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Lok N. Lamsal is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant concentration in atmospheric science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to atmospheric chemistry, air quality, and environmental gas dynamics. Key areas of study include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality
  • Climate change and health impacts

Lok N. Lamsal has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China after the outbreak of COVID-19" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns" (2022, Nature)
  • "Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Aura nitrogen dioxide standard product version 4.0 with improved surface and cloud treatments" (2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • "Revisiting the effectiveness of HCHO/NO2 ratios for inferring ozone sensitivity to its precursors using high resolution airborne remote sensing observations in a high ozone episode during the KORUS-AQ campaign" (2020, Atmospheric Environment)
  • "Surface and satellite observations of air pollution in India during COVID-19 lockdown: Implication to air quality" (2020, Sustainable Cities and Society)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors who contribute regularly to shared research outputs. Frequent collaborators include:

  • N. A. Krotkov
  • Joanna Joiner
  • Zachary Fasnacht
  • Scott J. Janz
  • Sungyeon Choi

Lok N. Lamsal's research has been published repeatedly in several scientific journals, with venues reflecting their main focus areas. Frequent publication sources include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015

    Nickolay A. Krotkov;Chris A. McLinden;Can Li;Lok N. Lamsal

  • Health damages from air pollution in China

    Kira Jen Mendelsohn Matus;Kyung-Min Nam;Noelle E. Selin;Lok N. Lamsal

  • Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

    P. Zoogman;X. Liu;R.M. Suleiman;W.F. Pennington

  • Application of OMI observations to a space-based indicator of NOx and VOC controls on surface ozone formation

    Bryan N. Duncan;Yasuko Yoshida;Yasuko Yoshida;Jennifer R. Olson;Sanford Sillman

  • A space-based, high-resolution view of notable changes in urban NOx pollution around the world (2005–2014)

    Bryan N. Duncan;Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Anne M. Thompson;Yasuko Yoshida

  • Emissions estimation from satellite retrievals: A review of current capability

    David G. Streets;Timothy Canty;Gregory R. Carmichael;Benjamin de Foy

  • Ground-level nitrogen dioxide concentrations inferred from the satellite-borne Ozone Monitoring Instrument

    L. N. Lamsal;R. V. Martin;R. V. Martin;A. van Donkelaar;M. Steinbacher

  • The Ozone Monitoring Instrument: overview of 14 years in space

    Pieternel F. Levelt;Joanna Joiner;Johanna Tamminen;J. Pepijn Veefkind

  • 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

  • Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns

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  • Estimates of the Global Burden of Ambient PM2.5, Ozone, and NO2 on Asthma Incidence and Emergency Room Visits

    Susan Anenberg;Daven Henze;Veronica Tinney;Patrick Kinney

  • A new stratospheric and tropospheric NO2 retrieval algorithm for nadir-viewing satellite instruments : applications to OMI

    E. J. Bucsela;N. A. Krotkov;E. A. Celarier;E. A. Celarier;L. N. Lamsal;L. N. Lamsal

  • Application of satellite observations for timely updates to global anthropogenic NOx emission inventories

    L. N. Lamsal;R. V. Martin;R. V. Martin;A. Padmanabhan;A. van Donkelaar

  • Creating national air pollution models for population exposure assessment in Canada.

    Perry Hystad;Eleanor Setton;Alejandro Cervantes;Karla Poplawski

  • U.S. NO2 trends (2005–2013): EPA Air Quality System (AQS) data versus improved observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

    Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Bryan N. Duncan;Yasuko Yoshida;Nickolay A. Krotkov

  • Abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China after the outbreak of COVID-19.

    Fei Liu;Fei Liu;Aaron Page;Sarah A. Strode;Sarah A. Strode;Yasuko Yoshida

  • Indirect validation of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide retrieved from the OMI satellite instrument: Insight into the seasonal variation of nitrogen oxides at northern midlatitudes

    L.N. Lamsal;R.V. Martin;R.V. Martin;A. van Donkelaar;E.A. Celarier

  • Satellite Data of Atmospheric Pollution for U.S. Air Quality Applications: Examples of Applications, Summary of Data End-User Resources, Answers to FAQs, and Common Mistakes to Avoid

    Bryan Neal Duncan;Ana Prados;Ana Prados;Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Yang Liu

  • Evaluating a Space-Based Indicator of Surface Ozone-NO x -VOC Sensitivity Over Midlatitude Source Regions and Application to Decadal Trends

    Xiaomeng Jin;Arlene M. Fiore;Lee T. Murray;Lukas C. Valin

  • The version 3 OMI NO 2 standard product

    Nickolay A. Krotkov;Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Edward A. Celarier;Edward A. Celarier;William H. Swartz;William H. Swartz

  • Scaling Relationship for NO2 Pollution and Urban Population Size: A Satellite Perspective

    L. N. Lamsal;L. N. Lamsal;R. V. Martin;R. V. Martin;D. D. Parrish;N. A. Krotkov

Frequent Co-Authors

Nickolay A. Krotkov
Nickolay A. Krotkov Goddard Space Flight Center
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Bryan N. Duncan
Bryan N. Duncan Goddard Space Flight Center
David G. Streets
David G. Streets Harvard University
Zifeng Lu
Zifeng Lu Argonne National Laboratory
Kenneth E. Pickering
Kenneth E. Pickering University of Maryland, College Park
Chris A. McLinden
Chris A. McLinden Environment and Climate Change Canada
K. Folkert Boersma
K. Folkert Boersma Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Can Li
Can Li Goddard Space Flight Center
Joanna Joiner
Joanna Joiner Goddard Space Flight Center

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