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Alexander Thames

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ayt5134@psu.edu
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(814) 863-8752

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University Park, PA 16802

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IEE Research Themes
Climate and Natural Systems
Water Sustainability
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Titles and Affiliations
Ph.D. Candidate, Geosciences and Climate Science

Alexander Thames is an interdisciplinary scientist with interests ranging from the influence of weather on water resource planning to the evolution of Earth's volatile flux as a function of its deep water cycle. Specifically, he is interested in how synthetically generated data sets can provide exploratory insights into poorly constrained physical processes.

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Dimethyl Sulfide
Troposphere
Tomography
Atmosphere
Hydroxyl Radical
Photolysis
Oxidation
Aerosols
Formaldehyde
Gases
Nitrogen Oxides
Oman
Methane
Aerosol
Hydroxyl Radicals
Seoul
Chemical
Ocean
Volatile Organic Compound
Forests

Projects

Aerial view of the upper valley of the Colorado River
Understanding Compound Stressors and Stakeholder Tradeoffs of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in the Colorado River

Recent Publications

An observation-based, reduced-form model for oxidation in the remote marine troposphere

Baublitz, C. B., Fiore, A. M., Ludwig, S. M., Nicely, J. M., Wolfe, G. M., Murray, L. T., Commane, R., Prather, M. J., Anderson, D. C., Correa, G., Duncan, B. N., Follette-Cook, M., Westervelt, D. M., Bourgeois, I., Brune, W. H., Bui, T. P., DiGangi, J. P., Diskin, G. S., Hall, S. R., McKain, K., & 6 othersMiller, D. O., Peischl, J., Thames, A. B., Thompson, C. R., Ullmann, K. & Wofsy, S. C., 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 34, e2209735120.

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Observations of atmospheric oxidation and ozone production in South Korea

Brune, W. H., Miller, D. O., Thames, A. B., Brosius, A. L., Barletta, B., Blake, D. R., Blake, N. J., Chen, G., Choi, Y., Crawford, J. H., Digangi, J. P., Diskin, G., Fried, A., Hall, S. R., Hanisco, T. F., Huey, G. L., Hughes, S. C., Kim, M., Meinardi, S., Montzka, D. D., & 9 othersPusede, S. E., Schroeder, J. R., Teng, A., Tanner, D. J., Ullmann, K., Walega, J., Weinheimer, A., Wisthaler, A. & Wennberg, P. O., Jan 15 2022, In: Atmospheric Environment. 269, 118854.

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The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere

Thompson, C. R., Wofsy, S. C., Prather, M. J., Newman, P. A., Hanisco, T. F., Ryerson, T. B., Fahey, D. W., Apel, E. C., Brock, C. A., Brune, W. H., Froyd, K., Katich, J. M., Nicely, J. M., Peischl, J., Ray, E., Veres, P. R., Wang, S., Allen, H. M., Asher, E., Bian, H., & 67 othersBlake, D., Bourgeois, I., Budney, J., Paul Bui, T., Butler, A., Campuzano-Jost, P., Chang, C., Chin, M., Commane, R., Correa, G., Crounse, J. D., Daube, B., Dibb, J. E., DiGangi, J. P., Diskin, G. S., Dollner, M., Elkins, J. W., Fiore, A. M., Flynn, C. M., Guo, H., Hall, S. R., Hannun, R. A., Hills, A., Hintsa, E. J., Hodzic, A., Hornbrook, R. S., Greg Huey, L., Jimenez, J. L., Keeling, R. F., Kim, M. J., Kupc, A., Lacey, F., Lait, L. R., Lamarque, J. F., Liu, J., McKain, K., Meinardi, S., Miller, D. O., Montzka, S. A., Moore, F. L., Morgan, E. J., Murphy, D. M., Murray, L. T., Nault, B. A., Andrew Neuman, J., Nguyen, L., Gonzalez, Y., Rollins, A., Rosenlof, K., Sargent, M., Schill, G., Schwarz, J. P., St. Clair, J. M., Steenrod, S. D., Stephens, B. B., Strahan, S. E., Strode, S. A., Sweeney, C., Thames, A. B., Ullmann, K., Wagner, N., Weber, R., Weinzierl, B., Wennberg, P. O., Williamson, C. J., Wolfe, G. M. & Zeng, L., Mar 2022, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 103, 3, p. E761-E790

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The role of a suburban forest in controlling vertical trace gas and OH reactivity distributions-A case study for the Seoul metropolitan area

Kim, S., Seco, R., Gu, D., Sanchez, D., Jeong, D., Guenther, A. B., Lee, Y., Mak, J. E., Su, L., Kim, D. B., Lee, Y., Ahn, J. Y., McGee, T., Sullivan, J., Long, R., Brune, W. H., Thames, A., Wisthaler, A., Muller, M., Mikoviny, T., & 5 othersWeinheimer, A., Yang, M., Woo, J. H., Kim, S. & Park, H., Mar 1 2021, In: Faraday Discussions. 226, p. 537-550 14 p.

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Erratum: Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 4505–4510) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919344117

Veres, P. R., Neuman, J. A., Bertram, T. H., Assaf, E., Wolfe, G. M., Williamson, C. J., Weinzierl, B., Tilmes, S., Thompson, C. R., Thames, A. B., Schroder, J. C., Saiz-Lopez, A., Rollins, A. W., Roberts, J. M., Price, D., Peischl, J., Nault, B. A., Møller, K. H., Miller, D. O., Meinardi, S., & 22 othersLi, Q., Lamarque, J. F., Kupc, A., Kjaergaard, H. G., Kinnison, D., Jimenez, J. L., Jernigan, C. M., Hornbrook, R. S., Hills, A., Dollner, M., Day, D. A., Cuevas, C. A., Campuzano-Jost, P., Burkholder, J., Bui, T. P., Brune, W. H., Brown, S. S., Brock, C. A., Bourgeois, I., Blake, D. R., Apel, E. C. & Ryerson, T. B., Sep 7 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 36, e2113268118.

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Exploring Oxidation in the Remote Free Troposphere: Insights From Atmospheric Tomography (ATom)

Brune, W. H., Miller, D. O., Thames, A. B., Allen, H. M., Apel, E. C., Blake, D. R., Bui, T. P., Commane, R., Crounse, J. D., Daube, B. C., Diskin, G. S., DiGangi, J. P., Elkins, J. W., Hall, S. R., Hanisco, T. F., Hannun, R. A., Hintsa, E. J., Hornbrook, R. S., Kim, M. J., McKain, K., & 13 othersMoore, F. L., Neuman, J. A., Nicely, J. M., Peischl, J., Ryerson, T. B., St. Clair, J. M., Sweeney, C., Teng, A. P., Thompson, C., Ullmann, K., Veres, P. R., Wennberg, P. O. & Wolfe, G. M., Jan 16 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 125, 1, e2019JD031685.

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The potential role of organics in new particle formation and initial growth in the remote tropical upper troposphere

Kupc, A., Williamson, C. J., Hodshire, A. L., Kazil, J., Ray, E., Paul Bui, T., Dollner, M., Froyd, K. D., McKain, K., Rollins, A., Schill, G. P., Thames, A., Weinzierl, B. B., Pierce, J. R. & Brock, C. A., Dec 4 2020, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 20, 23, p. 15037-15060 24 p.

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Missing OH reactivity in the global marine boundary layer

Thames, A. B., Brune, W. H., Miller, D. O., Allen, H. M., Apel, E. C., Blake, D. R., Paul Bui, T., Commane, R., Crounse, J. D., Daube, B. C., Diskin, G. S., Digangi, J. P., Elkins, J. W., Hall, S. R., Hanisco, T. F., Hannun, R. A., Hintsa, E., Hornbrook, R. S., Kim, M. J., McKain, K., & 11 othersMoore, F. L., Nicely, J. M., Peischl, J., Ryerson, T. B., St. Clair, J. M., Sweeney, C., Teng, A., Thompson, C. R., Ullmann, K., Wennberg, P. O. & Wolfe, G. M., Apr 2 2020, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 20, 6, p. 4013-4029 17 p.

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Constraining remote oxidation capacity with ATom observations

Travis, K. R., Heald, C. L., Allen, H. M., Apel, E. C., Arnold, S. R., Blake, D. R., Brune, W. H., Chen, X., Commane, R., Crounse, J. D., Daube, B. C., Diskin, G. S., Elkins, J. W., Evans, M. J., Hall, S. R., Hintsa, E. J., Hornbrook, R. S., Kasibhatla, P. S., Kim, M. J., Luo, G., & 12 othersMcKain, K., Millet, D. B., Moore, F. L., Peischl, J., Ryerson, T. B., Sherwen, T., Thames, A. B., Ullmann, K., Wang, X., Wennberg, P. O., Wolfe, G. M. & Yu, F., Jul 3 2020, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 20, 13, p. 7753-7781 29 p.

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Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere

Veres, P. R., Andrew Neuman, J., Bertram, T. H., Assaf, E., Wolfe, G. M., Williamson, C. J., Weinzierl, B., Tilmes, S., Thompson, C. R., Thames, A. B., Schroder, J. C., Saiz-Lopez, A., Rollins, A. W., Roberts, J. M., Price, D., Peischl, J., Nault, B. A., Møller, K. H., Miller, D. O., Meinardi, S., & 22 othersLi, Q., Lamarque, J. F., Kupc, A., Kjaergaard, H. G., Kinnison, D., Jimenez, J. L., Jernigan, C. M., Hornbrook, R. S., Hills, A., Dollner, M., Day, D. A., Cuevas, C. A., Campuzano-Jost, P., Burkholder, J., Paul Bui, T., Brune, W. H., Brown, S. S., Brock, C. A., Bourgeois, I., Blake, D. R., Apel, E. C. & Ryerson, T. B., Mar 3 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 9, p. 4505-4510 6 p.

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Global Atmospheric Budget of Acetone: Air-Sea Exchange and the Contribution to Hydroxyl Radicals

Wang, S., Apel, E. C., Schwantes, R. H., Bates, K. H., Jacob, D. J., Fischer, E. V., Hornbrook, R. S., Hills, A. J., Emmons, L. K., Pan, L. L., Honomichl, S., Tilmes, S., Lamarque, J. F., Yang, M., Marandino, C. A., Saltzman, E. S., de Bruyn, W., Kameyama, S., Tanimoto, H., Omori, Y., & 15 othersHall, S. R., Ullmann, K., Ryerson, T. B., Thompson, C. R., Peischl, J., Daube, B. C., Commane, R., McKain, K., Sweeney, C., Thames, A. B., Miller, D. O., Brune, W. H., Diskin, G. S., DiGangi, J. P. & Wofsy, S. C., Aug 16 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 125, 15, e2020JD032553.

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Correction: Mapping hydroxyl variability throughout the global remote troposphere via synthesis of airborne and satellite formaldehyde observations (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2019) 116 (11171–11180) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821661116)

Wolfe, G. M., Nicely, J. M., Clair, J. M. S., Hanisco, T. F., Liao, J., Oman, L. D., Brune, W. B., Miller, D., Thames, A., Abad, G. G., Ryerson, T. B., Thompson, C. R., Peischl, J., McKain, K., Sweeney, C., Wennberg, P. O., Kim, M., Crounse, J. D., Hall, S. R., Ullmann, K., & 4 othersDiskin, G., Bui, P., Chang, C. & Dean-Day, J., 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 26, p. 13144 1 p.

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Mapping hydroxyl variability throughout the global remote troposphere via synthesis of airborne and satellite formaldehyde observations

Wolfe, G. M., Nicely, J. M., Clair, J. M. S., Hanisco, T. F., Liao, J., Oman, L. D., Brune, W. B., Miller, D., Thames, A., Abad, G. G., Ryerson, T. B., Thompson, C. R., Peischl, J., McCain, K., Sweeney, C., Wennberg, P. O., Kim, M., Crounse, J. D., Hall, S. R., Ullmann, K., & 4 othersDiskin, G., Bui, P., Chang, C. & Dean-Day, J., Jun 4 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 166, 23, p. 11171-11180 10 p.

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Constraints on Aerosol Nitrate Photolysis as a Potential Source of HONO and NO x

Romer, P. S., Wooldridge, P. J., Crounse, J. D., Kim, M. J., Wennberg, P. O., Dibb, J. E., Scheuer, E., Blake, D. R., Meinardi, S., Brosius, A. L., Thames, A. B., Miller, D. O., Brune, W. H., Hall, S. R., Ryerson, T. B. & Cohen, R. C., Dec 4 2018, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 23, p. 13738-13746 9 p.

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Comparison of OH reactivity measurements in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR

Fuchs, H., Novelli, A., Rolletter, M., Hofzumahaus, A., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Kessel, S., Edtbauer, A., Williams, J., Michoud, V., Dusanter, S., Locoge, N., Zannoni, N., Gros, V., Truong, F., Sarda-Esteve, R., Cryer, D. R., Brumby, C. A., Whalley, L. K., Stone, D., Seakins, P. W., & 25 othersHeard, D. E., Schoemaecker, C., Blocquet, M., Coudert, S., Batut, S., Fittschen, C., Thames, A. B., Brune, W. H., Ernest, C., Harder, H., Muller, J. B. A., Elste, T., Kubistin, D., Andres, S., Bohn, B., Hohaus, T., Holland, F., Li, X., Rohrer, F., Kiendler-Scharr, A., Tillmann, R., Wegener, R., Yu, Z., Zou, Q. & Wahner, A., Oct 27 2017, In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 10, 10, p. 4023-4053 31 p.

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