Atmospheric physics

The Atmospheric Physics Group works on fundamental and applied problems in meteorology, climate, and impacts on the environment and society.

We employs a variety of cutting-edge scientific investigative techniques, including: field observations at various scales (both in the urban context and in the natural environment and using both high-tech and low-cost instrumentation), numerical modeling and simulation, development of new satellite missions, new interpretation of data sets, big data analysis, and artificial intelligence. The Group is also involved in defining innovative methods to extract maximum information content from in situ and remote sensing measurements of the atmosphere from active or passive sensors, with the goal of improving knowledge of cloud and precipitation physics.

The research is fully integrated in the national and international context, and is funded by the European Union (Horizon2020, Horizon Europe, INTERREG, LIFE), ESA, PNRA,PRIN, PNRR, EUMETSAT, ASI and the filantropic agency Schmidt Science. The Group is active in numerous collaborations with national and international research institutes and agencies.

There are 5 areas of research: Boundary layer processes and air pollution; Data Assimilation for dynamical systems and machine learning; dynamics of the atmosphere at multi-scale; Microphysical Processes; Radiative Transfer Modelling and remote sensing data analysis.