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Currently Funded Projects

Primary Investigator Project Title Year Funded
Atkinson, D., Portland State University. Improvements to a Tandem Cavity Ring-Down Transmissometer/Nephelometer Instrument to Facilitate Airborne Measurements of in Situ Aerosol Optical Properties 2005
Atlas, E.L., National Center for Atmospheric Research. Studies of Emissions, Transport, and Transformations of Reactive Organic Trace Gases 2004
Brock, C.A. and F. C. Fehsenfeld, AL. Carry out aerosol size distribution measurements to determine how they influence clouds properties 2005
Brown, S.S. and A.R. Ravishankara, AL. Analyses of 2004 ITCT data to characterize tropospheric ozone changes due to nighttime chemistry 2005
Brown, S.S., and A. R. Ravishankara, AL. Field measurements of nighttime ozone chemistry in ITCT 2004 2004
Brown, S.S., and A.R. Ravishankara, AL. Measurement of the separate aerosol absorbing/scattering radiative properties on ITCT 2004 2004
Carmichael, G., University of Iowa. A Chemical Data Assimilation Testbed for the Interpretation and Analysis of the 2004 NEAQS/ITCT Observations 2005
Carmichael, G.R., University of Iowa. Modeling and Emissions Analyses in Support of the Spring 2002 ITCT Field Experiment in the Eastern Pacific and Western US 2004
Chuang, P.Y., University of California Santa Cruz Aerosol indirect effect and cloud process studies during the Gulf of Mexico ACC Study (GoMACCS) 2006
Cliff, S., University of California, Irvine. Intercontinental Transport of Particulate Matter from Asia to the US 2004
Coakley, J.A., Jr., Oregon State University Investigations of Aerosol Radiative Forcing in Cloudy Regions 2006
Collins, D.R., Texas A & M University. Investigation of the Production Rate and Radiative Impact of Sea Salt Aerosols 2004
Covert, D.S., University of Washington/JISAO. Aerosol Optical Properties: measurement of light scattering and absorption on the NOAA research aircraft and vessel for understanding radiative transfer. 2004
Cowin, J.P., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Aerosol Aging And Climate Change: Field Studies Using Highly Portable, Time-Resolved, Quantitative Single-Particle Elemental Analysis 2005
Daniel, J.S., and S. Solomon, AL. Characterization of cloud droplet size distribution using optical remote sensing methods 2005
Daniel, J.S., and S. Solomon, AL. Deploy ground based instruments to measure cloud liquid water, water ice, and subvisible cirrus and interpret the data 2005
Daniel, J.S., and S. Solomon, AL. Measuring cloud liquid water and cloud water ice and detecting cirrus from the ground. 2004
Dlugokencky, E., L.M. Bruhwiler, and P. Tans, CMDL. Enhance the global monitoring and analyses of the non-CO2 carbon gases: methane and carbon monoxide. 2004
Dutton, E.G., CMDL. Compare MM5 model derived irradiance with surface observations. 2004
Elkins, J.W., CMDL. Continue the monitoring of global N2O and provide the world calibration standard. 2004
Ervens, B., Colorado State University/CIRA. Processing of organic aerosols by heterogeneous and multiphase processes 2005
Fahey, D. W., AL. Deploy instrument to measure black carbon and elucidate how they influence cloud formation/properties. 2005
Fahey, D.W., AL. Field test the instrument to measure black carbon in particles. 2005
Fahey, D.W., AL. Development of an instrument for the detection of aerosols containing black carbon. 2004
Feingold, G., ETL. Analyze data from 2004 field study to elucidate aerosol-cloud interactions 2005
Feingold, G., ETL. Carry out modeling calculations of changes in cloud properties with aerosol input and plan intensive field studies to characterize aerosol-cloud interactions 2005
Feingold, G., ETL. Model studies of the aerosol indirect effect during ITCT 2004. 2004
Flynn, L.E., ORA, NESDIS. Delivery of the Version 8 SBUV/2 ozone data reprocessing algorithm to NESDIS 2004
Gao, R., and D. W. Fahey, AL. Evaluate the role of nitric acid in subvisible cirrus clouds and their role on cirrus cloud properties 2005
Gao, R., and D. W. Fahey, AL. Observations of nitric acid in the tropics. 2004
Garrett, T.J., University of Utah. Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions downwind of north eastern North America 2004
Goldstein, A.H., University of California, Berkeley. Measurements of Speciated VOCs, OVOCs, and halocarbons, by automated in-situ GC/FID/MSD in support of the Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation (ITCT) Project. 2004
Grabowski, W., National Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Hierarchical Approach To The Indirect Impact of Atmospheric Aerosols on Climate 2005
Granier, C., and S. Solomon, AL. Application of 3D chemical transport models to evaluate the contributions of different sources to tropospheric O3 2005
Granier, C., and S. Solomon, AL. Modeling of natural and anthropogenic emission and global tropospheric ozone distributions. 2004
Helmig, D., University of Colorado. Study of Air Transport and Photochemistry in the North-Atlantic Region by Hydrocarbon Analysis at Pico Island/Azores 2004
Honrath, R.E., Michigan Technological University. FT/MBL Measurements at the Azores PICO-NARE Site in Support of ITCT Activities 2004
Horowitz, L.W. and H. Levy, GFDL. Modeling 2004 ITCT data using Chemical transport models 2005
Horowitz, L.W. and H. Levy, GFDL. Ozone and precursors: global modeling in ITCT 2004. 2004
Huey, G.L., Georgia Institute of Technology. Measurement of OH, HO2 + RO2, H2sO4, and CCN from a wing pod of the NOAA P3 2004
Jacob, D.J., Harvard University. Intercontinental transport of Ozone and Aerosol Pollution: Global 3-D Model analysis of ITCT 2K2 and 2K4 Observations 2004
Jimenez, J.-L., University of Colorado/CIRES. Closure of Aerosol Physical, Chemical, and Volatility Measurements with Light Scattering and CCN Properties for ITCT-2K4 2005
Kelly, K.K., Richard, K.H. Rosenlof, and A.F. Tuck, AL. Analyses of lower-stratosphere Ð upper troposphere ozone and water: AVE 2004 observations and analyses. 2004
Kollias, P., University of Miami/CIMAS. Ship-Based Measurements of Aerosol Indirect Effects on Cloud Microphysics using a 94-GHz Doppler Radar 2004
Lovejoy, E.R., and A.R. Ravishankara, AL. Analyze CRDS data from ITCT 2004 and develop methods for measuring absorption by aerosols 2005
Lovejoy, E.R., and A.R. Ravishankara, AL. Measure aerosol's ability to take up water and grow, and thus influence aerosol-cloud interactions 2005
McFarquhar, G.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions for Trade Wind Cumuli Using Cloud Process Models and High Resolution Satellite Retrievals 2006
Miller, A.J., CPC, NWS. Analyses of stratospheric ozone and temperature trends. 2004
Montzka, S.A., J. H. Butler, and J.W. Elkins, CMDL. Time series of ozone-depleting gases and their substitute compounds. 2004
Murphy, D.M., AL. Carry out particle composition to understand relation between aerosol elemental composition and extent of aerosol-cloud interactions 2005
Murphy, D.M., AL. In-situ observations to reduce the uncertainty of the aerosol indirect effect. 2004
Nenes, A., Georgia Institute of Technology. Understanding the effects of chemical composition on hygroscopicity and CCN activity 2005
Ogren, J. A., CMDL. Carry out aerosol measurements to support aerosol-cloud interactions 2005
Ogren, J.A., CMDL. Carry out aerosol vertical profile monitoring using a small aircraft 2005
Ogren, J.A., CMDL. Develop and apply aerosol instrumentation for portable-station and small-aircraft. 2004
Oltmans, S.J., R.D. Schnell, and D.J. Hofmann, CMDL. Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC), Mauna Loa Observatory. 2004
Parrish, D.D. and F.C. Fehsenfeld, AL. Analyses of 2004 ITCT data to characterize chemical, physical, and meteorological processes. 2005
Parrish, D.D., and F.C. Fehsenfeld, AL. Analyze ITCT2004 data for transformation of aerosols occurring between N. American sources and N. Atlantic 2005
Parrish, D.D., and F. C. Fehsenfeld, AL. Airborne measurements to infer emissions and to identify chemical transformations in ITCT 2004 2004
Parrish, D.D., and F.C. Fehsenfeld, AL. Airborne characterization of the processes that form aerosols in NEAQS-ITCT 2004. 2004
Pilewskie, P., University of Colorado. Development of aerosol mobility size spectrometer and aerosol hygroscopicity and volatility spectrometer for aircraft deployment 2005
Pilewskie, P., University of Colorado Measurement and Analysis of Solar Spectral Irradiance in Support of the 2006 Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study (GoMACCS) 2006
Pilewskie, P., NASA Ames Research Center. Measurement of Solar Spectral Irradiance in Support of NEAQS-ITCT 2004
Portman, R.W., and S. Solomon, AL. Carry out radiative transfer calculations to evaluate the role of water and water-complexes on the incoming radiation in to the atmosphere 2005
Portman, R.W., and S. Solomon, AL. Modeling radiative absorption of water vapor complexes. 2004
Quinn, P. and T.S. Bates, PMEL. Analyze the ITCT 2004 aerosol data to characterize the chemical, optical, and other characteristics 2005
Quinn, P., and T.S. Bates, PMEL. Carry out measurements of chemical composition using PILS and nephelometer measurements to characterize aerosol-cloud interactions 2005
Quinn, P., and T.S. Bates, PMEL. Measurements of the properties of marine aerosols in ITCT 2004. 2004
Ramaswamy, V., GFDL. Global climate modeling including non-CO2 greenhouse gases 2005
Ramaswamy, V., GFDL. Model-observation comparisons to link emissions with aerosol properties 2005
Ramaswamy, V., GFDL. Initiate incorporation of aerosol-cloud microphysics in global models to elucidate aerosol-cloud effects 2005
Ramaswamy, V., GFDL. Global climate simulations: Radiative modeling. 2004
Ramaswamy, V., GFDL. Model studies of the influence of changing atmospheric composition of the ozone layer. 2004
Ramaswamy, V., GFDL. Regional-global model simulation of aerosol radiative forcing in the ITCT 2004 study. 2004
Ramaswamy, V., GFDL. Simulate influence of greenhouse gases on stratospheric temperatures and stratospheric processes 2005
Roberts, G.C., Scripps Institute of Oceanography/JIMO. Asian-Pacific CCN Network for Studying the Aerosol Indirect Effect 2004
Russell, L., Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD. Measurement and Modeling Analysis of Organic Aerosol and their Cloud Interactions 2005
Russell, P.B., NASA Ames Research Center. Radiative-Climatic Effects of Atmospheric Constituents: Studies in the Context of Experiments on Intercontinental Transport & Chemical Transformation (ITCT) and/or Regular Vertical Profiling 2004
Russell, P.B., NASA Ames Research Center. Quantification of Aerosol Radiative Effects by Integrated Analyses of Airborne Measurements, Satellite Retrievals, and Radiative Transfer Models. 2004
Schwab, J., State University of New York at Albany. Characterization and Chemical Production of Fine Aerosol and Oxidant at a Rural, Transport-Dominated Southwest New York State Location 2005
Seinfeld, J.H., California Institute of Technology Indirect Forcing of Climate by Aerosols from the Gulf of Mexico ACC Study (GoMACCS) 2006
Stephens, G., Colorado State University. Study of the Direct and Indirect Effects of Aerosol on Climate 2005
Trainer, M.K., AL. Analyze 2004 ITCT data for N. American emissions using Lagrangian and other models 2005
Trainer, M.K., AL. Regional model simulation and real-time mission planning in ITCT 2004. 2004
Wang, J., Brookhaven National Lab. Development of aerosol mobility size spectrometer and aerosol hygroscopicity and volatility spectrometer for aircraft deployment 2005
Weber, R.J., Georgia Institute of Technology. Development and Deployment of an Integral PILS for Autonomous Measurements of Ionic and Organic Carbon Aerosol Components on the NOAA P3- for ITCT 2K4 2004
Worsnop, D., Aerodyne Research, Inc. Integrated Analysis of Multiple Aerosol Mass Spectrometer Measurements from NEAQS/ITCT 2004 2005
Worsnop, D.R., Aerodyne Research, Inc. Deployment of an Aerosol Mass Spectrometer for Measurement of Size and Composition of Sub-Micron Aerosol 2004
Yu, F., State University of New York at Albany. Formation, Transformation, and Properties of Aerosols in the Atmosphere over the Northeast United States 2005
Zahniser, M., Aerodyne Research, Inc. Development of Airborne Quantum Cascade Laser Spectrometer for Measurements of Aerosol Precursor Trace Gases 2005
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