Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Funded IRP Projects, 2011

Marrying two novel lidar technologies to profile the whole atmosphere

Investigators: Xinzhao Chu (CIRES), John A. Smith (CIRES), and Wentao Huang (CIRES)

Collaborators: Mike Hardesty (CIRES/ESRL-CSD) and Hanli Liu (NCAR)

Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Evaporated Crude Oil

Investigators: Joost de Gouw (CIRES) and Jose-Luis Jimenez (CIRES)

Mixotrophy and Nitrogen Fixation in Cyanobacteria

Investigators: James H. McCutchan, Jr. (CIRES) and William M. Lewis, Jr. (CIRES)

Contact Freezing on Demand: Measurement of contact nuclei with a novel instrument using single droplets levitated in an optical trap

Investigators: Sara Lance (CIRES/ESRL CSD), Maggie Tolbert (CIRES), Josh Gordon (NIST)

A Novel Cryogenic Analyte Preconcentration Module for Trace Gas and Isotopic Analyses.

Investigators: B. R. Miller (CIRES/ESRL GMD),
J. Winokur (INSTAAR), B. Vaughn (INSTAAR), S. Montzka (CIRES/ESRL GMD), P. Tans (CIRES/ESRL GMD)

Developing a Lower Boundary Layer Radar for Renewable Energy Research

Investigators: Christopher R. Williams, (CIRES), Laura Bianco (CIRES), Paul E. Johnston (CIRES), Daniel C. Law (ESRL CSD), Scott E. Palo (CU Aerospace Engineering)