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Emphasis Area: Volcano/Atmosphere Interactions
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EHaz North American Mobility Graduate Exchanges EHaz North American Mobility Graduate Exchanges, W. Rose U.S. Dept of Education $200,000
Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific Latin America Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific Latin America, G. Bluth, J. Gierke, E Gross, W. Rose, NSF Office of International Science and Engineering $2,300,000
Paleomagnetic excursions at Santa Maria Volcano, Guatemala, J. Diehl, W. Rose National Science Foundation $185,000
Acquisition of a thermal camera for volcano hazard research and student development, M. Patrick, W. Rose National Science Foundation $75,000
Emphasis Area: Atmospheric Chemistry
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TA study of the impact of aged boreal fire emissions on the composition of the remote midlatitude lower free troposphere, using measurements at the PICO-NARE station A study of the impact of aged boreal fire emissions on the composition of the remote midlatitude lower free troposphere, using measurements at the PICO-NARE station, R. Honrath National Science Foundation $295,052
Measurement and Modeling of PBT Transport in Lake Superior , J. Perlinger Great Lakes Commission $156,865
Micrometeorological Measurement of Air-water Exchange Rates of PBTs in Lake Superior Air: A Conduit Between Water, Society, and Space. Mayer, A.S., Urban, N.R., Perlinger, J.A., Green, S.A., and Kerfoot, W.C. Michigan Research Excellence Fund 2006 –2007 $53,045
A study of biomass-burning and anthropogenic impacts on arctic tropospheric chemistry using measurements at Summit, Greenland as part of the POLARCAT International Polar Year project A study of biomass-burning and anthropogenic impacts on arctic tropospheric chemistry using measurements at Summit, Greenland as part of the POLARCAT International Polar Year project, R. Honrath NASA $800,000
Investigation of ozone photochemistry in lower-FT continental outflow traveling over the North Atlantic Investigation of ozone photochemistry in lower-FT continental outflow traveling over the North Atlantic, R. Honrath National Science Foundation $480,036
A synthesis of existing and new observations of air-snowpack exchanges to assess the arctic tropospheric ozone budget, A synthesis of existing and new observations of air-snowpack exchanges to assess the arctic tropospheric ozone budget, R. Honrath National Science Foundation $504,000
Emphasis Area: Atmospheric Physics   
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Ice Nucleation by Organic Compounds Representative of Biomass Burning in the Tropics Ice Nucleation by Organic Compounds Representative of Biomass Burning in the Tropics, W. Cantrell
NASA  
Turbulence--Cloud Interactions: Laboratory and Field Studies, Turbulence--Cloud Interactions: Laboratory and Field Studies, Raymond Shaw.  National Science Foundation, $435,111
Studies of Ice Nucleation in the Leipzig Aerosol-Cloud Interaction Studies of Ice Nucleation in the Leipzig Aerosol-Cloud Interaction
Simulator, Raymond Shaw. 		 Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research  
8 Correlated Stochastic Processes in Physical Meteorology, Alex Kostinski National Science Foundation $249,716
Emphasis Area: Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions    
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Elevated CO2 and O3, alone and in combination, on the structure
and functioning of a northern forest ecosystem: Operating the aspen FACE User Facility

David F. Karnosky, Kurt Pregitzer, Kevin Percy, Neil Nelson, George Hendrey, John Nagy, Mark Kubiske, Rick Lindroth, and Don Zak

 US Department of Energy $5,197,336
Last Update: January 3, 2009

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