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D-Index
42
Citations
6978
World Ranking
7394
National Ranking
2636

Christopher G. Nolte 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 Christopher G. Nolte sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 94 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher G. Nolte 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 Christopher G. Nolte sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christopher G. Nolte is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research primarily centers on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis as well as atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate

Christopher G. Nolte has coauthored numerous papers with researchers such as Benjamin N. Murphy, Daniel H. Loughlin, Yang Ou, Tanya L. Spero, and Steven J. Smith.

The frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Nolte include:

  • The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model versions 5.3 and 5.3.1: system updates and evaluation (2021, Geoscientific Model Development)
  • Air pollution control strategies directly limiting national health damages in the US (2020, Nature Communications)
  • The Detailed Emissions Scaling, Isolation, and Diagnostic (DESID) module in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system version 5.3.2 (2021, Geoscientific Model Development)
  • Associations Between Simulated Future Changes in Climate, Air Quality, and Human Health (2021, JAMA Network Open)
  • Flexible Bayesian Ensemble Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Local Ozone Concentrations (2022, Environmental Science & Technology)

Best Publications

  • Levoglucosan, a tracer for cellulose in biomass burning and atmospheric particles

    B.R.T. Simoneit;B.R.T. Simoneit;J.J. Schauer;C.G. Nolte;D.R. Oros

  • Highly polar organic compounds present in wood smoke and in the ambient atmosphere.

    Christopher G. Nolte;James J. Schauer;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Incremental testing of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system version 4.7

    K. M. Foley;S. J. Roselle;K. W. Appel;P. V. Bhave

  • The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model versions 5.3 and 5.3.1: system updates and evaluation.

    K. Wyat Appel;Jesse O. Bash;Kathleen M. Fahey;Kristen M. Foley

  • A Preliminary Synthesis of Modeled Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Regional Ozone Concentrations

    C. P. Weaver;X. Z. Liang;J. Zhu;P. J. Adams

  • Does Nudging Squelch the Extremes in Regional Climate Modeling

    Tanya L. Otte;Christopher G. Nolte;Martin J. Otte;Jared H. Bowden

  • Highly Polar Organic Compounds Present in Meat Smoke

    Christopher G. Nolte;James J. Schauer;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Examining Interior Grid Nudging Techniques Using Two-Way Nesting in the WRF Model for Regional Climate Modeling

    Jared H. Bowden;Tanya L. Otte;Christopher G. Nolte;Martin J. Otte

  • Linking global to regional models to assess future climate impacts on surface ozone levels in the United States

    Christopher G. Nolte;Christopher G. Nolte;Alice B. Gilliland;Alice B. Gilliland;Christian Hogrefe;Loretta J. Mickley

  • Understanding the impact of recent advances in isoprene photooxidation on simulations of regional air quality

    Y. Xie;F. Paulot;F. Paulot;W. P. L. Carter;C. G. Nolte

  • Trimethylsilyl Derivatives of Organic Compounds in Source Samples and in Atmospheric Fine Particulate Matter

    Christopher G. Nolte;James J. Schauer;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Introducing subgrid-scale cloud feedbacks to radiation for regional meteorological and climate modeling

    Kiran Alapaty;Jerold A. Herwehe;Tanya L. Otte;Christopher G. Nolte

  • Simulating emission and chemical evolution of coarse sea-salt particles in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model

    J. T. Kelly;J. T. Kelly;P. V. Bhave;C. G. Nolte;U. Shankar

  • The geographic distribution and economic value of climate change-related ozone health impacts in the United States in 2030.

    Neal Fann;Christopher G. Nolte;Patrick Dolwick;Tanya L. Spero

  • Variation in estimated ozone-related health impacts of climate change due to modeling choices and assumptions.

    Ellen S. Post;Anne Grambsch;Chris Weaver;Philip Morefield

  • Evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model v5.0 against size-resolved measurements of inorganic particle composition across sites in North America

    C. G. Nolte;K. W. Appel;J. T. Kelly;P. V. Bhave

  • Air pollution control strategies directly limiting national health damages in the US

    Yang Ou;Yang Ou;Yang Ou;J. Jason West;Steven J. Smith;Christopher G. Nolte

  • Attribution of the United States "warming hole": aerosol indirect effect and precipitable water vapor.

    Shaocai Yu;Kiran Alapaty;Rohit Mathur;Jonathan Pleim

  • Flexible Bayesian Ensemble Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Local Ozone Concentrations.

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  • Estimating environmental co-benefits of U.S. low-carbon pathways using an integrated assessment model with state-level resolution.

    Yang Ou;Wenjing Shi;Steven J. Smith;Catherine M. Ledna

  • Using a coupled lake model with WRF for dynamical downscaling

    Megan S. Mallard;Christopher G. Nolte;O. Russell Bullock;Tanya L. Spero

  • Influence of uncertainties in burned area estimates on modeled wildland fire PM2.5 and ozone pollution in the contiguous U.S.

    Shannon N. Koplitz;Christopher G. Nolte;George A. Pouliot;Jeffrey M. Vukovich

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Smith
Steven J. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Neal Fann
Neal Fann Environmental Protection Agency
Alex Guenther
Alex Guenther University of California, Irvine
Prakash V. Bhave
Prakash V. Bhave Duke University
Glen R. Cass
Glen R. Cass California Institute of Technology
J. Jason West
J. Jason West University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rohit Mathur
Rohit Mathur Environmental Protection Agency
Christine Wiedinmyer
Christine Wiedinmyer University of Colorado Boulder
Brian Lamb
Brian Lamb Washington State University
Bernd R.T. Simoneit
Bernd R.T. Simoneit Oregon State University

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