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ArticleGeophysical research letters2017

Strong Dependence of U.S. Summertime Air Quality on the Decadal Variability of Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures.

Lu Shen, Loretta J Mickley, Eric M Leibensperger, Mingwei Li

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Article in Geophysical research letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Regional-specific trends of PMNPJ climate and atmospheric science · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lu ShenJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge MA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2787-7016
Loretta J MickleyJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge MA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7859-3470
Eric M LeibenspergerCenter for Earth and Environmental Science SUNY Plattsburgh Plattsburgh NY USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1906-2688
Mingwei LiDepartment of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1896-3484

Funding

Vulnerability and Adaptation to Heat and Air Pollution in a Changing ClimateR21ES022585 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI DOMINICI, FRANCESCA · 2014 to 2015
$454k
NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES022585
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We find that summertime air quality in the eastern U.S. displays strong dependence on North Atlantic sea surface temperatures, resulting from large-scale ocean-atmosphere interactions. Using observations, reanalysis data sets, and climate model simulations, we further identify a multidecadal variability in surface air quality driven by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). In one-half cycle (~35 years) of the AMO from cold to warm phase, summertime maximum daily 8 h ozone concentrations increase by 1-4 ppbv and PM

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AMOmultidecadal variabilityozonePM2.5

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PMID29540941
PMCPMC5838547

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