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Paul A. Solomon is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and vehicle emissions and performance. Their work also touches on related subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, atmospheric science, and global and planetary change.

The scientist has contributed research published in various venues. Frequent publication venues include Atmospheric measurement techniques, Atmospheric Environment X, Atmosphere, Urban Climate, and Metrology.

Recent papers by Paul A. Solomon include:

  • "Mobile-platform measurement of air pollutant concentrations in California: performance assessment, statistical methods for evaluating spatial variations, and spatial representativeness," 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Methodology to Create Reproducible Validation/Reference Materials for Comparison of Filter-Based Measurements of Carbonaceous Aerosols That Measure BC, BrC, EC, OC, and TC," 2021, Metrology

Other recent related papers from collaborations or in the field that include frequent coauthors are:

  • "Uncertainty in collocated mobile measurements of air quality," 2020, Atmospheric Environment X
  • "Mobile air quality monitoring and comparison to fixed monitoring sites for instrument performance assessment," 2024, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Tropical Air Chemistry in Lagos, Nigeria," 2022, Atmosphere

Frequent coauthors working alongside Paul A. Solomon include Melissa M. Lunden, Adebola Odu-Onikosi, B. W. LaFranchi, Andrew Whitehill, and Surender Kaushik. Their collaborations have involved multiple publications, indicating ongoing research relationships.

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality

Paul A. Solomon's work integrates advanced methodologies for measuring pollutant concentrations using mobile platforms and developing reference materials for carbonaceous aerosol measurements. This research supports understanding spatial variations in air quality and improving instrument performance assessments.

Best Publications

  • The Changing Paradigm of Air Pollution Monitoring

    Emily G. Snyder;Timothy H. Watkins;Paul A. Solomon;Eben D. Thoma

  • Airborne Particulate Matter and Human Health: A Review

    Cliff I. Davidson;Robert F. Phalen;Paul A. Solomon

  • Descriptive analysis of PM2.5 and PM10 at regionally representative locations during SJVAQS/AUSPEX

    Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;Zhiqiang Lu;Douglas H. Lowenthal

  • PM10 source apportionment in California's San Joaquin valley

    Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;Douglas H. Lowenthal;Paul A. Solomon

  • PM10 and PM2.5 Compositions in California's San Joaquin Valley

    Judith C. Chow;John G. Watson;Douglas H. Lowenthal;Paul A. Solomon

  • U.S. national PM2.5 Chemical Speciation Monitoring Networks-CSN and IMPROVE: description of networks.

    Paul A Solomon;Dennis Crumpler;James B Flanagan;R K M Jayanty

  • Trends in fine particle concentration and chemical composition in southern California.

    Christos S. Christoforou;Lynn G. Salmon;Michael P. Hannigan;Paul A. Solomon

  • Comparison of scientific findings from major ozone field studies in North America and Europe

    Paul Solomon;Ellis Cowling;George Hidy;Cari Furiness

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

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

  • Guidance for the Performance Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Air Quality Modeling Systems for Particulate Matter and Visibility

    Christian Seigneur;Betty Pun;Prasad Pai;Jean-François Louis

  • East versus West in the US: Chemical Characteristics of PM2.5 during the Winter of 1999

    Michael P. Tolocka;Paul A. Solomon;William Mitchell;Gary A. Norris

  • The nitric acid shootout: field comparison of measurement methods

    S.V. Hering;D.R. Lawson;I. Allegrini;A. Febo

  • Chemical Characteristics of PM10 Aerosols Collected in the Los Angeles Area

    Paul A. Solomon;Theresa Fall;Lynn Salmon;Glen R. Cass

  • Continuous and semicontinuous monitoring techniques for particulate matter mass and chemical components: a synthesis of findings from EPA's Particulate Matter Supersites Program and related studies.

    Paul A. Solomon;Constantinos Sioutas

  • High-Volume Dichotomous Virtual Impactor for the Fractionation and Collection of Particles According to Aerodynamic Size

    Paul A. Solomon;Jarvis L. Moyers;Robert A. Fletcher

  • Microfabricated air-microfluidic sensor for personal monitoring of airborne particulate matter: Design, fabrication, and experimental results

    Igor Paprotny;Igor Paprotny;Frederick Doering;Paul A. Solomon;Richard M. White

  • Intercomparison of near real time monitors of PM2.5 nitrate and sulfate at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Atlanta Supersite

    R. Weber;D. Orsini;Y. Duan;K. Baumann

  • Hydrochloric acid: A regional perspective on concentrations and formation in the atmosphere of Southern California

    AnnMarie Eldering;Paul A. Solomon;Lynn G. Salmon;Theresa Fall

  • Nighttime radical chemistry in the San Joaquin Valley

    Nicola Smith;John M.C. Plane;Chia-Fu Nien;Paul A. Solomon

  • Secondary particulate matter in the United States: insights from the Particulate Matter Supersites Program and related studies.

    Philip M. Fine;Constantinos Sioutas;Paul A. Solomon

  • Semicontinuous aerosol carbon measurements: Comparison of Atlanta Supersite measurements

    Ho Jin Lim;Barbara J. Turpin;Eric Edgerton;Susanne V. Hering

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin M. Shafer
Martin M. Shafer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Glen R. Cass
Glen R. Cass California Institute of Technology
Matthew P. Fraser
Matthew P. Fraser Arizona State University
Constantinos Sioutas
Constantinos Sioutas University of Southern California
James J. Schauer
James J. Schauer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Pierre Herckes
Pierre Herckes Arizona State University
Judith C. Chow
Judith C. Chow Desert Research Institute
Philip K. Hopke
Philip K. Hopke Clarkson University
John G. Watson
John G. Watson Desert Research Institute
Douglas H. Lowenthal
Douglas H. Lowenthal Desert Research Institute

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