December 2023

This month, EM considers the importance of better understanding the human and environmental impact of ground-level ozone.

Inside This Month's Issue

Features

Ground-Level Ozone Issues, Research, and Planning Efforts
by Amanda Brimmer and Susan Wierman

EPA’s 2023 Good Neighbor Plan to Mitigate Interstate Ozone Pollution: Context and a Brief Introduction
by Susan S.G. Wierman

Using Data Fusion to Estimate Background Ozone in Urban Areas in the United States
by Farnaz Hosseinpour, Naresh Kumar, Trang Tran, and Eladio Knipping

The Importance of Risk and Exposure Assessments in Setting the Ozone NAAQS
by James W. Boylan

Satellite Data to Inform Ozone Sensitivity: A Practical Methodology Using Google Earth Engine
by Jennifer McGinnis, Tracey Holloway, Jenny Bratburd, Madankui Tao, and Arlene Fiore

The Uinta Basin: Part 2 -- Ozone and Collaboration
by Deborah Burney-Sigman
[Part 1 appeared in the September 2023 issue of EM.]

Also This Month...

Message from the President: 2023 In Review
by Jordan M. Haywood

In Memoriam: C. Flint Webb

EPA Research Higlights

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