Current Research
Atmospheric Science Program
Department of Geography
Indiana University

Air Pollution Meteorology - Dr Sara Pryor, Dr Beki Barthelmie, Dr Hans Peter Schmid,Dr Sue Grimmond

  • Observations of atmospheric particles in the marine atmosphere.
  • Parameterizing the dynamics and chemistry of atmospheric aerosols.
  • Secondary organic aerosol formation.
  • Measurements of atmosphere-biosphere exchange of trace chemicals (forests, urban areas)

  • Micro/Boundary Layer Meteorology - Dr Hans Peter Schmid, Dr Sue Grimmond, Dr Beki Barthelmie

  • Surface-atmosphere exchanges (observation and modeling) (forests, urban areas)
  • Boundary layer development over inhomogeneous surfaces
  • Source area / footprint modeling for turbulent flux observations over complex surfaces
  • Spatial aggregation modeling of turbulent fluxes
  • Predicting offshore wind energy resources

  • Climatic Change & Statistical Climatology - Dr Scott Robeson, Dr Sara Pryor

  • Detection of climatic change in air-temperature probability distributions
  • Influence of variable and uneven measurement networks on estimates of global change
  • Development of techniques for downscaling and synoptic classification
  • Climatic change and renewable energy
  • Evaluation of spherical spatial interpolation methods
  • Climatic Influences on Neotropical Migrant Birds in Hoosier National Forest
  • Climate and growing-season length

  • Atmospheric Science Program