Publications

Updated August 2025
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Submitted

2025

  1. 19.
    Worldwide inference of national methane emissions by inversion of satellite observations and UNFCCC prior estimates
    JD East, DJ Jacob, D Jervis, N Balasus, LA Estrada, SE Hancock, MP Sulprizio, J Thomas, X Wang, Z Chen, DJ Varon, and J Worden
    under review at Nature Communications, 2025
  2. 18.
    Seasonality and declining intensity of methane emissions from the Permian and nearby US oil and gas basins
    DJ Varon, JD Jacob, LA Estrada, N Balasus,  JD East, DC Pendergrass, Z Chen, MP Sulprizio, M Omara, R Gautam, ZR Barkley, FJ Cardoso-Saldaña, EK Reidy, H Kamdar, ED Sherwin, S Biraud, D Jervis, S Pandey, J Worden, KW Bowman, JD Maasakkers, and RL Kleinberg
    EarthArXiv (preprint), 2025
  3. 17.
    Attributing 2019-2024 methane growth using TROPOMI satellite observations
    M He, DJ Jacob, LA Estrada, DJ Varon, M Sulprizio, N Balasus,  JD East, E Penn, DC Pendergrass, Z Chen, TA Mooring, JD Maasakkers, PG Brodrick, C Frankenberg, KW Bowman, and L Bruhwiler
    ESS Open Archive (preprint), 2025
  4. 16.
    Quantifying urban and landfill methane emissions in the United States using TROPOMI satellite data
    X Wang, DJ Jacob, H Nesser, N Balasus, L Estrada, MP Sulprizio, DH Cusworth, TR Scarpelli, Z Chen,  JD East, and DJ Varon
    arXiv (preprint), 2025
  5. 15.
    Trends and seasonality of 2019–2023 global methane emissions inferred from a localized ensemble transform Kalman filter (CHEEREIO v1.3.1) applied to TROPOMI satellite observations
    DC Pendergrass, DJ Jacob, N Balasus, L Estrada, DJ Varon,  JD East, M He, TA Mooring, E Penn, H Nesser, and JR Worden
    EGUSphere (preprint), 2025
  6. 14.
    Seasonal forecasts support monitoring of Amazonia wetland methane response to 2023 El Niño
    CA Quinn, T Colligan, EJ Ward,  JD East, Y Lim, E Lee, R Koster, and B Poulter
    JAMES (submitted), 2025

Peer-reviewed

2025

  1. 13.
    Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI) 2.0: an improved research and stakeholder tool for monitoring total methane emissions with high resolution worldwide using TROPOMI satellite observations
    LA Estrada, DJ Varon, MP Sulprizio, H Nesser, Z Chen, N Balasus, SE Hancock, M He,  JD East, TA Mooring, AO Alonso, JD Maasakkers, I Aben, S Baray, KW Bowman, JR Worden, FJ Cardoso-Saldaña, E Reidy, and DJ Jacob
    Geosci. Model Dev., 2025
  2. 12.
    Global Rice Paddy Inventory (GRPI): a high-resolution inventory of methane emissions from rice agriculture based on Landsat satellite inundation datat
    Z Chen, JD Jacob, H Lin, N Balasus, A Hardy,  JD East, Y Zhang, BR Runkle, SE Hancock, CA Taylor, X Du, and BO Sander
    Earth’s Future, 2025
  3. 11.
    What can we learn about tropospheric OH from satellite observations of methane?
    E Penn, DJ Jacob, Z Chen,  JD East, MP Sulprizio, L Bruhwiler, JD Maasakkers, H Nesser, Z Qu, Y Zhang, and W Worden
    Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2025
  4. 10.
    Model underestimates of OH reactivity cause overestimate of hydrogen’s climate impact
    LH Yang, DJ Jacob, H Lin, R Dang, KH Bates,  JD East, KR Travis, DC Pendergrass, and LT Murray
    Geophysical Research Letters, 2025
  5. 9.
    Advancements and opportunities to improve bottom-up estimates of global wetland methane emissions
    Qing Zhu, DJ Jacob, K Yuan, F Li, BRK Runkle, M Chen, AA Bloom, B Poulter,  JD East, WJ Riley, G McNicol, J Worden, C Frankenberg, and M Halabisky
    Environmental Research Letters, 2025
  6. 8.
    Satellite quantification of methane emissions from South American countries: A high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI and GOSAT observations
    SE Hancock, DJ Jacob, Z Chen, H Nesser, A Davitt, DJ Varon, MP Sulprizio, N Balasus, LA Estrada, M Cazorla, L Dawidowski, S Diez,  JD East, E Penn, CA. Randles, JR Worden, I Aben, RJ Parker, and JD Maasakkers
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2025

2024

  1. 7.
    Projecting Changes in the Frequency and Magnitude of Ozone Pollution Events Under Uncertain Climate Sensitivity
    JD East, Erwan Monier, Rebecca K. Saari, and Fernando Garcia-Menendez
    Earth’s Future, 2024
  2. 6.
    Interpreting the Seasonality of Atmospheric Methane
    JD East, DJ Jacob, N Balasus, AA Bloom, LP Bruhwiler, Z Chen, JO Kaplan, LJ Mickley, TA Mooring, E Penn, B Poulter, MP Sulprizio, JR Worden, RM Yantosca, and Z Zhang
    Geophysical Research Letters, 2024
  3. 5.
    Health and equity implications of individual adaptation to air pollution in a changing climate
    Matt S. Sparks, Isaiah Farahbakhsh, Madhur Anand, Chris T. Bauch, Kathryn C. Conlon,  JD East, Tianyuan Li, Megan Lickley, Fernando Garcia-Menendez, Erwan Monier, and Rebecca K. Saari
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024

2022

  1. 4.
    Inferring and evaluating satellite-based constraints on NOx emissions estimates in air quality simulations
    JD East, B. H. Henderson, S. L. Napelenok, S. N. Koplitz, G. Sarwar, R. Gilliam, A. Lenzen, D. Q. Tong, R. B. Pierce, and F. Garcia-Menendez
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022
  2. 3.
    Characterizing and quantifying uncertainty in projections of climate change impacts on air quality
    JD East, Erwan Monier, and Fernando Garcia-Menendez
    Environmental Research Letters, 2022
  3. 2.
    Assessing the Impact of Lightning NOx Emissions in CMAQ Using Lightning Flash Data from WWLLN over the Contiguous United States
    Daiwen Kang, Christian Hogrefe, Golam Sarwar,  JD East, J. Mike Madden, Rohit Mathur, and Barron H. Henderson
    Atmosphere, 2022

2021

  1. 1.
    Air quality modeling to inform pollution mitigation strategies in a Latin American megacity
    JD East, Juan Sebastian Montealegre, Jorge E. Pachon, and Fernando Garcia-Menendez
    Science of The Total Environment, 2021

Other publications

2020

  1. Internal climate variability and initial condition ensembles in air quality projections
    James D. East, and Fernando Garcia-Menendez
    In C. Deser and K. Rodgers (guest eds) New research on climate variability and change using initial-condition Large Ensembles. Special issue of US CLIVAR VARIATIONS., 2020
  2. Climate Model Response Uncertainty in Projections of Climate Change Impacts on Air Quality
    Fernando Garcia-Menendez, James D. East, Bret D. Pienkosz, and Erwan Monier
    In Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI, 2020

2019

  1. Air quality modeling as a tool for adjusting emission inventories
    Juan S. Montealegre, Johan Vanegas, Jorge E. Pachon, Aura Rojas, James D. East, and Fernando Garcia-Menendez
    In 2019 Congreso Colombiano y Conferencia Internacional de Calidad de Aire y Salud Pública (CASAP), 2019