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Olga L. Mayol-Bracero is affiliated with the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras in the United States. Their research centers around the study of atmospheric and environmental sciences, with a strong emphasis on aerosol properties and their effects.

The scientist's work spans the main fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these areas, notable subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Earth-Surface Processes, and Environmental Engineering.

The primary topics covered in their research are Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Aeolian processes and effects, Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Olga L. Mayol-Bracero has co-authored multiple papers with frequent collaborators such as Paolo Laj, Elisabeth Andrews, Sang-Woo Kim, Andrés Alástuey, and Bighnaraj Sarangi. These coauthors each appear in four joint publications.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist's work include Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Atmospheric Environment, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Atmospheric measurement techniques, and Environmental Research. The highest number of publications appears in Atmospheric chemistry and physics.

Recent papers authored by Olga L. Mayol-Bracero include:

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Multidecadal trend analysis of in situ aerosol radiative properties around the world, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: A look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Observation and modeling of the historic "Godzilla" African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and the southern US in June 2020, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond, 2023, Reviews of Geophysics

Best Publications

  • The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia

    Jos Lelieveld;Paul J. Crutzen;V. Ramanathan;M. O. Andreae

  • Water‐soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia 1. Characterization by NMR and GC‐MS

    Bim Graham;Olga L. Mayol-Bracero;Pascal Guyon;Gregory C. Roberts

  • Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles

    Paul J. DeMott;Thomas C. J. Hill;Christina S. McCluskey;Kimberly A. Prather

  • Rain in Shallow Cumulus Over the Ocean: The RICO Campaign

    R. M. Rauber;B. Stevens;B. Stevens;H. T. Ochs;C. Knight

  • Water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia 2. Apportionment of the chemical composition and importance of the polyacidic fraction

    O. L. Mayol-Bracero;P. Guyon;B. Graham;G. Roberts

  • Sources and properties of Amazonian aerosol particles

    Scot T. Martin;Meinrat O. Andreae;Paulo Artaxo;Darrel Baumgardner

  • The Saharan Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Aerosol–Cloud-Interaction Experiment: Overview and Selected Highlights

    B. Weinzierl;A. Ansmann;J. Prospero;D. Althausen

  • Origin of carbonaceous aerosols over the tropical Indian Ocean: Biomass burning or fossil fuels?

    T. Novakov;M. O. Andreae;R. Gabriel;T. W. Kirchstetter

  • Understanding the Transport and Impact of African Dust on the Caribbean Basin

    Joseph M. Prospero;Olga L. Mayol-Bracero

  • Biogeography in the air: fungal diversity over land and oceans

    J. Fröhlich-Nowoisky;S. M. Burrows;Z. Xie;Z. Xie;G. Engling;G. Engling

  • Overview of the inorganic and organic composition of size‐segregated aerosol in Rondônia, Brazil, from the biomass‐burning period to the onset of the wet season

    Sandro Fuzzi;Stefano Decesari;Maria Cristina Facchini;Fabrizia Cavalli

  • Carbonaceous aerosols over the Indian Ocean during the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX): Chemical characterization, optical properties, and probable sources

    O. L. Mayol-Bracero;R. Gabriel;M. O. Andreae;T. W. Kirchstetter

  • Composition and diurnal variability of the natural Amazonian aerosol

    Bim Graham;Bim Graham;Pascal Guyon;Willy Maenhaut;Philip E. Taylor

  • Analysis of black carbon and carbon monoxide observed over the Indian Ocean: Implications for emissions and photochemistry

    R. R. Dickerson;R. R. Dickerson;M. O. Andreae;T. Campos;O. L. Mayol-Bracero

  • INDOEX aerosol: A comparison and summary of chemical, microphysical, and optical properties observed from land, ship, and aircraft

    A. D. Clarke;S. Howell;P. K. Quinn;T. S. Bates

  • Classifying aerosol type using in situ surface spectral aerosol optical properties

    Lauren Schmeisser;Lauren Schmeisser;Lauren Schmeisser;Elisabeth Andrews;Elisabeth Andrews;John A. Ogren;Patrick Sheridan

  • Spread of SARS-CoV-2 through Latin America and the Caribbean region: A look from its economic conditions, climate and air pollution indicators.

    Tomás R. Bolaño-Ortiz;Tomás R. Bolaño-Ortiz;Yiniva Camargo-Caicedo;Salvador Enrique Puliafito;María Florencia Ruggeri

  • Chemical constituents in clouds and rainwater in the Puerto Rican rainforest: Potential sources and seasonal drivers

    Adriana Gioda;Olga L. Mayol-Bracero;Frederick N. Scatena;Kathleen C. Weathers

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories

    Paolo Laj;Paolo Laj;Alessandro Bigi;Clémence Rose;Elisabeth Andrews;Elisabeth Andrews

  • Multidecadal trend analysis of in situ aerosol radiative properties around the world

    Martine Collaud Coen;Elisabeth Andrews;Elisabeth Andrews;Andrés Alastuey;Todor Petkov Arsov

  • Water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia: 1. Characterization by NMR and GC-MS : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

    Bim Graham;Olga L. Mayol-Bracero;Pascal Guyon;Gregory C. Roberts

  • Water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia 2. Apportionment of the chemical composition and importance of the polyacidic fraction : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

    O. L. Mayol-Bracero;P. Guyon;B. Graham;G. Roberts

  • Carbonaceous aerosols over the Indian Ocean during the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX): Chemical characterization, optical properties, and probable sources : Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX)

    O. L. Mayol-Bracero;R. Gabriel;M. O. Andreae;T. W. Kirchstetter

  • INDOEX aerosol: A comparison and summary of chemical, microphysical, and optical properties observed from land, ship, and aircraft : Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX)

    A. D. Clarke;S. Howell;P. K. Quinn;T. S. Bates

Frequent Co-Authors

Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Paulo Artaxo
Paulo Artaxo Universidade de São Paulo
Willy Maenhaut
Willy Maenhaut Ghent University
John A. Ogren
John A. Ogren National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Elisabeth Andrews
Elisabeth Andrews Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Gregory C. Roberts
Gregory C. Roberts Scripps Institution of Oceanography
András Hoffer
András Hoffer University of Pannonia
Stefano Decesari
Stefano Decesari Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Patrick J. Sheridan
Patrick J. Sheridan National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thomas W. Kirchstetter
Thomas W. Kirchstetter Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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