Scholars@Duke
Timothy Lawrence Johnson

Timothy Lawrence Johnson

Professor of the Practice of Energy and the Environment
Earth and Climate Sciences
timothy.l.johnson@duke.edu
Box 90328, Grainger Hall 3113, Durham, NC 27708
9 Circuit Drive, Grainger Hall 5115, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Estimating Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Direct Power Consumption of Linear Accelerator-Based External Beam Radiation Therapy.

Journal Article Adv Radiat Oncol · 2023 PURPOSE: Climate change is one of the direst health threats that humanity faces. We aim to estimate the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with the energy usage from linear accelerator (LINAC)-based external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for the mos ... Full text Link to item Cite

Environmental Toxicity of Driving Distance to External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Conference INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS · 2023 Cite

The role of local governments in the development of China's solar photovoltaic industry

Journal Article Energy Policy · July 1, 2019 Leading the world in manufacturing and installations, China's solar PV sector has attracted the attention of academia, government, and business. However, inadequate attention has been paid to the role of local governments in the development of China's dome ... Full text Cite

Distributed solar photovoltaic array location and extent dataset for remote sensing object identification.

Journal Article Scientific data · December 2016 Featured Publication Earth-observing remote sensing data, including aerial photography and satellite imagery, offer a snapshot of the world from which we can learn about the state of natural resources and the built environment. The components of energy systems that are visible ... Full text Open Access Cite

Advancing sustainable bioenergy: evolving stakeholder interests and the relevance of research.

Journal Article Environ Manage · February 2013 Featured Publication The sustainability of future bioenergy production rests on more than continual improvements in its environmental, economic, and social impacts. The emergence of new biomass feedstocks, an expanding array of conversion pathways, and expected increases in ov ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparing scales of environmental effects from gasoline and ethanol production

Journal Article Environmental Management · 2012 Featured Publication Cite

Examining transportation and energy sectors using the MARKAL modeling framework

Journal Article EM · August 2005 Featured Publication Cite

Fossil electricity and CO2 sequestration: How natural gas prices, initial conditions and retrofits determine the cost of controlling CO2 emissions

Journal Article Energy Policy · January 1, 2004 Stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations will require significant cuts in electric sector carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The ability to capture and sequester CO2 in a manner compatible with today's fossil-fuel based power generation infr ... Full text Cite

Regulating the ultimate sink: managing the risks of geologic CO2 storage.

Journal Article Environmental science & technology · August 2003 Featured Publication The geologic storage (GS) of carbon dioxide (CO2) is emerging as an important tool for managing carbon. While this Journal recently published an excellent review of GS technology (Bruant, R. G.; Guswa, A. J.; Celia, M. A.; Peters, C. A. Environ. Sci. Techn ... Full text Cite

Electricity from fossil fuels without CO2 emissions: assessing the costs of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration in U.S. electricity markets.

Journal Article Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) · October 2001 Featured Publication The decoupling of fossil-fueled electricity production from atmospheric CO2 emissions via CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) is increasingly regarded as an important means of mitigating climate change at a reasonable cost. Engineering analyses of CO2 miti ... Full text Cite

Hanford waste blending and the value of research: Stochastic optimization as a policy tool

Journal Article Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis · January 1, 2001 A new approach to stochastic, combinatorial optimization is presented through its application to a contemporary policy problem: cleanup of radioactive wastes stored underground at the US Government’s Hanford, WA, nuclear fuels processing site. Current plan ... Full text Cite

Quantitation of epidermal nerves in diabetic neuropathy

Journal Article Neurology · October 1, 1996 Full text Cite

TQM, Chaos and Complexity

Journal Article Human Systems Management · December 1, 1995 Management practices of this century have been greatly influenced by Frederick Taylor's concept of scientific management. Taylor's theories can be traced to the paradigm of Newtonian mechanics. In recent years a new paradigm of scientific thought, ... Full text Cite

A Comparison of Values around Cruise Tax in Iceland and Alaska

Thesis Dissertation Cruise ships pose many environmental harms: they emit more black carbon and CO₂ per passenger-mile than any other vehicle, discharge untreated sewage and wastewater into the open ocean, carry large quantities of heavy fuel oil onboard, and transport invasi ... Cite