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43
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6275
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National Ranking
2558

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Yongtao Hu is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily addresses environmental science with significant contributions to earth and planetary sciences. The work focuses on various subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's research encompasses several key topics such as air quality and health impacts, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, fire effects on ecosystems, climate change and health impacts, fire dynamics and safety research, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Yongtao Hu has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Armistead G. Russell, M. Talat Odman, Zongrun Li, Kamal Jyoti Maji, and Huizhong Shen. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of studies across environmental and atmospheric sciences.

The scientist's publications have been featured extensively in prominent journals, with frequent appearances in Atmospheric Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and Environment International.

Notable papers authored by Yongtao Hu include:

  • Substantial Changes in Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone after Excluding Meteorological Impacts during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Mainland China, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Novel Method for Ozone Isopleth Construction and Diagnosis for the Ozone Control Strategy of Chinese Cities, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Increased air pollution exposure among the Chinese population during the national quarantine in 2020, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • High-resolution hybrid inversion of IASI ammonia columns to constrain US ammonia emissions using the CMAQ adjoint model, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Source appointment of volatile organic compounds and evaluation of anthropogenic monoterpene emission estimates in Atlanta, Georgia, 2022, Atmospheric Environment

Best Publications

  • Application of OMI observations to a space-based indicator of NOx and VOC controls on surface ozone formation

    Bryan N. Duncan;Yasuko Yoshida;Yasuko Yoshida;Jennifer R. Olson;Sanford Sillman

  • Nonlinear response of ozone to emissions: source apportionment and sensitivity analysis.

    Daniel S. Cohan;Amir Hakami;Yongtao Hu;Armistead G. Russell

  • Airport related emissions and impacts on air quality: Application to the Atlanta International Airport

    Alper Unal;Yongtao Hu;Michael E. Chang;M. Talat Odman

  • Substantial Changes in Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone after Excluding Meteorological Impacts during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Mainland China

    Yanbin Zhao;Kun Zhang;Xiaotian Xu;Huizhong Shen

  • Decoupled direct 3D sensitivity analysis for particulate matter (DDM-3D/PM)

    Sergey L. Napelenok;Daniel S. Cohan;Yongtao Hu;Armistead G. Russell

  • Avoided Heat-Related Mortality through Climate Adaptation Strategies in Three US Cities

    Brian Stone;Jason Vargo;Peng Liu;Dana Habeeb

  • Source apportionment of fine particulate matter during autumn haze episodes in Shanghai, China

    Yangjun Wang;Li Li;Changhong Chen;Cheng Huang

  • Improving the Accuracy of Daily PM2.5 Distributions Derived from the Fusion of Ground-Level Measurements with Aerosol Optical Depth Observations, a Case Study in North China.

    Baolei Lv;Yongtao Hu;Howard H. Chang;Armistead G. Russell

  • Differences between downscaling with spectral and grid nudging using WRF

    P. Liu;A. P. Tsimpidi;Y. Hu;B. Stone

  • A high-resolution emission inventory for eastern China in 2000 and three scenarios for 2020

    Xiaoping Wang;Denise L. Mauzerall;Yongtao Hu;Armistead G. Russell

  • Assessment of biomass burning emissions and their impacts on urban and regional PM2.5: a Georgia case study.

    Di Tian;Yongtao Hu;Yuhang Wang;James W. Boylan

  • Local and regional contributions to fine particulate matter in Beijing during heavy haze episodes

    Yangjun Wang;Shengwei Bao;Shuxiao Wang;Yongtao Hu

  • Long-range aerosol transport from Europe to Istanbul, Turkey

    T. Kindap;T. Kindap;A. Unal;S.-H. Chen;Y. Hu

  • Process analysis and sensitivity study of regional ozone formation over the Pearl River Delta, China, during the PRIDE-PRD2004 campaign using the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system

    X. Wang;Y. Zhang;Y. Hu;W. Zhou;W. Zhou

  • Dependence of ozone sensitivity analysis on grid resolution

    Daniel S. Cohan;Yongtao Hu;Armistead G. Russell

  • Daily estimation of ground-level PM2.5 concentrations at 4 km resolution over Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei by fusing MODIS AOD and ground observations

    Baolei Lv;Yongtao Hu;Howard H. Chang;Armistead G. Russell

  • Diagnosis of aged prescribed burning plumes impacting an urban area.

    Sangil Lee;Hyeon K. Kim;Bo Yan;Charles E. Cobb

  • Development of the high-order decoupled direct method in three dimensions for particulate matter: enabling advanced sensitivity analysis in air quality models

    W. Zhang;S. L. Capps;Y. Hu;A. Nenes

  • Modeling Smoke Plume-Rise and Dispersion from Southern United States Prescribed Burns with Daysmoke

    Gary L. Achtemeier;Scott A. Goodrick;Yongqiang Liu;Fernando Garcia-Menendez

  • Roadside, Urban, and Rural Comparison of Primary and Secondary Organic Molecular Markers in Ambient PM2.5

    Bo Yan;Mei Zheng;Yongtao Hu;Xiang Ding

  • The effect of lightning NO x production on surface ozone in the continental United States

    B. Kaynak;Y. Hu;R. V. Martin;R. V. Martin;A. G. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Armistead G. Russell
Armistead G. Russell Georgia Institute of Technology
James A. Mulholland
James A. Mulholland Georgia Institute of Technology
Athanasios Nenes
Athanasios Nenes École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Huizhong Shen
Huizhong Shen Southern University of Science and Technology
Howard H. Chang
Howard H. Chang Emory University
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Larry W. Horowitz
Larry W. Horowitz Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Guofeng Shen
Guofeng Shen Peking University
Mei Zheng
Mei Zheng Peking University
Yuhang Wang
Yuhang Wang Georgia Institute of Technology

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