Rainwater Research

Drs. Brooks Avery, Robert Kieber, and Joan Willey study rainwater at several different levels. They study chemical composition and reactions in rainwater, including trace metal speciation, redox reactions, photochemical reactions and nutrient fluxes. They study impacts of atmospheric deposition (rain, dust, gas exchange) on surface seawater. Their research includes chemical speciation, biogeochemical transformations and fluxes of mercury in rainwater, river water, estuarine water and seawater.

Dr. Doug Gamble, Geology and Geography, is currently researching such topics as the hydroclimatology of the Bahamas and the Northern Caribbean, weather patterns and rainfall chemistry in Wilmington, and the development of a coastal climatology for NC and the Southeast.