Ritesh Gautam

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Ritesh Gautam is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ritesh Gautam has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 57 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ritesh Gautam's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (42 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (36 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (35 papers). Ritesh Gautam is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (42 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (36 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (35 papers). Ritesh Gautam collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Netherlands. Ritesh Gautam's co-authors include N. Christina Hsu, M. Kafatos, Kei May Lau, B. N. Holben, S. Tsay, Ramesh P. Singh, Si‐Chee Tsay, Can Li, Manoj K. Singh and Daniel J. Jacob and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Ritesh Gautam

69 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Quantifying methane emissions from the largest oil-producing basin in the United States from space

2020 225 citations Yuzhong Zhang, Ritesh Gautam et al. Science Advances profile →
Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane

2022 186 citations Daniel J. Jacob, Daniel J. Varon et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Widespread fog invigoration due to aerosols over Northern India 2026 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), Vijay P. Kanawade, Manoj K. Singh, Ritesh Gautam	0
2	Supplementary material to "Assessment of methane emissions from US onshore oil and gas production using MethaneAIR measurements" 2025 ·(unknown), Joshua Benmergui, James P. Williams, Mark Omara, (unknown), Maryann Sargent, (unknown), Christopher Chan Miller, Sébastien Roche, Zhan Zhang, Luis Guanter, Steven C. Wofsy, Ritesh Gautam	0
3	Arctic amplification–induced decline in West and South Asia dust warrants stronger antidesertification toward carbon neutrality 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Fan Wang, Yangyang Xu, (unknown), Ritesh Gautam, Meng Gao, Cheng Liu, Yihui Ding, Haishan Chen, Yuanjian Yang, Yuyu Zhou, Gregory R. Carmichael, Michael B. McElroy	10
4	Constructing a measurement-based spatially explicit inventory of US oil and gas methane emissions (2021) 2024 ·Earth system science data ·Mark Omara, (unknown), (unknown), James P. Williams, Joshua Benmergui, Maryann Sargent, Steven C. Wofsy, Ritesh Gautam	7
5	Assessing methane emissions from collapsing Venezuelan oil production using TROPOMI 2024 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), Joannes D. Maasakkers, (unknown), Ritesh Gautam, Mark Omara, Daniel J. Varon, Melissa P. Sulprizio, (unknown), Alba Lorente, Tobias Borsdorff, Robert J. Parker, Ilse Aben	2
6	Satellite quantification of methane emissions and oil–gas methane intensities from individual countries in the Middle East and North Africa: implications for climate action 2023 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Zichong Chen, Daniel J. Jacob, Ritesh Gautam, Mark Omara, Robert N. Stavins, Robert C. Stowe, Hannah Nesser, Melissa P. Sulprizio, Alba Lorente, Daniel J. Varon, Xiao Lu, Lu Shen, Zhen Qu, (unknown), Sarah Hancock	17
7	Satellite quantification of oil and natural gas methane emissions in the US and Canada including contributions from individual basins 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Lu Shen, Ritesh Gautam, Mark Omara, Daniel Zavala‐Araiza, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Tia R. Scarpelli, Alba Lorente, David Lyon, Jian‐Xiong Sheng, Daniel J. Varon, Hannah Nesser, Zhen Qu, Xiao Lu, Melissa P. Sulprizio, Steven P. Hamburg, Daniel J. Jacob	52
8	Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane breakdown → 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Daniel J. Jacob, Daniel J. Varon, Daniel Cusworth, Philip E. Dennison, Christian Frankenberg, Ritesh Gautam, Luis Guanter, J. L. Kelley, Jason McKeever, Lesley Ott, Benjamin Poulter, Zhen Qu, Andrew K. Thorpe, John R. Worden, Riley Duren	186
9	Reconstructing and quantifying methane emissions from the full duration of a 38-day natural gas well blowout using space-based observations 2021 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Joannes D. Maasakkers, Mark Omara, Ritesh Gautam, Alba Lorente, Sudhanshu Pandey, Paul Tol, Tobias Borsdorff, Sander Houweling, Ilse Aben	14
10	Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Daniel Cusworth, Riley Duren, Andrew K. Thorpe, Sudhanshu Pandey, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Ilse Aben, Dylan Jervis, Daniel J. Varon, Daniel J. Jacob, Cynthia A. Randles, Ritesh Gautam, Mark Omara, Gunnar W. Schade, Philip E. Dennison, Christian Frankenberg, Deborah Gordon, Ettore Lopinto, Charles E. Miller	53
11	Quantifying methane emissions from the largest oil-producing basin in the United States from space breakdown → 2020 ·Science Advances ·Yuzhong Zhang, Ritesh Gautam, Sudhanshu Pandey, Mark Omara, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Pankaj Sadavarte, David Lyon, Hannah Nesser, Melissa P. Sulprizio, Daniel J. Varon, Ruixiong Zhang, Sander Houweling, Daniel Zavala‐Araiza, Ramón A. Alvarez, Alba Lorente, Steven P. Hamburg, Ilse Aben, Daniel J. Jacob	225
12	Connecting Crop Productivity, Residue Fires, and Air Quality over Northern India 2020 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Hiren Jethva, Omar Torres, Robert D. Field, Alexei Lyapustin, Ritesh Gautam, Vinay Kayetha	3
13	Multi-satellite imaging of a gas well blowout provides new insights for methane monitoring 2020 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Daniel Cusworth, Riley Duren, Andrew K. Thorpe, Charles E. Miller, Sudhanshu Pandey, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Ilse Aben, Dylan Jervis, Daniel J. Varon, Daniel J. Jacob, Cynthia A. Randles, Ritesh Gautam, Mark Omara, Gunnar W. Schade, Philip E. Dennison, Christian Frankenberg, Deborah Gordon, (unknown)	1
14	Missing emissions from post-monsoon agricultural fires in northwestern India: regional limitations of MODIS burned area and active fire products 2019 ·Environmental Research Communications ·Tianjia Liu, Miriam E. Marlier, Alexandra Karambelas, Meha Jain, Sukhwinder Singh, Manoj K. Singh, Ritesh Gautam, Ruth DeFries	59
15	Satellite observations reveal extreme methane leakage from a natural gas well blowout 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sudhanshu Pandey, Ritesh Gautam, Sander Houweling, Hugo Denier van der Gon, Pankaj Sadavarte, Tobias Borsdorff, Otto Hasekamp, Jochen Landgraf, Paul Tol, T. A. van Kempen, Ruud W. M. Hoogeveen, Richard M. van Hees, Steven P. Hamburg, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Ilse Aben	114
16	A seasonal analysis of aerosol-cloud-radiation interaction over Indian region during 2000–2017 2019 ·Atmospheric Environment ·(unknown), Jagabandhu Panda, Ritesh Gautam	38
17	A multi-model evaluation of aerosols over South Asia: common problems and possible causes 2015 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Xiaohua Pan, Mian Chin, Ritesh Gautam, Huisheng Bian, D. Kim, Peter R. Colarco, T. Diehl, Toshihiko Takemura, Luca Pozzoli, Kostas Tsigaridis, Susanne E. Bauer, Nicolas Bellouin	111
18	Large-scale Desert Dust Deposition on the Himalayan Snow Cover: A Climatological Perspective from Satellite Observations 2013 ·AGUFM ·Ritesh Gautam, N. Christina Hsu, William K. M. Lau	1
19	Dust events and their influence on aerosol optical properties over Jaipur in Northwestern India 2013 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·Sunita Verma, Swagata Payra, Ritesh Gautam, (unknown), Manish Soni, B. N. Holben, Shaun W. Bell	62
20	Precursory signals using satellite and ground data associated with the Wenchuan Earthquake of 12 May 2008 2010 ·International Journal of Remote Sensing ·R. P. Singh, (unknown), Ritesh Gautam, (unknown), J. Zlotnicki, M. Kafatos	75

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