Steven C. Wofsy

66.4k citations

358 papers · 37.3k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 105

Co-authors: Michael B. McElroy J. William Munger Bruce C. Daube Michael L. Goulden Jennifer A. Logan Songmiao Fan Michael J. Prather Daniel J. Jacob
Topics: Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (239 papers)Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (187 papers)Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (134 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Atmospheric Science Ecology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Canada Germany

In The Last Decade

Steven C. Wofsy

349 papers receiving 33.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Tropospheric chemistry: A global perspective

1981 1.5k citations Steven C. Wofsy, Michael B. McElroy et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Measurements of carbon sequestration by long‐term eddy covariance: methods and a critical evaluation of accuracy

1996 1.2k citations Michael L. Goulden, J. William Munger et al. Global Change Biology profile →
The Amazon basin in transition

2012 861 citations Marcos Longo, J. William Munger et al. profile →
Net Exchange of CO ₂ in a Mid-Latitude Forest

1993 728 citations Steven C. Wofsy, Michael L. Goulden et al. Science profile →
Three‐dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation

2000 672 citations S. A. Montzka, Steven C. Wofsy et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Methane Leaks from North American Natural Gas Systems

2014 658 citations E. A. Kort, Pieter P. Tans et al. Science profile →
Sensitivity of Boreal Forest Carbon Balance to Soil Thaw

1998 641 citations Michael L. Goulden, Steven C. Wofsy et al. Science profile →
Production of NO ₂ ^- and N ₂ O by Nitrifying Bacteria at Reduced Concentrations of Oxygen

1980 615 citations Steven C. Wofsy, Michael B. McElroy et al. profile →
Exchange of Carbon Dioxide by a Deciduous Forest: Response to Interannual Climate Variability

1996 600 citations Michael L. Goulden, J. William Munger et al. Science profile →
Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes

2007 570 citations Michael L. Goulden, Steven C. Wofsy et al. profile →
Reductions of Antarctic ozone due to synergistic interactions of chlorine and bromine

1986 557 citations Michael B. McElroy, Steven C. Wofsy et al. profile →
Factors Controlling Long- and Short-Term Sequestration of Atmospheric CO ₂ in a Mid-latitude Forest

2001 543 citations Steven C. Wofsy, Michael L. Goulden et al. Science profile →
Carbon in Amazon Forests: Unexpected Seasonal Fluxes and Disturbance-Induced Losses

2003 539 citations S. R. Saleska, Michael L. Goulden et al. Science profile →
The sensitivity of ozone to nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons in regional ozone episodes

1990 481 citations Steven C. Wofsy et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the United States

2013 388 citations Steven C. Wofsy, E. A. Kort et al. profile →

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1	Aircraft observations of biomass burning pollutants in the equatorial lower stratosphere over the tropical western Pacific during boreal winter 2025 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·J. V. Pittman,Bruce C. Daube,Steven C. Wofsy,E. Atlas,(unknown),Eric J. Hintsa,F. L. Moore,G. S. Dutton,James W. Elkins,Troy Thornberry,Andrew W. Rollins,E. J. Jensen,T. P. Bui,Jonathan M. Dean‐Day,L. Pfister	0
2	Age of air from in situ trace gas measurements: insights from a new technique 2024 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Eric Ray,F. L. Moore,Hella Garny,Eric J. Hintsa,B. D. Hall,G. S. Dutton,David Nance,James W. Elkins,Steven C. Wofsy,J. V. Pittman,Bruce C. Daube,Bianca C. Baier,Jianghanyang Li,Colm Sweeney	5
3	Asymmetric response of Amazon forest water and energy fluxes to wet and dry hydrological extremes reveals onset of a local drought‐induced tipping point 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·Natalia Restrepo‐Coupé,Bradley Christoffersen,Marcos Longo,Luciana F. Alves,Kleber Silva Campos,(unknown),Raimundo Cosme de Oliveira,Neill Prohaska,Rodrigo da Silva,(unknown),Kenia T. Wiedemann,Steven C. Wofsy,S. R. Saleska	8
4	The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on greenhouse gases: a multi-city analysis of in situ atmospheric observations 2022 ·Environmental Research Communications ·(unknown),N. L. Miles,S. Richardson,Jocelyn Turnbull,A. Karion,Jooil Kim,L. Mitchell,John C. Lin,M. Sargent,Steven C. Wofsy,Felix Vogel,K. J. Davis	10
5	Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Lei Hu,S. A. Montzka,F. L. Moore,Eric J. Hintsa,G. S. Dutton,(unknown),K. W. Thoning,R. W. Portmann,Kathryn McKain,Colm Sweeney,Isaac Vimont,David Nance,B. D. Hall,Steven C. Wofsy	1
6	Continental-scale contributions to the global CFC-11 emission increase between 2012 and 2017 2021 ·Lei Hu,S. A. Montzka,F. L. Moore,Eric J. Hintsa,G. S. Dutton,(unknown),K. W. Thoning,R. W. Portmann,Kathryn McKain,Colm Sweeney,Isaac Vimont,David Nance,B. D. Hall,Steven C. Wofsy	1
7	Evidence for an Oceanic Source of Methyl Ethyl Ketone to the Atmosphere 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Jared F. Brewer,Emily V. Fischer,R. Commane,Steven C. Wofsy,Bruce C. Daube,Eric C. Apel,Alan J. Hills,Rebecca S. Hornbrook,Barbara Barletta,Simone Meinardi,D. R. Blake,Eric Ray,A. R. Ravishankara	13
8	Methane emissions from oil and gas production on the North Slope of Alaska 2019 ·Atmospheric Environment ·Cody Floerchinger,Kathryn McKain,Timothy A. Bonin,Jeff Peischl,Sébastien Biraud,Charles E. Miller,Thomas B. Ryerson,Steven C. Wofsy,Colm Sweeney	11
9	Carbon exchange in an Amazon forest: from hours to years 2018 ·Biogeosciences ·Matthew Hayek,Marcos Longo,Jin Wu,Marielle N. Smith,Natalia Restrepo‐Coupé,(unknown),Rodrigo da Silva,David R. Fitzjarrald,Plínio Barbosa de Camargo,Lucy R. Hutyra,Luciana F. Alves,Bruce C. Daube,J. William Munger,Kenia T. Wiedemann,S. R. Saleska,Steven C. Wofsy	19
10	Reevaluating the Use of O₂ a¹Δ_g Band in Spaceborne Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Kang Sun,Iouli E. Gordon,Christopher E. Sioris,Xiong Liu,K. Chance,Steven C. Wofsy	20
11	Estimating regional-scale methane flux and budgets using CARVE aircraft measurements over Alaska 2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown),R. Commane,Jakob Lindaas,Colm Sweeney,John M. Henderson,Marikate Mountain,N. Steiner,K. C. McDonald,S. J. Dinardo,Charles E. Miller,Steven C. Wofsy,Rachel Chang	12
12	Carbon dioxide emissions in Northern China based on atmospheric observations from 2005 to 2009 2018 ·(unknown),J. William Munger,Yuxuan Wang,Steven C. Wofsy,Yu Zhao,Thomas Nehrkorn,Chris Nielsen,Michael B. McElroy,Rachel Chang	1
13	Tundra photosynthesis captured by satellite‐observed solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence 2017 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Kristina Luus,R. Commane,N. Parazoo,Joshua Benmergui,E. S. Euskirchen,Christian Frankenberg,Joanna Joiner,Jakob Lindaas,Charles E. Miller,Walter C. Oechel,Donatella Zona,Steven C. Wofsy,John C. Lin	59
14	A multi-scale comparison of modeled and observed seasonal methane emissions in northern wetlands 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Xiyan Xu,W. J. Riley,Charles D. Koven,D. P. Billesbach,Rachel Chang,R. Commane,E. S. Euskirchen,(unknown),Yoshinobu Harazono,Hiroki Iwata,K. C. McDonald,Charles E. Miller,Walter C. Oechel,Benjamin Poulter,Naama Raz‐Yaseef,Colm Sweeney,Margaret Torn,Steven C. Wofsy,Zhen Zhang,Donatella Zona	22
15	Investigating Alaskan methane and carbon dioxide fluxes using measurements from the CARVE tower 2016 ·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	31
16	Enhanced Seasonal Exchange of CO ₂ by Northern Ecosystems Since 1960 2013 ·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	292
17	Vertical transport rates and OH radical in the Tropical Tropopause Layer from observations of CO₂ and halocarbons : Implications for distributions of long- and short-lived chemical species 2010 ·한국기상학회 학술대회 논문집 ·Sunyoung Park,E. Atlas,Rodrigo Jiménez,Bruce C. Daube,Steven C. Wofsy	1
18	Dynamics of carbon, biomass, and structure in two Amazonian forests 2008 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Elizabeth Hammond Pyle,G. W. Santoni,Henrique Eduardo Mendonça Nascimento,Lucy R. Hutyra,Simone Aparecida Vieira,Daniel J. Curran,Joost van Haren,S. R. Saleska,V. Y. Chow,(unknown),William F. Laurance,Steven C. Wofsy	79
19	On linking interannual tree ring variability with observations of whole‐forest CO ₂ flux 2006 ·Global Change Biology ·Adrian V. Rocha,Michael L. Goulden,Allison L. Dunn,Steven C. Wofsy	95
20	A near‐field tool for simulating the upstream influence of atmospheric observations: The Stochastic Time‐Inverted Lagrangian Transport (STILT) model 2003 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John C. Lin,Christoph Gerbig,Steven C. Wofsy,A. E. Andrews,Bruce C. Daube,K. J. Davis,C. A. Grainger	447

About Steven C. Wofsy

Steven C. Wofsy is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 358 papers that have together received 37.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (239 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (187 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (134 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (27.2k citations), Atmospheric Science (20.1k citations) and Ecology (6.8k citations). Steven C. Wofsy has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Michael B. McElroy, J. William Munger, Bruce C. Daube, Michael L. Goulden, Jennifer A. Logan, Songmiao Fan, Michael J. Prather, Daniel J. Jacob, Michael Keller and Warren Kaplan. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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