Long-term trends in the ambient PM2.5- and O3-related mortality burdens in the United States under emission reductions from 1990 to 2010 [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018 Concentrations of both fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) in the United States (US) have decreased significantly since 1990, mainly because of air quality regulations.
Y. Zhang +10 more
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Technical challenges and solutions in representing lakes when using WRF in downscaling applications [PDF]
Geoscientific Model Development, 2015 The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is commonly used to make high-resolution future projections of regional climate by downscaling global climate model (GCM) outputs.
M. S. Mallard +7 more
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Measurement of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among adults with asthma. [PDF]
, 2001 Because the morbidity and mortality from adult asthma have been increasing, the identification of modifiable environmental exposures that exacerbate asthma has become a priority. Limited evidence suggests that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
Blanc, PD +4 more
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A simple lightning assimilation technique for improving retrospective WRF simulations
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2016 Convective rainfall is often a large source of error in retrospective modeling applications. In particular, positive rainfall biases commonly exist during summer months due to overactive convective parameterizations. In this study, lightning assimilation
Nicholas K. Heath +3 more
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Distribution and Causes of Global Forest Fragmentation
Ecology and Society, 2003 Because human land uses tend to expand over time, forests that share a high proportion of their borders with anthropogenic uses are at higher risk of further degradation than forests that share a high proportion of their borders with non-forest, natural ...
Timothy G. Wade +3 more
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A framework for expanding aqueous chemistry in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 5.1 [PDF]
Geoscientific Model Development, 2017 This paper describes the development and implementation of an extendable aqueous-phase chemistry option (AQCHEM − KMT(I)) for the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system, version 5.1.
K. M. Fahey +9 more
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Global-Scale Patterns of Forest Fragmentation
Ecology and Society, 2000 We report an analysis of forest fragmentation based on 1-km resolution land-cover maps for the globe. Measurements in analysis windows from 81 km 2 (9 x 9 pixels, "small" scale) to 59,049 km 2 (243 x 243 pixels, "large" scale) were used to characterize ...
Kurt Riitters +4 more
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Environmental contaminants exposure and preterm birth: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2019 Preterm birth is an obstetric condition associated with a high risk of infant mortality and morbidities in both the neonatal period and later in life, which has also a significant public health impact because it carries an important societal economic ...
Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi +5 more
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Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2017 A new windblown dust emission treatment was incorporated in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system. This new model treatment has been built upon previously developed physics‐based parameterization schemes from the literature.
H. Foroutan +6 more
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Relation to Family Characteristics, Stressors and Chemical Co-Exposures in California Girls. [PDF]
, 2019 Childhood environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is a risk factor for adverse health outcomes and may disproportionately burden lower socioeconomic status groups, exacerbating health disparities.
Dobraca, Dina +5 more
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