Environmental data

• Estimated difference between white and non-white NO₂ concentrations for U.S. States and Urban Areas
• Annual and monthly NO₂ estimates for every U.S. Census Block
• Empirical Model Database, a collection of large-scale empirical models of air pollution
• Air pollution and other data from 111 U.S. Urban Areas (50 KB)
• Intake fraction for 3646 urban areas, globally
• The Center for Air, Climate, and Energy Solutions (CACES)
• The Intervention Model for Air Pollution (InMAP)

Resources for students

• Dan Kammen's introduction to opportunities and resources in energy and environmental science & policy
• HEGIS provides several student resources, including ideas on how to be a (successful) graduate student and on asking for a letter of reference. If asking Professor Marshall for a reference or a recommendation letter, please also read this document.
• Other resources on how to be a sucessful graduate student from Marie desJardins and Kevin Krizek
• Todd Reubold's Top 16 Tips for Superstar Presentations. (Todd's talk is summarized in this PDF and in this checklist.)
• ZeFrank's 'How to Public Speaking'
• Kenneth Moreland, "Diverging Color Maps for Scientific Visualization." In Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Visual Computing, December 2009. Color advice for maps is available from Colorbrewer. Useful color guidelines include this Matlab file (written by Sam Borgeson, UC Berkeley) and this Excel file.
• LUR Tools, an ArcGIS toolbox for calculating common predictor variables used in land use regression models
• MATLAB function for building land use regression models.
• "Startup Playbook" by Sam Altman of Y Combinator.