Yulu Chen

Biography:

I am a PhD student in the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, within the School of Earth and Environment. My research is funded by the YES•DTN and focuses on satellite observations of air pollution at both global and regional scales. I use data from the South Korean Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS), NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-4 (S4), together with chemical transport models, to investigate continental air pollution hotspots, spatial gradients, diurnal cycles, and long-range transport at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions.

I completed my master’s degree at The Ohio State University. My thesis was about using high-resolution satellite data to estimate traffic volumes and evaluate the impact of mobility restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. It brings my interest to satellite data analysis and public health research.

Qualifications:

MSc, Geoinformation and Geodetic Engineering, the Ohio State University, 2021

Research Interests:

Earth Observation, Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling, Air Quality Modelling, Public health.

Project Title:

How polluted is our World? Investigating air pollutant long-range transport using state-of- the-art geostationary satellite constellations and chemistry transport modelling!