K. W. Thoning

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

K. W. Thoning is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, K. W. Thoning has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 35 papers in Atmospheric Science and 2 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in K. W. Thoning's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (41 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (24 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (22 papers). K. W. Thoning is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (41 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (24 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (22 papers). K. W. Thoning collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. K. W. Thoning's co-authors include Pieter P. Tans, W. D. Komhyr, T. J. Conway, Lee S. Waterman, K. A. Masarie, Ni Zhang, Duane Kitzis, R. H. Gammon, Rik Wanninkhof and Andrew M. Crotwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

K. W. Thoning

42 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory: 2. Analysis of the NOAA GMCC data, 1974–1985

1989 670 citations K. W. Thoning, Pieter P. Tans et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
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 T. J. Conway, Pieter P. Tans et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. W. Thoning United States	24	2.9k	2.4k	366	237	206	43	3.3k
K. A. Masarie United States	24	4.1k 1.4×	3.4k 1.4×	253 0.7×	427 1.8×	328 1.6×	38	4.7k
Toshinobu Machida Japan	38	3.8k 1.3×	3.7k 1.5×	223 0.6×	321 1.4×	316 1.5×	174	4.6k
P. M. Lang United States	12	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	111 0.3×	467 2.0×	287 1.4×	22	2.8k
R. G. Prinn United States	25	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	147 0.4×	146 0.6×	160 0.8×	37	2.6k
Hidekazu Matsueda Japan	35	3.1k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	432 1.2×	98 0.4×	94 0.5×	119	3.6k
Lee S. Waterman United States	18	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	449 1.2×	90 0.4×	128 0.6×	25	2.3k
J. Lerner United States	20	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	146 0.4×	283 1.2×	329 1.6×	27	2.3k
D. F. Hurst United States	35	3.3k 1.1×	3.5k 1.4×	114 0.3×	137 0.6×	110 0.5×	88	3.9k
Nicholas Jones Australia	33	2.8k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	207 0.6×	60 0.3×	141 0.7×	111	3.7k
S. C. Wofsy United States	27	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	66 0.2×	121 0.5×	430 2.1×	57	3.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pétron, Gabrielle, Andrew M. Crotwell, Molly Crotwell, et al.. (2024). Atmospheric H ₂ observations from the NOAA Cooperative Global Air Sampling Network. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 17(16). 4803–4823. 5 indexed citations

Hu, Lei, S. A. Montzka, Phil DeCola, et al.. (2023). Declining, seasonal-varying emissions of sulfur hexafluoride from the United States. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(2). 1437–1448. 15 indexed citations

Hu, Lei, S. A. Montzka, F. L. Moore, et al.. (2022). Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(4). 2891–2907. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Lei, S. A. Montzka, F. L. Moore, et al.. (2021). Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Lei, S. A. Montzka, E. J. Dlugokencky, et al.. (2021). Atmosphere-based US emission estimates of SF6 for 2007 - 2018. 1 indexed citations

Lan, Xin, Sourish Basu, Stefan Schwietzke, et al.. (2021). Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks Using δ¹³C‐CH₄. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 35(6). e2021GB007000–e2021GB007000. 73 indexed citations

He, Jian, Vaishali Naïk, Larry W. Horowitz, E. J. Dlugokencky, & K. W. Thoning. (2020). Investigation of the global methane budget over 1980–2017 using GFDL-AM4.1. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(2). 805–827. 35 indexed citations

Pandey, Sudhanshu, Sander Houweling, Maarten Krol, et al.. (2019). Influence of Atmospheric Transport on Estimates of Variability in the Global Methane Burden. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(4). 2302–2311. 20 indexed citations

Lan, Xin, Pieter P. Tans, Colm Sweeney, et al.. (2019). Long‐Term Measurements Show Little Evidence for Large Increases in Total U.S. Methane Emissions Over the Past Decade. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(9). 4991–4999. 39 indexed citations

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Lan, Xin, Sourish Basu, Stefan Schwietzke, et al.. (2019). Improved constraints on global methane emissions and sinks using δ 13 C-CH 4. PubMed Central. 2019.

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Nevison, C. D., A. E. Andrews, K. W. Thoning, et al.. (2018). Nitrous Oxide Emissions Estimated With the CarbonTracker‐Lagrange North American Regional Inversion Framework. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 32(3). 463–485. 21 indexed citations

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Shiga, Yoichi P., A. M. Michalak, Yuanyuan Fang, et al.. (2018). Forests dominate the interannual variability of the North American carbon sink. Environmental Research Letters. 13(8). 84015–84015. 23 indexed citations

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Tans, Pieter P., Andrew M. Crotwell, & K. W. Thoning. (2017). Abundances of isotopologues and calibration of CO ₂ greenhouse gas measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(7). 2669–2685. 32 indexed citations

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Lan, Xin, Pieter P. Tans, Colm Sweeney, et al.. (2017). Gradients of column CO ₂ across North America from the NOAA Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(24). 15151–15165. 13 indexed citations

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Hu, Lei, S. A. Montzka, Scott J. Lehman, et al.. (2017). Considerable contribution of the Montreal Protocol to declining greenhouse gas emissions from the United States. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(15). 8075–8083. 31 indexed citations

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Maksyutov, Shamil, et al.. (2011). Simulation of variability in atmospheric carbon dioxide using a global coupled Eulerian – Lagrangian transport model. Geoscientific model development. 4(2). 317–324. 12 indexed citations

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Maksyutov, Shamil, et al.. (2010). Simulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide variability with a global coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian transport model. 1 indexed citations

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Conway, T. J., Pieter P. Tans, Lee S. Waterman, et al.. (1994). 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. 99(D11). 22831–22855. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thoning, K. W., Pieter P. Tans, & W. D. Komhyr. (1989). Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory: 2. Analysis of the NOAA GMCC data, 1974–1985. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 94(D6). 8549–8565. 670 indexed citations breakdown →

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Steele, L. P., Paul J. Fraser, R. A. Rasmussen, et al.. (1987). The global distribution of methane in the troposphere. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 5(2). 125–171. 227 indexed citations

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