Lee S. Waterman

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Lee S. Waterman is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee S. Waterman has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Lee S. Waterman's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (20 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (10 papers) and Climate variability and models (7 papers). Lee S. Waterman is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (20 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (10 papers) and Climate variability and models (7 papers). Lee S. Waterman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Lee S. Waterman's co-authors include K. W. Thoning, T. J. Conway, Pieter P. Tans, Charles D. Keeling, K. A. Masarie, John F. S. Chin, R. H. Gammon, Robert Bacastow, C.A. Ekdahl and A. E. Bainbridge and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Lee S. Waterman

25 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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 →
Atmospheric carbon dioxide variations at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii

1976 516 citations Charles D. Keeling, Robert Bacastow et al. Tellus profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lee S. Waterman United States	18	1.9k	1.5k	449	144	128	25	2.3k
Robert Bacastow United States	17	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	739 1.6×	140 1.0×	397 3.1×	32	2.4k
J. D. Mahlman United States	24	2.5k 1.3×	2.6k 1.8×	206 0.5×	88 0.6×	151 1.2×	54	3.3k
Peter R. Guenther United States	12	872 0.5×	650 0.4×	293 0.7×	66 0.5×	250 2.0×	17	1.3k
M. Trolier United States	11	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	152 0.3×	195 1.4×	292 2.3×	11	2.0k
W. D. Komhyr United States	25	2.4k 1.3×	2.6k 1.8×	150 0.3×	77 0.5×	64 0.5×	66	3.0k
K. W. Thoning United States	24	2.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.7×	366 0.8×	124 0.9×	206 1.6×	43	3.3k
R. G. Prinn United States	25	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	147 0.3×	127 0.9×	160 1.3×	37	2.6k
John F. S. Chin United States	6	1.3k 0.7×	848 0.6×	107 0.2×	175 1.2×	356 2.8×	8	1.7k
J. Lerner United States	20	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	146 0.3×	43 0.3×	329 2.6×	27	2.3k
G. E. Bodeker New Zealand	32	2.6k 1.4×	2.9k 2.0×	162 0.4×	128 0.9×	111 0.9×	134	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lee S. Waterman

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Tans, Pieter P., K. W. Thoning, & Lee S. Waterman. (1995). WMO WDCGG CD-ROM : World Meteorological Organization, Global Atmosphere Watch, World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 36 indexed citations

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 →

Lang, Patricia, et al.. (1992). NOAA/CMDL atmospheric methane data for the period 1983-1990 from shipboard flask sampling. 7 indexed citations

Murphy, Paulette P., Richard A. Feely, R. H. Gammon, Kimberly C. Kelly, & Lee S. Waterman. (1991). Autumn air-sea disequilibrium of CO2 in the South Pacific Ocean. Marine Chemistry. 35(1-4). 77–84. 27 indexed citations

Waterman, Lee S., Donald W. Nelson, W. D. Komhyr, et al.. (1989). Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements at Cape Matatula, American Samoa, 1976–1987. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 94(D12). 14817–14829. 11 indexed citations

Komhyr, W. D., Thomas Harris, Lee S. Waterman, John F. S. Chin, & K. W. Thoning. (1989). 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. 94(D6). 8533–8547. 45 indexed citations

Conway, T. J., Pieter P. Tans, Lee S. Waterman, et al.. (1988). Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements in the remote global troposphere, 1981-1984. Tellus B. 40B(2). 81–115. 103 indexed citations

Feely, Richard A., R. H. Gammon, Bruce A. Taft, et al.. (1987). Distribution of chemical tracers in the eastern equatorial Pacific during and after the 1982–1983 El Niño/Southern Oscillation event. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 92(C6). 6545–6558. 133 indexed citations

Thoning, K. W., P. P. Tans, Thomas Conway, & Lee S. Waterman. (1987). NOAA/GMCC (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Geophysical Monitoring for Climatic Change) calibrations of CO/sub 2/-in-air reference gases: 1979-1985. Technical memo. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 7 indexed citations

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Gillette, Dale A., W. D. Komhyr, Lee S. Waterman, L. P. Steele, & R. H. Gammon. (1987). The NOAA/GMCC continuous CO₂ record at the South Pole, 1975–1982. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 92(D4). 4231–4240. 17 indexed citations

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Komhyr, W. D., Thomas Harris, & Lee S. Waterman. (1985). Calibration of Nondispersive Infrared CO₂Analyzers with CO₂-in-Air Reference Gases. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 2(1). 82–88. 11 indexed citations

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Komhyr, W. D., R. H. Gammon, Thomas Harris, et al.. (1985). Global atmospheric CO₂ distribution and variations from 1968–1982 NOAA/GMCC CO₂ flask sample data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 90(D3). 5567–5596. 160 indexed citations

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Komhyr, W. D., Lee S. Waterman, & W. Rowland Taylor. (1983). Semiautomatic nondispersive infrared analyzer apparatus for CO₂ air sample analyses. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 88(C2). 1315–1322. 28 indexed citations

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Waterman, Lee S.. (1983). Comments on ‘the Montsouris series of carbon dioxide concentration measurements, 1877–1910’, by G. Stanhill. Climatic Change. 5(4). 413–415. 6 indexed citations

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Peterson, James T., W. D. Komhyr, Thomas Harris, & Lee S. Waterman. (1982). Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements at Barrow, Alaska, 1973-1979. Tellus. 34(2). 166–175. 31 indexed citations

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Peterson, James T., W. D. Komhyr, Thomas Harris, & Lee S. Waterman. (1982). Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements at Barrow, Alaska, 1973-1979. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 34(2). 166–166. 17 indexed citations

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Keeling, Charles D., Robert Bacastow, A. E. Bainbridge, et al.. (1976). Atmospheric carbon dioxide variations at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. Tellus. 28(6). 538–551. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keeling, Charles D., Robert Bacastow, A. E. Bainbridge, et al.. (1976). Atmospheric carbon dioxide variations at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 28(6). 538–538. 171 indexed citations

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Keeling, Charles D. & Lee S. Waterman. (1968). Carbon dioxide in surface ocean waters: 3. Measurements on Lusiad Expedition 1962-1963. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 73(14). 4529–4541. 23 indexed citations

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Keeling, Charles D., Norris W. Rakestraw, & Lee S. Waterman. (1965). Carbon dioxide in surface waters of the Pacific Ocean: 1. Measurements of the distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 70(24). 6087–6097. 56 indexed citations

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