Yulu Chen
- Email: ssdt0940@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: How polluted is our World? Investigating air pollutant long-range transport using state-of-the-art geostationary satellite constellations and chemistry transport modelling!
- Supervisors: Dr Richard Pope, Dr Ailish Graham, Professor Martyn Chipperfield, Dr Brian Kerridge
Profile
I am a PhD student in the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, within the School of Earth and Environment. My research is funded by the YES•DTN and focuses on satellite observations of air pollution at both global and regional scales. I use data from the South Korean Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS), NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-4 (S4), together with chemical transport models, to investigate continental air pollution hotspots, spatial gradients, diurnal cycles, and long-range transport at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions.
I completed my master’s degree in Geoinformation and Geodetic Engineering field. My thesis was about using high-resolution satellite data to estimate traffic volumes and evaluate the impact of mobility restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. It brings my interest to satellite data analysis and public health research.
Research interests
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Earth Observation
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Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling
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Air Quality
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Environment health
Qualifications
- MSc, Geoinformation and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University
Research groups and institutes
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science