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Atmospheric Effects of Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Interview with Dr. Pratt in Barrow, Alaska
Research Questions
How does increasing ice salinity effect snowpack chemical mechanisms?
What effect will increasing ship emissions have on the Arctic Ecosystem?
What unique chemistry exists in the snowpack?
Funding
Michigan Space Grant Consortium (2014-2015)
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (2014-2015)
American Society of Mass Spectrometry (2014-2016)
NOAA Earth Systems Science (2014-2017)
NASA Earth Science (2014-2017)
NSF Polar Programs (2014-2017)
HHMI (Teaching component, 2014-2017)
DOE ARM (2015-2016)
Informing Air Quality Standards: Forest Emissions Effect on Urban Pollution
Research Questions
What fraction of aerosol is generated via reactions from vegetation emitted gasses?
What effect does forest loss play on atmospheric chemistry?
Are current regulations taking into account the effects of forrest emmissions?
Funding
Univ. of Michigan MCubed (2013-2014)
EPA STAR (2013-2015)
Aqueous Phase Chemistry in the Atmosphere: Cloud Processing of Aerosol and Trace Gasses
Research Questions
How much of an effect does cloud processing play in aged aerosol composition?
Could clouds explain a large gap in the known sources of aerosol particles?
What types of chemical reactions occur in clouds and what are markers of cloud processing?
Funding
New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (2015)
Pratt Lab :: Environmental and Analytical Chemistry