Loretta J. Mickley

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
109A Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
voice: 617-496-5635, fax: 617-495-9837
email: mickley@fas.harvard.edu

Education

Research Experience

Harvard University. Postdoctoral fellow, 1996-1999; Research associate, 1999-present

At Harvard, I study the interactions between short-lived gases and particles in the atmosphere and climate change. As a student at the University of Chicago, I analyzed observations of trace gases in the stratosphere measured by the Halogen Occultation Experiment on the UARS satellite. At the University of Illinois at Chicago, I performed ab initio calculations to determine molecular structure and vibrational force fields.

Honors & Fellowships
    Science Scholars Fellowship, Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, 1998-1999
    Participant in ACCESS IV (Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists), Boston College, 1997
    Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Global Change, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1996-1998
    Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1990-1992
    Special Merit Award for Teaching Freshman Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989
    University Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1988-1989
    Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1987-1988
    CEMM Industrial Scholar Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1986, 1988
Publications

Spracklen, D. V., L. J. Mickley, J. A. Logan. R. C. Hudman, R. Yevich, M. D. Flannigan, and A. L. Westerling, Impacts of climate change from 2000 to 2050 on wildfire activity and carbonaceous aerosol concentrations in the western United States, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JD010966, 2009. (pdf)

Pye, H. O. T., J. H. Seinfeld, H. Liao, S. Wu, L. J. Mickley, D. J. Jacob and D. K. Henze, Effect of changes in climate and emissions on future sulfate-nitrate-ammonium aerosol levels in the United States, J. Geophys. Res. 114, D01205, 2009. (pdf)

Leibensperger, E. M., L.J. Mickley, and D.J. Jacob, Sensitivity of U.S. air quality to mid-latitude cyclone frequency and implications of 1980-2006 climate change, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 8, 7075-7086, 2008. (pdf)

Wu, S., L.J. Mickley, D.J. Jacob, D. Rind, and D. G. Streets, Effects of 2000-2050 changes in climate and emissions on global tropospheric ozone and the policy relevant surface background ozone in the United States, J. Geophys. Res. 113, D18312, doi:10.1029/2007JD009639, 2008. (pdf)

Wu, S., L.J. Mickley, Eric M. Leibensperger, D.J. Jacob, D. Rind, and D. G. Streets, Effects of 2000-2050 global change on ozone air quality in the United States, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D06302, doi:10.1029/2007JD008917, 2008. [Full Text (pdf)]

Mickley, L.J., A Future short of breath: Possible effects of climate change on smog, Environment 49, 34-43, 2007. (pdf)

Liao, H., D. K. Henze, J. H. Seinfeld, S. Wu, and L. J. Mickley, Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol over the United States: Comparison of Climatological Simulations with Observations, J. Geophys. Res. 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007813, 2007 (pdf)

Spracklen, D.V, J.A. Logan, L.J. Mickley, R.J. Park, R. Yevich, A.L. Westerling, and D.A. Jaffe, Wildfires drive interannual variability of organic carbon aerosol in the western U.S. in summer, Geophys. Res. Let. 34, L16816, doi:10.0129/GL030037, 2007. [Full Text (pdf)]

Wu, S., L.J. Mickley, D.J. Jacob, J.A. Logan, R.M. Yantosca, and D. Rind, Why are there large differences between models in global budgets of tropospheric ozone?, J. Geophys. Res 112, D05302, doi:10.1029/2006JD007801, 2007. [Full Text (pdf)]

Gauss, M., G. Myhre, I. S. A. Isaksen, W. J. Collins, F. J. Dentener, K. Ellingsen, L. K. Gohar, V. Grewe, D. A. Hauglustaine, D. Iachetti, J.-F. Lamarque, E. Mancini, L. J. Mickley, G. Pitari, M. J. Prather, J. A. Pyle, M. G. Sanderson, K. P. Shine, D. S. Stevenson, K. Sudo, S. Szopa, O. Wild, and G. Zeng, Radiative forcing since preindustrial times due to ozone change in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere, Atmos. Chemistry & Physics, 6, 575-599, 2006. [Full Text (pdf)]

Hogrefe C., L.R. Leung, L.J. Mickley, S.W. Hunt, and D.A. Winner, Considering climate change in U.S. air quality management, Environmental Manager, pp 19-23, October, 2005. [Full Text (pdf)]

Jacob, D.J., W.F. Fitzgerald, J. Hansen, J.T. Kiehl, J.A. Logan, L.J. Mickley, J.E. Penner, R.G. Prinn, V. Ramanathan, S.T. Rao, S.E. Schwartz, and J.H. Seinfeld, Interactions of Climate Change and Air Quality: Research Priorities and New Directions, EPRI report 1012169, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 2005. [Full text (pdf)]

Mickley, L.J., D.J. Jacob, B.D. Field, and D. Rind, Effects of future climate change on regional air pollution episodes in the United States, Geophys. Res. Let., 30, L24103, doi:10.1029/2004GL021216, 2004. [Abstract] [Full Text (pdf)]

Liao, H., J. H. Seinfeld, P. J. Adams, and L. J. Mickley, Global radiative forcing of coupled tropospheric ozone and aerosols in a unified general circulation model, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D24204, doi:10.1029/2004JD005476, 2004. [Full Text (pdf)]

Mickley, L. J., D. J. Jacob, B. D. Field, and D. Rind, Climate response to the increase in tropospheric ozone since preindustrial times: A comparison between ozone and equivalent CO2 forcings, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D05106, doi:1029/2003JD003653, 2004. [Abstract] [Full Text (pdf)]

Palmer, P. I., D. J. Jacob, L. J. Mickley, D. R. Blake, G. W. Sachse, H. E. Fuelberg, and C. M. Kiley, Eastern Asian emissions of anthropogenic halocarbons deduced from aircraft concentration data, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4753, doi:10.1029/2003JD003591, 2003. [Abstract] [Full Text (pdf)]

Duncan, B.N., I. Bey, M. Chin, L.J. Mickley, T.D. Fairlie, R.V. Martin, and H. Matsueda, Indonesian wildfires of 1997: Impact on tropospheric chemistry, J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2002JD003195, 2003. [Abstract (html)] [Full Text (pdf)]

Prather, M., M. Gauss, T. Berntsen, I. Isaksen, J. Sunder, I. Bey, G. Brasseur, F. J. Dentener, R. Derwent, D. Stevenson, L. Grenfell, D. Hauglustaine, L. Horowitz, D. Jacob, L. Mickley, M. Lawrence, R. von Kuhlmann, J.-F. Muller, G. Pitari, H. Rogers, M. van Weele, O. Wild, Fresh air in the 21st century?, Geophys. Res. Let., 30(2), 1100, doi:10.1029/2002GL016285, 2003. [Full Text (pdf)]

Gauss, M., G. Myhre, G. Pitari, M. J. Prather, I. S. A. Isaksen, T. K. Berntsen, G. P. Brasseur, F. J. Dentener, R. G. Derwent, D. A. Hauglustaine, L. W. Horowitz, D. J. Jacob, M. Johnson, K. S. Law, L. J. Mickley, J.-F. Muller, P-.H. Plantevin, J. A. Pyle, H. L. Rodgers, D. S. Stevenson, J. K. Sundet, M. van Weele, O. Wild, Radiative forcing in the 21st century due to ozone changes in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D9), 4292, doi:10.1029/2002JD002624, 2003. [Full Text (pdf)]

Liao, H., P. J. Adams, J. H. Seinfeld, L. J. Mickley, and D. J. Jacob, Interactions between tropospheric chemistry and aerosols in a unified GCM simulation, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D1), 4001, doi:10.1029/2001JD001260, 2003. [Full Text (pdf)]

Bey, I., D. J. Jacob, R. M. Yantosca, J. A. Logan, B. D. Field, A. M. Fiore, Q. Li, Y. H. Liu, L. J. Mickley, and M. G. Schultz, Global modeling of tropospheric chemistry with assimilated meteorology: Model description and evaluation, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 23,073-23,096, 2001. [Full Text (pdf)]

Mickley, L. J., D. J. Jacob, and D. Rind, Uncertainty in preindustrial abundance of tropospheric ozone: Implications for radiative forcing calculations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 3389-3399, 2001. [Abstract] Full Text (pdf)]

Adams, P. J., J. H. Seinfeld, D. Koch, L. J. Mickley, and D. J. Jacob, General circulation model assessment of direct radiative forcing by the sulfate-nitrate-ammonium-water inorganic aerosol system, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 1097-1111, 2001. [Full Text (pdf)]

Mickley, L. J., P. P. Murti, D. J. Jacob, J. A. Logan, D. M. Koch, and D. Rind, Radiative forcing from tropospheric ozone calculated with a unified chemistry-climate model, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 30,153-30,172, 1999. [Abstract]

Mickley, L. J., J. P .D. Abbatt, J. E. Frederick, and J. M. Russell III, Response of stratospheric odd nitrogen and ozone at 17 mb to Mount Pinatubo aerosol over the southern mid-latitudes: Observations from HALOE, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 23,573-23,582, 1997.

Mickley, L. J., J. P .D. Abbatt, J. M. Russell III, and J. E. Frederick, Evolution of chlorine and nitrogen species in the lower stratosphere during Antarctic spring: Use of tracers to determine chemical change. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 21,479-21,491, 1997.

Gordley, L. L., J. M. Russell III, L. J. Mickley, J. E. Frederick, J. H. Park, K. A. Stone, G. M. Beaver, J. M. McInerney, L. E. Deaver, G. C. Toon, F. J. Murcray, R. D. Blatherwick, M. R. Gunson, J. P. D. Abbatt, R. L. Mauldin III, G. H. Mount, B. Sen, and J.-F. Blavier, Validation of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide measurements made by the Halogen Occultation Experiment for the UARS platform, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 10,241-10,266, 1996.

Malon, P., L. J. Mickley, K. M. Sluis, C. N. Tam, T. A. Keiderling, S. Kamath, J. Uang, and J. S. Chickos, Vibrational circular dichroism study of (2s,3s)-dideuteriobutyrolactone: Synthesis, normal mode analysis and comparison of experimental and calculated spectra, J. Phys. Chem, 96, 10,139-10,149, 1992.

Gislason, E. A., and L. J. Mickley, Deconvolution of experimental differential cross sections, J. Chem. Phys., 91, 5402-5411, 1989.

Selected Presentations (Most of these talks are available on our group's website.)

The climate change - urban pollution relationship. Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Academies of Science, Washington DC, April 20-21, 2009. [Powerpoint]

Sensitivity of U.S. air quality to climate change in the recent past (1980-2006) and future (until 2050). American Chemical Society, northeast regional meeting, Burlington VT, June 29-July 2, 2008.

Effects of climate change on US air quality. 40th annual Air Pollution Workshop and Symposium (for plant scientists), Raleigh NC, April 6-10, 2008.

Climate change impacts on regional air quality. The Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution, 3rd meeting, Reading, UK, May 30-June 1, 2007.

Climate change, smog, and the lilac bush. Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont, November 9, 2006.

GCAP: Global climate and air pollution. U.S. Climate Change Science Program Workshop: Climate Science in Support of Decision Making, Arlington, Virginia, November 15, 2005. [Powerpoint]

Linking climate change and air quality. Annual retreat of the MIT Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate, Provincetown, MA, October 8, 2005. [Powerpoint]

Effects of climate change on air pollution episodes in the United States: A model study. Climate Change Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH, March 22, 2005.

The pollution-climate connection: How climate change could affect pollution episodes in the United States. Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C., February 19, 2005. [Powerpoint]

Application of a unified aerosol-chemistry-climate GCM to understand the effects of changing climate and global anthropogenic emissions on U.S. air quality. Annual meeting of the EPA Science To Achieve Results (STAR) program, Research Triangle Park NC, May 24-25, 2004.

Effect of future climate change on U.S. air quality. SANTA FE meeting sponsored by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Santa Fe NM, February 24-25, 2004.

Interactions between ozone, aerosol, and climate. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, January 26, 2004.

Climate response to the increase in tropospheric ozone since preindustrial times: Signature of ozone forcing. Spring meeting of the European Geophysical Society and the American Geophysical Society, Nice, France, April 7, 2003. [Powerpoint]

The human influence on climate: How much is known, what's in store for us? School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston MA, January 31, 2003. [Powerpoint]

Global atmospheric changes and future impacts on regional air quality. Annual meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, Baltimore MD, June 26, 2002.

Climatic implications of changes in tropospheric ozone. Workshop on Air Pollution as a Climate Forcing, East West Center, Honolulu HI, April 29 - May 3, 2002.

Miscellany
For media coverage of our 2009 wildfires + air quality work, go here.

For media coverage of the 2005 AAAS talk, go here.

In spring 2005, I wrote an article on the connections between smog and climate change for realclimate.org.

I was a contributing author to Atmospheric Chemistry and Greenhouse Gases in the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2001.

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