My research involves working with the FLAME group to create chemical source profiles for wildfires, and compiling these results with published source profiles in the literature to create a database of woodburning chemical emissions. I intend to couple this database to a map of US vegetation types to develop estimates of actual wildfire emissions. This information will be integrated into a CMB receptor model to provide constraints to model solutions.

My personal interests include playing guitar (poorly), hiking, snowshoeing, and competing in triathlons.

Najjar, R., L. Patterson and S. Graham (2009), Climate simulations of major estuarine watersheds in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Accepted for publication in Climatic Change.

Sullivan, A..P., A. S. Holden, L.A. Patterson, G.R. McMeeking, S.M. Kreidenweis, W.C. Malm, W.M. Hao, C.E. Wold, and J.L. Collett (2008), A method for smoke marker measurements and its potential application for determining the contribution of biomass burning from wildfires and prescribed fires to ambient PM2.5 organic carbon. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D22302, doi:10.1029/2008JD010216.

Patterson, L.A.*, B.A. Schichtel, A.P. Sullivan, J.L. Collett, Jr., A.S. Holden, S.M. Kreidenweis, W.C. Malm (2008), Development of a Wildland Fire Smoke Marker Emissions Map for the Contiguous United States. AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Francisco, CA. (Poster)

Schichtel, B.A., W.C. Malm, J.L. Collett, Jr., A. Sullivan, A.S. Holden, L.A. Patterson. Estimating the Contribution of Smoke to Fine Particulate Matter using a Hybrid-Receptor Model. Presentation, Air and Waste Management Association Conference on Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation, 28 April-2 May 2008, Moab, UT.

Sullivan, A., A.S. Holden, L.A. Patterson, S.M. Kreidenweis, W.C. Malm, W.M. Hao, C.E. Wold, and J.L. Collett, Jr. A Method for Smoke Marker Measurements for Determining the Contribution of Biomass Burning to Ambient PM_2.5 Organic Carbon. Presentation, Air and Waste Management Association Conference on Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation, 28 April-2 May 2008, Moab, UT.

Sullivan, A., A.S. Holden, L. Patterson, L.R. Mazzoleni, S.M. Kreidenweis, and J.L. Collett Jr., 2007: A Method for Smoke Marker Measurements for Determining Air Quality Impacts of Biomass Burning. American Association of Aerosol Research 26^th Annual Conference, 24-28 September, Reno, NV (Talk)

Patterson, L., B. Hall and J.W. Elkins, 2006: Measuring Hydrogen and Methane with Gas Chromatography Using Electron Capture Detection. NOAA Educational Partnership Program Student Conference, 31 July – 2 August, Silver Spring, MD (Talk)

Patterson, L., B. Hall and J.W. Elkins, 2006: Measuring Hydrogen, Methane and Carbon Monoxide with Gas Chromatography Using Electron Capture Detection. NOAA Fourth Education and Science Forum, 30 October – 1 November, Tallahassee, FL (Poster)

Patterson, L., T.O. Rooney and T. Furman, 2005: The Magmatic Plumbing System of Quaternary Basalts in the Main Ethiopian Rift. AGU Fall Meeting, 5-9 December, San Francisco, CA. (Poster)