Colm Sweeney

41.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
219 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Colm Sweeney is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Colm Sweeney has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 196 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 177 papers in Atmospheric Science and 31 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Colm Sweeney's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (193 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (121 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (80 papers). Colm Sweeney is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (193 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (121 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (80 papers). Colm Sweeney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Colm Sweeney's co-authors include Rik Wanninkhof, Taro Takahashi, Pieter P. Tans, A. Karion, Stewart C Sutherland, E. A. Kort, A. E. Andrews, Nicolas Metzl, Bronte Tilbrook and J. B. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Colm Sweeney

216 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

Global sea–air CO2 flux b... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2007 2008 2013 2014 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Global sea–air CO2 flux based on climatological surface ocean pCO2, and seasonal biological and temperature effects
    2002 1.5k citations Colm Sweeney, Nicolas Metzl et al. profile →
  2. An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker
    2007 781 citations Wouter Peters, A. R. Jacobson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Advances in Quantifying Air-Sea Gas Exchange and Environmental Forcing
    2008 548 citations Colm Sweeney et al. profile →
  4. Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the United States
    2013 388 citations Scot M. Miller, Steven C. Wofsy et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Climatological distributions of pH, pCO2, total CO2, alkalinity, and CaCO3 saturation in the global surface ocean, and temporal changes at selected locations
    2014 360 citations Colm Sweeney et al. profile →
  6. Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic
    2022 266 citations Colm Sweeney, Charles E. Miller et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Colm Sweeney 10.8k 8.7k 4.4k 1.6k 1.4k 219 15.6k
Pieter P. Tans 20.0k 1.8× 14.4k 1.7× 1.9k 0.4× 2.4k 1.5× 1.5k 1.1× 267 24.1k
Ray F. Weiss 9.3k 0.9× 10.3k 1.2× 8.1k 1.9× 2.8k 1.8× 1.2k 0.9× 223 21.4k
Martin Heimann 14.9k 1.4× 11.1k 1.3× 2.0k 0.4× 3.7k 2.3× 1.5k 1.1× 268 20.3k
Inez Fung 15.6k 1.4× 12.5k 1.4× 3.0k 0.7× 4.1k 2.6× 1.6k 1.1× 166 22.1k
Philippe Bousquet 7.4k 0.7× 5.6k 0.6× 544 0.1× 1.1k 0.7× 814 0.6× 132 9.5k
Thomas Röckmann 5.8k 0.5× 5.4k 0.6× 565 0.1× 1.6k 1.0× 500 0.4× 295 10.0k
Christian Frankenberg 18.5k 1.7× 9.4k 1.1× 652 0.1× 8.2k 5.2× 2.5k 1.8× 292 22.0k
J. B. Miller 9.4k 0.9× 6.5k 0.7× 362 0.1× 1.6k 1.0× 804 0.6× 161 11.6k
R. A. Rasmussen 5.9k 0.5× 7.0k 0.8× 659 0.2× 896 0.6× 723 0.5× 164 10.4k
Frédéric Chevallier 10.5k 1.0× 7.8k 0.9× 435 0.1× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 258 13.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colm Sweeney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colm Sweeney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colm Sweeney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colm Sweeney based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Colm Sweeney. Colm Sweeney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Jianghanyang, Bianca C. Baier, F. L. Moore, et al.. (2023). A novel, cost-effective analytical method for measuring high-resolution vertical profiles of stratospheric trace gases using a gas chromatograph coupled with an electron capture detector. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(11). 2851–2863. 4 indexed citations
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Hu, Lei, S. A. Montzka, F. L. Moore, et al.. (2022). Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(4). 2891–2907. 1 indexed citations
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Schiferl, Luke D., Jennifer D. Watts, Kyle A. Arndt, et al.. (2022). Using atmospheric observations to quantify annual biogenic carbon dioxide fluxes on the Alaska North Slope. Biogeosciences. 19(24). 5953–5972. 9 indexed citations
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Eckl, Maximilian, Anke Roiger, Julian Kostinek, et al.. (2021). Quantifying Nitrous Oxide Emissions in the U.S. Midwest: A Top‐Down Study Using High Resolution Airborne In‐Situ Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(5). 10 indexed citations
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Parazoo, Nicholas C., K. W. Bowman, Bianca C. Baier, et al.. (2021). Covariation of Airborne Biogenic Tracers (CO 2 , COS, and CO) Supports Stronger Than Expected Growing Season Photosynthetic Uptake in the Southeastern US. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 35(10). 7 indexed citations
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DiGangi, Joshua P., Yonghoon Choi, J. B. Nowak, et al.. (2021). Seasonal Variability in Local Carbon Dioxide Biomass Burning Sources Over Central and Eastern US Using Airborne In Situ Enhancement Ratios. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(24). 19 indexed citations
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Plant, Genevieve, E. A. Kort, Cody Floerchinger, et al.. (2019). Large Fugitive Methane Emissions From Urban Centers Along the U.S. East Coast. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(14). 8500–8507. 96 indexed citations
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Karion, A., Thomas Lauvaux, Israel Lopez‐Coto, et al.. (2019). Intercomparison of atmospheric trace gas dispersion models: Barnett Shale case study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(4). 2561–2576. 30 indexed citations
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Commane, R., Jakob Lindaas, Colm Sweeney, et al.. (2018). Estimating regional-scale methane flux and budgets using CARVE aircraft measurements over Alaska. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(1). 185–202. 12 indexed citations
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Vimont, Isaac, Jocelyn Turnbull, V. V. Petrenko, et al.. (2018). Stable isotope measurements confirm volatile organic compound oxidation as a major urban summertime source of carbon monoxide in Indianapolis, USA. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations
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Nevison, C. D., A. E. Andrews, K. W. Thoning, et al.. (2018). Nitrous Oxide Emissions Estimated With the CarbonTracker‐Lagrange North American Regional Inversion Framework. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 32(3). 463–485. 21 indexed citations
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Miles, N. L., D. K. Martins, Scott J. Richardson, et al.. (2018). Calibration and field testing of cavity ring-down laser spectrometers measuring CH 4 , CO 2 , and δ 13 CH 4 deployed on towers in the Marcellus Shale region. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(3). 1273–1295. 17 indexed citations
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Kulawik, S. S., Chris O’Dell, Vivienne H. Payne, et al.. (2017). Lower-tropospheric CO 2 from near-infrared ACOS-GOSAT observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(8). 5407–5438. 15 indexed citations
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Barkley, Zachary, Thomas Lauvaux, K. J. Davis, et al.. (2017). Quantifying methane emissions from natural gas production in north-eastern Pennsylvania. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(22). 13941–13966. 61 indexed citations
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Alexe, Mihai, P. Bergamaschi, Arjo Segers, et al.. (2015). Inverse modelling of CH 4 emissions for 2010–2011 using different satellite retrieval products from GOSAT and SCIAMACHY. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(1). 113–133. 103 indexed citations
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Inoue, M., Isamu Morino, Osamu Uchino, et al.. (2014). Validation of XCH 4 derived from SWIR spectra of GOSAT TANSO-FTS with aircraft measurement data. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 7(9). 2987–3005. 29 indexed citations
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Graven, Heather, Ralph F. Keeling, Stephen C. Piper, et al.. (2013). Enhanced Seasonal Exchange of CO 2 by Northern Ecosystems Since 1960. Science. 341(6150). 1085–1089. 292 indexed citations
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Lenton, Andrew, Bronte Tilbrook, R. M. Law, et al.. (2013). Sea–air CO 2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean for the period 1990–2009. Biogeosciences. 10(6). 4037–4054. 151 indexed citations
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Biraud, Sébastien, et al.. (2013). A multi-year record of airborne CO 2 observations in the US Southern Great Plains. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 6(3). 751–763. 37 indexed citations
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Peters, Wouter, A. R. Jacobson, Colm Sweeney, et al.. (2007). An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(48). 18925–18930. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

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