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Center for Air Quality

The Center for Air Quality (CAQ) is a faculty-led Center of Excellence supported by SER. Led by researchers in the UW College of Engineering and Physical Sciences’ Department of Atmospheric Science, the center conducts important energy and economic development research that benefits the state by quantifying, modeling and enabling reductions of emissions associated with energy production. The center often works to understand how emissions from oil and gas extraction impact air quality in the Mountain West.

The CAQ conducts its research by: 

  • Making in-situ measurements from mobile, static and airborne platforms with state-of-the-art instrumentation

  • Analyzing data to modify and validate emission inventories and models to improve our understanding of complex air quality issues such as ozone formation, volatile organic compound behavior, and methane emissions

  • Collaborating with industry, federal and state agencies, national laboratories, research universities, and non-profits

Field work

mobile labResearch Projects:

Since 2009 UW researchers have investigated the importance of emissions in the Upper Green River Basin, particularly in the Jonah Field and Pinedale Anticline development areas. The research group also makes novel field measurements with cutting edge instrumentation that advance the science of atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, and climate.

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Plane controlsResources and Publications:

The Center for Air Quality Center provides the knowledge needed to enable energy development while minimizing air quality impacts. The center’s research of emission sources informs policies for compliance with existing and pending air regulations.

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Contact Us:

Center for Air Quality

Energy Innovation Center (EIC)

1000 E. University Avenue, Dept. 3012

Laramie, WY 82071

smurph19@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: (307) 766-6408