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2918
National Ranking
1148

Overview

Eric A. Kort is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial work published in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research covers a variety of topics including Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

They have contributed multiple recent papers addressing key environmental and atmospheric issues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Quantifying Regional Methane Emissions in the New Mexico Permian Basin with a Comprehensive Aerial Survey, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Inefficient and unlit natural gas flares both emit large quantities of methane, 2022, Science
  • Societal shifts due to COVID-19 reveal large-scale complexities and feedbacks between atmospheric chemistry and climate change, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Constraining Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions From Urban Area Using OCO-2 Observations of Total Column CO2, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Concurrent variation in oil and gas methane emissions and oil price during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Genevieve Plant
  • Adam R. Brandt
  • Yuanlei Chen
  • Alan M. Gorchov Negron
  • M. L. Smith

Their publications are often featured in journals such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain

    Ramón A. Alvarez;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;David R. Lyon;David T. Allen

  • Methane leaks from North American natural gas systems

    A. R. Brandt;G. A. Heath;E. A. Kort;F. O'Sullivan

  • Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the United States

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

  • Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Paul O. Wennberg;Steven C. Wofsy

  • Enhanced Seasonal Exchange of CO2 by Northern Ecosystems Since 1960

    H. D. Graven;R. F. Keeling;S. C. Piper;P. K. Patra

  • Airborne methane remote measurements reveal heavy-tail flux distribution in Four Corners region

    Christian Frankenberg;Andrew K. Thorpe;David R. Thompson;Glynn Hulley

  • Interpreting contemporary trends in atmospheric methane

    Alexander J. Turner;Christian Frankenberg;Eric A. Kort

  • Atmospheric CH4 in the first decade of the 21st century: Inverse modeling analysis using SCIAMACHY satellite retrievals and NOAA surface measurements

    P. Bergamaschi;S. Houweling;A. Segers;M. Krol;M. Krol;M. Krol

  • Reconciling divergent estimates of oil and gas methane emissions

    Daniel Zavala-Araiza;David R. Lyon;Ramón A. Alvarez;Kenneth J. Davis

  • Aircraft-Based Estimate of Total Methane Emissions from the Barnett Shale Region

    Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Eric A. Kort;Paul B. Shepson

  • Space-based observations of megacity carbon dioxide

    Eric A. Kort;Christian Frankenberg;Charles E. Miller;Tom Oda;Tom Oda

  • Four corners: The largest US methane anomaly viewed from space

    Eric A. Kort;Christian Frankenberg;Keeley R. Costigan;Rodica Lindenmaier;Rodica Lindenmaier

  • Urbanization and the carbon cycle: Current capabilities and research outlook from the natural sciences perspective

    Lucy R. Hutyra;Riley Duren;Kevin R. Gurney;Nancy Grimm

  • Quantifying Regional Methane Emissions in the New Mexico Permian Basin with a Comprehensive Aerial Survey.

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  • On the Sources of Methane to the Los Angeles Atmosphere

    Paul O. Wennberg;Wilton Mui;Debra Wunch;Eric A. Kort

  • Inverse modelling of CH 4 emissions for 2010–2011 using different satellite retrieval products from GOSAT and SCIAMACHY

    M. Alexe;P. Bergamaschi;A. Segers;R. Detmers

  • A multi-year methane inversion using SCIAMACHY, accounting for systematic errors using TCCON measurements

    S. Houweling;S. Houweling;M. Krol;M. Krol;M. Krol;P. Bergamaschi;C. Frankenberg

  • Inefficient and unlit natural gas flares both emit large quantities of methane

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  • Large Fugitive Methane Emissions From Urban Centers Along the U.S. East Coast.

    Genevieve Plant;Eric A. Kort;Cody Floerchinger;Alexander Gvakharia

  • Atmospheric observations of Arctic Ocean methane emissions up to 82° north

    E. A. Kort;E. A. Kort;Steven C. Wofsy;B. C. Daube;Minghui Diao

  • Airborne and ground-based observations of a weekend effect in ozone, precursors, and oxidation products in the California South Coast Air Basin

    I. B. Pollack;I. B. Pollack;T. B. Ryerson;M. Trainer;D. D. Parrish

  • Emissions of CH4 and N2O over the United States and Canada based on a receptor-oriented modeling framework and COBRA-NA atmospheric observations

    Eric A. Kort;Janusz Eluszkiewicz;Britton B. Stephens;John B. Miller;John B. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven C. Wofsy
Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University
Bruce C. Daube
Bruce C. Daube Harvard University
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
Anna Karion
Anna Karion National Institute of Standards and Technology
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stephen Conley
Stephen Conley National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Britton B. Stephens
Britton B. Stephens National Center for Atmospheric Research
Arlyn E. Andrews
Arlyn E. Andrews National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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