Scientists

Gary Morris (Principal Investigator) is an Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Valparaiso University. He received his Ph.D. in Space Physics & Astronomy from Rice University. Gary has studied ozone since 1992 and has developed and employed models of atmospheric chemistry and dynamics extensively in his research. Gary applied for and received funding from the Shell Center for Sustainability and NASA to begin this experiment on ozone pollution in Houston. He has now worked on over 400 baloon launches from 3 countries and 4 U.S. States.

Prof. Barry Lefer and Prof. Bernhard Rappenglueck serve as hosts of the project at the University of Houston.

Numerous UH students have worked on the project, including the following:

Ryan Perna (M.S. '07), Bridget Day (M.S. '08), Marc Taylor (Graduate student), Darryl Anderson, Shawna Boudreaux, Aaron Chow, Ricky Fuller, Nicole Grossberg, Matt Haworth, Leo Pedemonte, Denet Pernia.

The program has also worked with students from U. of Houston Downtown campus, including:

Maria McCormick, Rachid Tahri, and Julie Wright.

The following students from Rice University gathered data from 2004 - 2006:

Steve Bryant ('08), Scott Hersey (now at Cal Tech), Brad Morris ('08), and Arash Shirvani ('08)

Our Data

SHARP Data

Met Data:
- lower level winds
- upper level winds
- upper level alt.
- NWS surface obs.
- surface O3 obs.
- EPA AirNow

Missions:
- NASA INTEX-B
- NASA IONS-06
- TexAQS 2
- SHARP
- NASA TC-4
- NASA Aura

Other Links:
- Aura overpass
- NASA AVDC
- UH EAS
- IMAQS
- RU TOPP
- VU Physics
- VU Meteorology
- VU TOPP