Program Details - Atmospheric Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
Contact name: Dr. Darko Koracin
Phone number: 775-674-7091
Fax Number: 775-674-7060
Email: Darko.Koracin@dri.edu
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Program description: The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), in collaboration with the Department of Physics and Desert Research Institute, offers programs in atmospheric sciences leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The atmospheric sciences degree program is conducted with researchers from the Division of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) of the Desert Research Institute (DRI). Students take all classes at UNR and participate in research projects under the guidance of faculty members at UNR and DRI. Areas of academic study in atmospheric sciences include cloud and aerosol physics, ice phase chemistry and physics, satellite remote sensing of the atmosphere, ground-based remote sensing of the atmosphere (radar, microwave radiometer, lidar), mountain meteorology, weather modification, role of clouds in climate, climate change, atmospheric boundary-layer processes, atmospheric radiative transfer processes, regional climate studies, visual air quality, air pollution measurement and chemical analysis, atmospheric chemistry, source apportionment, air pollutant transport processes, biogenic emissions, vehicle emissions and renewable energy.