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Atmospheric Sciences

Andrew S. Kowalski

A full professor of applied physics at the University of Granada, Prof. Dr. A. S. Kowalski is an expert in land-atmosphere exchanges. He studied electrical engineering and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University (Boston, MA) in 1988. He studied atmospheric science, and received first a master’s degree (1993) and then a PhD (1996) from Oregon State University. For his PhD dissertation, he applied eddy covariance to assess the turbulent transport and deposition of fog droplets from marine stratus cloud to an evergreen forest canopy near the Pacific coast. He later did postdoctoral stints in Belgium and France, before being awarded a Ramon y Cajal fellowship at the Applied Physics department of the University of Granada, Spain. He has since progressed to Full Professor and developed a research line regarding exchanges of greenhouse gases between the atmosphere and various ecosystem types in southeast Spain.

Is How We View the Atmosphere Too Dry?

and January 15, 2026
Is How We View the Atmosphere Too Dry?

Many people think about air as a fixed mix of gases like nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide (CO2). But the main reason the composition of air changes—water vapour—tends to get overlooked. Scientists often remove it from atmospheric samples before analysing air composition, and this convenient habit can make us forget something surprising: water vapour isn’t just “in” the air; it is air, and when ...[Read More]