Dr. Jia Su is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at Hampton University. He holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Optics from Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Su’ research is focus on:
• Atmospheric dynamics and chemistry, and air quality including research of sea-land dynamics (low-level jets, atmospheric ducts, wind energy and turbulence), transport and exchange of climate-relevant atmospheric composition (aerosol, cloud, water vapor, temperature, NO2, CO2, and O3), wildfire smoke transport and model for aerosol-cloud interaction using ground instruments (Lidars, Sun-photometer, Pandora, Radiosonde and Ceilometer) and satellites (CALIPSO, EarthCARE and TEMPO).
• Research of carbon fluxes cycling in coastal regions such as Chesapeake Bay using FTIR Solar Absorption Spectrometer and CO2 Raman Lidar.
• Global temperature profiles of upper troposphere and stratosphere obtained from CALIPSO and ATLID (EarthCARE),
• Developing an innovative Spaceborne compact Coherent Doppler Lidar for global 3D wind measurements)
• Developing a novel Quantum Lidar system for precision and ultrafast wind measurements.
Research project:
- Project Title: Trace Gases Integrated Observation System STEM Experiences between Hampton University and NASA, Funding source: NASA, Role: PI, (Funded).
- Project Title: Research of Carbon Fluxes Cycling in the Coastal Ocean, Funding source: NASA, Role: PI, (Funded).
- Project Title: HU ARL Man Portable Doppler Radar Research and Education, Funding source: DOD DEVCOM ARL, Role: Co-PI, (Funded).
Synergistic Activities:
• Served as PI of HU station for the NASA Earth Science Surface-Based Measurement Networks to research how carbon fluxes cycling occurs in coastal regions (Chesapeake Bay).
• Served as PI of Trace Gases Integrated Observation System STEM Experiences between HU and NASA to connect NASA scientists, HU faculty and students through the development of lidar technology and atmospheric retrievals for understanding the chemical processes influenced by the diurnal evolution of the coastal trace gases and PBL.
• Served as Co-PI of HU station, 2018-present, for the NASA Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network aimed at providing time/height O3 and NO2 measurements from near the surface to the troposphere to describe in high-fidelity their spatial-temporal distribution.
• U.S. Department of Energy, Integrated Cloud, Land-Surface, and Aerosol System Study, Panel Reviewer, 2019-2021.
• NASA Minority University Research and Education Project -Earth Systems Science Research, Reviewer, 2024.
• Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology, Panel Reviewer, 2025.
• Served as Coordinator at the HU station, 2011-present, for Lidar network observations in the Easter US
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