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Thursday, June 04, 2026

SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Data collection

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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Labels: Air Quality Management, Airshed Management, PM2.5 Pollution, Public Awareness, SIM-air, Source Apportionment, UEinfo, Urban Management, Visualizations

SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Vertical Profiles

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Chemical Nature of Pollutants

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Source Apportionment

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Extreme Values and Pollution Episodes

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Annual Averages

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Temporal Trends

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Seasonal/Monthly Averages

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Daily/Diurnal Averages

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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SIM-air Series #64-2025: Reading the air - Spatial Heterogeneity

Reading the air: A practical guide to air quality data and its uses (2026)

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Incorporating air quality health impacts into the social cost of carbon

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Labels: Co-Benefits, CO2 Emissions, Cost Analysis, Global Air Quality, Health Impacts, Journal Articles

Global PM2.5 exposure and attributable premature mortality in 2019: A modeling study using MPAS-CMAQ

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Labels: Chemical Transport Modeling, GBD, Health Impacts, Mortality, State of the Global Air, WRF-chem

The timing of the impending crude crisis

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