Health and air quality impact factors developed for GCAM-USA using COBRA
Human health and air quality impact factors can be used to endogenize impacts into a human-Earth systems model such as the state-level Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM-USA). The resulting model can then be used to evaluate the monetized health or air quality benefits associated with a technology or policy. Endogenized air pollution impacts can also be constrained, allowing GCAM-USA to identify cost-effective strategies for achieving targeted goals. This package includes R code for developing health impact values ($/ton) and a spreadsheet for translating those factors into damage factors ($/unit activity). Resulting comma-separated-value files that include health damage factors for ozone and particulate matter are also included.
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| contactPoint |
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"fn": "Daniel Loughlin",
"hasEmail": "mailto:loughlin.dan@epa.gov"
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| description | Human health and air quality impact factors can be used to endogenize impacts into a human-Earth systems model such as the state-level Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM-USA). The resulting model can then be used to evaluate the monetized health or air quality benefits associated with a technology or policy. Endogenized air pollution impacts can also be constrained, allowing GCAM-USA to identify cost-effective strategies for achieving targeted goals. This package includes R code for developing health impact values ($/ton) and a spreadsheet for translating those factors into damage factors ($/unit activity). Resulting comma-separated-value files that include health damage factors for ozone and particulate matter are also included. |
| distribution |
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"title": "Damage_Factor_DataCodeCalcs.zip",
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| identifier | https://doi.org/10.23719/1532371 |
| keyword |
[
"air quality",
"emissions",
"energy",
"health"
]
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| license | https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html |
| modified | 2025-06-11 |
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| publisher |
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"name": "U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"name": "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"name": "U.S. Government"
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| references |
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"https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1532371/documents/glimpseXMLHeaders_ImpactFactors.txt"
]
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| rights |
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| title | Health and air quality impact factors developed for GCAM-USA using COBRA |
