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Simone Meinardi is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The scientist's recent publications cover several core topics in atmospheric chemistry and environmental studies. Notable papers include "The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)" (2020) published in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, "Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere" (2020) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere" (2021) in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, "Characterization, sources and reactivity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Seoul and surrounding regions during KORUS-AQ" (2020) in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, and "Correcting model biases of CO in East Asia: impact on oxidant distributions during KORUS-AQ" (2020) in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Meinardi collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including D. R. Blake, B. Barletta, Isobel J. Simpson, P. O. Wennberg, and Glenn S. Diskin.

The scientist publishes regularly in a range of venues, with the most frequent being Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Environment, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes

Subfields of study where Meinardi is active include:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering

Best Publications

  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    Louisa K. Emmons;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;John J. Orlando;Geoff Tyndall

  • Volatile organic compounds in 43 Chinese cities

    Barbara Barletta;Simone Meinardi;F. Sherwood Rowland;Chuen-Yu Chan

  • Air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympics: secondary pollutants and regional impact

    Tao Wang;Tao Wang;W. Nie;W. Nie;J. Gao;L. K. Xue;L. K. Xue

  • Description of the Analysis of a Wide Range of Volatile Organic Compounds in Whole Air Samples Collected during PEM-Tropics A and B

    Jonah J. Colman;Aaron L. Swanson;Simone Meinardi;Barkley C. Sive

  • Chemical data quantify Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbon flow rate and environmental distribution

    Thomas B. Ryerson;Richard Camilli;John D. Kessler;Elizabeth B. Kujawinski

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere.

    Patrick R. Veres;J. Andrew Neuman;J. Andrew Neuman;Timothy H. Bertram;Emmanuel Assaf;Emmanuel Assaf

  • Characterization of trace gases measured over Alberta oil sands mining operations: 76 speciated C 2 –C 10 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO 2 , CH 4 , CO, NO, NO 2 , NO y , O 3 and SO 2

    I. J. Simpson;N. J. Blake;B. Barletta;G. S. Diskin

  • C1–C8 volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere of Hong Kong: Overview of atmospheric processing and source apportionment

    Hai Guo;K. L. So;I. J. Simpson;B. Barletta

  • Mixing ratios of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere of Karachi, Pakistan

    Barbara Barletta;Simone Meinardi;Isobel J Simpson;Haider A Khwaja

  • Airborne measurements of western U.S. wildfire emissions: Comparison with prescribed burning and air quality implications

    Xiaoxi Liu;Xiaoxi Liu;Xiaoxi Liu;L. Gregory Huey;Robert J. Yokelson;Vanessa Selimovic

  • Source origins, modeled profiles, and apportionments of halogenated hydrocarbons in the greater Pearl River Delta region, southern China

    Hai Guo;A. J. Ding;Tao Wang;I. J. Simpson

  • Breath Ethanol and Acetone as Indicators of Serum Glucose Levels: An Initial Report

    Pietro R Galassetti;Brian Novak;Dan Nemet;Christie Rose-Gottron

  • Measurements of nonmethane hydrocarbons in 28 United States cities

    Angela K. Baker;Andreas J. Beyersdorf;Lambert A. Doezema;Aaron Katzenstein

  • Gaseous and particulate emissions from prescribed burning in Georgia.

    Sangil Lee;Karsten Baumann;James J. Schauer;Rebecca J. Sheesley

  • Boreal forest fire emissions in fresh Canadian smoke plumes: C 1 -C 10 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO 2 , CO, NO 2 , NO, HCN and CH 3 CN

    Isobel J. Simpson;S. K. Akagi;B. Barletta;N. J. Blake

  • Ambient mixing ratios of nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) in two major urban centers of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region: Guangzhou and Dongguan

    Barbara Barletta;Simone Meinardi;Isobel J. Simpson;Shichun Zou

  • Long-term decline of global atmospheric ethane concentrations and implications for methane

    Isobel J. Simpson;Mads P. Sulbaek Andersen;Mads P. Sulbaek Andersen;Simone Meinardi;Lori Bruhwiler

  • Measurements of reactive trace gases and variable O3 formation rates in some South Carolina biomass burning plumes

    S. K. Akagi;Robert J. Yokelson;I. R. Burling;S. Meinardi

  • Exhaled methyl nitrate as a noninvasive marker of hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetes.

    B. J. Novak;D. R. Blake;S. Meinardi;F. S. Rowland

  • NMHCs and halocarbons in Asian continental outflow during the Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE‐P) Field Campaign: Comparison With PEM‐West B

    Nicola J. Blake;Donald R. Blake;Isobel J. Simpson;Simone Meinardi

  • ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols

    S.C. Wofsy;S. Afshar;H.M. Allen;E.C. Apel

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Isobel J. Simpson
Isobel J. Simpson University of California, Irvine
Nicola J. Blake
Nicola J. Blake University of California, Irvine
F. Sherwood Rowland
F. Sherwood Rowland University of California, Irvine
Elliot L Atlas
Elliot L Atlas University of Miami
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Henry E. Fuelberg
Henry E. Fuelberg Florida State University
Glenn S. Diskin
Glenn S. Diskin Langley Research Center
Alan Fried
Alan Fried University of Colorado Boulder
Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology

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