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2023

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D-Index
102
Citations
30801
World Ranking
344
National Ranking
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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Michael Trainer is a researcher affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their scientific work predominantly falls within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The main topics of Trainer's research include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, vehicle emissions and performance, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric ozone and climate, as well as fire effects on ecosystems.

Trainer has contributed to research published in several prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

The researcher has collaborated with multiple coauthors throughout their career, including:

  • Brian McDonald
  • C. Warneke
  • Matthew M. Coggon
  • Georgios I. Gkatzelis
  • Jeff Peischl

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Michael Trainer provide insight into their research focus:

  • Volatile chemical product emissions enhance ozone and modulate urban chemistry, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Observations Confirm that Volatile Chemical Products Are a Major Source of Petrochemical Emissions in U.S. Cities, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Identifying Volatile Chemical Product Tracer Compounds in U.S. Cities, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ), 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Volatile organic compound emissions from solvent- and water-borne coatings - compositional differences and tracer compound identifications, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

  • Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions.

    Brian C. McDonald;Brian C. McDonald;Joost A. De Gouw;Joost A. De Gouw;Jessica B. Gilman;Shantanu H. Jathar

  • Ozone production in the rural troposphere and the implications for regional and global ozone distributions

    S. C. Liu;M. Trainer;F. C. Fehsenfeld;D. D. Parrish

  • Emissions of volatile organic compounds from vegetation and the implications for atmospheric chemistry

    Fred Fehsenfeld;Jack Calvert;Ray Fall;Paul Goldan

  • On the nonlinearity of the tropospheric ozone production

    X. Lin;M. Trainer;S. C. Liu

  • Models and observations of the impact of natural hydrocarbons on rural ozone

    M. Trainer;E. J. Williams;D. D. Parrish;M. P. Buhr

  • Hydrocarbon emissions characterization in the Colorado Front Range: A pilot study

    Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Gregory Frost;Gregory Frost;Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller;Adam I. Hirsch;Adam I. Hirsch

  • Methane emissions estimate from airborne measurements over a western United States natural gas field

    Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Gregory Frost;Gregory Frost

  • Measurement of the mixing state, mass, and optical size of individual black carbon particles in urban and biomass burning emissions

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;R. S. Gao;J. R. Spackman;J. R. Spackman;L. A. Watts;L. A. Watts

  • Correlation of ozone with NOy in photochemically aged air

    M. Trainer;D. D. Parrish;M. P. Buhr;R. B. Norton

  • 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

  • Variability in nocturnal nitrogen oxide processing and its role in regional air quality.

    S. S. Brown;T. B. Ryerson;A. G. Wollny;C. A. Brock

  • Export of north american ozone pollution to the north atlantic ocean.

    David D. Parrish;John S. Holloway;Michael Trainer;Paul C. Murphy

  • The Influence of Canadian Forest Fires on Pollutant Concentrations in the United States

    Gerhard Wotawa;Michael Trainer

  • High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin

    Peter M. Edwards;Steven S. Brown;James M. Roberts;Ravan Ahmadov

  • Effect of petrochemical industrial emissions of reactive alkenes and NOx on tropospheric ozone formation in Houston, Texas

    T. B. Ryerson;M. Trainer;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;C. A. Brock;C. A. Brock

  • Impact of natural hydrocarbons on hydroxyl and peroxy radicals at a remote site

    M. Trainer;E. Y. Hsie;S. A. McKeen;R. Tallamraju

  • A new look at methane and nonmethane hydrocarbon emissions from oil and natural gas operations in the Colorado Denver-Julesburg Basin

    Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller

  • Relationships between ozone and carbon monoxide at surface sites in the North Atlantic region

    D. D. Parrish;M. Trainer;J. S. Holloway;J. E. Yee

  • Observations of Ozone Formation in Power Plant Plumes and Implications for Ozone Control Strategies

    T. B. Ryerson;M. Trainer;J. S. Holloway;J. S. Holloway;D. D. Parrish

  • Volatile chemical product emissions enhance ozone and modulate urban chemistry.

    Matthew M Coggon;Matthew M Coggon;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Brian C McDonald;Jessica B Gilman

  • Reduced emissions of CO2, NOx, and SO2 from U.S. power plants owing to switch from coal to natural gas with combined cycle technology

    J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;D. D. Parrish;G. J. Frost;G. J. Frost;M. Trainer

Frequent Co-Authors

Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John S. Holloway
John S. Holloway National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gregory J. Frost
Gregory J. Frost National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fred C. Fehsenfeld
Fred C. Fehsenfeld Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Stuart A. McKeen
Stuart A. McKeen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder
T. B. Ryerson
T. B. Ryerson Earth System Research Laboratory
J. A. Neuman
J. A. Neuman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gerhard Hübler
Gerhard Hübler University of Colorado Boulder

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