Climate-Chemistry-Ecosystem-Energy Interactions
We examine how climate variability shapes atmospheric composition and chemistry, and how ozone, methane, aerosols, and related constituents feed back onto climate, the carbon cycle, ecosystems, and energy systems.
Why it matters
Air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change are tightly coupled. Weather and climate alter natural emissions, transport, and chemical processes, while ozone, methane, aerosols, and other atmospheric constituents influence radiation, clouds, precipitation, and ecosystems, and further affects clean energy. By using Earth system models that couple climate, chemistry, and ecosystems, our research clarifies these interactions and supports integrated responses to clean-air and climate challenges.
Topic
Effects of Global Warming and Climate Variability on Atmospheric Composition
We investigate how climate systems influence large-scale atmospheric composition and the mechanisms governing atmospheric chemistry under global warming.
Our contributions
- The group has shown how poleward Hadley circulation expansion, ENSO, the South Asian summer monsoon, and other climate systems affect tropospheric ozone.
Paper
Our teamSurface and tropospheric ozone trends in the Southern Hemisphere since 1990: possible linkages to poleward expansion of the Hadley circulation
Representative work for Effects of Global Warming and Climate Variability on Atmospheric Composition.
Our teamOur teamOur teamMeteorology and Climate Influences on Tropospheric Ozone: a Review of Natural Sources, Chemistry, and Transport Patterns
Representative work for Effects of Global Warming and Climate Variability on Atmospheric Composition.
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Feedbacks of Atmospheric Constituents on Climate, Vegetation Carbon Cycling, and Energy
We examine how ozone, fine particles, and related constituents influence radiation, clouds, precipitation, vegetation carbon cycling, and energy systems such as wind and solar power.
Our contributions
- We explore aerosol effects on lightning and photovoltaic potential, and ozone feedbacks on tropical vegetation, chemistry, and carbon cycling.
Paper
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LatestOur teamSubstantial reduction of solar photovoltaic potential in China by an extreme dust event
Representative work for Feedbacks of Atmospheric Constituents on Climate, Vegetation Carbon Cycling, and Energy.
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