GML Staff
Irina Petropavlovskikh
Group Chief, Ozone and Water Vapor
Ozone and Water Vapor
Mailing Address:
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
325 Broadway R/GML
Boulder CO 80305-3328
Phone: (303) 497-6279
Fax: (303) 497-5590
Email: irina.petro@noaa.gov

Dr. Irina Petropavlovskikh is a Senior Research Scientist at CIRES, University of Colorado and the science lead in the Ozone and Water Vapor (OZWV) division in the Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML), NOAA/ESRL. Her primary interests are in global monitoring of ozone variability in the Earth’s upper and lower atmosphere, with emphasis on the stratospheric ozone depletion/recovery, climate change, and regional air quality. She has developed the remote sensing techniques for the ground-based instruments such as the Dobson spectrophotometer, Brewer spectrometer and the NCAR CAFS instrument deployed on the aircraft platforms. Dr. Petropavlovskikh is using the balloon-borne records to monitor ozone changes in the free troposphere and low stratosphere, and to understand processes that impact the UTLS composition. Her interest in the air-quality monitoring, specifically in the baseline conditions, resulted in several important publications contributing to the IGAC TOAR activity. Her scientific interests are split between ozone data trend analysis, new product development for validation of the chemistry climate models and satellite-borne ozone data. Dr. Petropavlovskikh serves on the WMO GAW Ozone/UV Scientific Advisory group, International Ozone commission of IAMAS, and the scientific steering committee of the Network for Detection of the Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC).
Education
PhD - Free University of BrusselsMS - Moscow Physical Technical Institute
BS - Moscow Physical Technical Institute
Current Topics
- remote-sensing, surface and balloon-borne monitoring of ozone and stratospheric water vapor
- attribution of long-term changes in stratospheric and tropospheric ozone to dynamical and chemical drivers
- trends in stratospheric water vapor
- long-term changes in position of subtropical and polar jets
- surface ozone variability in relation to pollution and wild fires
- validation of satellite-derived ozone profiles
- homogenization of ozone profile time series under SI2N initiative
- WMO Ozone Assessment 2018
- Ozone trends, SPARC activity LOTUS - Long-term Ozone Trends and Uncertainties in the Stratosphere
- SPARC activity OCTAV-UTLS - Observed Composition Trends And Variability in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere