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Overview

Melody A. Avery is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Environmental Science as well. Avery's scholarly work has appeared in several peer-reviewed venues, contributing to a range of topics related to atmospheric processes and environmental dynamics.

The main fields of study in Avery's research include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

The scientist's research includes several subfields, notably:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Automotive Engineering

Their specific research topics cover:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Avery has contributed articles to frequently appearing publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • UNC Libraries
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Avery demonstrate engagement with topics surrounding atmospheric aerosols, cloud dynamics, and air quality modeling. Notable works include:

  • Perturbations in stratospheric aerosol evolution due to the water-rich plume of the 2022 Hunga-Tonga eruption (2022, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • CALIOP V4 cloud thermodynamic phase assignment and the impact of near-nadir viewing angles (2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • Estimates of Regional Source Contributions to the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer Using a Chemical Transport Model (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
  • Influence of lateral and top boundary conditions on regional air quality prediction: A multiscale study coupling regional and global chemical transport models (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • A Level 3 monthly gridded ice cloud dataset derived from 12 years of CALIOP measurements (2024, Earth system science data)

Frequent collaborators with Avery include:

  • Mark Vaughan
  • David M. Winker
  • Anne Garnier
  • Brian Getzewich
  • Yongxiang Hu

Best Publications

  • Increasing springtime ozone mixing ratios in the free troposphere over western North America

    O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper;D. D. Parrish;A. Stohl;M. Trainer

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder stratospheric ozone measurements

    L. Froidevaux;Y. B. Jiang;A. Lambert;N. J. Livesey

  • Surface and Lightning Sources of Nitrogen Oxides over the United States: Magnitudes, Chemical Evolution, and Outflow

    R C Hudman;D J Jacob;S Turquety;Eric M Leibensperger

  • Analysis of the atmospheric distribution, sources, and sinks of oxygenated volatile organic chemicals based on measurements over the Pacific during TRACE‐P

    H. B. Singh;L. J. Salas;R. B. Chatfield;E. Czech

  • Transpacific transport of ozone pollution and the effect of recent Asian emission increases on air quality in North America: an integrated analysis using satellite, aircraft, ozonesonde, and surface observations

    L. Zhang;D. J. Jacob;K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;D. A. Jaffe

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder O3 and CO observations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

    N. J. Livesey;Mark Filipiak;L. Froidevaux;W. G. Read

  • Asian Outflow and Trans-Pacific Transport of Carbon Monoxide and Ozone Pollution: An Integrated Satellite, Aircraft, and Model Perspective

    Colette L. Heald;Daniel James Jacob;Arlene M. Fiore;Louisa K. Emmons

  • Impact of mineral dust on nitrate, sulfate, and ozone in transpacific Asian pollution plumes

    T. D. Fairlie;T. D. Fairlie;Daniel J. Jacob;J. E. Dibb;B. Alexander

  • Testing fast photochemical theory during TRACE‐P based on measurements of OH, HO2, and CH2O

    Jennifer R. Olson;J. H. Crawford;G. Chen;A. Fried

  • HOx chemistry during INTEX-A 2004: Observation, model calculation, and comparison with previous studies

    Xinrong Ren;Jennifer R. Olson;James H. Crawford;William H. Brune

  • Processes influencing ozone levels in Alaskan forest fire plumes during long-range transport over the North Atlantic

    E. Real;K. Law;Bernadett Weinzierl;Monika Fiebig

  • NMHCs and halocarbons in Asian continental outflow during the Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE‐P) Field Campaign: Comparison With PEM‐West B

    Nicola J. Blake;Donald R. Blake;Isobel J. Simpson;Simone Meinardi

  • Evaluating regional emission estimates using the TRACE-P observations

    G. R. Carmichael;Y. Tang;G. Kurata;Itsushi Uno

  • Regional-scale chemical transport modeling in support of the analysis of observations obtained during the TRACE-P experiment

    G. R. Carmichael;Y. Tang;G. Kurata;I. Uno

  • Perturbations in stratospheric aerosol evolution due to the water-rich plume of the 2022 Hunga-Tonga eruption

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  • Discriminating between clouds and aerosols in the CALIOP version 4.1 data products

    Zhaoyan Liu;Jayanta Kar;Shan Zeng;Jason Tackett

  • Chemical data assimilation estimates of continental U.S. ozone and nitrogen budgets during the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment–North America

    Robert B. Pierce;Todd Schaack;Jassim A. Al-Saadi;T. Duncan Fairlie

  • CALIPSO lidar calibration at 532 nm: version 4 nighttime algorithm

    Jayanta Kar;Mark A. Vaughan;Kam-Pui Lee;Jason L. Tackett

  • Direct Measurements of the Convective Recycling of the Upper Troposphere

    Timothy H. Bertram;Anne E. Perring;Paul J. Wooldridge;John D. Crounse

  • Impacts of aerosols and clouds on photolysis frequencies and photochemistry during TRACE-P: 2. Three-dimensional study using a regional chemical transport model

    Youhua Tang;Gregory R. Carmichael;Itsushi Uno;Jung Hun Woo

  • Ozone production from the 2004 North American boreal fires

    G. G. Pfister;L. K. Emmons;P. G. Hess;R. Honrath

  • NMHCs and halocarbons in Asian continental outflow during the Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) Field Campaign: Comparison with PEM-West B : NASA global tropospheric experiment transport and chemical evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P): Measurements and analysis (TRACEP1)

    Nicola J. Blake;Donald R. Blake;Isobel J. Simpson;Simone Meinardi

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
G. W. Sachse
G. W. Sachse Langley Research Center
Robert W. Talbot
Robert W. Talbot University of Houston
Henry E. Fuelberg
Henry E. Fuelberg Florida State University
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire
James H. Crawford
James H. Crawford Langley Research Center
William H. Brune
William H. Brune Pennsylvania State University
Edward V. Browell
Edward V. Browell Langley Research Center
Stephanie A. Vay
Stephanie A. Vay Langley Research Center
Scott T. Sandholm
Scott T. Sandholm Georgia Institute of Technology

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