Seminar

Abstract

In this presentation I will discuss our group's work developing the first satellite-based measurement of atmospheric isoprene, using the CrIS infrared sounder. These measurements provide new insights into the distribution and drivers of global isoprene emissions. When combined with concurrent space-based measurements of atmospheric formaldehyde (an isoprene oxidation product) and nitrogen dioxide, the data also allow us to test understanding of isoprene oxidation and its impacts on atmospheric OH across NOx regimes. I will also highlight our recent efforts developing the next-generation isoprene retrieval, with improved signal-to-noise that allows us to resolve fine-scale spatial and temporal variability in atmospheric isoprene to a greater degree than was previously possible.

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Dylan Millet is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota, where he holds an appointment in the Department of Soil, Water and Climate. He received his BSc from the University of British Columbia and his PhD from the University of California Berkeley. He completed his postdoctoral work at Harvard University with a NOAA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Global Change. He was the recipient of the NSF Career Award in 2011, and is currently a Fellow of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Minnesota, and the co-director of the Land and Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Program.