Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab

Mission Areas

Research Topics

Artificial intelligence
Autonomous systems
Data analytics
Earth system modeling
Photonics/optical sensors
Satellite remote sensing
Sensors
UAV research
Wireless communication

The Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) Lab, formerly known as the ARROMA Lab, studies the impacts of aerosol pollution on air quality, weather, and climate. Research approaches include satellite remote sensing and use of numerical models to study atmospheric composition, agriculture, Earth systems, and climate change.

Research Team

Jun Wang, PhD

Assistant Director, Iowa Technology Institute
Director, Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab
James E. Ashton Professor of Engineering

Featured Research

Forest Fire Detection and Visibility

Smart and Connected Low-Cost Environmental Sensors

Unified Linearized Vector Radiative Transfer Model

News

Jun Wang discusses space research on 1540 KXEL following Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin launches

Monday, July 26, 2021

University of Iowa Technology Institute

Spurred by the recent high-profile Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic launches, one of University of Iowa's top scientists joined News Talk 1540 KXEL AM radio of Waterloo on July 21, 2021, for a wide-ranging discussion about space-based research as interest in space travel and curiosity about the cosmos surges.

UI scientists to expand space-based research on campus through new P3 grant

Friday, June 18, 2021

University of Iowa Technology Institute

Faculty members from the Iowa Technology Institute, a research arm of the College of Engineering (CoE), are contributing to a new space-based, interdisciplinary research enterprise designed to strengthen University of Iowa’s competitiveness for NASA funding for space missions and instruments.

Jun Wang, Director

Director, Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab

James E. Ashton Professor in Engineering

(319) 353-4483

jun-wang-1@uiowa.edu

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