Christopher G. Nolte, Ph.D.

AMAD Staff

Education:

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, 2001.
Thesis: Polar Organic Compounds in Fine Particulate Matter Sources and in the Urban Atmosphere.
M.S., Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, 1994.
B.S., Physics, Stanford University, 1991.

Professional Experience:

2008–present: Physical Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC.
2005–2008: Physical Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Research Triangle Park, NC.
2003–2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Awards:

EPA Gold Medal for Exceptional Service, for "exceptional efforts assessing climate change implications for future air quality and providing science support for Agency decisions on climate change and air quality management," 2010.
EPA Office of Research and Development award for Exceptional/Outstanding Technical Assistance to the Regions or Program Offices, for "developing and implementing numerous scientific updates to the CMAQ model system," 2009.
National Exposure Research Laboratory Special Achievement Award, for "advancements in the NERL Climate and Air Quality Program," 2009.
National Exposure Research Laboratory Special Achievement Award, for "contributions to the Climate Impacts on Regional Air Quality study," 2007.
NOAA Special Achievement Award, 2006.
EPA Superior Accomplishment Recognition Award for "contributions to the calculation of secondary organic aerosol in CMAQ," 2004.
Phi Beta Kappa, 1991.

Peer Reviewed Publications:

T. L. Otte, C. G. Nolte, M. J. Otte, and J. H. Bowden, Does nudging squelch the extremes in regional climate modeling?, submitted to Journal of Climate, 2012.

J. Avise, R. G. Abraham, S. H. Chung, J. Chen, B. Lamb, E. P. Salathe, Y. Yongxin, C. G. Nolte, D. H. Loughlin, A. Guenther, C. Wiedinmyer, T. Duhl, Evaluating the Effects of Climate Change on Summertime Ozone using a Relative Response Factor Approach for Policy Makers, submitted to Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2012.

E. S. Post, A. Grambsch, C. Weaver, P. Morefield, J. Huang, L.-Y. Leung, C. Nolte, P. Adams, X.-Z. Liang, J.-H. Zhu, H. Mahoney, Climate Change Impacts on Human Health via Changes in Ambient Ozone Concentrations, submitted to Environmental Health Perspectives, 2011.

J. H. Bowden, T. L. Otte, C. G. Nolte, Examining interior grid nudging techniques using two-way nesting in the WRF model for regional climate modeling, Journal of Climate, in press, 2011. (abstract)

D. H. Loughlin, W. G. Benjey, C. G. Nolte, ESP v1.0: Methodology for exploring emission impacts of future scenarios in the United States, Geoscientific Model Development, 4, 287-297, 2011. (abstract)

J. T. Kelly, P. V. Bhave, C. G. Nolte, U. Shankar, and K. M. Foley, Simulating emission and chemical evolution of coarse sea-salt particles in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model, Geoscientific Model Development, 3, 257-273, 2010. (abstract)

K. M. Foley, S. J. Roselle, K. W. Appel, P. V. Bhave, J. E. Pleim, T. L. Otte, R. Mathur, G. Sarwar, J. O. Young, R. C. Gilliam, C. G. Nolte, J. T. Kelly, A. B. Gilliland, and J. O. Bash, Incremental testing of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system version 4.7, Geoscientific Model Development, 3, 205-226, 2010. (abstract)

C. P. Weaver et al., A preliminary synthesis of modeled climate change impacts on U.S. regional ozone concentrations, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90, 1843-1863, 2009. (abstract)

C. G. Nolte, A. B. Gilliland, C. Hogrefe, and L. J. Mickley, Linking global to regional models to assess future climate impacts on surface ozone levels in the United States, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D14307, 2008. (abstract)

C. G. Nolte, P. V. Bhave, J. R. Arnold, R. L. Dennis, K. M. Zhang, and A. S. Wexler, Modeling urban and regional aerosols–Application of the CMAQ-UCD aerosol model to Tampa, a coastal urban site, Atmospheric Environment, 42, 3179-3191, 2008. (abstract)

C. G. Nolte, J. J. Schauer, G. R. Cass, and B. R. T. Simoneit, Trimethylsilyl derivatives of organic compounds in source samples and in fine atmospheric particulate matter, Environmental Science & Technology, 36, 4273-4281, 2002. (abstract)

C. G. Nolte, J. J. Schauer, G. R. Cass, and B. R. T. Simoneit, Highly polar organic compounds present in wood smoke and in the ambient atmosphere, Environmental Science & Technology, 35, 1912-1919, 2001. (abstract)

C. G. Nolte, J. J. Schauer, G. R. Cass, and B. R. T. Simoneit, Highly polar organic compounds present in meat smoke, Environmental Science & Technology, 33, 3313-3316, 1999. (abstract)

C. G. Nolte, M. P. Fraser, and G. R. Cass, Gas Phase C₂-C₁₀ Organic acids concentrations in the Los Angeles atmosphere, Environmental Science & Technology, 33, pp. 540-545, 1999. (abstract)

B. R. T. Simoneit, J. J. Schauer, C. G. Nolte, D. R. Oros, V. O. Elias, M. P. Fraser, W. F. Rogge, and G. R. Cass, Levoglucosan, a tracer for cellulose in biomass burning and atmospheric particles, Atmospheric Environment, 33, 173-182, 1999. (abstract)

C. G. Nolte, P. A. Solomon, T. Fall, L. G. Salmon, and G. R. Cass, Seasonal and spatial characteristics of formic and acetic acids concentrations in the southern California atmosphere, Environmental Science & Technology, 31, 2547-2553, 1997. (abstract)

Conference Proceedings:

C. Nolte, A. Gilliland, and C. Hogrefe, Linking global and regional models to simulate U.S. air quality in the year 2050, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XIX, C. Borrego and A. I. Miranda, eds., Elsevier, 559-567, 2008.

E. J. Cooter, R. Gilliam, W. Benjey, C. Nolte, J. Swall, and A. Gilliland, Examining the impact of changing climate on regional air quality over the U.S. Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XVIII, C. Borrego and E. Renner, eds., Elsevier, 633-647, 2007.

Atmospheric Modeling

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Christopher G. Nolte, Ph.D.

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