North Carolina Exposure Research Projects
This page provides links to exposure research that was done in or directly relates to this state. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download, to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.
- Land Cover in Our Changing Environment
- Land Cover Trends Project Data Download
- Ecoregion 63 - Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain (NC, SC, VA)
- Ecoregion 45 - Piedmont (AL, GA, NC, SC, VA)
- EPA Study Finds Air Pollutants in Cars Cause Health Effects (Raleigh-Durham, N.C. area)
- Mid-Atlantic Land Cover Change (Northeastern NC)
- Development of Water Quality Indicators Using Remote Sensing (Neuse River)
- Red Shiner Invasion of Southeastern Streams: Dynamics and Ecological Consequences (Western NC)
Poster (PDF) (1 page, 497 KB) - Toxicogenomics as a Tool to Assess Exposure of Fish to Environmental Pollutants (Neuse River)
Poster (PDF) (1 page, 398 KB) - Remote Sensing for Detecting Swine Animal Feeding Operations (Duplin County)
Poster (PDF) (1 page, 219 KB) - Leaf Area Index Change Detection of Understory Vegetation in the Albemarle-Pamlico Basin Using IKONOS Satellite Data
Poster (PDF) (1 page, 212 KB) - Poster: ORD's Transportable Dynamometer System (PDF, poster, 36 x 21, 983 KB) (Cary, NC)
- Poster: Assessing Exposures to Environmental Contaminants in Minority and Low-Income Communities (PDF) (poster, 822 KB) (Durham, NC)
- Poster: Satellite Remote Sensing and Ground-based Estimates of Forest Biomass and Canopy Structure (PDF) (poster, 598 KB) (Albemarle/Pamlico Basin)
- Quantification of Landscape Indicators/Aquatic Resource Associations in the Savannah River Basin
- Poster: Specific Health Effects in Healthy Highway Patrol Officers (PDF) (poster, 36 x 21, 1.3MB)
- Assessing Human Exposures of High Risk Subpopulations to Particulate Matter (PDF) (poster, 36 x 21, 1.9MB) (Research Triangle Park, NC)
- Ultraviolet Monitoring Program: UV-Net - Brewer Sites (Research Triangle Park)
- North American Landscape Characterization Project
- Landscape Indicators for Pesticides Study for Mid-Atlantic Coastal Streams
- ReVA - Regional Vulnerability Assessment - (About ReVA)
- Atmospheric Modeling (Research Triangle Park)
- Human Exposure & Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) (Research Triangle Park)
- Environmental Fluid Dynamics Computer Code
- Aquatic Toxicity Model (North Carolina Coastal Plain)
- Bioaccumulation in Aquatic Systems Simulator
Region 4 Environmental Research Projects
Many exposure research projects are not specific to states or regions. Please visit exposure research's home for more information.