Francis Vitt

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Francis Vitt is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Vitt has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Atmospheric Science, 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Francis Vitt's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (48 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (34 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (21 papers). Francis Vitt is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (48 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (34 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (21 papers). Francis Vitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Francis Vitt's co-authors include Jean‐François Lamarque, Simone Tilmes, Charles H. Jackman, Andrew Conley, Michael Mills, L. K. Emmons, Peter Hess, Douglas G. MacMartin, Jadwiga H. Richter and Joseph Tribbia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Francis Vitt

56 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

CAM-chem: description and evaluation of interactive atmospheric chemistry in the Community Earth System Model

2012 583 citations Jean‐François Lamarque, L. K. Emmons et al. profile →
Development and Validation of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model With Thermosphere and Ionosphere Extension (WACCM‐X 2.0)

2018 279 citations Hanli Liu, Charles Bardeen et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems profile →

Peers

Francis Vitt

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Charles Bardeen United States

G. J. Labow United States

D. W. Tarasick Canada

A. R. Douglass United States

N. J. Livesey United States

Steven Pawson United States

L. Froidevaux United States

Richard D. McPeters United States

Yvan Orsolini Norway

L. Pfister United States

Charles Bardeen United States

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2.3k ×0.9

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906 ×0.8

251 ×0.5

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155 ×1.0

OCEAN

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Countries citing papers authored by Francis Vitt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francis Vitt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis Vitt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francis Vitt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francis Vitt 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 Francis Vitt. Francis Vitt 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

Fernández, Rafael P., Carlos A. Cuevas, Aryeh Feinberg, et al.. (2025). Short-Lived Halogen Sources and Chemistry in the Community Earth System Model v2 (CESM2-SLH). DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)).

Liu, Hanli, P. H. Lauritzen, Francis Vitt, & S. Goldhaber. (2024). Assessment of Gravity Waves From Tropopause to Thermosphere and Ionosphere in High‐Resolution WACCM‐X Simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 16(6). 7 indexed citations

Liu, Hanli, P. H. Lauritzen, & Francis Vitt. (2024). Impacts of Gravity Waves on the Thermospheric Circulation and Composition. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(3). 17 indexed citations

Davis, Nicholas, Daniele Visioni, Rolando R. García, et al.. (2023). Climate, Variability, and Climate Sensitivity of “Middle Atmosphere” Chemistry Configurations of the Community Earth System Model Version 2, Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 6 (CESM2(WACCM6)). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 15(9). 22 indexed citations

Liu, Hanli, Wenbin Wang, J. D. Huba, P. H. Lauritzen, & Francis Vitt. (2023). Atmospheric and Ionospheric Responses to Hunga‐Tonga Volcano Eruption Simulated by WACCM‐X. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(10). 21 indexed citations

Bardeen, Charles, Douglas E. Kinnison, O. B. Toon, et al.. (2021). Extreme Ozone Loss Following Nuclear War Results in Enhanced Surface Ultraviolet Radiation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(18). 14 indexed citations

Zaveri, R. A., R. C. Easter, Balwinder Singh, et al.. (2021). Development and Evaluation of Chemistry‐Aerosol‐Climate Model CAM5‐Chem‐MAM7‐MOSAIC: Global Atmospheric Distribution and Radiative Effects of Nitrate Aerosol. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 13(4). e2020MS002346–e2020MS002346. 25 indexed citations

Tilmes, Simone, Alma Hodžić, L. K. Emmons, et al.. (2019). Climate Forcing and Trends of Organic Aerosols in the Community Earth System Model (CESM2). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11(12). 4323–4351. 106 indexed citations

Kravitz, Ben, Douglas G. MacMartin, Simone Tilmes, et al.. (2019). Comparing Surface and Stratospheric Impacts of Geoengineering With Different SO₂ Injection Strategies. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(14). 7900–7918. 71 indexed citations

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Liu, Hanli, Charles Bardeen, B. Foster, et al.. (2018). Development and Validation of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model With Thermosphere and Ionosphere Extension (WACCM‐X 2.0). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 10(2). 381–402. 279 indexed citations breakdown →

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Solomon, S. C., Hanli Liu, D. R. Marsh, et al.. (2018). Whole Atmosphere Simulation of Anthropogenic Climate Change. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(3). 1567–1576. 72 indexed citations

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Tilmes, Simone, Jadwiga H. Richter, Michael Mills, et al.. (2018). Effects of Different Stratospheric SO₂ Injection Altitudes on Stratospheric Chemistry and Dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(9). 4654–4673. 74 indexed citations

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Qian, Liying, A. G. Burns, S. C. Solomon, et al.. (2018). Temporal Variability of Atomic Hydrogen From the Mesopause to the Upper Thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(1). 1006–1017. 20 indexed citations

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Tilmes, Simone, Jadwiga H. Richter, Michael Mills, et al.. (2017). Sensitivity of Aerosol Distribution and Climate Response to Stratospheric SO₂ Injection Locations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(23). 105 indexed citations

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Mills, Michael, Jadwiga H. Richter, Simone Tilmes, et al.. (2017). Radiative and Chemical Response to Interactive Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosols in Fully Coupled CESM1(WACCM). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(23). 148 indexed citations

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Richter, Jadwiga H., Simone Tilmes, Michael Mills, et al.. (2017). Stratospheric Dynamical Response and Ozone Feedbacks in the Presence of SO₂ Injections. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(23). 80 indexed citations

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Sun, Jian, Joshua S. Fu, John B. Drake, et al.. (2017). Improvement of the prediction of surface ozone concentration over conterminous U.S. by a computationally efficient second‐order Rosenbrock solver in CAM4‐Chem. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 9(1). 482–500. 3 indexed citations

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Kravitz, Ben, Douglas G. MacMartin, Michael Mills, et al.. (2017). First Simulations of Designing Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosol Geoengineering to Meet Multiple Simultaneous Climate Objectives. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(23). 164 indexed citations

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Gaubert, Benjamin, H. M. Worden, Avelino F. Arellano, et al.. (2017). Chemical Feedback From Decreasing Carbon Monoxide Emissions. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(19). 9985–9995. 58 indexed citations

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Vitt, Francis. (1997). Atmospheric odd nitrogen associated with energetic particles. PhDT. 5445. 1 indexed citations

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