Tim Bates

Timothy S. Bates

  • Senior Research Scientist
  • Education:
    • PhD Environmental Chemistry, University of Washington, 1988
    • MS Oceanography, University of Washington, 1978
    • BA Chemistry, Wittenberg University, 1975
  • Email:
  • Phone:
    • 206-526-6248
  • Location:
    • NOAA PMEL, Building 3

Research interests

Atmospheric aerosol particles, global change and air quality. Shipboard and Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) measurements of aerosol properties. The role of the ocean in the chemical composition of the atmosphere and climate change.

Selected publications

Quinn, P.K., T.S. Bates, D.J. Coffman, L. Upchurch, R. Moore, L. Ziemba, T. Bell, E. Saltzman, J. Graff, and M.J. Behrenfeld (2019), Seasonal variations in western North Atlantic remote marine aerosol properties, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 14,240-14,261, https://doi.org/101029/2019JD031740 [doi.org].

Bates, T.S., P.K. Quinn, D.J. Coffman, J.E. Johnson, L. Upchurch, G. Saliba, S. Lewis, J. Graff, L.M. Russell, and M.J. Behrenfeld (2020), Variability in Marine Plankton Ecosystems Are Not Observed in Freshly Emitted Sea Spray Aerosol Over the North Atlantic Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2019GL085938. https://doi/org/10.1029/2019GL085938 [doi].

Sanchez, K.J., B. Zhang, H. Liu, G. Saliba, C. Chen, S.L. Lewis, L.M. Russell, M.A. Shook, E.C. Crosbie, L.D. Ziemba, M.D. Brown, T.J. Shingler, C.E. Robinson, E.B. Wiggins, K.L. Thornhill, E.L. Winstead, C. Jordan, P.K. Quinn, T.S. Bates, J. Porter, T.G. Bell, E.S. Saltzman, M.J. Behrenfeld, R.H. Moore (2021), Linking marine phytoplankton emissions, meteorological processes and downwind particle properties with FLEXPART, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 831–851, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-831-2021 [doi.org].

Quinn, P.K., E.J. Thompson, D.J. Coffman, S. Baidar, L. Bariteau, T.S. Bates, S. Bigorre, A. Brewer, G. de Boer, S.P. de Szoeke, K. Drushka, G.R. Foltz, J. Intrieri, S. Iyer, C. W. Fairall, C. J. Gaston, F. Jansen, J. E. Johnson, O.O. Krüger, R.D. Marchbanks, K.P. Moran, D. Noone, S. Pezoa, R. Pincus, A.J. Plueddemann, M.L. Pöhlker, U. Pöschl, E. Quinones Melendez, H.M. Royer, M. Szczodrak, J. Thomson, L.M. Upchurch, C. Zhang, D. Zhang, and P. Zuidema (2021), Measurements from the RV Ronald H. Brown and related platforms as part of the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC), Earth System Science Data, 13, 1759–1790, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1759-2021 [doi.org].

Lewis S.L., G. Saliba, L.M. Russell, P.K. Quinn, T.S. Bates, and M.J. Behrenfeld (2021), Seasonal Differences in Submicron Marine Aerosol Particle Organic Composition in the North Atlantic. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:720208. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.720208.

Fung, K.M., C.L. Heald, J.H. Kroll, S. Wang, D.S. Jo, A. Gettelman, Z. Lu, X. Liu, R.A. Zaveri, E.C. Apel, D.R. Blake, J.L. Jimenez, P. Campuzano-Jost, P.R. Veres, T.S. Bates, J.E. Shilling, and M. Zawadowicz (2022), Exploring dimethyl sulfide (DMS) oxidation and implications for global aerosol radiative forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 1549-1573, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1549-2022 [doi.org].

Quinn, P.K., T.S. Bates, D.J. Coffman, L.M. Upchurch, J.E. Johnson, A. Brewer, I.L. McCoy and P. Zuidema (2022),Wintertime Observations of Tropical Northwest Atlantic Aerosol Properties During ATOMIC: Varying Mixtures of Dust and Biomass Burning, J. Geophys. Res., 127, 8, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036253 [doi.org].