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42
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6489
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7425
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2644

Crofton B. Farmer 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 Crofton B. Farmer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 114 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Crofton B. Farmer 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 Crofton B. Farmer 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

Crofton B. Farmer was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on subfields including Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of study encompassed Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols. These areas reflect a concentration on investigating atmospheric processes and their implications for environmental conditions.

Among recent scholarly contributions, Crofton B. Farmer authored the paper titled "The PACE Mission: An Ultralite Solar Occultation Instrument for Simultaneous Infrared and Visible Measurements of Gases, Aerosols, Temperature, and Thin Cirrus," published in 2022 in the venue Fourier Transform Spectroscopy.

Frequent collaborators in their research included:

  • C. P. Rinsland
  • M. C. Abrams
  • William Chu

The scientist published in the venue Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, which appears as the primary publication outlet based on available data.

Best Publications

  • The seasonal and global behavior of water vapor in the Mars atmosphere: Complete global results of the Viking Atmospheric Water Detector Experiment

    Bruce M. Jakosky;Crofton B. Farmer

  • Mars: Water vapor observations from the Viking orbiters

    C. B. Farmer;D. W. Davies;A. L. Holland;D. D. Laporte

  • Structure and meteorology of the middle atmosphere of Venus: Infrared remote sensing from the Pioneer Orbiter

    F. W. Taylor;R. Beer;M. T. Chahine;D. J. Diner

  • Molecular line parameters for the atmospheric trace molecule spectroscopy experiment

    Linda R. Brown;Crofton B. Farmer;Curtis P. Rinsland;Robert A. Toth

  • Measurements of CH4, N2O, CO, H2O, and O3 in the middle atmosphere by the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy experiment on Spacelab 3

    M. R. Gunson;C. B. Farmer;R. H. Norton;Rodolphe Zander

  • Infrared aircraft measurements of stratospheric composition over Antarctica during September 1987

    Goeff C. Toon;C. B. Farmer;L. L. Lowes;P. W. Schaper

  • Global seasonal variation of water vapor on Mars and the implications for permafrost

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  • Measurements of odd nitrogen compounds in the stratosphere by the ATMOS experiment on Spacelab 3

    J. M. Russell;C. B. Farmer;C. P. Rinsland;Rodolphe Zander

  • Stratospheric trace gases in the spring 1986 Antarctic atmosphere

    C. B. Farmer;G. C. Toon;P. W. Schaper;J.-F. Blavier

  • Mars: Northern Summer Ice Cap—Water Vapor Observations from Viking 2

    Crofton B. Farmer;Donald W. Davies;Daniel D. Laporte

  • Spectroscopic detection and vertical distribution of HCl in the troposphere and stratosphere

    C. B. Farmer;O. F. Raper;R. H. Norton

  • Composition Measurements of the 1989 Arctic Winter Stratosphere by Airborne Infrared Solar Absorption Spectroscopy

    G. C. Toon;C. B. Farmer;P. W. Schaper;L. L. Lowes

  • High resolution infrared spectroscopy of the sun and the earth's atmosphere from space

    Crofton B. Farmer

  • Infrared spectroscopic measurements of halogenated source gases in the stratosphere with the ATMOS instrument

    Rodolphe Zander;C. P. Rinsland;C. B. Farmer;R. H. Norton

  • The 1985 chlorine and fluorine inventories in the stratosphere based on ATMOS observations at 30° north latitude

    Rodolphe Zander;Michael R. Gunson;Crofton B. Farmer;Curtis P. Rinsland

  • Water vapor diffusion in Mars subsurface environments

    Troy L. Hudson;Oded Aharonson;Norbert Schorghofer;Norbert Schorghofer;Crofton B. Farmer

  • Simultaneous spectroscopic measurements of stratospheric species: O3, CH4, CO, CO2, N2O, H2O, HCl, and HF at northern and southern mid‐latitudes

    C. B. Farmer;O. F. Raper;B. D. Robbins;R. A. Toth

  • Infrared spectroscopic measurements of halogenated sink and reservoir gases in the stratosphere with the ATMOS instrument

    O. F. Raper;C. B. Farmer;Rodolphe Zander;J. H. Park

  • Improved Dunham coefficients for CO from infrared solar lines of high rotational excitation

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  • Liquid water on Mars

    Crofton B. Farmer

  • Observation of several chlorine nitrate (ClONO2) bands in stratospheric infrared spectra

    R. Zander;C. P. Rinsland;C. B. Farmer;L. R. Brown

  • Stratospheric profiles of heavy water vapor isotopes and CH3D from analysis of the ATMOS Spacelab 3 infrared solar spectra

    C. P. Rinsland;M. R. Gunson;J. C. Foster;R. A. Toth

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodolphe Zander
Rodolphe Zander University of Liège
Curtis P. Rinsland
Curtis P. Rinsland Langley Research Center
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
M. T. Coffey
M. T. Coffey National Center for Atmospheric Research
Edward V. Browell
Edward V. Browell Langley Research Center
M. P. McCormick
M. P. McCormick Langley Research Center
Owen B. Toon
Owen B. Toon University of Colorado Boulder
John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research
Leslie R. Lait
Leslie R. Lait Goddard Space Flight Center
Stefan Kinne
Stefan Kinne Max Planck Society

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