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Paul Hamer

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Paul D Hamer
Science Team
Postdoctoral research scientist

Education
  • PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry (2007) from the University of Bristol
  • MChem in Chemistry (2002) from the University of Sheffield
Research Interests
  • The distribution of tropospheric ozone and the processes leading to its formation
  • Air quality at the surface and the regional distribution of ozone precursor emissions and carbon monoxide point sources (e.g. Beijing)
  • Impact of summertime boreal forest fire emissions have upon the northern mid-latitudes and high latitudes (ARCTAS) and studies of biomass burning in the tropics and long range transport across the Pacific (INTEX-B)
  • Use of statistical data analysis of remote sensing data, 3-D chemical transport models, photochemical box models, in-situ ground based and aircraft observations, data assimilation and adjoint modeling.
  • Development of an adjoint GEOS-Chem model as part of an ongoing collaboration JPL has with Virginia Tech
Professional Experience
Laboratory assistant for undergraduate level physical chemistry, demonstration work with various school groups as part of the School of Chemistry's outreach program, and development and presentation of a lecture series for school groups on the subject of atmospheric pollution and climate change. University of Bristol. 2005 through 2007.
Selected Publications
  • Hamer, P.D., Bowman, K., Luo, M., Worden, J., Fisher, B. and Wang, Y.(2008) Satellite observations of ozone and carbon monoxide from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer over Beijing and China between 2005-2008, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A21B-0138
  • Verma, S., Worden, J., Hamer, P. and Bowman, K. (2008), Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Ozone Observations over India and the Tibetan Plateau, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A53A-0244
  • Hamer, P.D., Shallcross, D.E. Yabushita, A. and Kawasaki, M., (2008) Modeling the impact of possible snowpack emissions of O(3P) and NO2 on photochemistry in the South Pole boundary layer, Environ. Chem. 5, 268–273. doi:10.1071/EN08022
  • Paul Hamer and Dudley Shallcross. (2007) Modelling the impact of oxygenated VOC and meteorology upon the boundary layer photochemistry at the South Pole. Atmospheric Science Letters, 8 (2007), 14-20.
  • Akihiro Yabushita, Noboru Kawanaka, Masahiro Kawasaki, Paul Hamer and Dudley Shallcross. (2007) Release of oxygen atoms and nitric oxide molecules from the ultraviolet photodissociation of nitrate adsorbed on water ice films at 100 K. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 111(35), 8629-8634.
  • Laura Watson, Kuo-Ying Wang, Paul Hamer and Dudley Shallcross. (2006). The potential impact of biogenic emissions of isoprene on urban chemistry in the United Kingdom. Atmospheric Science Letters, 7, 96-100.
  • Asan Bacak, Max Bardwell, Teresa Raventos-Duran, Carl Percival, Paul Hamer and Dudley Shallcross (2005) Kinetics of the CH3O2 + NO2 reaction: A temperature and pressure dependence study using chemical ionisation mass spectrometry. Chemical Physics Letters, 419, 125-129.
  • Teresa Raventos, Carl Percival, Max McGillen, Paul Hamer and Dudley Shallcross. Kinetics and branching ratio studies of the reaction of C2H5O2 + HO2 using chemical ionisation mass spectrometry. Journal of Physical Chemistry. (In press)
  • Teresa Raventos, Carl Percival, Paul Hamer and Dudley Shallcross. Kinetics of the CH3O2 + HO2 reaction: a temperature and pressure dependence study using chemical ionisation mass spectrometry. Journal of Physical Chemistry.(In press)