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

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global sea–air CO2 flux based on climatological surface ocean pCO2, and seasonal biological and temperature effects

2002 1.5k citations Colm Sweeney et al. profile →
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 →
Advances in Quantifying Air-Sea Gas Exchange and Environmental Forcing

2008 548 citations Colm Sweeney et al. profile →
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 →
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 →
Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic

2022 266 citations Colm Sweeney, Charles E. Miller et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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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.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Age of air from in situ trace gas measurements: insights from a new technique 2024 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Eric Ray, F. L. Moore, Hella Garny, Eric J. Hintsa, B. D. Hall, G. S. Dutton, David Nance, James W. Elkins, Steven C. Wofsy, J. V. Pittman, Bruce C. Daube, Bianca C. Baier, Jianghanyang Li, Colm Sweeney	5
2	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 2023 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Jianghanyang Li, Bianca C. Baier, F. L. Moore, T. Newberger, S. Wolter, (unknown), G. S. Dutton, Eric J. Hintsa, B. D. Hall, Colm Sweeney	4
3	Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Lei Hu, S. A. Montzka, F. L. Moore, Eric J. Hintsa, G. S. Dutton, (unknown), K. W. Thoning, R. W. Portmann, Kathryn McKain, Colm Sweeney, Isaac Vimont, David Nance, B. D. Hall, Steven C. Wofsy	1
4	Covariation of Airborne Biogenic Tracers (CO ₂ , COS, and CO) Supports Stronger Than Expected Growing Season Photosynthetic Uptake in the Southeastern US 2021 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Nicholas C. Parazoo, K. W. Bowman, Bianca C. Baier, Junjie Liu, Meemong Lee, Le Kuai, Yoichi P. Shiga, Ian Baker, Mary Whelan, Sha Feng, Maarten Krol, Colm Sweeney, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, (unknown), K. J. Davis	7
5	Quantifying Nitrous Oxide Emissions in the U.S. Midwest: A Top‐Down Study Using High Resolution Airborne In‐Situ Observations 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Maximilian Eckl, Anke Roiger, Julian Kostinek, Alina Fiehn, Heidi Huntrieser, Christoph Knote, Zachary Barkley, Stephen M. Ogle, Bianca C. Baier, Colm Sweeney, K. J. Davis	10
6	Seasonal Variability in Local Carbon Dioxide Biomass Burning Sources Over Central and Eastern US Using Airborne In Situ Enhancement Ratios 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Joshua P. DiGangi, Yonghoon Choi, J. B. Nowak, Hannah S. Halliday, Glenn S. Diskin, Sha Feng, Zachary Barkley, Thomas Lauvaux, Sandip Pal, K. J. Davis, Bianca C. Baier, Colm Sweeney	19
7	Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017 2021 ·Lei Hu, S. A. Montzka, F. L. Moore, Eric J. Hintsa, G. S. Dutton, (unknown), K. W. Thoning, R. W. Portmann, Kathryn McKain, Colm Sweeney, Isaac Vimont, David Nance, B. D. Hall, Steven C. Wofsy	1
8	Large Fugitive Methane Emissions From Urban Centers Along the U.S. East Coast 2019 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Genevieve Plant, E. A. Kort, Cody Floerchinger, Alexander Gvakharia, Isaac Vimont, Colm Sweeney	96
9	Intercomparison of atmospheric trace gas dispersion models: Barnett Shale case study 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·A. Karion, Thomas Lauvaux, Israel Lopez‐Coto, Colm Sweeney, K. L. Mueller, Sharon Gourdji, W. M. Angevine, Zachary Barkley, Aijun Deng, A. E. Andrews, Ariel Stein, J. R. Whetstone	30
10	An improved estimate for the δ ¹³ C and δ ¹⁸ O signatures of carbon monoxide produced from atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Isaac Vimont, Jocelyn Turnbull, V. V. Petrenko, Philip Place, Colm Sweeney, N. L. Miles, Scott Richardson, Bruce H. Vaughn, James W. C. White	12
11	Sensitivity of Methane Emissions to Later Soil Freezing in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Kyle A. Arndt, Walter C. Oechel, Jordan P. Goodrich, Barbara Bailey, Aram Kalhori, (unknown), Colm Sweeney, Donatella Zona	32
12	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 2018 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·N. L. Miles, D. K. Martins, Scott J. Richardson, (unknown), Caleb Arata, Thomas Lauvaux, K. J. Davis, Zachary Barkley, Kathryn McKain, Colm Sweeney	17
13	Nitrous Oxide Emissions Estimated With the CarbonTracker‐Lagrange North American Regional Inversion Framework 2018 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·C. D. Nevison, A. E. Andrews, K. W. Thoning, E. J. Dlugokencky, Colm Sweeney, Scot M. Miller, Eri Saikawa, Joshua Benmergui, M. L. Fischer, Marikate Mountain, Thomas Nehrkorn	21
14	Estimating regional-scale methane flux and budgets using CARVE aircraft measurements over Alaska 2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), R. Commane, Jakob Lindaas, Colm Sweeney, John M. Henderson, Marikate Mountain, N. Steiner, K. C. McDonald, S. J. Dinardo, Charles E. Miller, Steven C. Wofsy, Rachel Chang	12
15	Stable isotope measurements confirm volatile organic compound oxidation as a major urban summertime source of carbon monoxide in Indianapolis, USA 2018 ·Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) ·Isaac Vimont, Jocelyn Turnbull, V. V. Petrenko, Philip Place, Colm Sweeney, N. L. Miles, Scott Richardson, Bruce H. Vaughn, James W. C. White	1
16	Lower-tropospheric CO ₂ from near-infrared ACOS-GOSAT observations 2017 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·S. S. Kulawik, Chris O’Dell, Vivienne H. Payne, Le Kuai, H. M. Worden, Sébastien Biraud, Colm Sweeney, Britton B. Stephens, Laura T. Iraci, E. L. Yates, T. Tanaka	15
17	Assessment of uncertainties of an aircraft-based mass balance approach for quantifying urban greenhouse gas emissions 2014 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Maria Obiminda Cambaliza, P. B. Shepson, D. Caulton, Brian H. Stirm, Daniel V. Samarov, K. R. Gurney, Jocelyn Turnbull, K. J. Davis, Antonio Possolo, A. Karion, Colm Sweeney, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Lauvaux, (unknown), J. R. Whetstone, Jianhua Huang, I. N. Razlivanov, N. L. Miles, S. Richardson	109
18	Enhanced Seasonal Exchange of CO ₂ by Northern Ecosystems Since 1960 2013 ·Science ·Heather Graven, Ralph F. Keeling, Stephen C. Piper, Prabir K. Patra, Britton B. Stephens, Steven C. Wofsy, L. R. Welp, Colm Sweeney, Pieter P. Tans, John J. Kelley, Bruce C. Daube, E. A. Kort, G. W. Santoni, J. D. Bent	292
19	A multi-year record of airborne CO ₂ observations in the US Southern Great Plains 2013 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Sébastien Biraud, Margaret Torn, (unknown), Colm Sweeney, W. J. Riley, Pieter P. Tans	37
20	An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker breakdown → 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wouter Peters, A. R. Jacobson, Colm Sweeney, A. E. Andrews, T. J. Conway, K. A. Masarie, J. B. Miller, L. M. Bruhwiler, Gabrielle Pétron, A. Hirsch, Douglas E. J. Worthy, Guido R. van der Werf, James T. Randerson, P. O. Wennberg, Maarten Krol, Pieter P. Tans	781

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