What's New

Publications

• "An inexpensive light-scattering particle monitor: chamber and field validations with woodsmoke"(Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2007, 1099-1106 doi: 39/b709329m).
  
• "Speciation of ambient fine organic carbon particles and source apportionment of PM2.5 in Indian cities,"Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2007, 112, D15303, doi:10.1029/2007JD008386.
  

Talks

• Integrated & Real-time PM2.5 Concentrations in Kitchens, Bedrooms, and Outdoors in Highland Guatemala Using both Gravimetric and UCB Particle Monitor
  
• Partnership for Clean Indoor Air: Indoor Air Pollution Monitoring
  
• Partnership for Clean Indoor Air: Indoor PM2.5 and CO Concentrations Reduction from Improved Stoves Installation in Rural Northwest Yunnan Province, China
  
• Current Source Apportionment Studies in ASIA: An Overview
  

Poster Presentations

• Size Distributed Chemical Composition of Fine Particles Emitted from Burning Asian Coal
  

Publications

1. Pierce, John L.; Aguilar-Villalobos, Manuel; Rathbun, Stephen L.; Ryan, Berry; Chowdhury, Zohir; Naeher, Luke P. (2007) "Characterizing the spatiotemporal variability of ambient air pollution in Cusco, Peru using GIS" (Submitted, April 2007).
2. Chowdhury, Zohir; Edwards, Rufus; Johnson, Michael; Shields, Kyra N.; Allen, Tracy; Canuz, Eduardo; and Smith, Kirk R. (2007). "An inexpensive light-scattering particle monitor: chamber and field validations with woodsmoke" (in press, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, doi: 39/b709329m).
   
3. Chowdhury, Zohir; Zheng, Mei; Schauer, James J.; Sheesley, Rebecca J.; Salmon, Lynn G.; Cass, Glen R.; Russell, Armistead G.(2007) “Speciation of ambient fine organic carbon particles and source apportionment of PM2.5 in Indian cities,"Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112, D15303, doi:10.1029/2007JD008386.
   
4. PhD Dissertation
   
5. Chowdhury, Zohir; Zheng, Mei; Russell, Armisted G.; Cass, Glen R.; Salmon, Lynn G.; Sheesley, Rebecca J.; Schauer, James J. (2004) "Source apportionment and chemical characterization of the ambient fine particle aerosol in Delhi." Peer-reviewed A&WMA Conference Proceeding Paper, April 19-22, Cary, North Carolina.
6. Sheesley, Rebecca J.; Schauer, James J.; Chowdhury, Zohir; and Cass, Glen R.(2003) "Characterization of Organic Aerosols Emitted from the Combustion of Biomass Indigenous to the Indian Subcontinent," Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108, No. D9, AAC 8-1 to AAC 8-15.
   
7. Eldering, Annmarie; Ogren, J. A., Chowdhury, Zohir; Hughes, Lara S.; Cass, Glen R.. (2002) "Aerosol optical properties during INDOEX based on measured aerosol particle size and composition", Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107, No. D22, 8001, doi:10.1029/2001JD001572.
   
8. Cantrell, Will; Shaw, Glenn; Cass, Glen R.; Chowdhury, Zohir; Hughes, Lara S.; Prather, Kimberly A.; Guazotti, Sergio A.; and Coffee, Keith R. (2001) "Closure Between Aerosol Particles and Cloud Condensation Nuclei at Kaashidhoo Climate Observatory," Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 106, 28,711-28,718.
   
9. Chowdhury, Zohir; Hughes, Lara S.; Salmon, Lynn G.; and Cass, Glen R. (2001) "Atmospheric Particle Size and Composition Measurements to Support Light Extinction Calculations over the Indian Ocean," Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 106, 28,597-28,605.