Visitor Directory

Name	Affiliation	Host	Research	Dates
Randall Chiu	University of Colorado	Geoff Tyndall	Randall Chiu will study the oxidation mechanisms of unsaturated aldehydes (alkenals) in the atmosphere. These compounds are potentially produced in the atmosphere, particularly in remote marine troposphere. Their oxidation could provide a source of glyoxal, which we will attempt to...Read more	Feb 2017 to Aug 2017
Boris Mifka	University of Rijeka	Christine Wiedinmyer	Boris was chosen as a 2017 ASP Graduate Visitor. After completing the WRF and WRF-chem tutorials, he will stay to work with WRF-chem modelers in ACOM to set up simulations of Croatia and the Adriatic region for a time period...Read more	Jan 2017 to Apr 2017
Juan Antonio Añel Cabanelas	Universidade de Vigo	Rolando Garcia	Discuss high-vertical resolution simulations carried out at U. of Vigo by the visitor, and compare with results from the 110L version of WACCM5.Read more	Nov 2016
Erin Dawkins	NASA	Dan Marsh	Dr. Erin Dawkins will learn how to run the NCAR Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM), including how to run WACCM with the metal chemistry modules. Dr. Dawkins' visit will strengthen collaborations between the Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere (ITM) research group at NASA...Read more	Oct 2016 to Nov 2016
Monika Andersson	Finnish Metrological Institute	Dan Marsh	Monika Anderson will work with Dan Marsh on analysis of long-term WACCM simulations that include a new class of solar energetic particles that are not typically included in climate simulations. By comparing to baseline simulations without this forcing we intend...Read more	Oct 2016
Jason Blake Cohen	Sun Yat-Sen University	Laura Pan	Professor Jason Cohen's visit will focus on collaboration in studies of the Asian Monsoon's chemical impact, in particular, the integration of models and observations for improving estimates of black carbon emissions from monsoon Asia. He will seek interactions with ACOM...Read more	Oct 2016
Maximillien Desservettaz	University of Wollongong	Rebecca Buchholz	Max will develop algorithms to compare a chemical transport model with an Earth System model, to help assess the validity of using simplified chemical schemes in the Earth System model. Prior to his visit, Max has measured emission factors of...Read more	Oct 2016
Mengchu Tao	IEK7, Forschungszentrum Jülich	Laura Pan	Dr. Mengchu Tao will collaborate with Dr. Laura Pan and other scientists in the ACOM Upper Troposphere - Lower Stratosphere (UTLS) group as part of the long-term collaboration between IEK-7, Forschungszentrum Jülich and ACOM UTLS. She will collaborate in data...Read more	Oct 2016 to Mar 2017
Silvia Bucci	Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC)	Laura Pan	Dr. Silvia Bucci will perform preliminary analyses of the StratoClim campaign data for airborne observations of Asian monsoon UTLS impact.Read more	Sep 2016 to Oct 2016
Christine Smith-Johnson	Univerisity of Norway	Dan Marsh	Understanding the impact of Energetic Particle Precipitation (EPP) on the chemistry and dynamics of the middle and upper atmosphere, and ultimately upon surface climate, through combined modeling and observational studies. Testing to determine if the estimated energy fluxes derived from...Read more	Sep 2016 to Dec 2016
Kathryn Emmerson	CSIRO	Louisa Emmons	Kathryn is one of the lead organizers of the Australian component of the COALA (Characterizing Organics and Aerosol Loading over Australia) C-130 field experiment and an expert in regional modeling of biogenic emissions and air quality. She will also work...Read more	Sep 2016 to Oct 2016
Nicholas Jones	University of Wollongong	James Hannigan	Dr. Nicholas Jones will collaborate with Dr. James Hannigan and other scientists in ACOM's Satellite and Remote Sensing group to work on retrievals from ground-based instruments for OCS, as required for the SSiRC stratospheric sulphur inventory effort. These will be...Read more	Sep 2016
Randall Chiu	University of Colorado	Geoff Tyndall	Randall is a visitor from Prof. Rainer Volkamer's group at the University of Colorado. He will be working on a laboratory project to examine the oxidation of unsaturated aldehydes in the atmosphere. These molecules have been measured in the free...Read more	Sep 2016 to Dec 2016
Nicola Blake	University of California, Irvine	Eric Apel	During her visit, Dr. Nicola Blake will work on an IGAC presentation, TOGA-TOF, and modeling of recent measurements.Read more	Sep 2016
Christoph Knote	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Louisa Emmons	Dr. Christoph Knote has active collaborations with numerous ACOM scientists, including: • MOZART chemical mechanism development and comparisons with CAMchem, WRFChem, and box modeling (Louisa Emmons, John Orlando, Geoff Tyndall, Gabi Pfister) • FRAPPE campaign analysis of contribution...Read more	Sep 2016
Sofia Chelpon	City College of New York	Laura Pan	Sofia Chelpon will collaborate with Dr. Laura Pan and other scientists in the UTLS group to discuss in situ measurements from the CONTRAST (CONvective TRansport of Active Species in the Tropics) field campaign and the CloudSat satellite data, as well...Read more	Aug 2016
Ulrike Niemeier	Max Planck Institut fuer Meteorologie	Simone Tilmes	Dr. Ulrike Niemeier will compare results from her ECHAM model to WACCM, identify differences in the aerosol schemes and uncertainties in the models. There are large uncertainties in the evolution of the sulfur cloud after the injection, e.g. particle size,...Read more	Aug 2016 to Jan 2017
Hiroshi Tanimoto	National Studies for Environmental Studies	Louisa Emmons	Dr. Tanimoto will be collaborating with Drs. Laura Pan, Mary Barth, and the ACRESP Group on analysis of KORUS-AQ and related data. In addition to collaborating on CCMI model evaluation with observations in Asia.Read more	Aug 2016
Alex Guenther	UC - Irvine	Louisa Emmons	Dr. Alex Guenther will work with the ACRESP and Insitur groups to determine why there is so much toluene and sesquiterpenes in Korea. He will also collaborate on the improvement of MEGAN in CLM/CESM in addition to the white paper...Read more	Aug 2016
Tomoo Nagahama	Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University	James Hannigan	Dr. Tomoo Nagahama, along with Drs. Isao Murata and Hideaki Nakajima, will visit Jim Hannigan in ACOM from August 1–5, 2016. They will work together on the analysis of the solar spectra taken at the Moshiri, Rikubetsu, and Tsukuba NDACC...Read more	Aug 2016
Isao Murata	Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University	James Hannigan	Dr. Isao Murata, along with Drs. Tomoo Nagahama and Hideaki Nakajima, will visit Jim Hannigan in ACOM from August 1–5, 2016. They will work together on the analysis of the solar spectra taken at the Moshiri, Rikubetsu, and Tsukuba NDACC...Read more	Aug 2016
Hideaki Nakajima	Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies	James Hannigan	Dr. Hideaki Nakajima, along with Drs. Isao Murata and Tomoo Nagahama, will visit Jim Hannigan in ACOM from August 1–5, 2016. They will work together on the analysis of the solar spectra taken at the Moshiri, Rikubetsu, and Tsukuba NDACC...Read more	Aug 2016
Anja Schmidt	University of Leeds	Mike Mills	Anja Schmidt will continue working with ACOM's prognostic representations of volcanic aerosol in CESM(WACCM). We plan to use WACCM to study impacts of recent and historical volcanic eruptions on climate, clouds, and chemistry. Anja is leading a project to simulate...Read more	Jul 2016 to Sep 2016
Annmarie Carlton	Univ. of California, Irvine	Christine Wiedinmyer	Annmarie Carlton visited ACOM to discuss an upcoming collaboration on the FIREX project funded by NOAA taking place during 2017. Further, Annmarie also met with Mary Barth to plan a workshop taking place at Whiteface Mountain.Read more	Jul 2016
Kirsti Ashworth	University of Michigan	Christine Wiedinmyer	Kirsti Ashworth will be coming to ACOM to work with Christine Wiedinmyer and ASP visitors Will Vizuete and Chitsan Wang. The group will be doing measurements of emissions and ambient concentrations of biogenic VOCs from new industry activities on the...Read more	Jul 2016 to Aug 2016