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Atmospheric Chemistry |
Overview
Research is focused on understanding the chemical composition of the atmosphere and its evolution to better determine impacts on climate, air quality, ecosystems, and human health. Topics include modeling and measurement of aerosol particles and gases; studies of biosphere-chemistry-climate interactions, cloud formation, fog and cloud chemistry, and aerosol-cloud-climate interactions; laboratory and field studies of ice nuclei and their climate impacts; interpretation of satellite observations of tropospheric composition; studies of pollutant emission, transport, and deposition; and studies of aerosol impacts on regional haze and air quality.
In addition to theoretical studies and mathematical analyses of datasets, we apply the following tools and approaches in our research:
Field Programs |
Laboratory |
Numerical Modeling |
Satellites |
Faculty:
Sample Coursework During the First Two Years of Our Graduate Program:
| Fall, Year 1 | Spring, Year 1 |
| ATS 540: Daily Weather Laboratory I ATS 601: Atmospheric Dynamics I ATS 620: Thermodynamics and Cloud Physics ATS 621: Atmospheric Chemistry |
ATS 622: Atmospheric Radiation ATS 631: Atmospheric Aerosols ATS 715: Atmospheric Oxidation Processes |
| Fall, Year 2 | Spring, Year 2 |
| ATS 606: Introduction to Climate ATS 560: Air Pollution Measurement |
ATS 762: Biosphere-Chemistry-Climate Interactions |
| Other classes of interest | |
| ATS 652: Atmospheric Remote Sensing ATS 655: Objective Analysis ATS 716: Air Quality Characterization ATS 760: Global Carbon Cycle ATS 772: Aerosol Physics and Chemistry |
