Michael S. Town

717 total citations
17 papers, 368 citations indexed

About

Michael S. Town is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael S. Town has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 368 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atmospheric Science, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 2 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Michael S. Town's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (7 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). Michael S. Town is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (7 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). Michael S. Town collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Norway. Michael S. Town's co-authors include Von P. Walden, Stephen G. Warren, Edwin D. Waddington, Christophe Genthon, Stefania Argentini, A. Pellegrini, Vincent Favier, Mary Anne Carroll, Delphine Six and Troy Thornberry and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael S. Town

16 papers receiving 364 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael S. Town United States 12 330 211 35 23 21 17 368
A. Pellegrini Italy 9 288 0.9× 198 0.9× 16 0.5× 6 0.3× 25 1.2× 19 328
C. Clerbaux France 10 525 1.6× 468 2.2× 51 1.5× 11 0.5× 6 0.3× 11 579
F. T. Leung United States 6 322 1.0× 323 1.5× 30 0.9× 5 0.2× 8 0.4× 7 393
Michael O’Neill United States 9 520 1.6× 476 2.3× 34 1.0× 6 0.3× 30 1.4× 13 570
Gonzague Romanens Switzerland 10 222 0.7× 226 1.1× 7 0.2× 6 0.3× 41 2.0× 14 297
Julien Totems France 12 329 1.0× 376 1.8× 29 0.8× 9 0.4× 5 0.2× 47 408
J. R. Podolske United States 11 753 2.3× 654 3.1× 30 0.9× 7 0.3× 6 0.3× 15 788
Kirk Ayers United States 6 627 1.9× 605 2.9× 47 1.3× 4 0.2× 7 0.3× 9 670
Shuhji Aoki Japan 16 692 2.1× 701 3.3× 18 0.5× 14 0.6× 9 0.4× 26 746
Debbie O’Sullivan United Kingdom 10 215 0.7× 189 0.9× 84 2.4× 2 0.1× 23 1.1× 14 323

Countries citing papers authored by Michael S. Town

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael S. Town

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael S. Town

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Vaughn, Bruce H., Michael S. Town, Bradley Markle, et al.. (2025). Atmosphere to Surface Profiles of Water‐Vapor Isotopes and Meteorological Conditions Over the Northeast Greenland Ice Sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(6).
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Town, Michael S., Hans Christian Steen‐Larsen, Sonja Wahl, et al.. (2024). Post-depositional modification on seasonal-to-interannual timescales alters the deuterium-excess signals in summer snow layers in Greenland. ˜The œcryosphere. 18(8). 3653–3683. 3 indexed citations
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Steen‐Larsen, Hans Christian, et al.. (2023). Snow‐Atmosphere Humidity Exchange at the Ice Sheet Surface Alters Annual Mean Climate Signals in Ice Core Records. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(20). 11 indexed citations
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Rowe, Penny M., Von P. Walden, Richard E. Brandt, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of Temperature‐Dependent Complex Refractive Indices of Supercooled Liquid Water Using Downwelling Radiance and In‐Situ Cloud Measurements at South Pole. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(1). 2 indexed citations
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Untersteiner, Norbert, et al.. (2010). Evaporation from Arctic sea ice in summer during the International Geophysical Year, 1957–1958. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(D15). 4 indexed citations
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Genthon, Christophe, Michael S. Town, Delphine Six, et al.. (2010). Meteorological atmospheric boundary layer measurements and ECMWF analyses during summer at Dome C, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(D5). 67 indexed citations
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Town, Michael S. & Von P. Walden. (2009). The surface energy budget and behavior of the stable boundary layer over the South Pole. EGUGA. 80(2). 11966–11. 2 indexed citations
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Town, Michael S. & Von P. Walden. (2009). Surface energy budget over the South Pole and turbulent heat fluxes as a function of an empirical bulk Richardson number. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D22). 16 indexed citations
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Hagler, Gayle S. W., et al.. (2008). Local anthropogenic impact on particulate elemental carbon concentrations at Summit, Greenland. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(9). 2485–2491. 13 indexed citations
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Town, Michael S., Stephen G. Warren, Von P. Walden, & Edwin D. Waddington. (2008). Effect of atmospheric water vapor on modification of stable isotopes in near‐surface snow on ice sheets. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D24). 45 indexed citations
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Town, Michael S., Edwin D. Waddington, Von P. Walden, & Stephen G. Warren. (2008). Temperatures, heating rates and vapour pressures in near-surface snow at the South Pole. Journal of Glaciology. 54(186). 487–498. 17 indexed citations
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Town, Michael S., Von P. Walden, & Stephen G. Warren. (2007). Cloud Cover over the South Pole from Visual Observations, Satellite Retrievals, and Surface-Based Infrared Radiation Measurements. Journal of Climate. 20(3). 544–559. 37 indexed citations
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Walden, Von P., Michael S. Town, B. Halter, & J. W. V. Storey. (2005). First Measurements of the Infrared Sky Brightness at Dome C, Antarctica. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 117(829). 300–308. 37 indexed citations
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Town, Michael S., Von P. Walden, & Stephen G. Warren. (2005). Spectral and Broadband Longwave Downwelling Radiative Fluxes, Cloud Radiative Forcing, and Fractional Cloud Cover over the South Pole. Journal of Climate. 18(20). 4235–4252. 39 indexed citations
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Hudson, Stephen R., Michael S. Town, Von P. Walden, & Stephen G. Warren. (2004). Temperature, Humidity, and Pressure Response of Radiosondes at Low Temperatures. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 21(5). 825–836. 18 indexed citations
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Pippin, M. R., S. B. Bertman, Troy Thornberry, et al.. (2001). Seasonal variations of PAN, PPN, and O3 at the upper Midwest PROPHET site. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(D20). 24451–24463. 21 indexed citations
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Cooper, Owen R., J. L. Moody, Troy Thornberry, Michael S. Town, & Mary Anne Carroll. (2001). PROPHET 1998 meteorological overview and air‐mass classification. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(D20). 24289–24299. 36 indexed citations

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