Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder

Sunil Baidar

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  • Strobach EJ; Brewer WA; Senff CJ; Baidar S; McCarty B. (Jul 2023). Isolating and Investigating Updrafts Induced by Wildland Fires Using an Airborne Doppler Lidar During FIREX-AQ. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 128(14). 10.1029/2023JD038809
  • Langford AO; Senff CJ; Alvarez RJ; Aikin KC; Ahmadov R; Angevine WM; Baidar S; Brewer WA; Brown SS; James EP. (Jun 2023). Were Wildfires Responsible for the Unusually High Surface Ozone in Colorado During 2021?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 128(12). 10.1029/2022jd037700
  • Pichugina YL; Banta RM; Brewer WA; Turner DD; Wulfmeyer VO; Strobach EJ; Baidar S; Carroll BJ. (May 2023). Doppler lidar measurements of wind variability and LLJ Properties in Central Oklahoma during the August 2017 Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 10.1175/jamc-d-22-0128.1
  • Rickly PS; Coggon MM; Aikin KC; Alvarez II RJ; Baidar S; Gilman JB; Gkatzelis GI; Harkins C; He J; Lamplugh A. (Jan 2023). Influence of Wildfire on Urban Ozone: An Observationally Constrained Box Modeling Study at a Site in the Colorado Front Range. Environmental Science and Technology (Washington) , 1257-1267. 10.1021/acs.est.2c06157
  • Baidar S; Wagner TJ; Turner DD; Brewer WA. (Jan 2023). Using Optimal Estimation to Retrieve Winds from VAD scans by a Doppler Lidar. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 10.5194/amt-16-3715-2023
  • Pichugina YL; Banta RM; Brewer WA; Kenyon J; Olson JB; Turner DD; Wilczak J; Baidar S; Lundquist JK; Shaw WJ. (Oct 2022). Model Evaluation by Measurements from Collocated Remote Sensors in Complex Terrain. Weather and Forecasting , 37(10), 1829-1853. 10.1175/WAF-D-21-0214.1
  • Quinn PK; Bates TS; Coffman DJ; Upchurch LM; Johnson JE; Brewer A; Baidar S; McCoy IL; Zuidema P. (Apr 2022). Wintertime Observations of Tropical Northwest Atlantic Aerosol Properties During ATOMIC: Varying Mixtures of Dust and Biomass Burning. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 127(8). 10.1029/2021JD036253
  • Langford AO; Senff CJ; Alvarez RJ; Aikin KC; Baidar S; Bonin TA; Brewer WA; Brioude J; Brown SS; Burley JD. (Feb 2022). The Fires, Asian, and Stratospheric Transport-Las Vegas Ozone Study (FAST-LVOS). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 22(3), 1707-1737. 10.5194/acp-22-1707-2022
  • Banta RM; Pichugina YL; Darby LS; Brewer WA; Olson JB; Kenyon JS; Baidar S; Benjamin SG; Fernando HJS; Lantz KO. (Sep 2021). Doppler-Lidar Evaluation of HRRR-Model Skill at Simulating Summertime Wind Regimes in the Columbia River Basin during WFIP2. Weather and Forecasting. 10.1175/waf-d-21-0012.1
  • Quinn PK; Thompson EJ; Coffman DJ; Baidar S; Bariteau L; Bates TS; Bigorre S; Brewer A; de Boer G; de Szoeke SP. (Apr 2021). Measurements from the RV Ronald H. Brown and related platforms as part of the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC). Earth System Science Data , 13(4), 1759-1790. 10.5194/essd-13-1759-2021
  • Pichugina YL; Banta RM; Alan Brewer W; Bianco L; Draxl C; Kenyon J; Lundquist JK; Olson JB; Turner DD; Wharton S. (May 2020). Evaluating the WFIP2 updates to the HRRR model using scanning Doppler lidar measurements in the complex terrain of the Columbia River Basin. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy , 12(4). 10.1063/5.0009138
  • Banta RM; Pichugina YL; Brewer WA; Choukulkar A; Lantz KO; Olson JB; Kenyon J; Fernando HJS; Krishnamurthy R; Stoelinga MJ. (Mar 2020). Characterizing NWP Model Errors Using Doppler-Lidar Measurements of Recurrent Regional Diurnal Flows: Marine-Air Intrusions into the Columbia River Basin. Monthly Weather Review , 148(3), 929-953. 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0188.1
  • Koenig TK; Baidar S; Campuzano-Jost P; Cuevas CA; Dix B; Fernandez RP; Guo H; Hall SR; Kinnison D; Nault BA. (Jan 2020). Quantitative detection of iodine in the stratosphere. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA , 117(4), 1860-1866. 10.1073/pnas.1916828117
  • Baidar S; Bonin T; Choukulkar A; Brewer A; Hardesty M. (Jan 2020). Observation of the Urban Wind Island Effect. EPJ Web of Conferences , 237, 6009-6009. 10.1051/epjconf/202023706009
  • Pichugina, YL; Banta, RM; Bonin, T; Brewer, WA; Choukulkar, A; McCarty, BJ; Baidar, S; Draxl, C; Fernando, HJS; Kenyon, J; Krishnamurthy, R; Marquis, M; Olson, J; Sharp, J; Stoelinga, M. (Aug 2019). Spatial Variability of Winds and HRRR-NCEP Model Error Statistics at Three Doppler-Lidar Sites in the Wind-Energy Generation Region of the Columbia River Basin. JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY , 58(8). 10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0244.1
  • Baidar, S, SC Tucker, M Beaubien and RM Hardesty. (Oct 2018). The Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar. Part II: Green OAWL (GrOAWL) Airborne Performance and Validation. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY , 35(10). 10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0025.1
  • Tucker, SC, CS Weimer, S Baidar and RM Hardesty. (Oct 2018). The Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar. Part I: OAWL Instrument Development and Demonstration. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY , 35(10). 10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0024.1
  • Wales, PA, RJ Salawitch, JM Nicely, DC Anderson, TP Canty, S Baidar, B Dix, TK Koenig, R Volkamer, DX Chen, LG Huey, DJ Tanner, CA Cuevas, RP Fernandez, DE Kinnison, JF Lamarque, A Saiz-Lopez, EL Atlas, SR Hall, MA Navarro, LL Pan, SM Schauffler, M Stell, S Tilmes, K Ullmann, AJ Weinheimer, H Akiyoshi, MP Chipperfield, M Deushi, SS Dhomse, WH Feng, P Graf, R Hossaini, P Jockel, E Mancini, M Michou, O Morgenstern, LD Oman, G Pitari, DA Plummer, LE Revell, E Rozanov, D Saint-Martin, R Schofield, A Stenke, KA Stone, D Visioni, Y Yamashita and G Zeng. (May 2018). Stratospheric Injection of Brominated Very Short-Lived Substances: Aircraft Observations in the Western Pacific and Representation in Global Models. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 123(10). 10.1029/2017JD027978
  • Koenig, TK, R Volkamer, S Baidar, B Dix, SY Wang, DC Anderson, RJ Salawitch, PA Wales, CA Cuevas, RP Fernandez, A Saiz-Lopez, MJ Evans, T Sherwen, DJ Jacob, J Schmidt, D Kinnison, JF Lamarque, EC Apel, JC Bresch, T Campos, FM Flocke, SR Hall, SB Honomichl, R Hornbrook, JB Jensen, R Lueb, DD Montzka, LL Pan, JM Reeves, SM Schauffler, K Ullmann, AJ Weinheimer, EL Atlas, V Donets, MA Navarro, D Riemer, NJ Blake, DX Chen, LG Huey, DJ Tanner, TF Hanisco and GM Wolfe. (Dec 2017). BrO and inferred Br-y profiles over the western Pacific: relevance of inorganic bromine sources and a Br-y minimum in the aged tropical tropopause layer. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS , 17(24). 10.5194/acp-17-15245-2017
  • Anderson, DC, JM Nicely, GM Wolfe, TF Hanisco, RJ Salawitch, TP Canty, RR Dickerson, EC Apel, S Baidar, TJ Bannan, NJ Blake, DX Chen, B Dix, RP Fernandez, SR Hall, RS Hornbrook, LG Huey, B Josse, P Jockel, DE Kinnison, TK Koenig, M Le Breton, V Marecal, O Morgenstern, LD Oman, LL Pan, C Percival, D Plummer, LE Revell, E Rozanov, A Saiz-Lopez, A Stenke, K Sudo, S Tilmes, K Ullmann, R Volkamer, AJ Weinheimer and G Zeng. (Oct 2017). Formaldehyde in the Tropical Western Pacific: Chemical Sources and Sinks, Convective Transport, and Representation in CAM-Chem and the CCMI Models. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 122(20). 10.1002/2016JD026121
  • Koenig TK; Volkamer R; Baidar S; Dix B; Wang S; Anderson DC; Salawitch RJ; Wales PA; Cuevas CA; Fernandez RP. (Jul 2017). Supplementary material to "BrO and Br<sub>y</sub> profiles over the Western Pacific: Relevance of Inorganic; Bromine Sources and a Br<sub>y</sub> Minimum in the Aged Tropical Tropopause Layer". 10.5194/acp-2017-572-supplement
  • Kille, N, S Baidar, P Handley, I Ortega, R Sinreich, OR Cooper, F Hase, JW Hannigan, G Pfister and R Volkamer. (Feb 2017). The CU mobile Solar Occultation Flux instrument: structure functions and emission rates of NH3, NO2 and C2H6. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES , 10(1). 10.5194/amt-10-373-2017
  • Pan, LL, EL Atlas, RJ Salawitch, SB Honomichl, JF Bresch, WJ Randel, EC Apel, RS Hornbrook, AJ Weinheimer, DC Anderson, SJ Andrews, S Baidar, SP Beaton, TL Campos, LJ Carpenter, D Chen, B Dix, V Donets, SR Hall, TF Hanisco, CR Homeyer, LG Huey, JB Jensen, L Kaser, DE Kinnison, TK Koenig, JF Lamarque, C Liu, J Luo, ZJ Luo, DD Montzka, JM Nicely, RB Pierce, DD Riemer, T Robinson, P Romashkin, A Saiz-Lopez, S Schauffler, O Shieh, MH Stell, K Ullmann, G Vaughan, R Volkamer and G Wolfe. (Jan 2017). THE CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT OF ACTIVE SPECIES IN THE TROPICS (CONTRAST) EXPERIMENT. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY , 98(1). 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00272.1
  • Kim, SW, BC McDonald, S Baidar, SS Brown, B Dube, RA Ferrare, GJ Frost, RA Harley, JS Holloway, HJ Lee, SA McKeen, JA Neuman, JB Nowak, H Oetjen, I Ortega, IB Pollack, JM Roberts, TB Ryerson, AJ Scarino, CJ Senff, R Thalman, M Trainer, R Volkamer, N Wagner, RA Washenfelder, E Waxman and CJ Young. (Feb 2016). Modeling the weekly cycle of NOx and CO emissions and their impacts on O-3 in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin during the CalNex 2010 field campaign. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 121(3). 10.1002/2015JD024292
  • Baidar, S, N Kille, I Ortega, R Sinreich, D Thomson, J Hannigan and R Volkamer. (Jan 2016). Development of a digital mobile solar tracker. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES , 9(3). 10.5194/amt-9-963-2016
  • Baidar, S, RM Hardesty, SW Kim, AO Langford, H Oetjen, CJ Senff, M Trainer and R Volkamer. (Nov 2015). Weakening of the weekend ozone effect over Californias South Coast Air Basin. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 42(21). 10.1002/2015GL066419
  • Saiz-Lopez, A, S Baidar, CA Cuevas, TK Koenig, RP Fernandez, B Dix, DE Kinnison, JF Lamarque, X Rodriguez-Lloveras, TL Campos and R Volkamer. (Aug 2015). Injection of iodine to the stratosphere. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 42(16). 10.1002/2015GL064796
  • Wang, SY, JA Schmidt, S Baidar, S Coburn, B Dix, TK Koenig, E Apel, D Bowdalo, TL Campos, E Eloranta, MJ Evans, JP DiGangi, MA Zondlo, RS Gao, JA Haggerty, SR Hall, RS Hornbrook, D Jacob, B Morley, B Pierce, M Reeves, P Romashkin, A ter Schure and R Volkamer. (Jul 2015). Active and widespread halogen chemistry in the tropical and subtropical free troposphere. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , 112(30). 10.1073/pnas.1505142112
  • Spinei, E, A Cede, J Herman, GH Mount, E Eloranta, B Morley, S Baidar, B Dix, I Ortega, T Koenig and R Volkamer. (Jan 2015). Ground-based direct-sun DOAS and airborne MAX-DOAS measurements of the collision-induced oxygen complex, O2O2, absorption with significant pressure and temperature differences. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES , 8(2). 10.5194/amt-8-793-2015
  • Volkamer, R, S Baidar, TL Campos, S Coburn, JP DiGangi, B Dix, EW Eloranta, TK Koenig, B Morley, I Ortega, BR Pierce, M Reeves, R Sinreich, S Wang, MA Zondlo and PA Romashkin. (Jan 2015). Aircraft measurements of BrO, IO, glyoxal, NO2, H2O, O-2-O-2 and aerosol extinction profiles in the tropics: comparison with aircraft-/ship-based in situ and lidar measurements. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES , 8(5). 10.5194/amt-8-2121-2015
  • Witter AE; Nguyen MH; Baidar S; Sak PB. (Feb 2014). Coal-tar-based sealcoated pavement: A major PAH source to urban stream sediments. Environmental Pollution , 185, 59-68. 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.10.015
  • Knote, C, A Hodzic, JL Jimenez, R Volkamer, JJ Orlando, S Baidar, J Brioude, J Fast, DR Gentner, AH Goldstein, PL Hayes, WB Knighton, H Oetjen, A Setyan, H Stark, R Thalman, G Tyndall, R Washenfelder, E Waxman and Q Zhang. (Jan 2014). Simulation of semi-explicit mechanisms of SOA formation from glyoxal in aerosol in a 3-D model. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS , 14(12). 10.5194/acpd-13-26699-2013
  • Baidar S. (Nov 2013). Combining Active and Passive Airborne Remote Sensing to Quantify NO2 and Ox Production near Bakersfield, CA. British Journal of Environment and Climate Change , 3(4). 10.9734/bjecc/2013/5740
  • Oetjen, H, S Baidar, NA Krotkov, LN Lamsal, M Lechner and R Volkamer. (Jul 2013). Airborne MAX-DOAS measurements over California: Testing the NASA OMI tropospheric NO2 product. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES , 118(13). 10.1002/jgrd.50550
  • Dix, B, S Baidara, JF Bresch, SR Hall, KS Schmidt, SY Wang and R Volkamer. (Feb 2013). Detection of iodine monoxide in the tropical free troposphere. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , 110(6). 10.1073/pnas.1212386110
  • Baidar, S, H Oetjen, S Coburn, B Dix, I Ortega, R Sinreich and R Volkamer. (Jan 2013). The CU Airborne MAX-DOAS instrument: vertical profiling of aerosol extinction and trace gases. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES , 6(3). 10.5194/amt-6-719-2013
  • Zaveri, RA, WJ Shaw, DJ Cziczo, B Schmid, RA Ferrare, ML Alexander, M Alexandrov, RJ Alvarez, WP Arnott, DB Atkinson, S Baidar, RM Banta, JC Barnard, J Beranek, LK Berg, F Brechtel, WA Brewer, JF Cahill, B Cairns, CD Cappa, D Chand, S China, JM Comstock, MK Dubey, RC Easter, MH Erickson, JD Fast, C Floerchinger, BA Flowers, E Fortner, JS Gaffney, MK Gilles, K Gorkowski, WI Gustafson, M Gyawali, J Hair, RM Hardesty, JW Harworth, S Herndon, N Hiranuma, C Hostetler, JM Hubbe, JT Jayne, H Jeong, BT Jobson, EI Kassianov, LI Kleinman, C Kluzek, B Knighton, KR Kolesar, C Kuang, A Kubatova, AO Langford, A Laskin, N Laulainen, RD Marchbanks, C Mazzoleni, F Mei, RC Moffet, D Nelson, MD Obland, H Oetjen, TB Onasch, I Ortega, M Ottaviani, M Pekour, KA Prather, JG Radney, RR Rogers, SP Sandberg, A Sedlacek, CJ Senff, G Senum, A Setyan, JE Shilling, M Shrivastava, C Song, . (Jan 2012). Overview of the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES). ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS , 12(16). 10.5194/acp-12-7647-2012