Dr Lucy Brown
Phone: +44 (0)1904 32 1223
Email: lucy.v.brown@york.ac.uk
Postdoctoral research associate
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orcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7494-5443
Research Interests
My research largely focuses on iodine as an ozone-destroying compound in remote environments. While this is a significant loss route of background tropospheric ozone, its mechanism is not well resolved. This multi-disciplinary research therefore aims to improve our understanding of background tropospheric ozone in remote locations.
Research during my PhD was focussed on ozone deposition to the ocean; specifically the chemical reactions in the surface seawater, which drive deposition. To facilitate sampling and measurement of remote seawater samples, I spent four weeks working on a trans-Atlantic research cruise (CONNECT), as well as 12 weeks spent sampling and measuring at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). Post-PhD my work has expanded to include investigation of iodine in the Arctic snowpack, investigating this as a source of reactive, ozone-depleting iodine compounds to the polar atmosphere.
Selected Publications
- Negligible temperature dependence of the ozone–iodide reaction and implications for oceanic emissions of iodine. L. V. Brown; R. J. Pound; L. S. Ives; M. R. Jones; S. J. Andrews; L. J. Carpenter, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24 (7), 3905–3923, 2024, DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-3905-2024.
- Chemical drivers of the uptake of ozone to the ocean. L. V. Brown, University of York, 2024, oai:etheses.whiterose.ac.uk:35871
