Youhua Tang
Title: Principal Investigator, National Air Quality Forecast Guidance
Institutions: George Mason University
Contact: youhua.tang@noaa.gov
Current Research:
- Atmospheric Composition Modeling
- Emission Assessment
- Data Assimilation
Honors, Awards and Professional Recognition
- March 2021, NOAA OAR Certificate of Commendation for Implementing and upgrading NOAA’s Air Quality Forecasting Capability.
- September 2008, NASA group achievement award for North America Science Team of INTEX-B.
- April 2005, NASA group achievement award for North America Science Team of International Chemical Transport Experiment.
Education
Ph.D., Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 1999
Professional Experience
Model developing, especially in air quality modeling. Have conducted comprehensive research for atmospheric composition predictions from pollutant emissions, models and tool development to post analysis. Data assimilation for atmospheric compositions using Joint Effort for Data-Assimilation Integration (JEDI) and Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI).
