Air Quality Modeling and Exposure Lab

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Our research centers on developing and applying advanced air quality modeling and data fusion approaches to characterize air pollution in the United States. These advanced approaches are used to answer questions related to community-scale exposure and source characterization. The lab is led by UC Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering professor, Dr. Cesunica E. Ivey.

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Environmental Science: Atmospheres

"Assessing CMAQ Model Discrepancies in Vertical Ozone Profiles in a Heavily Burdened Air Basin using UAV Measurements"

Unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) measurements of vertical ozone profiles facilitate the uncovering of potential underestimations in gridded NOx emission estimates in Southern California. We highlight diel discrepancies in planetary boundary layer height based on ceilometer measurements, and make subsequent model adjustments to improve ozone mixing ratio simulations for the lower 500 meters of a CMAQ model simulation. Findings reflect potential mechanistic discrepancies over inland Southern California, which features complex terrain, hot and dry climate, and abundant secondary pollutant formation.

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