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Environmental Sciences
USA
2023

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Environmental Sciences

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96
Citations
38690
World Ranking
453
National Ranking
207

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Colm Sweeney is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research contributions primarily advance the understanding of atmospheric and environmental sciences, with significant involvement in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, their work extends into specific subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Oceanography

Sweeney's research topics cover a broad spectrum, highlighted by:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

The scientist has contributed to various publications, with several appearing repeatedly in respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Earth system science data
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Sweeney include:

  • Global Carbon Budget 2022, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2021, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Estimating US fossil fuel CO 2 emissions from measurements of 14 C in atmospheric CO 2, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborations have been an essential aspect of Sweeney's work, involving frequent co-authors such as:

  • Kathryn McKain
  • Bianca C. Baier
  • R. Commane
  • Bruce C. Daube
  • Steven C. Wofsy

Best Publications

  • Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea–air CO2 flux over the global oceans

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

  • Global sea-air CO2 flux based on climatological surface ocean pCO2, and seasonal biological and temperature effects

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Colm Sweeney;Alain Poisson

  • Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain

    Ramón A. Alvarez;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;David R. Lyon;David T. Allen

  • An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker

    Wouter Peters;A. R. Jacobson;C. Sweeney;A. E. Andrews

  • Weak northern and strong tropical land carbon uptake from vertical profiles of atmospheric CO2

    Britton B. Stephens;Kevin R. Gurney;Pieter P. Tans;Colm Sweeney

  • Advances in Quantifying Air-Sea Gas Exchange and Environmental Forcing*

    Rik Wanninkhof;William E. Asher;David T. Ho;Colm Sweeney

  • Effect of calcium carbonate saturation state on the calcification rate of an experimental coral reef

    Chris Langdon;Taro Takahashi;Colm Sweeney;Dave Chipman

  • A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Benjamin Pfeil;Benjamin Pfeil;Camilla S. Landa;Camilla S. Landa;Nicolas Metzl

  • Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the United States

    Scot M. Miller;Steven C. Wofsy;Anna M. Michalak;Eric A. Kort

  • Constraining global air-sea gas exchange for CO2 with recent bomb 14C measurements

    Colm Sweeney;Emanuel Gloor;Andrew R. Jacobson;Robert M. Key

  • Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic

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  • Hydrocarbon emissions characterization in the Colorado Front Range: A pilot study

    Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Gregory Frost;Gregory Frost;Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller;Adam I. Hirsch;Adam I. Hirsch

  • Methane emissions estimate from airborne measurements over a western United States natural gas field

    Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Gregory Frost;Gregory Frost

  • Climatological distributions of pH, pCO2, total CO2, alkalinity, and CaCO3 saturation in the global surface ocean, and temporal changes at selected locations

    Taro Takahashi;Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Stewart C. Sutherland;David Chipman;David Chipman;John Goddard;John Goddard

  • The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink

    Peter Landschützer;Nicolas Gruber;F. Alexander Haumann;Christian Rödenbeck

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

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

  • Enhanced Seasonal Exchange of CO2 by Northern Ecosystems Since 1960

    H. D. Graven;R. F. Keeling;S. C. Piper;P. K. Patra

  • Frequency-comb-based remote sensing of greenhouse gases over kilometer air paths

    Greg B. Rieker;Fabrizio R. Giorgetta;William C. Swann;Jonathan Kofler

  • Global ocean carbon uptake: magnitude, variability and trends

    R. Wanninkhof;G. H. Park;G. H. Park;G. H. Park;T. Takahashi;C. Sweeney;C. Sweeney

  • Airborne methane remote measurements reveal heavy-tail flux distribution in Four Corners region

    Christian Frankenberg;Andrew K. Thorpe;David R. Thompson;Glynn Hulley

  • Demonstration of high-precision continuous measurements of water vapor isotopologues in laboratory and remote field deployments using wavelength-scanned cavity ring-down spectroscopy (WS-CRDS) technology

    Priya Gupta;David Noone;David Noone;Joseph Galewsky;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney

  • Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development

    Dana R. Caulton;Paul B. Shepson;Renee L. Santoro;Jed P. Sparks

  • Global sea-air CO 2 flux basedon climatological surface ocean pCO 2 , andseasonal biological andtemperature effects

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Colm Sweeney;Alain Poisson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Karion
Anna Karion National Institute of Standards and Technology
Arlyn E. Andrews
Arlyn E. Andrews National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Taro Takahashi
Taro Takahashi Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eric A. Kort
Eric A. Kort University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stephen A. Montzka
Stephen A. Montzka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Kenneth J. Davis
Kenneth J. Davis Pennsylvania State University
Gabrielle Pétron
Gabrielle Pétron National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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