Staff information

Biography

DR. JASON TOMLINSON is the Director of Engineering for the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Aerial Facility (AAF), which operates manned and unmanned aircraft to answer science questions proposed by the atmospheric research community. He is currently the technical lead on a $9 million DOE project to modify a Bombardier Challenger 850 into an atmospheric research aircraft. Dr. Jason Tomlinson is an expert in airborne atmospheric instrumentation and measurement techniques. He has been involved as a payload scientist and participant in fourteen field campaigns since joining PNNL in 2008. He has served as the director for the National Science Foundation Interagency Coordinating Committee for Airborne Geosciences Research and Applications (ICCAGRA) for three years and has represented DOE AAF for the past decade. His primary area of research is the interaction between aerosol and clouds along with instrumentation design. He is an author on 36 peer-reviewed journal publications. Dr. Tomlinson received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from Texas A&M University in 2010.

Research Interests

• Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions
• Airborne instrumentation
• Airborne measurement techniques

Education and Credentials

• B.S. in Physics and Meteorology, Valparaiso University, Indiana
• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University

Affiliations and Professional Service

• Interagency Coordinating Committee for Airborne Geoscience Research and Applications
• American Meteorological Society, Member
• American Geophysical Union, Member
• American Association for Aerosol Research, Member

Awards and Recognitions

• 2020 ARM Service Award

PNNL Publications

2024

• Mei F., H. Wang, Z. Zhu, D. Zhang, Q. Zhang, J.D. Fast, and W.I. Gustafson, et al. 2024. "Bridging new observational capabilities and process-level simulation: Insights into aerosol roles in the Earth system." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 105, no. 3:E709-E724. PNNL-SA-189607. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0110.1

2023

• Glienke S., N. Allwayin, F. Mei, J.M. Comstock, R.A. Shaw, J.M. Tomlinson, and B. Schmid. 2023. "Performance of optical sensors for cloud measurements deployed by the ARM Aerial Facility during ACE-ENA." Applied Optics 62, no. 19:5282-5293. PNNL-SA-174589. doi:10.1364/AO.491401
• Goldberger L.A., I. Gonzalez-Hirshfeld, K.D. Nelson, H.S. Mehta, F. Mei, J.M. Tomlinson, and B. Schmid, et al. 2023. "High-Resolution Image Products Acquired from Mid-sized Uncrewed Aerial Systems for Land-Atmosphere Studies." Remote Sensing 15, no. 16:Art. No. 3940. PNNL-SA-183243. doi:10.3390/rs15163940
• Hao W., F. Mei, S.V. Hering, S. Spielman, B. Schmid, J.M. Tomlinson, and Y. Wang. 2023. "Mapping the performance of a versatile water-based condensation particle counter (vWCPC) with numerical simulation and experimental study." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 16, no. 17:3973-3986. PNNL-SA-182707. doi:10.5194/amt-16-3973-2023
• Saliba G., D.M. Bell, K.J. Suski, J.D. Fast, D. Imre, D. Imre, and G. Kulkarni, et al. 2023. "Aircraft Measurements of Single Particle Size and Composition Reveal Aerosol Size and Mixing State Dictate their Activation into Cloud Droplets." Environmental Science: Atmospheres 3, no. 9:1352-1364. PNNL-SA-164904. doi:10.1039/D3EA00052D
• Wang Y., C. Ramesh, S. Giangrande, J.D. Fast, X. Gong, J. Zhang, and A. Odabasi, et al. 2023. "Examining the vertical heterogeneity of aerosols over the Southern Great Plains." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23, no. 24:15671-15691. PNNL-SA-184366. doi:10.5194/acp-23-15671-2023
• Zhang D., A. Vogelmann, F. Yang, E. Luke, P. Kollias, Z. Wang, and P. Wu, et al. 2023. "Evaluation of Four Ground-based Retrievals of Cloud Droplet Number Concentration in Marine Stratocumulus with Aircraft In Situ Measurements." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 16, no. 23:5827-5846. PNNL-SA-186894. doi:10.5194/amt-16-5827-2023

2022

• Fast J.D., D.M. Bell, G.R. Kulkarni, J. Liu, F. Mei, G. Saliba, and J.E. Shilling, et al. 2022. "Using Aircraft Measurements to Characterize Subgrid-Scale Variability of Aerosol Properties Near the Atmospheric Radiation MeasurementSouthern Great Plains Site." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22, no. 17. PNNL-SA-173155. doi:10.5194/acp-22-11217-2022
• Lin Y., J. Fan, P. Li, L. Leung, P.J. DeMott, L.A. Goldberger, and J.M. Comstock, et al. 2022. "Modeling Impacts of ice-nucleating particles from marine aerosols on mixed-phase orographic clouds during 2015 ACAPEX field campaign." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22, no. 10:6749-6771. PNNL-SA-166295. doi:10.5194/acp-22-6749-2022
• Mei F., M.S. Pekour, D. Dexheimer, G. de Boer, R. Cook, J.M. Tomlinson, and B. Schmid, et al. 2022. "Observational data from uncrewed systems over Southern Great Plains." Earth System Science Data 14, no. 7:3423-3438. PNNL-SA-170566. doi:10.5194/essd-14-3423-2022
• Zaveri R.A., J. Wang, J. Fan, Y. Zhang, J.E. Shilling, A. Zelenyuk-Imre, and F. Mei, et al. 2022. "Rapid growth of anthropogenic organic nanoparticles greatly alters cloud life cycle in the Amazon rainforest." Science Advances 8, no. 2:Art. No. eabj0329. PNNL-SA-155974. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abj0329

2021

• Varble A.C., S.W. Nesbitt, P. Salio, J.C. Hardin, N. Bharadwaj, P.C. Borque, and P.J. DeMott, et al. 2021. "Utilizing a Storm-Generating Hotspot to Study Convective Cloud Transitions: The CACTI Experiment." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102, no. 8:E1597-E1620. PNNL-SA-157358. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0030.1
• Wang Y., G. Zheng, M. Jensen, D. Knopf, A. Laskin, A.A. Matthews, and D.B. Mechem, et al. 2021. "Vertical profiles of trace gas and aerosol properties over the Eastern North Atlantic: Variations with season and synoptic condition." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21, no. 14:11079-11098. PNNL-SA-161330. doi:10.5194/acp-21-11079-2021
• Zheng G., Y. Wang, R. Wood, M. Jensen, C. Kuang, I.L. McCoy, and A.A. Matthews, et al. 2021. "New particle formation in the remote marine boundary layer." Nature Communications 12, no. 1:Article No. 527. PNNL-SA-156551. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20773-1

2020

• Berg L.K., C.N. Long, E.I. Kassianov, D. Chand, S. Tai, Z. Yang, and L.D. Riihimaki, et al. 2020. "Fine-Scale Variability of Observed and Simulated Surface Albedo Over the Southern Great Plains." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125, no. 7:Article No. e2019JD030559. PNNL-SA-141429. doi:10.1029/2019JD030559
• Mei F., J. Wang, J.M. Comstock, R. Weigel, M. Kramer, C. Mahnke, and J.E. Shilling, et al. 2020. "Comparison of aircraft measurements during GoAmazon2014/5 and ACRIDICON-CHUVA." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13, no. 2:661-684. PNNL-SA-151169. doi:10.5194/amt-13-661-2020

2019

• Fast J.D., L.K. Berg, L. Alexander, D.M. Bell, E. D'Ambro, J.M. Hubbe, and C. Kuang, et al. 2019. "Overview of the HI-SCALE Field Campaign: A New Perspective on Shallow Convective Clouds." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 100, no. 5:821-840. PNNL-SA-133582. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0030.1
• Levin E., P. Demott, K.J. Suski, Y. Boose, T.C. Hill, C.S. Mccluskey, and G. Schill, et al. 2019. "Characteristics of ice nucleating particles in and around California winter storms." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124, no. 21:11530-11551. PNNL-SA-147575. doi:10.1029/2019JD030831
• Levin E., P.J. DeMott, K.J. Suski, Y. Boose, T.C. Hill, C.S. Mccluskey, and G. Schill, et al. 2019. "Characteristics of Ice Nucleating Particles in and Around California Winter Storms." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124, no. 21:11530-11551. PNNL-SA-149366. doi:10.1029/2019JD030831

2018

• Kassianov E.I., L.K. Berg, M.S. Pekour, J.C. Barnard, D. Chand, J.M. Comstock, and C.M. Flynn, et al. 2018. "A Closure Study of Total Scattering Using Airborne In Situ Measurements from the Winter Phase of TCAP." Atmosphere 9, no. 6:228. PNNL-SA-136397. doi:10.3390/atmos9060228
• Shilling J.E., M.S. Pekour, E. Fortner, P. Artaxo, S. de Sa, J.M. Hubbe, and K. Longo, et al. 2018. "Aircraft Observations of the Chemical Composition and Aging of Aerosol in the Manaus Urban Plume during GoAmazon 2014/5." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18, no. 14:10773-10797. PNNL-SA-132487. doi:10.5194/acp-18-10773-2018

2017

• Fridlind A.M., X. Li, D. Wu, M. Van Lier-Walqui, A. Ackerman, W. Tao, and G. McFarquhar, et al. 2017. "Derivation of aerosol profiles for MC3E convection studies and use in simulations of the 20 May squall line case." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, no. 9:5947-5972. PNNL-SA-127242. doi:10.5194/acp-17-5947-2017
• Martin S.T., S.T. Martin, P. Artaxo, L. Machado, A. Manzi, R. Augusto Ferreira de Souza, and C. Schumacher, et al. 2017. "The Green Ocean Amazon Experiement (GoAmazon2014/5) Observes Pollution Affecting Gases, Aerosols, Clouds and Rainfall over the Rain Forest." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98, no. 5:981-980. PNNL-SA-121695. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00221.1

2016

• Berg L.K., J.D. Fast, J.C. Barnard, S. Burton, B. Cairns, D. Chand, and J.M. Comstock, et al. 2016. "The Two-Column Aerosol Project: Phase I - Overview and Impact of Elevated Aerosol Layers on Aerosol Optical Depth." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121, no. 1:336-361. PNNL-SA-102905. doi:10.1002/2015JD023848
• Cecchini M.A., L.T. Machado, J.M. Comstock, F. Mei, J. Wang, J. Fan, and J.M. Tomlinson, et al. 2016. "Impacts of the Manaus pollution plume on the microphysical properties of Amazonian warm-phase clouds in the wet season." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16, no. 11:7029-7041. PNNL-SA-119093. doi:10.5194/acp-16-7029-2016
• Fast J.D., L.K. Berg, K. Zhang, R.C. Easter, R.A. Ferrare, J. Hair, and C.A. Hostetler, et al. 2016. "Model Representations of Aerosol Layers Transported from North America over the Atlantic Ocean during the Two-Column Aerosol Project." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121, no. 16:9814-9848. PNNL-SA-119932. doi:10.1002/2016JD025248
• Thompson D.R., I. McCubbin, B.C. Gao, R.O. Green, A.A. Matthews, F. Mei, and K.G. Meyer, et al. 2016. "Measuring cloud thermodynamic phase with shortwave infrared imaging spectroscopy." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121, no. 15:9174-9190. PNNL-SA-121275. doi:10.1002/2016JD024999
• Wang J., R. Krejci, S. Giangrande, C. Kuang, H. Barbosa, J. Brito, and S. Carbone, et al. 2016. "Amazon boundary layer aerosol concentration sustained by vertical transport during rainfall." Nature 539, no. 7629:416-419. PNNL-SA-117828. doi:10.1038/nature19819

2015

• Kassianov E.I., L.K. Berg, M.S. Pekour, C.J. Flynn, J.M. Tomlinson, D. Chand, and J.E. Shilling, et al. 2015. "Airborne Aerosol In situ Measurements during TCAP: A Closure Study of Total Scattering." Atmosphere 6, no. 8:1069-1101. PNNL-SA-110601. doi:10.3390/atmos6081069
• Lupascu A., R.C. Easter, R.A. Zaveri, M.B. Shrivastava, M.S. Pekour, J.M. Tomlinson, and Q. Yang, et al. 2015. "Modeling particle nucleation and growth over northern California during the 2010 CARES campaign." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15, no. 21:12283-12313. PNWD-SA-10502. doi:10.5194/acp-15-12283-2015

2014

• Fan J., L. Leung, P.J. DeMott, J.M. Comstock, B. Singh, D. Rosenfeld, and J.M. Tomlinson, et al. 2014. "Corrigendum to Aerosol impacts on California winter clouds and precipitation during CalWater 2011: local pollution versus long-range transported dust published in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 81-101, 2014." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14. PNNL-SA-102971. doi:10.5194/acp-14-3063-2014
• Muller D., C.A. Hostetler, R.A. Ferrare, S.P. Burton, E. Chemyakin, A. Kolgotin, and J. Hair, et al. 2014. "Airborne Multiwavelength High-Spectral-Resolution Lidar (HSRL-2) Observations During TCAP 2012: Vertical Proles of Optical and Microphysical Properties of a Smoke/Urban Haze Plume Over the Northeastern Coast of the US." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 7, no. 10:3487-3496. PNNL-SA-100132. doi:10.5194/amt-7-3487-2014
• Rosenfeld D., R. Chemke, K. Prather, K. Suski, J.M. Comstock, B. Schmid, and J.M. Tomlinson, et al. 2014. "Polluting of Winter Convective Clouds upon Transition from Ocean Inland Over Central California: Contrasting Case Studies." Atmospheric Research 135-136. PNNL-SA-98027. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.09.006
• Schmid B., J.M. Tomlinson, J.M. Hubbe, J.M. Comstock, F. Mei, D. Chand, and M.S. Pekour, et al. 2014. "The DOE ARM Aerial Facility." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 95, no. 5:723-742. PNNL-SA-94604. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00040.1

2013

• Creamean J., K. Suski, D. Rosenfeld, A. Cazorla, P.J. DeMott, R.C. Sullivan, and A.B. White, et al. 2013. "Dust and Biological Aerosols from the Sahara and Asia Influence Precipitation in the Western US." Science 339, no. 6127:1572-1578. PNNL-SA-92177. doi:10.1126/science.1227279
• Leen B., X. Yu, M. Gupta, D.S. Baer, J.M. Hubbe, C.D. Kluzek, and J.M. Tomlinson, et al. 2013. "Fast In Situ Airborne Measurement of Ammonia Using a Mid-Infrared Off-Axis ICOS Spectrometer." Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 18:10446-10453. PNNL-SA-94040. doi:10.1021/es401134u
• Rosenfeld D., R. Chemke, P.J. DeMott, R.C. Sullivan, R.M. Rasmussen, F. McDonough, and J.M. Comstock, et al. 2013. "The Common Occurrence of Highly Supercooled Drizzle and Rain near the Coastal Regions of the Western United States." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118, no. 17:9819-9833. PNNL-SA-89667. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50529

2012

• Kassianov E.I., D. Chand, L.K. Berg, J.D. Fast, J.M. Tomlinson, R. Ferrare, and C.A. Hostetler, et al. 2012. "Multi-year Satellite and Surface Observations of AOD in support of Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) Field Campaign." In Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XVII; and Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing VIII, September 24-27, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Proceedings of the SPIE, edited by EI Kassianov, et al, 8534, Paper No. 853407. Bellingham, Washington:SPIE Publishing. PNNL-SA-90427. doi:10.1117/12.977862
• Pekour M.S., B. Schmid, D. Chand, J.M. Hubbe, C.D. Kluzek, D.A. Nelson, and J.M. Tomlinson, et al. 2012. "Development of a new airborne humidigraph system." Aerosol Science and Technology 47, no. 2:201-207. PNNL-SA-89309. doi:10.1080/02786826.2012.741274
• Zaveri R.A., W.J. Shaw, D.J. Cziczo, B. Schmid, R. Ferrare, M.L. Alexander, and M. Alexandrov, et al. 2012. "Overview of the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES)." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, no. 16:7647-7687. PNNL-SA-84648. doi:10.5194/acp-12-7647-2012

2011

• Duplissy J., P.F. DeCarlo, J. Dommen, M.R. Alfarra, A. Metzger, I. Barmpadimos, and A. Prevot, et al. 2011. "Relating hygroscopicity and composition of organic aerosol particulate matter." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11, no. 3:1155-1165. PNNL-SA-75359. doi:10.5194/acp-11-1155-2011
• McFarquhar G., B. Schmid, A. Korolev, J.A. Ogren, P.B. Russell, J.M. Tomlinson, and D.D. Turner, et al. 2011. "Airborne Instrumentation Needs for Climate and Atmospheric Research." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92, no. 9:1193-1196. PNNL-SA-74724. doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3180.1
• McFarquhar G., S.J. Ghan, J. Verlinde, A. Korolev, J.W. Strapp, B. Schmid, and J.M. Tomlinson, et al. 2011. "Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign: The Impact of Arctic Aerosols on Clouds." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92, no. 2:183 - 201. PNNL-SA-70645. doi:10.1175/2010BAMS2935.1

2010

• Roberts G.C., D.A. Day, L.M. Russell, E.J. Dunlea, J.L. Jimenez, J.M. Tomlinson, and D.R. Collins, et al. 2010. "Characterization of particle cloud droplet activity and composition in the free troposphere and the boundary layer during INTEX-B." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10, no. 14:6627-6644. PNNL-SA-75888. doi:10.5194/acp-10-6627-2010

2009

• Dunlea E.J., P. DeCarlo, A. Aiken, J. Kimmel, R.E. Peltier, R.J. Weber, and J.M. Tomlinson, et al. 2009. "Evolution of Asian aerosols during transpacific transport in INTEX-B." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9, no. 19:7257-7287. PNNL-SA-63057.
• Jimenez J.L., M.R. Canagaratna, N.M. Donahue, A. Prevot, Q. Zhang, J.H. Kroll, and P.F. DeCarlo, et al. 2009. "Evolution of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere." Science 326, no. 5959:1525-1529. PNNL-SA-69969. doi:10.1126/science.1180353

2008

• Wood R., K.k. Comstock, C.S. Bretherton, C. Cornish, J.M. Tomlinson, D.R. Collins, and C. Fairall. 2008. "Open cellular structure in marine stratocumulus sheets." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 113, no. D12:Art. No. D12207. PNNL-SA-59242. doi:10.1029/2007JD009371

Selected Publications

2008

• DeCarlo, PF, EJ Dunlea, JR Kimmel, AC Aiken, D Sueper, J Crounse, PO Wennberg, L Emmons, Y Shinozuka,  A Clarke, J Zhou, J. Tomlinson, DR Collins, D Knapp, AJ Weinheimer, DD Montzka, T Campos, and JL Jimenez. 2008. "Fast airborne aerosol size and chemistry measurements with the high resolution aerosol mass spectrometer during the MILAGRO Campaign." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 8: 4027-4048.

2007

• Tomlinson, JM, R Li, and DR Collins. 2007. "Physical and chemical properties of the aerosol within the southeastern Pacific marine boundary layer." J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12211, doi:10.1029/2006JD007771

2004

• Kollias P, CW Fairall, P Zuidema, J Tomlinson, GA Wick. 2004. "Observations of marine stratocumulus in SE Pacific during the PACS 2003 cruise." Geophys. Res. Lett. 31: Art. L22110, doi:10.1029/2004GL020751