Professor
Yuk Ling Yung
(
–
)
1946
2026
California Institute of Technology
;
Sierra Madre, CA
Astrophysicist; Planetary scientist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2011
Works on photo-chemical structures and dynamics of planetary atmospheres. Research on chlorine in the Venusian and on Bromine in Earth's atmosphere, the photochemistry of Titan, and the greenhouse effects of methane, nitrous oxide, and water in the stratosphere. Most recent work on inter-hemispheric transport of CO[sub]2 and global spatiotemporal patterns of atmospheric CO[sub]2.
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