L. Pfister

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

L. Pfister is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Pfister has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Atmospheric Science, 77 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in L. Pfister's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (79 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (70 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (43 papers). L. Pfister is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (79 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (70 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (43 papers). L. Pfister collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Mexico. L. Pfister's co-authors include E. J. Jensen, A. R. Douglass, Richard B. Rood, James R. Holton, Peter Haynes, M. E. McIntyre, T. P. Bui, M. Joan Alexander, R. Paul Lawson and Rei Ueyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

L. Pfister

89 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Stratosphere‐troposphere exchange 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Stratosphere‐troposphere exchange
    1995 2.1k citations L. Pfister et al. profile →

Peers

L. Pfister
N. J. Livesey United States
Karen H. Rosenlof United States
Terry Deshler United States
E. J. Jensen United States
L. W. Thomason United States
K. R. Chan United States
Francis Vitt United States
Laura L. Pan United States
G. L. Manney United States
Masatomo Fujiwara Japan
N. J. Livesey United States
L. Pfister
Citations per year, relative to L. Pfister L. Pfister (= 1×) peers N. J. Livesey

Countries citing papers authored by L. Pfister

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. Pfister

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by L. Pfister. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by L. Pfister. The network helps show where L. Pfister may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Pfister

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pittman, J. V., Bruce C. Daube, Steven C. Wofsy, et al.. (2025). Aircraft observations of biomass burning pollutants in the equatorial lower stratosphere over the tropical western Pacific during boreal winter. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(14). 7543–7562.
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Pfister, L., Rei Ueyama, E. J. Jensen, & M. R. Schoeberl. (2022). Deep Convective Cloud Top Altitudes at High Temporal and Spatial Resolution. Earth and Space Science. 9(11). 12 indexed citations
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Atlas, E., S. Schauffler, M. A. Navarro, et al.. (2022). Long-range transport of Asian emissions to the West Pacific tropical tropopause layer. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 79(2). 81–100. 3 indexed citations
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Ryoo, Ju‐Mee, L. Pfister, Rei Ueyama, et al.. (2021). A meteorological overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) campaign over the southeastern Atlantic during 2016–2018: Part 1 – Climatology. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(22). 16689–16707. 17 indexed citations
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Jensen, E. J., Rei Ueyama, L. Pfister, et al.. (2016). High‐frequency gravity waves and homogeneous ice nucleation in tropical tropopause layer cirrus. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(12). 6629–6635. 48 indexed citations
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Bergman, John W., L. Pfister, & Qiong Yang. (2015). Identifying robust transport features of the upper tropical troposphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(14). 6758–6776. 7 indexed citations
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Jensen, E. J., L. Pfister, T. P. Bui, R. Paul Lawson, & Darrel Baumgardner. (2010). Ice nucleation and cloud microphysical properties in tropical tropopause layer cirrus. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(3). 1369–1384. 86 indexed citations
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Selkirk, Henry B., Holger Vömel, L. Pfister, et al.. (2010). Detailed structure of the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere as revealed by balloon sonde observations of water vapor, ozone, temperature, and winds during the NASA TCSP and TC4 campaigns. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(D10). 40 indexed citations
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Froyd, K. D., Daniel M. Murphy, T. J. Sanford, et al.. (2009). Aerosol composition of the tropical upper troposphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(13). 4363–4385. 129 indexed citations
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Lawson, R. Paul, B. Pilson, Barry Baker, et al.. (2008). Aircraft measurements of microphysical properties of subvisible cirrus in the tropical tropopause layer. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(6). 1609–1620. 95 indexed citations
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Pfister, L.. (2007). Convective Influence Calculations for CR-AVE and TC4. 1 indexed citations
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Park, S., Rodrigo Jiménez, Bruce C. Daube, et al.. (2007). The CO 2 tracer clock for the Tropical Tropopause Layer. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 7(14). 3989–4000. 35 indexed citations
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Jensen, E. J. & L. Pfister. (2005). Implications of persistent ice supersaturation in cold cirrus for stratospheric water vapor. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(1). 25 indexed citations
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Jensen, E. J., J. B. Smith, L. Pfister, et al.. (2005). Ice supersaturations exceeding 100% at the cold tropical tropopause: implications for cirrus formation and dehydration. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 5(3). 851–862. 84 indexed citations
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Meijer, E., P. van Velthoven, Anne M. Thompson, et al.. (2000). Model Calculations of the Impact of Air Traffic, Lightning and Surface NOx Emissions, Compared with Measurements. Clinical Endocrinology. 29(3). 327–36. 2 indexed citations
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Meijer, E., P. van Velthoven, Anne M. Thompson, et al.. (2000). Model calculations of the impact of NOx from air traffic, lightning, and surface emissions, compared with measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(D3). 3833–3850. 33 indexed citations
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Russell, Philip B., J. M. Livingston, R. F. Pueschel, et al.. (1993). Post‐Pinatubo optical depth spectra vs. latitude and vortex structure: Airborne tracking sunphotometer measurements in AASE II. Geophysical Research Letters. 20(22). 2571–2574. 34 indexed citations

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