Scientific
and Professional Staff
Research Interests
PETER
H. DAUM - Chemist
Atmospheric chemistry; Cloud microphysics;
Cloud radiative properties.
MARY
JANE BARTHOLOMEW - Meteorology Associate II
Aerosol optical thickness measurements
over the world's oceans, satellite correction algorithms for aerosol optical
thickness and aerosol climate.
WILLIAM
J. BEHRENS - Applications Architect
Acquisition, telemetry, analysis
and distribution of environmental data; Computer networking; Wireless communications;
Oceanographic and atmospheric data management; Hydrography.
CARMEN
M. BENKOVITZ - Scientist
Mathematical modeling of transport
and transformation of trace species in the atmosphere, with special emphasis
on the sulfur cycle; Study of the interaction of aerosols, clouds, and
climate; Compilation and analyses of inventories of pollutant emissions
to the atmosphere; Analysis of atmospheric measurements data.
LINDA
J. BOWERMAN - Chemistry Associate I
The detection of reactive nitrogen
compounds (NOy) in remote and rural locations; The speciation
of NOy into various components (i.e., NO, NO2, HNO3,
and PAN).
VICTOR A. CASSELLA - Meteorology Associate II
Regional meteorology & climatology, Instrumentation and Radio Telemetry; Management of field research programs.
LIM-SEOK CHANG - Postdoctoral Research Associate
Aerosol microphysics; Aerosol modeling; Multi-scale meteorological modeling.
ALICE
T. CIALELLA - Advanced Applications Engineer
Remote sensing for land and water
surfaces; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyses of environmental
data; Data acquisition and analysis.
KATHY
J. DOTY - Advanced Applications Engineer
Data base design, Applications programming;
User interface development, and WEB development.
MAUREEN
DUNN - Oceanographic Associate II
Detiding and spatial analysis of
shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiling (ADCP) data. Biological-physical
interactions in marine environments. Identification and growth of aquatic
bacteria.
LAURIE
M. GREGORY - Advanced Applications Engineer
Data acquisition and analysis; Applications
programming; CGI programming; WEB development.
HUAN GUO - Research Associate
Aerosols, aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions, cloud physics, turbulence, cloud resolving models/large eddy simulations.
DONG HUANG - Research Associate
Cloud tomography; Radiative transfer in clouds.
MICHAEL P. JENSEN - Associate Meteorologist
Tropical convective systems; Marine boundary layer cloud systems; Radiative transfer; Precipitation.
KAREN
LEE JOHNSON - Advanced Applications Engineer
Radar meteorology, particularly
vertically pointing precipitation and cloud radars.
LAWRENCE
I. KLEINMAN - Chemist
Kinetics and transport of atmospheric
pollutants; Chemical dynamics.
JEONGHOON
LEE - Research Associate
Measurement of optical properties of aerosol; Particle generation using flames; Diesel engine development.
YIN-NAN
LEE - Chemist
Kinetics and mechanisms of homogeneous
and heterogeneous chemical reactions and catalyses in the field of organic,
marine, and atmospheric chemistry; Measurement of and technique development
for trace gaseous species including aerosols.
ERNEST
R. LEWIS - Environmental Scientific Associate I
Light scattering and radiative transport in the atmosphere, and aerosol-radiative interactions. Hygroscopic and thermodynamic properties of aerosol particles and the effects of relative humidity on their chemical and physical properties. Sea salt aerosols and their properties, concentrations, and production. Aerosol dynamics and processes in the atmosphere, and sources of natural aerosol production. Climate and climate change, and the effects of aerosols on climate change. The carbon dioxide system in the oceans. Measurement of chemical and physical properties of seawater. Air-sea exchange of gases and particles.
YANGANG
LIU - Scientist
Scientific interests have centered
around physical, optical and chemical properties of atmospheric particles,
including aerosols, clouds and precipitation. Research activities
include theoretical studies, mathematical modeling, data analysis, and
field investigations. Current research is focusing on the understanding
of aerosol effects on climate (both direct and indirect). The methodology
is built on closure experiments of both in situ and remote sensing measurements,
in combination with theoretical studies and numerical modeling.
L.
LYNN MA - Advanced Applications Engineer
Data analysis; Data base management;
WEB development; Applications programming.
ROBERT
L. MC GRAW - Senior Scientist
Physical chemistry; Statistical
mechanics; Aerosol dynamics; Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation of
supercooled vapors and vapor mixtures as mechanisms for gas-to-particle
conversion; Freezing and precipitation from multicomponent solutions; Computer
simulation of nucleation and growth processes in complex flows; Nonlinear
optics.
MARK
A. MILLER - Scientist
Air-sea interaction; Marine boundary
layer meteorology; Surface-based and satellite remote sensing.
SUSAN
J. OATIS - Research Collaborator
Heterogeneous nucleation in common
atmospheric aerosols, role of lattice parameters, particulate diameter,
and surface area on size of critical nucleus and degree of supersaturation;
Characterization of thermodynamic properties of atmospheric aerosols, their
role in polar stratospheric cloud formation, and radiative scattering;
High resolution infrared absorption studies of simple hydrocarbon radicals
produced in combustion processes; Ultra-high resolution infrared absorption
measurements of (NO)x atmospheric species at cryogenic temperatures; High
resolution VUV photoelectron spectroscopy of combustion free radicals.
JASON OLFERT - Postdoctoral Scientific Researcher
Characterization of atmospheric aerosol physical and chemical properties
through field observations and laboratory studies; Development of new
instruments for measuring aerosol size distributions and particle mass.
STEPHEN
E. SCHWARTZ - Senior Scientist
Atmospheric Chemistry: Transformation
of trace atmospheric constituents; Laboratory investigation of model systems;
Field measurements and interpretation; Chemical modeling; Atmospheric radiation;
Atmospheric aerosols. Physical Chemistry: Reaction kinetics; Chemical
thermodynamics; Mass transport; Molecular spectroscopy; Photochemistry.
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ARTHUR
J. SEDLACEK III - Scientist
Development of novel sensing systems
to the identification and measurement of trace atmospheric pollutants and
ground/surface pollutants; Application of lidar systems and techniques
for atmospheric species temporal and spatial profiling.
GUNNAR
I. SENUM - Chemist
Application and modeling of chromatographic
systems for the development of techniques for the detection and quantification
of trace components with the consequent application to geophysical trace
gases, indoor pollution and various industrial applications; Development
of chemical compounds as atmospheric, hydrological or aerosol tracers.
STEPHEN
R. SPRINGSTON - Chemist
Field measurements of atmosphere;
Development of novel instrumentation for measuring atmospheric constituents;
Adapting analytical instrumentation for aircraft-based sampling; Development
of analytical instrumentation for high-efficiency separations.
ALISON
L. TILP - Advanced Applications Engineer
System administration; Backup/archive
systems; Perl and CGI programming; WEB applications.
DAVID
T. TROYAN - Scientific Associate II
Applications programming; Meteorological data analysis; Radar meteorology; Geostatistics; Citation analysis; Scientometrics; Bibliometrics.
ANDREW
VOGELMANN - Scientist
Climate and the Earth's energy balance;
Cloud-radiative interactions, Aerosol-radiative interactions; Atmospheric
radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Climate modeling; Climate change theory.
RICHARD
WAGENER - Scientist
Remote sensing of the atmosphere;
Atmospheric radiative transfer; Global climate change; Regional environmental
change.
JIAN
WANG - Associate Scientist
Characterization of atmospheric
aerosol physical and chemical properties through field observations and
laboratory studies; Development of new instruments for aerosol size distribution
and radiative property measurements.
JUDITH
B. WEINSTEIN-LLOYD - Research Collaborator
Atmospheric oxidants: Development
of instrumentation for detection of peroxy radicals and peroxides, field
measurements, interpretation and modeling of these species.
WEI WU - Research Associate
Global climate energy balance studies; Climate change and climate sensitivity; Tropical atmosphere/ocean thermodynamics.
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