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Global mortality from outdoor fine particle pollution generated by fossil fuel combustion: Results from GEOS-Chem by Vohra, Karn, Vodonos, Alina, Schwartz, Joel, Marais, Eloise A., Sulprizio, Melissa P., Mickley, Loretta J.

“…The burning of fossil fuels – especially coal, petrol, and diesel – is a major source of airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and a key contributor to the…”
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An ensemble-based model of PM2.5 concentration across the contiguous United States with high spatiotemporal resolution by Di, Qian, Amini, Heresh, Shi, Liuhua, Kloog, Itai, Silvern, Rachel, Kelly, James, Sabath, M. Benjamin, Choirat, Christine, Koutrakis, Petros, Lyapustin, Alexei, Wang, Yujie, Mickley, Loretta J., Schwartz, Joel

“…Various approaches have been proposed to model PM2.5 in the recent decade, with satellite-derived aerosol optical depth, land-use variables, chemical transport…”
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Correlations between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and meteorological variables in the United States: Implications for the sensitivity of PM2.5 to climate change by TAI, Amos P. K, MICKLEY, Loretta J, JACOB, Daniel J

“…We applied a multiple linear regression (MLR) model to study the correlations of total PM2.5 and its components with meteorological variables using an 11-year…”
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Diagnosing spatial biases and uncertainties in global fire emissions inventories: Indonesia as regional case study by Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J., Marlier, Miriam E., DeFries, Ruth S., Khan, Md Firoz, Latif, Mohd Talib, Karambelas, Alexandra

“…Models of atmospheric composition rely on fire emissions inventories to reconstruct and project impacts of biomass burning on air quality, public health,…”
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Ensemble projections of wildfire activity and carbonaceous aerosol concentrations over the western United States in the mid-21st century by Yue, Xu, Mickley, Loretta J., Logan, Jennifer A., Kaplan, Jed O.

“…We estimate future wildfire activity over the western United States during the mid-21st century (2046–2065), based on results from 15 climate models following…”
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Quantifying the influence of agricultural fires in northwest India on urban air pollution in Delhi, India by Cusworth, Daniel H, Mickley, Loretta J, Sulprizio, Melissa P, Liu, Tianjia, Marlier, Miriam E, DeFries, Ruth S, Guttikunda, Sarath K, Gupta, Pawan

“…Since at least the 1980s, many farmers in northwest India have switched to mechanized combine harvesting to boost efficiency. This harvesting technique leaves…”
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Wildfire-specific Fine Particulate Matter and Risk of Hospital Admissions in Urban and Rural Counties by Liu, Jia Coco, Wilson, Ander, Mickley, Loretta J., Dominici, Francesca, Ebisu, Keita, Wang, Yun, Sulprizio, Melissa P., Peng, Roger D., Yue, Xu, Son, Ji-Young, Anderson, G. Brooke, Bell, Michelle L.

“…BACKGROUND:The health impacts of wildfire smoke, including fine particles (PM2.5), are not well understood and may differ from those of PM2.5 from other…”
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Enhanced aerosol particle growth sustained by high continental chlorine emission in India by Gunthe, Sachin S., Liu, Pengfei, Panda, Upasana, Raj, Subha S., Sharma, Amit, Darbyshire, Eoghan, Reyes-Villegas, Ernesto, Allan, James, Chen, Ying, Wang, Xuan, Song, Shaojie, Pöhlker, Mira L., Shi, Liuhua, Wang, Yu, Kommula, Snehitha M., Liu, Tianjia, Ravikrishna, R., McFiggans, Gordon, Mickley, Loretta J., Martin, Scot T., Pöschl, Ulrich, Andreae, Meinrat O., Coe, Hugh

“…Many cities in India experience severe deterioration of air quality in winter. Particulate matter is a key atmospheric pollutant that impacts millions of…”
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Public health impacts of the severe haze in Equatorial Asia in September-October 2015: demonstration of a new framework for informing fire management strategies to reduce downwind smoke exposure by Koplitz, Shannon N, Mickley, Loretta J, Marlier, Miriam E, Buonocore, Jonathan J, Kim, Patrick S, Liu, Tianjia, Sulprizio, Melissa P, DeFries, Ruth S, Jacob, Daniel J, Schwartz, Joel, Pongsiri, Montira, Myers, Samuel S

“…In September-October 2015, El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole conditions set the stage for massive fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo),…”
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Contribution of Hydroxymethane Sulfonate to Ambient Particulate Matter: A Potential Explanation for High Particulate Sulfur During Severe Winter Haze in Beijing by Moch, Jonathan M., Dovrou, Eleni, Mickley, Loretta J., Keutsch, Frank N., Cheng, Yuan, Jacob, Daniel J., Jiang, Jingkun, Li, Meng, Munger, J. William, Qiao, Xiaohui, Zhang, Qiang

“…PM2.5 during severe winter haze in Beijing, China, has reached levels as high as 880 μg/m3, with sulfur compounds contributing significantly to PM2.5…”
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Trends and spatial shifts in lightning fires and smoke concentrations in response to 21st century climate over the national forests and parks of the western United States by Li, Yang, Mickley, Loretta J, Liu, Pengfei, Kaplan, Jed O

“…Almost USD 3 billion per year is appropriated for wildfire management on public land in the United States. Recent studies have suggested that ongoing climate…”
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Influence of 2000–2050 climate change on particulate matter in the United States: results from a new statistical model by Shen, Lu, Mickley, Loretta J, Murray, Lee T

“…We use a statistical model to investigate the effect of 2000–2050 climate change on fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) air quality across the contiguous United…”
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Short-term effects of wildfire-specific fine particulate matter and its carbonaceous components on perinatal outcomes: A multicentre cohort study in New South Wales, Australia by Nyadanu, Sylvester Dodzi, Foo, Damien, Pereira, Gavin, Mickley, Loretta J., Feng, Xu, Bell, Michelle L.

“…[Display omitted] •Rather than from PM2.5 total mass, wildfire-specific PM2.5 concentration was estimated specifically from wildfire.•Associations between…”
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Long‐term (2005–2014) trends in formaldehyde (HCHO) columns across North America as seen by the OMI satellite instrument: Evidence of changing emissions of volatile organic compounds by Zhu, Lei, Mickley, Loretta J., Jacob, Daniel J., Marais, Eloïse A., Sheng, Jianxiong, Hu, Lu, Abad, Gonzalo González, Chance, Kelly

“…Satellite observations of formaldehyde (HCHO) columns provide top‐down information on emissions of highly reactive volatile organic compounds (VOCs). We…”
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Insignificant effect of climate change on winter haze pollution in Beijing by Shen, Lu, Jacob, Daniel J, Mickley, Loretta J, Wang, Yuxuan, Zhang, Qiang

“…Several recent studies have suggested that 21st century climate change will significantly worsen the meteorological conditions, leading to very high…”
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Global search for temporal shifts in fire activity: potential human influence on southwest Russia and north Australia fire seasons by Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J, McCarty, Jessica L

“…Abstract Decadal trends in fire activity can reveal important human and climate-driven influences across a multitude of landscapes from croplands to savannas…”
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Fire emissions and regional air quality impacts from fires in oil palm, timber, and logging concessions in Indonesia by Marlier, Miriam E, DeFries, Ruth S, Kim, Patrick S, Koplitz, Shannon N, Jacob, Daniel J, Mickley, Loretta J, Myers, Samuel S

“…Fires associated with agricultural and plantation development in Indonesia impact ecosystem services and release emissions into the atmosphere that degrade…”
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A new approach for determining optimal placement of PM2.5 air quality sensors: case study for the contiguous United States by Kelp, Makoto M, Lin, Samuel, Kutz, J Nathan, Mickley, Loretta J

“…Considerable financial resources are allocated for measuring ambient air pollution in the United States, yet the locations for these monitoring sites may not…”
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Extreme Smog Challenge of India Intensified by Increasing Lower Tropospheric Stability by Gautam, Ritesh, Patel, Piyushkumar N, Singh, Manoj K., Liu, Tianjia, Mickley, Loretta J, Jethva, Hiren, DeFries, Ruth S

“…Extreme smog in India widely impacts air quality in late autumn and winter months. While the links between emissions, air quality and health impacts are…”
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Isotopic evidence of multiple controls on atmospheric oxidants over climate transitions by Geng, Lei, Murray, Lee T., Mickley, Loretta J., Lin, Pu, Fu, Qiang, Schauer, Andrew J., Alexander, Becky

“…Observations from a Greenland ice core reveal that tropospheric oxidants are sensitive to climate-driven changes in reactive halogen chemistry and…”
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