Research Interests:
Professor Heald is interested in global atmospheric composition and chemistry, and interactions of these with the biosphere and climate system, including the study of both particles and gases in the troposphere, their sources, sinks, transformations, long range transport and environmental impacts. Using observations of the atmosphere at all scales: from ground stations, aircraft campaigns and satellite sensors with global models of chemistry and climate, she works at the intersection of modeling and observational analysis, with a strong emphasis on the integration of the two.
Biographical Statement:
Professor Heald received her BS in Engineering Physics from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario (she is originally Canadian), in 2000, and a PhD (2005) in Earth and Planetary Science from Harvard where she worked with Professor Daniel J. Jacob on the use of satellite observations of atmospheric composition to quantify the sources and intercontinental export of pollutants. Most recently, after spending two years at the University California Berkeley as a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow where she focused on the sources and climate sensitivity of organic aerosols, Heald was an assistant professor in the Atmospheric Science Department at Colorado State.
Selected Publications:
Ford, B. and C.L. Heald, 2012: An A-Train and model perspective on the vertical distribution of aerosols and CO in the Northern Hemisphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117: D06211
Ridley, D.A., C.L. Heald, B. Ford, 2012: North African Dust Export and Impacts: A Satellite and Model Perspective, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117: D02202
Lamarque, J.-F., L.K. Emmons, P.G. Hess, D.E. Kinnison, S. Tilmes, F. Vitt, C.L. Heald, E.A. Holland, P. H. Lauritzen, J. Neu, J. Orlando, P. Rasch, G. Tyndall, 2012: CAM-chem: description and evaluation of interactive atmospheric chemistry in CESM, Geoscientific Model Development, 5: 369-411
Heald, C.L., J.L. Collett Jr., T. Lee, K.B. Benedict, F.M. Schwandner, Y. Li, L. Clarisse, D.R. Hurtmans, M. Van Damme, C. Clerbaux, P.-F. Coheur, S. Philip, R.V. Martin and H.O.T. Pye, 2012: Atmospheric ammonia and particulate inorganic nitrogen over the United States, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12: 10295-312
Heald, C.L., H. Coe, J.L. Jimenez, R.J. Weber, R. Bahreini, A.M. Middlebrook, L.M. Russell, M. Jolleys, T.-M. Fu, J.D. Allan, K.N. Bower, G. Capes, J. Crosier, W.T. Morgan, N.H. Robinson, P.I. Williams, M.J. Cubison, P.F. DeCarlo, E.J. Dunlea, 2011: Exploring the vertical profile of atmospheric organic aerosol: Comparing 17 aircraft field campaigns with a global model, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11: 12673-12696
Heald, C.L., D.A. Ridley, S.M. Kreidenweis and E.E. Drury, 2010: Satellite observations cap the atmospheric organic aerosol budget, Geophysical Research Letters, 37(24): L24808
Heald, C.L., J.H. Kroll, J.L. Jimenez, K.S. Docherty, P.F. DeCarlo, A.C. Aiken, Q. Chen, S.T. Martin, D.K. Farmer and P. Artaxo, 2010: A simplified description of the evolution of organic aerosol composition in the atmosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 37(8): L08803
