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Overview

James J. Corbett is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in several related subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, oceanography, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

James J. Corbett has coauthored multiple papers with several frequent collaborators, including Zhaojun Wang, Mandana Saebi, Erin K. Grey, Amanda M. Countryman, and David M. Lodge.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs
  • Environment International

Recent papers authored or coauthored by James J. Corbett include:

  • "Estimated health impacts from maritime transport in the Mediterranean region and benefits from the use of cleaner fuels," 2020, Environment International
  • "A Mineralogy-Based Anthropogenic Combustion-Iron Emission Inventory," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Higher-order patterns of aquatic species spread through the global shipping network," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Potential impacts of ballast water regulations on international trade, shipping patterns, and the global economy: An integrated transportation and economic modeling assessment," 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Container vessels diversion pattern to trans-Arctic shipping routes and GHG emission abatement potential," 2020, Maritime Policy & Management

Best Publications

  • Mortality from ship emissions: a global assessment.

    James J. Corbett;James J. Winebrake;Erin H. Green;Prasad Kasibhatla

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Shipping

    Veronika Eyring;Ivar S.A. Isaksen;Terje Berntsen;William J. Collins

  • Updated emissions from ocean shipping

    James J. Corbett;Horst W. Koehler

  • The effectiveness and costs of speed reductions on emissions from international shipping

    James J. Corbett;Haifeng Wang;James J. Winebrake

  • Emissions from Ships

    James J. Corbett;Paul Fischbeck

  • Global nitrogen and sulfur inventories for oceangoing ships

    James J. Corbett;Paul S. Fischbeck;Spyros N. Pandis

  • Third IMO Greenhouse Gas Study 2014

    T. W. P. Smith;J. P. Jalkanen;B. A. Anderson;J. J. Corbett

  • Cleaner fuels for ships provide public health benefits with climate tradeoffs

    Mikhail Sofiev;James J. Winebrake;Lasse Johansson;Edward W. Carr

  • Effects of ship emissions on sulphur cycling and radiative climate forcing over the ocean

    Kevin Capaldo;James J. Corbett;Prasad Kasibhatla;Paul Fischbeck

  • Third IMO GHG Study

    Twp Smith;JP Jalkanen;BA Anderson;JJ Corbett

  • Arctic shipping emissions inventories and future scenarios

    J. J. Corbett;D. A. Lack;D. A. Lack;J. J. Winebrake;S. Harder

  • Natural gas as a marine fuel

    Heather Thomson;James J. Corbett;James J. Winebrake

  • Particulate emissions from commercial shipping: Chemical, physical, and optical properties

    Daniel A. Lack;Daniel A. Lack;James J. Corbett;Timothy Onasch;Brian Lerner;Brian Lerner

  • Mitigating the health impacts of pollution from oceangoing shipping: an assessment of low-sulfur fuel mandates.

    J. J. Winebrake;J. J. Corbett;E. H. Green;A. Lauer

  • Improving spatial representation of global ship emissions inventories.

    Chengfeng Wang;James J. Corbett;Jeremy Firestone

  • A STRATEGY FOR INTRODUCING HYDROGEN INTO TRANSPORTATION

    Alexander E Farrell;Alexander E Farrell;David W Keith;James J Corbett

  • Black carbon from ships: a review of the effects of ship speed, fuel quality and exhaust gas scrubbing

    D. A. Lack;D. A. Lack;J. J. Corbett

  • Modeling Energy Use and Emissions from North American Shipping: Application of the Ship Traffic, Energy, and Environment Model

    Chengfeng Wang;James J. Corbett;Jeremy Firestone

  • Assessing energy, environmental, and economic tradeoffs in intermodal freight transportation.

    James J. Winebrake;James J. Corbett;Aaron Falzarano;J. Scott Hawker

  • An investigation of the chemistry of ship emission plumes during ITCT 2002

    G. Chen;L. G. Huey;M. Trainer;D. Nicks

  • Particulate Emissions from Commercial Shipping. Chemical, Physical and Optical Properties.

    D. A. Lack;J. J. Corbett;T. Onasch;B. Lerner

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel A. Lack
Daniel A. Lack Earth System Research Laboratory
Axel Lauer
Axel Lauer German Aerospace Center
Prasad S. Kasibhatla
Prasad S. Kasibhatla Duke University
Zhaojun Wang
Zhaojun Wang Nankai University
Spyros N. Pandis
Spyros N. Pandis University of Patras
Veronika Eyring
Veronika Eyring University of Bremen
Brian M. Lerner
Brian M. Lerner Aerodyne Research
David W. Keith
David W. Keith University of Chicago
Ivar S. A. Isaksen
Ivar S. A. Isaksen University of Oslo
John B. Nowak
John B. Nowak Langley Research Center

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