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2025
Bekker, C., Salazar, M., Su, J., Garcia-Gonzales, D., Jerrett, M., Connolly, R., Cusworth, D., Xu, Q. and M.E. Marlier*. “Contribution of large wildfire events to air pollution in California in 2018.” Environmental Science and Technology Air. 2(7): 1148–1160. 2025.
Schollaert, C., Connolly, R., Liu, T., Cushing, L., Jerrett, M., and M.E. Marlier*. “Air quality impacts of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires: Insights from public data sources.” Environmental Science and Technology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00486
Walker, A., Connolly, R., Nguyen, J., and M.E. Marlier*. “Co-occurring wildfire smoke pollution and extreme heat events in the western United States from 2006-2020.” International Journal of Climatology. e8905. 2025.
Jung, J., Schollaert, C.L., Masuda, Y.J., Connolly, R.E., Bonilla, E., Samuel, E., Elum, D., Haugo, R.D., Bandzuh, J.T., Marlier, M.E., Spector, J.T., and J.L. Wilkins. “Wildland fire smoke exposure disparities by geographic location and land ownership.” Landscape and Urban Planning. 263: 105423. 2025.
2024
Jerrett, M., Connolly, R., Garcia-Gonzales, D.A., Bekker, C., Nguyen, J., Su, J., Li, Y., and M.E. Marlier*. “Climate change and public health in California: A structured review of exposures, vulnerable populations, and adaptation measures.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121, e2310081121. 2024.
Madrigano, J., Yan, D., Liu, T., Bonilla, E., Yulianti, N., Mickley, L.J., and M.E. Marlier*. “Air pollution and blood pressure: Evidence from Indonesia.” GeoHealth. 8, e2024GH001014. 2024.
Chen, C., Schwarz, L., Rosenthal, N., Marlier, M., and T. Benmarhnia. “Exploring spatial heterogeneity in synergistic effects of compound climate hazards: Extreme heat and wildfire smoke on cardiorespiratory hospitalizations in California.” Science Advances. 10: eadj7264 2024.
Connolly, R., Marlier, M.E., Garcia-Gonzales, D.A., Wilkins, J., Su, J., Bekker, C., Jung, J. Bonilla, E., Burnett, R., Zhu, Y., and M. Jerrett. “Mortality attributable to PM2.5 from wildland fires in California from 2008 to 2018.” Science Advances. 10: eadl1252. 2024.
Jung, J., Wilkins, J.L., Schollaert, C.L., Masuda, Y.J., Flunker, J.C., Connolly, R.E., D’Evelyn, S.M., Bonillia, E., Rappold, A.G., Haugo, R.D., Marlier, M.E., and J.T. Spector. “Advancing the Community Health Vulnerability Index for Wildland Fire Smoke Exposure.” Science of the Total Environment. 906: 167834. 2024.
Liu, T., Panday, F.M., Caine, M.C., Kelp, M., Pendergrass, D.C., Mickley, L.J., Ellicott, E.A., Marlier, M.E., Ahmadov, R., and E.P. James. “Is the smoke aloft? Caveats regarding the use of the Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke product as a proxy for surface smoke presence across the United States.” International Journal of Wildland Fire. 33: WF23148. 2024.
Meng, Y.-Y., Yu. Y., Garcia-Gonzales, D., Al-Hamdan, M., Marlier, M.E., Wilkins, J.L., Chen, X., and M. Jerrett. “Health and economic cost estimates of short-term total and wildfire PM2.5 exposure on work loss: Using consecutive the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data 2015-2018.” BMJ Public Health. 2: e000491. 2024.
Schollaert, C.L., Marlier, M.E., and T. Busch-Isaksen. “Development of a source-specific biomass burning emissions inventory for Washington, Oregon, and California.” Atmospheric Environment. 319: 120283. 2024.
Schollaert, C.L., Marlier, M.E., Marshall, J.D., Spector, J.T., and T. Busch Isaksen. “Exposure to smoke from wildfire, prescribed, and agricultural burns among at-risk populations across Washington, Oregon, and California.” GeoHealth. 8: e2023GH000961. 2024.
Schollaert, C.L., Alvarado, E., Baumgartner, J., Busch Isaksen, T., Jung, J., Marlier, M.E., Marshall, J.D., Masuda, Y.J., Tessum, C.W., Wilkins, J.L., and J.T. Spector. “Estimated impacts of forest restoration scenarios on smoke exposures among outdoor agricultural workers in California.” Environmental Research Letters. 19: 014085. 2024.
2023
Marlier, M.E., Crnosija, N., and T. Benmarhnia. “Wildfire smoke exposures and adult health outcomes.” In Landscape Fire, Smoke, and Health: Linking Biomass Burning Emissions to Human Well-Being, edited by Loboda, T.V., French, N.H.F, and R.C. Puett. American Geophysical Union, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 233-247, 2023.
Meng, Y., Yu, Y., Jerrett, M., Al-Hamdan, M., Marlier, M.E., Wilkins, J.L., Garcia- Gonzales, D., and X. Chen. “Short-term total and wildfire fine particulate matter exposure contribute to work loss in California.” Environment International. 178: 108045. 2023.
Schollaert, C.L., Jung, J., Wilkins, J., Alvarado, E., Baumgartner, J., Brun, J., Isaksen, T.B., Lydersen, J.M., Marlier, M.E., Marshall, J.D., Masuda, Y.J., Maxwell, C., Tessum, C.W., Wilson, K.N., Wolff, N.H., and J.T. Spector. “Quantifying the smoke-related public health trade-offs of forest management.” Nature Sustainability. 2023.
Schollaert, C.L., Alvarado, E., Baumgartner, J., Busch Isaksen, T., Jung, J., Marlier, M.E., Marshall, J.D., Masuda, Y.J., Tessum, C.W., Wilkins, J.L., and J.T. Spector. “Estimated impacts of forest restoration scenarios on smoke exposures among outdoor agricultural workers in California.” Environmental Research Letters. 2023.
2022
Marlier, M.E., Brenner, K.I., Raby, S., Liu, J.C., Mickley, L.J., James, E., Ahmadov, R., and H. Riden. “Exposure of agricultural workers in California to wildfire smoke under past and future climate conditions.” Environmental Research Letters. 17: 094045. 2022.
Marlier, M.E., Resetar, S., Lachman, B., Anania, K., and K. Adams. “Remote sensing for natural disaster recovery: Lessons learned from Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico.” Environmental Science and Policy. 132: 153-159. 2022.
Jerrett, M., Jina, A.S., and Marlier, M.E. “Up in smoke: California's greenhouse gas reductions could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires.” Environmental Pollution. 310: 119888. 2022.
Rosenthal, N., Benmarhnia, T., Ahmadov, R., James, E., and M.E. Marlier. “Population co-exposure to extreme heat and wildfire smoke pollution in California during 2020.” Environmental Research: Climate. 1: 025004. 2022.
D’Evelyn, S.M., Jung, J., Alvarado, E., Baumgartner, J., Caligiuri, P., Hagmann, R.K., Henderson, S.B., Hessburg, P.F., Hopkins, S., Kasner, E.J., Krawchuk, M.A., Krenz, J.E., Lydersen, J.M., Marlier, M.E., Masuda, Y.J., Metlen, K., Mittelstaedt, G., Prichard, S.J., Schollaert, C.L., Smith, E.B., Stevens, J.T., Tessum, C.W., Reeb-Whitaker, C., Wilkins, J.L., Wolff, N.H., Wood, L.M., Haugo, R.D. and J.T. Spector. “Wildfire, smoke exposure, human health, and environmental justice need to be integrated into forest restoration and management.” Current Environmental Health Reports. 20 pp. 2022.
Heaney, A., Stowell, J.D., Liu, J.C., Basu, R., Marlier, M.E., and P. Kinney. “Impacts of fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke on respiratory and cardiovascular health in California.” GeoHealth, 6: e2021GH000578. 2022.
Liu, T., Mickley, L.J., Patel, P., Gautam, R., Jain, M., Singh, S., Balwinder-Singh, S., DeFries, S., and Marlier, M.E. “Cascading delays in the monsoon rice growing season and post-monsoon agricultural fires likely exacerbate air pollution in North India.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 127: e2022JD036790. 2022.
Xu, Q., Westerling, A.L., Notohamiprodjo, A., Wiedinmyer, C., Picotte, J.J., Parks, S.A., Hurteau, M.D., Marlier, M.E., Kolden, C.A., Sam, J., Baldwin, J., and C. Ade. “Wildfire Burn Severity and Emissions Inventory: An example implementation over California.” Environmental Research Letters. 17: 085008. 2022.
2021
Liu, T., Mickley, L.J., Gautam, R. Singh, M.K., DeFries, R.S., and M.E. Marlier. “Detection of delay in post-monsoon agricultural burning across Punjab, India: potential drivers and consequences for air quality.” Environmental Research Letters. 16: 014014. 2021.
Marlier, M.E., Madrigano, J., Huttinger, A. and N. Burger. “Indonesian Fires and Haze: Measuring the Health Consequences of Smoke Exposure.” Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1314-1.html. 2021.
2020
Liu, T., Mickley, L.J. , Singh, S., Jain, M., DeFries, R.S. , and M.E. Marlier. "Crop residue burning practices across north India inferred from household survey data: bridging gaps in satellite observations." Atmospheric Environment. 100091. 2020.
Marlier, M.E., Bonilla, E.X, and L.J. Mickley. “How do Brazilian fires affect air pollution and public health?” GeoHealth. 4: e2020GH000331. 2020.
Marlier, M.E., Xing, J., Zhu, Y., and S. Wang. “Impacts of COVID-19 Response Actions on Air Quality in China.” Environmental Research Communications. 2: 075003. 2020.
Resetar, S.A., Tingstad, A., Mendelsohn, J., Marlier, M.E., Lachman, B.E., Anania, K., Garber, C., Adamson, D.M. Recovery Planning for Natural Resources and Parks in Puerto Rico: Natural and Cultural Resources Sector Report, Volume I. Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center operated by the RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2605.html. 2020.
Liu, T., Mickley, L.J., Marlier, M.E., DeFries, R.S., Khan, M.F., Latif, M.T, and A. Karambelas. “Diagnosing spatial biases and uncertainties in global fire emissions inventories: Indonesia as a regional case study.” Remote Sensing of Environment. 237: 111557. 2020.
Tortini, R., Noujdina, N., Yeo, S., Ricko, M., Birkett, C. M., Khandelwal, A., Kumar, V., Marlier, M. E., and D.P. Lettenmaier. “Satellite-based remote sensing data set of global surface water storage change from 1992 to 2018.” Earth System Science Data. 12: 1141-1151. 2020.
2019
Marlier, M.E., T. Liu, K. Yu, J.J. Buonocore, S.N. Koplitz, R.S. DeFries, L.J. Mickley, D.J. Jacob, J. Schwartz, B.S. Wardhana, and S.S. Myers. “Fires, smoke exposure, and public health: An integrative framework to maximize health benefits from peatland restoration.” GeoHealth. 3: 178-189. 2019.
Miro, M.E., M.E. Marlier, and R.S. Girven. “Transboundary environmental stressors on India-Pakistan relations: An analysis of shared air and water resources.” Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2715.html. 2019.
Engel, R., M.E. Marlier, and D.P. Lettenmaier. “On the causes of the summer 2015 Eastern Washington wildfires.” Environmental Research Communications. 1: 011009. 2019.
Liu, T., M.E. Marlier, A.N. Karembelas, M. Jain, S. Singh, M.K. Singh, R. Gautam, and R.S. DeFries. “Missing emissions from post-monsoon agricultural fires in northwestern India.” Environmental Research Communications. 1: 011007. 2019.
2018
Liu, T., M.E. Marlier, R.S. DeFries, D.M. Westervelt, K.R. Xia, A.M. Fiore, L.J. Mickley, D.C. Cusworth, and G. Milly. “Seasonal impact of regional outdoor biomass burning on air pollution in three Indian cities: Delhi, Bengaluru, and Pune.” Atmospheric Environment. 172: 83-92. 2018.
Koplitz, S.N., L.J. Mickley, D.J. Jacob, M.E. Marlier, R.S. DeFries, D.L.A. Gaveau, B. Locatelli, J.S. Reid, P. Xian, and S.S. Myers. “Role of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the transport of smoke from Sumatra to the Malay Peninsula during severe non-El Nino haze events.” Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(11): 6282-94. 2018.
Cusworth, D.H., L.J. Mickley, M.P. Sulprizio, T. Liu, M.E. Marlier, R.S. DeFries, Guttikunda, S.K., and P. Gupta. “Quantifying the influence of agricultural fires in northwest India on urban air pollution in Delhi, India.” Environmental Research Letters. 13(4): 044018. 2018.
2017
Marlier, M.E., M. Xiao, R. Engel, B. Livneh, J.T. Abatzoglou, and D.P. Lettenmaier. “The 2015 drought in Washington State: A harbinger of things to come?” Environmental Research Letters. 12: 114008. 2017.
Khandelwal, A.*, A. Karpatne*, M.E. Marlier*, J. Kim., D.P. Lettenmaier, and V. Kumar. “An approach for global monitoring of surface water extent variations using MODIS data.” Remote Sensing of Environment. 202: 113-128. 2017. *Co-first authors
2016
Marlier, M.E., A.S. Jina, P.L. Kinney, and R.S. DeFries. “Extreme Air Pollution in Global Megacities.” Current Climate Change Reports. 2(1): 15–27. 2016.
Koplitz, S.N., L.J. Mickley, M.E. Marlier, J.J. Buonocore, P.S. Kim, T. Liu, M.P. Sulprizio, R.S. DeFries, D.J. Jacob, J. Schwartz, M. Pongsiri, and S.S. Myers. “Public health impacts of the severe haze in Equatorial Asia in September-October 2015: demonstration of a new framework for informing fire management strategies to reduce downwind smoke exposure.” Environmental Research Letters. 11 (9): 094023. 2016.
Cattau, M.E., M.E. Marlier, and R. DeFries. “Effectiveness of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for reducing fires on oil palm concessions in Indonesia from 2012 to 2015.” Environmental Research Letters. 11(10): 105007. 2016.
Silva, S.J., C.L. Heald, J.A. Geddes, K.G. Austin, P.S. Kasibhatla, and M.E. Marlier. “Impacts of current and projected oil palm plantation expansion on air quality over Southeast Asia.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 16(16): 10621–35. 2016.
2015
Marlier, M.E., R.S. DeFries, P.S. Kim, S.N. Koplitz, D.J. Jacob, L.J. Mickley, and S.S. Meyers. “Fire emissions and regional air quality impacts from fires in oil palm, timber, and logging concessions in Indonesia.” Environmental Research Letters. 10(8): 085005. 2015.*Selected as best early career article for 2015 by ERL Editorial Board
Marlier, M.E., R.S. DeFries, P.S Kim, D.L.A. Gaveau, S.N. Koplitz, D.J. Jacob, L.J. Mickley, B.A. Margono, and S.S. Myers. “Regional air quality impacts of future fire emissions in Sumatra and Kalimantan.” Environmental Research Letters. 10(5): 054010. 2015.
Voulgarakis, A., M.E. Marlier, G. Faluvegi, D.T. Shindell, K. Tsigaridis, and S. Mangeon. “Interannual variability of tropospheric trace gases and aerosols: the role of biomass burning emissions.” Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(14): 7157–73. 2015.
Marlier, M.E., R. DeFries, D. Pennington, E. Nelson, E.M. Ordway, J. Lewis, S.N. Koplitz, and L.J. Mickley. “Future fire emissions associated with projected land use change in Sumatra.” Global Change Biology. 21(1): 345–62. 2015.
Kim, P.S., D.J. Jacob, L.J. Mickley, S.N. Koplitz, M.E. Marlier, R.S. DeFries, S.S. Myers, B.N. Chew, and Y.H. Mao. “Sensitivity of population smoke exposure to fire locations in Equatorial Asia.” Atmospheric Environment. 102: 11–17. 2015.
2014
Gaveau, D.L.A., M.A. Salim, K. Hergoualc’h, B. Locatelli, S. Sloan, M. Wooster, M.E. Marlier, E. Molidena, H. Yaen, R. DeFries, L. Verchot, D. Murdyarso, R. Nasi, P. Holmgren, and D. Sheil. “Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires.” Scientific Reports. 4: 6112. 2014.
Marlier, M.E., A. Voulgarakis, D.T. Shindell, G. Faluvegi, C.L. Henry, and J.T. Randerson. “The role of temporal evolution in modeling atmospheric emissions from tropical fires.” Atmospheric Environment. 89: 158-68. 2014.
2013
Marlier, M.E., R.S. DeFries, A. Voulgarakis, P.L. Kinney, J.T. Randerson, D.T. Shindell, Y. Chen, and G. Faluvegi. “El Niño and health risks from landscape fire emissions in Southeast Asia.” Nature Climate Change. 3: 131-36. 2013.
2012
Johnston, F.H., S.B. Henderson, Y. Chen, J.T. Randerson, M. Marlier, R.S. DeFries, P. Kinney, D.M.J.S. Bowman, and M. Brauer. “Estimated global mortality attributable to smoke from landscape fires.” Environmental Health Perspectives. 120(5): 695-701. 2012.
2011
Saatchi, S., M. Marlier, R.L. Chazdon, D.B. Clark, and A.E. Russell. “Impact of spatial variability of forest structure on radar estimation of aboveground biomass in tropical forests.” Remote Sensing of Environment. 115(11): 2836-49. 2011.
Yackulic, C.B., M. Fagan, M. Jain, A. Jina, Y. Lim, M. Marlier, R. Muscarella, P. Adame, R. DeFries, and M. Uriarte. “Biophysical and socioeconomic factors associated with forest transitions at multiple spatial and temporal scales.” Ecology and Society. 16(3): 15. 2011.
Chen, Y., J.T. Randerson, D.C. Morton, R.S. DeFries, G.J. Collatz, P.S. Kasibhatla, L. Giglio, Y. Jin, and M.E. Marlier. “Forecasting fire season severity in South America using sea surface temperature anomalies.” Science. 334(6057): 787-91. 2011.