Ahead in the Clouds
PNNL chemist John Shilling builds custom chamber helping uncover how aerosol particles and clouds contribute to Earth’s changing climate.
Providing an Education in Atmospheric Particles
PNNL helped teach the next generation of principal investigators about aerosols—tiny atmospheric particles that can affect the Earth’s climate—during the 2019 Aerosol Summer School.
Better Calibration Leads to a Significant Improvement in Model Fidelity
Recalibrating both cloud and subgrid representations improves model projections of the base climate, aerosol-cloud interactions, and cloud feedbacks.
BEACONS Sets Sights for Data from Commercial Ships
Data-gathering instruments will be positioned on commercial, ocean-going ships in a Department of Energy-funded project that is expected to improve understanding of marine atmosphere and aerosol–cloud interactions.
From Factories to Flurries, Industrial Particles Are Spurring Downstream Snowfall
A recent paper published in Science sheds light on how aerosols—tiny particles in the air—released by industrial activities can trigger downstream snowfall events.
Hailong Wang
Dr. Hailong Wang is an Earth scientist within the Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division of PNNL, researching atmospheric aerosols, cloud physics and dynamics, atmospheric water cycle, and climate change.
Meng Huang, PhD
Meng Huang is an Earth system modeler specializing in the land-atmosphere-aerosol nexus across scales from large-eddy simulations and mesoscale models to general circulation models.
Environmental Factors Impact Large Hail Annual Variability Across the U.S. Southern Great Plains
Aerosols, El Niño, and sea surface temperature over the northern Gulf of Mexico influence variation.