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D-Index
48
Citations
12787
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5423
National Ranking
27

Brian J. Connor publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian J. Connor sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 135 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Brian J. Connor D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian J. Connor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brian J. Connor is affiliated with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy, with particular specialization in Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their work covers topics including Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications.

Connor's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Retrieval of atmospheric CO 2 vertical profiles from ground-based near-infrared spectra, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Initial Results and Diurnal Variations Measured by a New Microwave Stratospheric ClO Instrument at Mauna Kea, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Measurements of Stratospheric ClO From Mauna Kea: 1992-2023, 2025, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

These publications are featured predominantly in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Atmospheric measurement techniques, reflecting a focus on atmospheric measurement and geophysical research.

Collaboration is notable in Connor's work, with frequent co-authors including Gerald E. Nedoluha, R. Michael Gomez, Ian Boyd, Helen Neal, and A. Parrish. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • The Total Carbon Column Observing Network

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Jean-François L. Blavier;Rebecca A. Washenfelder

  • Intercomparison of remote sounding instruments

    Clive D. Rodgers;Brian J. Connor

  • The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission

    D Crisp;RM Atlas;FM Breon;LR Brown

  • The ACOS CO 2 retrieval algorithm – Part 1: Description and validation against synthetic observations

    C. W. O'Dell;B. Connor;H. Bösch;D. O'Brien

  • Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Paul O. Wennberg;Steven C. Wofsy

  • Precision Requirements for Space-based XCO2 Data

    C. E. Miller;D. Crisp;P. L. DeCola;S. C. Olsen

  • Increased summertime UV radiation in New Zealand in response to ozone loss.

    Richard McKenzie;Brian Connor;Greg Bodeker

  • Improvement of the retrieval algorithm for GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 and their validation using TCCON data

    Y. Yoshida;N. Kikuchi;I. Morino;O. Uchino

  • Orbiting Carbon Observatory: Inverse method and prospective error analysis

    Brian J. Connor;Hartmut Boesch;Geoffrey Toon;Bhaswar Sen

  • Global Characterization of CO2 Column Retrievals from Shortwave-Infrared Satellite Observations of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 Mission

    Hartmut Boesch;David Baker;Brian Connor;David Crisp

  • The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2: first 18 months of science data products

    Annmarie Eldering;Chris W. O'Dell;Paul O. Wennberg;David Crisp

  • Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra

    I. Morino;O. Uchino;M. Inoue;Y. Yoshida

  • Infrared measurements of the ozone vertical distribution above Kitt Peak

    N. S. Pougatchev;B. J. Connor;C. P. Rinsland

  • Northern and southern hemisphere ground-based infrared spectroscopic measurements of tropospheric carbon monoxide and ethane

    Curtis P. Rinsland;Nicholas B. Jones;Brian J. Connor;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Space‐based near‐infrared CO2 measurements: Testing the Orbiting Carbon Observatory retrieval algorithm and validation concept using SCIAMACHY observations over Park Falls, Wisconsin

    H. Bösch;G. C. Toon;B. Sen;R. A. Washenfelder

  • High concentrations of chlorine monoxide at low altitudes in the Antarctic spring stratosphere: secular variation

    P. M. Solomon;B. Connor;R. L. de Zafra;A. Parrish

  • Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results

    M. Reuter;H. Bovensmann;M. Buchwitz;J. P. Burrows

  • Total Column Carbon Observing Network (TCCON) Site: Darwin

    David Griffith;Nicholas Deutscher;Voltaire Velazco;Paul Wennberg

  • Ground-based microwave observations of ozone in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere

    Brian J. Connor;David E. Siskind;J. J. Tsou;Alan Parrish

  • Increases in middle atmospheric water vapor as observed by the Halogen Occultation Experiment and the ground-based Water Vapor Millimeter-Wave Spectrometer from 1991 to 1997

    Gerald E. Nedoluha;Richard M. Bevilacqua;R. Michael Gomez;David E. Siskind

  • Total Column Carbon Observing Network (TCCON) Site: Lauder 125HR

    Vanessa Sherlock;Brian Connor;John Robinson;Hisako Shiona

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

    S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

  • High concentrations of chlorine monoxide at low altitudes in the Antarctic spring stratosphere: diurnal variation

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Frequent Co-Authors

Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology
Debra Wunch
Debra Wunch University of Toronto
Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Greg Bodeker
Greg Bodeker Victoria University of Wellington
Nicholas B. Jones
Nicholas B. Jones University of Wollongong
Clive D. Rodgers
Clive D. Rodgers University of Oxford
David W. T. Griffith
David W. T. Griffith University of Wollongong
Richard M. Bevilacqua
Richard M. Bevilacqua United States Naval Research Laboratory
Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen
David Crisp
David Crisp California Institute of Technology

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