B. J. Connor

11.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
97 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

B. J. Connor is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, B. J. Connor has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Atmospheric Science, 61 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in B. J. Connor's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (87 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (72 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (56 papers). B. J. Connor is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (87 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (72 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (56 papers). B. J. Connor collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Germany. B. J. Connor's co-authors include Clive D. Rodgers, Geoffrey C. Toon, A. Parrish, P. O. Wennberg, Debra Wunch, V. Sherlock, G. E. Bodeker, Justus Notholt, R. A. Washenfelder and David Griffith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

B. J. Connor

93 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Total Carbon Column Observing Network

2011 816 citations Debra Wunch, Geoffrey C. Toon et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences profile →
Intercomparison of remote sounding instruments

2003 518 citations B. J. Connor et al. profile →
The ACOS CO ₂ retrieval algorithm – Part 1: Description and validation against synthetic observations

2012 414 citations C. O’Dell, B. J. Connor et al. Atmospheric measurement techniques profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. J. Connor United States	34	4.8k	4.5k	1.0k	404	211	97	5.4k
Emmanuel Mahieu Belgium	33	3.4k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	711 0.7×	225 0.6×	41 0.2×	174	4.0k
Francisco P. J. Valero United States	34	2.9k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	437 0.4×	185 0.5×	29 0.1×	165	3.7k
G. Mégie France	34	3.5k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	592 0.6×	668 1.7×	50 0.2×	113	4.4k
Nicholas Jones Australia	33	3.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	545 0.5×	121 0.3×	48 0.2×	111	3.7k
C. O’Dell United States	36	3.4k 0.7×	4.3k 1.0×	288 0.3×	81 0.2×	233 1.1×	101	4.8k
Aaron Goldman United States	26	2.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	186 0.5×	41 0.2×	64	2.9k
S. R. Kawa United States	33	2.9k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	185 0.2×	233 0.6×	31 0.1×	74	3.2k
Hartmut Bösch United Kingdom	25	1.8k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	260 0.3×	39 0.1×	130 0.6×	51	2.6k
Jochen Landgraf Netherlands	33	2.8k 0.6×	3.5k 0.8×	271 0.3×	44 0.1×	201 1.0×	130	4.0k
A. Butz Germany	36	3.5k 0.7×	4.5k 1.0×	520 0.5×	30 0.1×	313 1.5×	114	5.0k

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Nedoluha, Gerald E., R. Michael Gomez, Ian Boyd, et al.. (2025). Measurements of Stratospheric ClO From Mauna Kea: 1992–2023. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(4).

Roche, Sébastien, Kimberly Strong, Debra Wunch, et al.. (2021). Retrieval of atmospheric CO ₂ vertical profiles from ground-based near-infrared spectra. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(4). 3087–3118. 12 indexed citations

Griffith, David, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Voltaire A. Velazco, et al.. (2017). TCCON data from Darwin (AU), Release GGG2014.R0. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 55 indexed citations

Pollard, David F., V. Sherlock, John Robinson, et al.. (2017). The Total Carbon Column Observing Network site description for Lauder, New Zealand. Earth system science data. 9(2). 977–992. 19 indexed citations

Nedoluha, Gerald E., B. J. Connor, T. Mooney, et al.. (2016). 20 years of ClO measurements in the Antarctic lower stratosphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(16). 10725–10734. 9 indexed citations

Connor, B. J., V. Sherlock, G. C. Toon, Debra Wunch, & P. O. Wennberg. (2016). GFIT2: an experimental algorithm for vertical profile retrieval from near-IRspectra. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(8). 3513–3525. 19 indexed citations

Nedoluha, Gerald E., Ian Boyd, A. Parrish, et al.. (2015). Unusual stratospheric ozone anomalies observed in 22 years of measurements from Lauder, New Zealand. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(12). 6817–6826. 13 indexed citations

Deutscher, Nicholas M., V. Sherlock, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, et al.. (2014). Drivers of column-average CO ₂ variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(18). 9883–9901. 14 indexed citations

Parrish, A., Ian Boyd, Gerald E. Nedoluha, et al.. (2014). Diurnal variations of stratospheric ozone measured by ground-based microwave remote sensing at the Mauna Loa NDACC site: measurement validation and GEOSCCM model comparison. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(14). 7255–7272. 36 indexed citations

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Wunch, Debra, G. C. Toon, P. F. Bernath, et al.. (2014). Derivation of tropospheric methane from TCCON CH ₄ and HF total column observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 7(9). 2907–2918. 24 indexed citations

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Sagawa, Hideo, Tomohiro Sato, Philippe Baron, et al.. (2013). Comparison of SMILES ClO profiles with satellite, balloon-borne and ground-based measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 6(12). 3325–3347. 12 indexed citations

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Kuai, Le, John R. Worden, S. S. Kulawik, et al.. (2013). Profiling tropospheric CO ₂ using Aura TES and TCCON instruments. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 6(1). 63–79. 17 indexed citations

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Connor, B. J., T. Mooney, Gerald E. Nedoluha, et al.. (2013). Re-analysis of ground-based microwave ClO measurements from Mauna Kea, 1992 to early 2012. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(17). 8643–8650. 9 indexed citations

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O’Dell, C., B. J. Connor, Hartmut Bösch, et al.. (2012). The ACOS CO ₂ retrieval algorithm – Part 1: Description and validation against synthetic observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 5(1). 99–121. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keppel‐Aleks, G., P. O. Wennberg, R. A. Washenfelder, et al.. (2012). The imprint of surface fluxes and transport on variations in total column carbon dioxide. Biogeosciences. 9(3). 875–891. 77 indexed citations

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Wunch, Debra, Geoffrey C. Toon, Jean-François L. Blavier, et al.. (2011). The Total Carbon Column Observing Network. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 369(1943). 2087–2112. 816 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kremser, Stefanie, Robyn Schofield, G. E. Bodeker, et al.. (2011). Retrievals of chlorine chemistry kinetic parameters from Antarctic ClO microwave radiometer measurements. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(11). 5183–5193. 7 indexed citations

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Morino, Isamu, Osamu Uchino, M. Inoue, et al.. (2011). Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 4(6). 1061–1076. 175 indexed citations

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Solomon, P. M., J. Barrett, B. J. Connor, T. Mooney, & A. Parrish. (2005). Measurements of Active Chlorine in the Antarctic Ozone Hole: 1986 to 2005. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Connor, B. J., Peter L. Smith, J. H. Black, K. Yoshino, & W. H. Parkinson. (1982). Absolute Oscillator Strengths of UV Lines of H 2 CO for Optical Studies of Insterstellar Clouds. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 14. 926.

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