ESSL Research by Topic
The Broad Scope of Earth/Sun Systems Research within ESSL
ESSL is a highly collaborative environment where the questions and scientific problems to be solved are studied in a cross-disciplinary manner. Under each topic, the “primary” group leading a particular topic will be listed, though many other groups also contribute.
Atmospheric Chemistry
Primary Group: Atmospheric Chemistry Division
- process studies (reaction rates, gas phase, multiphase systems)
- trace gas development
- aerosol and radiation measurement
- atmospheric composition, trends and variability
- atmospheric chemistry modelling
Biogeoscience
Primary Group: The Institute for Multidisciplinary Earth Studies
- biogeosciences
- water cycles across scales
- upper troposphere/lower stratosphere interaction
Climate
Primary Group: Climate and Global Dynamics Division
- global carbon, nitrogen, water, energy cycles
- land cover/land use
- human influences
- radiative forcing (solar variation, aerosols/dust, land use)
- natural climate variability
- climate sensitivity and feedback mechanisms
- atmospheric processes
- land processes (terrestrial science)
- ocean processes
- cryosphere processes
- climate responses (paleoclimates)
- abrupt climate change
- climate forecasting
- climate modelling
- earth system modeling
Meteorology/Weather
Primary Group: Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division
- precipitating convective systems
- dynamics and predictability on 0 - 48 h timescales
- precipitation processes & representation in numerical models
- multiscale atmospheric chemistry, transport and dispersion
- boundary layers and interfacial interactions
- atmospheric prediction
- data assimilation
- forecasting pollutants and hazardous materials
- modeling & forecasting weather
- modeling weather's interaction on regional climate
Solar
Primary Group: High Altitude Observatory
- global hydrodynamics
- magnetohydrodynamics
- solar interior
Upper Atmosphere
Primary Group: High Altitude Observatory
- atmosphere, ionosphere & magnetosphere
- ionosphere, plasmasphere, magnetosphere
- magnetohydrodynamics
- dynamic and radiative processes