Cynthia A. Randles

14.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

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Cynthia A. Randles is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia A. Randles has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Atmospheric Science and 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Cynthia A. Randles's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (23 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (21 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (19 papers). Cynthia A. Randles is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (23 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (21 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (19 papers). Cynthia A. Randles collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Cynthia A. Randles's co-authors include Peter R. Colarco, Arlindo da Silva, Virginie Buchard, Anton Darmenov, R. A. Ferrare, Ravi Govindaraju, V. Ramaswamy, Connor Flynn, J. W. Hair and Y. Shinozuka and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia A. Randles

38 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation

2017 913 citations Cynthia A. Randles, Arlindo da Silva et al. profile →
The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part II: Evaluation and Case Studies

2017 591 citations Virginie Buchard, Cynthia A. Randles et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cynthia A. Randles United States	20	2.5k	2.4k	607	325	141	38	2.9k
Martin Suttie United Kingdom	9	2.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	496 0.8×	268 0.8×	88 0.6×	15	2.7k
Larry Di Girolamo United States	26	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	544 0.9×	367 1.1×	204 1.4×	100	2.7k
Miha Razinger United Kingdom	8	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	465 0.8×	248 0.8×	90 0.6×	10	2.6k
Richard Engelen United Kingdom	26	3.0k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	454 0.7×	353 1.1×	75 0.5×	66	3.5k
Mark Parrington United Kingdom	21	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	536 0.9×	294 0.9×	50 0.4×	47	2.5k
Vincent Huijnen Netherlands	26	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	811 1.3×	437 1.3×	46 0.3×	54	3.2k
Johannes Flemming United Kingdom	33	2.8k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	596 1.8×	68 0.5×	93	3.8k
Anton Darmenov United States	20	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	551 0.9×	273 0.8×	185 1.3×	42	2.7k
Paul A. Makar Canada	33	1.6k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 2.3×	618 1.9×	47 0.3×	106	2.9k
K. J. Pringle United Kingdom	30	2.9k 1.2×	3.2k 1.3×	950 1.6×	217 0.7×	164 1.2×	60	3.6k

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Jacob, Daniel J., Zichong Chen, Hannah Nesser, et al.. (2025). Satellite quantification of methane emissions from South American countries: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI and GOSAT observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(2). 797–817. 6 indexed citations

Allen, Robert J., et al.. (2024). Present-day methane shortwave absorption mutes surface warming relative to preindustrial conditions. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(19). 11207–11226. 3 indexed citations

Allen, Robert J., Wei Liu, Sungbo Shim, et al.. (2022). Air quality improvements are projected to weaken the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation through radiative forcing effects. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 7 indexed citations

Varon, Daniel J., Daniel J. Jacob, Melissa P. Sulprizio, et al.. (2022). Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI 1.0): a user-friendly, cloud-based facility for inferring high-resolution methane emissions from TROPOMI satellite observations. Geoscientific model development. 15(14). 5787–5805. 16 indexed citations

Yarlagadda, Brinda, Steven J. Smith, Bryan K. Mignone, et al.. (2021). Climate and air pollution implications of potential energy infrastructure and policy measures in India. 3. 100067–100067. 10 indexed citations

Allen, Robert J., et al.. (2021). Anthropogenic aerosol forcing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the associated mechanisms in CMIP6 models. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(8). 5821–5846. 38 indexed citations

Allen, Robert J., et al.. (2020). Anthropogenic aerosol forcing of the AMOC and the associated mechanisms in CMIP6 models. 3 indexed citations

Cusworth, Daniel, Riley Duren, Andrew K. Thorpe, et al.. (2020). Multi-satellite imaging of a gas well blowout provides new insights for methane monitoring. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations

Cusworth, Daniel, Daniel Jacob, Daniel J. Varon, et al.. (2019). Potential of next-generation imaging spectrometers to detect and quantify methane point sources from space. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 12(10). 5655–5668. 85 indexed citations

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Cusworth, Daniel, Daniel Jacob, Daniel J. Varon, et al.. (2019). Potential of next-generation imaging spectrometers to detect and quantify methane point sources from space. 4 indexed citations

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Cusworth, Daniel, Daniel J. Jacob, Jian‐Xiong Sheng, et al.. (2018). Detecting high-emitting methane sources in oil/gas fields using satellite observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(23). 16885–16896. 38 indexed citations

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Turner, Alexander J., et al.. (2018). Assessing the capability of different satellite observing configurations to resolve the distribution of methane emissions at kilometer scales. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(11). 8265–8278. 29 indexed citations

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Silva, Arlindo da, et al.. (2015). The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 36 indexed citations

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Buchard, Virginie, Arlindo da Silva, Peter R. Colarco, et al.. (2015). Using the OMI aerosol index and absorption aerosol optical depth to evaluate the NASA MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(10). 5743–5760. 182 indexed citations

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Matsui, Toshi, Charles Ichoku, Cynthia A. Randles, et al.. (2014). Current and Future Perspectives of Aerosol Research at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 95(10). ES203–ES207. 1 indexed citations

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Buchard, Virginie, Peter R. Colarco, Anton Darmenov, et al.. (2014). Using the OMI Aerosol Index and Absorption Aerosol Optical Depth to evaluate the NASA MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis. 6 indexed citations

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Stier, Philip, Nick Schutgens, Nicolas Bellouin, et al.. (2013). Host model uncertainties in aerosol radiative forcing estimates: results from the AeroCom Prescribed intercomparison study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(6). 3245–3270. 120 indexed citations

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Randles, Cynthia A. & V. Ramaswamy. (2010). Impacts of absorbing biomass burning aerosol on the climate of southern Africa: a Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory GCM sensitivity study. 2 indexed citations

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Randles, Cynthia A. & V. Ramaswamy. (2010). Direct and semi-direct impacts of absorbing biomass burning aerosol on the climate of southern Africa: a Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory GCM sensitivity study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(20). 9819–9831. 35 indexed citations

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Randles, Cynthia A. & V. Ramaswamy. (2007). Absorbing aerosols over Asia: A Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory general circulation model sensitivity study of model response to aerosol optical depth and aerosol absorption. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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