2022
Disentangling the mechanism of temperature and water vapor modulation on ozone under a warming climate
Zhang J, Gao Y, Leung L, Luo K, Wang M, Zhang Y, Bell M, Fan J. Disentangling the mechanism of temperature and water vapor modulation on ozone under a warming climate. Environmental Research Letters 2022, 17: 124032. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aca3bc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnthropogenic emission reductionsWater vaporWarming climateHeat wavesLarge anthropogenic emission reductionOzone precursor emissionsVariation of ozoneLow ozone daysTemperature increaseClimate penaltyWetter climateAnthropogenic emissionsDominant regimeAnnual ozoneWestern U.S.Precursor emissionsLarge emission reductionsContiguous U.S.Ozone daysOzone pollutionOzone concentrationsClimateSoutheastern U.S.OzoneAir qualityDrought and ozone air quality in California: Identifying susceptible regions in the preparedness of future drought
Lee H, Bell M, Koutrakis P. Drought and ozone air quality in California: Identifying susceptible regions in the preparedness of future drought. Environmental Research 2022, 216: 114461. PMID: 36181900, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrought eventsAir qualityAverage relative humidityRelative humidityOzone air qualityProlonged drought conditionsDrought-related changesFuture droughtsInfluence of droughtMeteorological parametersWarm seasonClimate changeOzone concentrationsCool seasonDrought conditionsDroughtSpatial heterogeneityRegional variationCaliforniaSeasonHumiditySusceptible regionsSubstantial regional variationEventsYear 2009Isolating the modulation of mean warming and higher-order temperature changes on ozone in a changing climate over the contiguous United States
Zhang J, Gao Y, Leung L, Luo K, Wang M, Zhang Y, Bell M, Fan J. Isolating the modulation of mean warming and higher-order temperature changes on ozone in a changing climate over the contiguous United States. Environmental Research Letters 2022, 17: 094005. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac8695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMean warmingOzone exceedancesWestern U.S.Southeastern U.S.Climate changeTemperature changesKey meteorological parametersOzone concentration changesRegional modeling frameworkContiguous United StatesB2 scenarioSurface ozoneAir quality policiesFuture changesMeteorological parametersHeat wavesOzone concentrationsWarmingOzoneExceedanceModeling frameworkOpposite impactQuality policyConcentration changesA1B.
2020
Nonlinear effect of compound extreme weather events on ozone formation over the United States
Gao Y, Zhang J, Yan F, Leung L, Luo K, Zhang Y, Bell M. Nonlinear effect of compound extreme weather events on ozone formation over the United States. Weather And Climate Extremes 2020, 30: 100285. DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2020.100285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSingle extreme eventsCompound eventsExtreme weather eventsHeat wavesExtreme eventsOzone enhancementEmission scenariosWeather eventsClimate changeB2 emission scenariosCompound extreme eventsFuture emission scenariosLow anthropogenic emissionsHigh ozone concentrationsOzone pollution controlAmplification effectWeather ResearchOverall warmingSensitivity experimentsAnthropogenic emissionsLocal environmental sustainabilityFuture periodsFuture emissions reductionsContiguous U.S.Ozone concentrations
2007
Climate change, ambient ozone, and health in 50 US cities
Bell M, Goldberg R, Hogrefe C, Kinney P, Knowlton K, Lynn B, Rosenthal J, Rosenzweig C, Patz J. Climate change, ambient ozone, and health in 50 US cities. Climatic Change 2007, 82: 61-76. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9166-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClimate changeOzone levelsOzone concentrationsRegional air quality modelIPCC A2 scenarioFuture ozone concentrationsAir quality modelsFuture climatic conditionsElevated ozone levelsRegional climateA2 scenarioFuture climateGlobal climateAnthropogenic emissionsAnthropogenic precursorsFuture changesFuture concentrationsClimateAmbient ozone concentrationsClimatic conditionsRepresentative summerHourly concentrationsQuality modelAir qualityEastern US cities