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Jeffrey R. Taylor
Postdoctoral Fellow in Experimental Atmospheric Physics
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McLennan Physical Labs, Room 707C |
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Toronto Atmospheric Observatory |
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Important Links: ACE Satellite Mission | Atmospheric Physics Research Group | Centre for Global Change Science | Department of Physics | University of Toronto
Research Interests
My research involves analysing observations of atmospheric trace gases made by the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) instrument flown on board the Canadian research satellite SCISAT-1. The satellite's orbital geometry and solar occultation measurement technique allow for high resolution measurements of vertical profiles of many different gases in the atmosphere and is particularly well suited to monitoring stratospheric species in Polar Regions (approximately 10-50 km altitude). I am currently working with Prof. Kaley Walker on developing a climatology of gases related to ozone depletion in the stratospheric north pole (particularly: HNO3, ClONO2, H2O, O3, ClO, and HCl).
My PhD project involved ground-based remote sensing of the lower atmosphere with a Fourier Transform Spectrometer at the Toronto Atmospheric Observatory. This experimental technique allowed us to measure concentrations of different trace gases with varying vertical resolution in the stratosphere and the troposphere (approximately 0-10 km altitude). By using these observations we sought to better understand how these chemicals are related to urban pollution events, global warming, and stratospheric ozone depletion. The majority of my results were derived from implementing spectroscopic retrievals and error analysis algorithms for validating correlative satellite-based and ground-based measurements.
More information on the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment mission and SCISAT-1 can be found at the University of Waterloo and at the Canadian Space Agency. A more detailed description of the Toronto Atmospheric Observatory's science goals can be found at the University of Toronto.
Selected Publications
J. R. Taylor, D. Wunch, C. Midwinter, A. Wiacek, J. R. Drummond, and K. Strong. An extended intercomparison of simultaneous ground-based Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer measurements at the Toronto Atmospheric Observatory. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 109: 2244 (2008).
J. R. Taylor, K. Strong, C. A. McLinden, D. A. Degenstein, and C. S. Haley. Comparison of OSIRIS stratospheric O3 and NO2 measurements with ground-based Fourier Transform Spectrometer measurements at the Toronto Atmospheric Observatory. Canadian Journal of Physics 85: 1301 (2007).
M. De Maziere, C. Vigouroux, P. F. Bernath, P. Baron, T. Blumenstock, C. Boone, C. Brogniez, V. Catoire, M. Coffey, P. Duchatelet, D. Griffith, J. Hannigan, Y. Kasai, I. Kramer, N. Jones, E. Mahieu, G. L. Manney,C. Piccolo, C. Randall, C. Robert, C. Senten, K. Strong, J. R. Taylor, C. Tetard, K. A. Walker, and S. Wood. Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 methane profiles from the upper troposphere to lower Mesosphere. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8: 2421 (2008).
K. Strong M. A. Wolff, T. E. Kerzenmacher, K. A. Walker, P. F. Bernath, T. Blumenstock, C. Boone, V. Catoire, M. Coffey, M. De Maziere, P. Demoulin, P. Duchatelet, E. Dupuy, J. Hannigan, M. Hopfner, N. Glatthor, D. W. T. Griffith, J. J. Jin, N. Jones, K. Jucks, H. Kuellmann, J. Kuttippurath, A. Lambert, E. Mahieu, J. C. McConnell, J. Mellqvist, S. Mikuteit, D. P. Murtagh, J. Notholt, C. Piccolo, P. Raspollini, M. Ridolfii, C. Robert, M. Schneider, O. Schrems, K. Semeniuk, C. Senten, G. P. Stiller, A. Strandberg, J. Taylor, C. Tetard, M. Toohey, J. Urban, T. Warneke, and S. Wood. Validation of ACE-FTS N2O measurements Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8: 4759 (2008).
T. Kerzenmacher, M. A. Wolff, K. Stong, E. Dupuy, K. A. Walker, L. K. Amekudzi, R. L. Batchelor, P. F. Bernath, G. Berthet, T. Blumenstock, C. D. Boone, K. Bramstedt, C. Brogniez, S. Brohede, J. P. Burrows, V. Catoire, J. Dodion, J. R. Drummond, D. G. Dufour, B. Funke, D. Fussen, F. Goutail, D. W. T. Griffith, C. S. Haley, F. Hendrick, M. Höpfner, N. Huret, N. Jones, J. Kar, I. Kramer, E. J. Llewellyn, M. Lopez-Puertas, G. Manney, C. T. McElroy, C. A. McLinden, S. Melo, S. Mikuteit, D. Murthag, F. Nichitiu, J. Notholt, C. Nowlan, C. Piccolo, J. P. Pommereau, C. Randall, P. Raspollini, M. Ridolfi, A. Richter, M. Schneider, O. Schrems, M. Silicani, G. P. Stiller, J. R. Taylor, C. Tetard, M. Toohey, F. Vanhellemont, T. Warneke, J. M. Zawodny, and J. Zou. Validation of NO2 and NO from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8: 5801 (2008).
E. Mahieu, P. Duchatelet, P. Demoulin, K. A. Walker, E. Dupuy, L. Froidevaux, C. Randall, V. Catoire, K. Strong, C. D. Boone, P. F. Bernath, J.-F. Blavier, T. Blumenstock, M. Coffey, M. De Maziere, D. Griffith, J. Hannigan, F. Hase, N. Jones, K. W. Jucks, A. Kagawa, Y. Kasai, Y. Mebarki, S. Mikuteit, R. Nassar, J. Notholt, C. P. Rinsland, C. Robert, O. Schrems, C. Senten, D. Smale, J. R. Taylor, C. Tetard, G. C. Toon, T. Warneke, S. W. Wood, R. Zander, and C. Servais. Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 measurements of HCl, HF, CCl3F and CCl2F2 using space-, balloon- and ground-based instrument observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8: 6199 (2008).
E. Dupuy, K. A. Walker, J. Kar, C. D. Boone, C. T. McElroy, P. F. Bernath, J. R. Drummond, R. Skelton, S. D. McLeod, R. C. Hughes, C. R. Nowlan, D. G. Dufour, J. Zou, F. Nichitiu, K. Strong, P. Baron, R. M. Bevilacqua, T. Blumenstock, G. E. Bodeker, T. Borsdorff, A. E. Bourassa, H. Bovensmann, I. S. Boyd, A. Bracher, C. Brogniez, J. P. Burrows, V. Catoire, S. Ceccherini, S. Chabrillat, T. Christensen, M. T. Coffey, U. Cortesi, J. Davies, C. De Clercq, D. A. Degenstein, M. De Maziere, P. Demoulin, J. Dodion, B. Firanski, H. Fischer, G. Forbes, L. Froidevaux, D. Fussen, P. Gerard, S. Godin-Beekman, F. Goutail, J. Granville, D. Griffith, C. S. Haley, J. W. Hannigan, M. Hopfner, J. J. Jin, A. Jones, N. B. Jones, K. Jucks, A. Kagawa, Y. Kasai, T. E. Kerzenmacher, A. Kleinbohl, A. R. Klekociuk, I. Kramer, H. Kullmann, J. Kuttippurath, E. Kyrola, J. C. Lambert, N. J. Livesey, E. J. Llewellyn, N. D. Lloyd, E. Mahieu, G. L. Manney, B. T. Marshall, J. C. McConnell, M. P. McCormick, I. S. McDermid, M. McHugh, C. A. McLinden, J. Mellqvist, K. Mizutani, Y. Murayama, D. P. Murtagh, H. Oelhaf, A. Parrish, S. V. Petelina, C. Piccolo, J. P. Pommereau, C. E. Randall, C. Robert, C. Roth, M. Schneider, C. Senten, T. Steck, A. Strandberg, K. B. Strawbridge, R. Sussmann, D. P. J. Swart, D. W. Tarasick, J. R. Taylor, C. Tetard, L. W. Thomason, A. M. Thompson, M. B. Tully, J. Urban, F. Vanhellemont, T. von Clarmann, P. von der Gathen, C. von Savigny, J. W. Waters, J. C. Witte, M. Wolff, and J. M. Zawodny. Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 8: 2513 (2008).
D. Wunch, J. R. Taylor, D. Fu, P. Bernath, J. R. Drummond, C. Midwinter, K. Strong, and K. A. Walker. Simultaneous ground-based observations of O3, HCl, N2O and CH4 over Toronto, Canada by three Fourier transform spectrometers with different resolutions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7: 1275 (2007).
A. Wiacek, J. R. Taylor, K. Strong, R. Saari, T. E. Kerzenmacher, N. B. Jones, and D. W. T. Griffith. Ground-based solar absorption FTIR spectroscopy: a novel optical design instrument at a new NDACC Complementary Station, characterization of retrievals and first results. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 24: 432 (2007).
A. Wiacek, N. B. Jones, K. Strong, J. R. Taylor, R. L. Mittermeier, and H. Fast. First detection of meso-thermospheric Nitric Oxide (NO) by ground-based FTIR solar absorption spectroscopy. Geophysical Research Letters 33: L03811, doi:10.1029/2005GL024897 (2006).
B. Dils, M. De Maziere, T. Blumenstock, M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, P. Demoulin, P. Duchatelet, H. Fast, C. Frankenberg, A. Gloudemans, D. Griffith, N. Jones, T. Kerzenmacher, I. Kramer, E. Mahieu, J. Mellqvist, R. L. Mittermeier, J. Notholt, C. P. Rinsland, H. Schrijver, D. Smale, A. Strandberg, A. G. Straume, W. Stremme, K. Strong, R. Sussmann, J. R. Taylor, M. van den Broek, T. Wagner, T. Warneke, A. Wiacek, and S. Wood. Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6: 1953 (2006).
E. Mahieu, R. Zander, P. Duchatelet, J.W. Hannigan, M.T. Coffey, S. Mikuteit, F. Hase, T. Blumenstock, A. Wiacek, K. Strong, J. R. Taylor, R. Mittermeier, H. Fast, C.D. Boone, S.D. McLeod, K.A. Walker, P.F. Bernath, and C.P. Rinsland. Comparisons between ACE-FTS and ground-based measurements of stratospheric HCl and ClONO2 loadings at northern latitudes. Geophysical Research Letters 32: L15S08, doi:10.1029/2005GL022396 (2005).
Selected Conference Talks
J. R. Taylor, R. Lindenmeier, R. Batchelor, M. Wolff, T. Kerzenmacher, and K. Strong. The University of Toronto Atmospheric Observatory: Complementary Site Report. Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change's Infrared Working Group Annual Conference. Tenerife, Spain (2007).
J. R. Taylor, D. Wunch, C. Midwinter, J. R. Drummond, K. Strong, D. Fu, K. A. Walker, and P. F. Bernath. The Mini-MANTRA Campaign: An Intercomparison of Three Ground-Based Fourier Transform Spectrometers. Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change's Infrared Working Group Annual Conference. Tsukuba, Japan (2006).
J. R. Taylor, A. Wiacek, K. Strong, H. Fast, R. Mittermeier, and Martine De Maziere. An Investigation of Methane Retrievals using SFIT2. Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change's Infrared Working Group Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada (2005).
J. R. Taylor, A. Wiacek, K. Strong, P. Bernath, C. Boone, and K. A. Walker. Comparisons between ACE-FTS and ground-based FTS observations of O3, N2O and CH4 at the Toronto Atmospheric Observatory. 12th Atmospheric Science from Space using Fourier Transform Spectrometry Workshop. Quebec City, Canada (2005).
J. R. Taylor, A. Wiacek, R. Saari, C. Avis, T. Kerzenmacher, and K. Strong. Current Observations at the Toronto Atmospheric Observatory: A Site Report to the NDSC Infrared Working Group. Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change's Infrared Working Group Annual Conference. Queenstown, New Zealand (2004).
J. R. Taylor, A. Wiacek, D. Wunch, O. Mikhailov, K. Strong, and J. R. Drummond. Mini-MANTRA: An Intercomparison of Atmospheric Constituent Measurements by Ground-Based Fourier Transform Spectrometers. 2004 Canadian Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics Annual Workshop. London, Canada (2004).
J. R. Taylor, D. Yashcov, A Wiacek, K. Strong, R. Berman, H. Fast, R. Mittermeier, and S. Pal. Instrument Characterization and Ozone Measurements from a Ground-Based Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer at Toronto. 2003 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress. Charlottetown, Canada (2003).
Teaching
Courses
PHY 100: The Magic of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Toronto (2004-2007).
PHY 101: Patterns from Chaos, Department of Physics, University of Toronto (2007).
PHY 205: The Physics of Everyday Life, Department of Physics, University of Toronto (2005-2006).
ESC 101/102: Engineering Science Praxis I/II, Department of Physics, University of Toronto (2005-2006).
PHY 140: Foundations of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Toronto (2002-2006).
PHY 180/182: Elements of Physics I/II, Department of Physics, University of Toronto (2003-2005).
PHY 138: Physics for the Life Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Toronto (2003-2004).
MAT 1003: Introduction to Calculus I, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of New Brunswick (2002).
PHY 1945: Physics Laboratory for Non-Science Students, Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick (2001).
MAT 1823: Calculus for Management Sciences, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of New Brunswick (2001).
PHY 1940: Physics Laboratory Science Students, Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick (2000-2001).
MAT 2503: Calculus and Linear Algebra for Engineers I, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of New Brunswick (2000).
Further Information:
A complete curriculum vitae, electronic copies of my talks and papers, and occasionally insightful rhetoric are available by request.