Eszter Kovacs
- Email: eeek@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Using satellite data to understand the influence of marine biogenic activity on high latitude clouds and climate
- Supervisors: Dr Daniel Grosvenor, Professor Ken Carslaw FRS, Dr Jane Mulcahy, Dr Thomas Lachlan-Cope
Profile
I am a PhD student researching how phytoplankton in the ocean influence aerosols and cloud droplet number concentrations, affectig cloud properties. I am a part of the SENSE CDT, utilising satellite data in environmental science. My project partners are the British Antarctic Survey and the Met Office.
In my research I will be using field campaign data to validate satellite retrievals of aerosol and cloud data, which I will then use to determine the factors that lead to high cloud droplet number concentrations near Antarctica and other high latitude regions. I will also test, evaluate and improve the UK Earth System Model to reduce uncertainties in biogenic aerosol formation.
Research interests
Remote Sensing, Satellite Data, Aerosol, Atmospheric and Cloud Dynamics, Phytoplankton, Climate Change, Climate Modelling
Qualifications
- MPhys Physics, University of Bath
Research groups and institutes
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science