Research and Education to solve Air Quality problems associated
with agriculture, natural resources and environment is what we
do. Our basic expertise is in micrometeorology, which is the
study the physics and transport properties of the near surface
atmosphere. Our general approach is to join with a wide array of
experts in other fields to design and conduct “Cooperative”
research and education programs, both large and small, all
across the country. Our basic research approach is to
incorporate current knowledge and theories (hypotheses) into
numerical and analytical computer models, and then test them
with field experiments. This modeling followed by field testing
is an iterative process which eventually ends in new practical
applications. Recent “cooperative” research projects include
Pollutant Transport and dispersion in the nighttime boundary
layer in the CASES99 and JORNADA field campaigns funde by NSF
and ARO; Forest –atmosphere exchanges of mercury – funded by
USEPA through the Connecticut River Airsh