Dr Michael Flynn
Development of Instrumentation
BSc Physics (Loughborough) 1996, PhD Cloud aerosol interactions with implications for global climate change (UMIST) 2000
Room Number: 1.02 [Simon Building]
Tel: +44 (0)161 306 3905
Email: michael.flynn@manchester.ac.uk
Professional biography
I am currently a senior experimental officer with responsibility for development of instrumentation, prior to my current post I was an FGAM instrument scientist with a primary responsibility for cloud physics instrumentation. I have been employed at The University of Manchester since completing my PhD in 1999.
I am a Co-I on MC4, a NERC project to study the effects of composition and mixing state on black carbon properties, using the newly-developed soot particle (SP) AMS in conjunction with an SP2, Aethalometer, and Photoacoustic Soot Photometer (PASS). I am also a Co-I on a NERC project to develop a novel thermal denuder for the study of the volatile organic component of atmospheric aerosol.
My recent work has included development of a relaxed eddy accumulation system for measurement of surface fluxes of trace gas species; design, construction and documentation for instrument installation on the FAAM BAe146 aircraft; work with the Manchester Ice Nucleus Chamber; extensive work with the single particle soot photometer and other soot particle instruments; and development of software and design of hardware for the new Whitworth Meteorological Observatory which was installed during autumn 2010. Over the years I have been extensively involved in a large number of UK and international field projects including: ACE-ASIA, ACE2, ACTIVE, APPRAISE-CLOUDS, BIOGENICE, CITYFLUX, CLACE 2-6, COBRA, EMERALD 1 and 2, GRAMINAE, Holme Moss, NAMBLEX, OP3, REPARTEE 1 and 2, RHAMBLE, TORCH 1 and 2, and VOCALS.
Specific research interests
Cloud microphysics, atmospheric aerosol, surface atmosphere exchange, soot particles, ice nuclei, instrument development
Publications
Allan, JD, Williams, PI., Morgan, WT., Martin, CL., Flynn, MJ., Lee, J., Nemitz, E., Phillips, GJ., Gallagher, MW., Coe, H. Contributions from transport, solid fuel burning and cooking to primary organic aerosols in two UK cities. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 10, pp. 647-668. 2010.
Furneaux, KL, Whalley, LK., Heard, DE., Atkinson, HM., Bloss, WJ., Flynn, MJ., Gallagher, MW., Ingham, T., Kramer, L., Lee, JD., Leigh, R., McFiggans, GB., Mahajan, AS., Monks, PS., Oetjen, H., Plane, JMC., Whitehead, JD. Measurements of iodine monoxide at a semi polluted coastal location. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 10, pp. 3645-3663. 2010.
Good, N, Topping, DO., Allan, JD., Flynn, M., Fuentes, E., Irwin, M., Williams, PI., Coe, H., McFiggans, G. Consistency between parameterisations of aerosol hygroscopicity and CCN activity during the RHaMBLe discovery cruise. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 10, pp. 3189-3203. 2010.
McFiggans, G, Bale, CSE., Ball, SM., Beames, JM., Bloss, WJ., Carpenter, LJ., Dorsey, J., Dunk, R., Flynn, MJ., Furneaux, KL., Gallagher, MW., Heard, DE., Hollingsworth, AM., Hornsby, K., Ingham, T., Jones, CE., Jones, RL., Kramer, LJ., Langridge, JM., Leblanc, C., LeCrane, JP., Lee, JD., Leigh, RJ., Longley, I., Mahajan, AS., Monks, PS., Oetjen, H., Orr-Ewing, AJ., Plane, JMC., Potin, P., Shillings, AJL., Thomas, F., von Glasow, R., Wada, R., Whalley, LK., Whitehead, JD. Iodine-mediated coastal particle formation: an overview of the Reactive Halogens in the Marine Boundary Layer (RHaMBLe) Roscoff coastal study. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 10, pp. 2975-2999. 2010.
Whitehead, JD, McFiggans, G., Gallagher, MW., Flynn, MJ. Simultaneous coastal measurements of ozone deposition fluxes and iodine-mediated particle emission fluxes with subsequent CCN formation. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 10, pp. 255-266. 2010.
Allan, JD, Topping, DO., Good, N., Irwin, M., Flynn, M., Williams, PI., Coe, H., Baker, AR., Martino, M., Niedermeier, N., Wiedensohler, A., Lehmann, S., Muller, K., Herrmann, H., McFiggans, G. Composition and properties of atmospheric particles in the eastern Atlantic and impacts on gas phase uptake rates. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 9, pp. 9299-9314. 2009.
Hensen, A, Nemitz, E., Flynn, MJ., Blatter, A., Jones, SK., Sorensen, LL., Hensen, B., Pryor, SC., Jensen, B., Otjes, RP., Cobussen, J., Loubet, B., Erisman, JW., Gallagher, MW., Neftel, A., Sutton, MA. Inter-comparison of ammonia fluxes obtained using the Relaxed Eddy Accumulation technique. BIOGEOSCIENCES. Vol. 6, pp. 2575-2588. 2009.
Nemitz, E, Dorsey, JR., Flynn, MJ., Gallagher, MW., Hensen, A., Erisman, JW., Owen, SM., Dammgen, U., Sutton, MA. Aerosol fluxes and particle growth above managed grassland. BIOGEOSCIENCES. Vol. 6, pp. 1627-1645. 2009.
Nemitz, E, Hargreaves, KJ., Neftel, A., Loubet, B., Cellier, P., Dorsey, JR., Flynn, M., Hensen, A., Weidinger, T., Meszaros, R., Horvath, L., Dammgen, U., Fruhauf, C., Lopmeier, FJ., Gallagher, MW., Sutton, MA. Intercomparison and assessment of turbulent and physiological exchange parameters of grassland. BIOGEOSCIENCES. Vol. 6, pp. 1445-1466. 2009.
Targino, AC, Coe, H., Cozic, J., Crosier, J., Crawford, I., Bower, K., Flynn, M., Gallagher, M., Allan, J., Verheggen, B., Weingartner, E., Baltensperger, U., Choularton, T. Influence of particle chemical composition on the phase of cold clouds at a high-alpine site in Switzerland. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. Vol. 114, 2009.
Whitehead, JD, McFiggans, GB., Gallagher, MW., Flynn, MJ. Direct linkage between tidally driven coastal ozone deposition fluxes, particle emission fluxes, and subsequent CCN formation. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS. Vol. 36, 2009.
Allen, G, Vaughan, G., Bower, KN., Williams, PI., Crosier, J., Flynn, M., Connolly, P., Hamilton, JF., Lee, JD., Saxton, JE., Watson, NM., Gallagher, M., Coe, H., Allan, J., Choularton, TW., Lewis, AC. Aerosol and trace-gas measurements in the Darwin area during the wet season. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. Vol. 113, 2008.
Choularton, T.W., Bower, K., Weingartner, E., Crawford, I., Coe, H., Gallagher, M.W., Flynn, M.J., Crosier, J., Connolly, P.,Targino, A., Alfarra, R., Baltensberger, U., Sjogren, S., Verheggen, B., Cozic, J.& Gysel, M.. The influence of small aerosol particles on the properties of water and ice clouds.. Faraday Discussions. Vol. 137, pp. 205. 2008.
Cozic, J, Verheggen, B., Weingartner, E., Crosier, J., Bower, KN., Flynn, M., Coe, H., Henning, S., Steinbacher, M., Henne, S., Coen, MC., Petzold, A., Baltensperger, U. Chemical composition of free tropospheric aerosol for PM1 and coarse mode at the high alpine site Jungfraujoch. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 8, pp. 407-423. 2008.
Hamilton, JF, Allen, G., Watson, NM., Lee, JD., Saxton, JE., Lewis, AC., Vaughan, G., Bower, KN., Flynn, MJ., Crosier, J., Carver, GD., Harris, NRP., Parker, RJ., Remedios, JJ., Richards, NAD. Observations of an atmospheric chemical equator and its implications for the tropical warm pool region. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. Vol. 113, 2008.
Bart Verheggen, Julie Cozic, Ernest Weingartner, Keith Bower, Stephan Mertes, Paul Connolly, Martin Gallagher, Michael Flynn, Tom Choularton, Urs Baltensperger. AEROSOL PARTITIONING BETWEEN THE INTERSTITIAL AND THE CONDENSED PHASE IN MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. Vol. 112, pp. D23202. 2007.
Gysel, M, Crosier, J., Topping, DO., Whitehead, JD., Bower, KN., Cubison, MJ., Williams, PI., Flynn, MJ., McFiggans, GB., Coe, H. Closure study between chemical composition and hygroscopic growth of aerosol particles during TORCH2. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 7, pp. 6131-6144. 2007.
Paul J. Connolly, Michael J. Flynn, Z. Ulanowski, T. W. Choularton, M. W. Gallagher and K. N. Bower. Calibration of the cloud particle imager probe using calibration beads and ice crystal analogues: The depth-of-field. Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology. Vol. 24, pp. 1860-1879. 2007.
Coe, H, Allan, JD., Alfarra, MR., Bower, KN., Flynn, MJ., McFiggans, GB., Topping, DO., Williams, PI., O'Dowd, CD., Dall'Osto, M., Beddows, DCS., Harrison, RM. Chemical and physical characteristics of aerosol particles at a remote coastal location, Mace Head, Ireland, during NAMBLEX. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 6, pp. 3289-3301. 2006.
Connolly, P.J., Choularton, T.W., Gallagher, M.W., Bower, K.N., Flynn, M.J., Whiteway, J.A.. Cloud-resolving simulations of intense tropical Hector thunderstorms: Implications for aerosol-cloud interactions.. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.. Vol. 132, pp. 3079-3106. 2006.
Gysel, M., J. Crosier, D. O. Topping, J. D. Whitehead, K. N. Bower, M. J. Cubison, P. I. Williams, M. J. Flynn, G. B. McFiggans, and H. Coe. Closure between measured and modelled particle hygroscopic growth during TORCH2 implies ammonium nitrate artefact in the HTDMA measurements. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.. Vol. 6, pp. 12503-12548. 2006.
Heard, DE, Read, KA., Methven, J., Al-Haider, S., Bloss, WJ., Johnson, GP., Pilling, MJ., Seakins, PW., Smith, SC., Sommariva, R., Stanton, JC., Still, TJ., Ingham, T., Brooks, B., De Leeuw, G., Jackson, AV., McQuaid, JB., Morgan, R., Smith, MH., Carpenter, LJ., Carslaw, N., Hamilton, J., Hopkins, JR., Lee, JD., Lewis, AC., Purvis, RM., Wevill, DJ., Brough, N., Green, T., Mills, G., Penkett, SA., Plane, JMC., Saiz-Lopez, A., Worton, D., Monks, PS., Fleming, Z., Rickard, AR., Alfarra, MR., Allan, JD., Bower, K., Coe, H., Cubison, M., Flynn, M., McFiggans, G., Gallagher, M., Norton, EG., O'Dowd, CD., Shillito, J., Topping, D., Vaughan, G., Williams, P., Bitter, M., Ball, SM., Jones, RL., Povey, IM., O'Doherty, S., Simmonds, PG., Allen, A., Kinnersley, RP., Beddows, DCS., Dall'Osto, M., Harrison, RM., Donovan, RJ., Heal, MR., Jennings, SG., Noone, C., Spain, G. The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 6, pp. 2241-2272. 2006.
Sommariva, R, Bloss, WJ., Brough, N., Carslaw, N., Flynn, M., Haggerstone, AL., Heard, DE., Hopkins, JR., Lee, JD., Lewis, AC., McFiggans, G., Monks, PS., Penkett, SA., Pilling, MJ., Plane, JMC., Read, KA., Saiz-Lopez, A., Rickard, AR., Williams, PI. OH and HO2 chemistry during NAMBLEX: roles of oxygenates, halogen oxides and heterogeneous uptake. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. Vol. 6, pp. 1135-1153. 2006.
Bloss, WJ, Lee, JD., Johnson, GP., Sommariva, R., Heard, DE., Saiz-Lopez, A., Plane, JMC., McFiggans, G., Coe, H., Flynn, M., Williams, P., Rickard, AR., Fleming, ZL. Impact of halogen monoxide chemistry upon boundary layer OH and HO2 concentrations at a coastal site. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS. Vol. 32, 2005.
Gallagher, M.W., Connolly, P., Whiteway, J.R., Bower,.K.N, Flynn, M.D., Choularton, T.W.. An overview of the microphysical structure of cirrus clouds observed during EMERALD-1. Quart.J.Roy.Meteorological Society. Vol. 132, pp. 1143-1169. 2005.
P. J. Connolly, C.P.R. Saunders, M. W. Gallagher, K. N. Bower, M. J. Flynn, T. W. Choularton, J. Whiteway, R. P. Lawson. Aircraft Observations of the Influence of Electric Fields on the Aggregation of Ice Crystals. Quaterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. Vol. 131, pp. 1695-1712. 2005.
Douglas H. Lowenthal, Randolph D. Borys, Thomas W. Choularton, Keith N. Bower, Michael J. Flynn, Martin W. Gallagher. Parameterization of the cloud droplet-sulfate relationship. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 38, pp. 287-292. 2004.
Longley, I.D., Gallagher, M.W., Dorsey, J.R., Flynn, M.. A case-study of fine particle concentrations and fluxes measured in a busy street canyon in Manchester, UK. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 38, pp. 3595-3603. 2004.
Longley, I.D., Gallagher, M.W., Dorsey, J.R., Flynn, M., Bower, K., Allan,J.D.. Street canyon aerosol pollutant transport measurements. Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 334-35, pp. 327-336. 2004.
Longley, I.D., Gallagher, M.W., Dorsey, J.R., Flynn, M., Barlow, J.F.. Short-term measurements of airflow and turbulence in two street canyons in Manchester.. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 38, pp. 69-79. 2004.
Whiteway, J.W., Cook, C., Gallagher, M.W., Choularton, T.W., Harries, J., Connolly, P.J., Busen, R., Bower, K., Flynn, M., May, P., Aspey, R., Hacker, J.. Anatomy of cirrus clouds: Results from the Emerald airborne campaigns. Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 31, pp. L24102, doi10.1029/2004GL021201. 2004.
I.D. Longley, M.W. Gallagher, J.R. Dorsey, M. Flynn, J.D. Allan, M.R. Alfarra, D. Inglis.. A case-study of aerosol (4.6nm-Dp-10microns) number and mass size distribution measurements in a busy street canyon in Manchester, U.K.. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 37, pp. 1563-1571. 2003.
Gallagher, MW., Nemitz, E., Dorsey, JR., Fowler, D., Sutton, MA., Flynn, M., Duyzer, J.. Measurements and parameterizations of small aerosol deposition velocities to grassland, arable crops, and forest: Influence of surface roughness length on deposition. Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 107 D12, pp. art no. 4154. 2002.
Sutton, MA, Milford, C., Nemitz, E., Theobald, MR., Hill, PW., Fowler, D., Schjoerring, JK., Mattsson, ME., Nielsen, KH., Husted, S., Erisman, JW., Otjes, R., Hensen, A., Mosquera, J., Cellier, P., Loubet, B., David, M., Genermont, S., Neftel, A., Blatter, A., Herrmann, B., Jones, SK., Horvath, L., Fuhrer, EC., Mantzanas, K., Koukoura, Z., Gallagher, M., Williams, P., Flynn, M., Riedo, M. Biosphere-atmosphere interactions of ammonia with grasslands: Experimental strategy and results from a new European initiative. PLANT AND SOIL. Vol. 228, pp. 131-145. 2001.
Bower, KN, Choularton, TW., Gallagher, MW., Beswick, KM., Flynn, MJ., Allen, AG., Davison, BM., James, JD., Robertson, L., Harrison, RM., Hewitt, CN., Cape, JN., McFadyen, GG., Milford, C., Sutton, MA., Martinsson, BG., Frank, G., Swietlicki, E., Zhou, J., Berg, OH., Mentes, B., Papaspiropoulos, G., Hansson, HC., Leck, C., Kulmala, M., Aalto, P., Vakeva, M., Berner, A., Bizjak, M., Fuzzi, S., Laj, P., Facchini, MC., Orsi, G., Ricci, L., Nielsen, M., Allan, BJ., Coe, H., McFiggans, G., Plane, JMC., Collett, JL., Moore, KF., Sherman, DE. ACE-2 HILLCLOUD. An overview of the ACE-2 ground-based cloud experiment. TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY. Vol. 52, pp. 750-778. 2000.
Flynn, MJ, Bower, KN., Choularton, TW., Wobrock, W., Makela, JM., Martinsson, B., Frank, G., Hansson, HC., Karlsson, H., Laj, P. Modelling cloud processing of aerosol during the ACE-2 HILLCLOUD experiment. TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY. Vol. 52, pp. 779-800. 2000.
Martinsson, BG, Frank, G., Cederfelt, SI., Berg, OH., Mentes, B., Papaspiropoulos, G., Swietlicki, E., Zhou, JC., Flynn, M., Bower, KN., Choularton, TW., Makela, J., Virkkula, A., Van Dingenen, R. Validation of very high cloud droplet number concentrations in air masses transported thousands of kilometres over the ocean. TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY. Vol. 52, pp. 801-814. 2000.