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Exploring Radiation's Spectral Dimension — NSF Award to Columbia University (NY, $823,336)

The flow of electromagnetic energy through the atmosphere and its interaction with Earth's surface underly an enormous range of weather and climate phenomena. Fluxes of radiation almost entirely determine Earth's temperature, act as a strong constraint on global precipitation and the height of the tropopause, and shape

Award titleExploring Radiation's Spectral Dimension
Award ID2536164
AwardeeColumbia University
CityNEW YORK
StateNY
Amount obligated$823,336
Principal investigatorRobert Pincus
ProgramCoupled & Large-Scale Dynamics
Start date04/01/2026
AbstractThe flow of electromagnetic energy through the atmosphere and its interaction with Earth's surface underly an enormous range of weather and climate phenomena. Fluxes of radiation almost entirely determine Earth's temperature, act as a strong constraint on global precipitation and the height of the tropopause, and shape atmospheric motions from the global scale to the cloud scale. The laws of physics for electromagnetic radiation are very well known, particularly for the visible and infrared radi
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