Jos Lelieveld
Biographic Data
| ID | 2738153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jos Lelieveld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jos |
| FAMILY NAME | Lelieveld |
| SIGNATURE | LELIEVELD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cyprus Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6307-3846 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Strong increase in mortality attributable to ozone pollution under a climate change and demographic scenario
Long-term exposure to ambient ozone (O 3 ) is associated with excess respiratory mortality. Pollution emissions, demographic, and climate changes are expected to drive future ozone-related mortality. Here, we assess global mortality attributable to ozone according to an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) scenario applied in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) models, projecting a …
Inter-industry linkages, air pollution and human health in the European Union towards 2030
Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene
Global and national assessment of the incidence of asthma in children and adolescents from major sources of ambient NO 2
Pediatric asthma incidence has been associated with exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) in ambient air. NO 2 is predominantly emitted through fossil fuel use in land transportation, power generation and the burning of solid biofuels in households. We simulated NO 2 with a global atmospheric chemistry model, combined with a land use regression model, to estimate NO 2 exposure in all countries worldwide. The global asthma incidence among children …
Direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols from the extensive Australian wildfires in 2019–2020
In 2019, an unusually strong positive Indian Ocean Dipole spawned hot and dry weather in southeastern Australia, which promoted devastating wildfires in the period from September 2019 to February 2020. The fires produced large plumes of biomass burning aerosols that prevented sunlight from reaching the Earth’s surface, and in this way elicited regional radiative cooling. We estimated the direct aerosol radiative forcing (ARF) resulting from these…
Disease burden and excess mortality from coal-fired power plant emissions in Europe
We studied the contribution of coal-fired power plant (CPP) emissions (SO 2 and NO x ) to air pollution levels and annual excess mortality by cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Europe, based on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations computed with a regional atmospheric chemistry-transport model. The health burden of European CPP emission-induced PM2.5, estimated with the Global Exposure Mortality Model, amounts to at least 16 800 …
Covid-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines
The lockdown response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an unprecedented reduction in global economic and transport activity. We test the hypothesis that this has reduced tropospheric and ground-level air pollution concentrations, using satellite data and a network of >10,000 air quality stations. After accounting for the effects of meteorological variability, we find declines in the population-weighted concentration of ground-lev…
Changing risk factors that contribute to premature mortality from ambient air pollution between 2000 and 2015
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a major global health risk factor. Using recently updated hazard ratio functions, we estimate that the global premature mortality burden attributable to ambient PM 2.5 and O 3 exposure increased by about 30% and 17%, respectively, from 2000 to 2015. We analyzed these trends in terms of tradeoffs between changes in baseline mortality, population size, age distribution and exposure. Global population growth alon…
Formation and dissipation dynamics of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer
The Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) is characterized by enhanced aerosol concentrations in the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere at 13–18 km altitude. A growing body of evidence suggests that the aerosol enhancement is closely connected with deep convection during the monsoon. However, the origin of the aerosols is under debate, and the key factors that determine the ATAL variability remain poo…
Model Calculations of Aerosol Transmission and Infection Risk of Covid-19 in Indoor Environments
The role of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 viruses in airborne transmission of COVID-19 has been debated. The aerosols are transmitted through breathing and vocalization by infectious subjects. Some authors state that this represents the dominant route of spreading, while others dismiss the option. Here we present an adjustable algorithm to estimate the infection risk for different indoor environments, constrained by published data of human aerosol emiss…
Uncertainties in estimates of mortality attributable to ambient PM 2.5 in Europe
The assessment of health impacts associated with airborne particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) relies on aerosol concentrations derived either from monitoring networks, satellite observations, numerical models, or a combination thereof. When global chemistry-transport models are used for estimating PM2.5, their relatively coarse resolution has been implied to lead to underestimation of health impacts in densely populated and…
Variability analyses, site characterization, and regional [OH] estimates using trace gas measurements from the Noaa Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network
Trace gas measurements from whole air samples collected weekly into glass flasks at background monitoring sites within the NOAA Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network program (with most of the sites also being World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) stations) were used to investigate the variability-lifetime relationship for site characterization and to estimate regional and seasonal OH concentrations. Chemical spe…
The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale
The Palaeoanthropocene - The beginnings of anthropogenic environmental change
The Palaeoanthropocene - The beginnings of anthropogenic environmental change
The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale
Variability analyses, site characterization, and regional [OH] estimates using trace gas measurements from the Noaa Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network
Trace gas measurements from whole air samples collected weekly into glass flasks at background monitoring sites within the NOAA Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network program (with most of the sites also being World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) stations) were used to investigate the variability-lifetime relationship for site characterization and to estimate regional and seasonal OH concentrations. Chemical spe…
Uncertainties in estimates of mortality attributable to ambient PM 2.5 in Europe
The assessment of health impacts associated with airborne particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) relies on aerosol concentrations derived either from monitoring networks, satellite observations, numerical models, or a combination thereof. When global chemistry-transport models are used for estimating PM2.5, their relatively coarse resolution has been implied to lead to underestimation of health impacts in densely populated and…
Covid-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines
The lockdown response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an unprecedented reduction in global economic and transport activity. We test the hypothesis that this has reduced tropospheric and ground-level air pollution concentrations, using satellite data and a network of >10,000 air quality stations. After accounting for the effects of meteorological variability, we find declines in the population-weighted concentration of ground-lev…
Changing risk factors that contribute to premature mortality from ambient air pollution between 2000 and 2015
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a major global health risk factor. Using recently updated hazard ratio functions, we estimate that the global premature mortality burden attributable to ambient PM 2.5 and O 3 exposure increased by about 30% and 17%, respectively, from 2000 to 2015. We analyzed these trends in terms of tradeoffs between changes in baseline mortality, population size, age distribution and exposure. Global population growth alon…
Formation and dissipation dynamics of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer
The Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) is characterized by enhanced aerosol concentrations in the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere at 13–18 km altitude. A growing body of evidence suggests that the aerosol enhancement is closely connected with deep convection during the monsoon. However, the origin of the aerosols is under debate, and the key factors that determine the ATAL variability remain poo…
Model Calculations of Aerosol Transmission and Infection Risk of Covid-19 in Indoor Environments
The role of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 viruses in airborne transmission of COVID-19 has been debated. The aerosols are transmitted through breathing and vocalization by infectious subjects. Some authors state that this represents the dominant route of spreading, while others dismiss the option. Here we present an adjustable algorithm to estimate the infection risk for different indoor environments, constrained by published data of human aerosol emiss…
Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene
Global and national assessment of the incidence of asthma in children and adolescents from major sources of ambient NO 2
Pediatric asthma incidence has been associated with exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) in ambient air. NO 2 is predominantly emitted through fossil fuel use in land transportation, power generation and the burning of solid biofuels in households. We simulated NO 2 with a global atmospheric chemistry model, combined with a land use regression model, to estimate NO 2 exposure in all countries worldwide. The global asthma incidence among children …
Direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols from the extensive Australian wildfires in 2019–2020
In 2019, an unusually strong positive Indian Ocean Dipole spawned hot and dry weather in southeastern Australia, which promoted devastating wildfires in the period from September 2019 to February 2020. The fires produced large plumes of biomass burning aerosols that prevented sunlight from reaching the Earth’s surface, and in this way elicited regional radiative cooling. We estimated the direct aerosol radiative forcing (ARF) resulting from these…
Disease burden and excess mortality from coal-fired power plant emissions in Europe
We studied the contribution of coal-fired power plant (CPP) emissions (SO 2 and NO x ) to air pollution levels and annual excess mortality by cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Europe, based on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations computed with a regional atmospheric chemistry-transport model. The health burden of European CPP emission-induced PM2.5, estimated with the Global Exposure Mortality Model, amounts to at least 16 800 …
Strong increase in mortality attributable to ozone pollution under a climate change and demographic scenario
Long-term exposure to ambient ozone (O 3 ) is associated with excess respiratory mortality. Pollution emissions, demographic, and climate changes are expected to drive future ozone-related mortality. Here, we assess global mortality attributable to ozone according to an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) scenario applied in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) models, projecting a …
Inter-industry linkages, air pollution and human health in the European Union towards 2030
Environmental Science (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Meteorology (9 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Atmospheric sciences (7 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (7 works) · Air pollution (6 works) · Population (6 works)