Xin Yang
Atmospheric Chemistry Modeller
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Xin Yang
Atmospheric Chemistry Modeller
Biography
I joined BAS in 2014 after spending 12 years at the University of Cambridge. I am an atmospheric modeller mainly working with global chemistry transport and climate models, such as the p-TOMCAT and UK Earth System Model. Complemented by field data analysis and laboratory work, I primarily study the chemical and physical processes in the polar lower atmosphere, especially those involving halogen chemistry, aerosols, and snowpack-atmosphere exchange. My research also has a global scope, including the ozone hole, very short-lived halocarbons, and volcanic eruptions. Recently, my focus has shifted slightly towards polar winter climate, with a keen interest in exploring processes that climate models currently overlook, such as the sources of winter aerosols, clouds, and storms.
Specifically, I was the first to use a global chemistry model to investigate the active bromine budget in the troposphere and its effects on near-surface ozone. I also pioneered the idea of sea salt aerosol production from blowing snow over sea ice, a process confirmed by recent field data and found to notably influence polar cloud properties, opening a new perspective on polar chemistry and climate.
Research interests
Polar winter climate and processes, particularly aerosol, clouds, and the impact of winter cyclones.
Modelling blowing snow, especially the sublimation process governed by the Kelvin curvature effect.
Parameterisation of snow impurity production (e.g., black carbon, dust, and sulphate) via blowing snow.
Snow-air exchange, focusing on the release of reactive bromine from the snowpack.
Polar boundary layer bromine explosion events and ozone depletion events.
Snow chemistry and interpretation of ice-core records.
Impacts of volcanic and short-lived bromocarbons on stratospheric ozone.
Oxidation of elemental mercury by bromine.
Collaborations
My extensive collaborations with world-leading scientists across various fields, including modelling, fieldwork, and laboratory work, have resulted in novel and fruitful outcomes. I value these interdisciplinary collaborations, which broaden my perspectives and inspire new ideas.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2025
Zhu, Xiaochun, Cao, Le, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Li, Simeng ORCID record for Simeng Li, Wang, Jiandong ORCID record for Jiandong Wang, Zhao, Tianliang. (2025) Influence of various criteria on identifying the springtime tropospheric ozone depletion events (ODEs) at Utqiaġvik, Arctic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25 (). pp. doi:10.5194/acp-25-12159-2025
Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Zhang, Xiangdong, Gong, Xianda, Frey, Markus ORCID record for Markus Frey, González-Herrero, Sergi, Weiss, Alexandra ORCID record for Alexandra Weiss, Engbers, Rainette, Persson, Ola, Radenz, Martin, Gorodetskaya, Irina, Bracegirdle, Thomas ORCID record for Thomas Bracegirdle, Hall, Romy. (2025) Why Polar Winter Climate and Processes? [Meeting Report]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106 (). pp. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0216.1
Ammann, Markus ORCID record for Markus Ammann, Brean, James, Carpenter, Lucy J., Chikkaraddy, Rohit, Chipperfield, Martyn P. ORCID record for Martyn P. Chipperfield, D’Anna, Barbara ORCID record for Barbara D’Anna, Ferracci, Valerio ORCID record for Valerio Ferracci, Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Heard, Dwayne E. ORCID record for Dwayne E. Heard, Heddell, Saffron G., Hoffman, Alicia, Huff, Deanna, Lauster, Bianca ORCID record for Bianca Lauster, Law, Kathy S., Mao, Jingqiu, Mohr, Claudia ORCID record for Claudia Mohr, Murphy, Jennifer G. ORCID record for Jennifer G. Murphy, Peterson, Peter K. ORCID record for Peter K. Peterson, Pratt, Kerri A., Roberts, Tjarda J., Savarino, Joel ORCID record for Joel Savarino, Squires, Freya, Stutz, Jochen ORCID record for Jochen Stutz, Willis, Megan, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang. (2025) Transport and chemistry: general discussion. Faraday Discussions, 258 (). pp. doi:10.1039/D5FD90013A
Albertin, Sarah, Ammann, Markus ORCID record for Markus Ammann, Bartels-Rausch, Thorsten ORCID record for Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Brean, James, Carpenter, Lucy J., Chikkaraddy, Rohit, Chipperfield, Martyn P. ORCID record for Martyn P. Chipperfield, Ciarelli, Giancarlo, Coe, Hugh ORCID record for Hugh Coe, Cyran, Jenée D., D’Anna, Barbara ORCID record for Barbara D’Anna, Delille, Bruno ORCID record for Bruno Delille, Ferracci, Valerio ORCID record for Valerio Ferracci, Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Garner, Natasha, Heard, Dwayne ORCID record for Dwayne Heard, Kanji, Zamin A. ORCID record for Zamin A. Kanji, Kim, Saewung ORCID record for Saewung Kim, Kojoj, Julia ORCID record for Julia Kojoj, Lamothe, Alexis ORCID record for Alexis Lamothe, Law, Kathy S., Maus, Sönke ORCID record for Sönke Maus, Mohr, Claudia ORCID record for Claudia Mohr, Murphy, Jennifer G. ORCID record for Jennifer G. Murphy, Pfrang, Christian ORCID record for Christian Pfrang, Pratt, Kerri, Roberts, Tjarda, Stutz, Jochen ORCID record for Jochen Stutz, Whale, Thomas, Willis, Megan, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Zieger, Paul ORCID record for Paul Zieger. (2025) Aerosol, clouds and particles: general discussion. Faraday Discussions, 258 (). pp. doi:10.1039/D5FD90012C
Ammann, Markus ORCID record for Markus Ammann, Amoruso, Veronica, Ayotte, Patrick, Bartels-Rausch, Thorsten ORCID record for Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Bluhm, Hendrik, Brean, James, Buttersack, Tillmann ORCID record for Tillmann Buttersack, Carpenter, Lucy J., Chikkaraddy, Rohit, Cyran, Jenée D., Delille, Bruno ORCID record for Bruno Delille, Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Heard, Dwayne ORCID record for Dwayne Heard, Lamothe, Alexis ORCID record for Alexis Lamothe, Law, Kathy S., Mao, Jingqiu, Maus, Sönke ORCID record for Sönke Maus, Murphy, Jennifer G. ORCID record for Jennifer G. Murphy, Peterson, Peter K. ORCID record for Peter K. Peterson, Pfrang, Christian ORCID record for Christian Pfrang, Salteri, Francesca, Savarino, Joel ORCID record for Joel Savarino, Stutz, Jochen ORCID record for Jochen Stutz, Toubin, Céline, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Zieger, Paul ORCID record for Paul Zieger. (2025) Snow and ice: general discussion. Faraday Discussions, 258 (). pp. doi:10.1039/D5FD90015H
Ranjithkumar, Ananth, Duncan, Eliza, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Partridge, Daniel G., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas ORCID record for Thomas Lachlan-Cope, Gong, Xianda, Nishimura, Kouichi, Frey, Markus ORCID record for Markus Frey. (2025) Direct observation of Arctic Sea salt aerosol production from blowing snow and modeling over a changing sea ice environment. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 13 (). 27 pp. 10.1525/elementa.2024.00006
2024
Veselý, L., Štůsek, R., Mikula, O., Yang, X. ORCID record for X. Yang, Heger, D.. (2024) Freezing-induced acidification of sea ice brine. Science of the Total Environment, 946 (). 14 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174194
Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Strong, Kimberly, Criscitiello, Alison S., Santos-Garcia, Marta, Bognar, Kristof, Zhao, Xiaoyi, Fogal, Pierre, Walker, Kaley A., Morris, Sara M., Effertz, Peter. (2024) Surface snow bromide and nitrate at Eureka, Canada in early spring and implications for polar boundary layer chemistry. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24 (). 24 pp. 10.5194/acp-24-5863-2024
2023
Gong, Xianda, Zhang, Jiaoshi, Croft, Betty, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Bergner, Nora, Chang, Rachel Y.-W., Creamean, Jessie M., Kuang, Chongai, Martin, Randall V., Ranjithkumar, Ananth, Sedlacek, Arthur J., Uin, Janek, Willmes, Sascha, Zawadowicz, Maria A., Pierce, Jeffrey R., Shupe, Matthew D., Schmale, Julia, Wang, Jian. (2023) Arctic warming by abundant fine sea salt aerosols from blowing snow. Nature Geoscience, (). 18 pp. 10.1038/s41561-023-01254-8
Vetráková, Lubica, Neděla, Vilém, Závacká, Kamila, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Heger, Dominik. (2023) Technical note: Sublimation of frozen CsCl solutions in an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) – determining the number and size of salt particles relevant to sea salt aerosols. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-23-4463-2023
Lapere, Rémy, Thomas, Jennie L., Marelle, Louis, Ekman, Annica M.L., Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Lund, Marianne Tronstad, Makkonen, Risto, Ranjithkumar, Ananth, Salter, Matthew E., Samset, Bjørn Hallvard, Schulz, Michael, Sogacheva, Larisa, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Zieger, Paul. (2023) The representation of sea salt aerosols and their role in polar climate within CMIP6. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128 (). 36 pp. 10.1029/2022JD038235
2022
Chen, Douxing, Luo, Yuhan, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Si, Fuqi, Dou, Ke, Zhou, Haijin, Qian, Yuanyuan, Hu, Chunqiao, Liu, Jianguo, Liu, Wenqing. (2022) Study of an Arctic blowing snow-induced bromine explosion event in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Science of The Total Environment, 839 (). 13 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156335
Závacká, Kamila, Neděla, Vilém, Olbert, Martin, Tihlaříková, Eva, Vetráková, Ľubica, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Heger, Dominik. (2022) Temperature and concentration affect particle size upon sublimation of saline ice: Implications for sea salt aerosol production in polar regions. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (). 10 pp. 10.1029/2021GL097098
2020
Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Blechschmidt, Anne-M., Bognar, Kristof, McClure-Begley, Audra, Morris, Sara, Petropavlovskikh, Irina, Richter, Andreas, Skov, Henrik, Strong, Kimberly, Tarasick, David W., Uttal, Taneil, Vestenius, Mika, Zhao, Xiaoyi. (2020) Pan-Arctic surface ozone: modelling vs. measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20 (). 31 pp. 10.5194/acp-20-15937-2020
Ming, Alison ORCID record for Alison Ming, Winton, V. Holly L. ORCID record for V. Holly L. Winton, Keeble, James, Abraham, Nathan L., Dalvi, Mohit C., Griffiths, Paul, Caillon, Nicolas, Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Savarino, Joël, Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang. (2020) Stratospheric ozone changes from explosive tropical volcanoes: Modeling and ice core constraints. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (). 14 pp. 10.1029/2019JD032290
Winton, V. Holly L. ORCID record for V. Holly L. Winton, Ming, Alison ORCID record for Alison Ming, Caillon, Nicolas, Hauge, Lisa, Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Savarino, Joel, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey. (2020) Deposition, recycling and archival of nitrate stable isotopes between the air-snow interface: comparison between Dronning Maud Land and Dome C, Antarctica. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-20-5861-2020
Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Norris, Sarah J., Brooks, Ian M., Anderson, Philip S., Nishimura, Kouichi, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Nerentorp Mastromonaco, Michelle G., Jones, David H., Wolff, Eric W.. (2020) First direct observation of sea salt aerosol production from blowing snow above sea ice. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-20-2549-2020
2019
Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Rhodes, Rachael H., Norris, Sarah J., Brooks, Ian M., Anderson, Philip S., Nishimura, Kouichi, Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Wolff, Eric W.. (2019) Sea salt aerosol production via sublimating wind-blown saline snow particles over sea ice: parameterizations and relevant microphysical mechanisms. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-19-8407-2019
Dennison, Fraser, Keeble, James, Morgenstern, Olaf, Zeng, Guang, Abraham, N Luke, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang. (2019) Improvements to stratospheric chemistry scheme in the UM-UKCA (v10.7) model: solar cycle and heterogeneous reactions. Geoscientific Model Development, 12 (). pp. 10.5194/gmd-12-1227-2019
2018
Rhodes, Rachael H., Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Wolff, Eric W. (2018) Sea ice versus storms: what controls sea salt in Arctic ice cores?. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (). pp. 10.1029/2018GL077403
2017
Zhao, Xiaoyi, Weaver, Dan, Bognar, Kristof, Manney, Gloria, Millán, Luis, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Eloranta, Edwin, Schneider, Matthias, Strong, Kimberly. (2017) Cyclone-induced surface ozone and HDO depletion in the Arctic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-17-14955-2017
Rhodes, Rachael H., Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Wolff, Eric W., McConnell, Joseph R., Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey. (2017) Sea ice as a source of sea salt aerosol to Greenland ice cores: a model-based study. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-17-9417-2017
Bieser, Johannes, Slemr, Franz, Ambrose, Jesse, Brenninkmeijer, Carl, Brooks, Steve, Dastoor, Ashu, DeSimone, Francesco, Ebinghaus, Ralf, Gencarelli, Christian N., Geyer, Beate, Gratz, Lynne E., Hedgecock, Ian M., Jaffe, Daniel, Kelley, Paul, Lin, Che-Jen, Jaegle, Lyatt, Matthias, Volker, Ryjkov, Andrei, Selin, Noelle E., Song, Shaojie, Travnikov, Oleg, Weigelt, Andreas, Luke, Winston, Ren, Xinrong, Zahn, Andreas, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Zhu, Yun, Pirrone, Nicola. (2017) Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: vertical and interhemispheric distribution of mercury species. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-17-6925-2017
Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Neděla, Vilém, Runštuk, Jiří, Ondrušková, Gabriela, Krausko, Ján, Vetráková, Ľubica, Heger, Dominik. (2017) Evaporating brine from frost flowers with electron microscopy, and implications for atmospheric chemistry and sea-salt aerosol formation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-17-6291-2017
Travnikov, Oleg, Angot, Helene, Artaxo, Paulo, Bencardino, Mariantonia, Bieser, Johannes, D'Amore, Francesco, Dastoor, Ashu, De Simone, Francesco, Diéguez, María del Carmen, Dommergue, Aurélien, Ebinghaus, Ralf, Feng, Xin Bin, Gencarelli, Christian N., Hedgecock, Ian M., Magand, Olivier, Martin, Lynwill, Matthias, Volker, Mashyanov, Nikolay, Pirrone, Nicola, Ramachandran, Ramesh, Read, Katie Alana, Ryjkov, Andrei, Selin, Noelle E., Sena, Fabrizio, Song, Shaojie, Sprovieri, Francesca, Wip, Dennis, Wängberg, Ingvar, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang. (2017) Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: atmospheric processes and model evaluation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-17-5271-2017
Gencarelli, Christian N., Bieser, Johannes, Carbone, Francesco, De Simone, Francesco, Hedgecock, Ian M., Matthias, Volker, Travnikov, Oleg, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Pirrone, Nicola. (2017) Sensitivity model study of regional mercury dispersion in the atmosphere. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-17-627-2017
2016
Angot, Helene, Dastoor, Ashu, De Simone, Francesco, Gardfeldt, Katarina, Gencarelli, Christian N., Hedgecock, Ian M., Langer, Sarka, Magand, Olivier, Mastromonaco, Michelle N., Nordstrom, Claus, Pfaffhuber, Katrine A., Pirrone, Nicola, Ryjkov, Andrei, Selin, Noelle E., Skov, Henrik, Song, Shaojie, Sprovieri, Francesca, Steffen, Alexandra, Toyota, Kenjiro, Travnikov, Oleg, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Dommergue, Aurelien. (2016) Chemical cycling and deposition of atmospheric mercury in Polar Regions: review of recent measurements and comparison with models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-16-10735-2016
Legrand, Michel, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Preunkert, Susanne, Theys, Nicolas. (2016) Year-round records of sea salt, gaseous and particulate inorganic bromine in the atmospheric boundary layer at coastal (Dumont d’Urville) and central (Concordia) East Antarctic sites. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121 (). pp. 10.1002/2015JD024066
Zhao, X., Strong, K., Adams, C., Schofield, R., Yang, X. ORCID record for X. Yang, Richter, A., Friess, U., Blechschmidt, A.-M., Koo, J.-H.. (2016) A case study of a transported bromine explosion event in the Canadian high arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121 (). pp. 10.1002/2015JD023711
2015
Tegtmeier, S., Ziska, F., Pisso, I., Quack, B., Velders, G. J. M., Yang, X. ORCID record for X. Yang, Krüger, K.. (2015) Oceanic bromine emissions weighted by their ozone depletion potential. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-15-13647-2015
Gencarelli, Christian N., De Simone, Francesco, Hedgecock, Ian M., Sprovieri, Francesca, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Pirrone, Nicola. (2015) European and Mediterranean mercury modelling: local and long-range contributions to the deposition flux. Atmospheric Environment, 117 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.07.015
de Simone, Francesco, Cinnirella, Sergio, Gencarelli, Christian N., Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Hedgecock, Ian M., Pirrone, Nicola. (2015) Model study of global mercury deposition from biomass burning. Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (). pp. 10.1021/acs.est.5b00969
Wang, Zhaomin, Zhang, Xiandong, Guan, Zhaoyong, Sun, Bo, Yang, Xin ORCID record for Xin Yang, Liu, Chengyan. (2015) An atmospheric origin of the multi-decadal bipolar seesaw. Scientific Reports, 5 (). pp. 10.1038/srep08909
Before 2015
1. Yang, X., N. L. Abraham, A. T. Archibald, P. Braesicke, J. Keeble, P. J. Telford, N. J. Warwick, and J. A. Pyle, How sensitive is the recovery of stratospheric ozone to changes in concentrations of very short lived bromocarbons? Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 10431-10438, doi:10.5194/acp-14-10431-2014, 2014.
2. Banerjee, A., Archibald, A. T., Maycock, A., Telford, P., Abraham, N. L., Yang, X., Braesicke, P., and Pyle, J.: Lightning NOx, a key chemistry–climate interaction: impacts of future climate change and consequences for tropospheric oxidising capacity, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 8753-8778, doi:10.5194/acpd-14-8753-2014, 2014.
3. Levine, J., Yang, X., Jones, A., Wolff, E. W.: Sea salt as an ice core proxy for past sea ice extent: a process-based model study, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2013JD020925, 2014.
4. Braesicke, P., Keeble, J., Yang, X., Stiller, G., Kellmann, S., Abraham, N. L., Archibald, A., Telford, P., and Pyle, J. A.: Circulation anomalies in the Southern Hemisphere and ozone changes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 10677– 10688, doi:10.5194/acp-13-10677-2013, 2013.
5. Hossaini, R., M. Chipperfield, S. Dhomse, C. Ordonez, A. Saiz-Lopez, N. L. Abraham, A. T. Archibald, P. Braesicke, P. J. Telford, N. J. Warwick, X. Yang, J. A. Pyle, Modelling future changes to the stratospheric source gas injection of biogenic bromocarbons, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, doi:10.1029/2012GL053401, 2012.
6. Zatko, M. C., Grenfell, T. C., Alexander, B., Doherty, S. J., Thomas, J. L., and Yang, X.: The influence of snow grain size and impurities on the vertical profiles of actinic flux and associated NOx emissions on the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 3547-3567, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3547-2013, 2013.
7. Parrella, J. P., D. J. Jacob, Q. Liang, Y. Zhang, L. J. Mickley, B. Miller, M. J. Evans, X. Yang, J. A. Pyle, N. Theys, and M. Van Roozendael, Tropospheric bromine chemistry: implications for present and pre-industrial ozone and mercury, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 6723-6740, doi:10.5194/acp-12-6723-2012, 2012.
8. Abbatt, J. P. D., J. L. Thomas, K. Abrahamsson, C. Boxe, A. Granfors, A. E. Jones, M. D. King, A. Saiz-Lopez, P. B. Shepson, J. Sodeau, D. W. Toohey, C. Toubin, R. von Glasow, S. N. Wren, and X. Yang, Halogen activation via interactions with environmental ice and snow, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 6237-6271, doi:10.5194/acp-12-6237-2012, 2012.
9. Tegtmeier, S., K. Krüger, B. Quack, I. Pisso, A. Stohl, and X. Yang, Emission and transport of bromocarbons: from the West Pacific ocean into the stratosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 10633-10648, doi:10.5194/acp-12-10633-2012, 2012.
10. Hezel, P. J., B. Alexander, C. M. Bitz, E. J. Steig, C. D. Holmes, X. Yang, and J. Sciare, Modeled methanesulfonic acid (MSA) deposition in Antarctica and its relationship to sea ice, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D23214, doi:10.1029/2011JD016383, 2011.
11. Theys, N., M. Van Roozendael, F. Hendrick, X. Yang, I. De Smedt, A. Richter, M. Begoin, Q. Errera, P. V. Johnston, K. Kreher, and M. De Mazière, Global observations of tropospheric BrO columns using GOME-2 satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 1791-1811, doi:10.5194/acp-11-1791-2011, 2011.
12. Ruti, P. M., J. E. Williams, F. Hourdin, F. Guichard, A. Boone, P. Van Velthoven, F. Favot, I. Musat, M. Rumukkainen, M. Domínguez, M. Á. Gaertner, J.P. Lafore, T. Losada, M.B. Rodriguez de Fonseca, J. Polcher, F. Giorgi, Y. Xue, I. Bouarar, K. Law, B. Josse, B. Barret, X. Yang, C. Mari, A.K. Traore, The West African climate system: a review of the AMMA model inter-comparison initiatives, Atmos. Sci. Lett., 12, 116-122, doi:10.1002/asl.305, 2011.
13. Russo, M. R., V. Marecal, C. R. Hoyle, J. Arteta, C. Chemel, O. Dessens, W. Feng, J. S. Hosking, P. Telford, O. Wild, X. Yang, J. A. Pyle, Tropical deep Convection and its impact on Composition in Global and Mesoscale models – Part 1: Meteorology, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2765-2786, doi:10.5194/acp-11-2765-2011, 2011.
14. Hoyle, C. R., V. Marécal, M. R. Russo, J. Arteta, C. Chemel, M. P. Chipperfield, F. D’Amato, O. Dessens, W. Feng, N. R. P. Harris, J. S. Hosking, O. Morgenstern, T. Peter, J. A. Pyle, T. Reddmann, N. A. D. Richards, P. J. Telford, W. Tian, S. Viciani, O. Wild, X. Yang, and G. Zeng, Tropical deep convection and its impact on composition in global and mesoscale models – Part 2: Tracer transport, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-11-8103-2011, 11, 8103-8131 2011.
15. Feng, W., M. P., Chipperfield, S. Dhomse, B. M. Monge-Sanz, X. Yang, K. Zhang, and M. Ramonet, Evaluation of cloud convection and tracer transport in a three-dimensional chemical transport model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11 (5783-5803) , doi:10.5194/acp-11-5783-2011, 2011.
16. Holmes, C. D., D. J. Jacob, E. S. Corbitt, J. Mao, X. Yang, R. Talbot, F. Slemr, and Y.-J. Han, Global atmospheric model for mercury including oxidation by bromine atoms, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 12037-12057, doi:10.5194/acp-10-12037-2010, 2010.
17. Williams, J. E., M. P. Scheele, P. F. J. van Velthoven, I. Bouarar, K. Law, B. Josse, V. H. Peuch, X. Yang, J. Pyle, V. Thouret, B. Barret, C. Liousse, F. Hourdin, S. Szopa and A. Cozic, Global Chemistry simulations in the AMMA-Model Intercomparison project, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91, 611-624, doi:10.1175/2009bams2818.1, 2010.
18. Barret, B., J. E. Williams, I. Bouarar, X. Yang, B. Josse, K. Law, E. Le Flochmon, C. Liousse, V. H. Peuch, G. Carver, J. Pyle, B. Sauvage, P. van Velthoven, C. Mari, and J.-P. Cammas, Impact of West African Monsoon convective transport and lightning NOx production upon tropical the upper tropospheric composition: a multi-model study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5719-5738, doi:10.5194/acp-10-5719-2010, 2010.
19. Pike, R. C., J. D. Lee, P. J. Young, S. Moller, G. D. Carver, X. Yang, P. Misztal, B. Langford, D. Stewart, C. Reeves, C.N. Hewitt and J. A. Pyle, Can a global model chemical mechanism reproduce NO, NO2, and O3 measurements above a tropical rainforest? Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 10607-10620, doi:10.5194/acp-10-10607-2010, 2010.
20. Yang, X., J. A., Pyle, R. A. Cox, N. Theys, M. Van Roozendael, Snow-sourced bromine and its implications for polar tropospheric ozone, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7763-7773, doi:10.5194/acp-10-7763-2010, 2010.
21. Hewitt, C. N., et. al. (55 co-authors): Overview: oxidant and particle photochemical processes above a south-east Asian tropical rainforest (the OP3 project): introduction, rationale, location characteristics and tools, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 169-199, doi:10.5194/acp-10-169-2010, 2010.
22. Hewitt, C. N., et al.(55 co-authors): Corrigendum to “Overview: oxidant and particle photochemical processes above a south-east Asian tropical rainforest (the OP3 project): introduction, rationale, location characteristics and tools” published in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 169–199, 2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 563-563, doi:10.5194/acp-10-563-2010, 2010.
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Ongoing research projects:
- BAS National Capability International project (July 2022-March 2026): “Surface Fluxes in Antarctica (SURFEIT)” (as Co-I)
- EU funded H2020 Project (August 2022 -August 2025): “Climate relevant interaction and feedbacks: the key role of sea ice and snow in the polar and global climate system (CRiceS)” (as Co-I)
Past research projects:
- NERC grant (Jan 2019-Sep 2022): “Sea salt aerosol above Arctic Sea ice – sources, processes and climate impacts (SSAASI-CLIM)” (as Co-I)
- NERC standard grant (May 2017-Sep 2020): “Retreat of Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice, 130 000 to 116 000 years BP” (as Co-I)
- NERC standard grant (Jun 2016-May 2019): “Isotopic Constraints on past Ozone Layer in Polar Ice (ISOL-ICE)” (as Co-I)
- UK-Canada Arctic bursaries programme (2019-2020): “A second investigation of the role of tundra snowpack chemistry in the boundary layer ‘bromine explosion’ at Eureka, Canada” (as PI)
- UK-Canada Arctic bursaries programme (2018-2019): “The role of tundra snowpack chemistry in the boundary layer bromine budget at Eureka, Canada” (as PI)
- NERC standard grant BLOWSEA (Dec 2012-Dec 2015): “Blowing snow and sea ice surfaces as a source of polar sea salt aerosol” (as researcher Co-I)
Studentship projects:
- 2024: Cambridge CREATES DLA project: CE547: Constraining the climate impact of a newly identified polar aerosol source (Lead supervisor: Xin Yang, British Antarctic Survey)
- 2023: C-CLEAR DTP PhD project: Ice nucleating particles from blizzards above sea ice – magnitude and climate impacts of a potential particle source in a warming world (Co-supervisor)
- 2023: C-CLEAR Research Experience Placement (REP) project: Quantifying polar atmospheric ozone loss due to bromine chemistry (primary supervisor).
- 2022: ARIES Research Experience Placement (REP) project: Exploring the origin of snow water isotopic signals in the Arctic (primary supervisor for two students)
- 2021: ARIES Research Experience Placement (REP): Exploring surface snow ions in the Arctic (primary supervisor).
- 2020: GW4+ DTP PhD project: Investigation into the importance of marine aerosol sources for accurate predictions of Arctic climate change (co-supervisor).
2023
Clouds formed with sea salt contribute to Arctic warming
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2021
New project to understand polar processes in global climate system
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- Fellow (since 2014) | FRMetS, Royal Meteorological Society
- Associate Fellow (2009-2013), Royal Meteorological Society
- Committee member, International Commission of Polar Meteorology (ICPM)
- Member (was co-chair) of group "Methane, Ozone and Other Trace Gases", International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere
- Member, NERC Peer Review College