James Roberts
Research Chemist
Mailing address:
NOAA ESRL Chemical Sciences Division
325 Broadway, R/CSD7
Boulder, CO 80305 USA
Phone: (303) 497-3982
Fax: (303) 497-5126
Email: James.M.Roberts@noaa.gov
Dr. Roberts has a long-standing interest in the organic chemistry of the atmosphere. He has worked on a variety of issues such as; the transport and chemistry of volatile organic compounds, the chemistry of organic nitrates and their contribution to the transport of atmospheric odd-nitrogen, the involvement of biogenic hydrocarbons in ozone and particle formation in the troposphere, the activation of chlorine by odd-nitrogen, and the atmospheric chemistry of acidic species.
Education
PhD. Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1983
B.S. Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California, 1978
Research
Chemical ionization mass spectrometry
Interfacial chemistry of halides
Measurement and chemistry of organic acids
Biomass burning
The use of unique atmospheric compounds to elucidate key atmospheric processes
Current Topics
Acylperoxynitrates [PANs: RC(O)OONO2]
Nitryl Chloride [ClNO2]
Molecular chlorine [Cl2]
Nitrous acid [HONO]
Isocyanic acid [HNCO]
last modified: July 07, 2009