About the Institute
The Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Tel: +86-10-62028606 82995018
Fax: +86-10-62028604
Email: zhangl@mail.iap.ac.cn
Address: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
The Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), the Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS) originated from the former
Institute of Meteorology of Academia Sinica, which was
established in February of 1928 and was one of the earliest
eight institutes engaged in the research of modern natural
sciences in China. Prof. Zhu Kezhen, the first director
of IAP, was the main founder of modern atmospheric sciences
and geographic sciences in China. Prof. Ye Duzheng,
a veteran scientist in the meteorological field, and
other famous scientists, like, Prof. Zhao Jiuzhang,
Prof. Gu Zhenchao, Prof. Tao Shiyan and Prof. Zeng Qingcun
established the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP).
Under the accumulated effort of several generations
of scientists, IAP has grown to be an internationally
renowned research foundation engaged in comprehensive
atmospheric sciences, characterized by the features
of covering multi-subjects, equipped with advanced basic
research facilities, and a gathering of talented individuals
who have made great achievements.
IAP mainly engages in exploring the basic laws governing
atmospheric motion, physical and chemical processes
in the atmosphere, and the interaction between the atmosphere
and its surrounding environment, especially the study
of the mechanism of weather, climate and environment
in East Asia, prediction theory and observation techniques
under the combined influences of the Tibetan Plateau,
the tropical Pacific Ocean and the complex topography
of China. Undertaking that enterprise, IAP aims to build
a systematic theory of the East Asian climate system
as well as the monsoon environment system and to implement
a remote-sensing observation system, so as to develop
new detection and experimental methods to provide theory
and methodology for monitoring, prediction and control
of weather, climate and the environment. The four emphasized
innovative studies are: the dynamics of the climate
system and prediction theory, dynamics of the atmospheric
environment and the biosphere, mesoscale meteorology
and remote-sensing theory and technology, meso-micro
scale systems and disastrous weather.
IAP has now a total 328 staffs, of which there are eight
academicians of CAS--Prof. Ye Duzheng, Prof. Tao Shiyan,
Prof. Zeng Qingcun , Prof. Huang Ronghui, Prof. Wu Guoxiong,
Prof. Li Chongyin, Prof. Fu Congbin, and Prof. Lu Daren.
At present, there are 53 professors, and 88 associate
professors and senior engineers in IAP.
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