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Rebecca A. Washenfelder is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

Their work concentrates on topics including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, fire effects on ecosystems, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, and air quality monitoring and forecasting.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Steven S. Brown, Patrick R. Veres, Caroline C. Womack, Michael Robinson, and Cora J. Young.

Rebecca A. Washenfelder has contributed to multiple papers published in journals such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Environmental Science & Technology, and Geophysical Research Letters. The most common venues for their research output are Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Notable recent papers include the following:

  • Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes, 2021, Science Advances
  • Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ), 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Nighttime and daytime dark oxidation chemistry in wildfire plumes: an observation and model analysis of FIREX-AQ aircraft data, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Formaldehyde evolution in US wildfire plumes during the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality experiment (FIREX-AQ), 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • A portable, robust, stable, and tunable calibration source for gas-phase nitrous acid (HONO), 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Best Publications

  • The Total Carbon Column Observing Network

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

  • New Approaches to Olefin Cross-Metathesis

    Helen E. Blackwell;‡ Daniel J. O'Leary;Arnab K. Chatterjee;Rebecca A. Washenfelder

  • High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin

    Peter M. Edwards;Steven S. Brown;James M. Roberts;Ravan Ahmadov

  • Carbon dioxide column abundances at the Wisconsin Tall Tower site

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;G. C. Toon;J.-F. Blavier;Z. Yang

  • 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 chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes

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  • Simulation of semi-explicit mechanisms of SOA formation from glyoxal in aerosol in a 3-D model

    C. Knote;A. Hodzic;J. L. Jimenez;R. Volkamer

  • Measurement of HONO, HNCO, and other inorganic acids by negative-ion proton-transfer chemical-ionization mass spectrometry (NI-PT-CIMS): application to biomass burning emissions

    J. M. Roberts;P. Veres;P. Veres;C. Warneke;C. Warneke;J. A. Neuman;J. A. Neuman

  • Primary and secondary sources of formaldehyde in urban atmospheres: Houston Texas region

    D. D. Parrish;T. B. Ryerson;Johan Mellqvist;John Johansson

  • Space‐based near‐infrared CO2 measurements: Testing the Orbiting Carbon Observatory retrieval algorithm and validation concept using SCIAMACHY observations over Park Falls, Wisconsin

    H. Bösch;G. C. Toon;B. Sen;R. A. Washenfelder

  • Measurement of glyoxal using an incoherent broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;A. O. Langford;H. Fuchs;H. Fuchs;S. S. Brown

  • Modeling the formation and aging of secondary organic aerosols in Los Angeles during CalNex 2010

    P. L. Hayes;P. L. Hayes;P. L. Hayes;A. G. Carlton;K. R. Baker;R. Ahmadov;R. Ahmadov

  • Total Column Carbon Observing Network (TCCON) Site: Darwin

    David Griffith;Nicholas Deutscher;Voltaire Velazco;Paul Wennberg

  • New constraints on Northern Hemisphere growing season net flux

    Z. Yang;Rebecca A. Washenfelder;Rebecca A. Washenfelder;G. Keppel-Aleks;N. Y. Krakauer;N. Y. Krakauer

  • Vertically resolved measurements of nighttime radical reservoirs in Los Angeles and their contribution to the urban radical budget.

    Cora J. Young;Cora J. Young;Rebecca A. Washenfelder;Rebecca A. Washenfelder;James M. Roberts;Levi H. Mielke

  • Total column CO 2 measurements at Darwin, Australia – site description and calibration against in situ aircraft profiles

    Nicholas Deutscher;David Griffith;Glenn Bryant;Glenn Bryant;Paul Wennberg

  • Broadband measurements of aerosol extinction in the ultraviolet spectral region

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;J. M. Flores;C. A. Brock;S. S. Brown

  • Airborne and ground-based observations of a weekend effect in ozone, precursors, and oxidation products in the California South Coast Air Basin

    I. B. Pollack;I. B. Pollack;T. B. Ryerson;M. Trainer;D. D. Parrish

  • Chlorine as a primary radical: evaluation of methods to understand its role in initiation of oxidative cycles

    C. J. Young;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;D. D. Parrish

  • Diode laser-based cavity ring-down instrument for NO 3 , N 2 O 5 , NO, NO 2 and O 3 from aircraft

    N. L. Wagner;N. L. Wagner;W. P. Dubé;W. P. Dubé;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;C. J. Young;C. J. Young

  • Measurements of Hydroxyl and Hydroperoxy Radicals during CalNex‐LA: Model Comparisons and Radical Budgets

    S. M. Griffith;S. M. Griffith;R. F. Hansen;R. F. Hansen;S. Dusanter;S. Dusanter;S. Dusanter;V. Michoud;V. Michoud;V. Michoud

  • Modeling the formation and aging of secondary organic aerosols during CalNex 2010

    P. L. Hayes;A. G. Carlton;K. R. Baker;R. Ahmadov

  • The glyoxal budget and its contribution to organic aerosol for Los Angeles, California, during CalNex 2010

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;S. S. Brown;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine

  • A broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer for aircraft measurements of glyoxal, methylglyoxal, nitrous acid, nitrogen dioxide, and water vapor

    K.-E. Min;K.-E. Min;K.-E. Min;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;W. P. Dubé;W. P. Dubé;A. O. Langford

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Cora J. Young
Cora J. Young York University
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Patrick R. Veres
Patrick R. Veres National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Nicholas L. Wagner
Nicholas L. Wagner Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
William P. Dubé
William P. Dubé Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

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