Research Specialties and Opportunities

Atmospheric chemistry folder iconAtmospheric/Air Chemistry
The study of the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere. Topics include the emission, transport, and deposition of atmospheric chemical species; the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions taking place in the atmosphere; and the effects of atmospheric species on human health, the biosphere, and climate.

Atmospheric dynamicsAtmospheric Dynamics
The study of those motions of the atmosphere that are associated with weather and climate.  

Boundary layer folder iconBoundary Layer and Turbulence

Climate folder iconClimate


Clouds folder iconClouds and Cloud Physics

Earth-Atmos interactions folder iconEarth-Atmosphere Interactions
The study interactions between the earth's surface, especially terrestrial ecosystems, and the atmospheric boundary layer, and the impacts of these interactions on weather and climate.

Mesoscale meteorology folder iconMesoscale Meteorology

NWP folder iconNumerical Weather Prediction

Oceanography folder iconOceanography

Radiative transfer folder iconRadiative Transfer
The physics and mathematics of how radiation passes through a medium that may contain any combination of scatterers, absorbers, and emitters.

Remote sensing folder iconRemote Sensing

Statistical MeteorologyStatistical Meteorology
The application of applied statistics, statistical tools, and artificial intelligence to a wide range of problems in meteorological analysis and forecasting at both weather and climate time scales. 

Synoptic meteorology folder iconSynoptic Meteorology

Tropical meteo folder iconTropical Meteorology

Weather risk folder iconWeather Risk
The role that weather plays as a source of financial and operational risk for businesses, markets and other institutions.