Saint Mary's

Aldona Wiacek

Associate Professor
Ph.D., 2006, University of Toronto

Office: Science Building, S425
Contact: Aldona Wiacek
Phone: 902-491-6481
Fax: 902-496-8213

Research Interests:

• Atmospheric & Environmental Physics
• Air pollution & Climate change
• Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
• Remote sensing instrumentation & Retrieval algorithms
• Inverse Theory
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Teaching:

ENVS 1250: Physical Processes in the Environment
ENVS 2300: Environmental Science: Populations & Ecosystems
ENVS 2310: Environmental Science: Energy, Resources & Pollution
ENVS 3360: Climate Change

Current research:

Our understanding of atmospheric chemistry, physics and dynamics is used to drive forecasting models of air quality, weather and climate. But the problems of air quality, weather and climate change are complex and connected, and we are constantly refining our understanding of the details within the big picture.

High-quality data sets of atmospheric composition are crucial for testing model predictions and improving our understanding of atmospheric processes. To this end, the Tropospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory (TRSL) is being established at Saint Mary’s University to characterize atmospheric composition in the “planetary boundary layer” – the air that we breathe!

Enquiries regarding undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral research positions are always welcome!

Refereed publications:

Whaley, C., Strong, K., Adams, C., Bourassa, A. E., Daffer, W. H., Degenstein, D. A., Fast, H., Fogal, P. F., Manney, G. L., Mittermeier, R. L., Pavlovic, B., & Wiacek, A. (2013). , Journal of Geophysical Research, 118(22), 12766-12783, doi:10.1002/2013JD020577

Wiacek, A., Martin, R. V., Bourassa, A. E., Lloyd, N. D., & Degenstein, D. A. (2013). , Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10, 2761-2776, doi:10.5194/amt-6-2761-2013.

Wiensz, J. T., Bourassa, A. E., Lloyd, N. D., Wiacek, A., Martin, R. V., Degenstein, D. A. (2012). , Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 113(8), 582-593, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.02.007.

Wiacek, A., Peter, T., & Lohmann, U. (2010). , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 8649-8667, doi:10.5194/acp-10-8649-2010.

Wiacek, A., & Peter, T. (2009). , Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L17801, doi:10.1029/2009GL039429.

Herich, H., Tritscher, T., Wiacek, A., Gysel, M., Weingartner, E., Lohmann, U., Baltensperger, U., Cziczo, D. (2009). , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11(36), 7804-7809, doi:10.1039/B901585J.

Taylor, J. R., Wunch, D., Midwinter, C. Wiacek, A., Drummond, J. R., & Strong, K. (2008). , Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 109, 2244-2260, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2008.03.011.

Clerbaux, C., George, M., Turquety, S., Walker, K. A., Barret, B., Bernath, P., Boone, C., Borsdorff, T., Cammas, J. P., Catoire, V., Coffey, M., Coheur, P.-F., Deeter, M., De Maziere, M., Drummond, J., Duchatelet, P., Dupuy, E., de Zafra, R., Eddounia, F., Edwards, D. P., Emmons, L., Funke, B., Gille, J., Griffith, D. W. T., Hannigan, J., Hase, F., Hopfner, M., Jones, N., Kagawa, A., Kasai, Y., Kramer, I., Le Flochmoen, E., Livesey, N. J., Lopez-Puertas, M., Luo, M., Mahieu, E., Murtagh, D., Nedelec, P., Pazmino, A., Pumphrey, H., Ricaud, P., Rinsland, C. P., Robert, C., Schneider, M., Senten, C., Stiller, G., Strandberg, A., Strong, K., Sussmann, R., Thouret, V., Urban, J., & Wiacek, A. (2008). , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 2569-2594, doi:10.5194/acp-8-2569-2008.

Wiacek, A., & Strong, K. (2008). , Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer109, 2463-2490, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2008.03.015.

Wiacek, A., Taylor, J. R., Strong, K., Kerzenmacher, T. E., Saari, R., Jones, N. B., & Griffith, D. W. T. (2007). Ground-based solar absorption FTIR spectroscopy: a novel optical design instrument at a new NDSC Complementary Station, characterization of retrievals and first results, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24, 432-448, doi: 10.1175/JTECH1962.1.

Wiacek, A., Jones, N. B., Strong, K., Taylor, J. R., Mittermeier, R. L., & Fast, H. (2006) , Geophysical Research Letters,, 33 L03811, doi:10.1029/2005GL024897.

Dils, B., De Maziere, M., Blumenstock, T., Buchwitz, M., de Beek, R., Demoulin, P., Duchatelet, P., Fast, H., Frankenberg, C., Gloudemans, A., Griffith, D. W. T., Jones, N. B., Kerzenmacher, T., Kramer, I, Mahieu, E., Mellqvist, J., Mittermeier, R. L., Notholt, J., Rinsland, C. P., Schrijver, H., Smale, D., Strandberg, A., Straume, A. G., Stremme, W., Strong, K., Sussmann, R., Taylor, J. R., van den Broek, M., Wagner, T., Warneke, T., Wiacek, A., & Wood, S. (2006) , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics6, 1953-1976, doi:10.5194/acp-6-1953-2006.

Mahieu, E., Zander, R., Duchatelet, P., Hannigan, J. W., Coffey, M. T., Mikuteit, S., Hase, F., Blumenstock, T., Wiacek, A., Strong, K, Taylor, J. R., Mittermeier, R. L., Fast, H., Boone, C. D., McLeod, S. D., Walker, K. A., Bernath, P. F., & Rinsland, C. P. (2005). Geophysical Research Letters,, 32 L15S08, doi:10.1029/2005GL022396.

Quine, B. M., Strong, K., Wiacek, A., Wunch, D., Anstey, J. A., & Drummond, J. R. (2002). , Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19, 618-632, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<0618:STESLF>2.0.CO;2.