The Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions (LAOI) Group at The University of Arizona's Institute of Atmospheric Physics researches the interfacial and boundary layer processes at the Earth's surface and their effects on global climate. The group also works to improve the characterization of these processes in climate and numerical weather prediction models by analyzing the model parameterizations of these processes using field data and remotely sensed data or by integrating such data into the models. I specialize in the interfacial processes between the oceans and the atmosphere and between sea ice and the atmosphere as well as the processes that occur in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL).
I along with the director of LAOI, Dr. Xubin Zeng, and some other current and previous members of the group have worked extensively with the developers of
We have also worked with the scientific community in the SEAFLUX project analyzing the ocean surface flux parameterizations used to produce several global satellite-derived ocean surface flux data sets. We are also currently participants in VOCALS with our project involving an analysis of cloud properties in the southeastern Pacific stratus deck and its evaluation in the atmospheric component of the CCSM.