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105
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276
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Elliot L Atlas 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 Elliot L Atlas sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 564 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elliot L Atlas 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 Elliot L Atlas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Elliot L Atlas is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily covers fields in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Environmental Science. Within these broader disciplines, their subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main topics of Elliot L Atlas's scientific work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Climate variability and models, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Atlas has contributed extensively to the literature, with recent papers addressing various aspects of atmospheric chemistry and environmental gas dynamics. Notable recent publications include:

  • Inverse modelling of carbonyl sulfide: implementation, evaluation and implications for the global budget (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • A Synthesis Inversion to Constrain Global Emissions of Two Very Short Lived Chlorocarbons: Dichloromethane, and Perchloroethylene (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Marine carbonyl sulfide (OCS) and carbon disulfide (CS 2): a compilation of measurements in seawater and the marine boundary layer (2020), Earth System Science Data
  • Variability and past long-term changes of brominated very short-lived substances at the tropical tropopause (2020), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • A Multimodel Investigation of Asian Summer Monsoon UTLS Transport Over the Western Pacific (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Their frequent coauthors include S. Schauffler, Laura L. Pan, Victoria Treadaway, S. A. Montzka, and Warren P. Smith. This network reflects collaborations across multiple studies focusing on atmospheric and environmental sciences.

Elliot L Atlas publishes regularly in specialized scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their research dissemination are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth System Science Data
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • The atmospheric input of trace species to the world ocean

    R. A. Duce;P. S. Liss;J. T. Merrill;E. L. Atlas

  • A study of secondary organic aerosol formation in the anthropogenic-influenced southeastern United States

    Rodney J. Weber;Amy P. Sullivan;Amy P. Sullivan;Richard E. Peltier;Armistead Russell

  • Emissions from biomass burning in the Yucatan

    R. J. Yokelson;J. D. Crounse;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;T. Karl

  • Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

    Nga Lee Ng;Steven S. Brown;Steven S. Brown;Alexander T. Archibald;Elliot Atlas

  • Global Transport of Organic Pollutants: Ambient Concentrations in the Remote Marine Atmosphere

    E. Atlas;C. S. Giam

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

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

  • Phthalate ester plasticizers: a new class of marine pollutant

    C. S. Giam;H. S. Chan;G. S. Neff;E. L. Atlas

  • Effect of petrochemical industrial emissions of reactive alkenes and NOx on tropospheric ozone formation in Houston, Texas

    T. B. Ryerson;M. Trainer;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;C. A. Brock;C. A. Brock

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

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

  • Partitioning and budget of NO y species during the Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment

    E. L. Atlas;B. A. Ridley;G. Hubler;J. G. Walega

  • Age of stratospheric air unchanged within uncertainties over the past 30 years

    A. Engel;T. Möbius;H. Bönisch;U. Schmidt

  • Observations of Ozone Formation in Power Plant Plumes and Implications for Ozone Control Strategies

    T. B. Ryerson;M. Trainer;J. S. Holloway;J. S. Holloway;D. D. Parrish

  • Organic aerosol formation in urban and industrial plumes near Houston and Dallas, Texas

    R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini;B. Ervens;B. Ervens;A. M. Middlebrook;C. Warneke;C. Warneke

  • Chemical data quantify Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbon flow rate and environmental distribution

    Thomas B. Ryerson;Richard Camilli;John D. Kessler;Elizabeth B. Kujawinski

  • Distribution and fate of selected oxygenated organic species in the troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Atlantic

    H. Singh;Y. Chen;A. Tabazadeh;Y. Fukui

  • Multiyear trends in volatile organic compounds in Los Angeles, California: Five decades of decreasing emissions

    Carsten Warneke;Carsten Warneke;Joost A. de Gouw;Joost A. de Gouw;John S. Holloway;John S. Holloway;Jeff Peischl;Jeff Peischl

  • Determination of urban volatile organic compound emission ratios and comparison with an emissions database

    Carsten Warneke;Carsten Warneke;S. A. McKeen;J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;P. D. Goldan

  • Depletion of lower tropospheric ozone during arctic spring : the Polar Sunrise Experiment 1988

    Jan W. Bottenheim;Leonard A. Barrie;Elliot Atlas;Leroy E. Heidt

  • Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite

    L. Froidevaux;N.J. Livesey;W.G. Read;Y.B. Jiang

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements

    Alyn Lambert;W. G. Read;N. J. Livesey;M. L. Santee

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Sue M. Schauffler
Sue M. Schauffler National Center for Atmospheric Research
John S. Holloway
John S. Holloway National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Frank Flocke
Frank Flocke National Center for Atmospheric Research
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kirstin Krüger
Kirstin Krüger University of Oslo
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Fred C. Fehsenfeld
Fred C. Fehsenfeld Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Trainer
Michael Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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