• Royce Fellowship
Sara Runkel
Sara
Runkel

Concentration 

Environmental Physics

Award Year 

2019
Atmospheric boundary layer height and pollution distribution in La Paz, Bolivia: integrating environmental policy and atmospheric research

In La Paz, Bolivia, a high-altitude city located in the Central Andes, the primary sources of air pollution can largely be controlled through local mitigation techniques. Through a combination of data collection of pollutants, analyzing atmospheric conditions, and understanding current policies and actions in place, Sara will work to understand the conditioning factors leading to air pollution and its distribution in La Paz, Bolivia. By integrating the analysis of pollution distribution within the context of local politics, she will identify the conditioning factors contributing to air pollution and its distribution, highlighting the factors that can be mitigated through policy change.