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Influence of Meteorological Factors and Wildfires in Widespread Air Pollution Extremes in the Western U.S.
By Deepti Singh
Assistant Professor, School of the Environment
Washington State University
Abstract: Air pollution is a global health hazard resulting in millions of premature deaths annually. Co-occurring air pollutants such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and surface ozone (O3) can have compounding human health impacts. In this talk, I will show that widespread co-occurrences of extremes in PM2.5/O3 across the western U.S have increased substantially during the warm season (April-September). I will also examine the contributions of wildfires and changing meteorological conditions on trends in widespread co-occurrence episodes and discuss implications for a changing climate.
Bio: Dr. Singh is an Assistant Professor in the School of the Environment at Washington State University and specializes in understanding the physical drivers of climate extremes and their impacts on agriculture, water availability, and human health. She has a Ph.D. from Stanford University and was a Lamont-Doherty Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University prior to becoming a professor to WSU. Dr. Singh’s webpage contains more details about her research: https://deeptis47.github.io/
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