James Allan
Senior Research Fellow
Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Biography
James Allan studied physics with computational physics at UMIST from 1996 to 2000, graduating with an MPhys with honours (1st Class). He started his postgraduate studies in 2000, working with the newly-developed Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS). His work focused on the development of the numerical techniques and software to process AMS data and the application of the AMS to ambient sampling during field projects in a variety of different environments. The software tools he developed are still used as standard for the analysis of data from the AMS and the related Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM). His PhD thesis was titled An Aerosol Mass Spectrometer: Instrument Development, Data Analysis Techniques and Quantitative Atmospheric Particulate Measurements and he graduated in 2004.
Research Interest
Urban aerosols
Publications
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Black carbon absorption enhancement in the atmosphere determined by particle mixing state
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Validation of LIRIC aerosol concentration retrievals using airborne measurements during a biomass burning episode over Athens
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Profiling aerosol optical, microphysical and hygroscopic properties in ambient conditions by combining in situ and remote sensing
