Atmospheric Physics
Professor Aharon Goldman's research concentrates on quantitative analysis of infrared and ultraviolet absorption of solar radiation by the earth's atmospheric gases, atomic and molecular solar lines, and infrared emission by the earth's atmosphere, from high resolution spectra obtained with ground-based and air-borne spectrometers. As part of this research, the detection and quantification of several new molecular species in the lower stratosphere have been demonstrated.
Associate Research Professor Ronald Blatherwick's work focuses on the measurement and analysis of infrared spectra of the atmosphere, both in transmission and emission. Such spectra contain a great deal of information about many of the atmospheric trace constituents important in ozone photochemistry and in the "greenhouse" effect. Current projects of interest include analysis of very high spectral resolution (~0.002 cm-1) atmospheric transmission data from Mauna Loa, Hawaii, and high resolution (~0.1 cm-1) atmospheric emission data from the Antarctic.
January 6, 2008