J2A Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Public Health

Monday, 29 January 2024: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom II (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Presidential Conference; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; and the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Chairs:
Hunter Jones and Vijay Limaye
Cochairs:
Jane W. Baldwin and Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State Univ., School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ

This session focuses on research at the intersections of climate change, extreme weather (e.g., tropical cyclones, wildfire smoke, heat, extreme cold), and public health.

Papers:
10:45 AM
J2A.1
Examining the Sensitivity and Vulnerability to Summer Extreme Heat in Major Cities of the United States
Xiaojiang Li, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA

J2A.2
National Weather Service Findings on Heat Messaging

11:00 AM
J2A.3
Climatic/Weather Influences on Annual Caseload and Seasonal Timing of West Nile Virus
Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Harp, K. Holcomb, B. W. Green, H. Jones, M. A. Johansson, R. Nett, C. B. Beard, and J. M. Trtanj

11:15 AM
J2A.5
Mitigating the Public Health Impacts of Prolonged Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Determinants of Portable Air Cleaner Use in Rural Washington State Communities
Kathleen Moloney, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. Busch Isaksen, E. Walker, G. Bratman, and N. A. Errett

11:30 AM
J2A.6
A Smoke Heatmap Overlay for Wildfires to Inform Risk and Track Associated Symptoms
Elizabeth J. Tarquin, BS, International Business and Marketing, Georgetown University, CASE Consultants International, Asheville, NC; and E. Klos
Manuscript (2.7 MB)

J2A.4
The Pathfinder Air Quality Technical Tabletop Exercise (TTX): Findings and Outcomes from NOAA and Community Stakeholders

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