Sorooshian to Lead $30M NASA Study on Cloud-Aerosol Interactions

Professor Armin Sorooshian will receive $30 million over five years from NASA to further his research on the interactions between aerosol particles and clouds.

The Aerosol Cloud Meteorology Interactions Over the Western Atlantic Experiment, part of NASA's third series of Earth Venture investigations, will focus on marine boundary layer clouds over the western North Atlantic Ocean that have a critical role in the planet’s energy balance. Two NASA research aircraft will fly from the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to gather measurements from above, below and within the clouds.

"This NASA grant for earth investigations is a great achievement for Professor Sorooshian, the Engineering program and the University of Arizona," said UA President Robert C. Robbins.

Sorooshian provided first-person insight into another recent NASA-funded project with field notes from a July 2018 research trip to Manila, Philippines, with several of his graduate students.