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Phil Austin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. His research specializes in Cloud Physics, with a focus on understanding the processes that determine the radiative properties of cloud layers. His work particularly examines how stratus and cirrus clouds form, persist, and dissipate, and the significant influence that these clouds exert on global climate. Austin is also a principal investigator on an NSERC strategic project titled 'Cloud Aerosol Feedbacks', which explores various critical aspects within the fields of Atmospheric Science, Climate Science, Environmental Science, and Oceanography. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Honours Physics from Whitman College (1979) and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington (1987). He was a National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from 1987 to 1988 before joining UBC, where he has been a faculty member since 1988.
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