Pieter P. Tans

53.4k citations

267 papers · 24.1k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 81

Global and Planetary Change top 0.01%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 243
- Climate variability and models 66
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 17
Atmospheric Science top 0.02%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 150
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 108
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 25
Oceanography top 0.5%
Environmental Chemistry top 0.2%
Environmental Engineering top 0.5%
Mechanics of Materials
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis 22
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
- Air Quality and Health Impacts 11

Co-authors: Taro Takahashi J. B. Miller James W. C. White Inez Fung K. A. Masarie K. W. Thoning T. J. Conway R. J. Francey
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Atmospheric Science Oceanography
Journals: Nature (11 papers)Science (11 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Pieter P. Tans

267 papers receiving 22.4k 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.

2016 Nature
2014 Science
2012 Nature
2007 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2000 Science
1998 Science
1995 Science
1994 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
1990 Science
1989 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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1	Microbial driver of 2006–2023 CH ₄ growth indicated by trends in atmospheric δD–CH ₄ and δ ¹³ C–CH ₄ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ben Riddell‐Young,Sylvia Michel,Xin Lan,Pieter P. Tans,Thomas Röckmann,Bibhasvata Dasgupta,Youmi Oh,Lori Bruhwiler,Ryo Fujita,Taku Umezawa,Shinji Morimoto,J. B. Miller	2025	1
2	Rapid shift in methane carbon isotopes suggests microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth in 2020–2022 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sylvia Michel,Xin Lan,J. B. Miller,Pieter P. Tans,Justin Reid Clark,Hinrich Schaefer,Peter Sperlich,Gordon Brailsford,Shinji Morimoto,Heiko Moossen,Jianghanyang Li	2024	11
3	Reducing errors on estimates of the carbon uptake period based on time series of atmospheric CO ₂ Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Theertha Kariyathan,Ana Bastos,Julia Marshall,Wouter Peters,Pieter P. Tans,Markus Reichstein	2023	2
4	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
5	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
6	The CarbonTracker Data Assimilation System for CO ₂ and δ ¹³ C (CTDAS-C13 v1.0): retrieving information on land–atmosphere exchange processes Geoscientific model development ·Ivar R. van der Velde,J. B. Miller,M. K. van der Molen,Pieter P. Tans,Bruce H. Vaughn,James W. C. White,Kevin Schaefer,Wouter Peters	2018	7
7	Compiled records of carbon isotopes in atmospheric CO ₂ for historical simulations in CMIP6 Geoscientific model development ·Heather Graven,Colin E. Allison,David Etheridge,Samuel Hammer,Ralph F. Keeling,Ingeborg Levin,Harro A. J. Meijer,Mauro Rubino,Pieter P. Tans,Cathy M. Trudinger,Bruce H. Vaughn,James W. C. White	2017	177
8	Improved Mechanistic Understanding of Natural Gas Methane Emissions from Spatially Resolved Aircraft Measurements Environmental Science & Technology ·Stefan Schwietzke,Gabrielle Pétron,Stephen Conley,Cody Pickering,I. Mielke-Maday,Edward J. Dlugokencky,Pieter P. Tans,Tim Vaughn,Clay Bell,Daniel Zimmerle,S. Wolter,C. W. King,Allen B. White,Timothy A. Coleman,Laura Bianco,R. C. Schnell	2017	69
9	Accelerating net terrestrial carbon uptake during the warming hiatus due to reduced respiration Nature Climate Change ·Ashley P. Ballantyne,William K. Smith,William R. L. Anderegg,Pekka E. Kauppi,Jorge L. Sarmiento,Pieter P. Tans,Elena Shevliakova,Yude Pan,Benjamin Poulter,Alessandro Anav,Pierre Friedlingstein,R. A. Houghton,Steven W. Running	2017	158
10	A multi-species data assimilation system to retrieve information on land-atmosphere exchange processes Ivar R. van der Velde,J. B. Miller,M. K. van der Molen,Pieter P. Tans,Bruce H. Vaughn,James W. C. White,Kevin Schaefer,Wouter Peters	2017	1
11	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
12	Investigating Alaskan methane and carbon dioxide fluxes using measurements from the CARVE tower Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·A. Karion,Colm Sweeney,J. B. Miller,A. E. Andrews,R. Commane,S. J. Dinardo,John M. Henderson,Jakob Lindaas,John C. Lin,Kristina Luus,T. Newberger,Pieter P. Tans,Steven C. Wofsy,S. Wolter,Charles E. Miller	2016	31
13	Validation of XCH ₄ derived from SWIR spectra of GOSAT TANSO-FTS with aircraft measurement data Atmospheric measurement techniques ·M. Inoue,Isamu Morino,Osamu Uchino,Yuki Miyamoto,Tazu Saeki,Yukio Yoshida,Tatsuya Yokota,Colm Sweeney,Pieter P. Tans,Sébastien Biraud,Toshinobu Machida,J. V. Pittman,E. A. Kort,T. Tanaka,S. Kawakami,Y. Sawa,Kazuhiro Tsuboi,Hidekazu Matsueda	2014	29
14	Enhanced Seasonal Exchange of CO ₂ by Northern Ecosystems Since 1960 Science ·Heather Graven,Ralph F. Keeling,Stephen C. Piper,Prabir K. Patra,Britton B. Stephens,Steven C. Wofsy,L. R. Welp,Colm Sweeney,Pieter P. Tans,John J. Kelley,Bruce C. Daube,E. A. Kort,G. W. Santoni,J. D. Bent	2013	292
15	A multi-year record of airborne CO ₂ observations in the US Southern Great Plains Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Sébastien Biraud,Margaret Torn,(unknown),Colm Sweeney,W. J. Riley,Pieter P. Tans	2013	37
16	2013 Update of NOAA's Annual Greenhouse Gas Index EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·J. H. Butler,S. A. Montzka,Edward J. Dlugokencky,James W. Elkins,Kenneth A. Masari,R. C. Schnell,Pieter P. Tans	2013	1
17	An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTrackerbreakdown → Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wouter Peters,A. R. Jacobson,Colm Sweeney,A. E. Andrews,T. J. Conway,K. A. Masarie,J. B. Miller,L. M. Bruhwiler,Gabrielle Pétron,A. Hirsch,Douglas E. J. Worthy,Guido R. van der Werf,James T. Randerson,P. O. Wennberg,Maarten Krol,Pieter P. Tans	2007	781
18	An ensemble data assimilation system to estimate CO ₂ surface fluxes from atmospheric trace gas observations Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Wouter Peters,J. B. Miller,Jeffrey S. Whitaker,Scott Denning,A. Hirsch,Maarten Krol,D. Zupanski,Lori Bruhwiler,Pieter P. Tans	2005	164
19	Evidence for interannual variability of the carbon cycle from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory Global Air Sampling Networkbreakdown → Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·T. J. Conway,Pieter P. Tans,Lee S. Waterman,K. W. Thoning,Duane Kitzis,K. A. Masarie,Ni Zhang	1994	647
20	Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory: 2. Analysis of the NOAA GMCC data, 1974–1985breakdown → Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·K. W. Thoning,Pieter P. Tans,W. D. Komhyr	1989	670

About Pieter P. Tans

Pieter P. Tans is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering, having authored 267 papers that have together received 24.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (243 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (150 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (108 papers), Climate variability and models (66 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (25 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (22 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (17 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (20.0k citations), Atmospheric Science (14.4k citations) and Oceanography (1.9k citations). Pieter P. Tans has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Taro Takahashi, J. B. Miller, James W. C. White, Inez Fung, K. A. Masarie, K. W. Thoning, T. J. Conway, R. J. Francey, Philippe Ciais and Colm Sweeney. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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