Understanding the chemistry and evolution of planets and their atmospheres: Integrating experiments, observations, and quantum mechanical models

地球大气的持续变化证明了了解光化学过程及其在大气演化中的作用的必要性。这项拟议中的研究将增加我们对行星大气演化的理解，同时也将深入了解地球的演化。通过与NASA和ESA（欧洲航天局）行星探测任务的正式、直接的联系，以及在《自然》、《科学》和/或《美国国家科学院院刊》上的出版物，这一提议将极大地提高澳大利亚研究的知名度。此外，由于这种合作，澳大利亚的学生和博士后研究人员将从与国际顶级科学家的互动中受益。

Ongoing changes in the Earth's atmosphere, demonstrate the need to understand photochemical processes and their role in atmospheric evolution. The proposed research will increase our understanding of the evolution of planetary atmospheres, with concomitant insight into the Earth's evolution. This proposal will greatly enhance the visibility of Australian research, through formal, direct connections to NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) planetary exploration missions, along with publications in Nature, Science, and/or PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) that will likely result from the high-profile problems to be studied. Furthermore, as a result of this collaboration, Australian students and postdoctoral researchers will benefit from interactions with top international scientists.