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2023
Chang, F., M. Astitha, Y. Yuan, C. Tang, P. Vlahos, Valerie Cover, AND U. Khaira. A New Approach to Predict Tributary Phosphorus Loads Using Machine Learning– and Physics-Based Modeling Systems. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2(3):1-20, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-22-0049.1
2021
Feng Chang, C., Valerie Cover, C. Tang, P. Vlahos, D. Wanik, J. Yan, J. Bash, AND M. Astitha. Linking multi-media modeling with machine learning to assess and predict lake chlorophyll a concentrations. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. International Association for Great Lakes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, 47(6):1656-1670, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.09.011
2020
Rao, S., H. Luo, M. Astitha, C. Hogrefe, Valerie Cover, AND R. Mathur. On the limit to the accuracy of regional-scale air quality models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Copernicus Publications, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, 20(3):1627–1639, (2020). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1627-2020
2019
Zhang, W., T. Spero, Chris Nolte, V. Garcia, Z. Lin, P. Romitti, G. Shaw, S. Sheridan, M. Feldkamp, A. Woomert, S. Hwang, S. Fisher, M. Browne, Y. Hao, AND S. Lin. Projected Changes in Maternal Heat Exposure During Early Pregnancy and the Associated Congenital Heart Defect Burden in the United States. Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, 8(3):e010995, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010995
Feng Chang, C., M. Astitha, Valerie Cover, C. Tang, P. Vlahos, D. Wanik, AND J. Yan. Using Machine Learning to Assess Parameters Associated with Harmful Algal Blooms for Lake Erie. Meteorology and Climate - Modeling Air Quality, Davis, CA, September 11 - 13, 2019.
Garcia, V., C. Nowakowski, C. Chang, P. Vlahos, C. Ellen, C. Tang, AND M. Astitha. Using Multi-media Modeling to Investigate Conditions Leading to Harmful Algal Blooms. Chapter 74, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI. Springer Nature, New York, NY, , 469-474, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6_74
2018
Garcia, V. AND Betsy Smith. Accountability: Evaluating the Impact of Regulatory Policies on Air Quality, Human Health, and the Environment. 2018 ACS National Meeting & Expo, New Orleans, LA, March 18 - 22, 2018.
Sharif, H., V. Garcia, AND R. Mathur. Effects of Total Nitrogen Deposition on the North Pacific and Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 2018 CMAS Conference, Durham, NC, October 22 - 24, 2018.
Ran, L., E. Cooter, D. Yang, Y. Yuan, V. Benson, J. Williams, Jon Pleim, Keith Wyat Appel, R. Wang, A. Hanna, V. Garcia, AND R. Mathur. FEST-C v1.4: An integrated agriculture, atmosphere, and hydrology modeling system for ecosystem assessments. 2018 CMAS Annual Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 22 - 24, 2018.
Chang, C., C. Nowakowski, M. Astitha, V. Garcia, P. Vlahos, C. Tang, D. Wanik, AND J. Yan. Updates on Using Multi-media Modeling to Investigate Conditions Leading to Harmful Algal Blooms. 2018 CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 22 - 24, 2018.
Ran, L., E. Cooter, D. Yang, V. Benson, Y. Yuan, A. Hanna, AND V. Garcia. User’s Guide for the Fertilizer Emission Scenario Tool for CMAQ (FEST-C) Version 1.4. U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, 2018.
2017
Rao, S. AND V. Garcia. Accountability: Evaluating the impact of emission control policies on air pollutant levels and health outcomes. 2017 NordicWelfAir Workshop, Reykjavik, ICELAND, September 25 - 29, 2017.
Garcia, V., E. Cooter, J. Crooks, B. Hinckley, M. Murphy, AND X. Xing. Examining the impacts of increased corn production on groundwater quality using a coupled modeling system. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 586:16-24, (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.009
McGuinn, L., C. Ward-Caviness, L. Neas, A. Schneider, Q. Di, A. Chudnovsky, J. Schwartz, P. Koutrakis, A. Russell, V. Garcia, W. Krause, E. Hauser, W. Cascio, D. Diaz-Sanchez, AND R. Devlin. Fine Particulate Matter and Cardiovascular Disease: Comparison of Assessment Methods for Long-term Exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. Academic Press Incorporated, Orlando, FL, 159:16-23, (2017).
Garcia, V., C. Nowakowski, M. Astitha, P. Vlahos, E. Cooter, AND C. Tang. Using Multi-media Modeling to Investigate Conditions Leading to Harmful Algal Blooms. 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 11 - 15, 2017.
2016
Garcia, V., E. Cooter, J. Crooks, B. Hinckley, M. Murphy, AND Tim Wade. Impact of Increased Corn Production on Ground Water Quality and Human Health. ACES Conference on Ecosystem Services, Jacksonville, FL, December 05 - 09, 2016.
Nowakowski, C., M. Astitha, V. Garcia, P. Vlahos, E. Cooter, C. Tang, AND B. Hinckley. Prediction of harmful water quality parameters combining weather, air quality and ecosystem models with in situ measurement. 15th Annual CMAS Conf. October 24-26, 2016, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, Chapel Hill, NC, October 24 - 26, 2016.
Garcia, V., E. Cooter, J. Bash, M. Murphy, Tim Wade, AND X. Xing. Using a Coupled Modelling System to Examine the Impacts of Increased Corn Production on Groundwater Quality and Human Health. Chapter 18, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXIV. Springer International Publishing AG, Cham (ZG), Switzerland, , 113-117, (2016).
2015
Garcia, V., J. Bash, E. Cooter, B. Hinckley, Tim Wade, AND W. Barnett. Impacts of Agricultural Management Practices and Increased Greenhouse Gases on Groundwater Quality and Spina Bifida Health Vulnerability. International Society of Exposure Science (ISES), Hendersen, NV, October 18 - 22, 2015.
Isakov, V., V. Garcia, AND S. Arunachalam. Linking Meteorology, Air Quality Models and Observations to Characterize Human Exposures in Support of the Environmental Health Studies. Presented at 95th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 05 - 08, 2015.
Garcia, V., E. Cooter, AND J. Bash. Mining Information form a Coupled Air Quality Model to Examine the Impacts of Agricultural Management Practices on Air and Groundwater Quality. 34th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application, Montpellier, FRANCE, May 04 - 08, 2015.
Jones, R., C. Hogrefe, E. Fitzgerald, S. Hwang, H. Ozkaynak, V. Garcia, AND L. Shao. Respiratory hospitalizations in association with fine PM and its components in New York State. JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 65(5):559-569, (2015).
Garcia, V., K. Stevens, Chris Nolte, T. Spero, AND J. Crooks. Vulnerability Assessment of Dust Storms in the United States under a Changing Climate Scenario. 2015 CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 07, 2015.
2014
Garcia, V., P. Porter, E. Gego, AND S. Rao. “Skill of Generalized Additive Model to Detect PM2.5 Health Signal in the Presence of Confounding Variables”. 9th International Conference on Air Quality, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GERMANY, March 24 - 28, 2014.
Arunachalam, S., A. Valencia, Y. Akita, M. Serre, M. Omary, V. Garcia, AND V. Isakov. A Method for Estimating Urban Background Concentrations in Support of Hybrid Air Pollution Modeling for Environmental Health Studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland, 11(10):10518-10536, (2014).
Appel, W., E. Cooter, V. Garcia, R. Gilliam, D. Heist, V. Isakov, Jon Pleim, AND S. Roselle. Air Quality Modeling Advancements Relevant to Human Health. Annual Meeting of the Clean Air Reasearch Center (CALRC), Atlanta, GA, September 18 - 19, 2014.
Isakov, V., S. Arunachalam, S. Batterman, S. Bereznicki, J. Burke, K. Dionisio, V. Garcia, D. Heist, S. Perry, M. Snyder, AND A. Vette. Air Quality Modeling in Support of the Near-Road Exposures and Effects of Urban Air Pollutants Study (NEXUS). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland, 11(9):8777-8793, (2014).
2013
Cooter, E., R. Dennis, J. Bash, M. McCrakin, AND V. Garcia. A Systems Approach to the Estimation of Ecosystem and Human Health Stressors in Air, Land and Water. Presented at 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 09 - 13, 2013.
Jones, R., H. Ozkaynak, S. Nayak, V. Garcia, S. Hwang, AND S. Lin. Associations between summertime ambient pollutants and respiratory morbidity in New York City: Comparison of results using ambient concentrations versus predicted exposures. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology . Nature Publishing Group, London, Uk, 6:616-626, (2013).
Porter, P., E. Gego, V. Garcia, AND S. Rao. Benefits of using enhanced air quality information in human health studies. Chapter 12, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII. Springer, Heidelburg, Germany, 2014:73-78, (2013).
Lin, S., R. Jones, C. Pantea, H. A. OZKAYNAK, S. T. RAO, S. Hwang, AND V. GARCIA. Impact of NOx Emission Reduction Policy on Hospitalizations for Respiratory Disease in New York State. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology . Nature Publishing Group, London, Uk, 23(1):73-80, (2013).
Garcia, V., E. Cooter, B. Hayes, M. Murphy, J. Bash, AND K. Foley. Linking Air Land & Water to Examine the Vulnerability of Groundwater Nitrate Contamination from Increased Corn Production. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 09 - 13, 2013.
Garcia, V., P. Porter, E. Gego, AND S. Rao. Temporal Collinearity Amongst Modeled and Measured Pollutant Concentrations and Meteorology. Chapter 9, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII. Springer, Heidelburg, Germany, 2014:53-57, (2013).
Valencia, A., S. Arunachalam, Y. Akita, M. Serre, V. Garcia, AND V. Isakov. “Estimating Regional Background Air Quality using Space/Time Ordinary Kriging to Support Exposure Studies”. Presented at Annuual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 28 - 30, 2013.
2012
Haeuber, R., V. Garcia, L. Neas, J. Peel, AND A. Russell. Chapter 7: Impact of Nitrogen and Climate Change Interactions on Ambient Air Pollution and Human Health. Chapter 7, The Role of Nitrogen in Climate Change and the Impacts of Nitrogen-Climate Interactions on Terrestrial and Acquatic Ecosystems, Agriculture and Human Health in the United States. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, , 190-204, (2012).
2011
GARCIA, V., V. ISAKOV, AND T. H. WATKINS. Case Study: Advances in Modelling Exposure . ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST. Institution of Environmental Sciences, London, Uk, 20(1):18-21, (2011).
GARCIA, V., J. L. CROOKS, E. Gego, S. Lin, AND S. T. RAO. Characterizing the Exposure of Regional-Scale Air Quality in the Northeastern United States. Chapter 116, Douw G. Steyn & Silvia Trini Castelli (ed.), NATO/ITM Air Pollution Modeling and its Application , XXI . Springer Netherlands, , Netherlands, Series C:711-715, (2011).
Porter, P. S., J. SZYKMAN, S. T. RAO, E. Gego, C. Hogrefe, AND V. GARCIA. Integrating PM2.5 Observations, Model Estimates and Satellite Signals for the Eastern United States by Projection onto Latent Structures. Chapter 60, Douw G. Steyn & Sylvia Trini Castelli (ed.), NATO/ITM Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, XXI. Springer Netherlands, , Netherlands, Series C:353-358, (2011).
Valari, M., L. Martinelli, E. Chatignoux, J. L. CROOKS, AND V. GARCIA. Time Scale Effects in Acute Association between Air-Pollution and Mortality. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 38(L10806):1-5, (2011).
GARCIA, V. AND S. Beevers. Using Models to Enhance Exposure Characterization for Air Pollution Health Studies. EM: AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION'S MAGAZINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2011:28-32, (2011).
2010
GARCIA, V., K. FOLEY, D. Holland, S. T. RAO, AND E. Gego. A Comparison of Statistical Techniques for Combining Modeled and Observed Concentrations to Create High-Resolution Ozone Air Quality Surfaces. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology . Nature Publishing Group, London, Uk, 60(5):586-595, (2010).
GARCIA, V., E. Gego, R. Jones, S. Lin, C. Pantea, S. T. RAO, AND A. Wootten. Examining the Impact of Regional-Scale Air Quality Regulations on Human Health Outcomes. Chapter 7, Douw G. Steyn and S.T. Rao (ed.), Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications XX. Springer Netherlands, , Netherlands, 7.5(C):545-548, (2010).
Lin, S., R. Jones, C. Pantea, V. GARCIA, S. T. RAO, S. Hwang, AND N. Kim. Impact of the NOx SIP Call on Respiratory Hospitalizations in New York State. Chapter 7, Douw G. Steyn and S.T. Rao (ed.), Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XX. Springer Netherlands, , Netherlands, 7.6(C):549-552, (2010).
2009
Denby, B., V. GARCIA, D. M. HOLLAND, AND C. Hogrefe. Integration of Air Quality Modeling and Monitoring Data for Enhanced Health Exposure Assessment. EM: AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION'S MAGAZINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, (10/2009):46-49, (2009).
RAO, S. T., R. L. DENNIS, V. GARCIA, A. GILLILAND, R. MATHUR, D. MOBLEY, T. E. PIERCE, AND K. L. SCHERE. Summary Report of Air Quality Modeling Research Activities for 2007. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-09/025 (NTIS PB2009-111394), 2009.
2008
GARCIA, V., N. FANN, R. HAEUBER, AND P. LORANG. Assessing the Public Health Impact of Regional-Scale Air Quality Regulations. EM: AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION'S MAGAZINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, (July 2008):25-30, (2008).
Gego, E., P. S. Porter, V. GARCIA, C. Hogrefe, AND S.T. RAO. Fusing Observations and Model Results for Creation of Enhanced Ozone Spatial Fields: Comparison of Three Techniques. Chapter 3.0, Carlos Borrego and Ana Isabel Miranda (ed.), Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XIX. Springer, New York, NY, (Series C):339-346, (2008).
RAO, S.T., R. L. DENNIS, V. GARCIA, A. GILLILAND, R. MATHUR, D. MOBLEY, T. E. PIERCE, AND K. L. SCHERE. SUMMARY REPORT OF AIR QUALITY MODELING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR 2006. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-07/103 (NTIS PB2008-110094), 2008.
2007
Tinkle, S., M. Grant, M. Humble, G. FOLEY, V. GARCIA, AND A. BOND. INTEGRATED EARTH OBSERVATIONS: APPLICATION TO AIR QUALITY AND HUMAN HEALTH. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-07/007 (NTIS PB2007-106541), 2007.
FOLEY, K., V. GARCIA, S.T. RAO, AND D. M. HOLLAND. PROVIDING BETTER CHARACTERIZATION OF AMBIENT AIR QUALITY FOR EXPOSURE MODELING AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT. Presented at 17th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, Durham, NC, October 14 - 18, 2007.
2006
GARCIA, V., S. KONDRAGUNTA, D. M. HOLLAND, F. DIMMICK, V. BOOTHE, J. SZYKMAN, J. ENGEL-COX, C. KITTAKA, J. AL-SAADI, R. M. HOFF, S.T. RAO, AND L. REMER. INTEGRATION OF SATELLITE, MODELED, AND GROUND BASED AEROSOL DATA FOR USE IN AIR QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH APPLICATIONS ( AGU-BALTIMORE ). Presented at AGU 2006 Joint Assembly, Baltimore, MD, May 23 - 26, 2006.
GARCIA, V. POLICY AND SCIENCE: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF REGULATIONS ON AIR QUALITY AND HUMAN HEALTH. Presented at East Tennessee Ozone Study Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN, May 17 - 18, 2006.
2005
GARCIA, V. GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS (GEOSS) REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION GATEWAY DEMONSTRATION. Presented at 2005 25th ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 25 - 29, 2005.
2004
Garcia, V C., G P. Toth, K L. Schere, AND E R. Smith. EPA-DOE PARTNERSHIPS: COLLABORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND RESULTS. Presented at EPA Science Forum 2004, Washington, DC, June 1-3, 2004.
Garcia, V C., G P. Toth, K L. Schere, AND E R. Smith. PARTNERING WITH DOE TO APPLY ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. Presented at EPA Science Forum 2004, Washington, DC, June 1-3, 2004.