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Marta A. Fenn is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with significant contributions to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. They have an extensive publication record in areas including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

The scientist's work spans multiple specialized subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Earth-Surface Processes, and Environmental Engineering. Their topics of research emphasize atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, the interactions between aerosols and clouds, as well as meteorological phenomena and simulations relevant to air quality and health impacts.

Marta A. Fenn has published frequently in a range of scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Investigation of factors controlling PM2.5 variability across the South Korean Peninsula during KORUS-AQ, 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Evaluation and intercomparison of wildfire smoke forecasts from multiple modeling systems for the 2019 Williams Flats fire, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Biomass Burning Over the United States East Coast and Western North Atlantic Ocean: Implications for Clouds and Air Quality, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Wildfire Smoke Particle Properties and Evolution, From Space-Based Multi-Angle Imaging II: The Williams Flats Fire during the FIREX-AQ Campaign, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Airborne HSRL-2 measurements of elevated aerosol depolarization associated with non-spherical sea salt, 2023, Frontiers in Remote Sensing

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including Johnathan W. Hair, Taylor Shingler, R. A. Ferrare, Glenn S. Diskin, and Richard H. Moore. These collaborations reflect sustained partnerships often associated with multi-disciplinary atmospheric research and measurement campaigns.

Marta A. Fenn's research contributions involve investigations of factors influencing particulate matter variability, wildfire smoke properties and forecasting, biomass burning impacts on clouds and air quality, as well as remote sensing measurements of aerosol properties. The scope of their work includes observational, modeling, and analytical approaches to understanding atmospheric processes and their effects on environmental and public health.

Best Publications

  • Sources, seasonality, and trends of southeast US aerosol: an integrated analysis of surface, aircraft, and satellite observations with the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model

    P S Kim;Daniel J Jacob;Jenny A Fisher;K Travis

  • Observations of the spectral dependence of linear particle depolarization ratio of aerosols using NASA Langley airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar

    S. P. Burton;J. W. Hair;Michael Kahnert;Michael Kahnert;R. A. Ferrare

  • On the origin of tropospheric ozone and NOx over the tropical South Pacific

    Martin G. Schultz;Daniel James Jacob;Yuhang Wang;Yuhang Wang;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Ozone and aerosol distributions and air mass characteristics over the South Pacific during the burning season

    Marta A. Fenn;Edward V. Browell;Carolyn F. Butler;William B. Grant

  • Calibration of a high spectral resolution lidar using a Michelson interferometer, with data examples from ORACLES

    S. P. Burton;C. A. Hostetler;A. L. Cook;J. W. Hair

  • Aerosol‐associated changes in tropical stratospheric ozone following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo

    William B. Grant;Edward V. Browell;Jack Fishman;Vincent G. Brackett

  • The 2013 Rim Fire: Implications for Predicting Extreme Fire Spread, Pyroconvection, and Smoke Emissions

    David A. Peterson;Edward J. Hyer;James R. Campbell;Michael D. Fromm

  • Large‐scale air mass characteristics observed over western Pacific during summertime

    E. V. Browell;M. A. Fenn;C. F. Butler;W. B. Grant

  • Observations of reduced ozone concentrations in the tropical stratosphere after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo

    W. B. Grant;J. Fishman;E. V. Browell;V. G. Brackett

  • Ozone and aerosol distributions and air mass characteristics over the South Atlantic Basin during the burning season

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  • Revealing important nocturnal and day-to-day variations in fire smoke emissions through a multiplatform inversion

    Pablo E Saide;David A Peterson;Arlindo da Silva;Bruce Anderson

  • Investigation of factors controlling PM 2.5 variability across the South Korean Peninsula during KORUS-AQ.

    Carolyn E. Jordan;Carolyn E. Jordan;James H. Crawford;Andreas J. Beyersdorf;Andreas J. Beyersdorf;Thomas F. Eck;Thomas F. Eck

  • Thunderstorms enhance tropospheric ozone by wrapping and shedding stratospheric air

    Laura L. Pan;Cameron R. Homeyer;Cameron R. Homeyer;Shawn Honomichl;Brian A. Ridley

  • Comparison of free tropospheric western Pacific air mass classification schemes for the PEM‐West A experiment

    S. Smyth;J. Bradshaw;S. Sandholm;S. Liu

  • Ozone and Aerosol Changes During the 1991-1992 Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

    Edward V. Browell;Carolyn F. Butler;Marta A. Fenn;William B. Grant

  • Airborne lidar observations in the wintertime Arctic stratosphere: Ozone

    E. V. Browell;C. F. Butler;S. Ismail;M. A. Fenn

  • Ozone, aerosol, potential vorticity, and trace gas trends observed at high‐latitudes over North America from February to May 2000

    Edward V. Browell;Johnathan W. Hair;Carolyn F. Butler;William B. Grant

  • Large-scale variability of ozone and aerosols in the summertime Arctic and sub-Arctic troposphere

    E. V. Browell;C. F. Butler;S. A. Kooi;M. A. Fenn

  • Evaluation and intercomparison of wildfire smoke forecasts from multiple modeling systems for the 2019 Williams Flats fire

    Xinxin Ye;Pargoal Arab;Ravan Ahmadov;Ravan Ahmadov;Eric James;Eric James

  • Ozone and aerosol distributions in the summertime troposphere over Canada

    E. V. Browell;M. A. Fenn;C. F. Butler;W. B. Grant

  • Large-scale air mass characteristics observed over the remote tropical Pacific Ocean during March-April 1999: Results from PEM-Tropics B field experiment

    Edward V. Browell;Marta A. Fenn;Marta A. Fenn;Carolyn F. Butler;Carolyn F. Butler;William B. Grant

  • A case study of transport of tropical marine boundary layer and lower tropospheric air masses to the northern midlatitude upper troposphere

    William B. Grant;Edward V. Browell;Carolyn F. Butler;Marta A. Fenn

  • Ozone, aerosol, potential vorticity, and trace gas trends observed at high-latitudes over north america from February to May 2000 : Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox (TOPSE)

    Edward V. Browell;Johnathan W. Hair;Carolyn F. Butler;William B. Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward V. Browell
Edward V. Browell Langley Research Center
Johnathan W. Hair
Johnathan W. Hair Langley Research Center
Sharon Burton
Sharon Burton Langley Research Center
William B. Grant
William B. Grant Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center
Richard A. Ferrare
Richard A. Ferrare Langley Research Center
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire
Bruce E. Anderson
Bruce E. Anderson Langley Research Center
Glenn S. Diskin
Glenn S. Diskin Langley Research Center
Syed Ismail
Syed Ismail Langley Research Center

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