Debra Wunch

22.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
133 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Debra Wunch is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Debra Wunch has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 109 papers in Atmospheric Science and 34 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Debra Wunch's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (122 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (89 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (61 papers). Debra Wunch is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (122 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (89 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (61 papers). Debra Wunch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Debra Wunch's co-authors include P. O. Wennberg, Geoffrey C. Toon, Justus Notholt, David Griffith, V. Sherlock, B. J. Connor, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Christian Frankenberg, R. A. Washenfelder and Coleen M. Roehl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Debra Wunch

126 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

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 →
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 →
Contrasting carbon cycle responses of the tropical continents to the 2015–2016 El Niño

2017 323 citations Junjie Liu, K. W. Bowman et al. profile →
Methane retrieved from TROPOMI: improvement of the data product and validation of the first 2 years of measurements

2021 154 citations A. Butz, Frank Hase et al. Atmospheric measurement techniques profile →
Carbon emissions from the 2023 Canadian wildfires

2024 73 citations Brendan Byrne, Junjie Liu et al. Nature profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Debra Wunch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Debra Wunch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Debra Wunch 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 Debra Wunch. Debra Wunch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Impact of the 2023 Canadian Forest Fires on Air Quality in Southern Ontario 2025 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), Kimberly Strong, Cynthia Whaley, Jack Chen, Debra Wunch, J. R. Drummond, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
2	Carbon emissions from the 2023 Canadian wildfires breakdown → 2024 ·Nature ·Brendan Byrne, Junjie Liu, K. W. Bowman, Madeleine Pascolini‐Campbell, Abhishek Chatterjee, Sudhanshu Pandey, Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Guido R. van der Werf, Debra Wunch, P. O. Wennberg, Coleen M. Roehl, (unknown)	73
3	Using a portable FTIR spectrometer to evaluate the consistency of Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) measurements on a global scale: the Collaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON) travel standard 2024 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·(unknown), Carlos Alberti, (unknown), Jia Chen, Angelika Dehn, Florian Dietrich, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Matthias Frey, Jochen Groß, (unknown), Frank Hase, Isamu Morino, (unknown), (unknown), Debra Wunch	5
4	A new algorithm to generate a priori trace gas profiles for the GGG2020 retrieval algorithm 2023 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Joshua L. Laughner, Sébastien Roche, Matthäus Kiel, Geoffrey C. Toon, Debra Wunch, Bianca C. Baier, Sébastien Biraud, Huilin Chen, Rigel Kivi, Thomas Laemmel, Kathryn McKain, (unknown), Constantina Rousogenous, Britton B. Stephens, Kaley A. Walker, P. O. Wennberg	20
5	CH4 Fluxes Derived from Assimilation of TROPOMI XCH4 in CarbonTracker Europe-CH4: Evaluation of Seasonality and Spatial Distribution in the Northern High Latitudes 2023 ·Remote Sensing ·Aki Tsuruta, (unknown), Hannakaisa Lindqvist, Tomi Karppinen, Leif Backman, Janne Hakkarainen, Oliver Schneising, Michael Buchwitz, Xin Lan, Rigel Kivi, Huilin Chen, Matthias Buschmann, (unknown), Justus Notholt, Coleen M. Roehl, Yao Té, Debra Wunch, Johanna Tamminen, Tuula Aalto	12
6	Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: using GOSAT XCH ₄ data with weak-constraint four-dimensional variational data assimilation 2021 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), Dylan B. A. Jones, Kimberly Strong, Martin Keller, Daven K. Henze, Robert J. Parker, Hartmut Boesch, Debra Wunch, Justus Notholt, Christof Petri, Thorsten Warneke, Ralf Sussmann, Matthias Schneider, Frank Hase, Rigel Kivi, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Voltaire A. Velazco, Kaley A. Walker, Feng Deng	12
7	Spatial distributions of X _{CO ₂} seasonal cycle amplitude and phase over northern high-latitude regions 2021 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), William R. Simpson, (unknown), Christopher D. Holmes, Frank Hase, Thomas Blumenstock, Qiansi Tu, Matthias Frey, Manvendra K. Dubey, Harrison Parker, Debra Wunch, Rigel Kivi, Pauli Heikkinen, Justus Notholt, Christof Petri, Thorsten Warneke	13
8	Quality controls, bias, and seasonality of CO ₂ columns in the boreal forest with Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, Total Carbon Column Observing Network, and EM27/SUN measurements 2020 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·(unknown), William R. Simpson, Debra Wunch, C. O’Dell, G. B. Osterman, Frank Hase, Thomas Blumenstock, Qiansi Tu, Matthias Frey, Manvendra K. Dubey, Harrison Parker, Rigel Kivi, Pauli Heikkinen	25
9	Quality controls, bias, and seasonality of CO ₂ columns in the Boreal Forest with OCO-2, TCCON, and EM27/SUN measurements 2020 ·(unknown), William R. Simpson, Debra Wunch, C. O’Dell, G. B. Osterman, Frank Hase, Thomas Blumenstock, Qiansi Tu, Matthias Frey, Manvendra K. Dubey, Harrison Parker, Rigel Kivi, Pauli Heikkinen	1
10	Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: impact of model resolution in versions v9-02 of GEOS-Chem and v35j of its adjoint model 2020 ·Geoscientific model development ·(unknown), Dylan B. A. Jones, Kimberly Strong, Robert J. Parker, Hartmut Boesch, Debra Wunch, Justus Notholt, Christof Petri, Thorsten Warneke, Ralf Sussmann, Matthias Schneider, Frank Hase, Rigel Kivi, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Voltaire A. Velazco, Kaley A. Walker, Feng Deng	31
11	A Geostatistical Framework for Quantifying the Imprint of Mesoscale Atmospheric Transport on Satellite Trace Gas Retrievals 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), G. Keppel‐Aleks, Scott C. Doney, (unknown), (unknown), Martine De Mazière, Frank Hase, Christof Petri, David F. Pollard, Coleen M. Roehl, Ralf Sussmann, Voltaire A. Velazco, Thorsten Warneke, Debra Wunch	13
12	Emissions of methane in Europe inferred by total column measurements 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Debra Wunch, Dylan B. A. Jones, Geoffrey C. Toon, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Frank Hase, Justus Notholt, Ralf Sussmann, Thorsten Warneke, Jeroen Kuenen, Hugo Denier van der Gon, Jenny A. Fisher, Joannes D. Maasakkers	8
13	Emissions of methane in Europe inferred by total column measurements 2018 ·Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) ·Debra Wunch, Geoffrey C. Toon, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Frank Hase, Justus Notholt, Ralf Sussmann, Thorsten Warneke, Jeroen Kuenen, Hugo Denier van der Gon	2
14	Preflight Spectral Calibration of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 2017 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Richard A. Lee, C. O’Dell, Debra Wunch, Coleen M. Roehl, G. B. Osterman, Jean-François Blavier, Robert Rosenberg, Lars Chapsky, Christian Frankenberg, (unknown), B. Fisher, David M. Rider, David Crisp, Randy Pollock	24
15	TCCON data from Manaus (BR), Release GGG2014.R0 2017 ·Caltech Library ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zachary Butterfield, G. Keppel‐Aleks, Norton Allen, Jean-François Blavier, Coleen M. Roehl, Debra Wunch, R. Lindenmaier	17
16	Drivers of column-average CO ₂ variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites 2014 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Nicholas M. Deutscher, V. Sherlock, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, David Griffith, Justus Notholt, Ronald Macatangay, B. J. Connor, John Robinson, Hisako Shiona, Voltaire A. Velazco, Yuting Wang, P. O. Wennberg, Debra Wunch	14
17	The impact of spectral resolution on satellite retrieval accuracy of CO ₂ and CH ₄ 2014 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·André Galli, Sandrine Guerlet, A. Butz, Ilse Aben, Hiroshi Suto, Akihiko Kuze, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Justus Notholt, Debra Wunch, P. O. Wennberg, David Griffith, (unknown), Jochen Landgraf	9
18	Calibration of sealed HCl cells used for TCCON instrumental line shape monitoring 2013 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Frank Hase, Brian J. Drouin, Coleen M. Roehl, Geoffrey C. Toon, P. O. Wennberg, Debra Wunch, Thomas Blumenstock, Filip Desmet, Dietrich G. Feist, Pauli Heikkinen, Martine De Mazière, Markus Rettinger, John Robinson, Matthias Schneider, V. Sherlock, Ralf Sussmann, Yao Té, Thorsten Warneke, Christine Weinzierl	32
19	The Total Carbon Column Observing Network breakdown → 2011 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Debra Wunch, Geoffrey C. Toon, Jean-François L. Blavier, R. A. Washenfelder, Justus Notholt, B. J. Connor, David Griffith, V. Sherlock, P. O. Wennberg	816
20	Methane observations from the Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite: Comparison to ground‐based TCCON data and model calculations 2011 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Robert J. Parker, Hartmut Boesch, A. J. Cogan, A. Fraser, Liang Feng, Paul I. Palmer, Janina Messerschmidt, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David Griffith, Justus Notholt, P. O. Wennberg, Debra Wunch	181

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