regional contributions to a vertical conduit

    John W. Bergman;Federico Fierli;Eric J. Jensen;Shawn Honomichl

  • Tropospheric intrusions associated with the secondary tropopause

    L. L. Pan;W. J. Randel;J. C. Gille;W. D. Hall

  • Chemical and dynamical discontinuity at the extratropical tropopause based on START08 and WACCM analyses

    A. Kunz;A. Kunz;L. Pan;P. Konopka;Douglas Kinnison

  • The Stratosphere–Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport 2008 Experiment

    Laura L. Pan;Kenneth P. Bowman;Elliot L. Atlas;Steve C. Wofsy

  • In situ water vapor and ozone measurements in Lhasa and Kunming during the Asian summer monsoon

    Jianchun Bian;Laura L. Pan;Laura Paulik;Holger Vömel

  • A new interpretation of total column BrO during Arctic spring

    R. J. Salawitch;T. Canty;T Kurosu;Kelly V. Chance

  • Contribution of mixing to upward transport across the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL)

    P. Konopka;G. Günther;R. Müller;F. H. S. dos Santos

  • Chemical behavior of the tropopause observed during the Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport experiment

    Liwen L. Pan;Kenneth P. Bowman;M. Shapiro;M. Shapiro;W. J. Randel

  • Relationship of cloud top to the tropopause and jet structure from CALIPSO data

    L. L. Pan;L. A. Munchak

  • The Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) Experiment

    L. L. Pan;E. L. Atlas;R. J. Salawitch;S. B. Honomichl

Frequent Co-Authors

Elliot L Atlas
Elliot L Atlas University of Miami
Douglas E. Kinnison
Douglas E. Kinnison National Center for Atmospheric Research
William J. Randel
William J. Randel National Center for Atmospheric Research
Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research
Teresa L. Campos
Teresa L. Campos National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ross J. Salawitch
Ross J. Salawitch University of Maryland, College Park
Simone Tilmes
Simone Tilmes National Center for Atmospheric Research
Eric C. Apel
Eric C. Apel National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kenneth P. Bowman
Kenneth P. Bowman Texas A&M University
Sue M. Schauffler
Sue M. Schauffler National Center for Atmospheric Research

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