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Journal Articles

Calderón, S. M., Poor, N. D., Campbell, S., Tate, P., Hartsell, B., 2007. Rainfall scavenging coefficients for atmospheric nitric acid and nitrate in a subtropical coastal environment. Atmos. Environ. In review.

 

Etherton, B., Pyatt, H., Etherton, D., 2007. Meteorological conditions during the 2002 Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE) intensive monitoring campaign. J. Applied Meteor. Climat. In review.

Myles, L., Meyers, T., Robinson, L., 2007. Relaxed eddy accumulation measurements of ammonia, nitric acid, sulfur dioxide and particulate sulfate dry deposition near Tampa, FL, USA. Environ. Res. Lett. 2: 034004 (8pp), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/2/3/034004.

Atkeson, T., Greening, H., Poor, N. 2007. Bay Region Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE). Atmos. Environ. 41: 4163-4164.

 

Gunter, L. 2007. Assessment of boundary layer variations in the Tampa Bay Area during the Bay Region Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE). Atmos. Environ. 41: 4165-4176.

 

Luke, W., Arnold, J., Gunter, L., Watson, T., Wellman, D., Dasgupta, P. Li, J., Riemer, D., Tate, P., 2007. The NOAA Twin Otter and its role in BRACE: Platform description. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4177-4189.

 

Luke, W., Arnold, J., Watson, T., Dasgupta, P., Li, J., Kronmiller, K., Hartsell, B., Tamanini, T., Lopez, C., King, C., 2007. The NOAA Twin Otter and its role in BRACE: A comparison of aircraft and surface trace gas measurements. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4190-4209.

 

Arnold, J., Hartsell, B., Luke, W., Ullah, S., Dasgupta, P., Huey, G., Tate, P., 2007. Field test of four methods for gas-phase ambient nitric acid. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4210-4226.

 

Arnold, J., Luke, W., 2007. Nitric acid and the origin and size segregation of aerosol nitrate aloft during BRACE 2002. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4227-4241.

 

Dasgupta, P. K., Campbell, S., Al-Horr, R., Ullah, R. SM., Li, J., Poor, N. 2007. Conversion of sea salt aerosol to NaNO3 and the production of HCl: Analysis of temporal behavior of aerosol chloride/nitrate and gaseous HCl/HNO3 concentrations with AIM. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4242-4257.

 

Martinelango, P., Dasgupta, P., Al-Horr, R., 2007. Atmospheric production of oxalic acid/oxalate and nitric acid/nitrate in the Tampa Bay airshed: Parallel pathways. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4258-4269.

 

Kenty, K. L., Poor, N. D., McClenny, W., Kronmiller, K., King, C., Atkeson, T., Campbell, S. W., 2007. Roadside study of atmospheric NO/NO2 transformations. Atmos. Environ .41: 4270-4280.

 

Calderón, S. M., Poor, N. D., Campbell, S., 2007. Estimation of the particle and gas scavenging contributions to wet deposition of organic nitrogen. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4281-4290.

 

Sopkin, K., Mizak, C., Gilbert, S., Subramanian, V., Luther, M., Poor, N., 2007. Modeling air/sea flux parameters in a coastal area: a comparative study of results from the TOGA COARE model and the NOAA buoy model. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4291-4303.

 

Mizak, C., Campbell, S., Sopkin, K., Gilbert, S., Luther, M., Poor, N., 2007. Effect of shoreline meteorological measurements on NOAA buoy model predictions of coastal air-sea gas transfer. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4304-4309.

 

Strayer, H., Mizak, C., Smith, R., Poor, N., 2007. Influence of air mass origin on the wet deposition of nitrogen to Tampa Bay, Florida—An eight year study. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4310-4322.

 

Tremblay, R., Riemer, D., Zika, R., 2007. Organic composition of PM2.5 and size-segregated aerosols and their sources during the 2002 Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE), Florida, USA. Atmos. Environ. 41: 4323-4335.

 

Pancras, J. P., Ondov, J. M., Poor, N., 2006. Identification of sources and estimation of emission profiles from highly time resolved measurements in Tampa, FL. Atmos. Environ. 40, S467-S481. 

 

Poor, N., Pollman, C., Tate, P., Begum, M., Evans, M., Campbell, C., 2005. Nature and magnitude of atmospheric fluxes of total inorganic nitrogen and other inorganic species to the Tampa Bay watershed, FL, USA. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 170: 267-283.

 

Dasgupta, P., Li, J., Zhang, G., Luke, W., McClenny, W., Stutz, J., Fried, A., 2005. Summertime ambient formaldehyde in five U.S. metropolitan areas: Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, and Tampa, Environ. Sci. Technol. 39: 4767-4783.

 

Calderón, S. M., Poor, N. D., Campbell, S. W. 2006. Investigation of the UV photolysis method for the determination of organic nitrogen in aerosol samples. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. 56: 1278-1286.

 

Park, S. S., Pancras, J. P., Ondov, J., Poor, N. 2005. A new pseudo-deterministic multivariate receptor model for accurate individual source apportionment using highly time-resolved ambient concentration measurements. J. of Geophysical Research, Vol 110, D07S15.

 

Pancras, J. P., Ondov, J. M., Zeisler, R., 2005. Multielement electrothermal AAS determination of eleven marker elements in fine ambient aerosol slurry samples collected with SEAS-II, Analytica Chimica Acta 538: 303-312.

 

Mizak, C. A., Campbell, S. W., Luther, M. E., Carnahan, R. P., Murphy, R. J., Poor, N. D., 2005. Below-cloud ammonia scavenging in convective thunderstorms at a coastal research site in Tampa, FL, USA. Atmospheric Environment 39:1575-1584.

 

Takeuchi, M., Li, J., Morris, K., Dasgupta, P., 2004. Membrane-based parallel plate denuder for the collection and removal of soluble atmospheric gases, Anal. Chem., 76: 1204-1210.

 

Evans, M., Campbell, S., Bhethanabotla, V., and Poor, N. 2004. Effect of sea salt and calcium carbonate interactions with nitric acid on the direct dry deposition of nitrogen to Tampa Bay, Florida. Atmospheric Environment, 38:4847-4858.

 

Al-Horr, R., Samanta, G., Dasgupta, P., 2003. A continuous analyzer for soluble anionic constituents and ammonium in atmospheric particulate matter, Environ. Sci. Tech. 37: 5711-5720.

 

Campbell, S. W., Evans, M. C., and Poor, N.D.,  2002. Predictions of size-resolved aerosol concentrations of ammonium, chloride and nitrate at a bayside site using EQUISOLVII. Atmospheric Environment, 36: 4299-4307.

 

Poor, N. D., Clark, T., Nye, L., Tamanini, T., Tate, T., Stevens, R., Atkeson, T. (2002) “Field performance of dichotomous sequential PM air samplers,” Atmospheric Environment, 36: 3289-3298.

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Conference Proceedings

Poor, N., 2007. Impact of federally-mandated emission controls on ambient air SO2 and NOx concentrations in Tampa, FL, USA. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Conference 2007, Tampa, FL, May 15-18.

 

Calderón, S. M., Poor, N. D., Campbell, S. W. 2006. Analysis of particle formation processes through the effect of meteorological conditions on organic and inorganic nitrogen concentrations in atmospheric aerosols, Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 86th Annual American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, GA, January 30.

 

Kronmiller, K., McClenny, W. A., 2004. Evaluation and use of stand-alone commercial photolytic converters for conversion of NO2 to NO. Symposium on Air Quality Measurement Methods and Technology 2004, April 20 to 22, 2004, Research Triangle Park, NC.  

 

Poor, N. 2004. Contribution of industrial atmospheric ammonia emissions to nitrogen loading in the Tampa Bay estuary, Tampa, FL, USA, Proceedings of the USEPA International Emission Inventory Conference held June 7-10, 2004, in Clearwater, Florida.

 

Tate, P., Poor, N. et al. 2003. A Comparison of Continuous and Integrated Nitric Acid Ambient Air Concentrations and Atmospheric Deposition Rates, Proceedings of the AWMA 96th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 22-26, 2003, in San Diego, CA.

 

Batten, J., Poor, N. et al. 2003. Has the installation of a FGD unit on a coal-fired utility plant reduced SO2 ambient air concentrations near Tampa, Florida? Proceedings of the AWMA 96th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 22-26, 2003, in San Diego, CA.

 

Evans, M., Campbell, S., Bhethanabotla, V., Poor, N. 2003. The formation of particulate nitrate and Its effect on nitrogen deposition, Proceedings of the AWMA 96th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 22-26, 2003, in San Diego, CA.

 

Evans, M. C., Hendrix-Holmes, H., Poor, N.  2002 Do macroparticles contain nitrogen? Proceedings of the AWMA 95th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 23-27, 2002, in Baltimore, MD.

 

Hendrix, H. C., Poor, N. D., Evans, M. 2002 Can bulk deposition measurements reasonably estimate nitrogen deposition rates? Proceedings of the AWMA 95th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 23-27, 2002, in Baltimore, MD.

 

Mizak, C. A. and Poor, N. D. 2002. Ammonia flux at the air/water interface of Tampa Bay, Proceedings of the AWMA 95th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 23-27, 2002, in Baltimore, MD.

 

Smith, R. D., Jr., Poor, N., Laing, A. 2002.The influence of air mass origin on wet deposition of nitrogen to Tampa Bay, FL, Proceedings of the AWMA 95th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 23-27, 2002, in Baltimore, MD.

 

Venegas, L., Hannaway, G., Poor, N. 2002.An evaluation of the errors associated with the loss of puffs at the boundary of the CALPUFF modeling domain, Proceedings of the AWMA 95th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 23-27, 2002, in Baltimore, MD.

 

Earls, J., Poor, N. D., and Ondov, J. M. 2001.Atmospheric deposition and source apportionment of toxic metals to the Tampa Bay Estuary, Proceedings of the AWMA 94th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 24-28, 2001, in Orlando, Florida.

 

Hannaway, G., Kamal A., Sturrock, K. and Poor, N. D. 2001.A comparison of modeled and actual SO2 concentrations in the Tampa Bay Estuary Using the CALMET/CALPUFF modeling system,” Proceedings of the AWMA 94th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 24-28, 2001, in Orlando, Florida.

 

Evans, M., Tate, P., Poor, N. D. and Campbell, S. 2001. Application of a thermodynamic model to coarse and fine mode aerosols at a Tampa Bay coastal site,” Proceedings of the AWMA 94th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 24-28, 2001, in Orlando, Florida.

 

Kenty, K., Poor, N. D., and Campbell, S. 2001. An experiment to measure NOx and SO2 transformation rates, Proceedings of the AWMA 94th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 24-28, 2001, in Orlando, Florida.

 

Evans, M., and Poor, N. D. 2001. Scrubbing of atmospheric nitric acid and sulfuric acid by marine air, Proceedings of the AWMA 94th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, June 24-28, 2001, in Orlando, Florida.

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Theses/Dissertations

Kerstin Kenty, May 2007. Measurement and Modeling of Oxides of Nitrogen from Vehicular Contributors. Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of South Florida.

 

Silvia Calderón, May 2006. Measurement and Modeling of Organic Nitrogen Compounds in Atmospheric Samples: Study Applied to Tampa Bay, FL. Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of South Florida.

 

LaToya Myles, December 2004.  A Study of Atmospheric Ammonia in Coastal Ecosystems Utilizing Relaxed Eddy Accumulation Techniques and Ion Mobility Spectrometry. Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental Sciences Institute, Florida A&M University.

 

Connie A. Mizak, May 2004. Ammonia Flux at the Air/Water Interface of Tampa Bay. Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of South Florida.

 

Melissa Cheryl Foster Evans, November 2003.  Characterization and Formation of Particulate Nitrate in a Coastal Area. Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida.

 

Ronald David Smith, May 2003.  The Influence of Air Mass Origin on the Wet Deposition of Nitrogen to Tampa Bay, Florida. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree of Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida.

 

Hendrix-Holmes, Heather. C., November 2002. Can Bulk Deposition Measurements Reasonably Estimate Ammonia Nitrogen Deposition Rates? Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree of Master of Science in Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida.

 

Mower, S. May 2002. Ammonia Gas Emissions from A Tampa Bay Area Wastewater Treatment Plant. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree of Master of Science in Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida.

 

Earls, Julie K., August 2001.  Assimilation of Nitrogen Isotope Data and Source Recognition in the Tampa Bay Estuary. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree of Master of Science in Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida.

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Abstracts

Poor, N., Atkeson, T., Greening, H., 2006. Impact of federally-mandated emission controls on rainfall sulfate, nitrate, and hydronium concentrations and fluxes in Tampa, FL, USA. NADP 2006: Effects of Deposition in Urban and Coastal Environments National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) 29th Annual Technical Meeting, Norfolk, VA, October 25.

 

 

Poor, N., Calderón, S., Mizak, C., Strayer, H., Stuart, A., 2006. An application of NADP precipitation monitoring: diagnostics for local source contributions to wet deposition of gaseous and particulate nitrogen. NADP 2006: Effects of Deposition in Urban and Coastal Environments National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) 29th Annual Technical Meeting, Norfolk, VA, October 25.

 

 

Poor, N., Atkeson, T., Greening, H. 2005. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen to Tampa Bay. Proceedings of the Estuarine Research Foundation 2005 Conference, Norfolk, VA, October 16-21.

 

Ondov, J. M. 2004. New pseudo-deterministic multivariate receptor model for individual source emission rates using highly-time resolved data. United Nations ECE EMEP Workshop on Particulate Matter Measurement and Modeling, New Orleans, LA. April 20-24.

 

Ondov. J. M., Park, S. S., Pancras, J. P., Poor, N., 2004. A new pseudo-deterministic multivariate receptor model for accurate individual source apportionment using highly time-resolved ambient concentration measurements, American Chemical Society Conference, Anaheim, CA, March 28-April 1.

 

Ondov, J. M., 2004. Pseudo deterministic model for individual source apportionment using highly time-resolved measurements with SEAS, EPA Supersites PI Meeting, Las Vegas, February 25-26.

 

Ondov, J. M., 2004. New pseudo deterministic model for individual source apportionment using highly time resolved data. 2004. Presented at the MARAMA MANE-VU Science Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 27-29.

 

Ondov, J. M., 2004. Emission rates of pollutants from stationary sources using highly time resolved ambient measurements and a new pseudo deterministic hybrid receptor model. EPA Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments, Research Program Internal Workshop, January 5.

 

Arnold, J., Luke, W., Watson, T. 2003. Nitrate aerosol partitioning in the 2003 Bay Regional Atmospheric Experiment (BRACE): aloft and surface comparisons. AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Atkeson, T. 2003. Tampa Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment: overview, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Campbell, S., Evans, M., Poor, N., 2003. Prediction of coarse particle nitrate from fine particle measurements in a coastal environment, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Dasgupta, P. Al-Horr, R., Li, J. 2003. Texas Tech Measurements at BRACE Sydney site, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Evans, M., Campbell, S., Poor, N., 2003.Partitioning of nitric acid to nitrate by NaCl and CaCO3 and its effect on nitrogen deposition, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Gunter, R., Watson, T., Winston, L., Arnold, J., King, C. 2003. Determination of the boundary layer characteristics in the Tampa Bay area during the Bay Region Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE), AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Luke, W., Arnold, J., Watson, T., Gunter, L., Wellman, D., Dasgupta, P., Li, J., Riemer, D., Aircraft observations of the Tampa urban plume during BRACE: transport, photochemical, and depositional processes, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Marley, N., Gaffney, J. 2003. Fast GC-luminol instrument for PAN and nitrogen dioxide measurements, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Mizak, C., Poor, N., 2003. Ammonia flux at the air-water interface of Tampa Bay, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Meyers, T., Myles, L. 2003. The dry deposition of nitrogen and sulfur compounds during BRACE 2002, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Ondov, J., Pancras, P., Park, S., Poor, N. 2003. Emission rates of PM constituents from highly time resolved ambient concentration measurements; a new paradigm in air pollution management. AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Ondov, J. M., Pancras, J. P., Gazula, S., Yu, M. N. S., Turner, J., Robinson, A., Pandis, S., Stevens, R. K., Poor, N., 2003. Highly time-resolved measurements of elemental Composition at the Baltimore, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Tampa supersites using the UM High-frequency aerosol slurry sampler: unprecedented resolution of the sources of primary atmospheric aerosol. Association of Aerosol Research Particulate Matter: Atmospheric Sciences, Exposure, and the Fourth Colloquium on PM and Human Health, March, Pittsburgh.

 

Ondov, J. M., Poor, N., 2003. Emission inventory development through highly-time-resolved ambient sampling. NARSTO Workshop on Innovative Methods for Emission-Inventory Development and Evaluation, University of Texas, Austin; October 14-17.

 

Poor, N., Amalfitano, C., Ondov, J. M., Pancras, P., Gazula, S., Dasgupta, P.,Al-Horr, R., 2003. Real-time monitoring of gases and aerosols reveals source contributions to air quality. NARSTO Workshop on Innovative Methods for Emission-Inventory Development and Evaluation, University of Texas, Austin; October 14-17.

 

Pollman, C., 2003. Export of atmospherically-derived nitrogen in the Tampa Bay watershed, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Poor, N., Tate, P., Begum, M., Evans, M., Campbell, S., Bhethanabotla, V. Bollinger, C., Ball, A., 2003. Nitrogen deposition to the Tampa Bay watershed, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Sopkin, K., Luther, M. , Gilbert, S., Subramanian, V., Scudder, J., Wetzell, L. 2003. Heat fluxes in Tampa Bay, FL. AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Tremblay, R., Zika, R., Organic composition of PM2.5 and size-segregated aerosols during the 2002 Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE), Florida, USA, AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Watson, T., Luke, W., Arnold, J., Gunter, L., Studies of Tampa Bay power plant plumes during the Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE), AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Wellman, D., Luke, W., Arnold, J., Watson, T., Gunter, L. 2003. Spatial and temporal changes in air pollution along the Gulf Coast observed during BRACE: a case study of land-sea breeze. AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Zhang, M., Dennis, R., Mebust, R., Bhave, P., Wexler, A. 2003. Simulation of coarse particle nitrate formations in coastal areas using CMAQ-AIM. AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Zika, R., Riemer, D., Tremblay, R., Hare, C., Noziere, B. 2003. Gas phase and particulate phase organic compositions at the Sydney site during the 2002 Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE), AGU 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December.

 

Ondov. J. M., Park, S. S., Pancras, J. P., Poor, N., 2003. PM Emission rates from highly time-resolved ambient concentration measurements, American Association for Aerosol Research Conference, Anaheim, CA, October 20-24.

 

Bhethanabotla, V., Amalfitano, C., Poor, N. 2002. Integration of the Williams particle deposition model with the NOAA buoy model. Proceedings of the American Association for Aerosol Research Annual Conference held October 7-12, 2002, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

Bhethanabotla, V., Campbell, S. W., Poor, N. 2002. Influence of relative humidity changes on dry deposition velocity calculations of inorganic aerosol particles using the NOAA buoy-Williams model. Proceedings of the American Association for Aerosol Research Annual Conference held October 7-12, 2002, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

Evans, M. C. and Poor, N. 2002. Nitrogen particle spatial and temporal size distributions throughout Tampa Bay. Proceedings of the American Association for Aerosol Research Annual Conference held October 7-12, 2002, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

Pancras, J. P., Gazula, S., Park, S. S., Ondov, J. M., Stevens, R. K., 2002. Elemental and inorganic analysis of highly-time-resolved aerosol constituents in the Tampa Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE) American Association of Aerosol Research 21st Annual Conference October 7-12, Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

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