Mian Chin
Mian Chin
Physical Scientist, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailing Address: Code 614, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, U.S.A.
Phone: 301-614-6007
Fax: 301-614-5903
Email: Mian.Chin@nasa.gov
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Mian Chin has served as Principal Investigator for many research projects since 1997 that involve global and regional modeling of tropospheric aerosols and chemistry. She and her coworkers have developed the Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport (GOCART) model, which has been used to simulate tropospheric aerosols and related gas species, CO, and radionuclides for climate, air quality, and global change studies, with a spetial focus on analysis of satellite and sub-orbital observations. Current (as of February 2013) active projects include:
- Impact of emissions and long-range transport on the changes of Arctic atmospheric composition and climate (PI, NASA ACMAP)
- Anthropogenic and volcanic contributions to the tropospheric and stratospheric sulfate aerosols: A global model analysis (PI, NASA Aura)
- Multi-decadal variations of atmospheric aerosols: Sources, transport, and effects on surface radiation (PI, NASA MAP)
- Integrated Modeling of Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation and Land Processes at Satellite-Resolved Scales (Co-PI, NASA MAP)
- Assessing aerosol intercontinental transport and Its climate impacts through an integrated analysis of Terra, Aqua and other A-Train measurements and models (Co-I, NASA TerraAqua)
- Integrating carbon monoxide and aerosol retrievals: Improving estimates of aerosol vertical distribution, carbon component & local radiative forcing (Co-I, NASA TerraAqua)
- Assessing contributions of foreign aerosol sources to the U.S. air quality using a regional chemical transport model constrained by satellite measurements (Co-I, NASA ACMAP)
- A modeling analysis of the impact of aerosols from combustion sources on Actinic fluxes and photolysis rates constrained by aircraft and satellite data (Co-I, NASA ACMAP)
- Global modeling of nitrate and ammonium at present day and the year 2050: Implications for atmospheric radiation, chemistry, and ecosystems (Co-I, NASA MAP)
- Global All-sky direct radiative forcing of anthropogenic Aerosols from A-Train observations and a chemical transport model (Co-I, NASA CCST)
- Effects of biomass burning on Asian Monsoon water cycle and climate (Co-I, NASA IDS)
- Climate- and Fire-induced Vegetation, Agricultural and Albedo Change in Northern Eurasia: Consequences to Gases, Aerosols and Radiative Fluxes (Co-I, NASA IDS)
GOCART Model InformationModel AOD output (2000-2007) and comparisons with satellite observations on NASA Giovanni:
