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  • 1990 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Edward J. Dlugokencky is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their primary research focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular concentration in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The body of research by Edward J. Dlugokencky spans multiple aspects of atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and climate change and permafrost.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Edward J. Dlugokencky include:

  • Sylvia Michel
  • Xin Lan
  • Pieter P. Tans
  • Lori Bruhwiler
  • Motoki Sasakawa

The scientist has published repeatedly in several venues, most notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Atmosphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Notable recent papers include:

  • The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017, 2020, NOAA Institutional Repository
  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks, 2020, Nature
  • Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Estimating emissions of methane consistent with atmospheric measurements of methane and δ 13 C of methane, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Country-Scale Analysis of Methane Emissions with a High-Resolution Inverse Model Using GOSAT and Surface Observations, 2020, Remote Sensing

Throughout their career, Edward J. Dlugokencky has contributed extensively to the understanding of methane and nitrous oxide emissions and their global budgets, reflecting a sustained engagement with atmospheric measurements and modeling.

They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Observations: Atmosphere and surface

    Dennis L. Hartmann;Albert M.G. Klein Tank;Matilde Rusticucci;Lisa V. Alexander

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • Non-CO2 greenhouse gases and climate change.

    S. A. Montzka;E. J. Dlugokencky;J. H. Butler

  • Contribution of anthropogenic and natural sources to atmospheric methane variability

    P. Bousquet;P. Bousquet;P. Ciais;J. B. Miller;J. B. Miller;E. J. Dlugokencky

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • Atmospheric chemistry and greenhouse gases

    D. Ehhalt;M. Prather;F. Dentener;R. Derwent

  • Global atmospheric methane: budget, changes and dangers

    Edward J. Dlugokencky;Euan G. Nisbet;Rebecca Fisher;David Lowry

  • The growth rate and distribution of atmospheric methane

    E. J. Dlugokencky;L. P. Steele;P. M. Lang;K. A. Masarie

  • Observational constraints on recent increases in the atmospheric CH4 burden

    E. J. Dlugokencky;L. Bruhwiler;J. W. C. White;L. K. Emmons

  • Very Strong Atmospheric Methane Growth in the 4 Years 2014–2017:Implications for the Paris Agreement

    E. G. Nisbet;M. R. Manning;E. J. Dlugokencky;R. E. Fisher

  • Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the United States

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

  • The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere

    Hanqin Tian;Chaoqun Lu;Chaoqun Lu;Philippe Ciais;Anna M. Michalak

  • Methane on the Rise—Again

    Euan G. Nisbet;Edward J. Dlugokencky;Philippe Bousquet

  • Upward revision of global fossil fuel methane emissions based on isotope database

    Stefan Schwietzke;Owen A. Sherwood;Lori M. P. Bruhwiler;John B. Miller;John B. Miller

  • Continuing decline in the growth rate of the atmospheric methane burden

    E. J. Dlugokencky;K. A. Masarie;K. A. Masarie;P. M. Lang;P. P. Tans

  • 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

  • Atmospheric methane levels off: Temporary pause or a new steady-state?

    E. J. Dlugokencky;S. Houweling;L. Bruhwiler;K. A. Masarie

  • 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

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Maarten Krol
Maarten Krol Wageningen University & Research
Sander Houweling
Sander Houweling Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Arlyn E. Andrews
Arlyn E. Andrews National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ray L. Langenfelds
Ray L. Langenfelds Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego
Stephen A. Montzka
Stephen A. Montzka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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