Second Research Laboratory

Environmental Meteorology

The Second Research Laboratory's activities involve experimental and modeling research of atmospheric environments where trace gases and aerosols, natural and anthropogenic, are produced and consumed in chemical and transport processes, and also in interactive processes with the ocean and land surfaces. The objectives of the Second Research Laboratory are to identify and quantify the processes that regulate chemical composition of the atmospheric environment, to simulate the temporal and spatial distribution of chemical composition using chemical transport models, and to assess future change in the composition caused by human activities. It conducts research as follows to make contribution to global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, and air pollution issues.

1. Numerical simulations for global, regional, and local transport of atmospheric constituents, such as greenhouse gases and air pollutants, using chemical transport models

2. Experiments of diffusion process of atmospheric constituents