Catherine Wespes

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Catherine Wespes is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Wespes has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atmospheric Science, 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Catherine Wespes's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (35 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (30 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (27 papers). Catherine Wespes is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (35 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (30 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (27 papers). Catherine Wespes collaborates with scholars based in France, Belgium and United States. Catherine Wespes's co-authors include Pierre‐François Coheur, Solène Turquéty, C. Clerbaux, M. George, J. Hadji-Lazaro, H. Herbin, Lieven Clarisse, Cathy Clerbaux, A. Razavi and Matthieu Pommier and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Wespes

34 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Monitoring of atmospheric composition using the thermal infrared IASI/MetOp sounder

2009 571 citations C. Clerbaux, Lieven Clarisse et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine Wespes France	17	1.3k	1.2k	177	104	79	36	1.4k
C. Clerbaux France	21	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	195 1.1×	154 1.5×	126 1.6×	26	1.8k
A. Razavi Belgium	6	970 0.7×	834 0.7×	141 0.8×	81 0.8×	63 0.8×	13	1.1k
P.-F. Coheur France	14	1.0k 0.8×	889 0.7×	98 0.6×	149 1.4×	68 0.9×	20	1.2k
H. Herbin France	10	813 0.6×	766 0.6×	137 0.8×	47 0.5×	50 0.6×	14	892
D. Hurtmans France	11	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	124 0.7×	113 1.1×	103 1.3×	12	1.3k
Alberto Redondas Spain	20	942 0.7×	714 0.6×	195 1.1×	99 1.0×	44 0.6×	65	1.0k
M. George France	15	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	102 0.6×	141 1.4×	103 1.3×	25	1.4k
Mathias Palm Germany	20	860 0.6×	724 0.6×	136 0.8×	119 1.1×	127 1.6×	76	952
F. Goutail France	28	2.1k 1.5×	1.7k 1.4×	169 1.0×	108 1.0×	70 0.9×	112	2.2k
J. Hadji-Lazaro France	7	888 0.7×	851 0.7×	93 0.5×	68 0.7×	52 0.7×	7	954

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Fadnavis, Suvarna, Yasin Elshorbany, J. R. Ziemke, et al.. (2025). Influence of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds emission changes on tropospheric ozone variability, trends and radiative effect. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(14). 8229–8254. 2 indexed citations

Wespes, Catherine, Lieven Clarisse, Susan Solomon, et al.. (2022). Polar stratospheric nitric acid depletion surveyed from a decadal dataset of IASI total columns. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(16). 10993–11007. 4 indexed citations

Bauduin, Sophie, M. Giuranna, P. Wolkenberg, et al.. (2021). Exploiting night-time averaged spectra from PFS/MEX shortwave channel. Part 2: Near-surface CO retrievals. Planetary and Space Science. 199. 105188–105188. 2 indexed citations

Rosanka, Simon, Rolf Sander, Bruno Franco, et al.. (2021). Oxidation of low-molecular-weight organic compounds in cloud droplets: global impact on tropospheric oxidants. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(12). 9909–9930. 10 indexed citations

Franco, Bruno, Catherine Wespes, Vinod Kumar, et al.. (2021). The influence of weather-driven processes on tropospheric ozone. 1 indexed citations

Bauduin, Sophie, M. Giuranna, P. Wolkenberg, et al.. (2021). Exploiting night-time averaged spectra from PFS/MEX shortwave channel. Part 1: Temperature retrieval from the CO2 ν3 band. Planetary and Space Science. 198. 105186–105186. 1 indexed citations

Safieddine, Sarah, Marie Bouillon, Julien Jumelet, et al.. (2020). Antarctic Ozone Enhancement During the 2019 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(14). 50 indexed citations

Wespes, Catherine, et al.. (2019). Is the recovery of stratospheric O ₃ speeding up in the Southern Hemisphere? An evaluation from the first IASI decadal record (2008–2017). Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(22). 14031–14056. 9 indexed citations

Wespes, Catherine, et al.. (2019). Evidence from IASI of a speeding up in stratospheric O ₃ recovery in the Southern Hemisphere contrasting with a decline in the Northern Hemisphere. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Wespes, Catherine, Daniel Hurtmans, Cathy Clerbaux, Anne Boynard, & Pierre‐François Coheur. (2018). Decrease in tropospheric O ₃ levels in the Northern Hemisphere observed by IASI. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(9). 6867–6885. 16 indexed citations

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Wespes, Catherine, et al.. (2018). Spatio-temporal variations of nitric acid total columns from 9 years of IASI measurements – a driver study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(7). 4403–4423. 3 indexed citations

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Boynard, Anne, Daniel Hurtmans, Katerina Garane, et al.. (2018). Validation of the IASI FORLI/EUMETSAT ozone products using satellite (GOME-2), ground-based (Brewer–Dobson, SAOZ, FTIR) and ozonesonde measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(9). 5125–5152. 50 indexed citations

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Boynard, Anne, Daniel Hurtmans, Maria-Elissavet Koukouli, et al.. (2016). Seven years of IASI ozone retrievals from FORLI: validation with independenttotal column and vertical profile measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(9). 4327–4353. 41 indexed citations

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Langerock, Bavo, Catherine Wespes, James W. Hannigan, et al.. (2016). First characterization and validation of FORLI-HNO ₃ vertical profilesretrieved from IASI/Metop. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(9). 4783–4801. 18 indexed citations

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Wespes, Catherine, Daniel Hurtmans, L. K. Emmons, et al.. (2016). Ozone variability in the troposphere and the stratosphere from the first 6 years of IASI observations (2008–2013). Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(9). 5721–5743. 27 indexed citations

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Wespes, Catherine, L. K. Emmons, D. P. Edwards, et al.. (2012). Analysis of ozone and nitric acid in spring and summer Arctic pollution using aircraft, ground-based, satellite observations and MOZART-4 model: source attribution and partitioning. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(1). 237–259. 50 indexed citations

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Saunois, Marielle, L. K. Emmons, Simone Tilmes, et al.. (2012). Impact of sampling frequency in the analysis of tropospheric ozone observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(15). 6757–6773. 22 indexed citations

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Clerbaux, C., Lieven Clarisse, M. George, et al.. (2009). Monitoring of atmospheric composition using the thermal infrared IASI/MetOp sounder. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(16). 6041–6054. 571 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clerbaux, Cathy, et al.. (2009). Monitoring of atmospheric composition using the thermal infrared IASI/MetOp sounder. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 37. 560.

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Coheur, Pierre‐François, H. Herbin, C. Clerbaux, et al.. (2007). ACE-FTS observation of a young biomass burning plume: first reported measurements of C ₂ H ₄ , C ₃ H ₆ O, H ₂ CO and PAN by infrared occultation from space. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 7(20). 5437–5446. 95 indexed citations

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