Allen Research Publications

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Refereed Publications

  1. Measurement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with size-segregated atmospheric aerosols in Massachusetts, J. O. Allen, N. M. Dookeran, K. Taghizadeh, A. L. Lafleur, K. A. Smith, and A. F. Sarofim. Environ. Sci. Technol., 30:1023–1031, 1996.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es950517o

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  2. Measurement of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with a size-segregated urban aerosol, J. O. Allen, N. M. Dookeran, K. Taghizadeh, A. L. Lafleur, K. A. Smith, and A. F. Sarofim. Environ. Sci. Technol., 31:2064–2070, 1997.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es960894g
  3. Direct observation of heterogeneous chemistry in the atmosphere, E. E. Gard, M. J. Kleeman, D. S. Gross, L. S. Hughes, J. O. Allen, B. D. Morrical, D. P. Fergenson, T. Deines, M. E. Gälli, R. J. Johnson, G. R. Cass, and K. A. Prather. Science, 279:1184–1187, 1998.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5354.1184
  4. Measurement of C24H14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with a size-segregated urban aerosol, J. O. Allen, J. L. Durant, N. M. Dookeran, K. Taghizadeh, E. F. Plummer, A. L. Lafleur, A. F. Sarofim, and K. A. Smith. Environ. Sci. Technol., 32:1928–1932, 1998.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es970919r
  5. Thermodynamic properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the subcooled liquid state, J. O. Allen, A. F. Sarofim, and K. A. Smith. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 13:261–283, 1999.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1080/10406639908020550
  6. The size and composition distribution of atmospheric particles in Southern California, L. S. Hughes, J. O. Allen, M. J. Kleeman, R. J. Johnson, G. R. Cass, E. E. Gard, D. S. Gross, M. E. Gälli, B. D. Morrical, D. P. Fergenson, T. Dienes, C. A. Noble, D.-Y. Liu, P. J. Silva, K. A. Prather. Environ. Sci. Technol.,33:3506–3515, 1999.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es980884a
  7. Absorption of semi-volatile compounds in oiled impaction substrates: Measurement of pyrene absorption, J. O. Allen, J. S. Paschkewitz, E. F. Plummer, A. L. Lafleur, A. F. Sarofim, and K. A. Smith. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 30:16–29, 1999.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1080/027868299304859
  8. Source contributions to the size and composition distribution of atmospheric particles: Southern California in September, 1996, M. J. Kleeman, L. S. Hughes, J. O. Allen, G. R. Cass. Environ. Sci. Technol., 33:4331–4341, 1999.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es990632p
  9. Particle detection efficiencies of aerosol time of flight mass spectrometers under ambient sampling conditions, J. O. Allen, D. P. Fergenson, E. E. Gard, B. D. Morrical, L. S. Hughes, M. J. Kleeman, D. S. Gross, M. E. Gälli, K. A. Prather, and G. R. Cass. Environ. Sci. Technol., 34:211–217, 2000.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es9904179
  10. Evolution of atmospheric particles along trajectories crossing the Los Angeles basin, L. S. Hughes, J. O. Allen, P. Bhave, M. J. Kleeman, G. R. Cass, D.-Y. Liu, D. P. Fergenson, B. D. Morrical, and K. A. Prather. Environ. Sci. Technol., 34:3058–3068, 2000.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es9908671
  11. The chemical composition of atmospheric ultrafine particles, G. R. Cass, L. S. Hughes, P. Bhave, M. J. Kleeman, J. O. Allen, and L. G. Salmon. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A 358:2581–2592, 2000.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0670
  12. Quantification of ATOFMS data by multivariate methods, D. P. Fergenson, X.-H. Song, Z. Ramadan, J. O. Allen, L. S. Hughes, G. R. Cass, P. K. Hopke, and K. A. Prather. Anal. Chem., 73:3535–3541, 2001.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/ac010022j
  13. Emissions of size-segregated aerosols from on-road vehicles in the Caldecott Tunnel, J. O. Allen, P. R. Mayo, L. S. Hughes, L. G. Salmon, and G. R. Cass. Environ. Sci. Technol.,35:4189–4197, 2001.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es0015545
  14. Evaluation of an air quality model for the size and composition of source-oriented particle classes, P. V. Bhave, M. J. Kleeman, J. O. Allen, L. S. Hughes, K. A. Prather, and G. R. Cass. Environ. Sci. Technol., 36:2154–2163, 2002.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es0112700
  15. Evolution of nitrogen species air pollutants along trajectories crossing the Los Angeles area, L. S. Hughes, J. O. Allen, L. G. Salmon, P. R. Mayo, R. J. Johnson, and G. R. Cass. Environ. Sci. Technol., 36:3928–3935, 2002.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es0110630
  16. A field-based approach for determining ATOFMS instrument sensitivities to ammonium and nitrate, P. V. Bhave, J. O. Allen, B. D. Morrical, D. P. Fergenson, G. R. Cass, and K. A. Prather. Environ. Sci. Technol.,36:4868–4879, 2002.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1021/es015823i
  17. Ambient single particle analysis in Riverside, CA, by aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry during SCOS97-NARSTO, S. H. Pastor, J. O. Allen, L. S. Hughes, P. V. Bhave, G. R. Cass, and K. A. Prather. Atmos. Environ., 37:S226–S258, 2003.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00393-5
  18. Diffusional particle loss upstream of isokinetic sampling inlets, C. A. Tyree and J. O. Allen. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 38:1019–1026, 2004.
    Abstract · DOI:10.1080/027868290519201
  19. Instrument busy time and mass measurement using aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry, J. O. Allen, P. V. Bhave, J. R. Whiteaker, and K. A. Prather. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 40:615–626, 2006.
    Abstract ·  DOI: 10.1080/02786820600754623
  20. Foam droplets generated from natural and artificial seawaters, C. A. Tyree, V. M. Hellion, O. A. Alexandrova, and J. O. Allen. J. Geophys. Res., 112:D12204, 2007.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007729
  21. Foam droplet separation for nanoparticle synthesis, C. A. Tyree and J. O. Allen, J. Nanopart. Res., 2007.
    Abstract·DOI:10.1007/s11051-007-9280-0
  22. Impact of asphalt rubber friction course overlays on tire wear emissions and air quality models for Phoenix, Arizona, airshed, O. A. Alexandrova, K. E. Kaloush, and J. O. Allen, Transportation Res. Rec., 2011: 98-106, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2007.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.3141/2011-11
  23. Atmospheric deposition of carbon and nutrients across a desert city, K. A. Lohse, D. Hope, R. Sponseller, J. O. Allen, N. B. Grimm, Sci. Total Environ., 402:95–105, 2008.
    Abstract · DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.044
  24. Hygroscopic behavior and liquid-layer composition of aerosol particles generated from natural and artificial seawater, M. E. Wise, E. J. Freney, C. A. Tyree, J. O. Allen, S. T. Martin, L. M. Russell, and P. R. Buseck, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D03201, 2009.
    Abstract·DOI:10.1029/2008JD010449
  25. Source apportionment of lead-containing aerosol particles in Shanghai using single particle mass spectrometry, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, H. Chen, X. Yang, J. Chen, J. O. Allen, Chemosphere, 74:501–507, 2009.
    Abstract·DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.004.
  26. Quantitative extraction of organic tracer compounds from ambient particulate matter collected on polymer substrates, Q. Sun, O. A. Alexandrova, P. Herckes, and J. O. Allen. Talanta, 78:1115-1121, 2009.
    Abstract · DOI:10.1016/j.talanta.2009.01.039.
  27. Aerosol characterization studies at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, summer 2006, D. Lowenthal, B. Zielinska, B. Mason, S. Samy, V. Samburova, D. Collins, C. Spencer, N. Taylor, J. O. Allen, and N. Kumar, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08206, 2009.
    Abstract · DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011274
  28. Synthetic musk emissions from wastewater aeration basins, N. Upadhyay, Q. Sun, J. O. Allen, P. Westerhoffd and P. Herckes, J. Water Res., 45:1071-1078, 2011.
    Abstract · DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.024

Other Publications

  1. Sensitivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon collection from ambient air to aerosol cut-off size, J. O. Allen, N. M. Dookeran, K. Taghizadeh, A. L. Lafleur, K. A. Smith, and A. F. Sarofim. In Particulate Matter: Health and Regulatory Issues, p. 413–423. Air & Waste Management Association, 1995.
  2. Atmospheric Partitioning of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) and Oxygenated PAH, J. O. Allen. Sc.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1997.
    Abstract · Digest (100 kB) · Full Text, no micrographs (1.6 MB) · Full Text (20 MB)
  3. Absorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the gas phase to greased impaction plates, J. O. Allen, J. S. Paschkewitz, E. F. Plummer, A. L. Lafleur, A. F. Sarofim, and K. A. Smith. J. Aerosol Sci., 28:S683–S684, 1997.
  4. A critical evaluation of two proposed atmospheric partitioning mechanisms, adsorption and absorption, using atmospheric data for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, J. O. Allen, A. F. Sarofim, and K. A. Smith. J. Aerosol Sci., 28:S335–S336, 1997.
  5. Determination of the particle counting efficiency and chemical sensitivities of an aerosol time of flight mass spectrometer under ambient sampling conditions, J. O. Allen, L. S. Hughes, M. J. Kleeman, G. R. Cass, E. E. Gard, D. S. Gross, M. E. Gälli, B. D. Morrical, K. A. Prather. J. Aerosol Sci., 29:S1195–S1196, 1998.
  6. Characterization and Evolution of Primary and Secondary Aerosols During PM2.5 and PM10 Episodes in the South Coast Air Basin, J. O. Allen, L. S. Hughes, L. G. Salmon, P. R. Mayo, R J. Johnson, and G. R. Cass. Coordinating Research Council technical report A-22, 2000.
    Full Text (2.4 MB)
  7. YAADA: Software Toolkit to Analyze Single-Particle Mass Spectral Data, J. O. Allen, Software Reference Manual, Version 2.0, 2005 (also Versions 1.0 in 2001, 1.2 in 2003, 1.3 in 2005).
    Web Site · Abstract · Full Text (0.5 MB)
  8. Quantitative Analysis of Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Data Using YAADA, J. O. Allen. California Air Resources Board Contract 01-338, 2004.
    Abstract · Full Text (0.6 MB)
  9. Determining AQCS Mercury Removal Co-Benefits , C. A. Tyree and J. O. Allen, Power Magazine, 154(7):26-32, 2010.
    Abstract · Publisher Archive
  10. Mercury Abatement by Existing Pollutant Control Equipment at Multiple Coal-fired Power Plants, J. O. Allen, R. Chang, and C. A. Tyree, in MEGA Symposium, Paper 92. Air & Waste Management Association, 2010.
    Abstract
  11. Georgia Power Company’s Plant Scherer TOXECON Performance Optimization and Experience, M. B. Looney, D. Woodson, R. Merritt, and J. O. Allen, in MEGA Symposium, Paper 99. Air & Waste Management Association, 2010.
    Abstract