Links

Environmental data

• Several databases are available via Mike Toffel and Julian Marshall's environmental data website
• 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
• Global meteorological data, 1957 - 2002
• EPA SCRAM meteorological data
• DOE Energy Information Agency
• Satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide
• US Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) pollution map - Scorecard
• US Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) pollution map - MapEcos
• Fuel economy for new vehicles
• The Center for Air, Climate, and Energy Solutions (CACES)
• The Intervention Model for Air Pollution (InMAP)
• A dataset of empirical spatial models

Reports

• "Air quality and health impacts of potential nuclear electricity generator closures in Pennsylvania and Ohio" by C Tessum and JD Marshall (2019). Report uses InMAP to investigate impacts from the additional fossil-fuel electricity generation that is expected if specific nuclear power plants close.
• "Risk Assessment of Diesel-Fired Back-up Electric Generators Operating in California" by JD Marshall and WW Nazaroff (2002). This report uses intake fraction to calculate the health risk assessment. Results were used in the following report: "Smaller, Closer, Dirtier: Diesel Backup Generators in California" by NE Ryan, KM Larsen, and PC Black (published by Environmental Defense, 2002)
• "Using Intake Fraction to Guide ARB Policy Choices: The Case of Particulate Matter" by JD Marshall and WW Nazaroff (2004)
• "A Land Use Regression Road Map for the Burrard Inlet Area Local Air Quality Study" by M Brauer, SB Henderson, and JD Marshall (2011); additional appendices available here
• "Intake Fraction" by JD Marshall and WW Nazaroff (2006)
• Marshall's PhD Dissertation (2005)

Resources for students

• Energy fact sheets
• 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'
• Impact opportunities

Urban carbon modeling

• Current market price of carbon on the European market
• Global Carbon Project
• Urban Climate Change Research Network
• Urban and Regional Carbon Management (URCM) Initiative
• Vulcan high-resolution CO2 emission estimates
• Vulcan Google Earth application
• Reports discussing urban carbon emissions include:
  • "The Greenness of Cities" by EL Glaeser and M Kahn; also available here
  • "Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America" by Sarzynski et al. (published by the Brookings Institute)
  • "Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change" by Ewing et al. (published by the Urban Land Institute & Smart Growth America)
  • "Transportation Emissions Guidebook, Part One: Land Use, Transit & Travel Demand Management" by Dierkers et al. (published by the Center for Clean Air Policy)
  • "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Transportation Sources in Minnesota" by Boies et al. (published by the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies); a summary for policy makers, titled "A Smaller Carbon Footprint," is also provided
  • "Strategies for Reducing the Impacts of Surface Transportation on Global Climate Change" by CJ Burbank of Parson Brinckerhoff (published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials [AASHTO] and the Transportation Research Board's National Cooperative Highway Research Program [TRB/NCHRP])

University of Minnesota - Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering

• Applying to graduate school
• Scholarships
• Undergraduate co-op
• Marshall's departmental website

University of Minnesota - other

• Funding opportunities
• Engineers Without Borders - UMN chapter
• Graduate study in land and atmospheric science, UMN
• Human-Environment Geographic Information Science laboratory, UMN
• School transportation tool
• Advanced school transportation tool

Journals

• Atmospheric Environment
• Environmental Science & Technology
• Energy Policy
• Environmental Health Perspectives
• Environmental Research Letters
• Journal of Transport and Land Use
• Urban Studies

Other

• ICCT report, "The impact of vehicle and fuel standards on premature mortality and emissions"
• Vancouver cycling route planner
• Global map of accessibility
• Evaluations and recommendations for carbon offsets are available here (from Tufts Climate Initiative)
• Ashden Awards / GVEP report, "Carbon finance: A guide for sustainable energy enterprises and NGOs"
• 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.
• MPCA and MDH report, "Life and Breath: How Air Pollution Affects Public Health in the Twin Cities." Corresponding "Be Air Aware" website.
• "Startup Playbook" by Sam Altman of Y Combinator.

CV + bio

• NIH 5-page biosketch - SF424 (R&R)
  (domestic focus:PDF/Word, international focus:PDF/Word)
• NSF 2-page (PDF/Word)
• 3ie 2-page (PDF/Word)
• NASA 1-page (PDF/Word)
• Bio (PDF/Word)