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D-Index
62
Citations
14391
World Ranking
2592
National Ranking
1046

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Optics
  • Meteorology

Atmospheric sciences, Remote sensing, Total Carbon Column Observing Network, Greenhouse gas and Satellite are his primary areas of study. His Atmospheric sciences research incorporates elements of Atmosphere, Tropical climate, Climate change, Carbon cycle and Carbon dioxide. His Remote sensing research includes elements of Scattering, Spectrometer and Observatory.

His Total Carbon Column Observing Network research integrates issues from Calibration and Latitude. His research in Greenhouse gas intersects with topics in Inversion and Climatology. His study in Satellite is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Cirrus, Meteorology, Diurnal cycle and Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.

His most cited work include:

  • The ACOS CO 2 retrieval algorithm – Part 1: Description and validation against synthetic observations (340 citations)
  • The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum (253 citations)
  • Prospects for Chlorophyll Fluorescence Remote Sensing from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (215 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Remote sensing, Atmospheric sciences, Satellite, Greenhouse gas and Meteorology. His work carried out in the field of Remote sensing brings together such families of science as Spectrometer, Observatory, Radiative transfer and Aerosol. His Observatory study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Spectral line and Calibration.

In his study, Biosphere is inextricably linked to Carbon cycle, which falls within the broad field of Atmospheric sciences. His research in Satellite tackles topics such as Total Carbon Column Observing Network which are related to areas like Latitude and Standard deviation. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Climatology and Inversion.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Remote sensing (43.52%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (29.02%)
  • Satellite (26.42%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Remote sensing (43.52%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (29.02%)
  • Satellite (26.42%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Remote sensing, Atmospheric sciences, Satellite, Observatory and Carbon dioxide. The study incorporates disciplines such as Spectrometer and Standard deviation in addition to Remote sensing. His study looks at the relationship between Spectrometer and fields such as International Space Station, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

His Atmospheric sciences research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Climate change, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Carbon cycle and Greenhouse gas. His Satellite research includes themes of Fossil fuel, Wind speed, Total Carbon Column Observing Network and Plume. His Observatory study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Trace gas, Attenuation coefficient and Surface pressure.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Improved retrievals of carbon dioxide from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 with the version 8 ACOS algorithm (72 citations)
  • The OCO-3 mission: measurement objectives and expected performance based on 1 year of simulated data (52 citations)
  • How bias correction goes wrong: measurement of X CO 2 affected by erroneous surface pressure estimates (36 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Statistics
  • Optics
  • Astronomy

His primary areas of study are Atmospheric sciences, Satellite, Remote sensing, Observatory and Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. His research on Atmospheric sciences often connects related topics like Carbon cycle. His work deals with themes such as Carbon dioxide, Climate change, Plume and Total Carbon Column Observing Network, which intersect with Satellite.

Christopher W. O'Dell is involved in the study of Remote sensing that focuses on Lidar in particular. His work in Observatory addresses subjects such as Greenhouse gas, which are connected to disciplines such as Troposphere. His Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere study combines topics in areas such as Atmospheric carbon cycle, Biosphere, Nadir, Algorithm and Calibration.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Large Chinese land carbon sink estimated from atmospheric carbon dioxide data.

    Jing Wang;Liang Feng;Paul I Palmer;Yi Liu

  • Prospects for Chlorophyll Fluorescence Remote Sensing from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2

    Christian Frankenberg;Chris O'Dell;Joseph Berry;Luis Guanter

  • The on-orbit performance of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) instrument and its radiometrically calibrated products

    David Crisp;Harold R. Pollock;Robert Rosenberg;Lars Chapsky

  • Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) X CO 2 measurements with TCCON

    Debra Wunch;Debra Wunch;Paul O. Wennberg;Gregory Osterman;Gregory Osterman;Brendan Fisher;Brendan Fisher

  • Contrasting carbon cycle responses of the tropical continents to the 2015–2016 El Niño

    Junjie Liu;Kevin W. Bowman;David S. Schimel;Nicolas C. Parazoo

  • The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum

    Jennifer E. Kay;Jennifer E. Kay;Tristan L'Ecuyer;Andrew Gettelman;Graeme Stephens

  • Evidence for climate change in the satellite cloud record

    Joel R. Norris;Robert J. Allen;Amato T. Evan;Mark D. Zelinka

  • Improved retrievals of carbon dioxide from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 with the version 8 ACOS algorithm

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

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

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

  • The OCO-3 mission: measurement objectives and expected performance based on 1 year of simulated data

    Annmarie Eldering;Thomas E. Taylor;Christopher W. O'Dell;Ryan Pavlick

  • 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

  • The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 early science investigations of regional carbon dioxide fluxes

    A. Eldering;P. O. Wennberg;D. Crisp;D. Schimel

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

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

  • The 2015–2016 carbon cycle as seen from OCO-2 and the global in situ network

    Sean Crowell;David Baker;Andrew Schuh;Sourish Basu;Sourish Basu

  • Cloud Liquid Water Path from Satellite-Based Passive Microwave Observations: A New Climatology over the Global Oceans

    Christopher W. O’Dell;Frank J. Wentz;Ralf Bennartz

  • Towards monitoring localized CO 2 emissions from space: co-located regional CO 2 and NO 2 enhancements observed by the OCO-2 and S5P satellites

    Maximilian Reuter;Michael Buchwitz;Oliver Schneising;Sven Krautwurst

  • Spaceborne detection of localized carbon dioxide sources.

    Florian M. Schwandner;Florian M. Schwandner;Michael R. Gunson;Charles E. Miller;Simon A. Carn

  • OCO-3 early mission operations and initial (vEarly) XCO2 and SIF retrievals

    Thomas E. Taylor;Annmarie Eldering;Aronne Merrelli;Matthäus Kiel

  • Toward robust and consistent regional CO2 flux estimates from in situ and spaceborne measurements of atmospheric CO2

    Frédéric Chevallier;Paul I. Palmer;Liang Feng;Hartmut Boesch

  • The Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI): Comparison and quality assessment of near-surface-sensitive satellite-derived CO2 and CH4 global data sets

    M Buchwitz;Markus Reuter;O Schneising;Hartmut Boesch

Frequent Co-Authors

David Crisp
David Crisp California Institute of Technology
Annmarie Eldering
Annmarie Eldering California Institute of Technology
Debra Wunch
Debra Wunch University of Toronto
Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Isamu Morino
Isamu Morino National Institute for Environmental Studies
Ralf Sussmann
Ralf Sussmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
F. Chevallier
F. Chevallier University of Paris-Saclay
Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen

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