R. A. Washenfelder

10.0k citations

57 papers · 3.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 34

Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 42
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 28
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 18
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 11
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 1%
- Air Quality and Health Impacts 17
Spectroscopy top 1%
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications 17
Environmental Engineering top 2%
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting 7
Automotive Engineering
- Vehicle emissions and performance 4

Co-authors: P. O. Wennberg Steven S. Brown Geoffrey C. Toon B. J. Connor Debra Wunch David Griffith V. Sherlock Justus Notholt
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (1 paper)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (5 papers)Environmental Science & Technology (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Germany

In The Last Decade

R. A. Washenfelder

56 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
1999 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	Chemical Imaging of Atmospheric Biomass Burning Particles from North American Wildfires ACS ES&T Air ·Felipe Rivera-Adorno,Jay M. Tomlin,Nurun Nahar Lata,Lisa Azzarello,Michael Robinson,R. A. Washenfelder,Alessandro Franchin,A. M. Middlebrook,Swarup China,Steven S. Brown,Cora J. Young,Matthew Fraund,Ryan C. Moffet,Alexander Laskin	2025	0
2	Modeling the Impacts of Volatile Chemical Product Emissions on Atmospheric Photochemistry and Ozone Formation in Los Angeles Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Tianshu Chen,J. B. Gilman,Si‐Wan Kim,B. L. Lefer,R. A. Washenfelder,Cora J. Young,B. Rappenglueck,P. S. Stevens,Patrick R. Veres,Likun Xue,J. A. de Gouw	2024	3
3	Characterization of water-soluble brown carbon chromophores from wildfire plumes in the western USA using size-exclusion chromatography Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Lisa Azzarello,R. A. Washenfelder,Michael Robinson,Alessandro Franchin,Caroline C. Womack,Christopher D. Holmes,Steven S. Brown,A. M. Middlebrook,T. Newberger,Colm Sweeney,Cora J. Young	2023	2
4	Measurements of Total OH Reactivity During CalNex‐LA Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. F. Hansen,Stephen M. Griffith,Sébastien Dusanter,J. B. Gilman,M. Graus,W. C. Kuster,Patrick R. Veres,J. A. de Gouw,C. Warneke,R. A. Washenfelder,Cora J. Young,Steven S. Brown,Sergio Alvarez,James Flynn,N. Grossberg,B. L. Lefer,B. Rappenglueck,P. S. Stevens	2021	13
5	Quantifying Nitrous Acid Formation Mechanisms Using Measured Vertical Profiles During the CalNex 2010 Campaign and 1D Column Modeling Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Katie Tuite,Jennie L. Thomas,Patrick R. Veres,J. M. Roberts,P. S. Stevens,Stephen M. Griffith,Sébastien Dusanter,James Flynn,Shaddy Ahmed,L. K. Emmons,Si‐Wan Kim,R. A. Washenfelder,Cora J. Young,Catalina Tsai,O. Pikelnaya,J. Stutz	2021	16
6	Complex refractive indices in the ultraviolet and visible spectral region for highly absorbing non-spherical biomass burning aerosol Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Caroline C. Womack,Katherine Manfred,N. L. Wagner,Gabriela Adler,Alessandro Franchin,Kara D. Lamb,A. M. Middlebrook,Joshua P. Schwarz,C. A. Brock,Steven S. Brown,R. A. Washenfelder	2021	12
7	A portable, robust, stable, and tunable calibration source for gas-phase nitrous acid (HONO) Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Melodie Lao,Leigh R. Crilley,Leyla Salehpoor,Teles C. Furlani,Ilann Bourgeois,J. A. Neuman,Andrew W. Rollins,Patrick R. Veres,R. A. Washenfelder,Caroline C. Womack,Cora J. Young,Trevor C. VandenBoer	2020	19
8	Characterization of a catalyst-based total nitrogen and carbon conversion technique to calibrate particle mass measurement instrumentation Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) ·Chelsea E. Stockwell,Agnieszka Kupc,Bartłomiej Witkowski,Ranajit K. Talukdar,Yong Liu,Vanessa Selimovic,Kyle J. Zarzana,Kanako Sekimoto,C. Warneke,R. A. Washenfelder,R. J. Yokelson,A. M. Middlebrook,J. M. Roberts	2018	2
9	Characterization of a catalyst-based conversion technique to measure total particulate nitrogen and organic carbon and comparison to a particle mass measurement instrument Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Chelsea E. Stockwell,Agnieszka Kupc,Bartłomiej Witkowski,Ranajit K. Talukdar,Yong Liu,Vanessa Selimovic,Kyle J. Zarzana,Kanako Sekimoto,C. Warneke,R. A. Washenfelder,R. J. Yokelson,A. M. Middlebrook,J. M. Roberts	2018	23
10	Investigating biomass burning aerosol morphology using a laser imaging nephelometer Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Katherine Manfred,R. A. Washenfelder,N. L. Wagner,Gabriela Adler,Frank Erdesz,Caroline C. Womack,Kara D. Lamb,Joshua P. Schwarz,Alessandro Franchin,Vanessa Selimovic,R. J. Yokelson,Daniel M. Murphy	2018	22
11	TCCON data from Darwin (AU), Release GGG2014.R0 Research Online (University of Wollongong) ·David Griffith,Nicholas M. Deutscher,Voltaire A. Velazco,P. O. Wennberg,Y. G. Yavin,G. K. Aleks,R. A. Washenfelder,Geoffrey C. Toon,Jean-François Blavier,(unknown),Nicholas Jones,Graham Kettlewell,B. J. Connor,Ronald Macatangay,Coleen M. Roehl,Maciej Ryczek,John Glowacki,Troy Culgan,Glenn Bryant	2017	55
12	Broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy in the ultraviolet spectral region for measurements of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde Atmospheric measurement techniques ·R. A. Washenfelder,A. R. Attwood,J. Michel Flores,Kyle J. Zarzana,Yinon Rudich,Steven S. Brown	2016	44
13	A broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer for aircraft measurements of glyoxal, methylglyoxal, nitrous acid, nitrogen dioxide, and water vapor Atmospheric measurement techniques ·K. E. Min,R. A. Washenfelder,W. P. Dubé,A. O. Langford,P. M. Edwards,Kyle J. Zarzana,J. Stutz,Keding Lu,Franz Röhrer,Y. Zhang,Steven S. Brown	2016	69
14	Broadband measurements of aerosol extinction in the ultraviolet spectral region Atmospheric measurement techniques ·R. A. Washenfelder,J. Michel Flores,C. A. Brock,Steven S. Brown,Yinon Rudich	2013	96
15	The imprint of surface fluxes and transport on variations in total column carbon dioxide Biogeosciences ·G. Keppel‐Aleks,P. O. Wennberg,R. A. Washenfelder,Debra Wunch,Tapio Schneider,G. C. Toon,R. J. Andres,J.-F. Blavier,B. J. Connor,K. J. Davis,Ankur R. Desai,J. Messerschmidt,Justus Notholt,Coleen M. Roehl,V. Sherlock,Britton B. Stephens,S. A. Vay,Steven C. Wofsy	2012	77
16	The Total Carbon Column Observing Networkbreakdown → Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Debra Wunch,Geoffrey C. Toon,Jean-François L. Blavier,R. A. Washenfelder,Justus Notholt,B. J. Connor,David Griffith,V. Sherlock,P. O. Wennberg	2011	816
17	Absolute ozone absorption cross section in the Huggins Chappuis minimum (350–470 nm) at 296 K Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jessica L. Axson,R. A. Washenfelder,Tara F. Kahan,Cora J. Young,Veronica Vaida,Steven S. Brown	2011	33
18	Total column CO ₂ measurements at Darwin, Australia – site description and calibration against in situ aircraft profiles Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Nicholas M. Deutscher,David Griffith,G. W. Bryant,P. O. Wennberg,G. C. Toon,R. A. Washenfelder,G. Keppel‐Aleks,Debra Wunch,Y. G. Yavin,Norton Allen,J.-F. Blavier,Rodrigo Jiménez,Bruce C. Daube,A. Bright,D. M. Matross,S. C. Wofsy,S. Park	2010	87
19	Measurement of glyoxal using an incoherent broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer R. A. Washenfelder,A. O. Langford,Hendrik Fuchs,Steven S. Brown	2008	4
20	Measurement of glyoxal using an incoherent broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·R. A. Washenfelder,A. O. Langford,Hendrik Fuchs,Steven S. Brown	2008	114

About R. A. Washenfelder

R. A. Washenfelder is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 57 papers that have together received 3.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (42 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (28 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (18 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (17 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (11 papers), Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (7 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (3.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.3k citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (912 citations). R. A. Washenfelder has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include P. O. Wennberg, Steven S. Brown, Geoffrey C. Toon, B. J. Connor, Debra Wunch, David Griffith, V. Sherlock, Justus Notholt, Jean-François L. Blavier and Daniel J. O’Leary. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

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