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2012

Cottle, P., Strawbridge, K., McKendry, I.G., O’Neill, N.,  A.  Saha. A pervasive and persistent Asian dust event over North America during spring 2010: Lidar and sunphotometer observations, Atmosphericc Chemistry and Physics Discussions (submitted Nov 2012).

Abernathy, R.C., Allen, R.W., McKendry, I.G. and M. Brauer A land use regression model for ultrafine particles in Vancouver, Canada, Environmental Science and Technology (Submitted – under review).

Haga, D.I., R. Iannone, M. J. Wheeler, R. Mason, T. Fetch Jr., B. J. Van der Kamp, I. G. McKendry, A. K. Bertram, Ice nucleation properties of rust and bunt fungal spores and their transport to high altitudes where they can cause heterogeneous freezing (to be submitted)

Gallagher, J.P, McKendry, I.G., Strawbridge, K. Macdonald, A-M, Leaitch, W.R. and Cottle P.  Application of LIDAR data to assist air  mass discrimination at the Whistler mountaintop observatory, J. Appl. Met. And Clim. (accepted July 2012)

2011

van der Kamp, D.  and McKendry, I.G.  Diurnal and seasonal trends in convective mixed layer heights for Vancouver BC, estimated from two years of continuous ceilometer observations, Boundary Layer Meteorology,  DOI 10.1007/s10546-010-9535-7 

McKendry, I.G. J. Gallagher, P. Campuzano Jost, A. Bertram, K. Strawbridge, R. Leaitch, and A. M. Macdonald . Ground-based remote sensing of an elevated forest fire aerosol layer at Whistler, BC: implications for interpretation of mountaintop chemistry, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 465-477, 2011
 
McKendry, I.G., K. Strawbridge, M. L. Karumudi, N. O'Neill, A. M. Macdonald, R. Leaitch, D. Jaffe, S. Sharma, P. Sheridan, and J. Ogren, Californian wildfire plumes over Southwestern British Columbia: lidar, sunphotometry, and mountaintop chemistry observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 465-477, 2011
 
McKendry, I.G., K. B. Strawbridge and A. Jones. Continuous 1064/532nm Lidar measurements (CORALNet- UBC) in Vancouver, BC: results from a year of operation, Atmosphere-Ocean 49 (1), 32-40, 2011
 
Gallagher, J.P, McKendry, I.G., Macdonald, A-M, and Leaitch, W.R. Seasonal and Diurnal Variations in Aerosol Concentration on Whistler Mountain: Boundary Layer Influence and Synoptic Scale Controls, J. Appl. Met. And Clim. (accepted) 2011
 
Reuten, C. Steyn, D.G., Ainslie, B.,Jackson, P and I.G. McKendry. Impact of Climate Change on Ozone Pollution in the Lower Fraser Valley, Canada, Atmosphere-Ocean, (accepted with minor revisions 11 July 2011).



2010
McKendry, K. Strawbridge, M. L. Karumudi, N. O'Neill, A. M. Macdonald, R. Leaitch, D. Jaffe, S. Sharma, P. Sheridan, and J. Ogren.: Californian wildfire plumes over Southwestern British Columbia: lidar, sunphotometry, and mountaintop chemistry observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 21047-21075, 2010

McKendry, I.G. J. Gallagher, P. Campuzano Jost, A. Bertram,K. Strawbridge, R. Leaitch, and A. M. Macdonald. A subsiding regional forest fire aerosol layer at Whistler, BC: implications for interpretation of mountaintop chemistry observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 20303–20327, 2010

van der Kamp, D. and McKendry, I.G. 2010. Comparison of Tethered Balloon Vertical Profiles of Particulate Matter Size Distributions with Lidar Ceilometer Backscatter in the Nocturnal Urban Boundary Layer International J. Environment and Pollution, Vol 41, Nos1/2, 155-165

2009
Salmond, J. and McKendry, I. 2009. Influences of meteorology on air pollution concentrations and processes in urban areas,, Issues in Environmental Sciences and technology, 28, 23 - 41
 
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 and R.V. Martin,Q. Zhang, Y. Sun, I. McKendry, N.C. Shantz, M. Cubison. 2009. Evidence for Asian Dust Effects from Aerosol Plume Measurements during INTEX-B 2006 near Whistler, BC, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 1-24
 
McKendry, I.G., van der Kamp, D., Strawbridge, K.B., Christen, A., Crawford, B., Simultaneous observations of boundary-layer aerosol layers with CL31 ceilometer and 1064/532 nm lidar  Atmospheric Environment, 43 (36), p.5847-5852, Nov 2009

2008
van der Kamp, D., McKendry, I.G., Wong, M., Stull, R. (2008) Lidar Ceilometer Observations and Modeling of a Fireworks Plume in Vancouver, British Columbia, Atmospheric Environment, 42,  7174-7178

McKendry, I.G., A. M. Macdonald, W. R. Leaitch, A. van Donkelaar, Q. Zhang, T. Duck, and R. V. Martin
Trans-Pacific dust events observed at Whistler, British Columbia during INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys.., 8, 10275-10300, 200 8,

McKendry, I.G., A. M. Macdonald, W. R. Leaitch, A. van Donkelaar, Q. Zhang, T. Duck, and R. V. Martin Trans-Pacific dust events observed at Whistler, British Columbia during INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 8, 10275-10300, 2008

Thai, A., McKendry, I.G. and Brauer, M.,(2008) Particulate Matter Exposure along Designated Bicycle Routes in Vancouver, British Columbia, Science of the Total Environment, 405, 26-35

2007
McKendry, I.G., K. Strawbridge, N. O’Neill,  A-M McDonald, P. Liu, L. Jaegle, D. Jaffe, D. Fairlie, K Anlauf and D. Westphal, 2007 A Case of Trans-Pacific Transport of Saharan Dust to Western North America, J. Geophys. Res. 112, D01103, doi:10.1029/2006JD007129 PDF

2006
Stahl, K.,  R. D. Moore, I.G. McKendry 2006:  The role of synoptic-scale circulation in the linkage between large-scale ocean-atmosphere indices and winter surface climate in British Columbia, Canada, Int. J. Climatol. (26) 541-560 PDF

McKendry, I.G., K. Stahl and R.D. Moore, 2006: Synoptic Sea-Level Pressure Patterns Generated by A General Circulation Model: Comparison with Types Derived From NCEP/NCAR Re-Analysis and Implications for Downscaling, Int. J. Climatology, 26, 1727-1736 PDF

Stahl, K.,  R.D. Moore and I.G.  McKendry 2006:  Climatology of Winter Cold Spells in British Columbia, Canada, in Relation to Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks,  Climate Research, 32, 13-23 PDF

Stahl, K., R.D. Moore, J.A. Floyer, M. G. Asplin and I.G. McKendry, Comparison of approaches for  spatial interpolation of daily air temperature in a large region with complex topography and highly variable station density,  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (accepted July 2006) PDF

Zhao, T.L., S. L. Gong, X. Y. Zhang, I. G. McKendry, and Z. J. Zhou 2006 “A Simulated Climatology of Asian Dust Aerosol and its Trans-Pacific Transport 1. Mean climate and validation” J. Climate 19(1): 88-103 PDF

Gong, S.L., X.Y. Zhang  , T.L. Zhao,  X. Zhang, I.G. McKendry and C.S. Zhao.  2006: “A Simulated Climatology of Asian Dust Aerosol and  its Trans-Pacific Transport 2. Interannual Variability and Climate  Connections”, J. Climate 19(1): 104-122  PDF
 
Krzyzanowski, J., I.G. McKendry, and J. L. Innes, 2006 “Evidence of elevated ozone concentrations on forested slopes in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada”, Water Air and Soil Poll.  DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-9072-z  PDF
 
Bennett C.M., I.G. McKendry, S. Kelly, K. Denike and T. Koch 2006: “Impact of the 1998 Gobi Dust Event on Hospital Admissions in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia”, Science of the Total Environ. 1918-1925 PDF

2005
Salmond J. and I. G. McKendry,  2005 " A review of turbulence in the very stable nocturnal boundary layer and its implications for air quality', Progress in Physical Geography 29(2), 171-188 PDF

2004
McKendry, I.G., A.P. Sturman, and J. Vergeiner, 2004 “ Vertical profiles of particulate matter size distributions during wintertime domestic burning in Christchurch, New Zealand, Atmospheric Environment (38) 4805-4813 PDF

2003
Jacob, M., I.G. McKendry and R. Lee, 2003 “ Long-term changes in rainfall intensities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadian Water Resources Journal, 28(4), 587-604 PDF

M. Holzer, I. G. McKendry and D. Jaffe, 2003 "Springtime trans-Pacific atmospheric transport from East Asia: A transit-time-PDF approach" Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 D22, 4708.PDF
 
    H. Price, D. Jaffe, P. Doskey, I. McKendry and T. Anderson. 2003: "Vertical Profiles of O3, aerosols, CO and NMHC's in the Northeast Pacific during the ACE-ASIA and TRACE-P experiments" Journal of Geophysical Research Vol 108, No.D20, 8799.PDF

    T.L. Zhao, S.L. Gong, X.Y. Zhang, I.G. McKendry 2003, "Modelled size-segregated budgets of soil dust aerosol during ACE-Asian, 2001: Implications for Trans-Pacific transport" -Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, D23, 8665.PDF

    S.L. Gong, X.Y. Zhang, T.L. Zhao, I. G. McKendry and D. Jaffe. 2003 "Characterization of soil dust aerosol in China and its transport/distribution during 2001 Ace-Asia period: Model simulation and validation, " Journal of Geophysical Research. (accepted Nov 2002)PDF

    D. Jaffe, I. G. McKendry and H. Price.  2003 "Six Case Studies of Trans-Pacific Transport of Air Pollutants," Atmospheric Environment, 37, 391-404.PDF

    Maletto, A, I. G. McKendry and K. Strawbridge. 2003 "Boundary-layer profiles of particulate matter size distributions using a balloon-borne lightweight aerosol spectrometer," Atmospheric Environment, 37: 66-670.PDF

2002
    Salmond, J. A. and I. G. McKendry, 2002 "Secondary ozone maxima in a very stable nocturnal boundary layer: observations from the Lower Fraser Valley,  BC", Atmospheric Environment, 36. 5771-5782.PDF

    Cannon, A. J. and I. G. McKendry, 2002. "A graphical sensitiviy analysis for interpreting empirical climate models: application to Indian Monsoon rainfall prediction by artificial neural networks, " International Journal of Climatology, 22, 1687-1708. PDF

    McKendry, I.G., 2002. "Evaluation of artificial neural networks for fine particulate pollution (PM 10 and PM2.5) Forecasting, " Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 52, 174-185. PDF


Earlier Publications

    Hacker, J. P., I. G. McKendry and R.B. Stull, 2001. "Modeled downward transport of  Asian dust over Western North America during April 1998," Journal of Applied Meteorology, 40, p. 1617-1628.PDF


    Husar, R.B., D. M. Tratt, B.A. Schichtel, S. R. Falke, F. Li, D. Jaffe, S. Gasso, T. Gill, N.S. Laulainen, F. Lu, M.C. Reheis, Y. Chun, D. Westphal, B. N. Holben, C. Gueymard, I. McKendry, N. Kuring, G.C. Feldman, C. McClain, R. J. Frouin, J. Merrill, D. DuBois, F. Vignola, T. Murayama, S. Nickovic, W. E. Wilson, K. Sassen, N. Sugimoto and W. C. Malm, 2001. "The Asian dust events of April 1998," Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(D16), p.18371-18380. PDF

    McKendry, I. G., J. P. Hacker, R. Stull, S. Sakiyama, D. Mignacca and K. Reid, 2001. "Long range transport of Asian dust to the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada," Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(D16), p. 18361-18370. PDF

    McKendry, I. G. and J. Lundgren, 2000. "Tropospheric layering of ozone in regions of urbanized complex and/or coastal terrain -a review," Progress in Physical Geography, 24, p. 359-384. PDF

    McKendry, I. G., 2000. "PM10 levels in the Lower Fraser Valley, BC, Canada: an overview of spatio-temporal variations and meteorological controls,"  Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 50, p. 174-185. PDF

    Cannon, A. and I. G. McKendry, 1999. "Forecasting all-India monsoon rainfall using regional principal components: a comparison between neural network and multiple regression models," International Journal of Climatology, Vol. 19(14), p.1561-1578. PDF

    McKendry, I. G., D.G. Steyn, R. M. Banta, W. Strapp, K. Anlauf and J. Pottier, 1998.  "Daytime photochemical pollutant transport over a tributary valley lake in Southwestern British Columbia," Journal of Applied Meteorology, 37, p. 393-404. PDF

    McKendry, I. G., D.G. Steyn, S. O'Kane, P. Zawar-Reza and D. Heuff, 1998. "Lower tropospheric ozone measurements by light aircraft equipped with chemiluminescent sonde," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 15, p. 136-143.PDF

    Banta, R. M., P.B. Shepson, J.W. Bottenheim, K. Analauf, H. A. Wiebe, A. J. Gallant, T. Biesenthal, L. D. Olivier, C-J. Zhu, I. G. McKendry, D.G. Steyn, 1997. "Nocturnal cleansing flows in a tributary valley," Atmospheric Environment, 31, p. 2147-2162. PDF

    Hayden, K.L., K. G. Anlauf, R. M. Hoff, P. C. Strapp, J. W. Bottenheim, H. A. Wiebe, F. A. Froude, J. B. Martin, D.G. Steyn and I.G. McKendry, 1997. "The vertical chemical and meteorological structure of the boundary-layer during Pacific '93," Atmospheric Environment, 31, p. 2089-2105.PDF

    Pisano, J. T., I. G. McKendry, D. G. Steyn and D. R. Hastie, 1997. "Vertical nitrogen dioxide and ozone concentrations measured from a tethered balloon in the Lower Fraser Valley," Atmospheric Environment, 31, p. 2071-2078.PDF

    McKendry, I. G., D. G. Steyn, J. Lundgren, R. M. Hoff, W. Strapp, K. Anlauf, F. Froude, J. B. Martin, R. M. Banta and L. D. Olivier, 1997.  "Elevated ozone layers and vertical down-mixing over the Lower Fraser Valley, BC,"Atmospheric Environment, 31, p. 2135-2146. PDF

    Moore, R. D. and I.G. McKendry, 1996. "Spring snowpack anomaly patterns and winter climatic variability, British Columbia, Canada", Water Resources Research, 32(3), p. 623-632. PDF

    McKendry, I. G., D. G. Steyn and G. McBean, 1995. "Validation of synoptic circulation patterns simulated by the Canadian Climate Centre General Circulation Model for Western North America",Atmosphere-Ocean, 33(4), p. 809-825. PDF

    Pryor, S.C.,I. G. McKendry and D.G. Steyn, 1995. "Synoptic-scale meteorological variability and surface ozone concentrations in Vanouver, BC", Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34(8), p.1824-1833. PDF

    McKendry, I.G., 1994. "Synoptic circulation and summertime ground-level ozone concentrations in Vancouver, British Columbia", Journal of Applied Meteorology, 33, p.627-641. PDF

    McKendry, I. G. and N.T. Roulet, 1994. "Sea breezes in Southwest James Bay-observations and numerical modelling", Journal of Geophysical Research, 99(D1), p.1623-1634. PDF

    Comer, N.T. and I.G. Mckendry, 1993. "Observations and numerical modelling of Lake Ontario breezes," Atmosphere-Ocean, 31(4), p.481-499. PDF

    McKendry, I.G., 1993. "Ground-level ozone in Montreal," Atmosphere Environment,  27B, p.93-103. PDF

    McKendry, I.G. and E.W.D. Lewthwaite, 1992. "Summertime along-valley wind variations in the Wright Valley, Antarctica," International Journal of Climatology, 12, p.587-696. PDF

    McKendry, I.G. and C.R. Revell, 1992. "Mesoscale eddy development over South Auckland-a case study," Weaher and Forecasting, 7(1), p.134-142. PDF

    McKenrdry, I.G., 1992. "Numerical simulation of sea breeze interactions oer the Auckland Region- New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 35(1), p.9-20. PDF

    Steyn, D.G. and I.G. McKendry, 1988. "Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of a three-dimensional mesoscale numerical model of a sea breeze in complex terrain," Monthly Weather Review, 116, 10, p. 1914-1926. PDF

    McKendry, I.G., 1988. "Numerical simulation of sea breezes over the Auckland Region, New Zealand- air quality implications," Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 49, p.7-22. PDF

    McKendry, I.G., A.P. Sturman and I.F. Owens, 1988. "Numerical simulation local thermo-topographic effects on the wind fields of the Canterbury Plains, New Zealand," New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 31, p.511-24. PDF

    McKendry, I.G. and I.F. Owens, 1988. "Interactions between local winds and coastal upwelling in the vicinity of the Canterbury Coast," New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 22, p. 91-100. PDF

    McKendry, I.G., A.P. Sturman and I.F. Owens, 1987. "The Canterbury Plains Northeasterly," Weather and Climate, 7. p. 61-74. PDF

    McKendry, I.G., A.P. Sturman and I.F. Owens, 1986. "A study of interacting multiscale wind systems, Cantebury Plains, New Zealand,"  Meteorology and Atmosheric Physics, 35, p.242-252. PDF

    McKendry, I.G., 1983. "Spatial and temporal aspects of the surface wind regime on the Canterbury Plains, New Zealand," Journal of Climatology, Vol(3), p.155-166 . PDF


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