Jeremy Silver

Atmospheric modelling of grass pollen rupturing mechanisms for thunderstorm asthma prediction

Kathryn M Emmerson, Jeremy D Silver, Marcus Thatcher, Alan Wain, Penelope J Jones, Andrew Dowdy, Edward J Newbigin, Beau W Picking, Jason Choi, Elizabeth Ebert, Tony Bannister

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

The world's most severe thunderstorm asthma event occurred in Melbourne, Australia on 21 November 2016, coinciding with the peak o..

Air quality and health impact of 2019-20 Black Summer megafires and COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia

Robert G Ryan, Jeremy D Silver, Robyn Schofield

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Poor air quality is an emerging problem in Australia primarily due to ozone pollution events and lengthening and more severe wildf..

A Pilot Forecasting System for Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma in Southeastern Australia

Tony Bannister, Elizabeth E Ebert, Jeremy Silver, Ed Newbigin, Edwin R Lampugnani, Nicole Hughes, Clare Looker, Vanora Mulvenna, Penelope J Jones, Janet M Davies, Cenk Suphioglu, Paul J Beggs, Kathryn M Emmerson, Alfredo Huete, Nguyen Ha, Ted Williams, Philip Douglas, Alan Wain, Maree Carroll, Danny Csutoros

Journal article  |  2021  |  BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

In November 2016, an unprecedented epidemic thunderstorm asthma event in Victoria, Australia, resulted in many thousands of people..

Hourly emission inventories for air toxic emissions for eastern Australian electricity generators derived from energy distribution data

M Garg, JD Silver, R Schofield, RG Ryan

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Emission inventories are a fundamental input for atmospheric chemical transport models in order to accurately simulate air polluti..

Comparison of formaldehyde tropospheric columns in Australia and New Zealand using MAX-DOAS, FTIR and TROPOMI

Robert G Ryan, Jeremy D Silver, Richard Querel, Dan Smale, Steve Rhodes, Matt Tully, Nicholas Jones, Robyn Schofield

Journal article  |  2020  |  ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

South-eastern Australia has been identified by modelling studies as a hotspot of biogenic volatile organic compound (VOC) emission..

Are convergence lines associated with high asthma presentation days? A case-control study in Melbourne, Australia

Tony Bannister, Danny Csutoros, Anna-Lena Arnold, Jim Black, Geoffrey Feren, Richard Russell, Andrew Watson, Scott Williams, Jeremy David Silver, Nicole Hughes

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Background In epidemic thunderstorm asthma (ETSA) events a large number of people develop asthma symptoms over a short period of t..

The potential of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 data to reduce the uncertainties in CO2 surface fluxes over Australia using a variational assimilation scheme

Yohanna Villalobos, Peter Rayner, Steven Thomas, Jeremy Silver

Journal article  |  2020  |  ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

This paper addresses the question of how much uncertainties in CO2 fluxes over Australia can be reduced by assimilation of total-c..

Using crowd-sourced allergic rhinitis symptom data to improve grass pollen forecasts and predict individual symptoms

Jeremy D Silver, Kymble Spriggs, Simon G Haberle, Constance H Katelaris, Edward J Newbigin, Edwin R Lampugnani

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Seasonal allergic rhinitis (AR), also known as hay fever, is a common respiratory condition brought on by a range of environmental..

Evaluation of Regional Air Quality Models over Sydney, Australia: Part 2, Comparison of PM2.5 and Ozone

Elise-Andree Guerette, Lisa Tzu-Chi Chang, Martin E Cope, Hiep N Duc, Kathryn M Emmerson, Khalia Monk, Peter J Rayner, Yvonne Scorgie, Jeremy D Silver, Jack Simmons, Toan Trieu, Steven R Utembe, Yang Zhang, Clare Paton-Walsh

Journal article  |  2020  |  ATMOSPHERE

Accurate air quality modelling is an essential tool, both for strategic assessment (regulation development for emission controls) ..

Crowd-sourced allergic rhinitis symptom data: The influence of environmental and demographic factors

Jeremy D Silver, Kymble Spriggs, Simon Haberle, Constance H Katelaris, Edward J Newbigin, Edwin R Lampugnani

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Allergic Rhinitis (AR) affects over half a billion people worldwide with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 5 individuals in develope..