Sorooshian Co-Authors Atmospheric Layer Detection Technique
Armin Sorooshian co-authors a UA researcher-led technique published by the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.
Armin Sorooshian, professor of chemical and environmental engineering.
A team of University of Arizona-led researchers published a technique in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres that combines new scientific insights with the revision of an existing computer algorithm to better detect different layers of the atmosphere.
Yike Xu is the paper's first author and a graduate student in the University of Arizona Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences advised by professor Xubin Zeng. Armin Sorooshian, CHEE professor and University Distinguished Scholar, is a co-author.
The results of this study were made possible by a five-year project Sorooshian and Zeng began in 2019 with a $30 million award from NASA. Sorooshian and his team collected data on aerosols, clouds and meteorology and synthesized their interactions over the northwestern Atlantic Ocean using lidar – pulsed lasers that measure light scattering and absorption by aerosol particles in the atmosphere – and other instruments flown on two airplanes.
Zeng, Sorooshian and their team hope their results will contribute to the development and launch of a new satellite mission focusing on the planetary boundary layer in the next decade.
Read more about the technique here.