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96
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World Ranking
454
National Ranking
208

Overview

Louisa Emmons is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, their work is concentrated in atmospheric science subfields such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics. Additional areas include atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and the effects of fire on ecosystems.

Louisa Emmons has contributed numerous papers to several scientific venues. They have published extensively in journals including:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Historical and Future Changes in Air Pollutants from CMIP6 Models, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Tropospheric Ozone in CMIP6 Simulations, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • The Korea-United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) Field Study, 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Common co-authors include Simone Tilmes, Benjamin Gaubert, Wenfu Tang, H. M. Worden, and Rebecca R. Buchholz, reflecting ongoing partnerships within their research community.

Best Publications

  • The model of emissions of gases and aerosols from nature version 2.1 (MEGAN2.1): An extended and updated framework for modeling biogenic emissions

    A. B. Guenther;X. Jiang;C. L. Heald;T. Sakulyanontvittaya

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    G. Danabasoglu;J. F. Lamarque;J. Bacmeister;D. A. Bailey

  • The Fire INventory from NCAR (FINN): a high resolution global model to estimate the emissions from open burning

    C. Wiedinmyer;S. K. Akagi;Robert J. Yokelson;L. K. Emmons

  • Description and evaluation of the Model for Ozone and Related chemical Tracers, version 4 (MOZART-4)

    Louisa K. Emmons;Stacy Walters;Peter G. Hess;Peter G. Hess;Jean-François Lamarque

  • A global simulation of tropospheric ozone and related tracers: Description and evaluation of MOZART, version 2

    Larry W. Horowitz;Stacy Walters;Denise Leonore Mauzerall;Louisa K. Emmons

  • Observational constraints on recent increases in the atmospheric CH4 burden

    E. J. Dlugokencky;L. Bruhwiler;J. W. C. White;L. K. Emmons

  • CAM-chem: description and evaluation of interactive atmospheric chemistry in the Community Earth System Model

    J.-F. Lamarque;L. Emmons;Peter Hess;Douglas E. Kinnison

  • The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 6 (WACCM6)

    A. Gettelman;M. J. Mills;D. E. Kinnison;R. R. Garcia

  • Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) aircraft mission: Design, execution, and first results

    Daniel J. Jacob;James H. Crawford;Mary M. Kleb;Vickie S. Connors

  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    Louisa K. Emmons;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;John J. Orlando;Geoff Tyndall

  • 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

  • Asian monsoon transport of pollution to the stratosphere.

    William J. Randel;Mijeong Park;Louisa Emmons;Doug Kinnison

  • Operational carbon monoxide retrieval algorithm and selected results for the MOPITT instrument

    M. N. Deeter;L. K. Emmons;G. L. Francis;D. P. Edwards

  • The Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) mission: design, execution, and first results

    Daniel James Jacob;J. H. Crawford;H. Maring;A. D. Clarke

  • Fast airborne aerosol size and chemistry measurements above Mexico City and Central Mexico during the MILAGRO campaign

    P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;E. J. Dunlea;J. R. Kimmel;A. C. Aiken

  • MOZART, a global chemical transport model for ozone and related chemical tracers: 2. Model results and evaluation

    D. A. Hauglustaine;G. P. Brasseur;S. Walters;P. J. Rasch

  • Mapping Asian anthropogenic emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds to multiple chemical mechanisms

    M. Li;Q. Zhang;D. G. Streets;K. B. He

  • Satellite-observed pollution from Southern Hemisphere biomass burning.

    D. P. Edwards;L. K. Emmons;J. C. Gille;A. Chu

  • Transport pathways of carbon monoxide in the Asian summer monsoon diagnosed from Model of Ozone and Related Tracers (MOZART)

    Mijeong Park;William J. Randel;Louisa K. Emmons;Nathaniel J. Livesey

  • Multimodel simulations of carbon monoxide: Comparison with observations and projected near‐future changes

    D. T. Shindell;Gregory S. Faluvegi;D. S. Stevenson;M. C. Krol

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Simone Tilmes
Simone Tilmes National Center for Atmospheric Research
Gabriele Pfister
Gabriele Pfister National Center for Atmospheric Research
Merritt N. Deeter
Merritt N. Deeter National Center for Atmospheric Research
John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Helen M. Worden
Helen M. Worden National Center for Atmospheric Research
Christine Wiedinmyer
Christine Wiedinmyer University of Colorado Boulder
Peter Hess
Peter Hess Cornell University
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder

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