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83
Citations
29553
World Ranking
826
National Ranking
359

Overview

Curtis P. Rinsland was affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with specific attention to Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their scientific work concentrated on topics such as:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols

Curtis P. Rinsland published in the venue Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, contributing at least one known paper in 2022, titled "The PACE Mission: An Ultralite Solar Occultation Instrument for Simultaneous Infrared and Visible Measurements of Gases, Aerosols, Temperature, and Thin Cirrus."

The researcher collaborated frequently with colleagues including:

  • C. B. Farmer
  • M. C. Abrams
  • William Chu

Throughout their career, Rinsland's publications and research activities addressed complex interactions within the atmosphere, focusing on the measurement and analysis of gases and aerosols that affect climate and environmental conditions.

Best Publications

  • THE HITRAN MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE AND HAWKS (HITRAN ATMOSPHERIC WORKSTATION): 1996 EDITION

    L. S. Rothman;C. P. Rinsland;A. Goldman;S. T. Massie

  • THE HITRAN MOLECULAR DATABASE: EDITIONS OF 1991 AND 1992

    L.S. Rothman;R.R. Gamache;R.H. Tipping;C.P. Rinsland

  • The HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database: edition of 2000 including updates through 2001

    L.S. Rothman;A. Barbe;D. Chris Benner;L.R. Brown

  • Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview.

    P. F. Bernath;C.T. Mcelroy;M. C. Abrams;C.D. Boone

  • The HITRAN database: 1986 edition.

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  • The HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database and HAWKS (HITRAN atmospheric workstation)

    Laurence S. Rothman;Curtis P. Rinsland;Aaron Goldman;Steven T. Massie

  • Intercomparison of retrieval codes used for the analysis of high-resolution, ground-based FTIR measurements

    F. Hase;J.W. Hannigan;M.T. Coffey;A. Goldman

  • Retrievals for the atmospheric chemistry experiment Fourier-transform spectrometer

    Chris D. Boone;Ray Nassar;Kaley A. Walker;Yves Rochon

  • Global budget of CO, 1988–1997: Source estimates and validation with a global model

    B N Duncan;B N Duncan;B N Duncan;J A Logan;I Bey;I Bey;I A Megretskaia

  • The 2009 edition of the GEISA spectroscopic database

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

  • Tropospheric emission spectrometer: retrieval method and error analysis

    K.W. Bowman;C.D. Rodgers;S.S. Kulawik;J. Worden

  • A multispectrum nonlinear least squares fitting technique

    D.Chris Benner;Curtis P. Rinsland;V.Malathy Devi;Mary Ann H. Smith

  • The 1997 spectroscopic GEISA databank

    N. Jacquinet-Husson;E. Arié;J. Ballard;A. Barbe

  • Infrared measurements of the ozone vertical distribution above Kitt Peak

    N. S. Pougatchev;B. J. Connor;C. P. Rinsland

  • Northern and southern hemisphere ground-based infrared spectroscopic measurements of tropospheric carbon monoxide and ethane

    Curtis P. Rinsland;Nicholas B. Jones;Brian J. Connor;Jennifer A. Logan

  • The Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) Experiment: Deployment on the ATLAS Space Shuttle Missions

    Michael R. Gunson;M. M. Abbas;M. C. Abrams;M. Allen

  • Molecular line parameters for the atmospheric trace molecule spectroscopy experiment

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

  • Carbon monoxide distributions from the IASI/METOP mission: evaluation with other space-borne remote sensors

    Maya George;Cathy Clerbaux;Daniel Hurtmans;Solène Turquety;Solène Turquety

  • The GEISA spectroscopic database: Current and future archive for Earth and planetary atmosphere studies

    N. Jacquinet-Husson;N.A. Scott;A. Chédin;L. Crépeau

  • 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

  • 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

  • Atmospheric sulfur hexafluoride: Sources, sinks and greenhouse warming

    Malcolm K. W. Ko;Nien Dak Sze;Wei-Chyung Wang;George Shia

  • Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer observations of the tropospheric HDO/H2O ratio: Estimation approach and characterization

    John Worden;Kevin Bowman;David Noone;Reinhard Beer

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodolphe Zander
Rodolphe Zander University of Liège
Emmanuel Mahieu
Emmanuel Mahieu University of Liège
Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University
Nicholas B. Jones
Nicholas B. Jones University of Wollongong
Fredrick W. Irion
Fredrick W. Irion Jet Propulsion Lab
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Cathy Clerbaux
Cathy Clerbaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
M. J. Newchurch
M. J. Newchurch University of Alabama in Huntsville
Ross J. Salawitch
Ross J. Salawitch University of Maryland, College Park
James W. Hannigan
James W. Hannigan National Center for Atmospheric Research

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