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Stephen R. Springston is affiliated with the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focused emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and the interactions between atmospheric ozone and climate. Their work also encompasses topics such as air quality and health impacts, fire effects on ecosystems, and air quality monitoring and forecasting.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stephen R. Springston include Jian Wang, John E. Shilling, Fan Mei, Arthur J. Sedlacek, and Robert Wood.

Stephen R. Springston has published research in multiple venues, most notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • UNC Libraries

Recent publications include:

  • "Rapid evolution of aerosol particles and their optical properties downwind of wildfires in the western US" (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Aircraft measurements of aerosol and trace gas chemistry in the eastern North Atlantic" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Dilution impacts on smoke aging: evidence in Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) data" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Vertical profiles of trace gas and aerosol properties over the eastern North Atlantic: variations with season and synoptic condition" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Efficient Nighttime Biogenic SOA Formation in a Polluted Residual Layer" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Best Publications

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Database and Metrics Data of Global Surface Ozone Observations

    Martin G. Schultz;Sabine Schröder;Olga Lyapina;Owen Cooper

  • The VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx): goals, platforms, and field operations

    R. Wood;C. R. Mechoso;C. S. Bretherton;R. A. Weller

  • 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

  • Ozone formation at a rural site in the southeastern United States

    Lawrence Kleinman;Yin-Nan Lee;Stephen R. Springston;Linda Nunnermacker

  • The time evolution of aerosol composition over the Mexico City plateau

    Lawrence I. Kleinman;Stephen R. Springston;Peter H. Daum;Y. N. Lee

  • Urban pollution greatly enhances formation of natural aerosols over the Amazon rainforest

    Manish Shrivastava;Meinrat O. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Paulo Artaxo;Henrique M. J. Barbosa

  • Ozone production rate and hydrocarbon reactivity in 5 urban areas: A cause of high ozone concentration in Houston

    L. I. Kleinman;P. H. Daum;D. Imre;Y.-N. Lee

  • Dependence of ozone production on NO and hydrocarbons in the troposphere

    Lawrence I. Kleinman;Peter H. Daum;Jai H. Lee;Yin-Nan Lee

  • Atmospheric chemistry and distribution of formaldehyde and several multioxygenated carbonyl compounds during the 1995 Nashville/Middle Tennessee Ozone Study

    Y.-N. Lee;X. Zhou;L. I. Kleinman;L. J. Nunnermacker

  • Instrumental aspects of capillary supercritical fluid chromatography

    Paul A. Peaden;John C. Fjeldsted;Milton L. Lee;Stephen R. Springston

  • Amazon boundary layer aerosol concentration sustained by vertical transport during rainfall

    Jian Wang;Radovan Krejci;Scott Giangrande;Chongai Kuang

  • Measurements of volatile organic compounds at a suburban ground site (T1) in Mexico City during the MILAGRO 2006 campaign: measurement comparison, emission ratios, and source attribution

    D. M. Bon;D. M. Bon;D. M. Bon;I. M. Ulbrich;I. M. Ulbrich;J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;C. Warneke;C. Warneke

  • Deriving brown carbon from multiwavelength absorption measurements: method and application to AERONET and Aethalometer observations

    Xuan Wang;Colette L. Heald;Arthur J. Sedlacek;Suzane S. de Sá

  • A comparative study of ozone production in five U.S. metropolitan areas

    L. I. Kleinman;P. H. Daum;Y.-N. Lee;L. J. Nunnermacker

  • Ozone production efficiency in an urban area

    Lawrence I. Kleinman;Peter H. Daum;Yin-Nan Lee;Linda J. Nunnermacker

  • Regional Influence of Aerosol Emissions from Wildfires Driven by Combustion Efficiency: Insights from the BBOP Campaign

    Sonya Collier;Shan Zhou;Timothy B. Onasch;Daniel A. Jaffe

  • Enhanced SOA formation from mixed anthropogenic and biogenic emissions during the CARES campaign

    John E. Shilling;Rahul A. Zaveri;Jerome D. Fast;Lawrence I. Kleinman

  • Chemical evolution of volatile organic compounds in the outflow of the Mexico City metropolitan area

    E. C. Apel;L. K. Emmons;T. Karl;F. Flocke

  • The Ascension Island Boundary Layer in the Remote Southeast Atlantic is Often Smoky

    Paquita Zuidema;Arthur J. Sedlacek;Connor Flynn;Stephen Springston

  • Intercomparison of ground-based NO y measurement techniques

    E. J. Williams;K. Baumann;J. M. Roberts;S. B. Bertman

  • Spherical tarball particles form through rapid chemical and physical changes of organic matter in biomass-burning smoke

    Kouji Adachi;Arthur J. Sedlacek;Lawrence Kleinman;Stephen R. Springston

  • Continuous particle fractionation based on gravitational sedimentation in split-flow thin cells

    Stephen R. Springston;Marcus N. Myers;J. Calvin. Giddings

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence I. Kleinman
Lawrence I. Kleinman Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jian Wang
Jian Wang Washington University in St. Louis
Peter H. Daum
Peter H. Daum Brookhaven National Laboratory
John E. Shilling
John E. Shilling Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Anne Jefferson
Anne Jefferson University of Colorado Boulder
Manvendra K. Dubey
Manvendra K. Dubey Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jerome D. Fast
Jerome D. Fast Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Paulo Artaxo
Paulo Artaxo Universidade de São Paulo
Timothy B. Onasch
Timothy B. Onasch Boston College
Jason M. Tomlinson
Jason M. Tomlinson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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