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The Planetary Environment Research Laboratory The University of Michigan (UM) Planetary Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) conducts research on the fundamental processes governing atmospheric convection, climate, and the evolution of the atmosphere of the Earth, other planets, and their moons. Our vision is to use comparative planetary sciences to provide insights and test basic ideas about the physical processes governing the atmosphere of our fragile planet and its neighbors. Our mission is to advance the knowledge of fundamental atmospheric processes relevant to environmental problems while training new generations of engineers, planetary explorers, and scientists. We not only work on theoretical problems, but also conduct laboratory experiments, field research, and develop instruments to measure environmental processes on Earth and other planets. We are part of Laser/AOSS and the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL), and work in close collaboration with the Planetary Science Laboratory (PSL), and the Global-Scale Chemistry and Climate Modeling Group (GCCMG). Our group has a well equipped mobile laboratory with a scanning lidar, eddy correlation instruments, meteorological sensors, and various workstations and data logger. |