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Kenneth Rahn

Emeritus Professor of Oceanography

212 CACS Building

krahn@gso.uri.edu

874-6713

http://karws.gso.uri.edu/

Educational Background

Ph.D., Meteorology B.S., Chemistry

University of Michigan Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1971 1962

Areas of Specialization

Research

Ken Rahn's research interests include atmospheric chemistry, especially long-range aerosol transport, arctic air pollution and elemental tracers.

Students

Kelly Kryc

M.S.

1998

Publications:

Huang S., Rahn K.A. and Arimoto R. (1997) A graphical method for determining the dry-depositional component of aerosol samples and their field blanks. Atmospheric Environment 31a, 3383-3394.

Huang S., Arimoto R. and Rahn K.A. (1996) Changes in atmospheric lead and other pollution elements at Bermuda. J. Geophys. Res. 101 (D15) 21, 033-21, 040.

Presentations:

A graphical technique for distinguishing plant material and soil from atmospheric deposition in biomonitors (Invited) International Workshop on Biomonitoring on Atmospheric Pollution (with emphasis on trace elements), 21-24 September 1997, Lisbon.

Is the air at Izaña really clean? (with U. Tomza, R. Arimoto, and B.J. Ray) European Aerosol Conference, Hamburg, 15-19 September 1997.

An event of long-range transport of Siberian aerosol to Tiksi, Russia (with U. Tomza and T.V. Khodzher), Paper No. AW652, European Aerosol Conference, Hamburg, 15-19 September 1997.

A graphical technique for postanalytical quality control. Paper No. IAEA-SM-344/32, IAEA Symposium on Harmonization of Health-Related Environmental Measurements Using Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques, Hyderabad, India, 4-7 November 1996.