This page shows a list of peer-reviewed publications from the ALPACA project following the 2022 field study. Data from the field site is available on the ALPACA-2022 data portal, hosted by ArcticData.io.
James R. Campbell, Michael Battaglia Jr., Kayane Dingilian, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, Jason M. St Clair, Thomas F. Hanisco, Ellis Robinson, Peter DeCarlo, William Simpson, Athanasios Nenes, Rodney J. Weber, and Jingqiu Mao, 2022, “Source and Chemistry of Hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) in Fairbanks, Alaska”, ES&T, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c00410
Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, Tate Miles, Jingqiu Mao, Kathy S. Law, Tjarda J. Roberts, “Differences in Ozone and Particulate Matter Between Ground Level and 20 m Aloft are Frequent During Wintertime Surface-Based Temperature Inversions in Fairbanks, Alaska”, JGR Atmospheres, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036215
Robinson, E. S., Cesler-Maloney, M., Tan, X., Mao, J., Simpson, W. and DeCarlo, P. F.: Wintertime spatial patterns of particulate matter in Fairbanks, AK during ALPACA 2022, Environ. Sci. Atmos., https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2EA00140C, 2023.
Maillard, J., Ravetta, F., Raut, J.-C., Fochesatto, G.J., and Law, K.S.: Modulation of Boundary-Layer Stability and the Surface Energy Budget by a Local Flow in Central Alaska. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 185, 395–414 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-022-00737-2
Moon, A., Jongebloed, U., Dingilian, K. K., Schauer, A. J., Chan, Y.-C., Cesler-Maloney, M., Simpson, W. R., Weber, R. J., Tsiang, L., Yazbeck, F., Zhai, S., Wedum, A., Turner, A. J., Albertin, S., Bekki, S., Savarino, J., Gribanov, K., Pratt, K. A., Costa, E. J., Anastasio, C., Sunday, M. O., Heinlein, L. M. D., Mao, J., and Alexander, B.: Primary Sulfate Is the Dominant Source of Particulate Sulfate during Winter in Fairbanks, Alaska., EST Air, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.3c00023, 2024.
Yuhan Yang, Michael A. Battaglia, Ellis S. Robinson, Peter F. DeCarlo, Kasey C. Edwards, Ting Fang, Sukriti Kapur, Manabu Shiraiwa, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, James R. Campbell, Athanasios Nenes, Jingqiu Mao, and Rodney J. Weber, Indoor–Outdoor Oxidative Potential of PM2.5 in Wintertime Fairbanks, Alaska: Impact of Air Infiltration and Indoor Activities, ACS ES&T Air, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.3c00067, 2024.
Yuhan Yang, Michael A. Battaglia, Magesh Kumaran Mohan, Ellis S. Robinson, Peter F. DeCarlo, Kasey C. Edwards, Ting Fang, Sukriti Kapur, Manabu Shiraiwa, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, James R. Campbell, Athanasios Nenes, Jingqiu Mao, and Rodney J. Weber, Assessing the Oxidative Potential of Outdoor PM2.5 in Wintertime Fairbanks, Alaska, ACS ES&T Air, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.3c00066, 2024.
William R. Simpson, Jingqiu Mao, Gilberto J. Fochesatto, Kathy S. Law, Peter F. DeCarlo, Julia Schmale, Kerri A. Pratt, Steve R. Arnold, Jochen Stutz, Jack E. Dibb, Jessie M. Creamean, Rodney J. Weber, Brent J. Williams, Becky Alexander, Lu Hu, Robert J. Yokelson, Manabu Shiraiwa, Stefano Decesari, Cort Anastasio, Barbara D’Anna, Robert C. Gilliam, Athanasios Nenes, Jason M. St. Clair, Barbara Trost, James H. Flynn, Joel Savarino, Laura D. Conner, Nathan Kettle, Krista M. Heeringa, Sarah Albertin, Andrea Baccarini, Brice Barret, Michael A. Battaglia, Slimane Bekki, T.J. Brado, Natalie Brett, David Brus, James R. Campbell, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, Sol Cooperdock, Karolina Cysneiros de Carvalho, Hervé Delbarre, Paul J. DeMott, Conor J.S. Dennehy, Elsa Dieudonné, Kayane K. Dingilian, Antonio Donateo, Konstantinos M. Doulgeris, Kasey C. Edwards, Kathleen Fahey, Ting Fang, Fangzhou Guo, Laura M. D. Heinlein, Andrew L. Holen, Deanna Huff, Amna Ijaz, Sarah Johnson, Sukriti Kapur, Damien T. Ketcherside, Ezra Levin, Emily Lill, Allison R. Moon, Tatsuo Onishi, Gianluca Pappaccogli, Russell Perkins, Roman Pohorsky, Jean-Christophe Raut, Francois Ravetta, Tjarda Roberts, Ellis S. Robinson, Federico Scoto, Vanessa Selimovic, Michael O. Sunday, Brice Temime-Roussel, Xinxiu Tian, Judy Wu, and Yuhan Yang, Overview of the Alaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis (ALPACA) Field Experiment, ACS ES&T Air, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.3c00076, 2024.
Kayane Dingilian, Elliana Hebert, Michael Battaglia Jr., James R. Campbell, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William Simpson, Jason M. St. Clair, Jack Dibb, Brice Temime-Roussel, Barbara D’Anna, Allison Moon, Becky Alexander, Yuhan Yang, Athanasios Nenes, Jingqiu Mao, and Rodney J. Weber, Hydroxymethanesulfonate and Sulfur(IV) in Fairbanks Winter During the ALPACA Study, ACS ES&T Air Article ASAP, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00012, 2024.
Robinson, E. S., Battaglia, Jr, M., Campbell, J. R., Cesler-Maloney, M., Simpson, W., Mao, J., Weber, R. J., and DeCarlo, P. F.: Multi-year, high-time resolution aerosol chemical composition and mass measurements from Fairbanks, Alaska, Environ. Sci. Atmospheres, 10.1039.D4EA00008K, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EA00008K, 2024.
Kasey C. Edwards, Sukriti Kapur, Ting Fang, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, Yuhan Yang, Andrew L. Holen, Judy Wu, Ellis S. Robinson, Peter F. DeCarlo, Kerri A. Pratt, Rodney J. Weber, William R. Simpson, and Manabu Shiraiwa, Residential Wood Burning and Vehicle Emissions as Major Sources of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Fairbanks, Alaska, https://pubs.acs.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c01206, 2024.
Nathan P. Kettle, Laura D. Carsten Conner, Krista Heeringa, and William R. Simpson, Examining public preferences for wood smoke mitigation policies in the sub-Arctic, Heliyon, 10, e36171, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36171, 2024.
Lill, E., Costa, E. J., Barry, K., Mirrielees, J. A., Mashkevich, M., Wu, J., et al. (2024). The abundance and sources of ice nucleating particles within Alaskan ice fog. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2024JD041170. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041170
James R. Campbell, Michael Battaglia Jr., Kayane K. Dingilian, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, Ellis S. Robinson, Peter F. DeCarlo, Brice Temime-Roussel, Barbara D’Anna, Andrew L. Holen, Judy Wu, Kerri A. Pratt, Jack E. Dibb, Athanasios Nenes, Rodney J. Weber, and Jingqiu Mao, Enhanced aqueous formation and neutralization of fine atmospheric particles driven by extreme cold, Science Advances, 4 Sep 2024, Vol 10, Issue 36, https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado4373
Albertin, S., Bekki, S., Savarino, J., Brett, N., Law, K. S., Cesler-Maloney, M., et al. (2024). Unraveling urban NOx emission sources in polluted Arctic wintertime using NO2 nitrogen isotopes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2024JD041842. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041842
Brett, N., Law, K. S., Arnold, S. R., Fochesatto, J. G., Raut, J.-C., Onishi, T., Gilliam, R., Fahey, K., Huff, D., Pouliot, G., Barret, B., Dieudonné, E., Pohorsky, R., Schmale, J., Baccarini, A., Bekki, S., Pappaccogli, G., Scoto, F., Decesari, S., Donateo, A., Cesler-Maloney, M., Simpson, W., Medina, P., D’Anna, B., Temime-Roussel, B., Savarino, J., Albertin, S., Mao, J., Alexander, B., Moon, A., DeCarlo, P. F., Selimovic, V., Yokelson, R., and Robinson, E. S.: Investigating processes influencing simulation of local Arctic wintertime anthropogenic pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska, during ALPACA-2022, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 1063–1104, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-1063-2025, 2025.
Natalie Brett, Steve R. Arnold, Kathy S. Law, Jean-Christophe Raut, Tatsuo Onishi, Brice Barret, Elsa Dieudonné, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William Simpson, Slimane Bekki, Joel Savarino, Sarah Albertin, Robert Gilliam, Kathleen Fahey, George Pouliot, Deanna Huff, and Barbara D’Anna, Estimating Power Plant Contributions to Surface Pollution in a Wintertime Arctic Environment, ACS ES&T Air Article ASAP, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00030, 2025.
Pohorsky, R., Baccarini, A., Brett, N., Barret, B., Bekki, S., Pappaccogli, G., Dieudonné, E., Temime-Roussel, B., D’Anna, B., Cesler-Maloney, M., Donateo, A., Decesari, S., Law, K. S., Simpson, W. R., Fochesatto, J., Arnold, S. R., and Schmale, J.: In situ vertical observations of the layered structure of air pollution in a continental high-latitude urban boundary layer during winter, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 3687–3715, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3687-2025, 2025.
Sunday, M. O., Dahler Heinlein, L. M., He, J., Moon, A., Kapur, S., Fang, T., Edwards, K. C., Guo, F., Dibb, J., Flynn III, J. H., Alexander, B., Shiraiwa, M., and Anastasio, C.: Hydrogen peroxide photoformation in particulate matter and its contribution to S(IV) oxidation during winter in Fairbanks, Alaska, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 5087–5100, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5087-2025, 2025.
Barret, B., Medina, P., Brett, N., Pohorsky, R., Law, K. S., Bekki, S., Fochesatto, G. J., Schmale, J., Arnold, S. R., Baccarini, A., Busetto, M., Cesler-Maloney, M., D’Anna, B., Decesari, S., Mao, J., Pappaccogli, G., Savarino, J., Scoto, F., and Simpson, W. R.: Surface distributions and vertical profiles of trace gases (CO, O3, NO, NO2) in the Arctic wintertime boundary layer using low-cost sensors during ALPACA-2022, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 18, 1163–1184, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1163-2025 , 2025.
Ijaz, A., Temime-Roussel, B., Kammer, J., Mao, J., Simpson, W., Law, K. S., D’Anna, B.: In situ measurements of gas–particle partitioning of organic compounds in Fairbanks, Faraday Discuss., 258, https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D4FD00175C , 2025.
Ketcherside, D. T., Yokelson, R. J., Selimovic, V., Robinson, E. S., Cesler‐Maloney, M., Holen, A. L., et al. (2025). Wintertime abundance and sources of key trace gas and particle species in Fairbanks, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e2025JD043677. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD043677
Heinlein, L. M. D., He, J., Sunday, M. O., Guo, F., Campbell, J., Moon, A., Kapur, S., Fang, T., Edwards, K., Cesler-Maloney, M., Burns, A. J., Dibb, J., Simpson, W., Shiraiwa, M., Alexander, B., Mao, J., Flynn III, J. H., Stutz, J., and Anastasio, C.: Surprisingly robust photochemistry in subarctic particles during winter: evidence from photooxidants, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 9561–9581, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9561-2025, 2025.
Ijaz, A., Temime-Roussel, B., Chazeau, B., Albertin, S., Arnold, S. R., Barrett, B., Bekki, S., Brett, N., Cesler-Maloney, M., Dieudonne, E., Dingilian, K. K., Fochesatto, J. G., Mao, J., Moon, A., Savarino, J., Simpson, W., Weber, R. J., Law, K. S., and D’Anna, B.: Complementary aerosol mass spectrometry elucidates sources of wintertime submicron particle pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska, during ALPACA 2022, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 11789–11811, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11789-2025 , 2025.
Logan Forshee, Andrew L. Holen, Judy Wu, Karolina Cysneiros de Carvalho, Vanessa Selimovic, Ellis S. Robinson, Damien T. Ketcherside, Sukriti Kapur, Andrew P. Ault, Lu Hu, Brent J. Williams, Peter F. DeCarlo, and Kerri A. Pratt, Cooking Oil Mixed with Residential Wood Burning Particles: A Wintertime Indoor Air Quality Study, ACS ES&T Air Article ASAP, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00156, 2025.
Andrew L. Holen, Judy Wu, Logan Forshee, Kayane K. Dingilian, Vanessa Selimovic, Michael A. Battaglia Jr., Ellis S. Robinson, Karolina Cysneiros de Carvalho, Damien T. Ketcherside, James R. Campbell, Allison Moon, Becky Alexander, William R. Simpson, Jingqiu Mao, Lu Hu, Brent J. Williams, Peter F. DeCarlo, Rodney J. Weber, and Kerri A. Pratt, Quantifying Contributions of Sulfate, Hydroxymethanesulfonate, and Additional S(IV) Compounds to Wintertime Aerosol Particles, ACS ES&T Air 2025 2 (11), 2588-2602, DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00232, 2025.
Costa, E. J.; Bekele, M. S.; Mashkevich, M. R.; Lill, E. R.; Wu, J.; Holen, A. L.; Moon, A.; Alexander, B.; Cheng, Z.; Lata, N. N.; China, S.; Creamean, J. M.; Ault, A. P.; Pratt, K. A. High-Latitude Urban Winter Aerosol Sources: Combustion, Dust, and Road Salt and the Role of Primary and Secondary Sulfur. ACS EST Air 2026. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.6c00130
Jonas Kuhn, Laura M. D. Heinlein, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, Michael O. Sunday, Fangzhou Guo, James H. Flynn, Allison Moon, Becky Alexander, William R. Simpson, Cort Anastasio, Jochen Stutz; Atmospheric Mixing Controls Air Pollution Chemistry and Mitigation Efficacy in High-Latitude Cities. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2026; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c00181
Jonas Kuhn, Jochen Stutz, Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Jennie L. Thomas, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, Jack E. Dibb, Laura M. D. Heinlein, Cort Anastasio; The interplay between snow and polluted air masses in cold urban environments. Faraday Discuss. 2025; 258 502–520. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4fd00176a
Donateo, A., Pappaccogli, G., Scoto, F., Busetto, M., Lovisco, F. L., Brett, N., Keller, D., Barret, B., Dieudonné, E., Pohorsky, R., Baccarini, A., Bekki, S., Raut, J.-C., Schmale, J., Law, K. S., Arnold, S. R., Fochesatto, J. G., Simpson, W. R., and Decesari, S.: Aerosol dry deposition fluxes on snow during the ALPACA campaign in Fairbanks, Alaska, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 18129–18156, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-18129-2025, 2025.