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Gonzalo González Abad
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phone: (617) 496-7938
Atomic and Molecular Physics Division
Email: ggonzalezabad@cfa.harvard.edu
60 Garden Street, MS 50
Web: https://scholar.harvard.edu/ggonzalezabad
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Personal
Born on October 30, 1979, Valencia, Spain
Spanish Citizen.
Research interests
Characterization of the Earth’s atmosphere composition focusing in air quality and pollution and its
environmental and social implications. Satellite and ground-based remote sensing instrumentation for
atmospheric measurements, radiative transfer, spectroscopy, retrieval theory, tropospheric and strato-
spheric chemistry, and chemical transport modelling.
Education
PhD. in Chemistry, University of York, York, United Kingdom, 2011.
PhD. dissertation: Retrieval and modelling of atmospheric HCOOH, C2 H6 and C2 H2
Licenciado en Ciencias Físicas especialidad en Física Teórica, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia,
Spain, 2008. (Equivalent to B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics)
Research Experience
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2014–present.
Physicist - Atomic and Molecular Physics Division
Principal Investigator of in several NASA proposals including NASA’s MEaSUREs project "Develop-
ment of Long-Term and Consistent Earth System Data Records of H2CO, CHOCHO, and H2O from
Multi-Satellite UV/Visible Spectra".
Development of trace gas measurements from ultraviolet and visible satellite instruments (Global
Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME & GOME2), SCanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for
Atmospheric CHartography (SCIAMACHY), Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), Ozone Mapping
and Profiler Suite (OMPS-NPP & OMPS-N20), and Trophospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution
(TEMPO) to examine global air quality, and tropospheric chemistry. Ground-based measurements of
atmospheric nitrogen dioxide andformaldehyde total columns to validate satellite observations using
Pandora spectrometers.
Radiative transfer calculations to support current and future Earth observation satellite missions as
well as characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2011–2014.
Postdoctoral Fellow - Atomic and Molecular Physics Division
Leading optimization of NASA’s operational Ozone Monitoring Instrument formaldehyde retrieval.Leading radiative transfer calculations to generate wavelength dependent look up tables applicable to
multiple advanced satellite trace gas retrievals.
University of York, York, UK, 2008-2011.
Graduate Research
Involved in the development and validation of formic acid, ethane, ethyne, sulfur dioxide and aerosol
retrievals for the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer. Production of
the first global distribution of formic acid used to improve the implementation of tropospheric organic
molecules emissions and reactivity in the chemical transport model GEOS-Chem.
Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 2008
Undergraduate Research
Contributed to the development of chlorophyll leaf content using CHRIS/PROBA hyperspectral im-
ages.
Journal Articles
1. J. Bak, X. Liu, R. Spurr, K. Yang, C.R. Nowlan, C. C. Miller, G. G. Abad, and K. Chance: Radiative
transfer acceleration based on the Principal Component Analysis and Look-Up Table of corrections:
Optimization and application to UV ozone profile retrievals, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Discussions, 2020, Pp. 130, 2020
2. L.M. Judd, J.A. Al-Saadi, J.J. Szykman, L. C. Valin, S.J. Janz, M.G. Kowalewski, H. J. Eskes, J.P.
Veefkind, A. Cede, M. Mueller, M. Gebetsberger, R. Swap, R.B. Pierce, C.R. Nowlan, G. G. Abad,
A. Nehrir, and D. Williams: Evaluating Sentinel-5P TROPOMI tropospheric NO2 column densities
with airborne and Pandora spectrometers near New York City and Long Island Sound, Atmospheric
Measurement Techniques Discussions, 2020, Pp. 152, 2020
3. L. Zhu, G. González Abad, C.R. Nowlan, C. Chan Miller, K. Chance, E. C. Apel, J. P. DiGangi, A.
Fried, T. F. Hanisco, R. S. Hornbrook, L. Hu, J. Kaiser, F. N. Keutsch, W. Permar, J. M. St. Clair,
and G. M. Wolfe, Validation of satellite formaldehyde (HCHO) retrievals using observations from 12
aircraft campaigns, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 2020, Pp. 125, 2020
4. A. H. Souri, H. Wang, Go. González Abad, X. Liu, and K. Chance: Quantifying the Impact of Excess
Moisture From Transpiration From Crops on an Extreme Heat Wave Event in the Midwestern U.S.: A
Top-Down Constraint From Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Water Vapor Retrieval,
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, 7, Pp. e2019JD031941, 2020
5. A. H. Souri, C.R. Nowlan, G. González Abad, L. Zhu, D. R. Blake, A. Fried, A. J. Weinheimer, A.
Wisthaler, J.-H. Woo, Q. Zhang, C. E. Chan Miller, X. Liu, and K. Chance. 2020: An inversion of
NOx and non-methane volatile organic compound (NMVOC) emissions using satellite observations
during the KORUS-AQ campaign and implications for surface ozone over East Asia, Atmospheric
Chemistry and Physics, 20, 16, Pp. 98379854, 2020
6. Jhoon Kim, U. Jeong, M.-H. Ahn, J. H. Kim, R. J. Park, H. Lee, C. H. Song, Y.-S. Choi, K.-H. Lee, J.-M.
Yoo, M.-J. Jeong, S. K. Park, K.-M. Lee, C.-K. Song, S.-W. Kim, Y. Kim, S.-W. Kim, M. Kim, S. Go,
X. Liu, K. Chance, C. Chan Miller, J. Al-Saadi, B. Veihelmann, P. K. Bhartia, O. Torres, G. González
Abad, D. P. Haffner, D. H. Ko, S. H. Lee, J.-H. Woo, H. Chong, S. S. Park, D. Nicks, W. J. Choi, K.-J.
Moon, A. Cho, J. Yoon, S.-k. Kim, H. Hong, K. Lee, H. Lee, S. Lee, M. Choi, P. Veefkind, P. F. Levelt,
D. P. Edwards, M. Kang, M. Eo, J. Bak, K. Baek, H.-A. Kwon, J. Yang, J. Park, K. M. Han, B.-R. Kim,
H.-W. Shin, H. Choi, E. Lee, J. Chong, Y. Cha, J.-H. Koo, H. Irie, S. Hayashida, Y. Kasai, Y. Kanaya, C.
Liu, J. Lin, J. H. Crawford, G. R. Carmichael, M. J. Newchurch, B. L. Lefer, J. R. Herman, R. J. Swap,
A. K. H. Lau, T. P. Kurosu, G. Jaross, B. Ahlers, M. Dobber, C. T. McElroy, and Y. Choi: New Era ofAir Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS),
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101, 1, Pp. E1-E22, 2020
7. J. Vaquero-Martínez, M. Antón, R. Román, V. E. Cachorro, H. Wang, G. González Abad, and C.
Ritter: Water vapor satellite products in the European Arctic: An inter-comparison against GNSS
data, Science of The Total Environment, 741, Pp. 140335, 2020
8. A. H. Souri, C. R. Nowlan, G. M. Wolfe, L. N. Lamsal, C. E. Chan Miller, G. González Abad, S.
J. Janz, A. Fried, D. R. Blake, A. J. Weinheimer, G. S. Diskin, X. Liu, and K. Chance: Revisiting
the effectiveness of HCHO/NO2 ratios for inferring ozone sensitivity to its precursors using high
resolution airborne remote sensing observations in a high ozone episode during the KORUS-AQ
campaign, Atmospheric Environment, 224, Pp. 117341, 2020
9. G. González Abad, A. Hossein Souri, J. Bak, K. Chance, L. E. Flynn, N. A. Krotkov, L. Lamsal, C.
Li, X. Liu, C. Chan Miller, C. R. Nowlan, R. Suleiman, and H. Wang: Five decades observing Earth’s
atmospheric trace gases using ultraviolet and visible backscatter solar radiation from space, Journal
of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 238, 106478, 2019
10. Y. Jung, G. González Abad, C. R. Nowlan, K. Chance, X. Liu, O. Torres, and C. Ahn: Explicit Aerosol
Correction of OMI Formaldehyde Retrievals, Earth and Space Science, 6, 11, 2087-2105, 2019
11. L. Shen, D. J. Jacob, L. Zhu, Q. Zhang, B. Zheng, M. P. Sulprizio, K. Li, I. De Smedt, G. González
Abad, H. Cao, T.-M. Fu, and H. Liao: 2005-2016 trends of formaldehyde columns over China ob-
served by satellites: increasing anthropogenic emissions of volatile organic compounds and decreas-
ing agricultural fire emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett, 46(8), 4468-4475, 2019
12. H. -A. Kwon, R. J. Park, G. González Abad, K. Chance, T. P. Kurosu, J. Kim, I. De Smedt, M.
Van Roozendael, E. Peters, and J. Burrows: Description of a formaldehyde retrieval algorithm for
the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS), Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 7, Pp.
35513571, 2019
13. Glenn M. Wolfe, Julie M. Nicely, Jason M. St. Clair, Thomas F. Hanisco, Jin Liao, Luke D. Oman,
William B. Brune, David Miller, Alexander Thames, Gonzalo González Abad, Thomas B. Ryerson,
Chelsea R. Thompson, Jeff Peischl, Kathryn McCain, Colm Sweeney, Paul O. Wennberg, Michelle
Kim, John D. Crounse, Samuel R. Hall, Kirk Ullmann, Glenn Diskin, Paul Bui, Cecilia Chang, and
Jonathan Dean-Day: Mapping hydroxyl variability throughout the global remote troposphere via
synthesis of airborne and satellite formaldehyde observations, PNAS, 116(23), 11171-11180, 2019
14. H. Wang, A. H. Souri, G. González Abad, X. Liu, and K. Chance.: Ozone Monitoring Instrument
(OMI) Total Column Water Vapor version 4 validation and applications, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 9,
Pp. 51835199, 2019
15. K. Chance, X. Liu, C. Chan Miller, G. González Abad, G. Huang, C. Nowlan, A. Souri, R. Suleiman,
K. Sun, H. Wang, L. Zhu, P. Zoogman, J. Al-Saadi, J. -C. Antuña-Marrero, J. Carr, R. Chatfield, M.
Chin, R. Cohen, D. Edwards, J. Fishman, D. Flittner, J. Geddes, M. Grutter, J.R. Herman, D.J. Jacob,
S. Janz, J. Joiner, J. Kim, N.A. Krotkov, B. Lefer, R.V. Martin, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, A. Naeger, M.
Newchurch, G. G. Pfister, K. Pickering, R.B. Pierce, C. Rivera Cárdenas, A. Saiz-Lopez, W. Simpson,
E. Spinei, R.J.D. Spurr, J.J. Szykman, O. Torres, and J. Wang.: TEMPO Green Paper: Chemistry,
physics, and meteorology experiments with the Tropospheric Emissions: monitoring of pollution
instrument, in Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIII, edited by Steven P. Neeck,
Philippe Martimort, and Toshiyoshi Kimura, 11151: Pp. 56 67. International Society for Optics and
Photonics, 201916. Shen, l., Jacob, D.J., Zhu, L., Zhang, Q., Zheng, B., Sulprizio, M.P., Li, K., De Smedt, I., González
Abad, G., Cao, H., Fu, T.-M., and Liao, H.: 2005-2016 trends of formaldehyde columns over China
observed by satellites: increasing anthropogenic emissions of volatile organic compounds and de-
creasing agricultural fire emissions, Geophys. Res. Let., 46, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082172,
2019
17. Suleiman, R.M., Chance, K., Liu, X., González Abad, G., Kurosu, T.P., Hendrick, F., and Theys, N.:
OMI total bromine monoxide (OMBRO) data product: algorithm, retrieval and comparisons, Atmos.
Meas. Tech., 12, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2067-2019, 2019
18. Peréz-Ramírez, Smirnov, A., Pinker, R.T., Petrenko, M., Román R., Chen, W., Ichoku, C., Noël, C.,
González Abad, G., Lyamani, H., and Holben, B.N.: Precipitable water vapor over oceans from
the Maritime Aerosol Network: Evaluation of global models and satellite products under clear sky
conditions, Atmos. Res., 215, 294-304, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.09.007, 2019
19. Liao, J., Hanisco, T.F., Wolfe, G.M., St. Clair, J., Jimenez, J.L., Campuzano-Jost, P., Nault, B.A.,
Fried, A., Marais, E.A., González Abad, G., Chance, K., Jethva, H.T., Ryerson, T.B., Warneke, C.,
and Wisthaler, A.: Towards a satellite formaldehyde – in situ hybrid estimate for organic aerosol
abundance, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 2765-2785, doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2765-2019, 2019
20. Ben-Ami, S., López-Morales. M., Garcia-Mejia, J., González Abad, G., and Szentgyorgyi, A.: High-
resolution Spectroscopy Using Fabry-Perot Interferometer Arrays: An Application to Searches for
O2 in Exoplanetary Atmospheres, Astrophys. J., 861, 2, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aac835, 2018
21. Kaiser, J., Jacob, D.J., Zhu, L., Travis, K.R., Fisher, J.A., González Abad, G., Zhang, L., Zhang,
X., Fried, A., Crounse, J.D., St. Clair, J.M., and Wisthaler, A.: High-resolution inversion of OMI
formaldehyde columns to quantify isoprene, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5483-5497, doi:10.5194/acp-
18-5483-2018, 2018
22. Levelt, P.F., Joiner, J., Tamminen, J., Veefkind, J.P., Bhartia, P.K., Stein Zweers, D.C., Duncan, B.N.,
Streets, D.G., Eskes, H., van der A, R., McLinden, C., Fioletov, V., Carn, S., de Laat, J., DeLand, M.,
Marchenko, S., McPeters, R., Ziemke, J., Fu, D., Liu, X., Pickering, K., Apituley, A., González Abad,
G., Arola, A., Boersma, F., Chan Miller, C., Chance, K., de Graaf, D., Hakkarainen, J., Hassinen,
S., Ialongo, I., Kleipool, Q., Krotkov, N., Li, C., Lamsal, L., Newman, P., Nowlan, C., Suleiman, R.,
Tilstra, L.G., Torres, O., Wang, H., and Wargan, K.: The Ozone Monitoring Instrument: overview of
14 years in space, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5699-5745, doi:10.5194/acp-18-5699-2018, 2018
23. Surl, L., Palmer, P.I., González Abad, G.: Which processes drive observed variations of HCHO
columns over India?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4549-4566, doi:10.10.5194/acp-18-4549-2018, 2018
24. Sun, K., Liu, X., Huang, G., González Abad, G., Cai, Z., Chance, K., and Yang, K.: Deriving the slit
functions from OMI solar observations and its implications for ozone-profile retrieval, Atmos. Meas.
Tech., 10, 3677-3695, doi:10.5194/amt-10-3677-2017, 2017
25. Vaquero-Martínez, J., Antón, M., Ortiz de Galisteo, J.P., Cachorro, V.E., Álvarez-Zapatero, P., Román,
R., Loyola, D., Costa, M.J., Wang, H., González Abad, G., and Noöel, S.: Inter-comparison of in-
tegrated water vapor from satellite instruments using reference GPS data at the Iberian Peninsula,
Remote Sens. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.09.028, 2017
26. Jin, X., Fiore, A.M., Murray, L.T., Valin, L.C., Lamsal, L.N., Duncan, B., Boersma, K.F., De Smedt,
I., González Abad, G., Chance, K., and Tonnesen, G.S.: Evaluating space-based indicator of surface
ozone-NOx -VOC sensitivity over mid-latitude source regions and applications to decadal trends, J.
Geophys. Res. Atmos., doi:10.1002/2017JD026720, 201727. Chan Miller, C., Jacob, D.J., Marais, E.A., Yu, K., Travis, K.R., Kim, P.S., Fisher, J.A., Zhu, L., Wolfe,
G.M., Hanisco, T.F., Keutsch, F.N., Kaiser, J., Min, K.-E., Brown, S.S., Washenfelder, R.A., González
Abad, G., and Chance, K.: Glyoxal yield from isoprene oxidation and relation to formaldehyde:
chemical mechanism, constrains form SENEX aircraft observations, and interpretation of OMI satel-
lite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 8725-8738, doi:10.5194/acp-17-8725-2017, 2017
28. Zhu, L., Mickley, L.J., Jacob, D.J., Marais, E.A., Sheng, J., Hu, L., González Abad, G., and Chance.,
K.: Long-term (2005-2014) trends in formaldehyde (HCHO) columns across North America as seen
by the OMI satellite instrument: Evidence of changing emissions of volatile organic compounds,
Geophys. Res. Lett, 44, 7079-7086, doi:0.1002/2017GL073859, 2017
29. Barkley, M., González Abad, G., Kurosu, T.P., Spurr, R., Torbatian, S., and Lerot, C.: OMI air-quality
monitoring over the Middle East, Atmos., Chem. Phys., 17, 4687-4706, doi:10.5194/acp-17-4687-2017,
2017
30. Kwon, H.-A., Park, R. J., Jeong, J. I., Lee, S., González Abad, G., Kurosu, T.P., Palmer, P.I., and Chance,
K.: Sensitivity of formaldehyde (HCHO) column measurements from a geostationary satellite to
aerosol temporal variation in East Asia, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 4673-4686, doi:10.5194/acp-17-
4673-2017, 2017
31. Zhu, L., Jacob, D.J., Keutsch F.N., Mickley, L.J., Scheffe R., Strum, M., González Abad, G., Chance,
K., Yang, K., Rappenglück, B., Millet, D.B., Baasandorj, M., Jaeglé, L., and Shah, V.: Formaldehyde
(HCHO) As a Hazardous Air Polllutant: Mapping Surface Air Concentrations from Satellite and
Inferring Cancer Risks in the United States, Environ. Sci. Technol., 51, 5650-5657,
doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b01356, 2017
32. Vaquero-Martínez, J., Antón, M., Ortiz de Galisteo, J. P., Cachorro, V. E., Wang, H., González
Abad, G., Román, R., and M. J. Costa: Validation of integrated water vapor from OMI satellite
instrument against reference GPS data at the Iberian Peninsula, Sci. Total Environ., 580, 857-864,
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.032, 2017
33. Chan Miller, C., Jacob, D. J., González Abad, G. and Chance Kelly: Hotspot of Glyoxal Over the
Pearl River Delta Seen from the OMI Satellite Instrument: Implications for Emissions of Aromatic
Hydrocarbons, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4631-4639, doi:10.5194/acp-16-4631-2016, 2016
34. Nowlan, C. R., Liu, X., Leitch, J. W., Chance, K., González Abad, G., Liu, C., Zoogman, P., Cole, J.,
Delker, T., Good, W., Murcray, F., Ruppert, L., Soo, D., Follette-Cook, M. B., Janz, S. J., Kowalewski,
M. G., Loughner, C. P., Pickering, K. E., Herman, J. R., Beaver, M. R., Long, R. W., Szykman, J. J.,
Judd, L. M., Kelley, P., Like, W. T., Ren, X. and Al-Saadi, J. A.: Nitrogen dioxide observations from the
Geostationary Trace gas and Aerosol Sensor Optimization (GeoTASO) airborne instrument: retrieval
algorithm and measurements during DISCOVER-AQ Texas 2013, Atmos., Meas., Tech., 9, 2647-2668,
doi:10.5194/amt-9-2647-2668, 2016
35. Zhu, L., Jacob, D., Kim, P. S., Fisher, J. A., Karen, Y., Travis, K. R., Mickley, L. J., Yantosca, R. M.,
Sulprizio, M. P., De Smedt, I., González Abad, G., Chance, K., Can, L., Ferrare, R., Fried, A., Hair, J.
W., Hanisco, T. F., Richter, D., Jo Scarino, A., Walega, J., Weibring, P., and Glenn M. Wolfe: Observing
atmospheric formaldehyde (HCHO) from space: validation and intercomparison of six retrievals
from four satellites (OMI, GOME2A, GOME2B, OMPS) with SEAC4 RS aircraft observations over the
Southeast US, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 13477-13490, doi:10.5194/acp-16-13477-2016, 2016
36. Valin, L. C., Fiore, A. M., Chance, K. and González Abad, G.: The role of OH production in in-
terpreting the variability of CH2 O columns in the Southeast U.S., J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121,
doi:10.1002/2015JD024012, 201637. González Abad, G., Vasilkov, A., Seftor, C., Liu, X. and Chance, K.: Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (SAO OMPS) formaldehyde retrieval, Atmos., Meas.,
Tech., 9, 2797-2812, doi:10.5194/amt-9-2797-2016, 2016
38. Zoogman, P., Liu, X., Suleiman, R., Pennington, W.F., Flittner, D.E., Al-Saadi, J.A., Hilton, B.B, Nicks,
D.K., Newchurch, M.J., Carr, J.L., Janz, S.J., Andraschko, M.R., Arola, A., Baker, B.D., Canova, B.P.,
Chan Miller, C., Cohen, R.C., Davis, J.E., Dussault, M.E., Edwards, D.P., Fishman, J., Ghulam, A.,
González Abad, G., Grutter, M., Herman, J.R., Houck. J., Jacob, D.J., Joiner, J., Kerridge, B.J., Kim,
J., Krotkov, N.A., Lamsal, L., Li, C., Lindfors, A., Martin, R.V., McElroy, C.T., McLinden, C., Natraj,
V., Neil, D.O., Nowlan, C.R., O’Sullivan, E.J., Palmer, P.I., Pierce, R.B., Pippin, M.R., Saiz-Lopez,
A., Spurr, R.J.D., Szykman, J.J., Torres, O., Veefkind, J.P., Veihelmann, B., Wang, H., Wang, J., and
Chance. K.: Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat.
Transfer, 186, 17-39, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.05.008, 2016
39. Wang, H., González Abad, G., Liu, X. and Chance K.: Validation and update of OMI Total Column
Water Vapor Product, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 11379-11393, doi:10.5194/acp-16-11379-2016, 2016
40. Liu, C., Liu, X., Kowalewski, M., Janz, S., González Abad, G., Pickering, K., Chance, K. V. and Lamsal,
L.: Analysis of ACAM Data for Trace Gas Retrievals during the 2011 DISCOVER-AQ campaign.
Journal of Spectroscopy, 2015, 827160, doi:10.1155/2015/827160, 2015
41. Proschek, V. P., Kirchengast, G. K., Schweitzer, S. S., Brooke, J. S., Bernath, P., Thomas, C. B., Wang,
J. G., Tereszchuk, K. A., González Abad, G., Hargreaves, R., Beale, C., Harrison, J., Martin, P.,
Kasyutich, V., Gerbig, C., Kolle, O. and Loescher, A.: Retrieval and validation of carbon dioxide,
methane and water vapor for the Canary Islands IR-laser occultation experiment, Atmos. Meas.
Tech., 8, 3315-3336, doi:10.5194/amt-8-3315-2015, 2015
42. Hewson, W., Barkley, M. P., González Abad, G., Bösch, H., Spurr, R. and L. G. Tilstra: Development
and characterization of a state-of-the-art GOME-2 formaldehyde air-mass factor algorithm, Atmos.
Meas. Tech., 8, 4055-4074, doi:10.5194/amt-8-4055-2015, 2015
43. Liu, C., Liu, X., Kowalewski, M. G., Janz, S. J., González Abad, G., Pickering, K. E., Chance, K.
and Lamsal, L. N.: Characterization and verification of ACAM slit functions for trace gas retrievals
during the 2011 DISCOVER-AQ flight campaign, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 751-759, doi:10.5194/amt-
8-751-2015, 2015
44. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Chance, K., Wang, H., Kurosu, T.P. and Suleiman, R.: Updated Smithso-
nian Astrophysical Observatory Ozone Monitoring Instrument (SAO OMI) formaldehyde retrieval,
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 19-32, doi:10.5194/amt-8-19-2015, 2015
45. Zhu, L., Jacob, D. J., Mickley, L. J., Marais, E. A., Cohan, D. S., Yoshida, Y., Duncan, B. N., González
Abad, G. and Chance, K.: Anthropogenic emissions of highly reactive volatile organic compounds
in eastern Texas inferred from oversampling of satellite (OMI) measurements of HCHO columns,
Environ. Res. Lett., 9, 114004, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114004, 2014
46. Lin, H. W., González Abad, G. and Loeb, A.: Detecting Industrial Pollution in the Atmospheres of
Earth-like Exoplanets, Astrophys. J. Lett., 792, 1, L7, doi:/10.1088/2041-8205/792/1/L7, 2014
47. Chan Miller, C., González Abad, G., Wang. H., Liu, X., Kurosu, T. P., Jacob, D. J., and Chance,
K.: Glyoxal Retrieval from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 3891-3907,
doi:/10.5194/amt-7-3891-2014, 2014
48. Wang, H., Liu, X., Chance, K.V. and González Abad, G.: Water Vapor Retrieval from OMI Visible
Spectra, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 1901-1913, doi:/10.5194/amt-7-1901-1913, 201449. Tereszchuk, K. A., González Abad, G., Clerbaux, C., Hadji-Lazaro, J., Hurtmans, D., Coheur, P.-F. and
Bernath, P. F.: ACE-FTS observations of pyrogenic trace species in boreal biomass burning plumes
during BORTAS, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 4529-4541, doi:10.5194/acp-13-4529-2013, 2013
50. Gurvich, S. A., Gorbunov, M. E., Fedorova, O. V., Kirchengast, G., Proschek, V., González Abad, G.
and Tereszchuk, K. A.: Spatiotemporal structure of a laser beam over 144 km in a Canary Islands
experiment, App. Opt., 51, 30, 7374-7383, doi:10.1364/AO.51.007374, 2012
51. Allen, N. D. C., González Abad, G., Bernath, P. F. and Boone, C. D.: Satellite observation of the global
distribution of hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) from ACE, JQSRT, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.09.008, 2012
52. Brooke, J. S. A., Bernath, P. F., Kirchengast, G., Thomas, C. B., Wang, J.-G, Tereszchuk, K. A., González
Abad, G. Hargreaves, R. J., Beale, C. A., Harrison, J. J., Schweitzer, S., Proschek, V., Martin, P. A.,
Kasyutich, V. L., Gerbig, C., Kolle, O. and Loescher, A.: Greenhouse gas measurements over a 144
km open path in the Canary Islands, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2309-2319, doi:10.5194/amt-5-2309-2012,
2012
53. Doeringer, D., Eldering, A., Boone, C. D., González Abad, G. and Bernath, P. F.: Observation of
sulfate aerosols and SO2 from the Sarychev volcanic eruption using data from the Atmospheric
Chemistry Experiment (ACE), J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 117, D03203, doi:10.1029/2011JD016556,
2012
54. Tereszchuk, K. A., González Abad, G., Clerbaux, C., Hurtmans, D., Coheur, P.-F. and Bernath, P. F.:
ACE-FTS measurements of trace species in the characterization of biomass burning plumes, Atmos.
Chem. Phys., 11, 12169-12179, doi:10.5194/acp-11-12169-2011, 2011
55. González Abad, G., Allen. N. D. C., Bernath, P. F., Boone, C. D., McLeod, S. D., Manney, G. L., Toon,
G. C., Carouge, C., Wang, Y., Wu, S., Barkley, M. P., Palmer, P. I., Xiao, Y. and Fu, T. M.: Ethane,
ethyne and carbon monoxide concentrations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere from
ACE and GEOS-Chem: a comparison study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 9927-9941, doi:10.5194/acp-
11-9927-2011, 2011
56. Paulot, F., D. Wunch, J. D. Crounse, G. C. Toon, D. B. Millet, P. F. DeCarlo, C. Vigouroux, N. M.
Deutscher, G. González Abad, J. Notholt, T.Warneke, J. W. Hannigan, C.Warneke, J. A. de Gouw, E.
J. Dunlea, M. De Mazière, D. W. T. Griffith, P. Bernath, J. L. Jimenez and P. O. Wennberg.: Importance
of secondary sources in the atmospheric budgets of formic and acetic acids, Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
11, 1989-2013, doi:10.5194/acp-11-1989-2011, 2011
57. Delegido, J., Alonso, L., González, G. and Moreno, J.: Estimating chlorophyll content of crops from
hyperspectral data using a normalized area over reflectance curve (NAOC), International Journal of
Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 12(3), 165-174, 10.1013/j.jag.2010.02.003, 2010
58. González Abad, G., Bernath, P. F., Boone, C. D., McLeod, S. D., Manney, G. L. and Toon, G. C.:
Global distribution of upper tropospheric formic acid from the ACE-FTS, Atmospheric Chemistry
and Physics , 9, 8039-8047, doi:10.5194/acp-9-8039-2009, 2009
Talks and Conference Presentations
1. González Abad, G.: Measurements of Air Quality from Space, the TEMPO instrument, Webminar
Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC, July 2020, ORAL, Invited
2. Nowlan, C. and González Abad, G.: Air quality and pollution: what is behind the ozone gardens),
Webminar, Smitsonian Astrophysical Obsevatory, May 2020, ORAL, Invited3. González Abad, G., Chan Miller, C., Nowlan, C., Wang, H., Zhu, L., Dabel, N., O’Sullivan, E., Liu, X.,
and Chance, K.: The MEaSUREs project for H2 CO, C2 H2 O2 and H2 O: plans for long-term consistent
records from GOME to OMI and beyond, 100th AMS Annual Meeting, January 2020, ORAL
4. González Abad, G., Chan Miller, C., Nowlan, C., Wang, H., Zhu, L., Geddes, J., O’Sullivan, E., Jung,
Y., Souri, A., Villanueva, N., Ayazpour, Z., Sun, K., Liu, X., and Chance, K.: MEaSUREs project for
H2 CO, C2 H2 O2 and H2 O: plans for long-term consistent records from GOME to OMI and beyond,
AGU Fall Meeting, December 2019, POSTER
5. González Abad, G., Chan Miller, C., Nowlan, C., Wang, H., Zhu, L., Geddes, J., O’Sullivan, E., Sun,
K., Liu, X., and Chance, K.: The MEaSUREs initiative to build long term records of formaldehyde,
water vapor, and glyoxal: validation strategies, 2019 GEMS Science Team Meeting, November 2019,
ORAL
6. González Abad, G.: Science and applications from TEMPO, MIT, First Symposium ECUSA, October
2019, ORAL
7. González Abad, G., Chan Miller, C., Nowlan, C., Wang, H., Zhu, L., Dabel, N., O’Sullivan, E., Liu, X.,
and Chance, K.: The MEaSUREs project for H2 CO, C2 H2 O2 and H2 O: plans for long-term consistent
records from GOME to OMI and beyond, 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, October 2019, ORAL
8. González Abad, G., Chance, K., and Xiong, L.: TEMPO Level 2, Joint Geostationary Science Team
Meeting, September 2019, ORAL
9. González Abad, G., Chan Miller, C., Nowlan, C., Sun, K., Zhu, L., Wang, H., O’Sullivan, E., Jung,
Y., Souri, A., Dabel, N., Liu, X., and Chance, K.,: The MEaSUREs project for HCHO, CHOCHO and
H2 : the plan for long-term consistent records from GOME to OMI and beyond, AGU Fall Meeting,
December 2018, POSTER
10. González Abad, G., Chan Miller, C., Sun, K., Jung, Y., Zhu, L., Dabel, N., O’Sullivan, E., Nowlan, C.,
Wang, H., Liu, X., and Chance, K.,: SAO long-term satellite data records of HCHO, CHOCHO and
water vapor: synergies with the GEMS and TEMPO missions, GEMS Science Team Meeting, October
2018, ORAL
11. González Abad, G., Suleiman, R., Nowlan, C., Chance, K., Liu, X., Seftor, C., and Jaross, G.: Observ-
ing BrO using OMPS measurements, STAR JPSS 5th Annual Science Team Meeting, August 2018,
POSTER
12. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Nowlan, C., Chan Miller, C., Houck, J., O’Sullivan, E., Jung, Y., and
Chance, K.: Trace gas algorithms, TEMPO Science Meeting, June 2018, ORAL
13. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Suleiman, R., Nowlan, C., Sun, K., Chan Miller, C., and Chance, K.:
TEMPO Team Participation in S5PVT Validation, Second S5PVT Workshop, February 2018, ORAL
14. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Suleiman, R., Saiz-Lopez, A., and Chance, K.: SAO OMPS bromine
monoxide retrievals, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2017, POSTER
15. González Abad, G., Wang, H., Chan Miller, C., Suleiman, R., Zhu, L., Liu, X., Nowlan, C., and
Chance, K.: Status of OMI SAO trace gas algorithms, OMI Science Meeting, September 2017,
POSTER
16. González Abad, G., Chance, K., and Liu, X.: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory OMPS Nadir
Mapper formaldehyde retrievals, STAR JPSS 4th Annual Science Team Meeting, August 2017, ORAL,
Invited17. González Abad, G., Wang, H., Vaquero-Martínez, J., Liu, X., and Chance, K.: SAO water vapor and
formaldehyde retreivals: long-term data records and instrument comparison, A-Train Symposium,
April 2017, POSTER
18. González Abad, G., Seftor, C. J, Vasilkov, A. P., Liu, X., and Chance, K.: SAO OMPS formaldehyde
Retrieval, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2016, POSTER
19. González Abad, G., Chance, K., Liu, X., Wang, H., Chan Miller, C., Zoogman, P., Duffy, S., and Saiz-
Lopez, A.: Latest advancements of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory OMI Trace gas retrievals,
Aura Science Team Meeting, August 2016, ORAL
20. González Abad, G., Chance, K., and Saiz-Lopez, A.: BrO stratospheric/tropospheric separation,
TEMPO Science Team Meeting, June 2016, ORAL
21. González Abad, G., Liu, X., García Nieto, D., Benavent Oltra, N., Anguas Ballesteros, M., Serranía
Alarcón, F., Saiz-López, A., and Chance, K.: Can Nitrous Acid be Measured Using Space Borne
Ultraviolet Spectrometers?, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2015, POSTER
22. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Chance, K., Fried, A. and Zhu, L.: Updates on SAO formaldehyde
retrievals and associated validation efforts, OMI Science Meeting, August 2015, ORAL
23. González Abad, G.: Characterizing atmospheres from Earth to Exoplanets, Center for Astrophysics
Summer Colloquium, July 2015, ORAL, Invited
24. González Abad, G., Fried, A. and Zhu, L.: Aircraft validation of OMI H2 CO, 3rd TEMPO Science
meeting, May 2015, ORAL
25. González Abad, G. & Zoogman, P.: Remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases at the Panama Isth-
mus, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), March 2015, ORAL, Invited
26. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Chance, K., Fried, A. and Irie, H.: Validation of the new SAO OMI
formaldehyde retrieval, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2014, POSTER
27. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Chance, K. and Fried, A.: Validation of the new SAO OMI formaldehyde
retrieval, Aura Science Meeting, September 2014, POSTER
28. González Abad, G., Liu, X. and Chance, K.: Retrieval of Bromine monoxide using Ozone Map-
ping and Profiler Suite Total Column nadir instrument data; preliminary results, TORERO Science
Meeting, June 2014, POSTER
29. González Abad, G., Wang, H., Miller, C., Chance, K., Liu, X. and Kurosu, T.: SAO OMI formaldehyde,
water vapor and glyoxal retrievals, OMI Science Team Meeting, March 2014, ORAL
30. González Abad, G., Liu, X. and Chance, K.: One step retrieval of formaldehyde vertical column
density using OMI UV2 band, AGU Meeting, December 2013, POSTER
31. González Abad, G.: UV-Vis retrievals of trace gases, Old Dominion University, November 2013,
Invited
32. González Abad, G., Liu, X. and Chance, K.: Improving Ozone Monitoring Instrument SAO formalde-
hyde retrievals, 6th International DOAS Workshop, August 2013, POSTER
33. González Abad, G., Chan Miller, C., Liu. X., and Chance, K.: SAO trace gas retrievals, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, August 2013, Invited
34. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Miller, C., Wang, H., Nowlan, C. and Chance, K.: Trace gases algorithms
for TEMPO, 1st TEMPO Science Team Meeting, July 2013, ORAL35. González Abad, G., Chance, K., and Liu, X.: Formaldehyde OMI operational retrieval upgrades,
AGU Meeting of the Americas, May 2013, ORAL
36. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Chance, K., and Suleiman R.: Improving glyoxal and formaldehyde
retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA-Aura, AGU Meeting 2012, POSTER
37. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Chance, K., Miller, C.C., Suleiman, R. and Zhu, L.: Update on OMI
formaldehyde total colum retrieval, EOS Aura Science Team Meeting, October 2012, ORAL
38. González Abad, G., Liu, X., Chance, K., and Suleiman, R.: Wavelength-dependent Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory Air Mass Factor Tables for UV/VIS retrievals, EOS Aura Science Team
Meeting, October 2012, POSTER
39. González Abad, G., Bernath, P.F., Boone, C.D., McLeod, S.D., Manney, G.L., and Toon, G.C.: Ob-
servation and modelling of trace gases in the upper troposphere, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, August 2011, Invited
40. González Abad, G., Bernath, P.F., Boone, C.D., McLeod, S.D., Manney, G.L., and Toon, G.C.: Ob-
servation and modelling of trace gases in the upper troposphere, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, August
2011, Invited
41. González Abad, G. and Bernath, P.F.: GEOS-Chem vs. ACE satellite data comparison, 5th GEOS-
Chem Meeting, May 2011, POSTER
42. González Abad, G. and Bernath, P.F.: Understanding organic tracers in the troposphere using ACE
and GEOS-Chem, EGU Meeting, April 2011, POSTER
43. González Abad, G. and Bernath, P.F.: Organics in the troposphere from ACE, EUMETSAT Meeting,
September 2010, POSTER
44. González Abad, G., Bernath, P.F., Boone, C.D., McLeod, S. M., Paulot, F., and Wennberg P.O.: UTLS
concentrations of C2 H6 , C2 H2 and HCOOH, NCEO Meeting, September 2010, POSTER
45. González Abad, G. and Bernath, P.F.: HCOOH, HCHO and CH3 COCH3 from ACE, National Center
for Earth Observation (NCEO) Meeting, September 2009, POSTER
46. González Abad, G., Bernath, P.F., Boone, C.D., McLeod, S.D., Manney, G.L., and Toon, G.C.: Global
distribution of upper tropospheric formic acid from the ACE-FTS, SPECAT 2009 Summer School,
July 2009, POSTER
47. González Abad, G., Bernath, P.F., Boone, C.D., McLeod, S.D., Manney, G.L., and Toon, G.C.: Formic
acid from ACE-FTS and GEOS-Chem: Towards a global budget, 4th GEOS-Chem Meeting, April
2009, POSTER
Fellowships and awards
AMS Special Team Award 2021 to the OMI International Team "for providing a stellar example of
international collaboration to produce novel satellite observations that have transformed atmospheric
chemistry research, especially air quality and health applications."
TEMPO group achievement award 2020 "for outstanding performance in development of the Tropo-
spheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Instrument".
USGS Pecora Team Award 2018 to the OMI International Team for "sustained team innovation and
international collaboration to produce daily satellite data that revolutionized air quality, stratospheric
chemistry, and climate search".Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Special Achievement Award, 2016 Natural Environment Research Council/National Center for Earth Observation Ph.D. Studentship, 2008-2011 Wild Fund studentship from the Department of Chemistry, University of York, 2008-2011 Erasmus studentship, Universidad de Valencia, 2005 Grants Principal Investigator, Development of Long-Term and Consistent Earth System Data Records of H2 CO, CHOCHO and H2 O from Multi-Satellite UV/Visible Spectra, $3,483,807, FTE: 0.75,0.75,0.75,0.75,0.75, 07/2018-06/2023 Principal Investigator, Continuing Ozone Monitoring Instrument Formaldehyde Earth System Data Record with Suomi National Polar-orbiting Platform Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Measurements, $450,023, FTE: 0.35,0.35,0.30, 04/2018-3/2021 Co-Investigator, Development of Consistent Formaldehyde Products from the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Nadir Mapper on Suomi NPP and JPSS-1, NOAA OAR CPO 2018 2005133 (PI: Caroline Nowlan), $447,049, FTE: 0.24,0.24,0.21, 07/2018-06/2021 Co-Investigator, Development histories of dust storms on Mars, NASA ROSES 2016 NNH16ZDA001N- MDAP (PI: Huiqun Wang), $535,272, FTE: 0.35,0.41,0.41, 07/2017-06/2020 Co-Investigator, Improving the retrieval accuracy and long-term consistency of ozone profile and tro- pospheric ozone measurements from the OMI on EOS Aura Roses 2016, NASA ROSES 2016 NNH16ZDA001N-ACMAP (PI: Xiong Liu), $549,944, FTE: 0.08 ,03/2017-03/2020 Co-Investigator, Aura Science Team: Analysis and applications of satellite remote sensing measure- ments by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, NASA ROSES 2016 NNH16ZDA001N-ACMAP (PI: Kelly Chance), $890,792, FTE: 0.3, 02/2017-01/2020 Principal Investigator, Measurements of tropospheric bromine monoxide from space, Smithsonian Scholarly Studies, $69,997, FTE: 0.5, 01/2017-09/2017 Principal Investigator, Measurement of trace gases in the Panama Isthus, Smithsonian Grand Chal- lenges, $15,208, FTE: 0.04, 02/2015-08/2015 Teaching experience Harvard University Guest lecturer (2011-2014) Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer of Atmospheres (EPS-238) course: Synthetic spectra with the Reference Forward Model (RFM) and UV/VIS Backscattered Sun Light Retrievals from Space Born Platforms University of York Teaching Assistant (2009-2011) Introductory maths course Maths for chemists I, II, and III Tutor (2010-2011) Mentoring of two Physics Master students
Universidad Autónoma de Mexico Guest lecturer (2015) “Curso Latinoamericano sobre Técnicas de Percepción Remota Aplicadas a la Química de la Atmós- fera”, December 2015 Short courses Spectroscopy of the Atmospheres, SPECAT 09, Summer School, Jaca, Spain, 2009 Committees and service Committees NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Service Center User Working Group (2020- present) Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Library Committee (2020-present) Smithsonian Secretary’s Research Prize review committee (2017) Smithsonian Congress of Scholars (2016-2018) Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Council (2015-2018) Center for Astrophysics seminar committee (2015-2016) Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Atomic and Molecular Physics division seminar committee (2011-2018) Referee for Peer-Reviewed Journals Atmósfera Atmosphere Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Atmospheric Environment Atmospheric Measurements Techniques Environmental Research Letters Environmental Science & Technology Geophysical Research Letters Nature Communications Scientific Reports IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters Referee for Proposals NASA Remote Sensing Theory Program (2018) NASA Instrument Incubator Program (2019) NASA Postdoctoral Program (2016, 2018 & 2019 panelist) NASA Earth Science U.S. Participating Investigator (2018, 2020 panelist) Conference Participation Session Primary-Convenor, and Chair Advances in an Integrated Observing System for Air Quality, American Geophysical Union 2017 Fall Meeting Session Co-Convenor, Chair and Student Paper Liaison Advances in remote sensing of fires, aerosols, and trace gases for air quality applications, American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting Student Paper Liaison Advances in remote sensing of fires, aerosols, and trace gases for air quality applications, American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting
Outreach Volunteer, career path and development chats with Mexican students visiting UNAM-Boston (August 2019 & 2020) Volunteer, Cambridge Explores the Universe (2018 & 2019) Volunteer, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Shadow Event for Individuals with Disabilities (2018 & 2019) Volunteer, advisor of summer interns of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Latino Initiative Program (2016-present) Participated in the Smithsonian Staff Picnic Tent (2017). Member of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment and volunteer Judge of the GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium (2017-present). Participated in the Wellesley STEM Expo professional panel for High Schoolers (2015). Computer skills Languages: IDL, Matlab, Python, FORTRAN, Unix shell scripting, LaTeX Operating Systems: Unix/Linux, Windows High-performance cluster computing Languages Spanish (native) English (fluent) Catalan (fluent)
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