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.
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.
When Urban and Natural Emissions Hang Out at Night
Nighttime interaction between Bay Area pollution and biogenic isoprene led to efficient formation of secondary organic aerosols.
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.
The Meteorological Conditions that Promote Deep Cloud Growth
Assessing observed weather conditions that support or suppress the growth of clouds into deep precipitating storms during the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions experiment.
Embedding a Physics Informed Deep Learning Model in a Chemical Transport Model
A deep learning model overcomes persistent challenges in emulating long-term simulations of secondary organic aerosols.
Susannah M. Burrows
Dr. Susannah Burrows is an atmospheric modeler whose research interests center on atmospheric aerosols, including their sources, chemistry, and interactions with clouds and climate.
Urbanization Shapes Thunderstorms Near the Gulf Coast
Urbanization-induced land cover and anthropogenic aerosol changes result in stronger thunderstorms with enhanced precipitation in the Houston area.
Outlining Best Practices for Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer Use in Atmospheric Studies
Demonstrating methods for using a portable optical particle spectrometer, a miniaturized and highly sensitive instrument, to measure atmospheric aerosol size distributions.