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Exploring Air-Climate-Energy Impacts with GCAM-USA
Citation:
Ou, Y., J. West, Chris Nolte, AND Dan Loughlin. Exploring Air-Climate-Energy Impacts with GCAM-USA. Presented at UNC-Chapel Hill Climate Change Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC, April 22, 2016.
Impact/Purpose:
Provides an overview of Yang Ou's ORISE project, which involves adding impact factors to the GCAM-USA model.
Description:
The Global Climate Assessment Model (GCAM) is a global integrated assessment model used for exploring future scenarios and examining strategies that address air pollution, climate change and energy (ACE) goals. My research focuseson integration of impact factors in GCAM-USA and application to multi-pollutant/multi-media impact analyses, including human health (PM and ozone mortality), water demands, and, climate-related damages (health, environment, e.g., acidification, and eutrophication). In this poster, Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) and the GCAM-USA IAM are described. The process by which first-order impact factors are added to GCAM-USA is summarized, and illustrative results are provided.