Dr. Jun Wang  
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Research Statement

My research interests are the impacts of aerosol pollution on air quality, weather, and climate. My research approaches include satellite remote sensing, meteorology-chemistry coupled modeling, data assimilation, and integration of these elements.

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Research Projects

Satellite Application for AMAZE ((Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment ) filed campaign

Global modeling of aerosol phase transition and its implication to visibility, radiative forcing and cirrus cloud formation

RAMS-Assimilation and Radiation Online Modeling of Aerosols (AROMA)  

Impact of relative humidity and aerosol mixing state on satellite characterization of urban aerosols

Assimilation of dust aerosol optical thickness into RAMS for studying dust radiatve feedbacks on weather
Dust properties in east Asian dust source region
Quantifying dust non-spherical effects using geostationary satellite
Satellite applications for air quality studies
Monitoring dust event in east Asia from Japanese GMS satellite

Studying the Saharan dust effects on climate from GOES8 satellite