Tianning Su

Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Email: su10@llnl.gov

I am a Postdoctoral Research Staff Member at the Climate Analysis Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States. I received my Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences in 2021 from the University of Maryland, College Park.

My research is deeply rooted in the study of convection within the planetary boundary layer (PBL), quintessential examples of chaos in our real world. This chaotic PBL system is inherently linked with clouds and the Earth's surface. I perceive the interactions between clouds and land not as isolated phenomena but as parts of a cohesive system, with the PBL serving as the essential medium facilitating their dialogue. PBL turbulence can catalyze this coupling process and induce rapid and seemingly random vertical movements of aerosols and water vapor within this coupled system. By investigating coupling processes between clouds, PBL, and the land surface, my goal is to illuminate the role of PBL in the climate system, urbanization effects, and air pollution formation.