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Last published 2025
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Thomas O. Spicer

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Professor

Faculty Researcher

10 h-index 40 pubs 380 cited

  • Models, Theoretical
  • Bhopal Accidental Release
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Government Regulation
  • Aerosols
  • Air Pollutants
  • Gravitation
  • India
  • Wind
  • Isocyanates
  • Accidents
  • United States

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Thomas O. Spicer's research focuses on atmospheric dispersion modeling and the assessment of toxic industrial chemical releases. He has published work examining the Jack Rabbit II and III field experiments, which involve large-scale releases of hazardous materials like chlorine and ammonia to study their atmospheric behavior. His investigations utilize methods such as laser Doppler velocimetry and particle image velocimetry in wind tunnel studies to capture detailed measurements of dispersion patterns and flow dynamics.

Spicer also contributes to the understanding of chemical reactivity with environmental materials, specifically assessing the behavior of chlorine under various boundary layer and deposition conditions. This work supports hazard assessment for potential large-scale release scenarios. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 10, with 40 total publications and 373 citations. He has collaborated with researchers such as Chad Smith and Paulo V.d.F. Lopes at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 40
  • Citations: 380

Selected Publications

  • Pressure-liquefied ammonia jet dispersion: Multi-model intercomparison using Desert Tortoise and FLADIS field data (2025)
    Atmospheric Environment X DOI OpenAlex
  • Atmospheric Dispersion of Pressure-Liquefied Ammonia: Results from the Jack Rabbit Iii Model Inter-Comparison Exercise on Desert Tortoise and Fladis (2025)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Wind tunnel model of the Jack Rabbit II field experiments in the mock urban array: Part 2. approach wind conditions and particle image velocimetry measurements of simulated chlorine releases (2025)
    Atmospheric Environment 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Creating Enthusiasm for Science in the High School Classroom (2025)
  • Laser Doppler velocimetry and particle image velocimetry measurements in a wind tunnel model of the jack rabbit II special sonic anemometer study (2024)
    Atmospheric Environment 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Continued assessment of chlorine reactivity with environmental materials for hazard assessment of large scale releases (2022)
    Atmospheric Environment 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Overview of the Jack Rabbit II (JR II) field experiments and summary of the methods used in the dispersion model comparisons (2021)
    Atmospheric Environment 25 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Gaps in toxic industrial chemical model systems: Improvements and changes over past 10 years (2021)
    Process Safety Progress 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Erratum to “Preliminary assessment of chlorine reactivity with environmental materials accounting for boundary layer and maximum deposition effects” [Atmos. Environ. 256 (2021) 118274] (2021)
    Atmospheric Environment DOI OpenAlex
  • Preliminary assessment of chlorine reactivity with environmental materials accounting for boundary layer and maximum deposition effects (2021)
    Atmospheric Environment 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Simplified source description for atmospheric dispersion model comparison of the Jack Rabbit II chlorine field experiments (2020)
    Atmospheric Environment 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Three-dimensional Flow Structure of a Simulated Atmospheric Boundary Layer Using a Modified Irwin Spire-Roughness Technique (2020)
    100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting OpenAlex
  • Using Process Simulators to Quantify Flashing Two Phase Release Conditions (2019)
    2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety OpenAlex
  • Transient large-scale chlorine releases in the Jack Rabbit II field tests: Rainout source data analysis from video records (2019)
    Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Quantifying the mass discharge rate of flashing two phase releases through simple holes to the atmosphere (2018)
    Process Safety Progress 16 citations DOI OpenAlex

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