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Session Proposal: Advances in monitoring, modeling, and exposure assessment of airborne bioaerosols (AGU25)

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Advances in monitoring, modeling, and exposure assessment of airborne bioaerosols

Session ID#: 250668

Session Description:
Bioaerosols consist of a range of airborne organic matter including pollen, mold/fungal spores, viruses, bacteria, and other cellular fragments. Like other aerosols, bioaerosols play a role in the radiation budget, and can impact cloud formation and precipitation, especially in otherwise “clean” atmospheres. Exposure to many of these bioaerosols is implicated in adverse health outcomes, which might be amplified by interactions with other pollutants, such as through modified pollen allergenicity or co-exposure (e.g., ozone). Yet, a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of bioaerosol production and emission, atmospheric physics, and exposure is limited by available observations and models. This session aims to highlight recent advances in:  Observations or methods for detecting bioaerosols or their sources and sinks;  Modeling of bioaerosol production, emission, transport, and physics interactions in the atmosphere; and Exposure assessment and other health-related analysis of bioaerosols, including interactions with other pollutants
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
Index Terms:

0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
0305 Aerosols and particles [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0315 Biosphere/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0322 Constituent sources and sinks [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
Primary Convener:  Jordan Schnell, CU Boulder/CIRES, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Yingxiao Zhang, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Daniel Katz, Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY, United States and Yiluan Song, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, School for Environment and Sustainability, Institute for Global Change Biology, Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society, Ann Arbor, United States
 
Association between short-term pollen exposure and emergency visits for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Melbourne, Australia (1856377)
Arzoo Dhankhar, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, Nicholas Osborne, University of Queensland, school of public health, Brisbane, Australia, Sagnik Dey, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, New Delhi, India, Darsy Darssan, University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Brisbane, Australia and Edwin R Lampugnani, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
 
Size-resolved bioaerosol exposure in indoor and outdoor residential microenvironment: A dosimetric assessment using MPPD modelling in Pune, India (1878076)
Akshay Kale and P. G. Satsangi, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
 
Effect of Biomass Burning Emissions to Air Quality in Africa (1886571)
Richard Damoah, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Joseph Quansah, All Nations University, Koforidua, Ghana, Suran Nikzad, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, Kofi Asare, Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana and Oluwapemiisin Akingbola, Morgan State University, Baltimore, United States
 
Mapping microbial exposure in urbanized arid environments through the integration of dust regimes and meteorological parameters (1907879)
Azhar Siddique1, Bilal Sajjad2, Kashif Rasool1, Shamjad A. Moosakutty1 and Mohammed Rami Alfarra1, (1)Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Doha, Qatar, (2)Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
 
Springtime Pollen Rupture and Atmospheric Vertical Transport in the Southeastern US (1913804)
Tamanna Subba1, Allison L Steiner2, Maria A Zawadowicz3, Ashish Singh4 and Chongai Kuang1, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technologies Department, Upton, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States, (4)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States
 
NOAA GSL experimental pollen forecasting (1914935)
Jordan Schnell, CU Boulder/CIRES, Boulder, United States, Haiqin Li, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, Allison L Steiner, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Yingxiao Zhang, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, United States, Tamanna Subba, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technologies Department, Upton, United States, Benjamin W Koziol, NOAA/EPIC, College Park, United States; RedLine Performance Solutions, LLC, Gaithersburg, United States, Johana Romero-Alvarez, CIRES/NOAA GSL, Boulder, United States, Sudheer Bhimireddy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ISWS/Prairie Research Institute, Climate and Atmospheric Science Section, Champaign, United States, Minsu Choi, CIRES/NOAA GSL, Superior, CO, UNITED STATES, Eric James, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States and Ravan Ahmadov, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, United States
 
Linking Observations and Modeling to Understand Primary Biological Aerosols (Invited) (1919534)
Allison L Steiner1, Qiuyan Du2, Tamanna Subba3 and Yingxiao Zhang1, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (2)University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Hefei, China, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technologies Department, Upton, United States
 
Spatiotemporal Characterization of Bacterial Bioaerosols in Puerto Rico Using WIBS-5 and Molecular Tools (1927364)
Pamela D Acevedo, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, Department of Environmental Science, San Juan, United States, Bighnaraj Sarangi, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Environmental Science, San Juan, United States and Natasha DeLeon-Rodriguez, Atmospheric Sciences, biology, San Juan, United States
 
Advancing global-scale pollen emission modeling in an Earth System Model (1938735)
Danny M. Leung1, Yingxiao Zhang2, Simone Tilmes1, Adrianna Foster3, Mary C Barth4 and Louisa K Emmons5, (1)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (2)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (5)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR), Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory (ACOM), Boulder, United States
 
Pollen Release Emission Models for Juniperus ashei Trees in Texas (1966781)
Daniel Katz, Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
Biological changes, political ideology, and scientific communication shape human perceptions of pollen seasons (1980674)
Yiluan Song, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Adam Millard-Ball, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, Nathan Fox, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, Derek Van Berkel, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States, Arun Agrawal, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States and Kai Zhu, University of Michigan, Washington, DC, United States
 
Real-Time Environmental Monitoring of Airborne Avian (H5N1) Influenza Using Low-Cost Biosensors (1988679)
Joshin Kumar1, Meng Xu1, August Li2, Shu-Wen You2, John R Cirrito3, Carla M. Yuede4, Brooke Doherty1, Joseph V Puthussery5, Woodrow Gardiner1, Ananya Benegal1, Michael Vahey1, Astha Joshi1, Kuljeet Seehra1, Adrianus C.M. Boon1, Yin-Yuan Huang1 and Rajan Chakrabarty6, (1)Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, United States, (2)Washington University in St Louis, Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, St. Louis, United States, (3)Washington University in St Louis, Department of Neurology, St. Louis, United States, (4)Washington University in St Louis, Psychiatry Department, St. Louis, United States, (5)Washington University in St.Louis, Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, St Louis, United States, (6)Washington University in St Louis, Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, St. Louis, United States
 
Microbes in Trans-Atlantic Dust (MITAD): Summary Findings from Four Years of Atmospheric Microbial Analysis (1993425)
Ali Hossein Mardi1, Regina Hanlon2, Cristina Gonzalez-Martin3, Ewan Crosbie4, Luke D Ziemba5, Edward Winstead6, Edmund Blades7, Cassandra Gaston8, Armin Sorooshian9, David G Schmale III10 and Hosein Foroutan1, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, United States, (3)Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain, (4)NASA, Hampton, United States, (5)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (6)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (7)Barbados Atmospheric Chemistry Observatory, Ragged Point, Barbados, (8)University of Miami, Rosenstiel School, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, United States, (9)University of Arizona, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Tucson, AZ, United States, (10)Virginia Tech, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, United States
 
Storage Impact on IMPROVE Filters for Microbial Communities and Ice Nucleating Particles (1999248)
Kevin Robert Barry1, Taylor Melling2, Amy Sullivan1, Bret A Schichtel3, Faris Jawda4, Lawrence Tsai4, Yongjing Zhao4, Tetsuya Kawamoto4, Sarah M Gering5, Nicole P Hyslop6, Ann M Dillner7 and Sonia M Kreidenweis1, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (3)National Park Service, Air Resources Division, Denver, CO, United States, (4)University of California Davis, Air Quality Research Center, Davis, United States, (5)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, (6)University of California Davis, Davis, United States, (7)University of California Davis, Air Quality Research Center, Davis, CA, United States
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