Christopher Sioris, Ph.D.
Current research and/or projects
Use of remotely-sensed data to improve our understanding of the abundances and spatiotemporal variations of key pollutants, such as aerosols and nitrogen dioxide.
1) comparisons between aerosol depth depth observed by satellites and ground-based instruments
2) studying the ability of satellites to capture variability in surface-level PM2.5 (fine particular matter)
3) developing new techniques for remote sensing of aerosol information from an airborne platform
Professional activities / interests
Co-Investigator: Observations of Earth's surface and aerosol with a balloon-borne imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometer
Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment science team member
Odin satellite aeronomy science team member
Education and awards
B. Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Science, Carleton University, 1997
Ph. D. Earth and Space Science, York University, 2001
Key publications
Sioris, C.E., C.D. Boone, P.F. Bernath, J. Zou, C.T. McElroy, C.A. McLinden. 2010. ACE observations of aerosol in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere from the Kasatochi volcanic eruption, J. Geophys. Res. 115: D00L14, doi:10.1029/2009JD013469.
Sioris, C.E., C.A. McLinden, R.V. Martin, B. Sauvage, C.S. Haley, N.D. Lloyd, E.J. Llewellyn, P.F. Bernath, C.D. Boone, S. Brohede, and C.T. McElroy. 2007. Vertical profiles of lightning-produced NO2 enhancements in the upper troposphere observed by OSIRIS, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7: 4281-4294.
Sioris, C.E., T.P. Kurosu, R.V. Martin, and K. Chance. 2004. Stratospheric and tropospheric NO2 observed by SCIAMACHY: First results. Adv. Space Res. 34: 780-785.
Sioris, C.E., W.F.J. Evans, R.L. Gattinger, I.C. McDade, D. Degenstein, and E.J. Llewellyn. 2002. Ground-based Ring effect measurements with the OSIRIS development model. Can. J. Phys. 80: 483-491.
Sioris, C.E. and W.F.J. Evans. 2000. Impact of rotational Raman scattering in the O2 A band. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27: 4085-4088.