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Richard Pope

Senior Research Fellow
EO Data-Model Evaluation
Research interests
I am interested in atmosphere-biosphere interactions (e.g. wildfire emissions) and links to air quality. I use atmospheric chemistry models and satellite observations, which help quantify long-term changes in tropospheric composition and its impact on global/regional air quality.
Recent publications
Evaluating tropospheric nitrogen dioxide in UKCA using OMI satellite retrievals over south and east Asia. 2025-05-08
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-4785-2025 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Large reductions in satellite-derived and modelled European lower-tropospheric ozone during and after the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022). 2025-04-23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-4391-2025 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Performance evaluation of Atmotube PRO sensors for air quality measurements in an urban location. 2025-02-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-817-2025 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1867-8548
Long-range transport of air pollutants increases the concentration of hazardous components of PM<sub>2.5</sub> in northern South America. 2024-10-16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11497-2024 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Satellite-observed relationships between land cover, burned area, and atmospheric composition over the southern Amazon. 2024-10-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11081-2024 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Investigation of the impact of satellite vertical sensitivity on long-term retrieved lower-tropospheric ozone trends. 2024-08-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-9177-2024 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Quantifying the tropospheric ozone radiative effect and its temporal evolution in the satellite era. 2024-03-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-3613-2024 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Quantifying effects of long-range transport of NO<sub>2</sub> over Delhi using back trajectories and satellite data. 2024-01-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-789-2024 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Investigation of spatial and temporal variability in lower tropospheric ozone from RAL Space UV–Vis satellite products. 2023-12-05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14933-2023 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Investigation of the summer 2018 European ozone air pollution episodes using novel satellite data and modelling. 2023-10-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13235-2023 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Intercomparison of Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide (TransCom‐COS): 2. Evaluation of Optimized Fluxes Using Ground‐Based and Aircraft Observations. 2023-09-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jd039198 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2169-897X ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2169-8996
Constraining the budget of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide using a 3-D chemical transport model. 2023-09-08
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10035-2023 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Atmospheric distribution of HCN from satellite observations and 3-D model simulations. 2023-04-24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4849-2023 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Intercomparison of Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide (TransCom‐COS; Part One): Evaluating the Impact of Transport and Emissions on Tropospheric Variability Using Ground‐Based and Aircraft Data. 2023-03-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jd037817 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2169-897X ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2169-8996
Investigating the global OH radical distribution using steady-state approximations and satellite data. 2022-08-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10467-2022 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Exploiting satellite measurements to explore uncertainties in UK bottom-up NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> emission estimates. 2022-04-04
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4323-2022 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Evaluation of SO<sub>2</sub>, SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> and an updated SO<sub>2</sub> dry deposition parameterization in the United Kingdom Earth System Model. 2021-12-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18465-2021 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Impact of the 2019/2020 Australian Megafires on Air Quality and Health. 2021-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gh000454 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2471-1403 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2471-1403
Large Enhancements in Southern Hemisphere Satellite‐Observed Trace Gases Due to the 2019/2020 Australian Wildfires. 2021-09-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jd034892 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2169-897X ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2169-8996
The 2019 Raikoke volcanic eruption – Part 1: Dispersion model simulations and satellite retrievals of volcanic sulfur dioxide. 2021-07-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10851-2021 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Diagnosing air quality changes in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown using TROPOMI and GEOS-Chem. 2021-05-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abde5d ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1748-9326
COVID-19 lockdown-induced changes in NO<sub>2</sub> levels across India observed by multi-satellite and surface observations. 2021-04-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5235-2021 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Late-spring and summertime tropospheric ozone and NO<sub>2</sub> in western Siberia and the Russian Arctic: regional model evaluation and sensitivities. 2021-03-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4677-2021 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Tropospheric ozone radiative forcing uncertainty due to pre-industrial fire and biogenic emissions. 2020-09-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10937-2020 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Analysis and attribution of total column ozone changes over the Tibetan Plateau during 1979–2017. 2020-07-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8627-2020 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Impact on air quality and health due to the Saddleworth Moor fire in northern England. 2020-07-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8496 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1748-9326
Description and evaluation of the UKCA stratosphere–troposphere chemistry scheme (StratTrop vn 1.0) implemented in UKESM1. 2020-03-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1223-2020 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1991-9603
Impact of the June 2018 Saddleworth Moor wildfires on air quality in northern England. 2020-03-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab7b92 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2515-7620
Substantial Increases in Eastern Amazon and Cerrado Biomass Burning‐Sourced Tropospheric Ozone. 2020-02-16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl084143 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0094-8276 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1944-8007
Quantifying the transboundary contribution of nitrogen oxides to UK air quality. 2020-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.955 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1530-261X ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1530-261X
Impact of weather types on UK ambient particulate matter concentrations. 2020-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2019.100061 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2590-1621
High resolution satellite observations give new view of UK air quality. 2019-09
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3441 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0043-1656 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1477-8696
Impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the interannual variability of methane and tropospheric ozone. 2019-07-09
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8669-2019 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1680-7324
Influence of the wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation on European tropospheric composition: an observational and modelling study. 2018
https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/18/8389/2018/
Widespread changes in UK air quality observed from space. 2018
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/asl.817
The TOMCAT global chemical transport model v1.6: description of chemical mechanism and model evaluation. 2017
https://www.geosci-model-dev.net/10/3025/2017/
Detection of the Yorkshire power stations from space: an air quality perspective. 2016
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wea.2651
Identifying errors in dust models from data assimilation. 2016
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2016GL070621
Intercomparison and evaluation of satellite peroxyacetyl nitrate observations in the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere. 2016
https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/13541/2016/
Observing UK Bonfire Night pollution from space: analysis of atmospheric aerosol. 2016
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wea.2914
The impact of synoptic weather on UK surface ozone and implications for premature mortality. 2016
http://stacks.iop.org/1748-9326/11/i=12/a=124004
Evaluation of a regional air quality model using satellite column NO2: treatment of observation errors and model boundary conditions and emissions. 2015
https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/5611/2015/
The influence of synoptic weather regimes on UK air quality: regional model studies of tropospheric column NO2. 2015
https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/11201/2015/
The influence of synoptic weather regimes on UK air quality: analysis of satellite column NO2. 2014
https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/asl2.492
