K. W. Thoning

5.8k citations

43 papers · 3.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 24

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Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 41
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 41
- Climate variability and models 5
Atmospheric Science 35
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 24
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 22
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 6

Co-authors: Pieter P. Tans (21 shared papers)W. D. Komhyr (5 shared papers)T. J. Conway (10 shared papers)Lee S. Waterman (9 shared papers)K. A. Masarie (4 shared papers)Duane Kitzis (3 shared papers)Ni Zhang (2 shared papers)R. H. Gammon (5 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (9 papers)Atmospheric chemistry and physics (4 papers)Tellus B (4 papers)Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry (3 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands Australia

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K. W. Thoning

42 papers receiving 3.0k citations

K. W. Thoning's Hit Papers

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Evidence for interannual variability of the carbon cycle from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory Global Air Sampling Network 1994 · 647 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1994 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
1989 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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1	Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory: 2. Analysis of the NOAA GMCC data, 1974–1985 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·K. W. Thoning, Pieter P. Tans, W. D. Komhyr Hit paper breakdown →	1989	670
2	Evidence for interannual variability of the carbon cycle from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory Global Air Sampling Network Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·T. J. Conway, Pieter P. Tans, Lee S. Waterman, K. W. Thoning, Duane Kitzis, K. A. Masarie, Ni Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	1994	647
3	Conversion of NOAA atmospheric dry air CH₄ mole fractions to a gravimetrically prepared standard scale Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·E. J. Dlugokencky, R. C. Myers, P. M. Lang, K. A. Masarie, Andrew M. Crotwell, K. W. Thoning, B. D. Hall, James W. Elkins, Lloyd Steele	2005	269
4	The global distribution of methane in the troposphere Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry ·L. P. Steele, Paul J. Fraser, R. A. Rasmussen, M. A. K. Khalil, T. J. Conway, Anna Crawford, R. H. Gammon, K. A. Masarie, K. W. Thoning	1987	227
5	Global atmospheric CO₂ distribution and variations from 1968–1982 NOAA/GMCC CO₂ flask sample data Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·W. D. Komhyr, R. H. Gammon, Thomas Harris, Lee S. Waterman, T. J. Conway, W. Rowland Taylor, K. W. Thoning	1985	160
6	Carbon dioxide sources from Alaska driven by increasing early winter respiration from Arctic tundra Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·R. Commane, Jakob Lindaas, Joshua Benmergui, Kristina Luus, Rachel Chang, Bruce C. Daube, E. S. Euskirchen, John M. Henderson, A. Karion, J. B. Miller, Scot M. Miller, N. Parazoo, James T. Randerson, Colm Sweeney, Pieter P. Tans, K. W. Thoning, Sander Veraverbeke, Charles E. Miller, Steven C. Wofsy	2017	151
7	Measurement of fugacity of CO2 in surface water using continuous and discrete sampling methods Marine Chemistry ·Rik Wanninkhof, K. W. Thoning	1993	143
8	Seasonal climatology of CO₂ across North America from aircraft measurements in the NOAA/ESRL Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Colm Sweeney, A. Karion, S. Wolter, Timothy Newberger, D. Guenther, Jack Higgs, A. E. Andrews, Patricia Lang, D. H. Neff, Edward J. Dlugokencky, J. B. Miller, S. A. Montzka, Ben Miller, K. A. Masarie, Sébastien Biraud, P. C. Novelli, Molly Crotwell, Andrew M. Crotwell, K. W. Thoning, Pieter P. Tans	2015	140
9	Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements in the remote global troposphere, 1981-1984 Tellus B ·T. J. Conway, Pieter P. Tans, Lee S. Waterman, K. W. Thoning, K. A. Masarif, R. H. Gammon	1988	135
10	Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements in the remote global troposphere, 1981-1984 Tellus B ·T. J. Conway, Pieter P. Tans, Lee S. Waterman, K. W. Thoning, K. A. Masarie, R. H. Gammon	1988	103
11	Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks Using δ¹³C‐CH₄ Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Xin Lan, Sourish Basu, Stefan Schwietzke, L. M. Bruhwiler, E. J. Dlugokencky, Sylvia Michel, Owen A. Sherwood, Pieter P. Tans, K. W. Thoning, Giuseppe Etiope, Qianlai Zhuang, Licheng Liu, Youmi Oh, J. B. Miller, Gabrielle Pétron, Bruce H. Vaughn, Monica Crippa	2021	73
12	A high precision manometric system for absolute calibrations of CO₂ in dry air Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·C. Zhao, Pieter P. Tans, K. W. Thoning	1997	69
13	Correlations among combustion effluent species at Barrow, Alaska: Aerosol black carbon, carbon dioxide, and methane Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry ·A. D. A. Hansen, T. J. Conway, L. P. Strele, Barry A. Bodhaine, K. W. Thoning, Pieter P. Tans, T. Novakov	1989	47
14	Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory: 1. NOAA global monitoring for climatic change measurements with a nondispersive infrared analyzer, 1974–1985 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·W. D. Komhyr, Thomas Harris, Lee S. Waterman, John F. S. Chin, K. W. Thoning	1989	45
15	Long‐Term Measurements Show Little Evidence for Large Increases in Total U.S. Methane Emissions Over the Past Decade Geophysical Research Letters ·Xin Lan, Pieter P. Tans, Colm Sweeney, A. E. Andrews, Edward J. Dlugokencky, Stefan Schwietzke, J. Kofler, Kathryn McKain, K. W. Thoning, Molly Crotwell, S. A. Montzka, B. R. Miller, Sébastien Biraud	2019	39
16	WMO WDCGG CD-ROM : World Meteorological Organization, Global Atmosphere Watch, World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Pieter P. Tans, K. W. Thoning, Lee S. Waterman	1995	36
17	Investigation of the global methane budget over 1980–2017 using GFDL-AM4.1 Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jian He, Vaishali Naïk, Larry W. Horowitz, E. J. Dlugokencky, K. W. Thoning	2020	35
18	Abundances of isotopologues and calibration of CO ₂ greenhouse gas measurements Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Pieter P. Tans, Andrew M. Crotwell, K. W. Thoning	2017	32
19	Considerable contribution of the Montreal Protocol to declining greenhouse gas emissions from the United States Geophysical Research Letters ·Lei Hu, S. A. Montzka, Scott J. Lehman, David S. Godwin, B. R. Miller, A. E. Andrews, K. W. Thoning, J. B. Miller, Colm Sweeney, Caroline Siso, James W. Elkins, B. D. Hall, D. J. Mondeel, David Nance, Thomas Nehrkorn, Marikate Mountain, M. L. Fischer, Sébastien Biraud, Huilin Chen, Pieter P. Tans	2017	31
20	Atmospheric CO2 variations at Barrow, Alaska, 1973?1982 Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry ·James T. Peterson, W. D. Komhyr, Lee S. Waterman, R. H. Gammon, K. W. Thoning, T. J. Conway	1986	30

About K. W. Thoning

K. W. Thoning is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 43 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (41 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (24 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (22 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (6 papers), Climate variability and models (5 papers), Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (2 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (2 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (2.4k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.9k citations), Oceanography (366 citations), Environmental Chemistry (237 citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (150 citations). K. W. Thoning has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Pieter P. Tans, W. D. Komhyr, T. J. Conway, Lee S. Waterman, K. A. Masarie, Duane Kitzis, Ni Zhang, R. H. Gammon, Rik Wanninkhof and Andrew M. Crotwell. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Tellus B, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Geophysical Research Letters.

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