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Hugh Coe

Hugh Coe is a British atmospheric physicist, currently Head of Atmospheric Sciences and Professor of Atmospheric Composition at the University of Manchester. His research investigates the physics and chemistry of atmospheric aerosols, including their role in climate change and air pollution.[1]

Hugh Coe
Alma materNewcastle University
Known forAtmospheric aerosols
AwardsVilhelm Bjerknes Medal
2022
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric physics
Institutions
Thesis The Exchange of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone Between Vegetation and the Atmosphere  (1993)
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Early life and career

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Coe took a BSc in physics at Newcastle University in 1989, followed by a PhD titled "The Exchange of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone Between Vegetation and the Atmosphere" at UMIST in 1993.[2] He has worked at the University of Manchester ever since.[1]

Research interests

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Coe studies the physics and chemistry of aerosols in the atmosphere, including the part they play in climate change through interactions with clouds and solar radiation. He also studies the role of aerosols in the transport of air pollution, including regional and transboundary (long-distance) pollution caused by biomass burning and atmospheric dust. Coe has worked on air pollution studies in the UK,[3][4] India,[5][6] and China,[7][8] and was the principal investigator of a major study into air pollution in the Indo-Gangetic Plain.[9]

Coe has also helped to develop new analytic techniques for studying air pollution. These include "transformative" approaches to aerosol mass spectrometry, which have led to "an unprecedented understanding of the global distribution of atmospheric fine particulate matter composition",[10][11] and using the single particle soot photometer for studying how particulates are transported.[12]

Awards

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Coe was awarded the Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal (2022) for "pioneering the science of atmospheric composition through instrument development and fine particle measurements, to study their impact on air quality, clouds and climate".[10] According to the European Geosciences Union, which made the award: "Hugh Coe’s body of work on understanding the chemistry and global distribution of aerosols provide the underpinning data used to develop and test our global atmospheric models, and are foundational in our assessments of air pollution and climate change".[10] Coe was recognized as one of the 100 Most Highly Cited Researchers in Geosciences in 2014 and 2018 by Clarivate.[13] In 2015, Coe was a joint recipient of a British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship, with Lin Wang of Fudan University, for research into secondary organic aerosols using time-of-flight mass spectrometry.[14]

Media appearances

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Coe has made a number of radio, TV, and press appearances as an expert on air pollution issues,[15] including such topics as Manchester's urban pollution[16][17][18] and its proposed clean-air zone,[19] the atmospheric modelling of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in 2010,[20] and reductions in air pollution during the COVID-19 lockdowns.[21][22]

Selected publications

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Papers

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  • Canagaratna, M.R.; Jayne, J.T.; Jimenez, J.L.; Allan, J.D.; Alfarra, M.R.; et al. (17 January 2007). "Chemical and microphysical characterization of ambient aerosols with the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer". Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 26 (2): 185–222. Bibcode:2007MSRv...26..185C. doi:10.1002/mas.20115. eISSN 1098-2787. ISSN 0277-7037. PMID 17230437.
  • Zhang, Q.; Jimenez, J. L.; Canagaratna, M. R.; Allan, J. D.; Coe, H.; et al. (7 July 2007). "Ubiquity and dominance of oxygenated species in organic aerosols in anthropogenically-influenced Northern Hemisphere midlatitudes". Geophysical Research Letters. 34 (13): n/a. Bibcode:2007GeoRL..3413801Z. doi:10.1029/2007GL029979. ISSN 0094-8276. S2CID 42885140.
  • Jimenez, J. L.; Canagaratna, M. R.; Donahue, N. M.; Prevot, A. S. H.; Zhang, Q.; et al. (11 December 2009). "Evolution of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere". Science. 326 (5959): 1525–1529. Bibcode:2009Sci...326.1525J. doi:10.1126/science.1180353. eISSN 1095-9203. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 20007897. S2CID 24417049.

Books and book chapters

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Professor Hugh Coe". University of Manchester. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ Coe, H. "The Exchange of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone Between Vegetation and the Atmosphere". ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ Longley, I.D.; Inglis, D.W.F.; Gallagher, M.W.; Williams, P.I.; Allan, J.D.; Coe, H. (September 2005). "Using NOx and CO monitoring data to indicate fine aerosol number concentrations and emission factors in three UK conurbations". Atmospheric Environment. 39 (28): 5157–5169. Bibcode:2005AtmEn..39.5157L. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.05.017. ISSN 1352-2310.
  4. ^ Allan, J. D.; Williams, P. I.; Morgan, W. T.; Martin, C. L.; Flynn, M. J.; et al. (22 January 2010). "Contributions from transport, solid fuel burning and cooking to primary organic aerosols in two UK cities". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 10 (2): 647–668. Bibcode:2010ACP....10..647A. doi:10.5194/acp-10-647-2010. eISSN 1680-7324. S2CID 16116777.
  5. ^ "UK, India scientists collaborate on clean air solutions for Delhi". Hindustan Times. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  6. ^ Gunthe, Sachin S.; Liu, Pengfei; Panda, Upasana; Raj, Subha S.; Sharma, Amit; et al. (25 January 2021). "Enhanced aerosol particle growth sustained by high continental chlorine emission in India" (PDF). Nature Geoscience. 14 (2): 77–84. Bibcode:2021NatGe..14...77G. doi:10.1038/s41561-020-00677-x. eISSN 1752-0908. ISSN 1752-0894. S2CID 231706608.
  7. ^ Xie, Conghui; Xu, Weiqi; Wang, Junfeng; Wang, Qingqing; Liu, Dantong; et al. (4 January 2019). "Vertical characterization of aerosol optical properties and brown carbon in winter in urban Beijing, China". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 19 (1): 165–179. doi:10.5194/acp-19-165-2019. eISSN 1680-7324. S2CID 59450691.
  8. ^ Mehra, Archit; Canagaratna, Manjula; Bannan, Thomas J.; Worrall, Stephen D.; Bacak, Asan; et al. (2021). "Using highly time-resolved online mass spectrometry to examine biogenic and anthropogenic contributions to organic aerosol in Beijing". Faraday Discussions. 226: 382–408. Bibcode:2021FaDi..226..382M. doi:10.1039/D0FD00080A. eISSN 1364-5498. ISSN 1359-6640. PMID 33475668. S2CID 230663108.
  9. ^ "Prof Hugh Coe". Meet in Manchester. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Hugh Coe: Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal 2022". European Geosciences Union. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  11. ^ Hugh Coe; James D. Allen (2008). ""Mass spectrometric methods for aerosol composition measurement"". In Dwayne Heard (ed.). Analytical Techniques for Atmospheric Measurement. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 165–310. ISBN 978-1-4051-7144-1.
  12. ^ Laborde, M.; Schnaiter, M.; Linke, C.; Saathoff, H.; Naumann, K.-H.; et al. (20 December 2012). "Single Particle Soot Photometer intercomparison at the AIDA chamber". Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 5 (12): 3077–3097. Bibcode:2012AMT.....5.3077L. doi:10.5194/amt-5-3077-2012. eISSN 1867-8548. S2CID 8275201.
  13. ^ "Highly Cited Researchers Lists (2014 and 2018)". Clarivate. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  14. ^ "British Academy announces first recipients of prestigious Newton Advanced Fellowships". Britigh Academy. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Hugh Coe: Press/Media". University of Manchester. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  16. ^ Cox, Charlotte (10 May 2017). "How bad is the pollution in Greater Manchester?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  17. ^ Cox, Charlotte (7 October 2018). "The school where the windows have to stay shut and the children can taste pollution". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  18. ^ Cox, Charlotte (27 Nov 2017). "Just how polluted is Oxford Road? We tested it to find out for ourselves". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  19. ^ "'What is going to be done now to protect our children's lungs?' - Families' fury over Clean Air Zone delay". Manchester Evening News. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  20. ^ Sanderson, Katharine (27 April 2010). "Questions fly over ash-cloud models". Nature. 464 (7293): 1253. doi:10.1038/4641253a. PMID 20428131. S2CID 205053917.
  21. ^ Leake, Jonathan (29 March 2020). "I can see Venus now the planes have gone . . . Cleaner skies have stargazers over the moon during coronavirus lockdown". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  22. ^ "Air pollution falls as UK goes into coronavirus lockdown". Guernsey Press. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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