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Debra K. Weisenstein

Debra K. Weisenstein

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
5459
World Ranking
7222
National Ranking
2566

Debra K. Weisenstein 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 Debra K. Weisenstein sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 92 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Debra K. Weisenstein 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 Debra K. Weisenstein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Debra K. Weisenstein is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and works primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's main topics of work focus on Climate Change and Geoengineering, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Weisenstein has contributed to several prominent scientific venues, with frequent publications in the following:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Recent notable papers by Debra K. Weisenstein include:

  • "An interactive stratospheric aerosol model intercomparison of solar geoengineering by stratospheric injection of SO 2 or accumulation-mode sulfuric acid aerosols," 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Experimental reaction rates constrain estimates of ozone response to calcium carbonate geoengineering," 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Reformulating the bromine alpha factor and equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC): evolution of ozone destruction rates of bromine and chlorine in future climate scenarios," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Sensitivity of Iodine-Mediated Stratospheric Ozone Loss Chemistry to Future Chemistry-Climate Scenarios," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "SOCOL-AER replication Data for: A Model Intercomparison of Stratospheric Solar Geoengineering by Accumulation-Mode Sulfate Aerosols, submission to ACP," 2021, Harvard Dataverse

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Weisenstein include:

  • David W. Keith
  • J. Eric Wilmouth Klobas
  • David M. Wilmouth
  • Daniele Visioni
  • Henning Franke

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity of Ozone to Bromine in the Lower Stratosphere

    R. J. Salawitch;D. K. Weisenstein;L. J. Kovalenko;C. E. Sioris

  • Development and evaluation of the unified tropospheric–stratospheric chemistry extension (UCX) for the global chemistry-transport model GEOS-Chem

    Sebastian D. Eastham;Debra K. Weisenstein;Steven R.H. Barrett

  • The Impact of Geoengineering Aerosols on Stratospheric Temperature and Ozone

    P. Heckendorn;D. Weisenstein;Stephan Andreas Fueglistaler;B. P. Luo

  • A two‐dimensional model of sulfur species and aerosols

    Debra K. Weisenstein;Glenn K. Yue;Malcolm K. W. Ko;Nien-Dak Sze

  • Neutral atmospheric influences of the solar proton events in October–November 2003

    Charles H. Jackman;Matthew T. DeLand;Gordon J. Labow;Eric L. Fleming

  • Distribution of halon-1211 in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere and the 1994 total bromine budget

    P. R. Wamsley;J. W. Elkins;D. W. Fahey;G. S. Dutton

  • Efficient Formation of Stratospheric Aerosol for Climate Engineering by Emission of Condensible Vapor from Aircraft

    Jeffrey R. Pierce;Debra K. Weisenstein;Patricia Heckendorn;Thomas Peter

  • Stratospheric solar geoengineering without ozone loss

    David W. Keith;Debra K. Weisenstein;John A. Dykema;Frank N. Keutsch

  • Global atmospheric sulfur budget under volcanically quiescent conditions : aerosol-chemistry-climate model predictions and validation

    Jian-Xiong Sheng;Debra K. Weisenstein;Bei-Ping Luo;Eugene Rozanov

  • A zonal mean model of stratospheric tracer transport in isentropic coordinates: Numerical simulations for nitrous oxide and nitric acid

    Malcolm K. W. Ko;Ka Kit Tung;Debra K. Weisenstein;Nien Dak Sze

  • Solar geoengineering using solid aerosol in the stratosphere

    D. K. Weisenstein;D. W. Keith;J. A. Dykema

  • Volcanic forcing for climate modeling: a new microphysics-based data set covering years 1600–present

    Florian Xavier Arfeuille;Florian Xavier Arfeuille;D. Weisenstein;H. Mack;E. Rozanov

  • Modeling the stratospheric warming following the Mt. Pinatubo eruption: uncertainties in aerosol extinctions

    Florian Arfeuille;Florian Arfeuille;Beiping P. Luo;Patricia Heckendorn;Debra Weisenstein

  • The influence of the several very large solar proton events in years 2000–2003 on the neutral middle atmosphere

    Charles H. Jackman;Matthew T. DeLand;Gordon J. Labow;Eric L. Fleming

  • Stratospheric controlled perturbation experiment: a small-scale experiment to improve understanding of the risks of solar geoengineering

    John A. Dykema;David W. Keith;James G. Anderson;Debra Weisenstein

  • The Interactive Stratospheric Aerosol Model Intercomparison Project (ISA-MIP): motivation and experimental design

    Claudia Timmreck;Graham W. Mann;Valentina Aquila;Rene Hommel

  • Kinetics of reactions of ground state nitrogen atoms (4S3/2) with NO and NO2

    Paul O. Wennberg;James G. Anderson;Debra K. Weisenstein

  • Global 2-D intercomparison of sectional and modal aerosol modules

    D K Weisenstein;J E Penner;M Herzog;M Herzog;Xiaohong Liu;Xiaohong Liu

  • Potential impact of SO2 emissions from stratospheric aircraft on ozone

    Debra K. Weisenstein;Malcolm K. W. Ko;Nien-Dak Sze;Jose M. Rodriguez

  • Impact of heterogeneous chemistry on model‐calculated ozone change due to high speed civil transport aircraft

    Debra K. Weisenstein;Malcolm K. W. Ko;José M. Rodriguez;Nien‐Dak Sze

  • Quantifying the impact of sulfate geoengineering on mortality from air quality and UV-B exposure

    Sebastian D. Eastham;Debra K. Weisenstein;David W. Keith;Steven R.H. Barrett

  • Neutral atmospheric influences of the solar proton events in October-November 2003 : Violent sun-earth connection events of october-November 2003

    Charles H. Jackman;Matthew T. Deland;Gordon J. Labow;Eric L. Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm K. W. Ko
Malcolm K. W. Ko Langley Research Center
Nien Dak Sze
Nien Dak Sze Harvard University
David W. Keith
David W. Keith University of Chicago
Charles H. Jackman
Charles H. Jackman Goddard Space Flight Center
Eric L. Fleming
Eric L. Fleming Goddard Space Flight Center
Ross J. Salawitch
Ross J. Salawitch University of Maryland, College Park
Thomas Peter
Thomas Peter ETH Zurich
Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology
Eugene Rozanov
Eugene Rozanov Saint Petersburg State University
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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