Regional Indicators of Daily-to-Yearly Variability in Background Ozone to Inform Air Quality Standard Setting and Decision-Making

SPONSOR:

National Aeronautics & Space Administration

FUNDED AMOUNT:

$958,583

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:

Princeton University Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

PUBLICATIONS:

Clifton, O. E., A. M. Fiore, G. Correa, L. W. Horowitz, and V. Naik (2014), Twenty-first century reversal of the surface ozone seasonal cycle over the northeastern United States, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 7343–7350, doi:10.1002/2014GL061378.

Duncan, B.N., A.I Prados, L. Lamsal, Y. Liu, D.G. Streets, P. Gupta, E. Hilsenrath, R.A. Kahn, J.E. Nielsen, A.J. Beyersdorf, S.P. Burton, A.M. Fiore, and 12 others (2014), Satellite data of atmospheric pollution for U.S. air quality applications: Examples of applications, summary of data end-user resources, answers to FAQs, and common mistakes to avoid, Atmos. Environ., 94, 647-662.

Fiore, Arlene M., Vaishali Naik, Eric M. Leibensperger (2015a), Air Quality and Climate Connections, J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 65, 6, 645-685. (Invited Critical Review Paper).

Fiore, A. M., V. Naik, E.M. Leibensperger (2015b), A summary of the 45th A&WMA Critical Review: Air quality and climate connections, Environmental Manager (EM), June, 31-35.

Fiore, A.M., J.T Oberman, M. Lin, L. Zhang, O.E. Clifton, D.J. Jacob, V. Naik, L.W. Horowitz, J.P. Pinto (2014a), Estimating North American background ozone in U.S. surface air with two independent global models: Variability, uncertainties, and recommendations, Atmos. Environ., 96, 284-300.

Fiore, A.M., R.B. Pierce, R.R. Dickerson, M. Lin (2014b), Detecting and Attributing Episodic High Background Ozone Events, Environmental Manager (EM; Special Issue for NASA AQAST), Feb., 22-28.

Fiore, A.M., V. Naik, D. Spracklen, A. Steiner, N. Unger, M. Prather, D. Bergmann, P.J. Cameron-Smith, B. Collins, S. Dalsøren, G. Folberth, P. Ginoux, L.W. Horowitz, B. Josse, J.-F. Lamarque, T. Nagashima, F. O'Connor, S. Rumbold, D.T. Shindell, R.B. Skeie, K. Sudo, T. Takemura, G. Zeng, Global Air Quality and Climate, Chem. Soc. Rev., 41, 6663–6683, doi: 10.1039/c2cs35095e, 2012.

Kleinman, M.T., J.D. Bachmann, H.J. Feldman, D. McCabe, J.J. West, and A.M. Fiore (2015), Critical Review Discussion, Connecting Air Quality and Climate Change, J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 65, 11, 1283-1291.

Lin, M., A. M. Fiore, L. W. Horowitz, A. O. Langford, S. J. Oltmans, and D. Tarasick, Climate variability modulates western U.S. ozone air quality in spring via deep stratospheric intrusions, Nature Communications, 6, 7105, doi:10.1038/ncomms8105.

Lin, M., A. M. Fiore , O. R. Cooper, L. W. Horowitz, A. O. Langford, H. Levy II, B. J. Johnson, V. Naik, S. J. Oltmans, and C. J. Senff (2012a), Springtime high surface ozone events over the western United States: Quantifying the role of stratospheric intrusions, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D00V22, doi:10.1029/2012JD018151.

Lin, M., A.M. Fiore, L.W. Horowitz, O.R. Cooper, V. Naik, J. Holloway, B.J Johnson, A.M. Middlebrook, S.J. Oltmans, I.B. Pollack, T.B. Ryerson, J.X. Warner, C. Wiedinmyer, J. Wilson, B. Wyman (2012b), Transport of Asian ozone pollution into surface air over the western United States in spring, J. Geophys. Res, 117, D00V07, doi:10.1029/2011JD016961.

Mickley, L.J., A.M. Fiore, D.K. Henze, Interactions between Climate Change and U.S. Air Quality, Environmental Manager (EM; Special Issue for NASA AQAST), Feb., 32-35.

KEYWORDS

air pollution national ambient air quality standard models ozone global health

THEMES

Modeling and Adapting to Future Climate