Faculty Profile


Heather Holmes

Associate Professor

Research Interests


Air Pollution

Air Quality

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Computer Simulation

Computer Simulation or Modeling

Numerical Analysis

Numerical Modeling

Awards & Honors

Publications

  • Chen, Kaiyu, Boomsma, Jacob & Holmes, Heather (2023). A multiscale analysis of heatwaves and urban heat islands in the western US during the summer of 2021 . Scientific Reports. Vol. 13, 9570. Published, 06/13/2023

  • Balouek-Thomert, D. , Perez, I., Faulstich, S., Holmes, H.A., Altintas, I. & Parashar, M. (2023). Keynote Talk: Leveraging the Edge-Cloud Continuum to Manage the Impact of Wildfires on Air Quality. IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops. 27-31. Published, 03/13/2023

  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
    G.A. Alexander & H.A. Holmes, X. Sun, D. Capputi, I. Faloona, and H.J. Oldroyd (2022). Simulating land-atmosphere coupling in the Central Valley, California: Investigating soil moisture impacts on boundary layer properties. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol. 317, 108898. Published, 04/15/2022

  • https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/5/1/27
    Sam D. Faulstich, A. Grant Schissler, Matthew J. Strickland & Heather A. Holmes (2022). Statistical Comparison and Assessment of Four Fire Emissions Inventories for 2013 and a Large Wildfire in the Western United States. Fire. Vol. 5. Published, 02/18/2022

  • https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/1...
    Kaiyu Chen, Andrew J. Newman, Mengjiao Huang, Colton Coon, Lyndsey A. Darrow, Matthew J. Strickland & Heather A. Holmes (2021). Modeling heat-related exposures: A case study for the 2012 Chicago heatwave. GeoHealth. Vol. 6, e2021GH000535. Published, 12/23/2021

  • Xia Sun, Cesunica E. Ivey, Kirk R. Baker, Athanasios Nenes, Neil P. Lareau & Heather A. Holmes (2021). Confronting Uncertainties of Simulated Air Pollution Concentrations during Persistent Cold Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Environmental Science and Technology. Vol. 55, 15072–15081. Published, 10/28/2021

  • https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/10...
    A. Gannet Hallar (2021). Coupled Air Quality and Boundary-Layer Meteorology in Western U.S. Basins during Winter: Design and Rationale for a Comprehensive Study . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Vol. 102. Published, 10/01/2021

  • S. Colgan, X. Sun & H. Holmes (2021). A novel meteorological method to classify wintertime cold-air pool events. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 261, 118594. Published, 09/15/2021

  • S.M. Loría-Salazar, A.M. Sayer , J. Barnes, J. Huang, C. Flynn, N. Lareau, J. Lee, A. Lyapustin, J. Redemann, E. Welton, J. Wilkins & H.A. Holmes (2021). Evaluation of novel NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite aerosol products and assessment of smoke height boundary layer ratio during extreme smoke events in the western USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Vol. 126, e2020JD034180. Published, 06/01/2021

  • M. Huang, M.J. Strickland, M. Richards, H.A. Holmes, A.J. Newman, J.V. Garn, Y. Liu, J.L. Warren, H.H. Chang & L.A. Darrow (2021). Acute Associations between heatwaves and preterm and early-term birth in 50 US metropolitan areas: A matched case-control study. Environmental Health. Vol. 20, 47. Published, 04/23/2021

  • Jingting Huang, W. Patrick Arnott, James C. Barnard & Heather A. Holmes (2021). Theoretical Uncertainty Analysis of Satellite Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth Associated with Surface Albedo and Aerosol Optical Properties. Remote Sensing. Vol. 13, 344. Published, 01/20/2021

  • Isabella M. Errigo, B.W. Abbott, D.L. Mendoza, L. Mitchell, S.S. Sayedi, J. Glenn,, K.E. Kelly, J.D. Beard & S. Bratsman (2020). Human Health and Economic Costs of Air Pollution in Utah: An Expert Assessment. Atmosphere. 1238. Published, 11/18/2020

  • Xia Sun, Heather A. Holmes & Hui Xiao (2020). Surface Turbulent Fluxes during Persistent Cold-Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Part II: Simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. Vol. 59, 1029-1050. Published, 06/15/2020

  • Xia Sun & Heather A. Holmes (2019). Surface Turbulent Fluxes during Persistent Cold-Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Part I: Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. Vol. 58, 2553-2568. Published, 12/15/2019

  • Katherine Hepworth, Cesunica E. Ivey, Chelsea Canon & Heather A. Holmes (2019). Embedding online, design-focused data visualization instruction in an upper-division undergraduate atmospheric science course. Journal of Geoscience Education. Vol. 68, 168–183. Published, 09/30/2019

  • Mengjiao Huang, Cesunica Ivey, Yongtao Hu, Heather A. Holmes & Matthew J. Strickland (2019). Source apportionment of primary and secondary PM2.5: Associations with T pediatric respiratory disease emergency department visits in the U.S. State of Georgia. Environment International. Vol. 133, 105167. Published, 09/06/2019

  • Nancy L. Murray, Heather A. Holmes, Yang Liu & Howard H. Chang (2019). A Bayesian ensemble approach to combine PM2.5 estimates from statistical models using satellite imagery and numerical model simulation. Environmental Research. Vol. 178, 108601. Published, 07/25/2019

  • Xia Sun (date unknown). Surface Turbulent Fluxes during Persistent Cold-Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Part II: Simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. Vol. 59, 1029-1050. Accepted,

  • Jingting Huang (date unknown). Theoretical Uncertainty Analysis of Satellite Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth Associated with Surface Albedo and Aerosol Optical Properties. Remote Sensing. Vol. 13, 344. Accepted,

  • Sam D. Faulstich (date unknown). Statistical Comparison and Assessment of Four Fire Emissions Inventories for 2013 and a Large Wildfire in the Western United States. Fire. Vol. 5. Accepted,

  • M. Huang (date unknown). Acute Associations between heatwaves and preterm and early-term birth in 50 US metropolitan areas: A matched case-control study. Environmental Health. Vol. 20, 47. Accepted,

  • S.M. Loría-Salazar (date unknown). Evaluation of novel NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite aerosol products and assessment of smoke height boundary layer ratio during extreme smoke events in the western USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. Vol. 126, e2020JD034180. Accepted,

  • Mengjiao Huang (date unknown). Source apportionment of primary and secondary PM2.5: Associations with T pediatric respiratory disease emergency department visits in the U.S. State of Georgia. Environment International. Vol. 133, 105167. Accepted,

  • Nancy L. Murray (date unknown). A Bayesian ensemble approach to combine PM2.5 estimates from statistical models using satellite imagery and numerical model simulation. Environmental Research. Vol. 178, 108601. Accepted,

  • S. Colgan (date unknown). A novel meteorological method to classify wintertime cold-air pool events. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 261, 118594. Accepted,

  • Katherine Hepworth (date unknown). Embedding online, design-focused data visualization instruction in an upper-division undergraduate atmospheric science course. Journal of Geoscience Education. Vol. 68, 168–183. Accepted,

  • A. Gannet Hallar (date unknown). Coupled Air Quality and Boundary-Layer Meteorology in Western U.S. Basins during Winter: Design and Rationale for a Comprehensive Study. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Vol. 102. Accepted,

  • Xia Sun (date unknown). Confronting Uncertainties of Simulated Air Pollution Concentrations during Persistent Cold Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Environmental Science and Technology. Vol. 55, 15072–15081. Accepted,

  • Isabella M. Errigo (date unknown). Human Health and Economic Costs of Air Pollution in Utah: An Expert Assessment. Atmosphere. 1238. Accepted,

  • Kaiyu Chen (date unknown). Modeling heat-related exposures: A case study for the 2012 Chicago heatwave. GeoHealth. Vol. 6, e2021GH000535. Accepted,

  • Xia Sun (date unknown). Surface Turbulent Fluxes during Persistent Cold-Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Part I: Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. Vol. 58, 2553-2568. Accepted,