Publications

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Publications (in preparation, submitted, and accepted)

Flowers, B. A.; M. E. Angerhofer, W. R. Simpson, T. Nakayama and Y. Matsumi, Nitrate Radical Quantum Yield from Peroxyacetyl Nitrate Photolysis, submitted to J. Phys. Chem. A (30 Sep 2004).

Douglas, T. A.; M. Sturm, W. R. Simpson, S. Brooks, S. E. Lindberg, and D. K. Perovich, Elevated mercury measured in snow and frost flowers near arctic sea ice leads, Submitted (September 2004)

Published

Download PDF W. R. Simpson, Continuous wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy applied to in-situ detection of dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5), Rev. Sci. Inst., 74, 7, 3442-3452 (2003). DOI: 10.1063/1.1578705.

Download PDF Simpson, W.R., M.D. King, H.J. Beine, R.E. Honrath, and M.C. Peterson, Atmospheric photolysis rates during the Polar Sunrise Experiment ALERT2000 Field Campaign, Atmos. Env., 36 (15-16) 2471-2480 (2002).  The original published article contained a typo that was corrected in the literature.  Download the PDF file of the correction.

Download PDF Simpson, W.R., M.D. King, H.J. Beine, R.E. Honrath, and X. Zhou, Radiation-transfer modeling of snow pack photochemical processes during ALERT2000., Atmos. Env., 36 (15-16), 2663-2670 (2002).

Zhou, X., H.J. Beine, R.E. Honrath, J.D. Fuentes, W.R. Simpson, P.B. Shepson, and J.W. Bottenheim, Snowpack Photochemical Production of HONO: a Major Source of OH in the Arctic Boundary Layer in Spring Time, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(21), 4087-4090, 2001.

Harald J. Beine, Richard E. Honrath, Florant Dominé, William R. Simpson, Martin D. King, Jose D. Fuentes, NOx during background and ozone depletion periods at Alert: Fluxes above the snow surface, J. Geophys. Res. 107 (D21), 4584-4596 (2002).

Amanda M. Grannas, Paul B. Shepson, Christofe Gimbaud, Ann Louise Sumner, Mary Albert, William Simpson, Florant Dominé, Hacine Boudries, Jan Bottenheim, Harald J. Beine, Richard E. Honrath, Zianliang Zhou, A study of carbonyl compounds and photochemistry in the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer, Atmos. Env. 36 (15-16), 2733-2742 (2002).

K. Seki, Y. Kasai, Y. Murayama, M. Kohei, T.  Itable, F. J. Murcray, W. R. Simpson, and S. A. Lloyd, Trace gas observations with Poker Flat FTIR, J. Communication Res. Lab. 49 (2), 191-200 (2002).

Download PDF King, M.D., and W.R. Simpson, The extinction of UV radiation in Arctic snow at Alert, Canada (82°N), J. Geophys. Res., 106 (D12), 12499-12508 (2001).

Jaffe, D., T. Anderson, D. Covert, B. Trost, J. Danielson, W. Simpson, D. Blake, J. Harris, and D. Streets, Observations of ozone and related species in the Northeast Pacific during the PHOBEA campaigns: 1. Ground based observations at Cheeka Peak, J. Geophys. Res., 105 (D7), 7449-7461 (2001).

Michelsen, H.A., and W.R. Simpson, Relating state-dependent cross sections to non-Arrhenius behavior for the Cl + CH4 reaction, J. Phys. Chem. A., 105, 1476-1488 (2000).

Lloyd, S., W.H. Swartz, T. Kusterer, D. Anderson, C.T. McElroy, C. Midwinter, R. Hall, K. Nassim, D. Jaffe, W. Simpson, J. Danielson, D. Griffin, B. Johnson, D. Quincy, S. Oltmans, P. Newman, R. McPeters, G. Labow, L. Moy, C. Seftor, and G. Toon, Total ozone observations and trend at Fairbanks during POLARIS, J. Geophys. Res., 104 (D21), 26767-26778 (1999).

Zhao, X., C. Tengroth, R. Chen, W. R. Simpson, T. G. Spiro, Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy with a tunable ultraviolet kilohertz nanosecond laser, J. Raman Spectroscopy, 30, 773-776 (1999).

Jaffe, D., T. Anderson, D. Covert, R. Kotchenruther, B. Trost, J. Danielson, W. Simpson, T. Berntsen, S. Karlsdottir, D. Blake, J. Harris, and G. Carmichael, Transport of Asian air pollution to North America, Geophys. Res. Lett, 26 (6),711-714 (1999).

View Abstract King, M.D., E.M. Dick, and W.R. Simpson, A new method for the atmospheric detection of the nitrate radical (NO3), Atmos. Env., 34,683-686 (1999).

View Abstract Schulz, K.J., and W.R. Simpson, Frequency-matched cavity ring-down spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Lett., 297, 523-529, (1998).

Lloyd, S., W.H. Swartz, T. Kusterer, D. Anderson, C.T. McElroy, C. Midwinter, R. Hall, K. Nassim, D. Jaffe, W. Simpson, J. Danielson, D. Griffin, B. Johnson, D. Quincy, S. Oltmans, P. Newman, R. McPeters, G. Labow, L. Moy, C. Seftor, and G. Toon, Total ozone observations and trend at Fairbanks during POLARIS, J. Geophys. Res., in press, (1999).

Zhao, X., C. Tengroth, R. Chen, W. R. Simpson, T. G. Spiro, Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy with a tunable ultraviolet kilohertz nanosecond laser, J. Raman Spectroscopy, in press, (1999).

Jaffe, D., T. Anderson, D. Covert, R. Kotchenruther, B. Trost, J. Danielson, W. Simpson, T. Berntsen, S. Karlsdottir, D. Blake, J. Harris, and G. Carmichael, Transport of Asian air pollution to North America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26 (6), 711-714, (1999).

A. J. Orr-Ewing, W. R. Simpson, T. P. Rakitzis, S. A. Kandel, R. N. Zare, Scattering-Angle Resolved Product Rotational Alignment for the Reaction of Cl with Vibrationally Excited Methane, J. Chem. Phys., 5961-5971 (1997).

W. R. Simpson, T. P. Rakitzis, S. A. Kandel, T. Lev-On, R. N. Zare, Picturing the transition-state region and understanding vibrational enhancement in the Cl+CH4 -> HCl+CH3 reaction, J. Phys. Chem. , 100, 7938-7947 (1996).

W. R. Simpson, T. P. Rakitzis, S. A. Kandel, A. J. Orr-Ewing, R. N. Zare, Reaction of Cl with vibrationally excited CH4 and CHD3: State-to-state differential cross sections and steric effects for the HCl product, J. Chem. Phys. 103, 7313-7335 (1995).

W. R. Simpson, A. J. Orr-Ewing, S. A. Kandel, T. P. Rakitzis, R. N. Zare, Core extraction for measuring state-to-state differential cross sections of bimolecular reactions, J. Chem. Phys. 103, 7299-7312 (1995).

A. J. Orr-Ewing, W. R. Simpson, T. P. Rakitzis, R. N. Zare, Preparing reagents: time dependence of HCl(v=1,J) alignment following pulsed infrared excitation, Isr. J. Chem. 34, 95 (1994).

W. R. Simpson, A. J. Orr-Ewing, R. N. Zare, State-to-state differential cross sections for the reaction Cl(2P3/2) + CH4(v3=1,J=1) -> HCl(v’=1,J’) + CH3, Chem. Phys. Lett. 212, 163-171 (1993).

N. E. Shafer, A. J. Orr-Ewing, W. R. Simpson, H. Xu, R. N. Zare, State-to-state differential cross sections from photoinitiated bulb reactions, Chem. Phys. Lett 212, 155-162 (1993).

W. R. Simpson, A. J. Orr-Ewing, R. N. Zare, State-to-state dynamics and doubly differential cross sections for the reaction of chlorine with CH4(v3=1,J), Ed. C.-Y. Ng, Laser techniques for state-selected and state-to-state chemistry, Los Angeles, CA (SPIE: Bellingham, WA, 1993).

M. J. Bronikowski, W. R. Simpson, R. N. Zare, Effect of reagent vibration on the H + HOD reaction: an example of bond-specific chemistry, J. Phys. Chem. 97, 2194-2203 (1993).

M. J. Bronikowski, W. R. Simpson, R. N. Zare, Comparison of reagent stretch vs. bend excitation in the H + D2O reaction: an example of mode-selective chemistry, J. Phys. Chem. 97, 2204-2208 (1993).

M. J. Bronikowski, W. R. Simpson, B. Girard, R. N. Zare, Bond specific chemistry: OD:OH product ratios for the reactions H + HOD(100) and H + HOD(001), J. Chem. Phys. 95, 8647-8648 (1991).

T. A. Stephenson, et al., Laser induced fluorescence of jet cooled IBr:B3P0+ - X 1S+ excitation spectra, J. Phys. Chem. 93, 2310 (1989).

W. R. Simpson, T. A. Stephenson, Spectroscopy and A state dynamics of the NeIBr vdW complex, J. Chem. Phys. 90, 3171 (1989).


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