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Robert E. Davis is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis as well as Atmospheric Science. Their work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Health, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to climate and health impacts, including:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

Frequent publication venues for Robert E. Davis include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Davis are:

  • "Landsat, MODIS, and VIIRS snow cover mapping algorithm performance as validated by airborne lidar datasets," 2023, The Cryosphere
  • "Divergence of apparent and intrinsic snow albedo over a season at a sub-alpine site with implications for remote sensing," 2022, The Cryosphere
  • "How do tradeoffs in satellite spatial and temporal resolution impact snow water equivalent reconstruction?", 2023, The Cryosphere
  • "A comparison of the effect of weather and climate on emergency department visitation in Roanoke and Charlottesville, Virginia," 2020, Environmental Research
  • "Regional Characteristics of Variability in the Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Polar Front Jet and Subtropical Jet in Observations and CMIP6 Models," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Among frequent collaborators, Robert E. Davis has coauthored multiple works with Wendy M. Novicoff, Timbo Stillinger, Karl Rittger, Edward H. Bair, and Vinayak K. Nahar.

Best Publications

  • Statistics for the evaluation and comparison of models

    Cort J. Willmott;Steven G. Ackleson;Robert E. Davis;Johannes J. Feddema

  • Climate influences on grapevine phenology, grape composition,and wine production and quality for Bordeaux, France

    Gregory V. Jones;Robert E. Davis

  • Changing heat-related mortality in the United States.

    Robert E. Davis;Paul C. Knappenberger;Patrick J. Michaels;Wendy M. Novicoff

  • Weather and Human Mortality: An Evaluation of Demographic and Interregional Responses in the United States

    Laurence S. Kalkstein;Robert E. Davis

  • Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health.

    Robert E. Davis;Glenn R. McGregor;Kyle B. Enfield

  • An Intensity Scale for Atlantic Coast Northeast Storms

    Robert Dolan;Robert E. Davis

  • The North Atlantic subtropical anticyclone

    Robert E. Davis;Bruce P. Hayden;William L. Phillips

  • Contribution of tropical cyclones to extreme rainfall events in the southeastern United States

    David B. Knight;Robert E. Davis

  • Development of an automated spatial synoptic climatological classification

    Robert E. Davis;Laurence S. Kalkstein

  • Early motor skill competence as a mediator of child and adult physical activity.

    Paul D. Loprinzi;Robert E. Davis;Yang Chieh Fu

  • Snow ablation modeling at the stand scale in a boreal jack pine forest

    J. P. Hardy;R. E. Davis;R. Jordan;X. Li

  • Fine-scale spatial variability of heat-related mortality in Philadelphia County, USA, from 1983-2008: a case-series analysis.

    David M Hondula;Robert E Davis;Matthew J Leisten;Michael V Saha

  • Decadal changes in summer mortality in U.S. cities

    Robert E. Davis;Paul C. Knappenberger;Wendy M. Novicoff;Patrick J. Michaels

  • Transmission of solar radiation in boreal conifer forests : Measurements and models

    Wenge Ni;Xiaowen Li;Curtis E. Woodcock;Jean-Louis Roujean

  • Variation of snow cover ablation in the boreal forest: A sensitivity study on the effects of conifer canopy

    R. E. Davis;J. P. Hardy;W. Ni;C. Woodcock

  • Geographic dimensions of heat-related mortality in seven U.S. cities.

    David M. Hondula;Robert E. Davis;Michael V. Saha;Carleigh R. Wegner

  • Using a synoptic climatological approach to understand climate–viticulture relationships

    Gregory V. Jones;Robert E. Davis

  • Synoptic climatology of atlantic coast North-Easters

    Robert E. Davis;Gregory Demme;Robert Dolan

  • Mortality Displacement as a Function of Heat Event Strength in 7 US Cities

    Michael V. Saha;Robert E. Davis;David M. Hondula

  • Seasonality of climate-human mortality relationships in US cities and impacts of climate change

    Robert E. Davis;Paul C. Knappenberger;Patrick J. Michaels;Wendy M. Novicoff

  • Decadal changes in heat-related human mortality in the eastern United States

    Robert E. Davis;Paul C. Knappenberger;Wendy M. Novicoff;Patrick J. Michaels

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory V. Jones
Gregory V. Jones Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
David R. Legates
David R. Legates University of Delaware
Laurence S. Kalkstein
Laurence S. Kalkstein University of Miami
Robert C. Balling
Robert C. Balling Arizona State University
Joacim Rocklöv
Joacim Rocklöv Umeå University
Michael Garstang
Michael Garstang University of Virginia
Johannes J. Feddema
Johannes J. Feddema University of Victoria
Jan W. Bottenheim
Jan W. Bottenheim Environment and Climate Change Canada
David R. Fitzjarrald
David R. Fitzjarrald University at Albany, State University of New York
Edward J. Zipser
Edward J. Zipser University of Utah

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