Dr Giles Harrison

My work concerns the physics of atmospheric aerosol particles, and development of instruments for physical atmospheric measurements (particularly probing the properties of atmospheric small ions, but also temperature, pressure, relative humidity, radioactivity, supercooled droplets, low currents, atmospheric electric fields and the global electrical circuit, solar radiation), both at the surface, and aloft using radiosonde platforms. The electrical properties of the atmosphere have a new relevance, as, through ion-aerosol physics, they may link solar changes and climate.

Publications Courses: Software MT11B MTA02

· Ion-aerosol physics and clouds

ions, aerosols, clouds and climate

Experimental work on ions and aerosol

Atmospheric composition

quantifying historical air pollution First air pollution analysis from 1890s Eiffel Tower measurements

atmospheric electricity and aerosol Reviews of Geophysics abstract

aerosol electrification aerosol charging theory confirmation of Clement-Harrison charging theory

· Atmospheric Measurements

atmospheric physics instruments

Dr R. G. Harrison Department of Meteorology, The University of Reading, P.O Box 243, Earley Gate, Reading Berks RG6 6BB UK

tel: +44 118 931 6690 fax: +44 118 9318 email: Giles Harrison