PhD in Atmospheric Science - Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality in Davis United States | University of California Davis

The University of California, Davis offers a full program of study leading to Bachelors (B.S.), Masters (M.S.) and Doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Atmospheric Science. Our B.S. program conforms to the national accreditation standards set by the National Weather Service and the American Meteorological Society. The M.S. and Ph.D. programs are overseen by the Atmospheric Science Graduate Group. The M.S. and Ph.D. programs are overseen by the Atmospheric Science Graduate Group. ASGG is composed of facutly and students from across departments and colleges. Collaboration is extensive and encouraged Atmospheric science is the study of the physics, chemistry, and dynamics of the atmosphere and its interrelationship with the hydrosphere and the biosphere.

Students gain advanced knowledge of air quality, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, micrometeorology, biometeorology, climate dynamics, mesoscale meteorology, large-scale dynamics, and numerical weather prediction. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in the chemistry and dynamics of the atmosphere and its interrelationship with the hydrosphere and the biosphere. Our graduate program targets a diverse range of specialties including: Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality, Biometeorology and Micrometeorology, Mesoscale and Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Large-Scale and Climate Dynamics, Computational Geosciences, Extreme Weather, Climate Change Impacts

Students in the atmospheric chemistry and air quality program at Davis study a wide range of questions regarding the emission, transformation, transport and deposition of air pollutants. Research projects include measurement and modeling of emission, deposition and dispersion on scales ranging from the microscale processes around individual plants to mesoscale flows over an entire state. The study of air quality problems is multi-disciplinary as is reflected by the diversity of training and departmental affiliation of the Graduate Group members associated with this specialty.