Alex Turner

Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Climate Science

Areas of Expertise
  • Atmospheric chemistry
  • Carbon cycle
  • Remote sensing
  • Machine learning
Courses
  • ATMOS 340: Atmospheric Thermodynamics & Cloud Microphysics
  • ATMOS 358: Fundamentals of Atmospheric Chemistry
  • ATMOS 501: Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics
  • ATMOS 532: Atmospheric Radiation
Awards
  • 2022 & 2023 Annual Teaching Award, UW Atmospheric and Climate Science Department
  • 2020 AGU James R. Holton Junior Scientist Award, “For outstanding scientific accomplishments for honorees within three years of receiving their PhD.”
  • 2017 Miller Fellowship at UC Berkeley
  • 2013 DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
  • 2010 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholar
Selected publications
  • He, T. et al. (2024), Increased methane emissions from oil and gas following the Soviet Union’s collapse, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.121, doi:10.1073/pnas.2314600121.

  • Turner, A.J. et al. (2020), A double peak in the seasonality of California’s photosynthesis as observed from space, Biogeosci.17, 405-422, doi:10.5194/bg-17-405-2020.

  • Turner, A.J. et al. (2019), Interpreting contemporary trends in atmospheric methane, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.116, 2805-2813, doi:10.1073/pnas.1814297116.

  • Turner, A.J. et al. (2018), Modulation of hydroxyl variability by ENSO in the absence of external forcing, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.115, 8931-8936, doi:10.1073/pnas.1807532115.

  • Turner, A.J. et al. (2017), Ambiguity in the causes for decadal trends in atmospheric methane and hydroxyl, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.114, 5367-5372, doi:10.1073/pnas.1616020114.