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Weathergami Open

Jonathan D. W. Kahl · 2023

Adapted from the sports concept of scorigami, the weathergami chart is introduced. Weathergami charts depict the frequency of occurrence of the full range of daily maximum and minimum temperature combinations observed at a location. These …

Predicting Peak Wind Gusts during Specific Weather Types with the Meteorologically Stratified Gust Factor Model Open

Victoria A. Lang, Teresa J. Turner, Brandon R. Selbig, Austin R. Harris, Jonathan D. W. Kahl · 2022

Wind gusts present challenges to operational meteorologists, both to forecast accurately and also to verify. Strong wind gusts can damage structures and create costly risks for diverse industrial sectors. The meteorologically stratified gu…

Review of Top-Down Method to Determine Atmospheric Emissions in Port. Case of Study: Port of Veracruz, Mexico Open

Gilberto Fuentes García, Rodolfo Sosa Echeverría, J. M. Baldasano, Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Rafael Esteban Antonio Durán · 2022

Indicators of environmental policies in force in Mexico, fossil fuels will continue to be used in industrial sectors, especially marine fuels, such as marine diesel oil, in port systems for some time. Considering this, we have evaluated se…

Short-Term Associations between Morbidity and Air Pollution in Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, Mexico Open

Rosa María Cerón Bretón, Julia Céron Breton, María de la Luz Espinosa Fuentes, Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Alberto Antonio Espinosa Guzmán , et al. · 2021

Short-term effects of air pollution on the number of hospital admissions in eight municipalities of the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, Mexico, were assessed from 2016 to 2019 using a time-series approach. Air quality data were obtained fr…

Meteorologically Stratified Gust Factors for Forecasting Peak Wind Gusts across the United States Open

Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Brandon R. Selbig, Austin R. Harris · 2021

Wind gusts are common to everyday life and affect a wide range of interests including wind energy, structural design, forestry, and fire danger. Strong gusts are a common environmental hazard that can damage buildings, bridges, aircraft, a…

Forecasting Peak Wind Gusts Using Meteorologically Stratified Gust Factors and MOS Guidance Open

Jonathan D. W. Kahl · 2020

Gust prediction is an important element of weather forecasting services, yet reliable methods remain elusive. Peak wind gusts estimated by the meteorologically stratified gust factor (MSGF) model were evaluated at 15 locations across the U…

Health Risk Assessment of the Levels of BTEX in Ambient Air of One Urban Site Located in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico during Two Climatic Seasons Open

Julia Griselda Cerón Bretón, Rosa María Cerón Bretón, Stephanie Martínez Morales, Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Cláudio Guarnaccia , et al. · 2020

Levels of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and p-xylene) were determined in ambient air of an urban site located at the center of Mexico (Leon City in Guanajuato State) during two climatic seasons of 2018 (summer and autumn). Ethylben…

Trace Metal Content and Health Risk Assessment of PM10 in an Urban Environment of León, Mexico Open

Julia Griselda Cerón Bretón, Rosa María Cerón Bretón, Alberto Antonio Espinosa Guzmán, Cláudio Guarnaccia, Stephanie Martínez Morales , et al. · 2019

Trace metal concentrations in PM10 were measured in an urban–industrial site in León, Mexico in three different seasons. PM10 were collected in quartz fiber filters of 47 mm diameter using low volume equipment operating with a controlled f…

Gust Factors: Meteorologically Stratified Climatology, Data Artifacts, and Utility in Forecasting Peak Gusts Open

Austin R. Harris, Jonathan D. W. Kahl · 2017

Gust factors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are investigated using Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) wind measurements from 2007 to 2014. Wind and gust observations reported in the standard hourly ASOS dataset are shown to contain substa…

Atmospheric Levels of Benzene and C1-C2 Carbonyls in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Source Implications and Health Risk Open

Julia Griselda Cerón Bretón, Rosa María Cerón Bretón, Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Reyna del Carmen Lara-Severino, Evangelina Ramírez Lara , et al. · 2017

Atmospheric benzene and carbonyls were studied in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, during 2011 and 2012. The relative abundance for measured VOCs was the following: formaldehyde (9.06 µg m−3) > acetaldehyde (8.06 µg m−3) > benzene (0.…

Redefining the Seasons in the Términos Lagoon Region of Southeastern México: May Is a Transition Month, Not a Dry Month Open

Jesús Jaime Guerra-Santos, Jonathan D. W. Kahl · 2017

Guerra-Santos, J.J. and Kahl, J.D.W., 2018. Redefining the seasons in the Términos Lagoon region of southeastern México: May is a transition month, not a dry month.The Términos Lagoon is the largest estuary in Mexico, with numerous importa…

Study of Trace Ions in Wet Deposition of an Industrial Site in Monterrey’s Metropolitan Area, Mexico Open

Evangelina Ramírez Lara, Rosa María Cerón Bretón, Julia Griselda Cerón Bretón, Ulrico Javier López-Chuken, Jonathan D. W. Kahl · 2016

The chemistry of rainwater has been subject to numerous investigations during the last two decades due to the increase of environmental problems caused by the acid deposition. The present study focuses on one aspect of air pollution, the c…

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