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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
30
Citations
9001
World Ranking
9664
National Ranking
3464

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Climate change
  • Meteorology

His primary scientific interests are in Carbon dioxide, Climatology, Biosphere, Carbon cycle and Atmospheric sciences. His studies in Carbon dioxide integrate themes in fields like Trace gas emissions, Fossil fuel, Fossil fuel combustion and Environmental engineering. His study on Ocean current is often connected to Flux and Magnitude as part of broader study in Climatology.

The Biosphere study combines topics in areas such as Global and Planetary Change, Climate change, North Atlantic oscillation and Ecosystem, Terrestrial ecosystem. His study in Carbon cycle is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Carbon sink and Latitude. His study in the field of Radiosonde is also linked to topics like Boundary.

His most cited work include:

  • An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker (660 citations)
  • Constraining global air-sea gas exchange for CO2 with recent bomb 14C measurements (379 citations)
  • Oceanic sources, sinks, and transport of atmospheric CO2 (360 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Andrew R. Jacobson mostly deals with Atmospheric sciences, Climatology, Carbon dioxide, Carbon cycle and Meteorology. His research integrates issues of Biosphere, Inversion, Sink, Carbon sink and Terrestrial ecosystem in his study of Atmospheric sciences. His Biosphere study combines topics in areas such as Soil carbon and Ecosystem.

His work on Northern Hemisphere as part of general Climatology study is frequently linked to Inverse, bridging the gap between disciplines. His Carbon dioxide study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Trace gas emissions, Environmental engineering and Fossil fuel combustion. His Carbon cycle course of study focuses on Southern Hemisphere and Ocean observations.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Atmospheric sciences (44.34%)
  • Climatology (41.51%)
  • Carbon dioxide (26.42%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Atmospheric sciences (44.34%)
  • Biogeosciences (7.55%)
  • Climatology (41.51%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Andrew R. Jacobson mainly investigates Atmospheric sciences, Biogeosciences, Climatology, Carbon sink and Flux. The study incorporates disciplines such as Sink and Net ecosystem exchange in addition to Atmospheric sciences. His work on Zonal and meridional as part of his general Climatology study is frequently connected to Oxygen, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.

His Carbon sink study incorporates themes from Surface ocean, Carbon cycle and Terrestrial ecosystem. His Carbon cycle research includes elements of In situ and Tropics. Andrew R. Jacobson interconnects Boreal and Carbon dioxide in the investigation of issues within Data assimilation.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The 2015–2016 carbon cycle as seen from OCO-2 and the global in situ network (34 citations)
  • The 2015–2016 carbon cycle as seen from OCO-2 and the global in situ network (34 citations)
  • Quantifying the Impact of Atmospheric Transport Uncertainty on CO2 Surface Flux Estimates. (26 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Climate change
  • Meteorology

His main research concerns Atmospheric sciences, Flux, Carbon cycle, Carbon sink and Observation data. His Atmospheric sciences study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Hydrography and Climatology. His Carbon cycle research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Middle latitudes, Inversion and Environmental protection.

His research in Carbon sink intersects with topics in In situ, Tropics, Carbon dioxide and Data assimilation. His Observation data study spans across into fields like Meteorology, Co2 flux, Magnitude and Boreal. Andrew R. Jacobson has researched Zonal and meridional in several fields, including Climate system, Northern Hemisphere and Troposphere.

Best Publications

  • An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker

    Wouter Peters;A. R. Jacobson;C. Sweeney;A. E. Andrews

  • Oceanic sources, sinks, and transport of atmospheric CO2

    Nicolas Gruber;Manuel Gloor;Sara E. Mikaloff Fletcher;Scott C. Doney

  • Constraining global air-sea gas exchange for CO2 with recent bomb 14C measurements

    Colm Sweeney;Emanuel Gloor;Andrew R. Jacobson;Robert M. Key

  • Climatology of the planetary boundary layer over the continental United States and Europe

    Dian J. Seidel;Yehui Zhang;Anton Beljaars;Jean-Christophe Golaz

  • Global atmospheric carbon budget: results from an ensemble of atmospheric CO2 inversions.

    P. Peylin;R. M. Law;K. R. Gurney;F. Chevallier

  • Inverse estimates of anthropogenic CO2 uptake, transport, and storage by the ocean

    Mikaloff Fletcher;Mikaloff Fletcher;Nicolas Gruber;Andrew Jacobson;Scott Doney

  • A synthesis of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion

    R.J. Andres;T.A. Boden;F.-M. Bréon;P. Ciais

  • Data-based estimates of the ocean carbon sink variability – first results of the Surface Ocean pCO2 Mapping intercomparison (SOCOM)

    Christian Rödenbeck;Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Nicolas Gruber;Yosuke Iida

  • North American Carbon Program (NACP) regional interim synthesis: Terrestrial biospheric model intercomparison

    D. N. Huntzinger;W. M. Post;Y. Wei;A. M. Michalak

  • A joint atmosphere‐ocean inversion for surface fluxes of carbon dioxide: 1. Methods and global‐scale fluxes

    Andrew R. Jacobson;Andrew R. Jacobson;Sara E.Mikaloff Fletcher;Sara E.Mikaloff Fletcher;Nicolas Gruber;Nicolas Gruber;Jorge Louis Sarmiento

  • The North American Carbon Program Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project – Part 1: Overview and experimental design

    D. N. Huntzinger;C. Schwalm;A. M. Michalak;K. Schaefer

  • Seven years of recent European net terrestrial carbon dioxide exchange constrained by atmospheric observations

    W. Peters;W. Peters;M. C. Krol;G. R. van der Werf;S. Houweling

  • The 2015–2016 carbon cycle as seen from OCO-2 and the global in situ network

    Sean Crowell;David Baker;Andrew Schuh;Sourish Basu;Sourish Basu

  • Trends and regional distributions of land and ocean carbon sinks

    Jorge Louis Sarmiento;M. Gloor;N. Gruber;C. Beaulieu

  • The North American Carbon Program Multi-scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project – Part 2: Environmental driver data

    Y. Wei;S. Liu;D. N. Huntzinger;A. M. Michalak

  • Climate forcing and density dependence in a mountain ungulate population

    Andrew R. Jacobson;Antonello Provenzale;Achaz von Hardenberg;Bruno Bassano

  • Quantifying the Impact of Atmospheric Transport Uncertainty on CO2 Surface Flux Estimates.

    Andrew E. Schuh;Andrew R. Jacobson;Sourish Basu;Brad Weir

  • Inverse estimates of the oceanic sources and sinks of natural CO2 and the implied oceanic carbon transport

    S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher;S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher;N. Gruber;N. Gruber;A. R. Jacobson;A. R. Jacobson;M. Gloor;M. Gloor

  • Four years of global carbon cycle observed from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) version 9 and in situ data and comparison to OCO-2 version 7

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  • A joint atmosphere-ocean inversion for surface fluxes of carbon dioxide: 2. Regional results

    Andrew R. Jacobson;Andrew R. Jacobson;Sara E. Mikaloff Fletcher;Sara E. Mikaloff Fletcher;Nicolas Gruber;Nicolas Gruber;Jorge L. Sarmiento

  • Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data

    Daniel J. Hayes;David P. Turner;Graham Stinson;A. David McGuire

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge L. Sarmiento
Jorge L. Sarmiento Princeton University
Nicolas Gruber
Nicolas Gruber ETH Zurich
Deborah N. Huntzinger
Deborah N. Huntzinger Northern Arizona University
Robert B. Cook
Robert B. Cook Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Wouter Peters
Wouter Peters Wageningen University & Research
Manuel Gloor
Manuel Gloor University of Leeds
Anna M. Michalak
Anna M. Michalak Stanford University
F. Chevallier
F. Chevallier University of Paris-Saclay

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