Ann Thompson 
EESI Associate
Anne M. Thompson
Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College
Contact Information:
Department of Meteorology
510 Walker Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: +1-814-865-0479
email: anne@met.psu.edu
Dept. website: http://www.met.psu/people/amt16
Center website: http://www.eesi.psu.edu/centers/ecg.shtml
Current Research Interests:
Professor of Meteorology since 2005. Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, 1984-2004. Observational and modeling interests in: (1) air-sea exchange and biogeochemical cycling; (2) early studies of chemical-climate links, pollution, oxidizing capacity; (3) remote sensing; (4) trace gas variability from natural, anthropogenic causes (aviation, biomass burning). Known for leadership in aircraft, cruises, international field experiments and the SHADOZ and IONS ozonesonde networks. Recipient of COSPAR’s Nordberg Medal for Space Science, the Women in Aerospace International Achievement Award, NASA Honor Award (SHADOZ), NASA/DOI Wm T. Pecora Award (TOMS), Penn State’s Wilson Research Excellence Award. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Meteorological Society (AMS). President of the Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (2002-2006), Vice-President of IAMAS (2007-), Chair-elect of AAAS Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section. Over 150 refereed publications. ISI highly-cited author (Geosciences).
Selected Publications:
J. E. Yorks, A. M. Thompson, E. Joseph, S. K. Miller, the variability of free troposphericozone budgets over Beltsville, Maryland (39N, 77W) in the summers 2004-2007,Atmos. Environ., 43, 1827-1838, 2009.
L. Jourdain, S. S. Kulawik, H. M. Worden, K. E. Pickering, J. Worden, A. M. Thompsonand TES co-authors, Lightning NOx emissions over the USA investigated using TES,NLDN, LRLDN, IONS data and the GEOS-Chem model, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 9,1123–1155, 2009.
M. Parrington, D. B. A. Jones, K. W. Bowman, A. M. Thompson, D. W. Tarasick, J.Merrill, S. J. Oltmans, T. Leblanc, J. C. Witte, The impact of the assimilation of ozonefrom the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer on surface ozone across North America,Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04802, doi:10.1029/2008GL036935, 2009.
L. Zhang, Daniel Jacob, K. F. Boersma,, D. A. Jaffe, J. R. Olson, K. W. Bowman, J. R.Worden, A. M. Thompson, M. A. Avery, R. C. Cohen, J. E. Dibb, F. M. Flocke, H. E.Fuelberg, L. G. Huey, W. W. McMillan, H. B. Singh, A. J. Weinheimer, TranspacificTransport of ozone pollution and the effect of recent Asian emission increases on airquality in North America: An integrated analysis using satellite, aircraft, ozonesonde,and surface observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6117–6136, 2008.
J. C. Witte, M. R. Schoeberl, A. R. Douglass, A. M. Thompson, The Quasi-biennialOscillation in tropical ozone from SHADOZ and HALOE, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc , 8,6355-6378, 2008.
A. M. Thompson, J. E. Yorks, S. K. Miller, J. C. Witte, G. A. Morris, D. Baumgardner, L.Ladino, B. Rappenglueck, Free tropospheric ozone sources and wave activity overMexico City and Houston during Milagro/Intercontinental Transport Experiment(INTEX-B) Ozonesonde Network Study, 2006 (IONS-06), Atmos. Chem. Phys.,. 8,5113-5126, 2008.
G. G. Pfister,, L. K. Emmons, P. G. Hess, J.-F. Lamarque, A. M. Thompson, J. E. Yorks,Analysis of the summer 2004 ozone budget over North America using IONSobservations and MOZART-4 simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D23306,doi:10.1029/2008JD010190 2008.
Y. Tang, P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, H-C Huang, J. T. McQueen, G. J. DiMego, L. K. Emmons, R.B. Pierce, A. M. Thompson, H-M. Lin, D. Kang, D. Tong, S. Yu, R. Mathur, J. E. Pleim,T. L. Otte, G. Pouliot, J. O. Young, K. L. Schere, P. M. Davidson, I. Stajner, The Impactof chemical lateral boundary conditions on CMAQ predictions of tropospheric ozoneover the continental United States, Environ. Fluid Dynam., DOI 10.1007/s10652-008-9092-5, 2008.
R. B Pierce, J. A Al-Saadi, C. Kittaka, T. Schaak, A. Lenzen, K. Bowman, J. Szykman, A.Soja, T. Ryerson, A. M. Thompson, P. K. Bhartia, Impacts of background ozoneproduction on Houston and Dallas, TX Air Quality during the TeXAQS field mission, J.Geophys. Res., submitted, 2008.
G A. Morris, B. Ford, B. Rappenglück, A. Mefferd, B. Lefer, A. M. Thompson, Anevaluation of the influence of the morning residual layer on afternoon ozoneconcentrations in Houston using ozonesonde data, Atmos. Environ., submitted, 2008.
S. R. Felker, J. L. Moody, A. J. Wimmers, G. Osterman, K. Bowman, A. M. Thompson,D. W. Tarasick, A Multi-sensor Upper Tropospheric Ozone Product (MUTOP) basedon TES ozone and GOES water vapor: II. Validation with ozonesondes, J. Geophys.Res., submitted, 2008.
A. M. Thompson, et al., Intercontinental Transport Ozonesonde Network Study (IONS, 2004): 1. Summertime UT/LS (Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere) ozone over northeastern North America, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S12, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007441, 2007.
R. B. Chatfield, H. Guan, A. M. Thompson, H. G. J. Smit, Mechanisms for the intraseasonal variability of tropospheric ozone during the Indian winter monsoon, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10303, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007347, 2007.
A. M. Thompson, et al., Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) 1998-2004 tropical ozone climatology. 3. Instrumentation, station variability, evaluation with simulated flight profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D03304, doi: 10.1029/ 2005JD007042, 2007.
R. D. Diab, A. Raghunandran, A. M. Thompson, V. Thouret, classification of tropospheric ozone profiles over Johannesburg based on MOZAIC aircraft data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 713-723, 2003.
A. M. Thompson, J. C. Witte, R. D. Hudson, H. Guo, J. R. Herman, M. Fujiwara, Tropical tropospheric ozone and biomass burning, Science, 291, 2128-2132, 2001.
A. M. Thompson, et al., Southern Hemisphere ADditional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) 1998-2000 tropical ozone climatology. 1. Comparison with TOMS and ground-based measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8238, doi: 10.1029/2001JD000967, 2003.
A. M. Thompson, B. G. Doddridge, J. C. Witte, R. D. Hudson, W. T. Luke, J. E. Johnson, B. J. Johnson, S. J. Oltmans, R. Weller, A tropical Atlantic paradox: Shipboard and satellite views of a tropospheric ozone maximum and wave-one in January-February 1999, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3317-3320, 2000.
H. B. Singh, A. M. Thompson and H. Schlager, The 1997 SONEX aircraft campaign and coordinated POLINAT-2 activity: Overview and accomplishments, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3053-3056, 1999.
A. M. Thompson, W.-K. Tao, K. E. Pickering, J. R. Scala, and J. Simpson, Tropical deep convection and ozone formation, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 78, 1,043-1,054, 1997.
A. M. Thompson, et al., Where did tropospheric ozone over southern Africa and the tropical Atlantic come from in October 1992? Insights from TOMS, GTE/TRACE-A and SAFARI-92, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 24,251-24,278, 1996.
A. M. Thompson, Measuring and modeling the tropospheric hydroxyl radical (OH), J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 3315-3327, 1995.
A. M. Thompson, et al., SAGA-3 ozone observations and a photochemical model analysis of the marine boundary layer during SAGA-3, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 16955-16968, 1993.
A. M. Thompson, J. A. Chappellaz, I. Y. Fung, and T. L. Kucsera, Atmospheric methane increase since the last glacial maximum. 2. Effect on oxidants, Tellus, 45B, 242-257, 1993.
A. M. Thompson, The oxidizing capacity of the Earth's atmosphere: Probable past and future changes, Science, 256, 1157-1165, 1992.
A. M. Thompson, K. B. Hogan, and J. S. Hoffman, Methane reductions: Implications for global warming and atmospheric chemical change, Atmos. Environ., 26A, 2665-2688, 1992.
K. B. Hogan, A. M. Thompson, and J. S. Hoffman, Methane on the greenhouse agenda, Nature, 354, 181-182, 1991.
A. M. Thompson and R. W. Stewart, The effect of chemical kinetics uncertainties on calculated constituents in a tropospheric photochemical model, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 13089-13108, 1991.
A. M. Thompson, R. W. Stewart, M. A. Owens, and J. A. Herwehe, Sensitivity of tropospheric oxidants to global chemical and climate change, Atmos. Environ., 23, 519-532, 1989.
A. M. Thompson and R. J. Cicerone, Atmospheric CH4, CO, and OH from 1860-1985, Nature, 321, 148-150, 1986.