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, 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