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98
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David W. Fahey 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 David W. Fahey sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 342 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David W. Fahey 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 David W. Fahey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David W. Fahey is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences with particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change subfields.

The scientific topics covered by their work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Frequent publication venues for their research contributions include Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Atmospheric Environment, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and Physical Therapy.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • A microphysics guide to cirrus - Part 2: Climatologies of clouds and humidity from observations, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ), 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • A Novel Network-Based Approach to Determining Measurement Representation Error for Model Evaluation of Aerosol Microphysical Properties, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent coauthors collaborating with them include Michael J. Prather, Andrew W. Rollins, Troy Thornberry, T. F. Hanisco, and Siyuan Wang.

David W. Fahey was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing. Chapter 2

    P. Forster;V. Ramaswamy;P. Artaxo;T. Berntsen

  • Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

    Tami C. Bond;Sarah J. Doherty;D. W. Fahey;Piers Forster

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018

    D.S. Lee;D.W. Fahey;A. Skowron;M.R. Allen

  • Aviation and global climate change in the 21st century.

    David S. Lee;David W. Fahey;Piers M. Forster;Peter J. Newton

  • Ozone production in the rural troposphere and the implications for regional and global ozone distributions

    S. C. Liu;M. Trainer;F. C. Fehsenfeld;D. D. Parrish

  • Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I

    D.J. Wuebbles;D.W. Fahey;K.A. Hibbard;D.J. Dokken

  • Single‐particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and light‐scattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;R. S. Gao;D. W. Fahey;D. W. Fahey;D. S. Thomson;D. S. Thomson

  • The importance of the Montreal Protocol in protecting climate

    Guus J. M. Velders;Stephen O. Andersen;John S. Daniel;David W. Fahey

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Measurement of the mixing state, mass, and optical size of individual black carbon particles in urban and biomass burning emissions

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;R. S. Gao;J. R. Spackman;J. R. Spackman;L. A. Watts;L. A. Watts

  • The large contribution of projected HFC emissions to future climate forcing

    Guus J. M. Velders;David W. Fahey;John S. Daniel;Mack McFarland

  • Removal of Stratospheric O3 by Radicals: In Situ Measurements of OH, HO2, NO, NO2, ClO, and BrO

    P. O. Wennberg;R. C. Cohen;R. M. Stimpfle;J. P. Koplow

  • Hydrogen Radicals, Nitrogen Radicals, and the Production of O3 in the Upper Troposphere

    P. O. Wennberg;T. F. Hanisco;L. Jaeglé;D. J. Jacob

  • Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), Volume I

    Donald J. Wuebbles;David W. Fahey;Kathy A. Hibbard;Jeff R. Arnold

  • In situ measurements of total reactive nitrogen, total water, and aerosol in a polar stratospheric cloud in the Antarctic

    D. W. Fahey;K. K. Kelly;G. V. Ferry;L. R. Poole

  • In situ measurements constraining the role of sulphate aerosols in mid-latitude ozone depletion

    D. W. Fahey;S. R. Kawa;E. L. Woodbridge;P. Tin

  • The detection of large HNO3-containing particles in the winter Arctic stratosphere.

    D. W. Fahey;R. S. Gao;K. S. Carslaw;J. Kettleborough

  • Coatings and their enhancement of black carbon light absorption in the tropical atmosphere

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;J. R. Spackman;J. R. Spackman;D. W. Fahey;D. W. Fahey;R. S. Gao

  • Reactive nitrogen and its correlation with ozone in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere

    D. M. Murphy;D. W. Fahey;M. H. Proffitt;S. C. Liu

  • A Novel Method for Estimating Light-Scattering Properties of Soot Aerosols Using a Modified Single-Particle Soot Photometer

    R. S. Gao;J. P. Schwarz;K. K. Kelly;D. W. Fahey

Frequent Co-Authors

Ru-Shan Gao
Ru-Shan Gao National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Joshua P. Schwarz
Joshua P. Schwarz National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Max Loewenstein
Max Loewenstein Ames Research Center
Fred C. Fehsenfeld
Fred C. Fehsenfeld Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Troy Thornberry
Troy Thornberry National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Anne E. Perring
Anne E. Perring Colgate University
Ross J. Salawitch
Ross J. Salawitch University of Maryland, College Park
James C. Wilson
James C. Wilson University of Denver
K. R. Chan
K. R. Chan Ames Research Center
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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