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Thomas E. Pierce
AMAD Staff
Education:
- B.S. Meteorology, North Carolina State University, 1979
- M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 1984
Professional Experience:
May 2011-Present – Acting Deputy Director, AMAD/NERL/EPA, RTP, NC.
October 2008-May 2011 – Chief, Emissions and Model Evaluation Branch, AMAD/NERL/EPA, RTP, NC.
June 2007-October 2007– Acting Director, Ecosystems Research Division, NERL/EPA, Athens, GA.
October 2003-September 2008 – Chief, Air-Surface Processes Modeling Branch, ASMD/ARL/NOAA, RTP, NC.
October 2001-October 2003 – Chief, Modeling Systems Analysis Branch, ASMD/ARL/NOAA, RTP, NC.
May 1985-October 2001 – Research Meteorologist, Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, ARL/NOAA, RTP, NC.
May 1984-May 1985 – Air Quality Meteorologist, Martin Marietta, Columbia, Maryland.
January 1982-May 1984 – Environmental Meteorologist, NUS Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
May 1978-January 1982 – Meteorology Intern, Air Resources Laboratory, ASMD/ARL/NOAA, RTP, NC.
Professional Activities & Memberships:
- American Meteorological Society (Former Chairman, Central North Carolina Chapter)
- American Geophysical Union
- Air and Waste Management Association
Awards:
- 2008 – EPA Award for Exceptional/Outstanding ORD Technical Assistance to the Regions or Program Offices “for improving the National Emission Inventory by developing and delivering a more accurate and cost-efficient method for estimating emissions of biomass burning”
- 2007 -- NOAA Administrator’s Award “for visionary leadership in the development of cross-agency partnerships to apply a ‘one-atmosphere’ air quality model which promotes meaningful and cost-effective national policies to protect human health and the environment”
- EPA Bronze Medals (1984, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005)
Assistance/Leadership Provided to the Scientific Community:
- Working Groups: EPA Representative to the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology’s Joint Action Group on Fire Weather Needs Assessment, International Global Air Chemistry (IGAC) working group for biogenic hydrocarbon emissions, European Union committee for natural emissions
- Program Committees: Air & Waste Management Association annual meetings/technical specialty conferences, EPA International Emissions Inventory Conference, National Fire Emissions Workshop, AMS symposia, Gordon Research Conference on BVOCs in the Atmosphere
Narrative:
My work over the past 30 years has focused on the improvement of air quality simulation models. This has included development of dispersion models (like PTPLU and SCREEN) used by federal and state air quality managers for air quality permitting requirements under the Clean Air Act and support of regional chemical transport models (such as the CMAQ modeling system). My primary focus during the past decade was to develop emission estimates that are driven by meteorological processes, such as biogenic emissions of VOCs and NOx from soils and vegetation, lightning-produced NO, and PM2.5 emissions from wildland fires and fugitive dust. Currently, my role is to provide scientific and administrative leadership to ~70 scientists and researchers in EPA’s Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Napelenok, S., K. Foley, D. Kang, R. Mathur, T. Pierce, S.T. Rao (2011) Dynamic evaluation of regional air quality model's response to emission reductions in the presence of uncertain emission inventories, Atmos. Environ., doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.030.
Pierce, T., et al. (2010) Dynamic evaluation of a regional air quality model: assessing the emissions-induced weekly ozone cycle, Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.046.
Pouliot, G., T. Pace, B. Roy, T. Pierce et al. (2008) Development of a biomass burning emissions inventory by combining satellite and ground-based information, J. Appl. Remote Sens. 2:021501, DOI:10.1117/1.2939551.
Roy, B., G. Pouliot, A. Gilliland, T. Pierce et al. (2007) Refining fire emissions for air quality modeling with remotely sensed fire counts: A wildfire case study, Atmos. Environ. 41:655-665.
Widenmeyer, C., J. Greenberg, A. Guenther, B. Hopkins, K. Baker, C.Geron, P. Palmer, B. Long, J. Turner, G. Petron, P. Harley, T. Pierce et al. (2005) Ozarks Isoprene Experiment (OZIE): Measurements and modeling of the “isoprene volcano”, J. Geophs. Res., doi:10.1029/2005JD005800.
Gilliland, A., R. Dennis, S. Roselle, and T. Pierce (2003) Seasonal NH3 emission estimates for the eastern United States, J. Geophys. Res. 108:4477, doi:10.1029/2002D003063, 2003.
Xu, Y., M. Wesley, and T. Pierce (2002) Estimates of biogenic emissions using satellite observations and influence of isoprene emission on O3 formation over the eastern United States, Atmos. Environ. 36:5819-5829.
Guenther, A., C. Geron, T. Pierce, B. Lamb, P. Harley, and R. Fall (2000) Natural emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, and oxides of nitrogen from North America, Atmos. Environ. 32:2205-2230.
Lewis, C., R. Stevens, R. Rasmussen, C. Cardelino, and T. Pierce (1999) Biogenic fraction of ambient VOC: comparison of radiocarbon, chromatographic, and emission inventory estimates for Atlanta, Georgia. J. Air & Waste Manag. Assoc. 49:299-307.
Simpson, D., W. Winiwarter, G. Borjesson, S. Cinderly, A Ferreiro, A. Guenther, C. Hewitt, R. Janson, M. Khalil, S. Owen, T. Pierce, M. Puxbaum, M. Shearer, U. Skiba, R. Steinbrecher, L. Tarrason, and M. Oquist (1999) Inventorying emissions from nature in Europe, J. Geophys. Res. 104:8113-8152.
Pierce, T., C. Geron, L. Bender, R. Dennis, G. Tonnesen, and A. Guenther (1998) Influence of increased isoprene emissions on regional ozone modeling, J. Geophys. Res. 103:25611-25629.
Kinnee, E., C. Geron, and T. Pierce (1997) United States land use inventory for estimating biogenic ozone precursor emissions, Ecological Applications 7:46-58.
Aneja, V., W. Robarge, L. Sullivan, T. Moore, T. Pierce, C. Geron, and B. Gay (1996) Seasonal variations of nitric oxide flux from agricultural soils in the United States, Tellus 48B:626-640.
Lamb, B., T. Pierce, D. Baldocchi, E. Allwine, S. Dilts, H. Westberg, C. Geron, A. Guenther, L. Klinger, P. Harley, and P. Zimmerman (1996) Evaluation of forest canopy models for estimating isoprene emissions, J. Geophys. Res. 101:22787-22797.
Geron, C., T. Pierce, and A. Guenther (1995) Reassessment of biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in the Atlanta area, Atmos. Environ. 29:1569-1578.
Guenther, A., C. Hewitt, D. Erickson, R. Fall, C. Geron, T. Gradedel, P. Harley, L. Klinger, M. Lerdau, W. McKay, T. Pierce, B. Scholes, R. Steinbrecher, R. Tallamraju, J. Taylor, and P. Zimmerman (1995) A global model of natural volatile organic compound emissions, J. Geophys. Res. 100:8873-8892.
Geron, C., A. Guenther, and T. Pierce (1994) An improved model for estimating volatile organic compounds in the Eastern United States, J. Geophys. Res. 99:12773-12791.
Milford, J., D. Gao, A. Zafirakou, and T. Pierce (1994) Ozone precursor levels and responses to emissions reductions: analysis of Regional Oxidant Model results, Atmos. Environ. 28:2093-2104.
Lamb, B., D. Gay, H. Westburg, and T. Pierce (1993) A biogenic hydrocarbon emission inventory for the U.S.A. using a simple forest canopy model, Atmos. Environ. 27A:1673-1690.
Novak, J., and T. Pierce (1993) Natural emissions of oxidant precursors, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 67:57-77.
Roselle, S., T. Pierce, and K. Schere (1991) The sensitivity of regional ozone modeling to biogenic hydrocarbons, J. Geophys. Res. 96:7341-7394.
Pierce, T. and P. Waldruff (1991) PC-BEIS: a personal computer version of the biogenic emissions inventory system, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 41:937-941.
Possiel, N. and T. Pierce (1990) Model-predicted ozone transport patterns in the northeast United States, Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application VII, H. van Dop and D. Steyn (eds.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 657-660.
Turner, D., L. Bender, T. Pierce, and W. Petersen (1989) Air quality simulation models from EPA, Environ. Software 4:52-61.
Pierce, T. (1988) An air pollution climatology around an isolated point source using convective scaling parameters, Atmos. Environ., 22:2463-2475.