Presidential Young Investigators Award: Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter on Atmospheric Radiative Transfer

这是一个支持研究的奖项，其目的是比目前更好地了解空气中的颗粒物对区域能见度和气候的影响。这位总统青年调查员的实验室实验和现场测量数据将被用来验证现有的辐射传输计算机模型，这些模型已经开发出来，用于预测气溶胶对通过地球大气层的光传输的影响。这项研究的结果可能应用于改进现有的计算机模型和制定新的计算机模型，用于设计空气污染控制策略。预计这些结果也将有助于阐明气溶胶在全球变暖中所起的作用。

This is an award to support research the objective of which is to obtain a better understanding than now exists of the effect that airborne particles have on regional visibility and climate. Data from laboratory experiments and field measurements by this Presidential Young Investigator will be used to validate existing radiative transfer computer models that have been developed to predict the effects that aerosols have on transfer of light through the earth's atmosphere. Results of this research are likely to be applied in improvement of existing and formulation of new computer models for use in designing air pollution control strategies. The results are also expected to assist in elucidating the role that aerosols play in global warming.