U. Siegenthaler

11.0k citations

73 papers · 7.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Oceanography top 0.5%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 45
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 30
- Cryospheric studies and observations 12
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 8
Geochemistry and Petrology 10
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry 10

Co-authors: H. Oeschger Jorge L. Sarmiento H. Friedli Fortunat Joos B. Stauffer U. Schotterer Markus Leuenberger U. Eicher
Journals: Tellus B (11 papers)Nature (9 papers)Annals of Glaciology (9 papers)Radiocarbon (3 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (3 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Denmark

In The Last Decade

U. Siegenthaler

69 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Atmospheric carbon dioxide and the ocean 1993 · 770 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1993 Nature
1986 Nature
1975 Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

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Fields of papers citing papers by U. Siegenthaler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Anomalous flow below 2700 m in the EPICA Dome C ice core detected using δ ¹⁸ O of atmospheric oxygen measurements Climate of the past ·G. Dreyfus, Frédéric Parrenin, B. Lemieux-Dudon, G. Durand, Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, J. Jouzel, Jean-Marc Barnola, J. Grzega, Renato Spahni, Amandine Tisserand, U. Siegenthaler, Markus Leuenberger	2007	60
2	The influence of ozone and nutrition on ?13C in Betula pendula Oecologia ·Matthias Saurer, Stefan Maurer, Rainer Matyssek, W. Landolt, Ade Saputri, U. Siegenthaler	1995	60
3	Use of a simple model for studying oceanic tracer distributions and the global carbon cycle Tellus B ·U. Siegenthaler, Fortunat Joos	1992	101
4	Equilibrium oxygen- and hydrogen-isotope fractionation between ice and water Journal of Glaciology ·Marco M. Lehmann, U. Siegenthaler	1991	33
5	Influence of Ozone on the Stable Carbon Isotope Composition, δ¹³C, of Leaves and Grain of Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Matthias Saurer, Jürg Fuhrer, U. Siegenthaler	1991	29
6	Production and stable isotopic composition of CO<sub>2</sub> in a soil near Bern, Switzerland Tellus B ·嘉一郎栗原, U. Siegenthaler	1991	132
7	On the Relationship Between ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Ratios of Precipitation and Climate Annals of Glaciology ·U. Siegenthaler	1988	2
8	On the Relationship Between 18O/16O Ratios of Precipitation and Climate Annals of Glaciology ·U. Siegenthaler	1988	5
9	Measurements of concentration, <sup>13</sup>C/<sup>12</sup>C and <sup>18</sup>O/<sup>16</sup>O ratios of tropospheric carbon dioxide over Switzerland Tellus B ·H. Friedli, U. Siegenthaler, Leire Lonbide Intxausti, H. Oeschger	1987	36
10	Biospheric CO₂emissions during the past 200 years reconstructed by deconvolution of ice core data Tellus B ·U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger	1987	155
11	Ice core record of the 13C/12C ratio of atmospheric CO2 in the past two centuries Nature ·H. Friedli, Liu Shangchun, H. Oeschger, U. Siegenthaler, B. Stauffer Hit paper breakdown →	1986	869
12	Transient Temperature Changes Due to Increasing CO₂ Using Simple Models Annals of Glaciology ·U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger	1984	12
13	Transient Temperature Changes Due to Increasing CO2 Using Simple Models Annals of Glaciology ·U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger	1984	26
14	19th century measurements of atmospheric CO2 ? A comment Climatic Change ·U. Siegenthaler	1984	7
15	Pollen and Oxygen Isotope Analyses on Late- and Post-Glacial Sediments of the Tourbière de Chirens (Dauphiné, France) Quaternary Research ·U. Eicher, U. Siegenthaler, 阿杜	1981	60
16	¹⁴C Variations Caused by Changes in the Global Carbon Cycle Radiocarbon ·U. Siegenthaler, Martin Heimann, H. Oeschger	1980	144
17	¹⁴C and Other Parameters During the Younger Dryas Cold Phase Radiocarbon ·H. Oeschger, Max Welten, Ulrich Eicher, Sinhahikim Ap, W. Riegel, U. Siegenthaler, 阿杜	1980	31
18	Conversion of water to a counting gas for low-level tritium measurements by means of aluminium carbide The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes ·U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger, U. Schotterer, P. Goodey	1975	8
19	A box diffusion model to study the carbon dioxide exchange in nature Tellus ·H. Oeschger, U. Siegenthaler, U. Schotterer, Frank Giroldini	1975	209
20	New insights into the run-off mechanism by environmental isotopes Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) ·J. Martinec, U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger, E. Tongiorgi	1974	39

About U. Siegenthaler

U. Siegenthaler is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography, having authored 73 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (32 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (14 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (10 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (4.4k citations), Oceanography (2.0k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.3k citations), Paleontology (941 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (975 citations). U. Siegenthaler has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include H. Oeschger, Jorge L. Sarmiento, H. Friedli, Fortunat Joos, B. Stauffer, U. Schotterer, Markus Leuenberger, U. Eicher, James C. Orr and Chester C. Langway. Their work appears in journals such as Tellus B, Nature, Annals of Glaciology, Radiocarbon and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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