Max Loewenstein

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Loewenstein, M., et al. (2002), Argus: a new instrument for the measurement of the stratospheric dynamical tracers, N2O and CH4, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 58, 2329-2345.
Loewenstein, M., et al. (1993), New Observations of the NOy/N2O Correlation in the Lower Stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2531-2534, doi:10.1029/93GL03004.
Loewenstein, M., and H. W. Wilson (1992), Line-width temperature dependence of selected R-branch transitions in the v3 fundamental of 14N216O between 135 and 295 K, Spectrochimica Acta, 48A, 1243-1248.
Loewenstein, M., et al. (1990), N2O as a Dynamical Tracer in the Arctic Vortex, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 477-480.
Loewenstein, M., J. Podolske, and S. Strahan (1990), ATLAS Instrument Characterization: Accuracy of the AASE and AAOE Nitrous Oxide Data Sets, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 481-484.
Loewenstein, M., and R. Chan (1989), In-Situ Measurements of Total Reactive Nitrogen, Total Water, and Aerosol in a Polar Stratospheric Cloud in the Antarctic, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 1299-1316.
Loewenstein, M., et al. (1989), Nitrous Oxide as a Dynamical Tracer in the 1987 Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,589-11.
Loewenstein, M., et al. (1989), Evidence for Diabatic Cooling and Poleward Transport Within and Around the 1987 Antarctic Ozone Hole, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,797-16.

Co-Authored Publications:

Tadic, J. M., et al. (2017), Elliptic Cylinder Airborne Sampling and Geostatistical Mass Balance Approach for Quantifying Local Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Environ. Sci. Technol., 51, 10012-10021, doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b03100.
Johnson, M. S., et al. (2016), Investigating seasonal methane emissions in Northern California using airborne measurements and inverse modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD025157.
Tanaka, T. A., et al. (2016), Two-Year Comparison of Airborne Measurements of CO2 and CH4 With GOSAT at Railroad Valley, Nevada, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 54, 4367-4375, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2539973.
Yates, E., et al. (2016), Airborne measurements and emission estimates of greenhouse gases and other trace constituents from the 2013 California Yosemite Rim wildfire, Atmos. Environ., 127, 293-302, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.12.038.
Johnson, M. S., et al. (2014), Analyzing source apportioned methane in northern California during Discover-AQ-CA using airborne measurements and model simulations, Atmos. Environ., 99, 248-256, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.068.
Rosenzweig, C., et al. (2014), Enhancing climate resilience at NASA centers: A collaboration between science and sewardship, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., doi:/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00169.1 (submitted).
Yates, E., et al. (2014), Characterizing the impacts of vertical transport and photochemical ozone production on an exceedance area, Atmos. Environ., In press, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.002.
Yates, E., et al. (2013), Airborne observations and modeling of springtime stratosphere-to-troposphere transport over California, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 12481-12494, doi:10.5194/acp-13-12481-2013.
Yates, E., et al. (2012), Assessing the role of alkaline soils on the carbon cycle at a playa site, Environ. Earth Sci., doi:10.1007/s12665-012-2194-x.
Tilmes, S., et al. (2010), An aircraft-based upper troposphere lower stratosphere O3, CO and H2O climatology for the Northern Hemisphere, J. Geophys. Res. (submitted).
Ott, L., et al. (2009), Analysis of convective transport and parameter sensitivity in a single column version of the Goddard Earth Observation System, Version 5, General Circulation Model, J. Atmos. Sci., 66, doi:10.1175/2008JAS2694.1.
Lopez, J. P., et al. (2008), TES carbon monoxide validation during two AVE campaigns using the Argus and ALIAS instruments on NASA's WB-57F, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S47, doi:10.1029/2007JD008811.
Marcy, T., et al. (2007), Measurements of trace gases in the tropical tropopause layer, Atmos. Environ., 41, 7253-7261, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.032.
Pittman, J. V., et al. (2007), Transport in the subtropical lowermost stratosphere during the Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers-Florida Area Cirrus Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D08304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007851.
Weinstock, E., et al. (2007), Quantifying the impact of the North American monsoon and deep midlatitude convection on the subtropical lowermost stratosphere using in situ measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D18310, doi:10.1029/2007JD008554.
Lopez, J. P., et al. (2006), CO signatures in subtropical convective clouds and anvils during CRYSTAL-FACE: An analysis of convective transport and entrainment using observations and a cloud-resolving model, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D09305, doi:10.1029/2005JD006104.
Schwartz, J. P., et al. (2006), Single-particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and light-scattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D1607, doi:10.1029/2006JD007076.
Schwarz, J., et al. (2006), Single-particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and light-scattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16207, doi:10.1029/2006JD007076.
Jost, H., et al. (2004), In-situ observations of mid-latitude forest fire plumes deep in the stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L11101, doi:10.1029/2003GL019253.
Marcy, T., et al. (2004), Quantifying Stratospheric Ozone in the Upper Troposphere with in Situ Measurements of HCl, Science, 304, 261-265, doi:10.1126/science.1093418.
Ray, E., et al. (2004), Evidence of the effect of summertime midlatitude convection on the subtropical lower stratosphere from CRYSTAL-FACE tracer measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18304, doi:10.1029/2004JD004655.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Andrews, A. E., et al. (2001), Empirical age spectra for the midlatitude lower stratosphere from in situ observations of CO2: quantitative evidence for a subtropical "barrier" to horizontal transport, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 10257-10274.
Newman, P., et al. (2001), Chance encounter with a stratospheric kerosene rocket plume from Russia over California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 959-962.
Perkins, K. K., et al. (2001), The Nox-HNO3 System in the lower stratosphere: Insights from in situ measurements and implications of the JHNO3-[OH] relationship, J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 1521-1534.
Weinstock, E., et al. (2001), Constraints on the seasonal cycle of stratospheric water vapor using in situ measurements from the ER-2 and a CO photochemical clock, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 22707-22734, doi:2000JD000047.
Fahey, D., et al. (2000), Ozone destruction and production rates between spring and autumn in the Arctic stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27:, 2605-2608.
Strahan, S., M. Loewenstein, and J. Podolske (1999), Climatologyand small-scalestructureof lower stratosphericNzO based on in situ observations, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 2195-2208.
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.
Del Negro, L. A., et al. (1997), Evaluating the role of NAT, NAD, and liquid H2SO4/H2O/HNO3 solutins in Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud aerosol: Observations and implications, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13255.
Fairlie, T. D., et al. (1997), Lagrangian forecasting during ASHOE/MAESA: Analysis of predictive skill for analyzed and reverse-domain-filled potential vorticity, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13169-13182.
Bacmeister, J., et al. (1996), Stratospheric horizontal wavenumber of winds, potential temperature and atmospheric tracers observed by high-altitude aircraft, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 9441-9470.
Boering, K. A., et al. (1996), Stratospheric mean ages and transport rates from observations of carbon-dioxide and nitrous-oxide, Science, 274, 1340-1343.
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.
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.
Dye, J. E., et al. (1996), In-situ observations of an Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud: Similarities with Arctic observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 1913-1916.
Keim, E. R., et al. (1996), Observations of large reductions in the NO/NOy ratio near the mid-latitude tropopause and the role of heterogeneous chemistry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3223-3226.
Minschwaner, K., et al. (1996), Bulk properties of isentropic mixing into the tropics in the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 9433-9439.
Newchurch, M., et al. (1996), Stratospheric NO and NO2 abundances from atmos solar-occultation measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2373-2376.
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.
Fahey, D., et al. (1995), In situ observations of aircraft exhaust in the lower stratosphere at midlatitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 3065-3074 (manuscript in preparation).
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.
Boering, K. A., et al. (1994), Tracer-tracer Relationships and Lower Stratosphere Dynamics: CO2 and N2O Correlations During SPADE, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2567-2570.
Cohen, R. C., et al. (1994), Are Models of Catalytic Removal of O3 by HOx accurate? Constraints From in situ Measurements of the OH to HO2 Ratio, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2539-2542.
Hintsa, E., et al. (1994), SPADE H2O Measurements and the Seasonal Cycle of Stratospheric Water Vapor, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2559-2562.
Plumb, R. A., et al. (1994), Intrusions Into the Lower Stratospheric Arctic Vortex During the Winter of 1991-1992, J. Geophys. Res., 99.D1, 1089-1105.
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.
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.
Stimpfle, R., et al. (1994), The Response of ClO Radical Concentrations to Variations in NO2 Radical Concentrations in the Lower Stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2543-2546.
Strahan, S., et al. (1994), Evolution of the 1991-1992 Arctic Vortex and Comparison with the Geophysical Fluid-Dynamics Laboratory Skyhi General-Circulation Model, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 20,713-20.
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.
Waugh, D., et al. (1994), Transport out of the Lower Stratospheric Arctic Vortex by Rossby Wave Breaking, J. Geophys. Res., 99.D1, 1071-1088.
Wennberg, P., et al. (1994), Removal of Stratospheric O3 by Radicals: In Situ Measurements of OH, HO2, NO, NO2, ClO, and BrO, Science, 266, 398-404.
Wofsy, S. C., et al. (1994), Vertical Transport Rates in 1993 From Observations of CO2, N2O and Ch4, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2571-2574.
Browell, E., et al. (1993), Ozone and aerosol changes observed during the 1991-92 Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition, Science, 261, 1155-1158.
Fahey, D., et al. (1993), In Situ Measurements Constraining the Role of Sulphate Aerosols in Mid-Latitude Ozone Depletion, Nature, 363, 509-514.
Kritz, M. A., et al. (1993), Radon Measurements in the Lower Tropical Stratosphere: Evidence for Rapid Vertical Transport and Dehydration of Tropospheric Air, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 8725-8736.
Pfister, L., et al. (1993), Mesoscale Disburbances in the Tropical Stratosphere Excited by Convection: Observations and Effects on the Stratospheric Momentum Budget, J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 1058-1075.
Podolske, J., and M. Loewenstein (1993), Airborne tunable diode laser spectrometer for trace-gas measurement in the lower stratosphere, Appl. Opt., 32, 5324-5333.
Podolske, J., et al. (1993), Northern Hemisphere Nitrous Oxide Morphology During the 1989 AASE and the 1991-1992 AASE II Campaigns, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2535-2538.
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.
Weaver, A., et al. (1993), Effects of Pinatubo Aerosol on Stratospheric Ozone at Mid-Latitudes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2515-2518.
Wilson, J., et al. (1993), In Situ Observations of Aerosol and Chlorine Monoxide After the 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo: Effect of Reactions on Sulfate Aerosol, Science, 261, 1140-1143.
Bacmeister, J., et al. (1992), An Estimate of the Relative Magnitude of Small-Scale Tracer Fluxes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1101-1104.
Becker, F. B., T. B. Sauke, and M. Loewenstein (1992), Stable isotope analysis using tunable diode laser spectroscopy, Appl. Opt., 31, 1921-1927.
Dye, J. E., et al. (1992), Particle Size Distributions in Arctic Polar Stratospheric Clouds, Growth and Freezing of Sulfuric Acid Droplets and Implications for Cloud Formation, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 8015-8034.
Kawa, S. R., et al. (1992), The Arctic Polar Stratospheric Cloud Aerosol: Aircraft Measurements of Reactive Nitrogen, Total Water, and particles, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 7925-7938.
Kawa, S. R., et al. (1992), Photochemical partitioning of the reactive nitrogen and chlorine reservoirs in the high altitude stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 7905-7923.
Proffitt, M., S. Solomon, and M. Loewenstein (1992), Comparison of 2-D model simulations of ozone and nitrous oxide at high latitudes with stratospheric measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 939-944.
Tuck, A. F., et al. (1992), Polar Stratospheric Cloud Processed Air and Potential Vorticity in the Northern Hemisphere Lower Stratosphere at Mid-Latitudes During Winter, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 7883-7904.
Wilson, J., et al. (1992), Stratospheric sulfate aerosol in and near the northern hemisphere polar vortex: The morphology of the sulfate layer, multimodal size distribution and the effect of denitrification, J. Geophys, Res., 97, 7997-8013.
Browell, E., et al. (1990), Airborne Lidar Observations in the Wintertime Arctic Stratosphere: Ozone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 325-328.
Douglass, A., et al. (1990), Global Three-Dimensional Constituent Fields Derived From Profile Data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 525-528.
Fahey, D., et al. (1990), Observation of Denitrification and Dehydration in the Winter Polar Stratosphere, Nature, 344, 321-324.
Fahey, D., et al. (1990), A Diagnostic for Denitrification in the Winter Polar Stratosphere, Nature, 345, 698-702.
Kawa, S. R., et al. (1990), Measurement of Total Reactive Nitrogen During the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 485-488.
Kelley, K. K., et al. (1990), A Comparison of ER-2 Measurements of Stratospheric Water Vapor Between the 1987 Antarctic and 1989 Arctic Airborne Missions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 465-468.
Lait, L. R., et al. (1990), Reconstruction of O3 and N2O fields from ER-2, DC-8, and Balloon Observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 521-524.
McKenna, D. S., et al. (1990), Calculations of Ozone Destruction During the 1988/1989 Arctic Winter, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 553-556.
Proffitt, M., et al. (1990), Ozone Loss in the Arctic Polar Vortex Inferred from High-Altitude Aircraft Measurements, Nature, 347, 31-36.
Salawitch, R., et al. (1990), Loss of Ozone in the Polar Vortex for the Winter of 1989, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 561-164.
Schoeberl, M. R., et al. (1990), Stratospheric Constituent Trends from ER-2 Profile Data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 469-472.
Wilson, J., et al. (1990), Measurements of Condensation Nuclei in the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition: Observations of Particle Production in the Polar Vortex, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 361-364.
Dye, J. E., et al. (1989), "Observed Particle Evolution in the Polar Stratospheric Cloud of January 24, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 413-416.
Fahey, D., et al. (1989), In situ aerosol measurements of total reactive nitrogen, total water, and aerosol in a polar stratospheric cloud in the Antarctic, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11299-11315.
Fahey, D., et al. (1989), In Situ Measurements of Total Reactive Nitrogen, Total Water Vapor, and Aerosols in Polar Stratospheric Clouds in the Antarctic Stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,299-11.
Gandrud, B., et al. (1989), and K. K. Kelly. "The January 30, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 457-460.
Hartmann, et al. (1989), Potential Vorticity Estimates in the South Polar Vortex from ER-2 Data, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,625-11.
Hartmann, D. L., et al. (1989), Transport into the South Polar Vortex in Early Spring, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,779-16.
Ko, M. K. W., M. Loewenstein, and R. Chan (1989), Measurements of Nitric Oxide and Total Reactive Nitrogen in the Antarctic Stratosphere: Observations and Chemical Implications, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,665-16.
Murphy, D. M., et al. (1989), Indicators of Transport and Vertical Motion from Corrections between In Situ Measurements of the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,669-11.
Podolske, J., et al. (1989), Stratospheric Nitrous Oxide Distribution in the Southern Hemisphere, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,767-16.
Schoeberl, M. R., et al. (1989), Reconstruction of the Constituent Distribution and Trends in the Antarctic Polar Vortex from the ER-2 Flight Observation, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,815-16.
Strahan, S., et al. (1989), Correlation of N2O and Ozone in the Southern Polar Vortex During the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,749-16.
Wilson, J., et al. (1989), Observations of Condensation Nuclei in the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment: Implications for New Particle Formation and Polar Stratospheric Cloud Formation, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,437-16.

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