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73
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18386
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1424
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607

Charles E. Miller 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 Charles E. Miller sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 381 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Charles E. Miller 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 Charles E. Miller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Charles E. Miller is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics covered in Miller's work include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Miller has contributed extensively to prominent publication venues. The most frequent include:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • AGU Advances
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Their recent research outputs include several highly cited papers:

  • "Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Intermittency of Large Methane Emitters in the Permian Basin," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation," 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • "Strong methane point sources contribute a disproportionate fraction of total emissions across multiple basins in the United States," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Miller collaborates frequently with several researchers, with the most frequent coauthors being:

  • David R. Thompson
  • Kimberley Miner
  • David Schimel
  • Andrew K. Thorpe
  • Riley Duren

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic

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  • Observing terrestrial ecosystems and the carbon cycle from space

    David Schimel;Ryan Pavlick;Joshua B. Fisher;Gregory P. Asner

  • Lightning as a major driver of recent large fire years in North American boreal forests

    Sander Veraverbeke;Sander Veraverbeke;Brendan M. Rogers;Mike L. Goulden;Randi R. Jandt

  • Precision Requirements for Space-based XCO2 Data

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

  • Cold season emissions dominate the Arctic tundra methane budget

    Donatella Zona;Donatella Zona;Beniamino Gioli;Róisín Commane;Jakob Lindaas

  • California's methane super-emitters.

    Riley M. Duren;Riley M. Duren;Andrew K. Thorpe;Kelsey T. Foster;Talha Rafiq

  • The 2009 edition of the GEISA spectroscopic database

    N. Jacquinet-Husson;L. Crepeau;R. Armante;C. Boutammine

  • Orbiting Carbon Observatory: Inverse method and prospective error analysis

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

  • The ACOS CO 2 retrieval algorithm – Part II: Global X CO 2 data characterization

    D. Crisp;B. M. Fisher;C. O'Dell;C. Frankenberg

  • Measuring the carbon emissions of megacities

    Riley M. Duren;Charles E. Miller

  • A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO 2 total columns from space

    D. Wunch;P. O. Wennberg;G. C. Toon;B. J. Connor

  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

    Kerry Cawse-Nicholson;Philip A. Townsend;David Schimel;Ali M. Assiri

  • 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

  • Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

    P. Ciais;A. J. Dolman;A. Bombelli;R. Duren

  • Space-based observations of megacity carbon dioxide

    Eric A. Kort;Christian Frankenberg;Charles E. Miller;Tom Oda;Tom Oda

  • Intermittency of Large Methane Emitters in the Permian Basin

    Daniel H. Cusworth;Riley M. Duren;Riley M. Duren;Andrew K. Thorpe;Winston Olson-Duvall

  • Carbon dioxide sources from Alaska driven by increasing early winter respiration from Arctic tundra.

    Roisin Commane;Jakob Lindaas;Joshua Benmergui;Kristina A. Luus

  • The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) Mission

    Charles E. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Yuk L. Yung
Yuk L. Yung California Institute of Technology
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
David Crisp
David Crisp California Institute of Technology
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Anna Karion
Anna Karion National Institute of Standards and Technology
Rachel Y.-W. Chang
Rachel Y.-W. Chang Dalhousie University
Debra Wunch
Debra Wunch University of Toronto
Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology
Steven C. Wofsy
Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University

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