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Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions Lab

Our research group focuses on understanding the physics and properties of clouds and their role in the Earth's climate system. A key aspect of our work is investigating how aerosols, whether natural or human-made, influence cloud properties and, in turn, affect the climate. We use a combination of advanced tools, including satellite observations, cloud simulations, and Lagrangian trajectory modeling. By integrating these methods, we aim to provide a deeper understanding of the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols, and the climate.

Fields of Interest

Stratocumulus Cloud Morphologies

Climate Networks

Ship Tracks

CCN Retrievals

Humidity Heat Waves

Recent Publications

Sampling bias from satellite retrieval failures of cloud properties and its implications for aerosol‐cloud interactions

Goutam Choudhury and Tom Goren, Geophysical Research Letters , 2025

Co-variability drives the inverted-V sensitivity between liquid water path and droplet concentrations

Tom Goren, Goutam Choudhury, Jan Kretzschmar and Isabel McCoy, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 2025

Pristine oceans are a significant source of uncertainty in quantifying global cloud condensation nuclei

Goutam Choudhury, Karoline Block, Mahnoosh Haghighatnasab, Johannes Quaas, Tom Goren, and Matthias Tesche , 2025

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5.6M Grant for Network Science in Climate Extremes

Our group, together with Prof. Shlomo Havlin and Dr. Louis Shekhtman from BIU, will lead a 5.6M NIS project titled 'Integrating Climate Dynamics, Clouds, and Extreme Events through Teleconnections in Climate Networks', funded by the Israeli Council for Higher Education. The project includes a broad team from the Weizmann Institute, Ben-Gurion University, and the Volcani Institute.

 

Opportunities for Students

We are looking for:

1. MSc and PhD students

2. Post-docs

3. Research assistants

Please contact us if interested: tom.goren@biu.ac.il