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Rachel Y.-W. Chang

Rachel Y.-W. Chang

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
5511
World Ranking
8135
National Ranking
371

Overview

Rachel Y.-W. Chang is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Environmental Science. Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to Atmospheric Science and the study of Global and Planetary Change, alongside work in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Oceanography.

Their research topics emphasize atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and atmospheric ozone and climate. Additional areas of study include meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, as well as climate variability and models.

Rachel Y.-W. Chang has published frequently in several scientific venues. Key publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Chang cover a range of topics related to atmospheric and environmental phenomena. Selected recent works include:

  • "C-FOG: Life of Coastal Fog," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "A Review of Coastal Fog Microphysics During C-FOG," 2021, Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • "Physical and Chemical Properties of Cloud Droplet Residuals and Aerosol Particles During the Arctic Ocean 2018 Expedition," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Arctic warming by abundant fine sea salt aerosols from blowing snow," 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • "Measurements of Tropospheric Bromine Monoxide Over Four Halogen Activation Seasons in the Canadian High Arctic," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Throughout their career, Chang has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • William Perrie
  • Harindra J. S. Fernando
  • Betty Croft
  • Ismail Gültepe
  • Randall V. Martin

Best Publications

  • Organic condensation: a vital link connecting aerosol formation to cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations

    I. Riipinen;I. Riipinen;J. R. Pierce;T. Yli-Juuti;T. Nieminen

  • Cold season emissions dominate the Arctic tundra methane budget

    Donatella Zona;Donatella Zona;Beniamino Gioli;Róisín Commane;Jakob Lindaas

  • The hygroscopicity parameter (κ) of ambient organic aerosol at a field site subject to biogenic and anthropogenic influences: relationship to degree of aerosol oxidation

    R. Y.-W. Chang;J. G. Slowik;N. C. Shantz;N. C. Shantz;A. Vlasenko;A. Vlasenko

  • Carbon dioxide sources from Alaska driven by increasing early winter respiration from Arctic tundra.

    Roisin Commane;Jakob Lindaas;Joshua Benmergui;Kristina A. Luus

  • Overview paper: New insights into aerosol and climate in the Arctic

    Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;W. Richard Leaitch;Amir A. Aliabadi;Allan K. Bertram

  • Dimethyl sulfide control of the clean summertime Arctic aerosol and cloud

    W. Richard Leaitch;Sangeeta Sharma;Lin Huang;Desiree Toom-Sauntry

  • The Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): Overview and experimental design

    Michael Tjernström;Caroline Leck;C. E. Birch;J. W. Bottenheim

  • Characterization of a large biogenic secondary organic aerosol event from eastern Canadian forests

    J. G. Slowik;C. Stroud;J. W. Bottenheim;P. C. Brickell

  • Aerosol composition and sources in the central Arctic Ocean during ASCOS

    R. Y.-W. Chang;C. Leck;M. Graus;M. Graus;M Müller;M Müller

  • Relating atmospheric and oceanic DMS levels to particle nucleation events in the Canadian Arctic

    Rachel Y.-W. Chang;Steven J. Sjostedt;Steven J. Sjostedt;Jeffrey R. Pierce;Tim N. Papakyriakou

  • Particle formation and growth at five rural and urban sites

    C.-H. Jeong;G. J. Evans;M. L. McGuire;R. Y.-W. Chang

  • Closure between measured and modeled cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) using size-resolved aerosol compositions in downtown Toronto

    K. Broekhuizen;R.Y.-W. Chang;W. R. Leaitch;S.-M. Li

  • Annual distributions and sources of Arctic aerosol components, aerosol optical depth, and aerosol absorption

    Thomas J. Breider;Loretta J. Mickley;Daniel James Jacob;Qiaoqiao Wang

  • Methane emissions from Alaska in 2012 from CARVE airborne observations

    Rachel Y.-W. Chang;Charles E. Miller;Steven J. Dinardo;Anna Karion

  • Cloud condensation nuclei closure study on summer arctic aerosol

    M. Martin;R. Y.-W. Chang;B. Sierau;S. Sjogren

  • C-FOG: Life of Coastal Fog

    H. J. S. Fernando;I. Gultepe;C. Dorman;E. Pardyjak

  • Measurements of VOCs by proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry at a rural Ontario site: Sources and correlation to aerosol composition

    A. Vlasenko;A. Vlasenko;J. G. Slowik;J. W. Bottenheim;P. C. Brickell

  • Photochemical processing of organic aerosol at nearby continental sites: contrast between urban plumes and regional aerosol

    J. G. Slowik;J. G. Slowik;J. Brook;R. Y.-W. Chang;G. J. Evans

  • No significant increase in long‐term CH4 emissions on North Slope of Alaska despite significant increase in air temperature

    Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Edward Dlugokencky;Charles E. Miller;Steven Wofsy

  • Comparison between measured and predicted CCN concentrations at Egbert, Ontario: Focus on the organic aerosol fraction at a semi-rural site

    R.Y.-W. Chang;P.S.K. Liu;W.R. Leaitch;J.P.D. Abbatt

  • Revisiting properties and concentrations of ice-nucleating particles in the sea surface microlayer and bulk seawater in the Canadian Arctic during summer

    Victoria E. Irish;Sarah J. Hanna;Yu Xi;Matthew Boyer

  • New insights into aerosol and climate in the Arctic

    Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;W. Richard Leaitch;Amir A. Aliabadi;Alan K. Bertram

Frequent Co-Authors

Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jay G. Slowik
Jay G. Slowik Paul Scherrer Institute
Jon Abbatt
Jon Abbatt University of Toronto
Charles E. Miller
Charles E. Miller California Institute of Technology
Anna Karion
Anna Karion National Institute of Standards and Technology
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven C. Wofsy
Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University
Patrick L. Hayes
Patrick L. Hayes University of Montreal
John Liggio
John Liggio Environment and Climate Change Canada
Sangeeta Sharma
Sangeeta Sharma Environment and Climate Change Canada

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