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129
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Paul O. Wennberg is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research focuses on atmospheric sciences, with a significant body of work contributing to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

Wennberg's main subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Spectroscopy, and Environmental Engineering.

The primary topics of their research encompass:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability and models
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Frequent collaborators in their publications include John D. Crounse, D. R. Blake, Glenn S. Diskin, Hannah M. Allen, and Jeff Peischl.

Key publication venues where Wennberg has contributed extensively include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Wennberg are:

  • "Methane retrieved from TROPOMI: improvement of the data product and validation of the first 2 years of measurements," 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "OCO-3 early mission operations and initial (vEarly) XCO2 and SIF retrievals," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes," 2021, Science Advances
  • "A decade of GOSAT Proxy satellite CH 4 observations," 2020, Earth system science data
  • "Societal shifts due to COVID-19 reveal large-scale complexities and feedbacks between atmospheric chemistry and climate change," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Throughout their career, Paul O. Wennberg has been recognized with several honors including being named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2002, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2013, and election to the National Academy of Sciences in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Emission factors for open and domestic biomass burning for use in atmospheric models

    S. K. Akagi;Robert J. Yokelson;C. Wiedinmyer;M. Alvarado

  • The Total Carbon Column Observing Network

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Jean-François L. Blavier;Rebecca A. Washenfelder

  • An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker

    Wouter Peters;A. R. Jacobson;C. Sweeney;A. E. Andrews

  • Reactive intermediates revealed in secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene

    Jason D Surratt;Arthur W.H. Chan;Nathan C. Eddingsaas;Man Nin Chan

  • Highly Oxygenated Organic Molecules (HOM) from Gas-Phase Autoxidation Involving Peroxy Radicals: A Key Contributor to Atmospheric Aerosol

    Federico Bianchi;Theo Kurtén;Matthieu Riva;Claudia Mohr

  • Unexpected epoxide formation in the gas-phase photooxidation of isoprene.

    Fabien Paulot;John D. Crounse;Henrik G. Kjaergaard;Henrik G. Kjaergaard;Andreas Kürten

  • The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission

    D Crisp;RM Atlas;FM Breon;LR Brown

  • Autoxidation of Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere

    John D. Crounse;Lasse B. Nielsen;Solvejg Jørgensen;Henrik G. Kjaergaard

  • Gas-Phase Reactions of Isoprene and Its Major Oxidation Products.

    Paul O. Wennberg;Kelvin H. Bates;John D. Crounse;Leah G. Dodson

  • The ACOS CO 2 retrieval algorithm – Part 1: Description and validation against synthetic observations

    C. W. O'Dell;B. Connor;H. Bösch;D. O'Brien

  • Emissions from biomass burning in the Yucatan

    R. J. Yokelson;J. D. Crounse;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;T. Karl

  • Toward accurate CO2 and CH4 observations from GOSAT

    A Butz;A Butz;S Guerlet;O Hasekamp;D Schepers

  • Why do models overestimate surface ozone in the Southeast United States

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

  • Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Paul O. Wennberg;Steven C. Wofsy

  • Isoprene photooxidation: new insights into the production of acids and organic nitrates

    F. Paulot;J. D. Crounse;H. G. Kjaergaard;J. H. Kroll

  • Precision Requirements for Space-based XCO2 Data

    C. E. Miller;D. Crisp;P. L. DeCola;S. C. Olsen

  • Effect of NO x level on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from the photooxidation of terpenes

    N. L. Ng;P. S. Chhabra;A. W.H. Chan;Jason D Surratt

  • Removal of Stratospheric O3 by Radicals: In Situ Measurements of OH, HO2, NO, NO2, ClO, and BrO

    P. O. Wennberg;R. C. Cohen;R. M. Stimpfle;J. P. Koplow

  • The on-orbit performance of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) instrument and its radiometrically calibrated products

    David Crisp;Harold R. Pollock;Robert Rosenberg;Lars Chapsky

  • Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) X CO 2 measurements with TCCON

    Debra Wunch;Debra Wunch;Paul O. Wennberg;Gregory Osterman;Gregory Osterman;Brendan Fisher;Brendan Fisher

  • Hydrogen Radicals, Nitrogen Radicals, and the Production of O3 in the Upper Troposphere

    P. O. Wennberg;T. F. Hanisco;L. Jaeglé;D. J. Jacob

  • Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from reaction of isoprene with nitrate radicals (NO 3 )

    N. L. Ng;A. J. Kwan;J. D. Surratt;A. W. H. Chan

  • Fast airborne aerosol size and chemistry measurements above Mexico City and Central Mexico during the MILAGRO campaign

    P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;E. J. Dunlea;J. R. Kimmel;A. C. Aiken

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Crounse
John D. Crounse California Institute of Technology
Debra Wunch
Debra Wunch University of Toronto
Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Coleen M. Roehl
Coleen M. Roehl California Institute of Technology
William H. Brune
William H. Brune Pennsylvania State University
Thomas F. Hanisco
Thomas F. Hanisco Goddard Space Flight Center
Ronald C. Cohen
Ronald C. Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Armin Wisthaler
Armin Wisthaler University of Oslo

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