Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling

ACOM Publication of the Month

Rolando Garcia and co-author, 2019: On the Momentum Budget of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

ACOM News

Xuan Zhang and students in MOONLIGHT chamber study.

Xuan Zhang leads chamber study of monoterpene and oxygenated aromatics

ACOM scientist Xuan Zhang recently led a major community project in the NCAR Atmospheric Simulation Chamber. The study called MOONLIGHT (Monoterpene and Oxygenated aromatics Oxidation at Night and under LIGHTs) lasted about... Read more

Tucson, Arizona, with the Santa Catalina Mountains in the background. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CatalinasAndTucsonAZ.jpg

As temperatures rise in Tucson, so do concerns over health risks linked to higher ozone levels

Tuscon.com reported on the correlation between rising temperatures and higher ozone levels in Arizona and interviewed ACOM scientist Gabi Pfister on her 2014 study on expected changes in air quality in... Read more

Forrrest Lacey interviewed by 9news about Denver and ozone

Forrest Lacey interviewed by Channel 9news about Denver's ozone problem

Forrest Lacey, ASP Postdoc in ACOM, has been interviewed by Channel 9news about the outcomes of the recent American Lung "State of the Air" 2019 report and the health effects of exposure... Read more

Gabi Pfister interviewed by KGNU for Morning Magazine

KGNU Morning Magazine has interviewed ACOM Scientist Gabriele Pfister on the air quality in the Colorado Front Range and the relative contributions from local versus transported pollution. This discussion was sparked by recent news... Read more

Predicting unhealthy air

Untangling methane sources

Global forests soaking up carbon at quickening rate