Daniel Lack
![Daniel Lack photo](daniel.lack.jpg)
Research Scientist II
Cloud & Aerosol Processes
CIRES
Mailing address:
NOAA ESRL Chemical Sciences Division
325 Broadway, R/CSD2
Boulder, CO 80305 USA
Phone: (303) 497-5824
Fax: (303) 497-5340
Email: Daniel.Lack@noaa.gov
Education
2003 PhD Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia
- Thesis: Modeling the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia
Research
- Optical properties of atmospheric aerosols.
- Development and characterization of instrumentation for measuring aerosol absorption.
- Characterization of particulate emissions from commercial marine shipping
- Effects of current and potential international policy instruments on emissions from commercial shipping.
Current Topics
Research
- Climate impacts of black carbon from shipping.
- Effect of fuel quality regulation on emissions from commercial shipping.
- Measurement of aerosol absorption enhancement using direct techniques.
- Measurement of the optical properties of brown carbon.
- Optical properties on biomass burning aerosol.
- 5 Channel - 3 Wavelength Photo-Acoustic Aerosol Absorption Spectrometer
- Successfully deployed on-board NOAA WP3 research aircraft during 2010 CalNex field campaign.
- For aerosol absorption of black and brown carbon.
- 8 Channel - 3 Wavelength Cavity Ring-Down Aerosol Extinction Spectrometer
- For aerosol extinction of atmospheric aerosol. Relative humidity dependence of aerosol extinction.
- For deployment summer 2010 on-board NOAA WP3 research aircraft.
last modified: February 20, 2013