Gunnar I. Senum

Chemist

Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Ph.D., Chemistry
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, B.S., Chemistry

Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Areas of Interest

Application and modeling of chromatographic systems for the development of techniques for the detection and quantification of trace components with the consequent application to geophysical trace gases, indoor pollution and various industrial applications
Development of chemicalcompounds as atmospheric, hydrological or aerosol tracers

Experience

Presently responsible for the development and applications of new techniques using perfluorocarbon tracers in the Tracer Technology Center, including atmospheric, hydrological and geophysical applications
Presently responsible for the application and demonstration of the use of PFTs for subsurface characterization in petroleum reservoirs, transport and dispersion of the vadose subsurface and subsurface leak detection techniques using tracers

Selected Publications (since 2009)

Kleinman, L. I., Daum, P. H., Lee, Y.-N., Lewis, E. R., Sedlacek III, A. J., Senum, G. I., Springston, S. R., Wang, J., Hubbe, J., Jayne, J., Min, Q., Yum, S. S., and Allen, G. Aerosol concentration and size distribution measured below, in, and above cloud from the DOE G-1 during VOCALS-REx. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11, 207-223, doi:10.5194/acp-12-207-2012 (2012).

Zaveri, R. A., et al. Overview of the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES). Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 12, 1299-1400, doi:10.5194/acpd-12-1299-2012 (2012).

Berg, L. K., Berkowitz, C. M., Barnard, J. C., Senum, G., and Springston, S. R. Observations of the first aerosol indirect effect in shallow cumuli. Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L03809, doi:10.1029/2010GL046047 (2011).

Kleinman, L. I., Springston, S. R., Wang, J., Daum, P. H., Lee, Y.-N., Nunnermacker, L. J., Senum, G. I., Weinstein-Lloyd, J., Alexander, M. L., Hubbe, J., Ortega, J., Zaveri, R. A., Canagaratna, M. R., and Jayne, J. The time evolution of aerosol size distribution over the Mexico City plateau. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 9, 4261-4278 (2009).

Wang, J., Daum, P. H., Yum, S. S., Liu, Y., Senum, G. I., Lu, M.-L., Seinfeld, J. H., and Jonsson, H. Observations of marine stratocumulus microphysics and implications for processes controlling droplet spectra: results from the Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment (MASE). J. Geophys. Res. 114, D18210, doi:10.1029/2008JD011035 (2009).

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