Paul O. Wennberg
R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering
B.A., Oberlin College, 1985; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1994. Associate Professor, Caltech, 1998-2001; Professor, 2001-04; Avery Professor, 2004-; Director, Linde Center, 2008-11, 2014-23; Executive Officer, 2012-23; Acting Director, Linde Center, 2012-14.
Research interests: atmospheric science, atmospheric chemistry, air pollution, carbon dioxide, carbon cycle, mars
Overview
Paul Wennberg studies the composition of the atmosphere of Earth and other planets. He is trained as a physical chemist and most of his investigations begin with atmospheric observations made by his research group in the laboratory or in the field. A hierarchy of models are used to study these observations. His group studies the carbon cycle, photochemistry, and air quality.
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- Brune, William. H.;Nguyen, Tran B. et al. (2024) Comparison of Isoprene Chemical Mechanisms with Chamber and Field ObservationsACS Earth and Space Chemistry
- Pye, Havala O. T.;Xu, Lu et al. (2024) Evolution of Reactive Organic Compounds and Their Potential Health Risk in Wildfire SmokeEnvironmental Science & Technology
- Mottungan, Kavitha;Roychoudhury, Chayan et al. (2024) Local and regional enhancements of CH₄, CO, and CO₂ inferred from TCCON column measurementsAtmospheric Measurement Techniques
- Byrne, Brendan;Liu, Junjie et al. (2024) Carbon emissions from the 2023 Canadian wildfiresNature
- Liu, Junjie;Bowman, Kevin et al. (2024) Enhanced Carbon Flux Response to Atmospheric Aridity and Water Storage Deficit During the 2015–2016 El Niño Compromised Carbon Balance Recovery in Tropical South AmericaAGU Advances
- Frankenberg, C.;Bar‐On, Y. M. et al. (2024) Data Drought in the Humid Tropics: How to Overcome the Cloud Barrier in Greenhouse Gas Remote SensingGeophysical Research Letters
- Roberts, James M.;Wang, Siyuan et al. (2024) Observations of cyanogen bromide (BrCN) in the global troposphere and their relation to polar surface O₃ destructionAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics
- Liu, Junjie;Wennberg, Paul O. (2024) An emergent constraint on the thermal sensitivity of photosynthesis and greenness in the high latitude northern forestsScientific Reports
- Schulze, Benjamin C.;Ward, Ryan X. et al. (2023) Methane Emissions from Dairy Operations in California's San Joaquin Valley Evaluated Using Airborne Flux MeasurementsEnvironmental Science & Technology
- Wennberg, Paul O. (2023) Let's Abandon the "High NOₓ" and "Low NOₓ" TerminologyACS ES&T Air
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