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Atul K. Jain is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a focused contribution to areas such as Global and Planetary Change, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Atmospheric Science.

Their scientific inquiries are reflected through numerous publications in distinct domains. The main topics Jain has worked on include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate variability and models, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Jain has authored or co-authored papers published in important venues such as Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference - PoS(ICRC2021), Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Earth system science data, Communications Earth & Environment, and Biogeosciences.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2022, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2021, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2023, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods, 2021, Nature Food

Jain has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Stephen Sitch, Hanqin Tian, B. Hariharan, K. Ramesh, and P. K. Mohanty. These collaborations have contributed significantly to the breadth of their research output.

Best Publications

  • Global Carbon Budget 2016

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2015

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;J. G. Canadell

  • Global carbon budget 2014

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;G. P. Peters

  • Global carbon budget 2013

    C. Le Quere;G.P. Peters;R.J. Andres;Robbie M Andrew

  • Global Carbon Budget 2018

    Corinne Le Quéré;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Michael O'Sullivan;Matthew W. Jones;Robbie M. Andrew

  • Advanced Technology Paths to Global Climate Stability: Energy for a Greenhouse Planet

    Martin I. Hoffert;Ken Caldeira;Gregory Benford;David R. Criswell

  • The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • Global Carbon Budget 2019

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Matthew W. Jones;Michael O'Sullivan;Robbie Andrew

  • Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth

    Wenping Yuan;Yi Zheng;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais

  • The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

    Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström;Michael R. Raupach;Guy Schurgers;Benjamin Smith

  • Global Carbon Budget 2017

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2023

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  • Global change pressures on soils from land use and management.

    Pete Smith;Joanna Isobel House;Mercedes Bustamante;Jaroslava Sobocká

  • Energy implications of future stabilization of atmospheric CO2 content

    Martin I. Hoffert;Ken Caldeira;Atul K. Jain;Erik F. Haites

  • Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods

    Xiaoming Xu;Prateek Sharma;Shijie Shu;Tzu-Shun Lin

  • Climate impacts on global agriculture emerge earlier in new generation of climate and crop models

    Jonas Jägermeyr;Jonas Jägermeyr;Jonas Jägermeyr;Christoph Müller;Alex C. Ruane;Joshua Elliott

  • Global patterns of drought recovery

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher R. Schwalm;William R. L. Anderegg;Anna M. Michalak;Joshua B. Fisher

  • The global carbon budget 1959-2011

    C. Le Quere;R.J. Andres;T.A. Boden;T. Conway

  • Compensatory water effects link yearly global land CO2 sink changes to temperature

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher Huntingford

  • Scaling carbon fluxes from eddy covariance sites to globe: synthesis and evaluation of the FLUXCOM approach

    Martin Jung;Christopher Schwalm;Mirco Migliavacca;Sophia Walther

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin Poulter
Benjamin Poulter Goddard Space Flight Center
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University
Pierre Friedlingstein
Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter
Stephen Sitch
Stephen Sitch University of Exeter
Christopher R. Schwalm
Christopher R. Schwalm Woodwell Climate Research Center
Ning Zeng
Ning Zeng University of Maryland, College Park
Etsushi Kato
Etsushi Kato Institute of Applied Energy
Sönke Zaehle
Sönke Zaehle Max Planck Society
Deborah N. Huntzinger
Deborah N. Huntzinger Northern Arizona University
Joshua B. Fisher
Joshua B. Fisher Chapman University

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