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Mr. Gerard Spain B.Sc., M.Sc., Diploma in Quality

Contact Details

Title Research Associate
Address Atmospheric Research Station
Mace Head
Carna
Co. Galway
Telephone: 095-32754
Email:
ei.yawlagiun@niaps.drareg

 

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Peer Reviewed Journals

McGovern, F.M., Jennings, S.G., Spain, T.G., O'Connor, T.C., Krasenbrink, A., Georgi, B., and Below, M. (1992) 'Aerosol mass measurements at Mace Head on the west coast of Ireland'. J.Aerosol Sci, 23 :5953-5956. [Details]
McGovern, F.M., Krasenbrink, A. , Jennings, S.G. , Georgi, B. , Spain, T.G. , Below, M. , O'Connor, T.C., (1994) 'Mass measurements of aerosol at Mace Head on the west coast of Ireland'. Atmos Environ, 28 (7):1311-1318. [DOI] [Details]
Jennings, S.G.,Spain, T.G.,Doddridge, B.G.,Maring, H.,Kelly, B.P.,Hansen, A.D.A. (1996) 'Concurrent measurements of black carbon aerosol and carbon monoxide at Mace Head'. JGeophys Res, 101 (D14):19447-19454. [DOI] [Details]
Jennings, S.G.,Geever, M.,McGovern, F.M.,Francis, J.,Spain, G.,Donaghy, T. (1997) 'Microphysical and physico-chemical characterisation of atmospheric aerosol at Mace Head'. Atmos Environ, 31 (17):2795-2808. [DOI] [Details]
Cooke. W.F., Jennings, S.G., Spain, T.G. (1997) 'Black-carbon measurements at Mace Head, 1989-1996'. JGeophys Res, 102 (D21):25339-25346. [DOI] [Details]
Hitzenberger, R., Jennings, S. G., Larson, S. M.,Dillner, A., Cachier, H., Galambos, Z., Rouc, A., Spain, T. G. (1998) 'Method intercomparison for the determination of black carbon content in aerosols'. J Aerosol Sci, 29 (1):S751-S752. [DOI] [Details]
Hitzenberger, R., Jennings, S.G., Larson, S.M., Dillner, A., Cachier, H., Galambos, Z.., Rouc, A., Spain, T.G. (1999) 'Intercomparison of measurement methods for black carbon aerosols'. Atmos Environ, 33 (17):2823-2833. [DOI] [Details]
Evans, M.J., Shallcross,D.E., Law,K.S., Wild,J.O.F.,Simmonds, P.G., Spain,T.G.,Berrisford,P., Methven,J., Lewis,A.C.,McQuaid,J.B., Pilling,M.J.,Bandy,B.J.,Penkett,S.A., Pyle,J.A. (2000) 'Evaluation of a Lagrangian box model using field measurements from EASE 1996'. Atmos Environ, 34 (23):3843-3863. [DOI] [Details]
Biraud, S.,Ciais, P.,Ramonet, M.,Simmonds, P.G.,Kazan, V.,Monfray, P.,O'Doherty, S., Spain, T.G.,Jennings, S.G. (2000) 'European greenhouse gas emissions estimated from continuous atmospheric measurements and Radon 222 at Mace Head, Ireland'. J Geophys Res, 105 (D1):1351-1366. [DOI] [Details]
Derwent, R.G., Ryall, D.B., Jennings, S.G., Spain, T.G., Simmonds, P.G. (2001) 'Black carbon aerosol and carbon monoxide in European regionally polluted air masses at Mace Head, Ireland during 1995-1998'. Atmos Environ, 35 (36):6371-6378. [DOI] [Details]
Methven, J., Evans, M., Simmonds, P., Spain,G. (2001) 'Estimating relationships between air mass origin and chemical composition'. J Geophys Res, 106 (D5):5005-5019. [DOI] [Details]
Wängberg, I.,Munthe, J.,Pirrone, N.,Iverfeldt, Å.,Bahlman, E.,Costa, P.,Ebinghaus, R.,Feng, X.,Ferrara, R.,Gårdfeldt, K.,Kock, H.,Lanzillotta, E.,Mamane, Y.,Mas, F.,Melamed, E.,Osnat, Y.,Prestbo, E.,Sommar, J.,Schmolke, S.,Spain, G.,Sprovieri, F.,Tuncel, G. (2001) 'Atmospheric mercury distribution in Northern Europe and in the Mediterranean region'. Atmos Environ, 35 (17):3019-3025. [DOI] [Details]
Biraud, S.,Ciais, P.,Ramonet, M.,Simmonds, P., Kazan, V.,Monfray, P.,O'Doherty, S.,Spain, G.,Jennings, S. G. (2002) 'Quantification of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chloroform emissions over Ireland from atmospheric observations at Mace Head'. Tellus B, 54 :41-60. [DOI] [Details]
Ebinghaus, R., Kock, H.H., Coggins, A.M., Spain, T.G., Jennings, S.G., Temme, C. (2002) 'Long-term measurements of atmospheric mercury at Mace Head, Irish west coast, between 1995 and 2001'. Atmos Environ, 36 (34):5267-5276. [DOI] [Details]
Jennings, S. Gerard, Kleefeld, Christoph, O'Dowd, Colin, D., Junker, Carsten, Spain, T. Gerard, O'Brien, Phillip, Roddy, Aodhagan, F., and O'Connor, Thomas, C. (2003) 'Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station - characterization of aerosol radiative parameters'. Boreal Environ. Res, 8 :303-314. [Details]
Simmonds, P.G., Derwent, R.G., Manning, A.L., Spain, G. (2004) 'Significant growth in surface ozone at Mace Head, Ireland, 1987-2003'. Atmos Environ, 38 (28):4769-4778. [DOI] [Details]
Kock, H.H., Bieber, E., Ebinghaus, R., Spain, T.G., Thees, B. (2005) 'Comparison of long-term trends and seasonal variations of atmospheric mercury concentrations at the two European coastal monitoring stations Mace Head, Ireland, and Zingst, Germany'. Atmos Environ, 39 (39):7549-7556. Available Online [DOI] [Details]
Heard, D. E., Read,K.A., Methven,J.,Al-Haider,S.,Bloss,W.J.,Johnson,G.P.,Pilling,M.J., P. W. Seakins, S. C. Smith.,Sommariva,R., J. C. Stanton.,Still,T.J.,Brooks, B.,De Leeuw,G.,Jackson, A.V.,McQuaid, J.B.,Morgan,R., Smith,M.H.,Carpenter, L.J.,Carslaw, N.,J. R. Hamilton, J. Hopkins, J. D. Lee.,Lewis,A.C.,Purvis,R.M., D. J. Wevill.,N. Brough.,Green,T.,Mills,G.,Penkett,S.A., J. M. C. Plane.,Saiz-Lopez, A.,Worton, D.,P. S. Monks.,Fleming,Z.,Rickard,A.R.,Alfarra,M.,Allan,J.D.,Bower,K.,Coe,H.,Cubison,M.,Flynn,M.,McFiggans,G.,Gallagher, M., Norton,E.G.,O'Dowd,C.D.,Shillito,J., Topping,D.,Vaughan, G.,Williams, P.,Bitter,M.,Ball,S.M., R. L. Jones.,IPovey,I.M.,O'Doherty., Simmonds, P.G.,Allen,A.,Kinnersley,R.P.,Beddows,D.C.S.,Dall'Osto,M.,Harrison,R.M.,R. J. Donovan.,M. R. Heal.,S. G. Jennings.,Noone,C., Spain,G. (2005) 'The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002'. Atmos Chem Phys Discuss, 5 :12177-12254. Available Online [DOI] [Details]
Carpenter, L. J., Wevill, D. J., O'Doherty, S., Spain, G., Simmonds, P. G. (2005) 'Atmospheric bromoform at Mace Head, Ireland: seasonality and evidence for a peatland source'. Atmos Chem Phys, 5 (11):2927-2934. Available Online [DOI] [Details]
Heard, D.E., Read,K.A.,Methven,J., Al-Haider,S., Bloss,W.J.,Johnson, G.P.,Pilling,M.J.,Seakins, P.W., S. C. Smith, R. Sommariva, J. C. Stanton, T. J. Still, T. Ingham, B. Brooks, G. De Leeuw, A. V. Jackson, J. B. McQuaid, R. Morgan, M. H. Smith, L. J. Carpenter, N. Carslaw, J. Hamilton, J. R Hopkins, J. D. Lee, A. C. Lewis, R. M. Purvis, D. J. Wevill, N. Brough, T. Green, G. Mills, S. A. Penkett, J. M. C. Plane, A. Saiz-Lopez, D.Worton, P. S. Monks, Z. Fleming, A. R. Rickard, M. R. Alfarra, J. D. Allan, K. Bower, H. Coe, M. Cubison, M. Flynn, G. McFiggans, M. Gallagher, E. G. Norton, C. D. O'Dowd.,Shillito,J.,D. Topping, G. Vaughan, P. Williams, M. Bitter, S. M. Ball, R. L. Jones, I. M. Povey, S. O'Doherty, P. G. Simmonds A. Allen, R. P. Kinnersley, D. C. S. Beddows, M. Dall'Osto.,Harrison,R.M., Donovan,R.J.,Heal,M.R.,Jennings,S.G.,Noone,C., Spain,G. (2006) 'The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002'. Atmos Chem Phys, 6 :2241-2271. [Details]
Derwent, R. G., Simmonds, P. G., Manning, A. J., Spain, T. G. (2007) 'Trends over a 20-year period from 1987-2007 in surface ozone at the atmospheric research station, Mace Head, Ireland'. Atmos Environ, 41 :9091-9098. [DOI] [Details]
Messager, C., Schmidt, M., Ramonet, M., Bousquet, P., Simmonds, P., Manning, A., Kazan, V., Spain, G., Jennings, S.G., and Ciais, P. (2008) 'Ten years of CO2, CH4, CO and N2O fluxes over Western Europe inferred from atmospheric measurements at Mace Head, Ireland'. Atmos. Chem, Phys. Discuss, 8 :1191-1237. [Details]
Derwent, R.G., Simmonds, P.G., Manning, A.J., O'Doherty, S., Spain, G. (2009) 'Methane emissions from peat bogs in the vicinity of the Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station over a 12-year period'. Atmos Environ, 43 (14):2328-2335. [DOI] [Details]
Tripathi, O. P., Jennings S. G., O'Dowd, C. D., Coleman, L., Leinert, S., O'Leary, B., Moran, E., O'Doherty, S. J., and Spain, T. G. (2010) 'Statistical Analysis of Eight Surface Ozone Measurement Series for various sites in Ireland'. J. Geophys. Res, 115 . [DOI] [Details]
Simmonds, P.G., Derwent, R.G., Manning, A.J., O'Doherty, S., Spain, G. (2010) 'Natural chloroform emissions from the blanket peat bogs in the vicinity of Mace Head, Ireland over a 14-year period'. Atmos Environ, 44 (10):1284-1291. [DOI] [Details]
Ebinghaus, R., Jennings, S.G., Kock, H.H., Derwent, R.G., Manning, A.J., Spain, T.G. (2011) 'Decreasing trends in total gaseous mercury in baseline air at Mace Head, Ireland from 1996 to 2009'. Atmos Environ, . [DOI] [Details]
Simmonds, P.G., Derwent, R.G., Manning, A.J., O'Doherty, S., Grant, A., Spain, G. (2011) 'Estimation of hydrogen deposition velocities from 1995-2008 at Mace Head, Ireland using a simple box model and concurrent ozone'. Tellus B, 63 (1):40-51. [DOI] [Details]
                                           

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