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Overview

Steven J. Smith is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research activity is concentrated primarily within Environmental Science, with a total of 96 documented publications.

The main subfields of study for this researcher include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Pollution

Smith's work covers several key topics in environmental and atmospheric research such as:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics

Their publication record includes articles in frequent venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geoscientific model development, Earth system science data, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, and IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis).

Smith's recent papers include:

  • "The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017," 2020, NOAA Institutional Repository
  • "The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500," 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • "A global anthropogenic emission inventory of atmospheric pollutants from sector- and fuel-specific sources (1970-2017): an application of the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS)," 2020, Earth system science data
  • "Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "The generation of gridded emissions data for CMIP6," 2020, Geoscientific model development

Frequent co-authors associated with Smith's work are Patrick O'Rourke, Monica Crippa, Erin E. McDuffie, Rachel Hoesly, and Zbigniew Klimont. Collaboration with these researchers demonstrates integration within teams focused on environmental and atmospheric sciences.

Best Publications

  • The representative concentration pathways: an overview

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Jae Edmonds;Mikiko Kainuma;Keywan Riahi

  • Special report on emissions scenarios : a special report of Working group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    N. Nakicenovic;J. Alcamo;G. Davis;B. de Vries

  • Special report on emissions scenarios

    Nebojsa Nakicenovic;Joseph Alcamo;Gerald Davis;Bert de Vries

  • The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment

    Richard H. Moss;Jae A. Edmonds;Kathy A. Hibbard;Martin R. Manning

  • The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview

    Keywan Riahi;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elmar Kriegler;Jae Edmonds

  • The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from 1765 to 2300

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;S. J. Smith;K. Calvin;J. S. Daniel

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Historical (1850–2000) gridded anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of reactive gases and aerosols: methodology and application

    J.-F. Lamarque;T. C. Bond;V. Eyring;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier

  • Historical (1750–2014) anthropogenic emissions of reactive gases and aerosols from the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS)

    Rachel M. Hoesly;Steven J. Smith;Leyang Feng;Zbigniew Klimont

  • RCP4.5: a pathway for stabilization of radiative forcing by 2100

    Allison M. Thomson;Katherine V. Calvin;Steven J. Smith;G. Page Kyle

  • The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Zebedee R. J. Nicholls;Jared Lewis;Matthew J. Gidden

  • Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500–2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands

    G. C. Hurtt;G. C. Hurtt;L. P. Chini;S. Frolking;R. A. Betts

  • Identification of a gene encoding an acyl CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, a key enzyme in triacylglycerol synthesis

    Sylvaine Cases;Steven J. Smith;Yao-Wu Zheng;Heather M. Myers

  • Implications of limiting CO2 concentrations for land use and energy.

    Marshall A. Wise;Katherine V. Calvin;Allison M. Thomson;Leon E. Clarke

  • Anthropogenic sulfur dioxide emissions: 1850–2005

    S. J. Smith;J. Van Aardenne;Z. Klimont;Robert Joseph Andres

  • Global emissions pathways under different socioeconomic scenarios for use in CMIP6: a dataset of harmonized emissions trajectories through the end of the century

    Matthew J. Gidden;Keywan Riahi;Steven J. Smith;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori

  • Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants at global and regional scales during the 1980–2010 period

    Claire Granier;Bertrand Bessagnet;Tami Bond;Ariela D'Angiola

  • Co-benefits of mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions for future air quality and human health

    J. Jason West;Steven J. Smith;Raquel A. Silva;Vaishali Naik

  • The last decade of global anthropogenic sulfur dioxide: 2000-2011 emissions

    Z. Klimont;Steven J. Smith;Janusz Cofala

  • Global and regional evolution of short-lived radiatively-active gases and aerosols in the Representative Concentration Pathways

    Jean-François Lamarque;G. Page Kyle;Malte Meinshausen;Keywan Riahi

  • A global anthropogenic emission inventory of atmospheric pollutants from sector- and fuel-specific sources (1970-2017): an application of the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS)

    Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Steven J. Smith;Patrick O'Rourke;Kushal Tibrewal

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
James A. Edmonds
James A. Edmonds Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Leon Clarke
Leon Clarke University of Maryland, College Park
Gregory J. Frost
Gregory J. Frost National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Claire Granier
Claire Granier National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Allison M. Thomson
Allison M. Thomson University of Maryland, College Park
Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Nebojsa Nakicenovic International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Malte Meinshausen
Malte Meinshausen University of Melbourne

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