Publications

2021

Lee, S.-C., Knox, S. H., McKendry, I., and Black, T. A.: Biogeochemical and biophysical responses to episodes of wildfire smoke from natural ecosystems in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-641, in review, 2021.

Marley, H., Dirks, K., McKendry, I., Weissert, L. & Salmond, Jennifer. (2021). A Ceilometer-Derived Climatology of the Convective Boundary Layer Over a Southern Hemisphere Subtropical City. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 178. 10.1007/s10546-020-00579-w. (Published online Nov. 2020)

Marley, H., Dirks, K., McKendry, I., Weissert, L. & Salmond, Jennifer. (2021). The Relationship Between Brown Haze, Atmospheric Boundary Layer Structure, and Air Pollution in an Urban Area of Complex Coastal Terrain,  Atmospheric Pollution Research (accepted April 2021).

2020

Cameron Hunter, R. D. Moore & Ian McKendry (2020) Evaluation of the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) precipitation fields in a topographically complex domain, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 65:5, 786-799, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2019.1591624

Ferrara, M., Pomeroy, C., McKendry, I.G. et al. Suppression of “Handover” Processes in a Mountain Convective Boundary Layer due to Persistent Wildfire Smoke. Boundary-Layer Meteorol(2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-020-00505-0

2019

McKendry, I. G., Christen, A., Lee, S.-C., Ferrara, M., Strawbridge, K. B., O’Neill, N., and Black, A. (2019) Impacts of an intense wildfire smoke episode on surface radiation, energy and carbon fluxes in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, Atmos Chem Phys, 19, 835-846

2018

McKendry, I. G., Christen, A., Lee, S.-C., Ferrara, M., Strawbridge, K. B., O’Neill, N., and Black, A.: Impacts of an intense wildfire smoke episode on surface radiation, energy and carbon fluxes in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 835-846, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-835-2019, 2019.

2017

Akaoka, K, McKendry, I.G., Saxton, J and Cottle P. (2016) Impact of Coal-Carrying Trains on Particulate Matter Concentrations in South Delta, British Columbia, Canada, Environmental Pollution (accepted January 15, 2017)

van der Kamp, D., R D Moore, I G McKendry, A model for simulating the moisture content of standardized fuel sticks of various sizes, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (accepted 16 January 2017)

Teakles, A., So, R., Ainslie, B., Nissen, R., Schiller, C., Vingarzan, R., McKendry, I., Macdonald, A. M., Jaffe, D. A., Bertram, A. K., Strawbridge, K. B., Leaitch, W. R., Hanna, S., Toom, D., Baik, J., and Huang, L.: Impacts of the July 2012 Siberian Fire Plume on Air Quality in the Pacific Northwest, Atmos. Chem. Phys. , (accepted 2017)

2016

B. Crawford, A. Christen, and I. McKendry, Diurnal Course of Carbon Dioxide Mixing Ratios in the Urban Boundary Layer in Response to Surface Emissions, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2016 55:3, 507-529

Miskell, G., Jennifer Salmond, Maryam Alavi-Shoshtari, Mark Bart, Bruce Ainslie, Stuart Grange,  Ian G. McKendry, Geoff S. Henshaw, and David E. Williams, Data Verification Tools for Minimizing Management Costs of Dense Air-Quality Monitoring Networks, Environmental Science & Technology 2016 50 (2), 835-846, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04421

Teakles, A., So, R., Ainslie, B., Nissen, R., Schiller, C., Vingarzan, R., McKendry, I., Macdonald, A. M., Jaffe, D. A., Bertram, A. K., Strawbridge, K. B., Leaitch, W. R., Hanna, S., Toom, D., Baik, J., and Huang, L.: Impacts of the July 2012 Siberian Fire Plume on Air Quality in the Pacific Northwest, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., doi:10.5194/acp-2016-302, in review for ACP, 2016.

2015

McKendry, I. G. and Gutzler, D. S. (2014), A possible link between wildfire aerosol and North American Monsoon precipitation in Arizona–New Mexico. Int. J. Climatol.. doi: 10.1002/joc.4195

2014

Bart, M., David Edward Williams , Bruce Ainslie , Ian McKendry , Jennifer Salmond , Stuart Grange , Maryam Alavi-Shoshtari , D Steyn , and Geoff Henshaw, 2014. High Density Ozone Monitoring using Gas Sensitive Semi-Conductor Sensors in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1021/es404610t

Cottle, P., Kevin Strawbridge, Ian McKendry, 2014. Long-range transport of Siberian wildfire smoke to British Columbia: lidar observations and air quality impacts, Atmospheric Environment, accepted March 2014

McKendry, I.G., Eric Christensen, Corinne Schiller, Roxanne Vingarzan, Anne Marie Macdonald, Yimei Li. 2014. Low-ozone Episodes at Amphitrite Point Marine Boundary-Layer Observatory, BC, Canada, Atmosphere-Ocean,

2013

Abernethy, R.C., Allen, R.W., McKendry, I.G. and M. Brauer. 2013 A land use regression model for ultrafine particles in Vancouver, Canada, Environmental Science & Technology, 47, 5217-5225.

Cottle, P., Strawbridge, K., McKendry, I.G., O’Neill, N., A. Saha. 2013. A pervasive and persistent Asian dust event over North America during spring 2010: Lidar and sunphotometer observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 4515-4527, 2013

Haga, D.I., R. Iannone, M. J. Wheeler, R. Mason, E. A. Polishchuk, T. Fetch Jr, B. J. van der Kamp, I. G. McKendry, A. K. Bertram. 2013. Ice nucleation properties of rust and bunt fungal spores and their transport to high altitudes, where they can cause heterogeneous freezing, Journal of Geophysical Research 07/2013; 118(13):7260-7272.

2012

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

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, 2012, Atmosphere-Ocean, 42-53, 2012

2011

van der Kamp, D.  and McKendry, I.G., 2011.  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, 2011. 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

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, 2011. Californian wildfire plumes over Southwestern British Columbia: lidar, sunphotometry, and mountaintop chemistry observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 465-477

McKendry, I.G., K. B. Strawbridge and A. Jones, 2011. Continuous 1064/532nm Lidar measurements (CORALNet- UBC) in Vancouver, BC: results from a year of operation, Atmosphere-Ocean 49 (1), 32-40

Gallagher, J.P, McKendry, I.G., Macdonald, A-M, and Leaitch, W.R., accepted 2011. Seasonal and Diurnal Variations in Aerosol Concentration on Whistler Mountain: Boundary Layer Influence and Synoptic Scale Controls, J. Appl. Met. And Clim.

Reuten, C. Steyn, D.G., Ainslie, B.,Jackson, P and I.G. McKendry, accepted with minor revisions 11 July 2011. Impact of Climate Change on Ozone Pollution in the Lower Fraser Valley, Canada, Atmosphere-Ocean,

2010

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

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., Nov 2009. Simultaneous observations of boundary-layer aerosol layers with CL31 ceilometer and 1064/532 nm lidar  Atmospheric Environment, 43 (36), p.5847-5852

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 PDF

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. Discuss., 8, 10275-10300

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 PDF

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

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, accepted July 2006. 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  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 over 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

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

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

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