Title: Principal Investigator, National Air Quality Forecast Guidance
Contact: youhua.tang@noaa.gov
Current Research:
- Atmospheric Composition Modeling
- Emission Assessment
- Data Assimilation
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).
Education
- Ph.D., Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Honors, Awards and Professional Recognition
- NOAA OAR Certificate of Commendation for Implementing and upgrading NOAA’s Air Quality Forecasting Capability, 2021
- NASA group achievement award for North America Science Team of INTEX-B, 2008
- NASA group achievement award for North America Science Team of International Chemical Transport Experiment, 2005
