Primary Convener:
Yuhan Wang, Stanford University

Convener:
Yanda Zhang, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Makoto Kelp, Stanford University
Hongliang Zhang, Fudan University
Gaige Kerr, George Washington University
Mary Angelique Demetillo, NASA Langley Research Center
Robert Allen, University of California Riverside
Geeta Persad, University of Texas at Austin
Laura Wilcox, University of Reading

Early Career Convener:
Veronika Redensek, University of Texas at Austin

Chair:
Yuhan Wang, Stanford University
Yanda Zhang, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Geeta Persad, University of Texas at Austin
Makoto Kelp, University of Washington Seattle Campus

Air pollution (aerosols, ozone, and other species) is deeply interconnected with climate change and meteorological extremes through coupled physical, chemical, and dynamical processes, with significant impacts on ecosystems, economies, and public health. Shifts in pollutant and aerosol emissions — from industrial activity, wildfires, dust, and vegetation — can influence climate change and modulate weather extremes such as global and regional warming, hydroclimate shifts, heatwaves, extreme precipitations, cold surges, and atmospheric stagnation. In turn, the changing climate and meteorological conditions alter the occurrence, intensity, and composition of air pollution events and aerosol emissions.

This session invites contributions that:

• Quantify their historical and projected changes from local to global scales;

• Identify co-occurrence and compounding of pollution and meteorological extremes;

• Investigate underlying mechanisms of these interactions;

• Assess associated societal, health, and ecological impacts.

Index Terms
0305 Aerosols and particles
0345 Pollution: urban and regional
3305 Climate change and variability
3329 Mesoscale meteorology
3337 Global climate models
0240 Public health
1630 Impacts of global change
1637 Regional climate change

Suggested Itineraries:
Disasters‚ Calamities and Extreme Events
Climate Change and Global Policy
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
SY - Science and Society
GH - GeoHealth
GC - Global Environmental Change

Co-Organized Sessions:
Global Environmental Change
GeoHealth
Science and Society
Natural Hazards

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering
1. Science Nexus