Atmospheric Science

Research in Atmospheric Sciences at the Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres is centered around the following themes: (1) Climate Change and Impact, (2) Mesoscale Ensemble Forecasting, (3) Data Assimilation and Integration, (4) Model Analysis and Improvement, (5) Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol, (6) Atmospheric Dynamics, (7) Interaction Between Climate and Marine Biology.

To tackle these challenging questions faculty at ITPA use a variety of exceptional infrastructural means such as: The BlueGene supercomputer, locally run numerical weather prediction model (MM5) and the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF), remote sensing data, and laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art instruments to measure atmospheric trace gases and to determine aerosol-cloud and aerosol-gas phase interactions.

Researchers:

Aller J., Chang, Colle, Geller, Hameed, Knopf, Mak, Zhang