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Works in Progress
57. C. Li, A.L. Handwerger & D.E. Horton (under review) Mixed hydrometeorological processes explain regional landslide susceptibilities, Science Advances.
56. V.A. Lang, S.F. Camilleri, S. van der Lee, G. Rowangould, B. Antonczak, T.M. Thompson, M.H. Harris, C. Harkins, D. Tong, M. Janssen, Z.E. Adelman & D.E. Horton (under revision) Intercomparison of modeled urban-scale vehicle emissions – implications for equity assessments, Environmental Science and Technology.
55. R.D. Harp, T.N. Taguela, A.A. Akintomide & D.E. Horton (under 2nd revision) Evaluation of historical precipitation interannual variability in CMIP6 over the United States, Environmental Research: Climate.
54. T. Olsen, A.M. Pfeiffer, N.J. Finnegan, C. Li & D.E. Horton (accepted) Impacts of post-fire debris flows on fluvial morphology and sediment transport in a California Central Coast Stream, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surfaces.
53. V.A. Lang, S.F. Camilleri, J.M. Acosta Cordova, N. Deylami, M.H. Harris, L. Koehler, B. Urbaszewski & D.E. Horton (under revision) Assessing the air quality, public health, and equity implications of an Advanced Clean Trucks policy for Illinois, Frontiers of Earth Science.
Published Materials
52. P.M. Graffy, A. Sunderraj, M.A. Visa, C. Miller, B.W. Barrett, S. Rao, S.F. Camilleri, R.D. Harp, C. Li, A. Brenneman, J. Chan, A. Kho, N. Allen & D.E. Horton (2024) Methodological approaches for measuring the association between heat exposure and health outcomes: a comprehensive global scoping review, GeoHealth, doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001071
51. P. Neri, R. Scheu, S. Morse, W. Hayes, S. Haratian, S. Farhoodi, A. Mitchell, B. Stephens, M. Heidarinejad, K. Woods, R. Mansour & D.E. Horton, (2024) Summer indoor thermal conditions in Chicago residences without central air conditioning, Elevate, pdf
50. S. Huang, S. Wang, Y. Gan, C. Wang, D.E. Horton, C. Li, X. Zhang, D. Niyogi, J. Xia & N. Chen (2024) Widespread global exacerbation of extreme drought induced by urbanization, Nature Cities, doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00102-z
★ Press: The Conversation
49. S. Huang, Y. Gan, N. Chen, C. Wang, X. Zhang, C.Li & D.E. Horton (2024) Urbanization enhances channel and surface runoff: A quantitative analysis using both physical and empirical models over the Yangtze River Basin, Journal of Hydrology, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131194
48. B.B. Sageman, M.M. Jones, M.A. Arthur, I. Niezgodzki & D.E. Horton (2024) Late Cenomanian Plenus event in the Western Interior Seaway, Cretaceous Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105798
47. S.F. Camilleri, G.H. Kerr, S.C. Anenberg & D.E. Horton (2023) All-cause NO2-attributable mortality burden and associated racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S., Environmental Science & Technology Letters, doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett3.c00500
★ Press: CBS Chicago
46. Y. Gao, Y. Wu, X. Guo, W. Kou, S. Zhang, L. Ruby Leung, X. Chen, J. Lu, N.S. Diffenbaugh, D.E. Horton, H. Wang, X. Yao, H. Gao & L. Wu (2023) More frequent and persistent heat waves due to increased temperature skewness projected by a high-resolution Earth System Model, Geophysical Research Letters, doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105840
45. A. Montgomery, M.I.G. Daepp, M.I. Abdin, P. Choudhury, S. Malvar, S. Counts & D.E. Horton (2023) Intraurban NO2 hotspot detection across multiple air quality products, Environmental Research Letters, doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf7d5
★ Press: CBS Chicago, Dwell
44. M.A. Visa, S.F. Camilleri, A. Montgomery, J.L. Schnell, M. Janssen, Z. Adelman, S.C. Anenberg, E. Grubert & D.E. Horton (2023) Neighborhood-scale air quality, public health, and equity implications of multi-modal vehicle electrification, Environmental Research: Infrastructure & Sustainability, doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/acf60d
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43. S.F. Camilleri, A. Montgomery, M.A. Visa, J.L. Schnell, Z. Adelman, M. Janssen, E. Grubert, S.C. Anenberg & D.E. Horton (2023) Air quality, health and equity implications of electrifying heavy-duty vehicles, Nature Sustainability, doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01219-0
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42. C. Li, G. Yu, J. Yang & D.E. Horton (2023) Toward improved regional hydrological model performance using state-of-the-science data-informed soil parameters, Water Resources Research, doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034431
41. R.D. Harp & D.E. Horton (2023) Observed changes in interannual precipitation variability in the United States, Geophysical Research Letters, doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104533
40. A. Montgomery, J.L. Schnell, Z. Adelman, M. Janssen & D.E. Horton (2023) Simulation of neighborhood-scale air quality with two-way coupled WRF-CMAQ over southern Lake Michigan-Chicago region, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037942
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39. R.D. Harp & D.E. Horton (2022) Observed changes in daily precipitation intensity in the United States, Geophysical Research Letters, doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099955
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38. L. Yang, N. Zerega, A. Montgomery & D.E. Horton (2022) Potential of breadfruit cultivation to contribute to climate-resilient low latitude food systems, PLOS Climate, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000062
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37. C. Li, A.L. Handwerger, J. Wang, W. Yu, X. Li, N.J. Finnegan, Y. Xie, G. Buscarnera & D.E. Horton (2022) Augmentation of WRF-Hydro to simulate overland flow- and streamflow-generated debris flow susceptibility in burn scars, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2317-2022
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36. K.R. Marion Suiseeya et al (2022) Waking from paralysis: revitalizing conceptions of climate knowledge and justice for more effective climate action, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, doi.org/10.1177/00027162221095495
35. J.M. Garrido-Perez, C. Ordóñez, D. Barriopedro, R. García-Herrera, J.L. Schnell & D.E. Horton (2022) A storyline view of the projected role of remote drivers on summer air stagnation in Europe and the United States, Environmental Research Letters, doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac4290
34. D.E. Horton (2021) Assessing co-benefits incentivizes climate mitigation action, One Earth, doi:/10.1016/j/oneear.2021.08.003
33. H. Chen, Z. Zhan, A. Youngblood, E.T. Wolf, A.D. Feinstein & D.E. Horton (2021) Persistence of flare-driven atmospheric chemistry on rocky habitable zone worlds, Nature Astronomy, doi:/10.1038/s41550-020-01264-1
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32. M.S. Bryan, J. Sun, J. Jagai, D.E. Horton, A. Montgomery, R. Sargis & M. Argos (2021) COVID-19 mortality and neighborhood characteristics in Chicago, Annals of Epidemiology, doi:/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.10.011
★ Press: Block Club Chicago
31. J.L. Schnell, D.R. Peters, D.C. Wong, X. Liu, H. Gao, H. Zhang, P.L. Kinney & D.E Horton (2020) Potential for electric vehicle adoption to mitigate extreme air quality events in China, Earth’s Future, doi:/10.1029/2020EF001788
30. J.J. Hess, N. Ranadive, C. Boyer, L. Aleksandrowicz, S.C. Anenberg, K. Aunan, K. Belesova, M.L. Bell, S. Bickersteth, K. Bowen, M. Burden, D. Campbell-Lendrum, E. Carlton, G. Cissé, F. Cohen, H. Dai, A.D. Dangour, H. Frumkin, P. Gong, R.J. Gould, A. Haines, S. Hales, I. Hamilton, M. Hashizume, Y. Honda, D.E. Horton, A. Karambelas, H. Kim, S.E. Kim, P.L. Kinney, I. Kone, K. Knowlton, J. Lelieveld, V.S. Limaye, Q. Liu, L. Madaniyazi, M.E. Martinez, D.L. Mauzerall, J. Milner, T. Neville, M. Nieuwenhuijsen, S. Pachauri, F. Perera, H. Pineo, J.V. Remais, R.K. Saari, J. Sampedro, P. Scheelbeek, J. Schwartz, D. Shindell, P. Shyamsundar, T.J. Taylor, C. Tonne, D. Van Vuuren, C. Wang, N. Watts, J.J. West, P. Wilkinson, S.A. Wood, J. Woodcock, A. Woodward, Y. Xie, Y. Zhang & K.L. Ebi (2020) Guidelines for modeling and reporting health effects of climate change mitigation actions, Environmental Health Perspectives, doi:/10.1289/EHP6745
29. D.R. Peters, J.L. Schnell, P.L. Kinney, V. Naik & D.E. Horton (2020) Public health and climate benefits and tradeoffs of U.S. vehicle electrification, GeoHealth, doi:/10.1029/2020GH000275
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28. N.S. Diffenbaugh, C.B. Field, E.A. Appel, I.L. Azevedo, D.D. Baldocchi, M. Burke, J.A. Burney, P. Ciais, S.J. Davis, A.M. Fiore, S.M. Fletcher, T.W. Hertel, D.E. Horton, S.M. Hsiang, R.B. Jackson, X. Jin, M. Levi, D.B. Lobell, G.A. McKinley, F.C. Moore, A. Montgomery, K.C. Nadeau, D.E. Pataki, J.T. Sanderson, M. Reichstein, J.L. Schnell, S.I. Seneviratne, D. Singh, A.L. Steiner & G. Wong-Parodi (2020) The COVID-19 lockdowns: a window into the Earth System, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, doi:/10.1038/s43017-020-0079-1
27. C. Deser, F. Lehner, K.B. Rogers, T. Ault, T.L. Delworth, P.N. DiNezio, A. Fiore, C. Frankignoul, J.C. Fyfe, D.E. Horton, J.E. Kay, R. Knutti, N.S. Lovenduski, J. Marotzke, K.A. McKinnon, S. Minobe, J. Randerson, J.A. Screen, I.R. Simpson, & M. Ting (2020) Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects, Nature Climate Change, doi:/10.1038/s41558-020-0731-2
26. K.N. Braun, E.J. Theuerkauf, M.T. Hurtgen, A.L. Masterson & D.E. Horton (2020) Loss-on-ignition estimates for soil organic carbon in Great Lakes freshwater coastal wetlands, Wetlands, doi:10.1007/s13157-020-01270-z
25. Z. Liu, D.E. Horton, C. Tabor, B.B. Sageman, L.M.E. Percival, B.C. Gill & D. Selby (2019) Assessing the contribution of comet impact and volcanism toward the climate perturbations of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:1029/2019GL084818
24. H. Chen, E.T. Wolf, Z. Zhan & D.E. Horton (2019) Habitability and spectroscopic observability of warm M-dwarf exoplanets evaluated with 3D chemistry-climate models, The Astrophysical Journal, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab4f7e
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23. D. Touma, S. Stevenson, S.J. Camargo, D.E. Horton & N.S. Diffenbaugh (2019) Variations in the intensity and spatial extent of tropical cyclone precipitation, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2019GL083452
22. C.W. Callahan, J.L. Schnell & D.E. Horton (2019) Multi-index attribution of extreme winter air quality in Beijing, China, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/2018JD029738
21. X. Tan, T.Y. Gan S. Chen, D.E. Horton, X. Chen, B. Liu & K. Lin (2019) Trends in persistent seasonal-scale atmospheric circulation patterns responsible for seasonal precipitation totals and occurrences of precipitation extremes over Canada, Journal of Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0401.1
20. J.L. Schnell, V. Naik, L.W. Horowitz, F. Paulot, P. Ginoux, M. Zhao & D.E. Horton (2019) Air quality impacts from the electrification of light-duty passenger vehicles in the United States, Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.04.003
★ Press: Green Car Blog, Anthropocene, EarthTechling
19. K.N. Braun, E.J. Theuerkauf, A.L. Masterson, B.B. Curry & D.E. Horton (2019) Modeling organic carbon loss from a rapidly eroding freshwater coastal wetland, Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-40855-5
18. H. Chen, E.T. Wolf, S. Domagal-Goldman, R. Kopparapu & D.E. Horton (2018) Biosignature anisotropy modeled on temperate tidally locked M-dwarf planets, Astrophysical Journal Letters, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aaedb2
17. A. Sharma, A.F. Hamlet, H.J.S. Fernando, C.E. Catlett, D.E. Horton, V.R. Kotamarthi, D.A.R. Kristovich, A.I. Packman, J.L. Tank & D.J. Wuebbles (2018) The need for an integrated land-lake-atmosphere modeling exemplified by North America’s Great Lakes region, Earth’s Future, doi:10.1029/2018EF00870
16. X. Tan, T.Y. Gan & D.E. Horton (2018) Projected timing of perceivable changes in climate extremes for terrestrial and marine ecosystems, Global Change Biology, doi:10.1111/gcb.14329
15. D.L. Swain, D. Singh, D.E. Horton, J.S. Mankin, T.C. Ballard & N.S. Diffenbaugh (2017) Remote linkages to anomalous winter atmospheric ridging over the northeastern Pacific, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:10.1002/2017JD026575
★ Press: California Weather Blog
14. N.S. Diffenbaugh, D. Singh, J.S. Mankin, D.E. Horton, D.L. Swain, D. Touma, A. Charland, Y. Liu, M. Haugen, M. Tsiang & B. Rajaratnam (2017) Quantifying the influence of global warming on unprecedented extreme climate events, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1618082114
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13. S.H. Paull, D.E. Horton, M. Ashfaq, M. Rastogi, D. Kramer, N.S. Diffenbaugh & A.M. Kilpatrick (2017) Drought and immunity determine the intensity of West Nile virus epidemics and climate change impacts, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2078
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12. D. Singh, D.L. Swain, J.S. Mankin, D.E. Horton, L.N. Thomas, B. Rajaratnam & N.S. Diffenbaugh (2016) Recent amplification of the North American winter temperature dipole, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:10.1002/2016JD025116
★ Press: Grist, Nature World News, Futurity
11. D.S. Swain, D.E. Horton, D. Singh & N.S. Diffenbaugh (2016) Trends in atmospheric patterns conducive to precipitation and temperature extremes in California, Science Advances, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501344
★ Press: National Science Foundation, KQED, Live Science, Climate Central, Washington Post
10. D.E. Horton, N.C. Johnson, D. Singh, D.L. Swain, B. Rajaratnam & N.S. Diffenbaugh (2015) Contribution of changes in atmospheric circulation patterns to extreme temperature trends, Nature, doi:10.1038/nature14550
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9. C. Li, E. Sinha, D.E. Horton, N.S. Diffenbaugh & A.M. Michalak (2014) Joint bias correction of temperature and precipitation in climate model simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi:10.1002/2014JD022514
8. D. Singh, D.E. Horton, M. Tsiang, M. Haugen, M. Ashfaq, R. Mei, D. Rastogi, N.C. Johnson, A. Charland, B. Rajaratnam & N.S. Diffenbaugh (2014) Severe precipitation in Northern India in June 2013: Causes, historical context, and changes in probability, in “Explaining Extremes of 2013 from a Climate Perspective”, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, [pdf] [S.I.]
★ Press: Climate Central, Yale Environment 360
7. D.E. Horton, C.B. Skinner, D. Singh & N.S. Diffenbaugh (2014) Occurrence and persistence of atmospheric stagnation events, Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/nclimate2272
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6. D.P. Lowry, C.J. Poulsen, D.E. Horton, T.H. Torsvik & D. Pollard (2014) Thresholds for Paleozoic ice sheet initiation, Geology, doi:10.1130/G35615.1
5. D.E. Horton, Harshvardhan & N.S. Diffenbaugh (2012) Response of air stagnation frequency to anthropogenically enhanced radiative forcing, Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044034
★ Press: Nature Climate Change, Climate Central, & Environmental Research Web
4. D.E. Horton, C.J. Poulsen, I.P. Montañez & W.A. DiMichelle (2012) Eccentricity-paced late Palaeozoic climate change, Palaeo-3, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.014
3. D.E. Horton, C.J. Poulsen & D. Pollard (2010) Influence of high-latitude vegetation feedbacks on late Palaeozoic glacial cycles, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/NGEO922
2. D.E. Horton & C.J. Poulsen (2009) The paradox of late Paleozoic glacioeustasy, Geology, doi:10.1130/G30016A.1
1. D.E. Horton, C.J. Poulsen & D. Pollard (2007) Orbital and CO2 forcing of late Paleozoic continental ice sheets, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2007GL031188