Peter Peterson

Assistant Professor Pete Peterson is a scientist and educator specializing in atmospheric chemistry, remote sensing, and air ice chemical interactions. Professor Peterson joined the Whittier College faculty in 2018 after working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan.

Publications

• Springtime Nitrogen Oxide-Influenced Chlorine Chemistry in the Coastal Arctic
  Published in Environmental Science and Technology, 2019

• Snowpack measurements suggest role for multi-year sea ice regions in Arctic atmospheric bromine and chlorine chemistry
  Published in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2019

• Direct Determination of Aerosol pH: Size-Resolved Measurements of Submicrometer and Supermicrometer Aqueous Particles
  Published in Analytical Chemistry, 2018

• Springtime Bromine Activation over Coastal and Inland Arctic Snowpacks
  Published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018

• Increases in wintertime PM2.5 sodium and chloride linked to snowfall and road salt application
  Published in Atmospheric Environment, 2018

• Snow Melt Onset Hinders Bromine Monoxide Heterogeneous Recycling in the Arctic
  Published in Journal of Geophysical Research:Atmospheres, 2017

• Horizontal and Vertical Structure of Reactive Bromine Events Probed by Bromine Monoxide MAX-DOAS Spectroscopy
  Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017

• Observations of bromine monoxide transport in the Arctic sustained on aerosol particles
  Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017

• Effect of Prudhoe Bay Emissions on Atmospheric Aerosol Growth Events Observed in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska
  Published in Atmospheric Environment, 2017

• Spin-lattice coupling in Ni(HF2)(pyrazine)2SbF6 involving the HF2- superexchange pathway
  Published in Inorganic Chemistry, 2016

• The Role of Open Lead Interactions in Atmospheric Ozone Variability Between Arctic Coastal and Inland Sites
  Published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, 2016

• Variability of Bromine Monoxide at Barrow, Alaska Over Four Halogen Activation (March-May) Seasons and at Two On-Ice Locations
  Published in J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 2016

Talks

• Observations of Inland Snowpack-driven Bromine Chemistry near the Brooks Range, Alaska
  December 01, 2017
  Poster, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Comparison of BrO profile retrievals by O4 scaling and optimal estimation techniques from airborne limb viewing DOAS measurements
  September 01, 2017
  Poster, 8th International DOAS Workshop, Yokohama, Japan

• Airborne Imaging of Bromine Monoxide Over Northern Alaska With Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS)
  July 01, 2017
  Poster, Connaught Summer Institute in Arctic Science: Atmosphere, Cryosphere, and Climate, Alliston, Ontario, Canada

• Comparison of Bromine Processes Over Coastal and Inland Arctic Snowpacks
  May 01, 2017
  Talk, Canadian Chemistry Conference, Toronto, Canada

• Measurement of Atmospheric Trace Gases in the Polar Regions with Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS)
  March 01, 2017
  Seminar, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

• Airborne Observations of Reactive Bromine Transport in the Arctic
  December 01, 2016
  Talk, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California

• Exploring the Vertical Extent of Reactive Halogen Chemistry in the Vicinity of Barrow, Alaska
  September 01, 2016
  Poster, International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Science Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado

• Use of ground-based and airborne MAX-DOAS to examine horizontal and vertical BrO gradients at Barrow, Alaska
  July 01, 2015
  Talk, 7th International DOAS Workshop, Brussels, Belgium

• Use of Airborne MAX-DOAS to examine vertical BrO gradients at Barrow, Alaska
  July 01, 2015
  Seminar, Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

• Impacts of Recent Perennial Sea Ice Reduction on BrO Observations at Barrow, Alaska
  December 01, 2013
  Talk, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California

• Observations of BrO above Fairbanks, AK using Ground-Based MAX-DOAS: Influences of Spectral Fitting Windows
  December 01, 2012
  Poster, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California

• Observations of BrO above Barrow, AK using Ground-Based MAX-DOAS: Investigating Effects of Surface Chemistry on Observed BrO Boundary Layer Vertical Column Densities
  December 01, 2012
  Poster, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California

• Vertical Profiles of BrO and De-Coupling of the BrO Layer from the Surface
  October 01, 2012
  Talk, BROMEX Workshop, Seattle, Washington

• Investigating Brine on Frost Flowers with Absorption Tomography
  March 01, 2012
  Talk, Midnight Sun Science Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska

• Investigation of Brine on Frost flowers with Absorption Tomography
  June 01, 2011
  Poster, Air Ice Chemical Interactions Workshop, New York, New York