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  1. Passive Air Sampling of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PAEs, DEHA, and PAHs from Informal Electronic Waste Recycling and Allied Sectors in Indian Megacities

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  2. Tama 2040 comprehensive plan

    Article • May 2020, The University of Iowa

    Dr Scott N Spak

  3. Local Government Perspectives on Collaborative Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Iowa's Watershed Management Authorities

    Article • Policy Studies Journal, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Scott N Spak

  4. Linn County Wind Farm Siting Analysis

    Article • May 2019, The University of Iowa

    Dr Scott N Spak

  5. An analysis of conservation practice adoption studies in agricultural human-natural systems

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Scott N Spak

  6. Impacts of New Particle Formation on Short-term Meteorology and Air Quality as Determined by the NPF-explicit WRF-Chem in the Midwestern United States

    Article • Aerosol and Air Quality Research, January 2019, Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research

    Dr Scott N Spak

  7. Cedar County

    Article • May 2018, The University of Iowa

    Dr Scott N Spak

  8. Cedar County Comprehensive Plan for 2038

    Article • May 2018, The University of Iowa

    Dr Scott N Spak

  9. Mason City's North End Healthy Neighborhood Plan

    Article • May 2018, The University of Iowa

    Dr Scott N Spak

  10. Parse, simulation, and prediction of NOx emission across the Midwestern United States

    Article • March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Scott N Spak

  11. A New MODIS C6 Dark Target and Deep Blue Merged Aerosol Product on a 3 km Spatial Grid

    Article • Remote Sensing, March 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Scott N Spak, Dr. Muhammad Bilal

  12. Calibration and evaluation of PUF-PAS sampling rates across the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) network

    Article • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Scott N Spak

  13. Mason City Sustainability Plan

    Article • May 2017, The University of Iowa

    Dr Scott N Spak

  14. Simulated mussel mortality thresholds as a function of mussel biomass and nutrient loading

    Article • PeerJ, January 2017, PeerJ

    Dr Scott N Spak

  15. A New Approach for Estimation of Fine Particulate Concentrations Using Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth and Binning of Meteorological Variables

    Article • Aerosol and Air Quality Research, January 2017, Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research

    Dr Scott N Spak

  16. Atmospheric dispersion of PCB from a contaminated Lake Michigan harbor

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Scott N Spak

  17. Inventory of PCBs in Chicago and Opportunities for Reduction in Airborne Emissions and Human Exposure

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, October 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  18. Improved western U.S. background ozone estimates via constraining nonlocal and local source contributions using Aura TES and OMI observations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Scott N Spak

  19. Variations of Flame Retardant, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, and Pesticide Concentrations in Chicago’s Atmosphere Measured using Passive Sampling

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  20. Uncontrolled combustion of shredded tires in a landfill – Part 1: Characterization of gaseous and particulate emissions

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Scott N Spak

  21. Uncontrolled combustion of shredded tires in a landfill – Part 2: Population exposure, public health response, and an air quality index for urban fires

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Scott N Spak

  22. Source sector and region contributions to BC and PM2.5 in Central Asia

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, February 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  23. Central American biomass burning smoke can increase tornado severity in the U.S.

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  24. Global and regional modeling of clouds and aerosols in the marine boundary layer during VOCALS: the VOCA intercomparison

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, January 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak, Dr. William I Gustafson

  25. Regional climate feedbacks in Central Chile and their effect on air quality episodes and meteorology

    Article • Urban Climate, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Scott N Spak

  26. Modeled aerosol nitrate formation pathways during wintertime in the Great Lakes region of North America

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  27. Source sector and region contributions to BC and PM2.5 in Central Asia

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, May 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  28. Supplementary material to "Source sector and region contributions to BC and PM<sub>2.5</sub> in Central Asia"

    Article • May 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  29. Simulating and Explaining Passive Air Sampling Rates for Semivolatile Compounds on Polyurethane Foam Passive Samplers

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  30. Impacts of aerosol particles on the microphysical and radiative properties of stratocumulus clouds over the southeast Pacific Ocean

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, March 2013, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak, Paquita Zuidema

  31. Impacts of transported background pollutants on summertime western US air quality: model evaluation, sensitivity analysis and data assimilation

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, January 2013, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  32. Overview of the LADCO winter nitrate study: hourly ammonia, nitric acid and PM2.5 composition at an urban and rural site pair during PM2.5 episodes in the US Great Lakes region

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, November 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  33. Biofuels That Cause Land-Use Change May Have Much Larger Non-GHG Air Quality Emissions Than Fossil Fuels

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, September 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  34. An assessment of atmospheric mercury in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model at an urban site and a rural site in the Great Lakes Region of North America

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, August 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  35. Improving aerosol distributions below clouds by assimilating satellite-retrieved cloud droplet number

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Scott N Spak

  36. Estimating the health benefits from natural gas use in transport and heating in Santiago, Chile

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Scott N Spak

  37. Atmospheric correction for MASTER image data using localized modelled and observed meteorology and trace gases

    Article • Remote Sensing Letters, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Scott N Spak

  38. Erratum: Increased estimates of air-pollution emissions from Brazilian sugar-cane ethanol

    Article • Nature Climate Change, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Scott N Spak

  39. Evaluating WRF-Chem aerosol indirect effects in Southeast Pacific marine stratocumulus during VOCALS-REx

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, March 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  40. Renewable Dubuque: Renewable Energy for a Smarter Sustainable Dubuque

    Article • January 2012, The University of Iowa

    Dr Scott N Spak

  41. Increased estimates of air-pollution emissions from Brazilian sugar-cane ethanol

    Article • Nature Climate Change, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Scott N Spak

  42. Assessing regional scale predictions of aerosols, marine stratocumulus, and their interactions during VOCALS-REx using WRF-Chem

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, December 2011, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak, Dr. William I Gustafson

  43. Air Quality and Exercise-Related Health Benefits from Reduced Car Travel in the Midwestern United States

    Article • Environmental Health Perspectives, November 2011, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Dr Scott N Spak

  44. Forecasting urban PM10 and PM2.5 pollution episodes in very stable nocturnal conditions and complex terrain using WRF–Chem CO tracer model

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Scott N Spak

  45. Multi-scale modeling study of the source contributions to near-surface ozone and sulfur oxides levels over California during the ARCTAS-CARB period

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 2011, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  46. Abiotic Mechanism for the Formation of Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide from Ammonium Nitrate

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  47. Impacts of transported background ozone on California air quality during the ARCTAS-CARB period – a multi-scale modeling study

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, July 2010, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Scott N Spak

  48. Seasonality of speciated aerosol transport over the Great Lakes region

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  49. Mobile Source CO2Mitigation through Smart Growth Development and Vehicle Fleet Hybridization

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  50. Change in ozone air pollution over Chicago associated with global climate change

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Scott N Spak

  51. MICS-Asia II: Impact of global emissions on regional air quality in Asia

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Scott N Spak

  52. Is Compact Growth Good for Air Quality?

    Article • Journal of the American Planning Association, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Scott N Spak

  53. A comparison of statistical and dynamical downscaling for surface temperature in North America

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Scott N Spak