James W. Elkins

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NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

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Contact person by email

Business Phone:

Work: (303) 497-6224

Fax: (303) 497-6290

Mobile: (720) 878-6220

Business Address:

Global Monitoring Division/HATS

325 Broadway

Mail Stop GMD1, Room 2D115

Boulder, CO 80305-3327

United States

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Supervisory Physicist

First Author Publications:

Elkins, J. W., E. Hintsa, and F. Moore (2019), ATom: Measurements from the UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species (UCATS), Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1750.

Co-Authored Publications:

Guo, H., et al. (2023), Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote troposphere defined by aircraft measurements – corrected, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 99-117, doi:10.5194/acp-23-99-2023.
Payne, V., et al. (2022), Satellite measurements of peroxyacetyl nitrate from the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder: comparison with ATom aircraft measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 3497-3511, doi:10.5194/amt-15-3497-2022.
Treadaway, V., et al. (2022), Long-range transport of Asian emissions to the West Pacific tropical tropopause layer, J Atmos Chem, 79, 81-100, doi:10.1007/s10874-022-09430-7.
Tribby, A. L., et al. (2022), Hydrocarbon Tracers Suggest Methane Emissions from Fossil Sources Occur Predominately Before Gas Processing and That Petroleum Plays Are a Significant Source, Environ. Sci. Technol., doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c00927.
Gonzalez, Y., et al. (2021), Impact of stratospheric air and surface emissions on tropospheric nitrous oxide during ATom, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 11113-11132, doi:10.5194/acp-21-11113-2021.
Guo, H., et al. (2021), Heterogeneity and chemical reactivity of the remote troposphere defined by aircraft measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 13729-13746, doi:10.5194/acp-21-13729-2021.
Hintsa, E., et al. (2021), UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species (UCATS) – a versatile instrument for trace gas measurements on airborne platforms, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 6795-6819, doi:10.5194/amt-14-6795-2021.
Orbe, C., et al. (2021), Tropospheric Age-of-Air: Influence of SF6 Emissions on Recent Surface Trends and Model Biases, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2021JD035451, doi:10.1029/2021JD035451.
Thompson, C., et al. (2021), The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0315.1.
Bourgeois, I., et al. (2020), Global-scale distribution of ozone in the remote troposphere from ATom and HIPPO airborne field missions., Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-2020-315.
Brune, W. H., et al. (2020), Exploring Oxidation in the Remote Free Troposphere: Insights From Atmospheric Tomography (ATom), J. Geophys. Res., 125, doi:10.1029/2019JD031685.
Thames, A., et al. (2020), Missing OH reactivity in the global marine boundary layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 4013-4029, doi:10.5194/acp-20-4013-2020.
Travis, K., et al. (2020), Constraining remote oxidation capacity with ATom observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 7753-7781, doi:10.5194/acp-20-7753-2020.
Wang, S., et al. (2019), Atmospheric Acetaldehyde: Importance of Air‐Sea Exchange and a Missing Source in the Remote Troposphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, doi:10.1029/2019GL082034.
Rollins, A., et al. (2018), SO2 Observations and Sources in the Western Pacific Tropical Tropopause Region, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 13,549-13,559, doi:10.1029/2018JD029635.
Wofsy, S. C., et al. (2018), ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols, Ornl Daac, doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1581.
Jensen, E., et al. (2017), The NASA Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX): High-altitude aircraft measurements in the tropical western Pacific, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 12/2015, 129-144, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00263.1.
Saikawa, E., et al. (2014), Global and regional emissions estimates for N2O, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 4617-4641, doi:10.5194/acp-14-4617-2014.
Waugh, D., et al. (2013), Tropospheric SF6: Age of air from the Northern Hemisphere midlatitude surface, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 11429-11441, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50848.
Hossaini, R., et al. (2012), The contribution of natural and anthropogenic very short-lived species to stratospheric bromine, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 371-380, doi:10.5194/acp-12-371-2012.
Wofsy, S. C., et al. (2011), HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO): Fine-grained, global scale measurements of climatically important atmospheric gases and aerosols, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, 369, 2073-2086, doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0313.
Hintsa, E., et al. (2010), First Results from UCATS during the GloPac 2010 Mission, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #A51B-0093.
Wunch, D., et al. (2010), Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 1351-1362, doi:10.5194/amt-3-1351-2010.
Engel, A., et al. (2009), Age of stratospheric air unchanged within uncertainties over the past 30 years, Nat. Geosci., 2, 28, doi:10.1038/NGEO388.
Lambert, A., et al. (2007), Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S36, doi:10.1029/2007JD008724.
Thornton, B. F., et al. (2007), Chlorine activation near the midlatitude tropopause, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D18306, doi:10.1029/2006JD007640.
Moore, F., et al. (2006), PANTHER Data from SOLVE-II Through CR-AVE: A Contrast Between Long and Short Lived Compounds, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #A41A-0025.
Konopka, P., et al. (2004), Mixing and ozone loss in the 1999-2000 Arctic vortex: Simulations with the three-dimensional Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS), J. Geophys. Res., 109, D02315, doi:1028/2993HD993682.
Herman, R. L., et al. (2003), Hydration, dehydration, and the total hydrogen budget of the 1999/2000 winter Arctic stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8320, doi:10.1029/2001JD001257.
Pierce, B., et al. (2003), Large-scale chemical evolution of the Arctic vortex during the 1999/ 2000 winter: HALOE/POAM III Lagrangian photochemical modeling for the SAGE III—Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment (SOLVE) campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8317, doi:10.1029/2001JD001063.
Greenblatt, J. B., et al. (2002), Tracer-based determination of vortex descent in the 1999-2000 Arctic winter, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8279, doi:10.1029/2001JD000937.
Greenblatt, J. B., et al. (2002), Defining the polar vortex edge from an N2O potential temperature correlation, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8268, doi:10.1029/2001JD000575.
Hurst, D., et al. (2002), The construction of a unified, high-resolution nitrous oxide data set for ER-2 flights during SOLVE, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8271, doi:10.1029/2001JD000417.
Jost, H., et al. (2002), Mixing events revealed by anomalous tracer relationships in the Arctic vortex during winter 1999/2000, J. Geophys, Res., 107, 4795, doi:10.1029/2002JD002380.
Salawitch, R., et al. (2002), Chemical loss of ozone during the Arctic winter of 1999/2000: An analysis based on balloon-borne observations, J. Geophys. Res., 107, doi:10.1029/2001JD000620.
Andrews, A. E., et al. (2001), Mean ages of stratospheric air derived from in situ observations of CO2, CH4, and N2O, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 32.
Fahey, D., et al. (2001), The detection of large HNO3-containing particles in the winter artic stratosphere, Science, 291, 1026-1031.
Gao, R., et al. (2001), Observational evidence for the role of denitrification in Arctic stratospheric ozone loss, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2879-2882.
Neuman, J. A., et al. (2001), In situ measurements of HNO3, NOy, NO, and O3 in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere, Atmos. Environ., 35, 5789-5797.
Popp, P., et al. (2001), Severe and extensive denitrification in the 1999-2000 Arctic Winter Stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2875-2878.
Voss, P. B., et al. (2001), Inorganic chlorine partitioning in the summer lower stratosphere: Modeled and measured [ClONO2]/[HCl] during POLARIS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 106, 1713-1732.
Fahey, D., et al. (2000), Ozone destruction and production rates between spring and autumn in the Arctic stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27:, 2605-2608.
Hurst, D., et al. (2000), Comparison of in situ N2O and CH4 measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere during STRAT and POLARIS, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 19811-19822.
Gao, R., et al. (1999), A comparison of observations and model simulations of NOx/NOy in the lower stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1153-1156.
Strawa, A., et al. (1999), Carbonaceous aerosol (Soot) measured in the lower stratosphere during POLARIS and its role in stratospheric chemistry, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 26753-26766.
Jaeglé, L., et al. (1997), Evolution and stoichiometry of heterogeneous processing in the Antarctic stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 102.D11, 13235-13253.
Chang, A. Y., et al. (1996), A comparison of measurements from ATMOS and instruments aboard the ER-2 aircraft: Tracers of atmospheric transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2389-2392.
Chang, A. Y., et al. (1996), A comparison of measurements from ATMOS and instruments aboard the ER-2 aircraft: Halogenated gases, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2393-2396.
Minschwaner, K., et al. (1996), Bulk properties of isentropic mixing into the tropics in the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 9433-9439.
Newman, P., et al. (1996), Measurements of polar vortex air in the midlatitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 12,879-12.
Volk, C. M., et al. (1996), Quantifying transport between the tropical and mid-latitude lower stratosphere, Science, 272, 1763-1768.
Woodbridge, E. L., et al. (1995), Estimates of total organic and inorganic chlorine in the lower stratosphere from in situ and flask measurements during AASE II, J. Geophys. Res., 100.D2, 3057-3064.
Salawitch, R., et al. (1994), The Distribution of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Chlorine Radicals in the Lower Stratosphere: Implications for Changes in O3 Due to Emission of NOy from Supersonic Aircraft, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2547-2550.
Salawitch, R., et al. (1994), The Diurnal Variation of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Chlorine Radicals: Implications for the Heterogeneous Production of HNO2, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2551-2554.
Tuck, A. F., et al. (1994), Spread of Denitrification From 1987 Antarctic and 1988-1989 Arctic Stratospheric Vortices, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 20,573-20.
Waugh, D., et al. (1994), Fine-Scale Poleward Transport of Tropical Air During AASE 2, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2603-2606.
Wofsy, S. C., et al. (1994), Vertical Transport Rates in 1993 From Observations of CO2, N2O and Ch4, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2571-2574.
Proffitt, M., et al. (1993), Ozone Loss Inside the Northern Polar Vortex During the 1991-1992 Winter, Science, 261, 1150-1154.
Salawitch, R., et al. (1993), Chemical Loss of Ozone in the Arctic Polar Vortex in the Winter of 1991-1992, Science, 261, 1146-1149.
Webster, C. R., et al. (1993), Chlorine chemistry on polar stratospheric cloud particles in the Arctic winter, Science, 261, 1140-1143.

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