Anne Marie Macdonald
Current research and/or projects
Contributing to Environment Canada's initiatives to protect the health of Canadians and the environment from the harmful effects of air pollutants
- Leads the Whistler high elevation measurement program
- Studies atmospheric chemistry, processing of trace gases and particles by clouds, and how these processes affect air quality and climate
- Studies tropospheric background chemistry and long term changes in trace gases and aerosol
- Investigates long range transport of pollutants and its impact on Canada’s air quality and climate
Professional activities / interests
Participated in more than fifteen national and international field programs on both ground-based sites and aircraft platforms.
Project Lead for the Whistler Aerosol and Cloud Study 2010, a collaborative study of Environment Canada and university colleagues from Canada, US, and Europe.
Collaborating with Canadian and US universities and government agencies for through CFI, CFCAS, NSERC, and NSF sponsored proposals.
Education and awards
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, 1985
M. Sc. Meteorology, McGill University, 1989
Key publications
A. M. Macdonald, K. G. Anlauf, W. R. Leaitch, and E. Chan, 2011, Interannual variability of ozone and carbon monoxide at the Whistler high elevation site: 2002–2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 17621-17664.
Takahama, S., R.E. Schwartz, L.M. Russell, A.M. Macdonald, S. Sharma, W.R. Leaitch, 2011, Organic Functional Groups in Aerosol Particles from Burning and Non-burning Forest Emissions at a High-Elevation Mountain Site, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2367-2386
Leaitch, W.R, A. M. Macdonald, K. G. Anlauf, P. S. K. Liu, D. Toom-Sauntry, S.-M. Li, J. Liggio, K. Hayden, M. A. Wasey, L. M. Russell, S. Takahama, S. Liu, A. van Donkelaar, T. Duck, R. V. Martin, Q. Zhang, Y. Sun, I. McKendry, N. C. Shantz, and M. Cubison, 2009, Evidence for Asian dust effects from aerosol plume measurements during INTEX-B 2006 near Whistler, BC, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 3523-3546.
Sun, Y., Zhang, Q., Macdonald, A. M., Hayden, K., Li, S. M., Liggio, J., Liu, P. S. K., Anlauf, K. G., Leaitch, W. R., Steffen, A., Cubison, M., Worsnop, D. R., van Donkelaar, A., and Martin, R. V., 2009, Size-resolved aerosol chemistry on Whistler Mountain, Canada with a high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometer during INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 3095-3111, doi:10.5194/acp-9-3095-2009.
McKendry, I.G., A M. Macdonald, W. R. Leaitch, A. van Donkelaar, Q. Zhang, T. Duck, and R. V. Martin, 2008, Trans-Pacific dust events observed at Whistler, British Columbia during INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 10275-10300.
A. van Donkelaar, R. V. Martin, W. R. Leaitch, A. M. Macdonald, T. W. Walker, D. G. Streets, Q. Zhang, E. J. Dunlea, J. L. Jimenez, J. E. Dibb, L. G. Huey, R. Weber, and M. O. Andreae, 2008, Analysis of aircraft and satellite measurements from the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment (INTEX-B) to quantify long-range transport of East Asian sulfur to Canada, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 2999–3014.
Hayden K.L., A.M. Macdonald, W. Gong, D. Toom-Sauntry, K.G. Anlauf, A. Leithead, S.-M. Li, W.R. Leaitch and K. Noone, 2008, Cloud Processing of Nitrate, J.Geophys. Res., Journal of Geophysical Research. 113:D18201, doi:10.1029/2007JD009732.
Macdonald, A.M., P. A. Makar, K. G. Anlauf, K.L. Hayden, J.W. Bottenheim, D. Wang and T. Dann, 2001. Summertime Formaldehyde at a High Elevation Site in Quebec. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 32,361–32,374, doi:10.1029/2001JD000513.
Li, Shao-Meng, Anne Marie Macdonald, Amy Leithead, W.Richard Leaitch, Wanmin Gong, Kurt G. Anlauf, Desiree Toom-Sauntry, Kathy Hayden, Jan Bottenheim, Danny Wang, 2008, Investigation of Carbonyls in Cloudwater during ICARTT, J. Geophys Res., 113, D17206, doi:10.1029/2007JD009364.
Vlasenko, A, A. M. Macdonald, S. Sjostedt, and J. Abbatt, Formaldehyde measurements by Proton transfer reaction – Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS): correction for humidity effects, 2010, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 1055–1062, doi:10.5194/amt-3-1055-2010.