Research Expertise and Interest
climate change, carbon cycle, terrestrial biosphere
Research Description
Inez Fung is a professor of atmospheric science. The climate of the Earth is intimately tied to the composition of the atmosphere and the dynamics of the underlying surface. The atmosphere and land surface exchange energy, water and other trace substances on all space and time scales. The exchange is dependent on and, in turn, determines the states of the atmosphere and biosphere themselves. Inez Fung's research in the past decade has focused on the many aspects of biosphere-atmosphere interaction, with the goal of gaining predictive capability of how atmospheric composition and climate may co-evolve in the future. Current research is focused on the influence of lithology and subsurface water storage on tree resilience during droughts.