Publications

* Denotes the corresponding author / Indica el autor de correspondencia

Under Review

49.- Ladino, L.A., Ardon-Dryer, K., Pereira, D.L., Proske, U., Ramirez, Z., Velicu. A., and Kanji, Z.A. (2024): The state of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the cloud physics community.  Under review.

48.- Cooke, M., Waters, C., Asare, J., Mirrielees, J., Holen, A., Frauenheim, M., Zhang, Z., Gold, A., Pratt, K., Surratt, J., Ladino, L.A., and Ault, A.* (2024): Atmospheric Aerosol Sulfur Distribution and Speciation in Mexico City: Sulfate, Organosulfates, and Isoprene-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosol from Low NO Pathways. Under review.

47.- Mayol-Bracero, O. L., J. M. Prospero, B. Sarangi, E. Andrews, P.R. Colarco, E. Cuevas, L. Di Girolamo, R.D. Garcia, C. Gaston, B. Holben, L.A. Ladino, P. León, R. Losno, O. Martínez, B.L. Martínez-Huertas, P. Méndez-Lázaro, J. Molinie, F. Muller-Karger, D. Otis, G.B. Raga, A. Reyes, J. Rosas Nava, D. Rosas, A. Sealy,
I. Serikov, E. Torres-Delgado, H. Yu, and P. Zuidema (2024): African dust and air quality in the Greater Caribbean region: The extreme impact of the “Godzilla” dust event of June 2020. Under review.

46.- Ortega-Camacho D., F. Córdoba, L.A. Ladino, and E. Cejudo* (2024): Chemical and isotopic composition of rainwater in the Eastern Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Under review.

45.- Arregocés, H.A.*, L.A. Ladino, E. Beristain-Montiel, G. Restrepo, J. Miranda, H. Alvarez-Ospina, G.J. Bonivento, and R. Rojano (2023): Key factors explaining PM10 pollution in a large open-pit coal mine in Northern Colombia. Under review.

Published

2024

44.- Lacher, L.*, M.P. Adams, B. Bertozzi, H. Bingemer, C. Boffo, Y. Bras, N. Büttner, D. Castarede, D.J. Cziczo, P.J. DeMott, R. Fösig, M. Goodell, K. Höhler, T.C.J. Hill, C. Jentzsch, L.A. Ladino, E.J. T. Levin, S. Mertes, O. Möhler, K.A. Moore, B.J. Murray, J. Nadolny, T. Pfeuffer, D. Picard, C. Ramírez-Romero, M. Ribeiro, S. Richter, J. Schrod, K. Sellegri, F. Stratmann, E. Thomson, H. Wex, M. Wolf, and E. Freney (2024): The Puy de Dôme ICe Nucleation Intercomparison Campaign (PICNIC): Comparison between online and offline methods in ambient air. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, 2651–2678, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2651-2024, 2024 (Link), Impact factor (IF)=7.197.

2023

43.- Arregocés, H.A., G.J. Bonivento, L.A. Ladino, E. Beristain-Montiel, G. Restrepo, J. Miranda, H. Alvarez-Ospina, and R. Rojano (2023): Human health risk assessment of PM10-bound heavy metals and PAHs around the Latin America’s Largest opencast coal mine. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30, 125915–125930, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30787-z (Link). IF=5.19.

42.- Tong, D.*, T.E. Gill , W.A. Sprigg, R. Scott Van Pelt, A.A. Baklanov, B.M. Barker, J.E. Bell, J. Castillo, S. Gassó, C.J. Gaston, D.W. Griffin, N. Huneeus, R.A. Kahn, A.P. Kuciauskas, L.A. Ladino, J. Li, O.L. Mayol-Bracero, O.Z. McCotter, P.A. Méndez-Lázaro, P. Mudu, S. Nickovic, D. Oyarzun, J. Prospero, G.B. Raga,
A.U. Raysoni, L. Ren, N. Sarafoglou, A. Sealy, Z. Sun, and A. Vukovic Vimic (2023): Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond. Reviews of Geophysics, 61 (2), e2021RG000763, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021RG000763 (Link). IF=22.0.

41.- Córdoba, M.F., E. García, A. Olivos, G.B. Raga, M.A. Horta, and L.A. Ladino* (2023): Ice Nucleating Abilities of Deep Waters from the Mexican Pacific Ocean. Atmospheric Environment, 309, 119887, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119887 (Link). IF=5.755.

40.- Melchum, A., F. Córdoba*, E. Salinas, L. Martínez, G. Campos, I. Rosas, E. Garcia, A. Olivos, G.B. Raga, B. Pizano, M.M. Silva, and Luis A. Ladino (2023): Maritime and Continental Microorganisms Collected in Mexico: An investigation of their Ice-Nucleating Abilities. Atmospheric Research, 293, 106893, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106893 (Link). IF= 5.965.

2022

39.- Pereira, D.L., I. Gavilán, C. Letechipía, G. B. Raga, T. Pi Puig, V. Mugica, H. Alvarez, I. Rosas, L. Martinez, E. Salinas, E. Quintana, D. Rosas, and L.A. Ladino* (2022): Mexican agricultural soils as a source of ice nucleating particles. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics  22, 6435–6447, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6435-2022 (Link). IF=7.197.

38.- Cabrera, D., D.L. Pereira, C. Rodriguez-Gomez, G.B. Raga, J. Miranda, H. Alvarez, and L.A. Ladino* (2022): Inter-annual variability of ice nucleating particles in Mexico City. Atmospheric Environment, 273, 118964, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.118964 (Link). IF=5.755.

37.- Rodriguez-Gomez, C., G. Echeverry, A. Jaramillo, and L.A. Ladino* (2022). The Negative Impact of Biomass Burning and the Orinoco Low-Level Jet on the Air Quality of the Orinoco River Basin. Atmósfera, 35, 497-520, https://doi.org/10.20937/ATM.52979 (Link). IF= 2.063.

36.- Ladino, L.A.*, Juarez-Perez, J., Z. Ramirez-Diaz, L.A. Miller, J. Herrera, G.B. Raga, K. Simpson, G. Cruz, D. Pereira, and F. Cordoba (2022). The UNAM-Droplet Freezing Assay: An Evaluation of the Ice Nucleating Capacity of the Sea-Surface Microlayer and Surface Mixed Layer in Tropical and Subpolar Waters. Atmósfera, 35(1), 127-141, https://doi.org/10.20937/ATM.52938 (Link). IF= 2.063.

2021

35.- Carabali, G.*, J. Villanueva-Macias, L.A. Ladino, H. Alvarez-Ospina, G.B. Raga, G. Andraca, J. Miranda, M. Grutter, M. Silva, and D. Riveros-Rosas (2021): Characterization of aerosol particles during a high pollution episode over Mexico City, Scientific Reports, 11, 22533, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01873-4, (Link). IF= 4.996.

34.- Raga,  G.B., L. A. Ladino, D. Baumgardner*, C. Ramirez-Romero, F. Córdoba, H. Álvarez-Ospina, D. Rosas, T. Amador, J. Miranda, I. Rosas, A. Jaramillo, J. Yakobi-Hancock, J.S. Kim, L. Martínez, E. Salinas, and B. Figueroa (2021): ADABBOY: African Dust and Biomass Burning over Yucatan. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(8), E1543–E1556, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0172.1 (Link). IF= 9.116.

33.- Ramírez-Romero, C., A. Jaramillo, M.F. Córdoba, G.B. Raga, J. Miranda, H. Alvarez-Ospina, D. Rosas, T. Amador, J.S. Kim, J. Yakobi-Hancock, D. Baumgardner, and L.A. Ladino* (2021). African Dust Particles over the western Caribbean Part I: Impact on air quality over the Yucatan Peninsula. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 239–253, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-239-2021 (Link). IF= 7.197.

32.- Córdoba, F., C. Ramirez-Romero, D. Cabrera, G.B. Raga, J. Miranda, H. Alvarez, D. Rosas, B. Figueroa, J.S. Kim, J. Yakobi-Hancock, T. Amador, W. Gutierrez, M. García, A.K. Bertram, D. Baumgardner, and L.A. Ladino* (2021). Measurement report: Ice nucleating abilities of biomass burning, African dust, and sea spray aerosol particles over the Yucatán Peninsula. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 21, 4453-4470, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-783 (Link). IF=7.197.

31.- Pereira, D., M.M. Silva, R. García, G.B. Raga, H. Alvarez-Ospina, G. Carabali, I. Rosas, L. Martinez, E. Salinas, S. Hidalgo-Bonilla, and L.A. Ladino* (2021): Characterization of ice nucleating particles in rainwater, cloud water, and aerosol samples at two different tropical latitudes. Atmospheric Research, 250, 105356, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105356 (Link). IF= 5.965.

30.- Trujano-Jiménez, F., B. Ríos, A. Jaramillo, L.A. Ladino, and G.B. Raga* (2021). The impact of biomass burning emissions on Protected Natural Areas in central and southern Mexico. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 17275–17289, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-12095-y (Link). IF= 5.190.

29.- Alvarez-Ospina, H.*, S. Giordano, L.A. Ladino, G.B. Raga, J. Muñoz-Salazar, M. Leyte-Lugo, D. Rosas, and G. Carabali (2021). Particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pPAHs) in Merida, Mexico. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 21(3), 200245, https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.200245 (Link). IF= 4.530.

2020

28.- Korolev, A.V*, I. Heckman, M. Wolde, A. Ackerman, A. Fridlind, L.A. Ladino, P. Lawson, J. Milbrandt, and E. Williams (2020): A new look at the environmental conditions favorable to secondary ice production. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 1391–1429, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1391-2020 (Link). IF= 7.197.

27.- Rodriguez-Gomez, C., C. Ramirez-Romero, F. Cordoba, G.B Raga, E. Salinas, L. Martinez, I. Rosas, E.T. Quintana, L.A. Maldonado, D. Rosas, T. Amador, H. Alvarez, and L.A. Ladino* (2020): Characterization of culturable airborne microorganisms in the Yucatan Peninsula. Atmospheric Environment, 223, 117183, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117183 (Link). IF= 5.755.

26.- Muñoz-Salazar, J., G.B. Raga, J. Yakobi-Hancock, J.S. Kim, D. Rosas, L. Caudillo, H. Alvarez-Ospina, and L.A. Ladino* (2020). Ultrafine Aerosol Particles in the Western Caribbean: A first case study in Merida. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 11 (10), 1767-1775, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2020.07.008 (Link). IF= 4.831.

25.- Gavilán I.C.*, L.A. Ladino, E.F. Franco, and J.I. Juárez (2020): Determination of factors involved in the assessment of potential risk of atmospheric dispersion and ingestion of mining tailings. Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental, 36 (1), 127-138, https://doi.org/10.20937/RICA.2020.36.53384 (Link). IF= 0.465.

2008 – 2019

24.- Ladino, L.A.*, G.B. Raga, H. Alvarez-Ospina, M.A. Andino-Enriquez, I. Rosas, L. Martinez, E. Salinas, J. Miranda, Z. Ramirez-Diaz, B. Figueroa, C. Chou, A.K. Bertram, E.T. Quintana, L.A. Maldonado, A. Garcia-Reynoso, M. Si, and V.E. Irish (2019): Ice Nucleating Particles in a Coastal Tropical Site. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 6147–6165, doi: 10.5194/acp-19-6147-2019 (Link). IF= 7.197.

23.- Abbatt, J.P.D.*, W. R. Leaitch, A.A. Aliabadi, A.K. Bertram, J.-P. Blanchet, A. Boivin-Rioux, H. Bozem, J. Burkart, R.Y. W. Chang, J. Charette, J.P. Chaubey, R.J. Christensen, A. Cirisan, D.B. Collins, B. Croft, J. Dionne, G. Evans, C.G. Fletcher, R. Ghahremaninezhad, E. Girard, W. Gong, M. Gosselin, M. Gourdal, S.J. Hanna, H. Hayashida, A.B. Herber, S. Hesaraki, P. Hoor, L. Huang, R. Hussherr, V.E. Irish, S.A. Keita, J.K. Kodros, F. Köllner, F. Kolonjari, D. Kunkel, L.A. Ladino, et al. (2019): Overview paper: New insights into aerosol and climate in the Arctic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,19, 2527–2560, doi: 10.5194/acp-19-2527-2019 (Link). IF= 7.197.

22.- Ladino, L.A.*, G.B. Raga, and D. Baumgardner (2018): On particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PPAH) and links to gaseous emissions in Mexico City. Atmospheric Environment, 194, 31-40, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.022 (Link). IF= 5.755.

21.- Si, M., V.E. Irish, R.H. Mason, J. Vergara-Temprado, S. Hanna, L. A. Ladino, J.D. Yakobi-Hancock, C.L. Schiller, J.J.B. Wentzell, J.P.D. Abbatt, K.S. Carslaw, B.J. Murray, and A.K. Bertram* (2018): Ice nucleating ability of aerosol particles and possible sources at three coastal marine sites. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 15669-15685, doi: 10.5194/acp-2018-81 (Link). IF= 7.197.

20.- Andino, M.A., S.P. Hidalgo, and L.A. Ladino* (2018): Comparison of tropospheric ozone and nitrogen dioxide concentration levels in Ecuador and other latitudes.  Bionatura, 3(2), 586-594, doi: 10.21931/RB/2018.03.02.5 (Link).  IF= 0.259.

19.- Burkart, J., A.L. Hodshire, E.L. Mungall, J.R. Pierce, D.B. Collins, L.A. Ladino, A.K.Y. Lee, V. Irish, J.B. Wentzell, J. Liggio, T. Papakyriakou , J. Murphy, J.P.D. Abbatt* (2017). Organic condensation and particle growth to CCN sizes in the summertime marine Arctic is driven by materials more semi-volatile than at continental sites. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 10,725–10,734doi10.1002/2017GL075671 (Link). IF= 5.576.

18.- Irish, V.E., P. Elizondo, J. Chen, C. Chou, J. Charette, M. Lizotte, L.A. Ladino, T.W. Wilson, M. Gosselin, B.J. Murray, E. Polishchuk, J.P.D. Abbatt, L.A. Miller, A.K. Bertram* (2017). Ice nucleating particles in Canadian Arctic sea-surface microlayer and bulk seawater. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 10583–10595doi:10.5194/acp-2017-384 (Link). IF= 7.197.

17.- Ladino L.A., A.V. Korolev*, I. Heckman, M. Wolde, A. Fridlind, and A. Ackerman (2017). On the role of ice-nucleating aerosol in the formation of ice particles in tropical mesoscale convective systems. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 1574–1582, doi:10.1002/2016GL072455 (Link). IF= 5.576.

16.- Kanji, Z.A,* L.A. Ladino, H. Wex, Y. Boose, D.J. Cziczo, M. Kohn, and M. Kramer, (2017): Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation: Measurement and Modeling Challenges, Chapter 1: Ice nucleating particles. Meteorological Monographs. 58, 1.1-1.25, doi: 10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-16-0006.1 (Link). IF= 1.94.

15.- Cziczo J.D.*, Ladino L.A., Boose Y., Kanji A.Z., Kupiszewsk P., Lance S., Mertes S., and Wex H. (2017): Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation: Measurement and Modeling Challenges, Chapter 8: Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles and Ice Residuals. Meteorological Monographs, 58, 8.1-8.13, doi: 10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-16-0008.1 (Link). IF= 1.94.

14.- Garimella, S., T. B. Kristensen, K. Ignatius, A. Welti, P. Herenz, J. Voigtländer, G. Kulkarni, F. Sagan, G. Kok, J. Dorsey, L. Nichman, D. Rothenberg, M. Rösch, A. Kirchgäßner, R. Ladkin, H. Wex, T. W. Wilson, L.A. Ladino, J. P. D. Abbatt, O. Stetzer, U. Lohmann, F. Stratmann, and D. J. Cziczo* (2016): The SPectrometer for Ice Nuclei (SPIN): An instrument to investigate ice nucleation. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9, 2781-2795.doi:10.5194/amt-9-2781-2016 (Ver). IF= 4.184.

13.- Ladino, L.A.*, J.D. Yakobi-Hancock, W.P. Kilthau, R.H. Mason, M. Si, J. Li, L.A. Miller, C.L. Schiller, A. Huffman, J.Y. Aller, D.A. Knopf, A.K. Bertram, and J.P.D. Abbatt (2016): Addressing the ice nucleating abilities of marine aerosol: A combination of deposition mode laboratory and field measurements. Atmospheric Environment, 132, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.02.028 (Ver). IF= 5.755.

12.- Ladino L.A*, T.W. Wilson*, P.A. Alpert, M.N. Breckels, I.M. Brooks, J. Browse, S. Burrows, K. Carslaw, J.A. Huffman, C. Judd, W.P. Kilthau, R.H. Mason, G. McFiggans, L.A Miller, J. Najera, E. Polishchuk, S. Rae, C.L. Schiller, M. Si, J. Vergara-Temprado, T.F. Whale, J.P.S. Wong, O. Wurl, J.D. Yakobi-Hancock, J.P.D. Abbatt, J.Y. Aller, A.K. Bertram, D.A. Knopf, and B.J. Murray (2015): A marine biogenic source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles. Nature (525), 234-238 (Ver). IF= 69.504.

11.- Mason, R.H, M. Si, J. Li, R. Dickie, C. Chou, D. Toom-Sauntry, C. Pohlker, J. Yakobi-Hancock, L.A. Ladino, K. Jones, R. Leaitch, C. Schiller, J.P.D. Abbatt, J.A. Huffman, and A.K. Bertram* (2015): Ice nucleating particles at a coastal marine boundary layer site: correlations with aerosol type and meteorological conditions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 12547–12566 (Ver). IF= 7.197.

10.- Yakobi-Hancock J.D., L. A. Ladino, A. K. Bertram, J. A. Huffman, K. Jones, W. R. Leaitch, R. H. Mason, C. L. Schiller, D. Toom-Sauntry, J. P. S. Wong, and J. P. D. Abbatt* (2014):  CCN activity of size-selected aerosol at a Pacific coastal location. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physic, 14, 12307–12317 (Ver). IF= 7.197.

9.- Ladino, L.A., S. Zhou D. Aljawhary, J. Yakobi-Hancock, and J.P.D. Abbatt* (2014): Factors controlling the ice nucleating abilities of a-pinene SOA particles. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119 (14), 9041-9051, DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021578 (Ver). IF= 5.261.

8.- Cziczo, D.J.*, Garimella, S., Raddatz, M., Hoehler, K., Schnaiter, M., Saathoff, H., Moehler, O., Abbatt, J.P.D. and Ladino L.A. (2013): Ice nucleation by surrogates of Martian mineral dust: What can we learn about Mars without leaving Earth? Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets. 118, doi:10.1002/jgre.20155 (Ver). IF= 4.434.

7.- Yakobi-Hancock J., L.A. Ladino, and J.P.D. Abbatt* (2013): Feldspar minerals as efficient deposition ice nuclei. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 11175–11185 (Ver). IF= 7.197.

6.- Ladino, L.A.*, O. Stetzer, U. Lohmann (2013): Contact freezing: A review of experimental studies. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 9745-9769 (Ver). IF= 7.197.

5.- Ladino, L.A., and J.P.D. Abbatt* (2013). Laboratory investigation of Martian water ice cloud formation using dust aerosol simulants. Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets. 118, doi: 10.1029/2012JE004238 (Ver). IF= 4.434.

4.- Yakobi-Hancock J., L.A. Ladino, and J.P.D. Abbatt* (2013): Review of recent developments and shortcomings in the characterization of potential atmospheric ice nuclei: Focus on the tropics. Revista de Ciencias, 17, 15-34 (Ver).

3.- Ladino, L.A., O. Stetzer, F. Lüönd, A. Welti, and U. Lohmann* (2011), Contact freezing experiments of kaolinite particles with cloud droplets, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116, D22202, doi: 10.1029/2011JD015727 (Ver). IF= 5.217.

2.- Ladino, L.A., O. Stetzer, B. Hattendorf, D. Günther, B. Croft and U. Lohmann* (2011) Experimental study of collection efficiencies of submicron aerosols with cloud droplets. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 68 (9), 1853-1864 (Ver). IF= 3.203.

1.- Thompson, A.M.*, J.E. Yorks, S.K. Miller, J.C. Witte, K.M. Dougherty, G.A. Morris, D. Baumgardner, L.A. Ladino, B. Rappenglueck. (2008). Tropospheric ozone sources and wave activity over Mexico City and Houston during MILAGRO/Intercontinental Transport Experiment (INTEX-B) Ozonesonde Network Study, 2006 (IONS-06). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 8, 5113-5125 (Ver). IF= 7.197