Background
Initiated in 2007, the 7-SEAS project seeks to perform interdisciplinary research in the field of aerosol-meteorology and climate interaction from Java through the Malay Peninsula, and Southeast Asia to Taiwan...
The study region, which ranges from the tropics to subtropics, has significant gradients in air pollution varying from near pristine to heavily-polluted. Thus, Southeast Asia’s geography provides a unique natural laboratory for atmospheric measurements.
Scientific References
- Wang et al. (2011) First detailed observations of long-range transported dust over the northern South China Sea.
- Lin et al. (2013) An overview of regional experiments on biomass burning aerosols and related pollutants in Southeast Asia.
- Reid et al. (2013) Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing.
Main Themes
- Clouds and precipitation
- Radiative transfer
- Anthropogenic and biomass-burning emissions
- Natural background atmospheric chemistry
- Tropical-subtropical meteorology
- Regional nowcasting and climate outlooks
- Calibration / Validation