Professor Meteorology and Air Quality at Wageningen University & Research
The sun is setting over CloudRoots Amazonia22. Time to leave behind an incredible, unforgettable and unique experience. We are at the top of the 325-meter tower and the quiet transition from day to night is only broken by an ensemble of sounds composed by birds, monkeys and undefined animals. Time…
Will it rain? When? How deep is the cloud? Will it grow deeper? How much? A lot of questions without answers. But the soundings observing meteorological variables can provide us some quantification. So far what we have experienced during the CloudRoots campaign at the Amazonia are clear mornings. After lunch,…
We are constantly encouraged to cross borders. To move out of our comfort zone to become creative, original and innovative in our research. These borders are always abstract, undefined and uncharted. They force us to develop personally as scientists, but also to work differently in a team to be more…
Manaus, February 2022, 8 AM. Already hot and humid. The CloudRoots Amazonia 22 field experiment starts. It is planned for August 2022, but preparations are well in advance due to the complexity of the experiment. With a team of the Meteorology of Air Quality Group together with two groups from…