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"Nuclear winter: Physics and physical mechanisms," R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, J. B. Pollack and C. Sagan, Ann. Rev. Earth and Planet. Sci., 19, 383-422 (1991).
Application of physical adsorption thermodynamics to heterogeneous chemistry on polar stratospheric clouds," S. Elliott, R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon and P. Hamill,
J. Atmos. Chem., 13, 211-224 (1991).
"Climate and smoke: An appraisal of nuclear winter," R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, J. B. Pollack and C. Sagan,
Science , 247, 166-176 (1990).
"Global three-dimensional simulations of ozone depletion under postwar conditions," C.-Y. J. Kao, G. A. Glatzmaier, R. C. Malone and R. P. Turco,
J. Geophys. Res., 95, 22,495-22,512 (1990).
A Path Where no Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race, C. Sagan and R. P. Turco, Random House , 499 pp. (1990).
"The Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition: Prologue," R. Turco, A. Plumb and E. Condon,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 313-316 (1990).
"Aerosol nucleation in the winter Arctic and Antarctic stratospheres," P. Hamill, O. B. Toon and R. P. Turco,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 417-420 (1990).
"Incorporation of stratospheric acids into water ice," S. Elliott, R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon and P. Hamill,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 425-428 (1990).
"Denitrification mechanisms in the polar stratospheres," O. B. Toon, R. P. Turco and P. Hamill,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 445-448 (1990).
"Heterogeneous reactions on nitric acid trihydrate," S. B. Moore, L. F. Keyser, M.-T. Leu, R. P. Turco and R. H. Smith,
Nature, 325, 333-335 (1990).
"Nitrogen ion cluster reactions in Triton's atmosphere," M. Delitsky, R. P. Turco and M. Z. Jacobson,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 1725-1728 (1990).
"Heterogeneous physicochemistry of the polar ozone hole," R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon and P. Hamill,
J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,493-16,510 (1989).
"Physical processes in polar stratospheric ice clouds," O. B. Toon, R. P. Turco, J. Jordan, J. Goodman and G. Ferry,
J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,359-11,380 (1989).
"Self-limiting physical and chemical effects in volcanic eruption clouds," J. P. Pinto, R. P. Turco and O. B. Toon,
J. Geophys. Res., 94, 11,165-11,174 (1989).
"Synthesis of fallout hazards in a nuclear war," R. P. Turco,
Ambio, 18, 391-394 (1989).
"Policy implications of nuclear winter," R. P. Turco and C. Sagan,
Ambio, 18, 372-376 (1989).
"Strategy and policy in a nuclear-armed world: Implications of nuclear winter," R. P. Turco and C. Sagan, Report, Cornell University, 180 pp. (1989).
"A multidimensional model for aerosols: Description of computational analogs," O. B. Toon, R. P. Turco, D. Westphal, R. Malone and M. S. Liu,
J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 2123-2143 (1988).
"On the growth of nitric and sulfuric acid aerosol particles under stratospheric conditions," P. Hamill, R. P. Turco and O. B. Toon,
J. Atmos. Chem., 7, 287-315 (1988).
"Persistent effects of residual smoke layers," T. P. Ackerman, R. P. Turco and O. B. Toon, in
Climate and Aerosols, P. Hobbs and M. P. McCormick, Eds., Deepak Publ. Co., Hampton, Virginia (1988).
"Global effects of nuclear war: A status report," R. P. Turco and G. S. Golitsyn,
Environment, 30, 8-15 (1988).
"The sulfur cycle in the marine atmosphere," O. B. Toon, J. F. Kasting, R. P. Turco and M. S. Liu,
J. Geophys. Res., 92, 943-963 (1987).
"Characteristics of polar stratospheric clouds during the formation of the Antarctic ozone hole," P. Hamill, O. B. Toon and R. P. Turco,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1288-1291 (1986).
Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War: Volume I. Physical and Atmospheric Effects, A. B. Pittock, T. P. Ackerman, P. J. Crutzen, M. C. MacCracken, C. S. Shapiro and R. P. Turco, SCOPE 28, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England, 342 pp. (1986).
"Nuclear winter," R. P. Turco, in
Nuclear Deterrence: New Risks, New Opportunities, C. Kelleher, F. Kerr and G. Questor (Eds.), Pergamon Press, pp. 56-62 (1986).
"The Face of the Gorgon, R. P. Turco,
The Amicus J., Summer, 3 (1986).
"Condensation of HNO3 and HCl in the winter polar stratosphere," O. B. Toon, P. Hamill, R. P. Turco and J. Pinto,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 13, 1284-1287 (1986).
"Ozone formation and ion chemistry in oxygen radiolysis," R. P. Turco and F. R. Gilmore, R&D Associates Report RDA-TR-135603-003, 48 pp., February (1986).
"The photochemistry of the stratosphere," R. P. Turco, Chapter 3,
The Photochemistry of Atmospheres, J. Levine (Ed.), Academic Press, pp. 77-128 (1985).
"Stratospheric ozone perturbations," R. P. Turco, Chapter 5,
Ozone in the Free Atmosphere, R. C. Whitten and S. S. Prasad (Eds.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp. 195-242 (1985).
"The effects on the atmosphere of a major nuclear exchange," R. P. Turco, with others, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 193 pp. (1985).

Selected Publications: Through 1984
"The climatic effects of nuclear war," R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, J. B. Pollack and C. Sagan, Sci. Amer., 251, 33-43 (1984).
"Nuclear winter: Global consequences of multiple nuclear explosions," R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, J. B. Pollack and C. Sagan,
Science, 222, 1283-1292 (1983).
"The global cycle of particulate elemental carbon: A theoretical assessment," R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, R. C. Whitten and P. Hamill, in
Precipitation Scavenging, Dry Deposition and Resuspension, H. R. Pruppacher, R. G. Semonin and W.G.N. Slinn (Eds.), Elsevier, pp. 1337-1351 (1983).
"The 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Physical and chemical processes in the stratospheric clouds," R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, R. C. Whitten, P. Hamill and R. G. Keesee,
J. Geophys. Res., 88, 5299-5319 (1983).
"A two-dimensional model simulation of the El Chichon volcanic eruption cloud," L. A. Capone, O. B. Toon, R. C. Whitten, R. P. Turco, C. A. Riegel and K. Santhanam,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 1053-1056 (1983).
Environmental effects of an impact generated dust cloud: Implications for the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinctions," J. B. Pollack, O. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, C. P. McKay and R. P. Turco,
Science, 219, 287-289 (1983).
"Venus: Mesospheric hazes of ice, dust and acid aerosols," R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, R. C. Whitten and R. G. Keesee,
ICARUS, 53, 18-25 (1983).

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