Joel Thornton Assistant Professor Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Washington, Seattle |
Publications Thornton, J. A.*, J. P. Kercher, T. P. Riedel, N. L. Wagner, J. Cozic, J. S. Holloway, W. P. Dubey, G. M. Wolfe, P. K. Quinn, A. M. Middlebrook, B. Alexander, and S. S. Brown (2010), A large atomic chlorine source inferred from mid-continental reactive nitrogen chemistry, Nature, 10.1038/nature08905. Alexander, B., M. G. Hastings, D. J. Allman, J. Dachs, J. A. Thornton, and S. A. Kunasek (2009), Quantifying atmospheric nitrate formation pathways based on a global model of the oxygen isotopic composition (D17O) of atmospheric nitrate, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9(14), 5043. Bertram, T. H., and J. A. Thornton* (2009), Toward a general parameterization of N2O5 reactivity on aqueous particles: the competing effects of particle liquid water, nitrate and chloride, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9(21), 8351. Bertram, T. H., J. A. Thornton*, A. M. Middlebrook, R. Bahreini, C. A. Brock, P. K. Quinn, T. Bates, D. Coffman, B. Lerner, and E. J. Williams (2009a), Direct measurements of N2O5 reactivity on ambient aerosol particles, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L19803 doi:19810.11029/12009GL040248. Bertram, T. H., J. A. Thornton*, and T. P. Riedel (2009b), An experimental technique for the direct measurement of N2O5 reactivity on ambient particles, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2(1), 231. Kercher, J. P., T. P. Riedel, and J. A. Thornton* (2009), Chlorine activation by N2O5: simultaneous, in situ detection of ClNO2 and N2O5 by chemical ionization mass spectrometry, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2(1), 193. LaFranchi, B. W., G. M. Wolfe, J. A. Thornton*, S. A. Harrold, E. C. Browne, K. E. Min, P. J. Wooldridge, J. B. Gilman, W. C. Kuster, P. D. Goldan, J. A. de Gouw, M. McKay, A. H. Goldstein, X. Ren, J. Mao, and R. C. Cohen (2009), Closing the peroxy acetyl nitrate budget: observations of acyl peroxy nitrates (PAN, PPN, and MPAN) during BEARPEX 2007, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9(19), 7623. Reidmiller, D., D. A. Jaffe, D. Chand, S. Strode, P. Swartzendruber, G. Wolfe, and J. A. Thornton (2009), Interannual variability of long-range transport as seen at the Mt. Bachelor Observatory in central Oregon, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 557-572. Wolfe, G. M., J. A. Thornton*, R. Yatavelli, M. McKay, A. H. Goldstein, B. LaFranchi, R. C. Cohen, W. H. Brune, Z. Chen, and X. Ren (2009), Eddy covariance flux measurements of acyl peroxy nitrates (PAN, PPN, and MPAN) above a Ponderosa pine forest, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 615-634. Wooldridge, P. J., A. E. Perring, T. H. Bertram, F. M. Flocke, J. M. Roberts, H. B. Singh, L. G. Huey, J. A. Thornton, J. G. Murphy, J. L. Fry, A. W. Rollins, B. W. LaFranchi, and R. C. Cohen (2009), Total peroxy nitrates (SPNs) in the atmosphere: the thermal dissociation-laser induced fluorescence (TD-LIF) technique and comparisons to speciated PAN measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 2(6), 3055. Yatavelli, R., and J. A. Thornton* (2010), Particulate Organic Matter Detection Using a Micro-Orifice Volatilization Impactor Coupled to a Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (MOVI-CIMS), Aerosol Science and Technology, 44(1), 61-74. Zaveri, R. A., C. M. Berkowitz, F. J. Brechtel, M. K. Gilles, J. M. Hubbe, J. T. Jayne, L. I. Kleinman, A. Laskin, S. Madronich, T. B. Onasch, M. S. Pekour, S. R. Springston, J. A. Thornton, A. V. Tivanski, and D. R. Worsnop (2009), Nighttime chemical evolution of aerosol and trace gases in a power plant plume, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, accepted. Wolfe, G.M., J.A.
Thornton*, V.F. McNeill, D.A. Jaffe, D. Reidmiller, D. Chand, J.
Smith, P.
Schwarzendruber, F. Flocke, and W. Zheng, Influence
of trans-Pacific pollution transport on acyl peroxy nitrate abundances
and
speciation at Mount Bachelor Observatory during INTEX-B, Atmospheric Chemistry
and Physics, 7, 5309-5325, 2007. McNeill, V.F., R.L.N. Yatavelli, J.A.
Thornton*, C.B. Stipe, and O. Landgrebe, The heterogeneous OH
oxidation of palmitic acid
in single component and internally mixed aerosol particles:
vaporization, secondary chemistry, and the role of particle phase, Atmospheric
Chemsitry and Physics Discussions, 8, 2008. Chen, S, R.A. Zaveri*, M.L. Alexander, J.A. Thornton, S. Madronich, J.V.
Ortega, A. Zelenyuk, X. Yu, A. Laskin, D.A. Maughan, Effect of
hydrophobic primary organic aerosols on secondary organic aerosol
formation from ozonolysis of a-pinene, Geophysical Research Letters,
34(20), L20803/1-L20803/5, 2008. McNeill, V.F.;
G.M. Wolfe; J.A. Thornton* Oxidation of Oleate in Sub-Micron
Aqueous
Salt Particles: Evidence of a Surface Process. Journal Of
Physical Chemistry A, 111, 1073-1083, 2007. McNeill, V.F., J.
Patterson, G.M. Wolfe, and J.A. Thornton*,
The effect of varying levels of surfactant on the reactive uptake of N2O5
to aqueous aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry
And Physics, 6, 1635-1644, 2006. Thornton, J.A.*,
Abbatt, J.P.D., N2O5 reaction on submicron sea
salt
aerosol: Kinetics, products, and the effect of surface active organics,
Journal Of Physical Chemistry A,
109,
10004-10012, 2005. Thornton, J.A.*, Abbatt, J.P.D.,
Measurements of HO2 uptake to aqueous aerosol: Mass
accommodation
coefficients and net reactive loss, Journal
Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110,
D08309, 2005. Kwamena, N.O.A., J.A.
Thornton,
and J.P.D. Abbatt, Kinetics of surface-bound benzo[a]pyrene and ozone
on solid
organic and salt aerosols, Journal Of
Physical Chemistry A, 108(52),
11626-11634, 2004. Murphy, J.G., J.A. Thornton,
P.J. Wooldridge, D.A. Day, R.S. Rosen, C. Cantrell, R.E. Shetter, B.
Lefer, and
R.C. Cohen, Measurements of the sum of HO2NO2 and
CH3O2NO2
in the remote troposphere, Atmospheric
Chemistry and Physics, 4,
377-384, 2004. Rosen, R.S., E.C. Wood, P.J. Wooldridge, J.A. Thornton,
D.A. Day, W. Kuster, E.J. Williams, B.T. Jobson, and R.C. Cohen,
Observations
of total alkyl nitrates during Texas Air Quality Study 2000:
Implications for O3
and alkyl nitrate photochemistry, Journal
of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 109
(D7), 2004. Thornton, J.A.*,
C.F. Braban, and J.P.D. Abbatt, N2O5
hydrolysis on sub-micron organic aerosols: the effect of relative
humidity,
particle phase, and particle size, Physical
Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5
(20), 4593-4603, 2003. Thornton, J.A.,
P.J. Wooldridge, R.C. Cohen, E.J. Williams, D.
Hereid, F.C. Fehsenfeld, J. Stutz, and B. Alicke, Comparisons of in
situ and
long path measurements of NO2 in urban plumes, Journal
of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108 (D16),
2003 Thornton, J.A.,
P.J. Wooldridge, R.C. Cohen, M. Martinez, H.
Harder, W.H. Brune, E.J. Williams, S.R. Hall, R.E. Shetter, B.P. Wert,
B.
Henry, A. Fried, and F.E. Fehsenfeld, Observations of ozone production
rates as
a function of NOx abundances and HOx production
rates in
the Nashville urban plume, Journal of
Geophysical Research, 107 (D12),
2002. Day, D.A., P.J.
Wooldridge, M.B. Dillon, J.A. Thornton, R.C. Cohen, A thermal
dissociation – laser induced fluorescence instrument for in situ
detection of NO2, peroxy(acyl)nitrates, alkylnitrates, and
HNO3, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107
(D6), 2002. Thornton, J.A.,
P.J. Wooldridge, and R.C. Cohen, Appendix D:
Laser-induced fluorescence detection of NO2, in Recommended
Methods for Ambient Air Monitoring of NO, NO2,
NOy, and Individual NOz Species, edited by
W.A.
McClenny, pp. 62-68, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park,
2001. Thornton, J.A., P.J. Wooldridge, R.C. Cohen, Atmospheric NO2: In situ laser-induced fluorescence detection at parts per trillion mixing ratios, Analytical Chemistry, 72 (3), 528-539, 2000. Ridley, B.A., E.L. Atlas,
D.D. Montzka, E.V. Browell, C.A. Cantrell, D.R.
Blake, N.J. Blake, L. Cinquini, M.T. Coffey, L.K. Emmons, R.C. Cohen,
R.J.
DeYoung, J.E. Dibb, F.L. Eisele, F.M. Flocke, A. Fried, F.E. Grahek,
W.B.
Grant, J.W. Hair, J.W. Hannigan, B.J. Heikes, B.L. Lefer, R.L. Mauldin,
J.L.
Moody, R.E. Shetter, J.A. Snow, R.W. Talbot, J.A. Thornton, J.G. Walega, A.J.
Weinheimer, B.P. Wert, and A.J. Wimmers, Ozone depletion events
observed in the
high latitude surface layer during the TOPSE aircraft program, Journal of Geophysical
Research-Atmospheres, 108
(D4), 2003.
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