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 quality
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