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COBRA - Co-Benefits Risk Assessment Tool
The COBRA model is a screening tool used to: 1) approximate the impact of emission changes on ambient air pollution; 2) translate this into health effect impacts; and 3) monetize these impacts. COBRA enables policy analysts to obtain a first-order approximation of the costs and benefits of different mitigation policies under consideration. The software quickly compares outcomes in terms of air quality or health effects. COBRA presents results in tabular as well as geographic form to facilitate the visualization of the changes.
- Contact Denise Mulholland (mulholland.denise@epa.gov)
Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program (BenMAP)
BenMAP is a peer-reviewed tool for estimating the health and economic benefits of air pollution reduction strategies. It combines air pollution monitoring data, air quality modeling data, census information, and population projections to calculate a population’s potential exposure to ambient air pollution. BenMAP is used primarily to estimate benefits from changes in particulate matter and ozone concentrations, but it can also be adapted for other pollutants. Most Windows-based computers run BenMAP.