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Publications Details for Grant Number R835206

Combining Empirical Orthogonal Function and Extreme Value Theory Methods to Characterize Observed and Future Changes in Extreme U.S. Air Pollution Events

RFA: Extreme Event Impacts on Air Quality and Water Quality with a Changing Global Climate (2011)

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Article/Press Release Fiore AM, Naik V, Leibensperger EM. A summary of the 45th A&WMA Critical Review: air quality and climate connections. EM Magazine 2015;(June):31-35. R835206 (2014)
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Journal Article Barnes EA, Fiore AM. Surface ozone variability and the jet position:implications for projecting future air quality. Geophysical Research Letters 2013;40(11):2839-2844. R835206 (2012)
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Journal Article Barnes EA, Fiore AM, Horowitz LW. Detection of trends in surface ozone in the presence of climate variability. Journal of Geophysical Research:Atmospheres 2016;121(10):6112-6129. R835206 (Final)
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Journal Article Clifton OE, Fiore AM, Correa G, Horowitz LW, Naik V. Twenty-first century reversal of the surface ozone seasonal cycle over the northeastern United States. Geophysical Research Letters 2014;41(20):7343-7350. R835206 (2013)
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Journal Article Fang Y, Fiore AM, Lamarque J-F, Horowitz LW, Lin M. Using synthetic tracers as a proxy for summertime PM2.5 air quality over the Northeastern United States in physical climate models. Geophysical Research Letters 2013;40(4):755-760. R835206 (2012)
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Journal Article Fiore AM, Naik V, Leibensperger EM. Air quality and climate connections. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 2015;65(6):645-685. R835206 (2014)
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Journal Article Mascioli NR, Fiore AM, Previdi M, Correa G. Temperature and precipitation extremes in the United States: quantifying the responses to anthropogenic aerosols and greenhouse gases. Journal of Climate 2016;29(7):2689-2701. R835206 (2014)
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Journal Article Mascioli NR, Previdi M, Fiore AM, Ting M. Timing and seasonality of the United States 'warming hole'. Environmental Research Letters 2017;12(3):034008 (10 pp.). R835206 (Final)
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Journal Article Rieder HE, Fiore AM, Polvani LM, Lamarque J-F, Fang Y. Changes in the frequency and return level of high ozone pollution events over the eastern United States following emission controls. Environmental Research Letters 2013;8(1):014012 (10 pp.). R835206 (2012)
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Journal Article Rieder HE, Fiore AM, Horowitz LW, Naik V. Projecting policy-relevant metrics for high summertime ozone pollution events over the eastern United States due to climate and emission changes during the 21st century. Journal of Geophysical Research:Atmospheres 2015;120(2):784-800. R835206 (2013)
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Journal Article Turner AJ, Fiore AM, Horowitz LW, Bauer M. Summertime cyclones over the Great Lakes Storm Track from 1860–2100:variability, trends, and association with ozone pollution. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2013;13(2):565-578. R835206 (2012)
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Journal Article Westervelt DM, Horowitz LW, Naik V, Tai APK, Fiore AM, Mauzerall DL. Quantifying PM2.5-meteorology sensitivities in a global climate model. Atmospheric Environment 2016;142:43-56. R835206 (Final)
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Journal Article Chen K, Fiore AM, Chen R, Jiang L, Jones B, Schneider A, Peters A, Bi J, Kan H, Kinney PL. Future ozone-related acute excess mortality under climate and population change scenarios in China:a modeling study. PLoS Medicine 2018;15(7):e1002598 R835206 (Final)
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Journal Article Rieder HE, Fiore AM, Clifton OE, Correa G, Horowitz LW, Naik V. Combining model projections with site-level observations to estimate changes in distributions and seasonality of ozone in surface air over the USA. Atmospheric Environment 2018;193:302-315. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Clifton O. Shifting seasonal cycles of surface ozone: the role of regional vs. global emission changes. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 9-13, 2013 (Abstract # A11C-0058). R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Clifton O. Shifting seasonal cycles of surface ozone: the role of regional vs. global emission changes in Northeast & mountainous West U.S. Poster presented at the NYSERDA Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Protection (EMEP) in New York: Linking Science and Policy, 2013 EMEP Conference, Albany, NY, November 6-7, 2013. R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Clifton O. 21st century reversal of the surface ozone seasonal cycle over the Northeastern United States. Presented at the First Year Colloquium and Global Decadal Hydroclimate Predictability, Variability and Change (GLODECH) Meeting, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, May 2014. R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Characterizing the “Normal Atmosphere” from background oxidation to extreme pollution. Presented at a symposium in celebration of Hiram Levy II, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ, August 2013. R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Ozone pollution extremes over the eastern USA in summer: recent trends, future projections. Presented at the U.S EPA, National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)/Applied Science Division (ASD) Webinar Series, August 2013. R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Characterizing U.S. air pollution extremes and influences from changing emissions and climate. Presented at the U.S. EPA STAR Research Forum on Extreme Events, Arlington, VA, February 2013. R835206 (2012)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Influence of chemistry-climate interactions and emission controls on 21st century U.S. surface O3 seasonality, variability, and extreme events. Poster presented at the Fifth Biannual NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST) Meeting, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, June 4-6, 2013. R835206 (2012)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Ozone in rural areas of the United States: recent trends, future projections. Presented at the symposium in celebration of Jennifer Logan, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, May 10, 2013. R835206 (2012)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Influence of changes in emissions and climate on background and extreme levels of air pollution. Presented at the Symposium on Abrupt Climate Change in a Warming World, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, May 2013. R835206 (2012)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Influence of chemistry-climate interactions and emission controls on 21st century U.S. surface O3 seasonality, variability, and extreme events. Presented at the Chemistry-Climate Modeling Initiative Workshop, Boulder, CO, May 2013. R835206 (2012)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Recent trends and 21st century projections of ozone pollution extremes over the Northeastern USA during summer. Poster presented at the NYSERDA Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Protection (EMEP) in New York: Linking Science and Policy, 2013 EMEP Conference, Albany, NY, November 6-7, 2013. R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Regional to global source contributions to Eastern U.S. high-O3 episodes. Presented at the NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST) 8th Semiannual Meeting, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, December 2-4, 2014. R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Key drivers of surface ozone variability, from WUS background to EUS extremes. Presented at the Sixth Biannual NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST) Meeting, Rice University, Houston, TX, January 15-17, 2014. R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Fiore AM. U.S. air pollution and climate: trends, variability, and interactions. Presented at the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May 2014. R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Extreme pollution and weather events: characterization, underlying processes, and response to global change. Presented via a virtual “site visit” phone presentation including group members with EPA Program Manager Alan Leinbach, September 2014. R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Characterizing and interpreting changes in U.S. climate and air pollution means and extremes. Presented at the Climate and Health Seminar, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, April 9, 2015. R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Air quality and climate connections. Presented at the 9th Semiannual NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST) Meeting, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, June 2-4, 2015. R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Air quality and climate connections. Presented at the Air & Waste Management Association 108th Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, June 22-25, 2015. R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Detecting changes in Southeast U.S. ozone means and extremes amidst climate variability. Presented at the SAS Modeling Workshop, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ, June 8-10, 2015. R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Fiore AM. U.S. air pollution and climate connections: from background variability to extreme events. Presented at the Code 610 Atmospheres Seminar Series, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, March 19, 2015. R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Fiore AM. A regional-to-global perspective on attaining the new U.S. ozone NAAQS. Presented at the Wisconsin Energy Institue's 2015 Energy Summit, Session on Meeting the New Ozone Standard, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October 13, 2015. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Impacts of changing U.S. NOx emissions on ozone pollution: insights from satellites, ground-based measurements and air quality models. Presented at the ExxonMobil Research and Engineering NOx Controls Workshop, Bridgewater, NJ, January 12, 2016. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Applying models, ground-and space-based data to investigate northeastern U.S. ozone air quality: recent trends and future projections. Presented at the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY, January 2016. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Variability & uncertainty in background ozone:relevance to present & future O3 NAAQS. Presented at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Second Annual International Electricity Sector Conference: ENV-VISION, Washington, DC, May 10-11, 2016. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Fiore AM. Detecting and attributing changes in air pollution and temperature over the eastern U.S.A. amidst climate variability. Presented at the MASS Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 2016. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Fiore AM, Milly GP, Schnell J, Quantifying the frequency and duration of U.S. regional pollution episodes with EOF analysis: model evaluation and projected 21st century changes. Presented at the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project 2016 Science Conference, Breckenridge, CO, September 26-30, 2016. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Mascioli NR. Understanding the southeast United States "warming hole" forced response or internal variability? Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18, 2015. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Mascioli N. Temperature and precipitation extremes in the United States: quantifying the responses to aerosols and greenhouse gases. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15-19, 2014 (Abstract No. GC33G-06). R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Mascioli N. Temperature extremes in the United States: quantifying the responses to aerosols and greenhouse gases with implications for the “warming hole." Presented at the SAS Modeling Workshop, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ, June 8-10, 2015. R835206 (2014)
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Presentation Rieder HE, Fiore AM, Polvani LM, Lamarque J-F, Fang Y. Changes in the frequency and return level of high ozone pollution events over the Eastern United States following emission controls. Presented at the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2012, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 27-31, 2012. R835206 (2012)
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Presentation Rieder HE, Fiore AM. Effects of nitrogen oxide emission controls on eastern US surface ozone: a comparison between urban cores and rural background sites. Poster presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, April 23-28, 2016. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Rieder HE. Insights on changes and drivers of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone extremes. Presented at Ozone Research-Quo Vadis?: A 1-day colloquium to honor Professor Dr. Johannes Staehelin, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, May 4, 2016. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Rieder HE, Fiore AM, Clifton O, Correa G, Horowitz LW, Naik V. 21st century U.S. surface ozone extremes: influence of climate warming, rising methane and reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions. Presented at the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium of the International Ozone Commission, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, September 4-9, 2016. R835206 (Final)
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Presentation Rieder H. Projected changes in high ozone pollution events over the Eastern United States over the 21st century. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 9-13, 2013 (Abstract # A44G-04). R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Rieder H. Projected changes in high ozone pollution events over the Eastern United States over the 21st century. Presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 27-May 2, 2014. R835206 (2013)
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Presentation Westervelt DM. The PM2.5-climate penalty: quantifying sensitivities in a global climate model. Presented at the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) 34th Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 12-16, 2015. R835206 (Final)
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