David Fahey
Research PhysicistAtmospheric Composition & Chemical ProcessesNOAA |  |
| Mailing address: NOAA ESRL Chemical Sciences Division 325 Broadway, R/CSD6 Boulder, CO 80305 USA | |
| Phone: (303) 497-5277 Fax: (303) 497-5373 Email: David.W.Fahey@noaa.gov |
Dr. Fahey is a research physicist in NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He joined the Laboratory in 1979 after receiving advanced degrees in physics from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Missouri. His principal research interest is the measurements of trace gases and aerosols in the troposphere and lower stratosphere using instruments on board research aircraft. His interpretative studies have addressed stratospheric ozone depletion, the photochemistry of nitrogen oxides, the formation of nitric acid containing aerosols, and the role of black carbon aerosol in climate. Dr. Fahey has served as a Principal Investigator and Project Scientist for a number of airborne sampling missions with NASA's research manned and unmanned aircraft and as a participant in several international scientific assessments of ozone depletion and climate. He is an author of the 2007 climate science assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has received the U. S. Department of Commerce Silver and Bronze Medals for Meritorious Federal Service, the American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award, and is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Education
PhD - University of Missouri-Rolla
BA - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Current Topics
- Airborne measurements of black carbon aerosol in the troposphere and lower stratosphere using the NOAA Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2).
- Water vapor measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.
- Design and construction of the next generation ozone photometer for airborne measurements.
- Use of NASA's Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for earth science research.
- Scientific analysis and assessment of issues related the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
- Scientific analysis and assessment of the impact of aviation on future climate change.
last modified: May 16, 2012