Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Group

Thijs T. van Leeuwen

Professional Experience

Jun. 2014 - present	Postdoctoral Researcher - SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, The Netherlands
2013 - 2014	Postdoctoral Researcher - VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012	Visiting Scientist - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
2011	Visiting Scientist - University of California Irvine, USA

Academic Education

2009 - 2013	PhD entitled ‘Modeling spatio-temporal variability in biomass burning emission factors’ - VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 - 2009	MSc. Hydrology (cum laude) - University of California Irvine, USA
2007 - 2008	MSc. Hydrology (cum laude) - VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003 - 2007	BSc. Earth Sciences (with high merit) - VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Research Interests

• Applications of remote sensing to environmental processes.
• Global carbon cycle.
• Role of biomass burning in global climate and IAV of trace gases.
• Detecting and assessing the impact of changes in tropical forest cover.

Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications.

• van Leeuwen, T. T., van der Werf, G. R., Hoffmann, A. A., Detmers, R. G., Rücker, G., French, N. H. F., Archibald, S., Carvalho Jr, J. A., Cook, G. D., de Groot, W. J., Kasischke, E. S., Kloster, S., McCarty, J. L., Pettinari, M. L., Savadogo, P., Alvarado, E. C., Boschetti, L., Manuri, S., Meyer, C. P., Siegert, F., Trollope, L. A., Trollope, W. S. W., (2014): Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: A field measurement database, Biogeosciences Discussions, 11, 8115-8180, doi:10.5194/bgd-11-8115-2014.
• van Leeuwen, T.T., Peters, W., Krol, M. C., van der Werf, G. R., (2013): Dynamic biomass burning emission factors and their impact on atmospheric CO mixing ratios, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50478.
• Krol, M. C., Hooghiemstra, P. B., van Leeuwen, T. T., van der Werf, G. R., Novelli, P. C., Deeter, M. N., Aben, I., Röckmann, T., (2013): Correction to "Interannual variability of carbon monoxide emission estimates over South America from 2006 to 2010, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 118, 5061-5064, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50389.
• van der Werf, G. R., Peters, W., van Leeuwen, T. T., Giglio, L., (2013): What could have caused pre-industrial biomass burning emissions to exceed current rates?, Clim. Past., 9, 289-306, doi:10.5194/cp-9-289-2013.
• Hooghiemstra, P. B., Krol, M. C., van Leeuwen, T. T., van der Werf, G. R., Novelli, P. C,. Deeter, M. N,. Aben, I,. Röckmann, T., (2012): Interannual variability of carbon monoxide emission estimates over South America from 2006 to 2010, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 117, D15308, doi:10.1029/2012JD017758.
• van Leeuwen, T. T., and van der Werf, G. R., (2011): Spatial and temporal variability in the ratio of trace gases emitted from biomass burning, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 3611-3629, doi:10.5194/acp-11-3611-2011.
• van Leeuwen, T. T., Frank, A. J., Jin, Y., Smyth, P. J., Goulden, M. L., van der Werf, G. R., Randerson, J. T., (2011): Optimal use of land surface temperature data to detect changes in tropical forest cover, Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 116, G02002, doi:10.1029/2010JG001488.
• van der Werf, G. R., Randerson, J. T., Giglio, L., Collatz, G. J., Mu, M., Kasibhatla, P. S., Morton, D. C., DeFries, R. S., Jin, Y., van Leeuwen, T. T., (2010): Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997-2009), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 11707-11735, doi:10.5194/acp-10-11707-2010.

Other Publications

• Van Leeuwen, T. T., (2014): Modeling spatio-temporal variability in biomass burning emission factors, PhD thesis, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Andela, N., Kaiser, J. W., Heil, A., van Leeuwen, T. T., van der Werf, G. R., Wooster, M. J., Remy, S., Schultz, M. G., (2013): Assessment of the Global Fire Assimilation System (GFASv1) by MACC-II, Tech. Memo. 702, ECMWF, Reading, UK.