R. Sommariva

r.sommariva (at) uea.ac.uk

Laboratory for Global Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich, NR4 7TJ
UK

Bio

Born in Milano, Italy, in 1976.
Stageur, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, 1999-2000.
Laurea in Environmental Sciences, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy, 2000.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Leeds University, Leeds, UK, 2004.
Research Associate at CIRES (UC-Boulder) and ESRL (NOAA), Boulder, CO, USA, 2005-2008.
Senior Research Associate at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 2008-present.

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Research

Modelling and measurements of radicals and halogens in the troposphere. Current research is focused on the role of halogens in the chemistry of the tropical marine boundary layer.

Publications

Papers

  1. Sommariva R., Haggerstone A.-L., Carpenter L.J., Carslaw N., Creasey D.J., Heard D.E., Lee J.D., Lewis A.C., Pilling M. J., Zádor J., OH and HO2 chemistry in clean marine air during SOAPEX-2, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 4, 3, 839-856, 2004.
  2. Bloss W.J., Lee J.D., Johnson G.P., Sommariva R., Heard D.E., Saiz-Lopez A., Plane J.M.C., McFiggans G., Coe H., Flynn M., Williams P., Rickard A.R., Fleming Z., Impact of halogen monoxide chemistry upon boundary layer OH and HO2 concentrations at a coastal site, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L06814, 2005.
  3. Bloss W.J., Evans M.J., Lee J.D., Sommariva R., Heard D.E., Pilling M.J., The oxidative capacity of the troposphere: coupling of field measurements of OH and a global chemistry transport model, Faraday Discussions, 130, 425, 2005.
  4. Sommariva R., Bloss W.J., Brough N., Carslaw N., Flynn M., Haggerstone A.-L., Heard D.E., Hopkins J.R., Lee J.D., Lewis A.C., McFiggans G., Monks P.S., Penkett S.A., Pilling M.J., Plane J.M.C., Read K.A., Saiz-Lopez A., Rickard A.R., Williams P.I., OH and HO2 chemistry during NAMBLEX: roles of oxygenates, halogen oxides and heterogeneous uptake, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 4, 1135-1153, 2006.
  5. Fleming Z.L., Monks P.S., Rickard A.R., Heard D.E., Bloss W.J., Seakins P.W., Still T.J., Sommariva R., Pilling M.J., Morgan R., Green T.J., Brough N., Mills G.P., Penkett S.A., Lewis A.C., Lee J.D., Saiz-Lopez A., Plane J.M.C., Peroxy radical chemistry and the control of ozone photochemistry at Mace Head, Ireland during the summer of 2002, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 8, 2193-2214, 2006.
  6. Heard D.E., Read K.A., Methven J., Al-Haider S., Bloss W.J., Johnson G.P., Pilling M.J., Seakins P.W., Smith S.C., Sommariva R., Stanton J.C., Still T.J., et al., The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 8, 2241-2272, 2006.
  7. Still T.J., Al-Haider S., Seakins P.W., Sommariva R., Stanton J.C., Mills G., Penkett S.A., Ambient formaldehyde measurements made at a remote marine boundary layer site during the NAMBLEX campaign - a comparison of data from chromatographic and modified Hantzsch techniques, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 9, 2711-2726, 2006.
  8. Neuman J.A., Parrish D.D., Trainer M., Ryerson T.B., Holloway J.S., Nowak J.B., Swanson A., Flocke F., Roberts J.M., Brown S.S., Stark H., Sommariva R., Stohl A., Peltier R., Weber R., Wollny A.G., Sueper D.T., Hubler G., Fehsenfeld F.C., Reactive nitrogen transport and photochemistry in urban plumes over the North Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D23S54, 2006.
  9. Osthoff H.D., Sommariva R., Baynard T., Pettersson A., Williams E.J., Lerner B.M., Roberts J.M., Stark H., Goldan P.D., Kuster W.C., Bates T.S., Coffman D., Ravishankara A.R., Brown S.S., Observation of daytime N2O5 in the marine boundary layer during New England Air Quality Study--Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation 2004, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D23S14, 2006.
  10. Sommariva R., Pilling M.J., Bloss W.J., Heard D.E., Lee J.D., Fleming Z.L., Monks P.S., Plane J.M.C., Saiz-Lopez A., Ball S.M., Bitter M., Jones R.L., Brough N., Penkett S.A., Hopkins J.R., Lewis A.C., Read K.A., Night-time radical chemistry during the NAMBLEX campaign, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 3, 587-598, 2007.
  11. Roberts J.M., Marchewka M., Bertman S.B., Sommariva R., Warneke C., de Gouw J.A., Kuster W.C., P.D. Goldan, Williams E.J., Lerner B.M., Murphy P., Fehsenfeld F.C., Measurements of PANs during the New England Air Quality Study 2002, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D20306, 2007.
  12. H.D. Osthoff, J.M. Roberts, A.R. Ravishankara, E.J. Williams, B.M. Lerner, R. Sommariva, T.S. Bates, D. Coffman, P.K. Quinn, J.E. Dibb, H. Stark, J.B. Burkholder, R.K. Talukdar, J. Meagher, F.C. Fehsenfeld, S.S. Brown, High levels of nitryl chloride in the polluted subtropical marine boundary layer, Nature Geoscience, 1, 324-328, 2008.
  13. R. Sommariva, M. Trainer, J.A. de Gouw, J.M. Roberts, C. Warneke, E. Atlas, F. Flocke, P.D. Goldan, W.C. Kuster, A.L. Swanson, F.C. Fehsenfeld , A study of organic nitrates formation in an urban plume using a Master Chemical Mechanism, Atmospheric Environment, 42, 23, 5771-5786, 2008.
  14. R. Sommariva, J.A. de Gouw, M. Trainer, E. Atlas, P.D. Goldan, W.C. Kuster,C. Warneke, F.C. Fehsenfeld, Emissions and photochemistry of oxygenated VOCs in urban plumes in the Northeastern United States, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 8, 12371-12408, 2008.
  15. R. Sommariva, H.D. Osthoff, S.S. Brown, T.S. Bates, T. Baynard, D. Coffman, J.A. de Gouw, P.D. Goldan, W.C. Kuster, B.M. Lerner, H. Stark, C. Warneke, E.J. Williams, F.C. Fehsenfeld, J. F. Meagher, A.R. Ravishankara, M. Trainer, Radicals in the marine boundary layer during NEAQS 2004: a model study of day-time and night-time sources and sinks, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 8, 16643-16692, 2008.

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