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Susan Solomon

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1981

Senior Scientist
NOAA/ERL, Chemical Sciences Division

Research Interests

Atmospheric chemistry and its links to climate

Current Research Projects

Photochemistry and transport processes in the stratosphere and troposphere; remote sensing of the atmosphere by spectroscopic methods and their interpretation; interpretation of ozone depletion at mid-latitudes and in polar regions; coupling between trace gases and the Earth's climate system.

Selected Honors and Awards

• Member, National Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, French and European Academies of Science.
• Solomon Glacier (78°23'S, 162°30'E) and Solomon Saddle (78°23'S, 162°39'E) were named in honor of leadership in Antarctic research in l994.
• Carl-Gustaf Rossby Medal, American Meteorological Society, January, 2000.
• National Medal of Science, United States of America, March, 2000.

Selected Publications

• Garcia, R.R., and S. Solomon. A numerical model of the zonally averaged dynamical and chemical structure of the middle atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 1379, 1983.
• Brasseur, G., and S. Solomon, Aeronomy of the Middle Atmosphere, Reidel Pub., Co., Dordrecht, 1984. (in English, also translated into Russian and Chinese).
• Solomon, S., R.R. Garcia, F.S. Rowland, and D.J. Wuebbles, On the depletion of Antarctic ozone, Nature, 321, 755-758, 1986.
• Solomon, S., G.H. Mount, R.W. Sanders and A.L. Schemltekopf, Visible spectroscopy at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 2. Observation of OClO, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 8329-8338, 1987.
• Solomon, S., G.H. Mount, R.W. Sanders, R.O. Jakoubek, and A.L. Schmeltekopf, Observation of th nighttime abundance of OClO in the winter stratosphere above Thule, Greenland, Science, 242, 550-555, 1988.
• Hofmann, D., and S. Solomon, Ozone depletion through heterogeneous chemistry following the eruption of the El Chichon volcano, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 5029-5041, 1989.
• Solomon, S., Antarctic ozone: progress towards a quantitative understanding, Nature, 347, 347-354, l990.
• Solomon, S., R. W. Sanders, R. R. Garcia, and J. G. Keys, Enhanced chlorine dioxide and ozone depletion in Antarctica due to volcanic aerosols, Nature, 363, 245-248, l993.
• Solomon, S., R. W. Portmann, R. R. Garcia, L. W. Thomason, L. R. Poole, and M. P. McCormick, The role of aerosol variations in anthropogenic ozone depletion at northern mid-latitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 6713-6728, l996.
• Solomon, S., R. W. Portmann, R. W. Sanders, and J. S. Daniel, Absorption of solar radiation by water vapor, oxygen, and related collision pairs in the Earth's atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 3847-3858, l998.
• Solomon, S., Stratospheric ozone depletion: A review of concepts and history, Rev. Geophys., 37, 275-316, l999.
• Portmann, R. W., S. Solomon, R. W. Sanders, J. S. Daniel, and E. G. Dutton, Cloud modulation of zenith sky oxygen photon path lengths over Boulder, Colorado: Measurement versus model, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 1139-1155, 2001.
• Thompson, D. W. J., and S. Solomon, Interpretation of recent southern hemisphere climate change, Science, 296, 895-899, 2002.