Research Areas
Monitoring / Service Programs
The Center for Atmospheric Science (CAS) pursues a program of basic and applied research, monitoring, services, and outreach to address key atmospheric issues of importance to Illinois, the Midwest, and the nation. Among the key service programs are the Midwestern Regional Climate Center and the Illinois State Climatologist. Areas of research include climate variability and change, how hazardous weather events respond to climate variations, the impacts of weather and climate events, air quality, cloud physics, storm-scale (mesoscale) meteorology, and near-surface (boundary layer) weather.