Olivia Salmon

Olivia Salmon joined the Shepson Group in 2013. She conducts experiments from the group’s Airborne Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (ALAR). Her projects include measuring surface-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases over forests and urban areas. She has taken part in several airborne campaigns, including AirMOSS, INFLUX, and WINTER. Her current research focus has been on quantifying emissions of water vapor from urban areas, like Washington, D.C. and Indianapolis, and understanding the meteorological conditions and sources that contribute to instances of excess urban water vapor relative to surrounding rural areas. Olivia recently conducted experiments in Washington, D.C. and Indianapolis using Professor Lisa Welp’s (Purdue University Dept. of Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences) water vapor isotope analyzer to better understand emissions and partitioning of urban water vapor from sources such as: evapotranspiration, combustion, and cooling towers.

Email: osalmon@purdue.edu