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PNNL Publications

2025

• Kassianov E.I., C.J. Flynn, J. Barnard, L.K. Berg, S.J. Beus, X. Chen, and S. China, et al. 2025. "Radiative impact of record-breaking wildfires from integrated ground-based data." Scientific Reports 15:Art. No. 8262. PNNL-SA-190279. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-85103-1
• Lata N., Z. Cheng, D.N. Dexheimer, S. Mathai, M.A. Marcus, K.A. Pratt, and S. Thevuthasan, et al. 2025. "Vertical Gradient in Atmospheric Particle Phase State: A Case Study Over the Alaskan Arctic Oil Fields." Environmental Science: Atmospheres 5, no. 4:415-428. PNNL-SA-206143. doi:10.1039/D4EA00150H
• Mei F., Q. Zhang, D. Zhang, J.D. Fast, G.R. Kulkarni, M.S. Pekour, and C.R. Niedek, et al. 2025. "Measurement Report: Vertically resolved Atmospheric Properties Observed over the Southern Great Plains with the ArcticShark Uncrewed Aerial System." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 25, no. 6:3425-3444. PNNL-SA-204341. doi:10.5194/acp-25-3425-2025

2024

• Cheng Z., M.B. Shrivastava, A. Ijaz, D.P. Veghte, G.W. Vandergrift, K. Tseng, and N. Lata, et al. 2024. "Enhanced light absorption for solid-state brown carbon from wildfires due to organic and water coatings." Nature Communications 15, no. _:Art. No. 10326. PNNL-SA-199989. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54506-5
• Cornwell G.C., I. Steinke, N. Lata, A. Zelenyuk-Imre, G.R. Kulkarni, M.S. Pekour, and R. Perkins, et al. 2024. "Enrichment of phosphates, lead, and mixed soil-organic particles in INPs at the Southern Great Plains site." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 129, no. 13:Art. No. e2024JD040826. PNNL-SA-194419. doi:10.1029/2024JD040826
• Gautam T., G.W. Vandergrift, N. Lata, Z. Cheng, A. Rahman, A. Minke Eknim, and Z. Lai, et al. 2024. "Chemical insights into the molecular composition of organic aerosols in the urban region of Houston, Texas." ACS ES&T Air 1, no. 10:1304-1316. PNNL-SA-193682. doi:10.1021/acsestair.4c00141
• Mirrielees J.A., R.M. Kirpes, E.J. Pasach Costa, G.C. Porter, B.J. Murray, N. Lata, and V. Boschi, et al. 2024. "Marine aerosol generation experiments in the High Arctic during summertime." Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 12, no. 1:00134. PNNL-SA-191885. doi:10.1525/elementa.2023.00134
• Rahman A., N. Lata, B.G. Sebben, D.N. Dexheimer, Z. Cheng, R. Godoi, and A. Bilbao, et al. 2024. "Enhanced Detection of Primary Biological Aerosol Particles Using Machine Learning and Single Particle Measurement." ACS ES&T Engineering 4, no. 10:2393-2402. PNNL-SA-194864. doi:10.1021/acsestengg.4c00262
• Vandergrift G.W., D. Dexheimer, D. Zhang, Z. Cheng, N. Lata, M.M. Rogers, and M.B. Shrivastava, et al. 2024. "Tethered Balloon System and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Reveal Increased Organonitrates Aloft compared to Ground Level." Environmental Science & Technology 58, no. 23:10060-10071. PNNL-SA-192523. doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c02090

2023

• Cheng Z., M. Morgenstern, S. Henning, B. Zhang, G.C. Roberts, G.C. Roberts, and M. Fraund, et al. 2023. "Cloud condensation nuclei activity of internally mixed particle populations at a remote marine free troposphere site in the North Atlantic Ocean." Science of the Total Environment 904. PNNL-SA-185635. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166865
• Jeong D., S.M. Mcnamara, Q. Chen, J.A. Mirrielees, J. Edebeli, K.D. Kulju, and S. Wang, et al. 2023. "Quantifying the Contributions of Aerosol- and Snow-produced ClNO2 through Observations and 1D Modeling." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 7, no. 12:2548-2561. PNNL-SA-191621. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00237
• Knopf D., P. Wang, B. Wong, J. Tomlin, D. Veghte, N. Lata, and S. China, et al. 2023. "Physicochemical characterization of free troposphere and marine boundary layer ice-nucleating particles collected by aircraft in the eastern North Atlantic." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23, no. 15:8659-8681. PNNL-SA-183695. doi:10.5194/acp-23-8659-2023
• Lata N., Z. Cheng, D. Dexheimer, D. Zhang, F. Mei, and S. China. 2023. "Vertical Gradient of Size-Resolved Aerosol Compositions over the Arctic Reveals Cloud Processed Aerosol in-cloud and above Cloud." Environmental Science & Technology 57, no. 14:Pages 5501-6022. PNNL-SA-176508. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c09498
• Royer H.M., M.L. Pohlker, O. Kruger, E. Blades, E. Blades, P. Sealy, and N. Lata, et al. 2023. "African Smoke Particles Act as Cloud Condensation Nuclei in the Wintertime Tropical North Atlantic Boundary Layer over Barbados." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23, no. 2:981-998. PNNL-SA-174646. doi:10.5194/acp-23-981-2023
• Vandergrift G.W., N. Lata, S. Mathai, A. Ijaz, Z. Cheng, M.B. Shrivastava, and J. Zhang, et al. 2023. "Case study evaluation of size-resolved molecular composition and phase state of carbonaceous particles in wildfire influenced smoke from the Pacific Northwest." Environmental Science: Atmospheres 3, no. 9:1251-1261. PNNL-SA-180821. doi:10.1039/D3EA00058C

2022

• Chen Q., J.A. Mirrielees, S. Thanekar, N.A. Loeb, R.M. Kirpes, L. Upchurch, and A.J. Barget, et al. 2022. "Atmospheric particle abundance and sea salt aerosol observations in the springtime Arctic: a focus on blowing snow and leads." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22, no. 23:15263-15285. PNNL-SA-174564. doi:10.5194/acp-22-15263-2022
• Cheng Z., A.V. Liyu, D. Dexheimer, N. Lata, G.R. Kulkarni, C. Longbottom, and F. Mei, et al. 2022. "An Automated Size and Time-resolved Aerosol Collector Platform Integrated with Environmental Sensors to Study the Vertical Profile of Aerosols." Environmental Science: Atmospheres 2, no. 6:1263-1276. PNNL-SA-175927. doi:10.1039/D2EA00097K

2021

• Knopf D., K. Barry, T. Brubaker, L. Jahl, K. Jankowski, J. Li, and Y. Lu, et al. 2021. "Aerosol-Ice Formation Closure: A Southern Great Plains Field Campaign." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102, no. 10:E1952-E1971. PNNL-SA-160035. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0151.1
• Lata N., B. Zhang, S. Schum, L.R. Mazzoleni, R.C. Brimberry, M.A. Marcus, and W. Cantrell, et al. 2021. "Aerosol composition, mixing state and phase state of free tropospheric particles and their role in ice cloud formation." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5, no. 12:3499-3510. PNNL-SA-165294. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00315