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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-5027-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-5027-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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06 Aug 2026
Research article |
| 06 Aug 2026
| 06 Aug 2026
UCB-GLOBES: an open-access mass spectral database of identified and unidentified atmospheric organic compounds
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Department of Chemistry, San José State University, San Jose, 95192, USA
Emily B. Franklin
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
now at: CSIRO Environment, Aspendale, Victoria 3195, Australia
Robin J. Weber
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Jessica Zhao
Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Tiger Zhang
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Stephanie Xu
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Isaac Santillan
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Fangyuan Li
Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Coty N. Jen
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
now at: Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 15213, USA
Haofei Zhang
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
now at: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, 92507, USA
Yutong Liang
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
now at: Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangdong, 511453, China
Gabriel Isaacman Van-Wertz
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
now at: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, 24060, USA
Rebecca A. Wernis
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
John Offenberg
Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Atmospheric and Environmental Systems Modeling Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 27711, USA
present address: Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions, Applied Science and Environmental Methods Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 27711, USA
Michael Lewandowski
Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Atmospheric and Environmental Systems Modeling Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 27711, USA
retired
Taekyu Joo
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, USA
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, South Korea
Masayuki Takeuchi
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, USA
now at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309, USA
Gamze Eris
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, USA
Weiqi Xu
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, USA
now at: Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Extreme Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Nga L. Ng
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, USA
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, USA
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, USA
now at: Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, USA
Yuzhi Chen
Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
John E. Shilling
Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Mary Alice Upshur
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, 60208, USA
Ariana Gray Bé
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, 60208, USA
Regan J. Thomson
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, 60208, USA
Franz M. Geiger
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, 60208, USA
Allen H. Goldstein
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Data sets
ucbglobes2025_v1 Lindsay Yee https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18176760
Interactive computing environment
UCB-GLOBES MS Data Visualization and Comparison Tool Lindsay Yee https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18177255
Short summary
An open-access mass spectral database of identified and unidentified compounds in atmospheric and laboratory-generated organic aerosols is released to aid in future molecular discoveries in the environmental sciences. Identification of air pollution sources and origins is improved using the ~27,000 mass spectral records in the University of California Berkeley Goldstein Library of Organic Biogenic Environmental Spectra (UCB-GLOBES) database.
An open-access mass spectral database of identified and unidentified compounds in atmospheric...
