Professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
College of Letters & Sciences
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Ankur Desai and his lab research a wide variety of phenomena related to regional scale surface-atmosphere coupling and earth's carbon and water cycles, focusing on the feedbacks of these with climate change and variability, disturbance, and resource management. Particular atmospheric greenhouse gases studied include carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor.
Research Interests
- The influence of spatiotemporal scale, ecology, and micrometeorology on ecosystem-atmosphere interactions
- Micrometeorological, ecological, and biogeochemical interactions at regional to global scales
- Carbon and water cycling
- Climate variability and carbon cycles
- Terrestrial-aquatic linkages of carbon, water, and energy