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Publications Citing GPW Data

List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using GPW data.

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Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic	Dataset
Earthquake risk assessment for Tehran, Iran	2020	Kamranzad, Farnaz, Memarian, Hossein, Zare, Mehdi	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Downstream transport processes modulate the effects of environmental heterogeneity on riverine phytoplankton	2020	Graco-Roza, Caio, Santos, Juliana B.O., Huszar, Vera L.M., Domingos, Patricia, Soininen, Janne, Marinho, Marcelo Manzi	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 10
Dynamic trends of fine particulate matter exposure across 190 countries: Analysis and key insights	2020	Chang, Yu Sang, You, Byong-Jin, Kim, Hann Earl	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Environmental economics and uncertainty: Review and a machine learning outlook	2020	Zhang, Ruda, Wingo, Patrick, Duran, Rodrigo, Rose, Kelly, Bauer, Jennifer, Ghanem, Roger	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 10
Escalating global exposure to compound heat-humidity extremes with warming	2020	Li, Dawei, Yuan, Jiacan, Kopp, Robert E	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals
Empirical geodesic graphs and CAT (k) metrics for data analysis	2020	Kobayashi, Kei, Wynn, Henry P.	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
Human Capital Impact for Sustainable Economic Growth	2020	Matyushok, Vladimir M., Baranova, Nina M., Sorokin, Leonid V.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density
Global patterns of forest loss across IUCN categories of protected areas	2020	Leberger, Roxanne, Rosa, Isabel M.D., Guerra, Carlos A., Wolf, Florian, Pereira, Henrique M.	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
How emissions uncertainty influences the distribution and radiative impacts of smoke from fires in North America	2020	Carter, Therese S., Heald, Colette L., Jimenez, Jose L., Campuzano-Jost, Pedro, Kondo, Yutaka, Moteki, Nobuhiro, Schwarz, Joshua P., Wiedinmyer, Christine, Darmenov, Anton S., da Silva, Arlindo M., Kaiser, Johannes W.	Population Size, Fire Occurrence, Surface Thermal Properties, Land Surface Temperature, THERMAL ANOMALIES, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Burned Area	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11 MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 5-Min L2 Swath 1km V006 MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 5-Min L2 Swath 1km V061 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Direct Broadcast Burned Area Monthly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Direct Broadcast Burned Area Monthly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 MODIS/Aqua Thermal Anomalies/Fire 5-Min L2 Swath 1km V006 MODIS/Aqua Thermal Anomalies/Fire 5-Min L2 Swath 1km V061
How the individual human mobility spatio-temporally shapes the disease transmission dynamics	2020	Changruenngam, Suttikiat, Bicout, Dominique J., Modchang, Charin	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
Inferring ground-level nitrogen dioxide concentrations at fine spatial resolution applied to the TROPOMI satellite instrument	2020	Cooper, Matthew J, Martin, Randall V, McLinden, Chris A, Brook, Jeffrey R	Population Size, Nitrogen Dioxide	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11 OMI/Aura NO2 Cloud-Screened Total and Tropospheric Column L3 Global Gridded 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V3 (OMNO2d) OMI/Aura NO2 Cloud-Screened Total and Tropospheric Column L3 Global Gridded 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V004 (OMNO2d)
Influence of socio-economic, demographic and climate factors on the regional distribution of dengue in the United States and Mexico	2020	Watts, Matthew J., Kotsila, Panagiota, Mortyn, P. Graham, Sarto i Monteys, Victor, Urzi Brancati, Cesira	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Identifying coastal towns and small cities in Denmark using global population data to support climate change adaptation	2020	Fitton, James M., Lehmann, Martin, Major, David C.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 10
Impact of the June 2018 Saddleworth Moor wildfires on air quality in northern England	2020	Graham, A M, Pope, R J, McQuaid, J B, Pringle, K P, Arnold, S R, Bruno, A G, Moore, D P, Harrison, J J, Chipperfield, M P, Rigby, R, Sanchez-Marroquin, A, Lee, J, Wilde, S, Siddans, R, Kerridge, B J, Ventress, L J, Latter, B G	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Impact of an educational program on earthquake awareness and preparedness in Nepal	2020	Subedi, Shiba, Hetenyi, Gyorgy, Shackleton, Ross	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid
Impact on air quality and health due to the Saddleworth Moor fire in northern England	2020	Graham, A M, Pope, R J, Pringle, K P, Arnold, S, Chipperfield, M P, Conibear, L A, Butt, E W, Kiely, L, Knote, C, McQuaid, J B	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
Impact of land use change and soil type on total phosphorus and its fractions in soil aggregates	2020	Zhang, Yaqi, Bhattacharyya, Ranjan, Dalal, Ram C., Wang, Peng, Menzies, Neal W., Kopittke, Peter M.	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 10
Household Coverage with Adequately Iodized Salt and Iodine Status of Nonpregnant and Pregnant Women in Uzbekistan	2020	Rohner, Fabian, Nizamov, Fakhriddin, Petry, Nicolai, Yuldasheva, Feruza, Ismailov, Saydiganikhodja, Wegmuller, Rita, Guo, Sufang, Wirth, James P., Woodruff, Bradley A.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11
Half the world's population are exposed to increasing air pollution	2020	Shaddick, G., Thomas, M. L., Mudu, P., Ruggeri, G., Gumy, S.	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count
Halving warming with stratospheric aerosol geoengineering moderates policy-relevant climate hazards	2020	Irvine, Peter J, Keith, David W	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count
Government effectiveness and institutions as determinants of tropical cyclone mortality	2020	Tennant, Elizabeth, Gilmore, Elisabeth A.	Population Size, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Mortality, Poverty Levels	Global Population Count Grid Time Series Estimates Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 10 Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates
Gradient-based optimization of solar-regenerative high-altitude long-endurance aircraft	2020	McDonnell, Taylor, Ning, Andrew	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count
Global-scale characterization of turning points in arid and semi-arid	2020	Bernardino, Paulo N., De Keersmaecker, Wanda, Fensholt, Rasmus, Verbesselt, Jan, Somers, Ben, Horion, Stephanie	Population Size, Land Use/Land Cover Classification	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061
Ground motion modelling in northwestern Himalaya using stochastic finite-fault method	2020	Mir, Ramees R., Parvez, Imtiyaz A.	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Integrated energy-water-land nexus planning to guide national policy: an example from Uruguay	2020	Khan, Zarrar, Wild, Thomas B, Silva Carrazzone, Maria Eugenia, Gaudioso, Rossana, Mascari, Maria Pia, Bianchi, Fabiana, Weinstein, Federico, Perez, Federico, Perez, William, Miralles-Wilhelm, Fernando, Clarke, Leon, Hejazi, Mohamad, Vernon, Chris R, Kyle, Page, Edmonds, Jae, Munoz Castillo, Raul	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11

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