Selected Refereed Manuscripts, Monographs and Government Publications Since 1995

Dr. Laurence S. Kalkstein
Synoptic Climatology Lab
Center for Climatic Research
Department of Geography and Regional Studies
University of Miami

Kalkstein, L. S. and G. Tan, 1995. Climate Change and Human Health: International Implications. In As Climate Changes: International Impacts and Implications, eds. K.M. Strzepek and J. B. Smith. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY., pp. 124-145.

Ye, H., L.S. Kalkstein and J.S. Greene, 1995. The Detection of Climate Change in the Arctic: An Updated Report. Atmospheric Research, 37(1-3):163-173.

Kalkstein, L.S., 1995. Lessons From a Very Hot Summer. The Lancet, 346(8979):857-859.

Kalkstein, L.S., 1995. Effects of Weather and Climate on Human Mortality and Their Roles as Confounding Factors for Air Pollution. Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, Vol. III Chapter 12. National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC, EPA/600/AP-95/001cF, Washington, DC.

Kalkstein, L.S., 1996. Health. In Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, Stephen H. Schneider, ed., Oxford University Press, New York, NY, pp. 386-390.

Kalkstein, L.S., 1996. Wind Chill. In Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, Stephen H. Schneider, ed., Oxford University Press, New York, NY, pp. 844-847.

Kalkstein, L.S., M.C. Nichols, C.D. Barthel and J.S. Greene, 1996. A New Spatial Synoptic Classification: Application to Air Mass Analysis. International Journal of Climatology, 16(8):983-1004.

McMichael, A.J., L.S. Kalkstein and other lead authors, 1996. Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analysis (Chapter 18: Human Population Health), Working Group II to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC), (eds. R.T. Watson, M.C. Zinyowera, R.H. Moss), Cambridge University Press, New York, 878 pp.

McMichael, A.J., L.S. Kalkstein and other lead authors, 1996. Climate Change and Human Health, (eds. A.J. McMichael, A. Haines, R. Slooff, S. Kovats). World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, and United Nations Environment Programme (WHO/WMO/UNEP), Geneva, 297 pp..

Pope, C.A. III and L.S. Kalkstein, 1996. Synoptic Weather Modeling and Estimates of the Exposure-Response Relationship Between Daily Mortality and Particulate Air Pollution. Environmental Health Perspectives, 104(4):414-420.

Kalkstein, L.S., P.F. Jamason, J.S. Greene, J. Libby and L. Robinson, 1996. The Philadelphia Hot Weather-Health Watch/Warning System: Development and Application, Summer 1995. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(7):1519-1528.

Greene, J.S. and L.S. Kalkstein, 1996. Quantitative analysis of summer air masses in the eastern United States and an application to human mortality. Climate Research, 7(1):43-53.

Kalkstein, L.S. and J.S. Greene, 1997. An Evaluation of Climate/Mortality Relationships in Large U.S. Cities and the Possible Impacts of a Climate Change. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105(1):84-93.

Cheng, S. and L.S. Kalkstein, 1997. Determination of Climatological Seasons for the East Coast of the U.S. Using an Air Mass-Based Classification. Climate Research, 8:107-116.

Kalkstein, L.S., 1997. Climate and Human Mortality: Relationships and Mitigating Measures. IN Advances in Bioclimatology, Human Bioclimatology, (ed. A. Auliciems), Springer, London, 5:161-177.

Jamason, P.F., L.S. Kalkstein and P. Gergen, 1997. A Synoptic Evaluation of Asthma Hospital Admissions in New York City. American Journal of Respiratory Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, 156:1-8.

Kalkstein, L.S., C.D. Barthel, H. Ye., K. Smoyer S. Cheng, J.S. Greene, M.C. Nichols and A.J. Kalkstein, 1997. The Impacts of Weather and Pollution on Human Mortality. Publications in Climatology, Vol. L(1), 59 pp.

Samet, J.M., S.L. Zeger and L.S. Kalkstein, 1998. Does Weather Confound or Modify the Association of Particulate Air Pollution with Mortality? An Analysis of the Philadelphia Data 1973-1980. Environmental Research, Section A, 77:9-19.

Cheng, S., L.S. Kalkstein, D.A. Focks and A. Nnaji, 1998. New Procedures to Estimate Water Temperatures and Water Depths for Application in Climate-Dengue Modeling. J. of Medical Entomology, 35(5):646-652.

Kalkstein, L.S., S.C. Sheridan and D.Y. Graybeal, 1998. A Determination of Character and Frequency Changes in Air Masses Using a Spatial Synoptic Classification. International Journal of Climatology, 18:1223-1236.

Chestnut, L.G., W.S. Breffle, J.B. Smith and L.S. Kalkstein, 1998. Analysis of Differences in Hot-Weather-Related Mortality Across 44 U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Environmental Science and Policy, 1:59-70.

McMichael, A. (Coordinating Lead Author), Lead Authors, L.S. Kalkstein and other contributing authors), 1998. IPCC Special Report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer; Chapter 15. Human Health, Geneva, 42 pages.

Kalkstein, L.S., B.M. Yarnal and J.D. Scheraga (eds) 1998. Regional Assessments of Climate Change and Policy Implications, Climate Research Special Issue, Volume 11, Number 1.

Greene, J.S., L.S. Kalkstein, H. Ye and K. Smoyer, 1999. Relationships Between Synoptic Climatology and Atmospheric Pollution at 4 U.S. Cities. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 62:163-174.

Kalkstein, L.S. 1999. Predicting Heat Worldwide, Environmental Health Perspectives, 107(5):A238-A244.

Smoyer, K.E., L.S. Kalkstein, J.S. Greene and H. Ye, 2000. The Impacts of Weather and Pollution on Human Mortality in Birmingham, Alabama and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. International Journal of Climatology, 20(8):881-897.

Kalkstein, L.S., 2000. Saving Lives During Extreme Weather in Summer. British Medical Journal - Editorials, 321:650-651.

Tan, J., L.S. Kalkstein, J. Huang, S. Lin, H. Yin, D. Shao, 2003. An Operational Heat/Health Warning System in Shanghai. International Journal of Biometeorology 48: 157-162.

Watts, J.D., L.S. Kalkstein, 2004. The Development of a Warm Weather Relative Stress Index for environmental Applications. Journal of Applied Meteorology 43: 503-513.

Kirchmayer, U., P. Michelozzi, F. de'Donato,; L. Kalkstein, C. Perucci, 2004. A National System for the Prevention of Health Effects of Heat in Italy. Epidemiology 15: 100-101.

Ebi, K.L., T.J. Teisberg, L.S. Kalkstein, L.Robinson, R.F. Weiher, 2004. Heat Watch/Warning Systems Save Lives: Estimated Costs and Benefits for Philadelphia 1995-1998. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85: 1067-74.

Hayhoe, K, L.S. Kalkstein, and other authors, 2004. Emissions Pathways, Climate Change, and Impacts on California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 12422-27.

Sheridan, S.C., L.S. Kalkstein, 2004. Progress in Heat Watch-Warning System Technology. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85: 1931-41.

Kalkstein, L.S., 2005. Climate and Human Health. Encyclopaedia of World Climatology, 407-12, Springer: Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Kalkstein, L.S., 2005. The 2003 European Heat Wave and Analog Studies for U.S. Cities. IN: Harvard Medical School, UNDP, SwissRE, Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological, and Economic Dimensions, 53-58.

Hayhoe, K., L.S. Kalkstein, N. Miller, S.C. Sheridan, and J. Jin, 2006. Public Health Related Impacts of Climate Change in California. State of California Climate Change Center, CEC-500-2005-197-SF, 51pp.

Tan, J., Y. Zheng, G. Song, L. Kalkstein, A. Kalkstein, and X. Tang, 2007. Heat Wave Impacts on Mortality in Shanghai: 1998 to 2003. International Journal of Biometeorology 51:193-200.

Kalkstein, L.S. and other contributing authors, 2007. Climate Change and Chicago: Projections and Potential Impacts. City of Chicago, Chicago Climate Action Plan, 31pp.

Kalkstein, L.S., J.S. Greene, D. Mills, and A. Perrin, 2008. The Development of Analog European Heat Waves for U.S. Cities to Analyze Impacts on Heat-Related Mortality. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 89: 75-86.

Kalkstein, L.S., S.C. Sheridan, and Y.C. Au, 2008. A New Generation of Heat/Health Warning Systems for Seoul and Other Major Korean Cities. Meteorological Technology and Policy 1:62-68.

Kalkstein, L.S., Sheridan, S, and Kalkstein, A. J., in press. Heat Health Warning Systems: Development, Implementation, and Intervention Activities. Biometeorology.for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change: Research Frontiers and Perspectives. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 21pp. To be released early 2008.

Kalkstein, L.S., Koppe, C., Orlandini, S., Sheridan, S. and Smoyer-Tomic, K., in press. Health Impacts of Heat: Present Realities and Potential Impacts of a Climate Change. IN: Ruth, M. and Ibarraran, M., The Distributional Effects of Climate Change: Social and Economic Implications, 17pp.

Frank, K.L., L.S. Kalkstein, B.W. Geils, and H.W. Thistle, 2008. Synoptic Climatology of the Long Distance Dispersal of White Pine Blister Rust: Development of an Upper Level Synoptic Classification. International Journal of Biometeorology, 12pp.


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