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3011

Overview

Miguel Zavala is affiliated with San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in related subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, COVID-19 impact on air quality, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for Miguel Zavala include Atmospheric Environment, Communications Earth & Environment, Environment International, Environmental Research Letters, and Geoarchaeology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Miguel Zavala include:

  • A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions, 2021, Environment International
  • A tale of two regions: methane emissions from oil and gas production in offshore/onshore Mexico, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Changes in ozone production and VOC reactivity in the atmosphere of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • Impact of irrigation on farmworkers' heat stress in California differs by season and during the day and night, 2024, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Intensive field campaigns as a means for improving scientific knowledge to address urban air pollution, 2020, Atmospheric Environment

Miguel Zavala has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including L. T. Molina, Armando Retama, Sagar Parajuli, Trent Biggs, and Fernando De Sales.

Best Publications

  • An overview of the MILAGRO 2006 Campaign: Mexico City emissions and their transport and transformation

    L. T. Molina;S. Madronich;J. S. Gaffney;E. Apel

  • Evaluation of the volatility basis-set approach for the simulation of organic aerosol formation in the Mexico City metropolitan area

    A. P. Tsimpidi;V. A. Karydis;M. Zavala;W. Lei

  • Impacts of HONO sources on the photochemistry in Mexico City during the MCMA-2006/MILAGO Campaign

    G. Li;W. Lei;M. Zavala;R. Volkamer

  • A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions.

    Ranjeet S. Sokhi;Vikas Singh;Xavier Querol;Sandro Finardi

  • Correlation of Secondary Organic Aerosol with Odd Oxygen in Mexico City

    Scott C. Herndon;Timothy B. Onasch;Ezra C. Wood;Jesse H. Kroll

  • Distribution, magnitudes, reactivities, ratios and diurnal patterns of volatile organic compounds in the Valley of Mexico during the MCMA 2002 & 2003 field campaigns

    E. Velasco;B. Lamb;H. Westberg;E. Allwine

  • Characterization of urban pollutant emission fluxes and ambient concentration distributions using a mobile laboratory with rapid response instrumentation

    Scott C. Herndon;John T. Jayne;Mark S. Zahniser;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • Characterizing ozone production in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area: a case study using a chemical transport model

    W. Lei;B. de Foy;M. Zavala;R. Volkamer;R. Volkamer

  • Simulations of organic aerosol concentrations in Mexico City using the WRF-CHEM model during the MCMA-2006/MILAGRO campaign

    G. Li;M. Zavala;W. Lei;A. P. Tsimpidi

  • Characterization of on-road vehicle emissions in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area using a mobile laboratory in chase and fleet average measurement modes during the MCMA-2003 field campaign

    M. Zavala;S. C. Herndon;R. S. Slott;E. J. Dunlea;E. J. Dunlea

  • Experience from Integrated Air Quality Management in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area and Singapore

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  • On-road measurements of volatile organic compounds in the Mexico City metropolitan area using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry

    T.M. Rogers;E.P. Grimsrud;S.C. Herndon;J.T. Jayne

  • Vehicle fleet emissions of black carbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and other pollutants measured by a mobile laboratory in Mexico City

    M. Jiang;Linsey C. Marr;Linsey C. Marr;E. J. Dunlea;E. J. Dunlea;S. C. Herndon

  • Hit from both sides: tracking industrial and volcanic plumes in Mexico City with surface measurements and OMI SO 2 retrievals during the MILAGRO field campaign

    B. de Foy;N. A. Krotkov;Naifang Bei;S. C. Herndon

  • Ozone response to emission changes: a modeling study during the MCMA-2006/MILAGRO Campaign

    Jihee Song;Wenfang Lei;Naifang Bei;M. Zavala

  • Impact of primary formaldehyde on air pollution in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

    W. Lei;M. Zavala;B. de Foy;R. Volkamer;R. Volkamer

  • Modelling constraints on the emission inventory and on vertical dispersion for CO and SO 2 in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area using Solar FTIR and zenith sky UV spectroscopy

    B. de Foy;W. Lei;M. Zavala;R. Volkamer

  • Characterizing ozone production and response under different meteorological conditions in Mexico City

    W. Lei;M. Zavala;B. de Foy;R. Volkamer;R. Volkamer

  • Simulating the fine and coarse inorganic particulate matter concentrations in a polluted megacity

    Vlassis A. Karydis;Vlassis A. Karydis;Alexandra P. Tsimpidi;Alexandra P. Tsimpidi;Christos Fountoukis;Athanasios Nenes;Athanasios Nenes

  • A tale of two regions: Methane emissions from oil and gas production in offshore/onshore Mexico

    Daniel Zavala-Araiza;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;Mark Omara;Ritesh Gautam;Mackenzie L Smith

  • Evaluation of WRF mesoscale simulations and particle trajectory analysis for the MILAGRO field campaign

    B. de Foy;M. Zavala;N. Bei;L. T. Molina

  • Evaluation of mobile emissions contributions to Mexico City's emissions inventory using on-road and cross-road emission measurements and ambient data

    M. Zavala;S. C. Herndon;E. C. Wood;T. B. Onasch

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott C. Herndon
Scott C. Herndon Aerodyne Research
Mario J. Molina
Mario J. Molina University of California, San Diego
B. de Foy
B. de Foy Saint Louis University
Rainer Volkamer
Rainer Volkamer University of Colorado Boulder
Timothy B. Onasch
Timothy B. Onasch Boston College
Linsey C. Marr
Linsey C. Marr Virginia Tech
Edward J. Dunlea
Edward J. Dunlea University of Colorado Boulder
Spyros N. Pandis
Spyros N. Pandis University of Patras
Naifang Bei
Naifang Bei Xi'an Jiaotong University

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