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57
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National Ranking
1295

Overview

Zifeng Lu is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their research interests encompass multiple subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

The main topics of their work cover a range of environmental and energy-related areas, such as:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency

Zifeng Lu frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Energy

Frequent collaborators in Lu's research include Michael Wang, Xin He, Yu Gan, Jessey Bouchard, and David G. Streets. These coauthors have appeared together on numerous publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts.

Highlighted recent papers by Zifeng Lu include:

  • Disentangling the Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdowns on Urban NO2 From Natural Variability, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • TROPOMI NO2 in the United States: A Detailed Look at the Annual Averages, Weekly Cycles, Effects of Temperature, and Correlation With Surface NO2 Concentrations, 2021, Earth's Future
  • Natural gas shortages during the "coal-to-gas" transition in China have caused a large redistribution of air pollution in winter 2017, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A methodology to constrain carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants using satellite observations of co-emitted nitrogen dioxide, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Greenhouse gas consequences of the China dual credit policy, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • 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

  • MIX: a mosaic Asian anthropogenic emission inventory under the international collaboration framework of the MICS-Asia and HTAP

    Meng Li;Qiang Zhang;Jun-ichi Kurokawa;Jung-Hun Woo

  • Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade

    Qiang Zhang;Xujia Jiang;Dan Tong;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis

  • Sulfur dioxide and primary carbonaceous aerosol emissions in China and India, 1996-2010

    Z. Lu;Q. Zhang;D. G. Streets

  • Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015

    Nickolay A. Krotkov;Chris A. McLinden;Can Li;Lok N. Lamsal

  • Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000

    Z. Lu;D. G. Streets;Q. Zhang;S. Wang;S. Wang

  • All-Time Releases of Mercury to the Atmosphere from Human Activities

    David G. Streets;Molly K. Devane;Zifeng Lu;Tami C. Bond

  • A space-based, high-resolution view of notable changes in urban NOx pollution around the world (2005–2014)

    Bryan N. Duncan;Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Anne M. Thompson;Yasuko Yoshida

  • Emissions estimation from satellite retrievals: A review of current capability

    David G. Streets;Timothy Canty;Gregory R. Carmichael;Benjamin de Foy

  • Total Mercury Released to the Environment by Human Activities

    David G. Streets;Hannah M. Horowitz;Daniel J. Jacob;Zifeng Lu

  • Mapping Asian anthropogenic emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds to multiple chemical mechanisms

    M. Li;Q. Zhang;D. G. Streets;K. B. He

  • Targeted emission reductions from global super-polluting power plant units

    Dan Tong;Qiang Zhang;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Fei Liu

  • U.S. NO2 trends (2005–2013): EPA Air Quality System (AQS) data versus improved observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

    Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Bryan N. Duncan;Yasuko Yoshida;Nickolay A. Krotkov

  • Sources, distribution, and acidity of sulfate–ammonium aerosol in the Arctic in winter–spring

    Jenny A. Fisher;Daniel James Jacob;Qiaoqiao Wang;Roya Bahreini;Roya Bahreini

  • Fifteen-Year Global Time Series of Satellite-Derived Fine Particulate Matter

    B. L. Boys;R. V. Martin;R. V. Martin;A. van Donkelaar;R. J. MacDonell

  • Global and regional trends in mercury emissions and concentrations, 2010–2015

    David G. Streets;Hannah M. Horowitz;Zifeng Lu;Leonard Levin

  • Disentangling the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on urban NO 2 from natural variability.

    Daniel L. Goldberg;Daniel L. Goldberg;Susan C. Anenberg;Debora Griffin;Chris A. McLinden

  • Light absorption properties and radiative effects of primary organic aerosol emissions.

    Zifeng Lu;David G. Streets;Ekbordin Winijkul;Fang Yan

  • Global Chemical Composition of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter for Exposure Assessment

    Sajeev Philip;Randall V Martin;Randall V Martin;Aaron van Donkelaar;Jason Wai-Ho Lo

  • Estimates of power plant NOx emissions and lifetimes from OMI NO2 satellite retrievals

    Benjamin de Foy;Zifeng Lu;David G. Streets;Lok N. Lamsal

  • Enhanced Capabilities of TROPOMI NO2: Estimating NOX from North American Cities and Power Plants.

    Daniel L. Goldberg;Daniel L. Goldberg;Daniel L. Goldberg;Zifeng Lu;Zifeng Lu;David G. Streets;David G. Streets;Benjamin de Foy

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Streets
David G. Streets Harvard University
Lok N. Lamsal
Lok N. Lamsal Goddard Space Flight Center
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Bryan N. Duncan
Bryan N. Duncan Goddard Space Flight Center
Tami C. Bond
Tami C. Bond Colorado State University
Nickolay A. Krotkov
Nickolay A. Krotkov Goddard Space Flight Center
Meng Li
Meng Li Peking University
Gregory R. Carmichael
Gregory R. Carmichael University of Iowa
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis

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