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98
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29509
World Ranking
422
National Ranking
190

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Anne M. Thompson is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. The primary subfields of study include Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, alongside work in Environmental Engineering, Spectroscopy, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Anne M. Thompson has authored and contributed to numerous publications. Representative recent papers include:

  • "COVID-19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone Across the Northern Hemisphere," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Regional and Seasonal Trends in Tropical Ozone From SHADOZ Profiles: Reference for Models and Satellite Products," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Improving ECC Ozonesonde Data Quality: Assessment of Current Methods and Outstanding Issues," 2021, Earth and Space Science
  • "Global-scale distribution of ozone in the remote troposphere from the ATom and HIPPO airborne field missions," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Validation of SAGE III/ISS Solar Occultation Ozone Products With Correlative Satellite and Ground-Based Measurements," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Ryan M. Stauffer
  • Debra E. Kollonige
  • D. W. Tarasick
  • B. J. Johnson
  • Roeland Van Malderen

The most common venues where Anne M. Thompson has published are:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium)

Anne M. Thompson has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2003 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2002.

Best Publications

  • The oxidizing capacity of the earth's atmosphere: probable past and future changes.

    Anne M. Thompson

  • Atmospheric Sulfur Cycle Simulated in the Global Model Gocart: Model Description and Global Properties

    Mian Chin;Mian Chin;Richard B. Rood;Shian Jiann Lin;Jean Francois Müller

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day distribution and trends of tropospheric ozone relevant to climate and global atmospheric chemistry model evaluation

    A. Gaudel;O. R. Cooper;G. Ancellet;B. Barret

  • Global Distribution and Trends of Tropospheric Ozone: An Observation-Based Review

    O. R. Cooper;D. D. Parrish;J. Ziemke;M. Cupeiro

  • Why do models overestimate surface ozone in the Southeast United States

    Katherine R. Travis;Daniel J. Jacob;Jenny A. Fisher;Patrick S. Kim

  • Assessment of the performance of ECC‐ozonesondes under quasi‐flight conditions in the environmental simulation chamber: Insights from the Juelich Ozone Sonde Intercomparison Experiment (JOSIE)

    Herman G.J. Smit;Wolfgang Straeter;Bryan J. Johnson;Samuel J. Oltmans

  • A space-based, high-resolution view of notable changes in urban NOx pollution around the world (2005–2014)

    Bryan N. Duncan;Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Anne M. Thompson;Yasuko Yoshida

  • An analysis of AERONET aerosol absorption properties and classifications representative of aerosol source regions

    David M. Giles;David M. Giles;Brent N. Holben;Thomas F. Eck;Thomas F. Eck;Aliaksandr Sinyuk

  • Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation-Brazil (SCAR-B) Experiment

    Y. J. Kaufman;P. V. Hobbs;V. W. J. H. Kirchhoff;P. Artaxo

  • Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) 1998–2000 tropical ozone climatology 1. Comparison with Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and ground-based measurements

    Anne M. Thompson;Jacquelyn C. Witte;Richard D. McPeters;Samuel J. Oltmans

  • Climate forcings in Goddard Institute for Space Studies SI2000 simulations

    J. Hansen;M. Sato;M. Sato;L. Nazarenko;L. Nazarenko;R. Ruedy

  • The Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) mission: design, execution, and first results

    Daniel James Jacob;J. H. Crawford;H. Maring;A. D. Clarke

  • The Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC): history, status and perspectives

    Martine De Mazière;Anne M. Thompson;Michael J. Kurylo;Jeannette D. Wild

  • Convective transport of biomass burning emissions over Brazil during TRACE A

    Kenneth E. Pickering;Anne M. Thompson;Yansen Wang;Wei Kuo Tao

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Tropospheric ozone from 1877 to 2016, observed levels, trends and uncertainties

    David Tarasick;Ian E. Galbally;Ian E. Galbally;Owen R. Cooper;Owen R. Cooper;Martin G. Schultz

  • Where did tropospheric ozone over southern Africa and the tropical Atlantic come from in October 1992? Insights from TOMS, GTE TRACE A, and SAFARI 1992

    A. M. Thompson;K. E. Pickering;D. P. McNamara;M. R. Schoeberl

  • Detection of biomass burning smoke from TOMS measurements

    N. C. Hsu;J. R. Herman;P. K. Bhartia;C. J. Seftor

  • Transpacific transport of ozone pollution and the effect of recent Asian emission increases on air quality in North America: an integrated analysis using satellite, aircraft, ozonesonde, and surface observations

    L. Zhang;D. J. Jacob;K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;D. A. Jaffe

  • Tropical tropospheric ozone and biomass burning.

    Anne M. Thompson;Jacquelyn C. Witte;Robert D. Hudson;Hua Guo

  • Possible perturbations to atmospheric CO, CH4, and OH

    Anne M. Thompson;Ralph J. Cicerone

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacquelyn C. Witte
Jacquelyn C. Witte National Center for Atmospheric Research
David W. Tarasick
David W. Tarasick Environment and Climate Change Canada
Bryan J. Johnson
Bryan J. Johnson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Samuel J. Oltmans
Samuel J. Oltmans National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kenneth E. Pickering
Kenneth E. Pickering University of Maryland, College Park
René Stübi
René Stübi Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
Owen R. Cooper
Owen R. Cooper Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research
Holger Vömel
Holger Vömel National Center for Atmospheric Research
Herman G. J. Smit
Herman G. J. Smit Forschungszentrum Jülich

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