Zachary Decker
Senior Scientist
Work
Areas of expertise:
Atmospheric observations, stratospheric processes, air quality, wildfire smoke and climate change
Description
Dr. Decker is an atmospheric chemist specializing in the measurement and analysis of aerosols and gases, to understand their impact on air quality and climate. His previous work often involved deploying advanced instrumentation on research aircraft or ground sites to study complex environments, such as wildfire smoke and stratospheric air.
Background
Dr. Decker was previously a Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder. In his position he worked in the Chemical Sciences Laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on stratospheric chemical observations as part of NOAA’s SABRE program (Stratospheric Aerosol processes, Budget and Radiative Effects).
Publications
Decker Z. C. J.,…, Brem B.T. Emission and formation of aircraft engine oil ultrafine particles Env. Sci. Tech. Air. 2024, 1, 12, doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00184
Decker Z. C. J.,…, Brown S.S. Airborne observations constrain heterogeneous nitrogen and halogen chemistry on tropospheric and stratospheric biomass burning aerosol Geophys. Res. Lett. 2024, 51, 4, doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107273
Decker Z. C. J., …, Brown S.S. A novel analysis to quantify plume crosswind heterogeneity applied to biomass burning smoke Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55, 23, 15646 – 15657, doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03803
Decker Z. C. J.,..., Brown S.S., Nighttime chemical transformation in biomass burning plumes: a box model analysis initialized with aircraft observations Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 5, 2529-2538. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05359