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63
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11499
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2529
National Ranking
1013

Overview

Paul J. Wooldridge is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

Their work spans several subfields including atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and automotive engineering. The main topics of their research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

Wooldridge has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Their recent papers cover a range of topics related to atmospheric chemistry and environmental measurements. Notable publications include:

  • "Observed Impacts of COVID-19 on Urban CO2 Emissions," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "A systematic re-evaluation of methods for quantification of bulk particle-phase organic nitrates using real-time aerosol mass spectrometry," 2022, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "The Berkeley Environmental Air-quality and CO2 Network: field calibrations of sensor temperature dependence and assessment of network scale CO2 accuracy," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Contribution of Organic Nitrates to Organic Aerosol over South Korea during KORUS-AQ," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A better representation of volatile organic compound chemistry in WRF-Chem and its impact on ozone over Los Angeles," 2024, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Wooldridge frequently collaborates with researchers such as R. C. Cohen, Qindan Zhu, Eva Y. Pfannerstill, Benjamin C. Schulze, and Caleb Arata.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for NO(x) control over nighttime SOA formation.

    A. W. Rollins;E. C. Browne;K.-E. Min;S. E. Pusede

  • A thermal dissociation laser‐induced fluorescence instrument for in situ detection of NO2, peroxy nitrates, alkyl nitrates, and HNO3

    D. A. Day;P. J. Wooldridge;M. B. Dillon;J. A. Thornton

  • Physical chemistry of the H2SO4/HNO3/H2O system: Implications for polar stratospheric clouds

    M J Molina;Renyi Zhang;P J Wooldridge;J R McMahon

  • 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

  • Organic nitrate and secondary organic aerosol yield from NO 3 oxidation of β-pinene evaluated using a gas-phase kinetics/aerosol partitioning model

    J. L. Fry;A. Kiendler-Scharr;A. W. Rollins;P. J. Wooldridge

  • Atmospheric NO2: In Situ Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection at Parts per Trillion Mixing Ratios

    Joel A. Thornton;Paul J. Wooldridge;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Biomass burning dominates brown carbon absorption in the rural southeastern United States

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;A. R. Attwood;A. R. Attwood;C. A. Brock;H. Guo

  • Ozone production rates as a function of NOx abundances and HOx production rates in the Nashville urban plume

    J. A. Thornton;P. J. Wooldridge;R. C. Cohen;R. C. Cohen;M. Martinez

  • Observational constraints on the chemistry of isoprene nitrates over the eastern United States

    Larry W. Horowitz;Arlene M. Fiore;George P. Milly;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Isoprene oxidation by nitrate radical: alkyl nitrate and secondary organic aerosol yields

    A. W. Rollins;A. Kiendler-Scharr;J. L. Fry;J. L. Fry;T. Brauers

  • Organic nitrate chemistry and its implications for nitrogen budgets in an isoprene- and monoterpene-rich atmosphere: constraints from aircraft (SEAC 4 RS) and ground-based (SOAS) observations in the Southeast US

    Jenny A. Fisher;Daniel J. Jacob;Katherine R. Travis;Patrick S. Kim

  • Nitrogen oxides and PAN in plumes from boreal fires during ARCTAS-B and their impact on ozone: an integrated analysis of aircraft and satellite observations

    M. J. Alvarado;J. A. Logan;J. Mao;E. Apel

  • The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign

    Mary C. Barth;Christopher A. Cantrell;William H. Brune;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Physical chemistry of the sulfuric acid/water binary system at low temperatures: stratospheric implications

    Renyi Zhang;Paul J. Wooldridge;Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;Mario J. Molina

  • Evaluation of space-based constraints on global nitrogen oxide emissions with regional aircraft measurements over and downwind of eastern North America

    Randall V. Martin;Randall V. Martin;Christopher E. Sioris;Kelly Chance;Thomas B. Ryerson

  • The weekend effect within and downwind of Sacramento – Part 1: Observations of ozone, nitrogen oxides, and VOC reactivity

    J. G. Murphy;J. G. Murphy;D. A. Day;D. A. Day;P. A. Cleary;P. A. Cleary;P. J. Wooldridge

  • Interaction of HCl vapor with water-ice: Implications for the stratosphere

    J. P. D. Abbatt;K. D. Beyer;A. F. Fucaloro;J. R. McMahon

  • Vapor pressure measurements for sulfuric acid/nitric acid/water and sulfuric acid/hydrochloric acid/water systems: incorporation of stratospheric acids into background sulfate aerosols

    Renyi Zhang;Paul J. Wooldridge;Mario J. Molina

  • Constraints on Aerosol Nitrate Photolysis as a Potential Source of HONO and NOx

    Paul S. Romer;Paul J. Wooldridge;John D. Crounse;Michelle J. Kim

  • Heterogeneous N2O5 Uptake During Winter: Aircraft Measurements During the 2015 WINTER Campaign and Critical Evaluation of Current Parameterizations

    Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Dorothy L. Fibiger;Dorothy L. Fibiger;William P. Dubé;William P. Dubé;Felipe Lopez‐Hilfiker

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald C. Cohen
Ronald C. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Anne E. Perring
Anne E. Perring Colgate University
William H. Brune
William H. Brune Pennsylvania State University
Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein University of California, Berkeley
Douglas A. Day
Douglas A. Day University of Colorado Boulder
Joel A. Thornton
Joel A. Thornton University of Washington
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Timothy H. Bertram
Timothy H. Bertram University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder

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