Research Interests

Dr. Judith C. Chow has over 22 years of experience in conducting air quality studies and performing statistical data analysis. She directs DRI's Environmental Analysis Facility where she supervises filter processing and chemical operations and develops cost-effective, yet accurate, methods for aerosol sampling and analysis. Owing to her knowledge and experience, Dr. Chow was invited to present and publish the Air & Waste Management Association's 1995 annual critical review on aerosol measurement methods. Dr. Chow is the principal author or co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and more than 150 technical reports.

Dr. Chow is a member of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council's Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter that was formed at the request of Congress to identify the most important research priorities relevant to setting particulate matter standards, to develop a conceptual plan for particulate-matter research, and, over 5 years, to monitor research progress toward improved understanding of the relationship between particulate matter and public health.
 

Selected Publications

• Chow, J.C.; Watson, J.G.; Kuhns, V. Etyemezian; Lowenthal D.H.; Chow, D.; Kohl, J.P.; Green, M.C. (2004). Source Profiles for Industrial, Mobile, and  Area Sources in the Big bend Regional Aerosol Visibility and Observational  (BRAVO) Study, Chemosphere, 54(2):185-208.

• Chow, J.C.; Watson, J.G.; Ashbaugh, L.L.; and Magliano, K.L. (2003). Similarities and differences in PM10 chemical source profiles for geological dust from the San Joaquin Valley, California. Atmos. Environ., 37(9-10):1317-1340. doi: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)01021-X.

• Chow, J.C.; Watson, J.G.; Lowenthal, D.H.; and Richards, L.W. (2002). Comparability between PM2.5 and light scattering measurements. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 79(1):29-45.

• Chow, J.C.; Engelbrecht, J.P.; Watson, J.G.; Wilson, W.E.; Frank, N.H.; and Zhu, T. (2002). Designing monitoring networks to represent outdoor human exposure. Chemosphere, 49(9):961-978.

• Chow, J.C.; Watson, J.G.; Edgerton, S.A.; Vega, E.; and Ortiz, E. (2002). Spatial differences in outdoor PM10 mass and aerosol composition in Mexico City. JAWMA, 52(4):423-434.

• Chow, J.C.; and Watson, J.G. (2002). Review of PM2.5 and PM10 Apportionment for Fossil Fuel Combustion and Other Sources by the Chemical Mass Balance Receptor Model. Energy & Fuels, 16(2):222-260.

• Chow, J.C.; and Watson, J.G. (2002). PM2.5 carbonate concentrations at regionally representative Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environment sites. J. Geophys. Res., 107(D21):ICC 6-1-ICC 6-9. doi: 10.1029/2001JD000574.

• Chow, J.C.; Watson, J.G.; Crow, D.; Lowenthal, D.H.; and Merrifield, T. (2001). Comparison of IMPROVE and NIOSH carbon measurements. Aerosol Sci. Technol., 34(1):23-34.

• Chow, J.C.; Watson, J.G.; Green, M.C.; Lowenthal, D.H.; Bates, B.A.; Oslund, W.; and Torres, G. (2000). Cross-border transport and spatial variability of suspended particles in Mexicali and California's Imperial Valley. Atmos. Environ., 34(11):1833-1843.

• Chow, J.C. (1995). Critical review "Measurement methods to determine compliance with ambient air quality standards for suspended particles". JAWMA, 45(5):320-382.

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