2023
Effects of heat waves on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Silveira I, Cortes T, Bell M, Junger W. Effects of heat waves on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0283899. PMID: 37000782, PMCID: PMC10065291, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283899.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory mortalityOdds ratioDistributed lag non-linear modelCardiovascular mortalityIndividual-level exposuresHeat wave intensityCase-crossover studyConditional logistic regressionMunicipal Health DepartmentHeat wavesEffects of heat wavesHealth impacts of heat wavesHealth departmentsHealth resourcesDeath dataOlder peopleLow-incomeEffect estimatesOlder womenDefinition of heat wavesLogistic regressionEpidemiological evidenceMorbidity outcomesHeat wave daysHealth impacts
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 qualityIsolating 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