Lin Huang
Current research and/or projects
Contributing to Environment Canada's mandates on climate change and air quality via applying isotope geochemistry and multi-tracer approaches
- Quantifying temporal and spatial isotopic trends for atmospheric CO2 and carbonaceous aerosols at baseline stations and major ecosystems in Canada via high precision measurements (0.02 ‰ for δ13C and 0.05 ‰ for δ18O)
- Studying CO2 exchange between the atmosphere, the major ecosystems in Canada (boreal forest and permafrost) and the major emission sources at the surface via C and O isotope measurements in air CO2
- Isotopic source profile characterizations of CO2 and PM, including fossil fuel combustions and biomass burning, for source identification and apportionment in ambient air CO2 and PM
- Understanding the formation of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) via the photochemical oxidations of volatile organic compounds (including anthropogenic & biogenic) with OH radicals and estimating the yield of (SOA) using isotope approaches
- Understanding the impacts of human activities on climate change, addressing the issue of continuous increase in atmospheric CO2, via integration of atmospheric measurements of GHGs, carbonaceous PM and their isotopes at various time and spatial scales
Professional activities / interests
Directing/Managing long-term observations and research activities at the Stable Isotope Research Lab in contribution to WMO-Global Atmosphere Watch program for global carbon cycle related climate change as well as air quality research; publishing the results in peer-reviewed scientific journals
Co - pricinpal investigator on international collaborative projects related to carbon cycle research, e.g., NACP vertical profile project at a boreal forest with ESRL/NOAA, US; a sub-arctic carbon cycle study with NIPR, Japan, and isotope standard (air CO2) development for WMO-GAWmeasurement community with MIP, Germany and NIES, Japan
Supervisor of PhD students on their thesis research via Adjunct Professorship with the Department of Chemistry, York University, and post-doctoral fellows (NSERC program)
Conference, meeting and session organization, e.g., a Co-organizer of the 12th WMO/IAEA Meeting of Expert on CO2, 2003, Toronto; a science committee member of the 7th International CO2 Conference, 2005, Boulder, CO; a convener for a special session of the 7th ISEG, 2006 Beijing, China
Education and awards
All Season Research Award in Air Quality Research Branch, ASTD/Environment Canada, 2003
Ph. D. Geochemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
M.Sc. Geochemistry, Inst. of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, P.R. China
B.Sc. Geochemistry, The University of Science & Technology of China
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Key publications
Yang, F., L. Huang, F. Duan, W. Zhang, K. He, Y. Ma, J. R. Brook, J. Tan, Q. Zhao, and Y. Cheng (2011) Carbonaceous species in PM2.5 at a pair of rural-urban sites in Beijing, 2005-2008, Atmospheric Chemistry Physics, 11, 7893-7903‚ http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/11/7893/2011/acp-11-7893-2011.html
Yang, F., L. Huang, Sangeeta Sharma, Jeffrey R. Brook, Wendy Zhang, Shao-Meng Li, Jihua Tan (2011) Two-year observations of fine carbonaceous particles in variable sampling intervals at a rural site in southern Ontario, Atmospheric Environment, 45, 14, 2418-2426. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231011001361
Chan, T.W., L. Huang, W.R. Leaitch, S. Sharma, J.R. Brook, J.G. Slowik, J. P.D. Abbatt, P.C. Brickell, J. Liggio, S.-M. Li and H. Moosüller. 2010. Observations of OM/OC and specific attenuation coefficients (SAC) in ambient fine PM at a rural site in central Ontario. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 10 2393-2144.
Brand, Willi A., Lin Huang, Hitoshi Mukai, Alina Chivulescu, Ju¨rgen M. Richter and Michael Rothe. 2009. How well do we know VPDB? Variability of δ13C and δ18O in CO2 generated from NBS19-calcite. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 23: 1-12.
Huang, L., J.R. Brook, W. Zhang, S.M. Li, L. Graham, D. Ernst, A. Chivulescu and G. Lu. 2006. Stable Isotope Measurements of Carbon Fractions (OC/EC) in Airborne Particulate: A new Dimension for Source Characterization & Apportionment. Atmospheric Environment. 40(15):2690-2705.
Irei, S., L. Huang, F. Collin, W. Zhang, D. Hastie and J. Rudolph. 2006. Flow reactor studies for stable carbon isotopic composition of secondary particulate organic matter generated by toluene/OH radical-initiated reactions. Atmospheric Environment. 40(30):5858-5867.
Chen, B., J.M. Chen, L. Huang and P. Tans. 2006. Modeling dynamics of stable carbon isotopic exchange between a boreal forest ecosystem and the atmosphere. Global Change Biology. 12(10):1842-1867.
Huang, L. and D. Worthy. 2005. Flask Sampling Strategy by MSC for Atmospheric Observations of Greenhouse Gases and CO2 Isotopes over Canada: Status & Plan, Report of the 12th WMO/IAEA Meeting of Experts on CO2 Concentration and Related Tracer Measurement Techniques, Toronto, Sept. 2003, GAW publication 161, 94-100.
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Affiliations
Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, York University & Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Waterloo
Member of the Science Steering Committee of State Key Lab of Isotope Geochemistry, Chinese Academy Science
Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)