Explorer Series Conversation: Exploring Water's Journey in the Atmosphere
Channel: NSF NCAR & UCAR Science Education
Date: 2020-06-19

In our first NCAR Explorer Series Conversation, Dr. Adriana Bailey chats with us about her research at NCAR and what it's like to be a AAAS If/Then Ambassador.

Dr. Bailey's research focuses on the origins of precipitation. Water that evaporates in one region of the Earth may have traveled hundreds of miles before it reaches your home and falls as precipitation. Scientists use the chemical composition of water molecules (their isotopic composition) to determine where that water comes from. Using both real world observations and computer models, scientists can track moisture as it moves between our atmosphere, oceans, and land. Scientists also investigate how differences in climate affect moisture transport, how efficiently clouds form precipitation, and how moisture mixes between different layers of our atmosphere. She was also highlighted in the CBS program Mission Unstoppable.

Learn more about this event: https://edec.ucar.edu/events/water-journey-in-atmosphere