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Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences


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Atmospheric Science Research

 

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AOSS provides an educational and research environment in which students examine a wide range of issues in the atmospheric sciences. Research interests of the faculty include: global climate change (emphasizing modeling of atmospheric and aerosol chemistry), regional and urban air pollution, chemical kinetics, radiative transfer, remote sensing, aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, and atmospheric dynamics.

In addition, AOSS faculty are developing a high-resolution computational framework for advanced climate simulation. Students enjoy extensive computational facilities as well as laboratories for measurement of the chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere.

The Department has an active seminar series that includes a series of Distinguished Lectures by experts from outside of the University of Michigan as well as a series of lectures by staff and students within the Atmospheric Sciences.

 

Faculty members are also extensively involved in observations of the Earth from space. They utilize optical measurements from the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite and the TIMED satellite, microwave measurements from the TRMM satellite, and data from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer in studies of the ozone. AOSS also participates in field campaigns, designing and integrating instruments on balloons, aircraft and sounding rockets to study the dynamics and composition of the atmosphere and the near-space environment of the Earth.

 

Atmospheric Science Research





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