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D-Index
43
Citations
10795
World Ranking
6956
National Ranking
2476

Gabrielle Pétron 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 Gabrielle Pétron sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 109 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Gabrielle Pétron 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 Gabrielle Pétron sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

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 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gabrielle Pétron is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Environmental Science. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, and Ocean Engineering.

The main research topics covered by Gabrielle Pétron involve Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Fire effects on ecosystems, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Coal Properties and Utilization.

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations are:

  • Andrew M. Crotwell
  • Paul B. Krummel
  • John D. Patterson
  • R. L. Langenfelds
  • Molly Crotwell

Gabrielle Pétron has published in a variety of scientific venues, with multiple publications in Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Atmospheric measurement techniques, Environmental Science & Technology, and Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gabrielle Pétron include:

  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks Using δ13C-CH4, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • H 2 in Antarctic firn air: Atmospheric reconstructions and implications for anthropogenic emissions, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Sixteen years of MOPITT satellite data strongly constrain Amazon CO fire emissions, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric History of H2 Over the Past Century Reconstructed From South Pole Firn Air, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker

    Wouter Peters;A. R. Jacobson;C. Sweeney;A. E. Andrews

  • Methane leaks from North American natural gas systems

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

  • The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking

    Robert B. Jackson;Avner Vengosh;J. William Carey;Richard J. Davies

  • 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

  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    Louisa K. Emmons;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;John J. Orlando;Geoff Tyndall

  • 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

  • Frequency-comb-based remote sensing of greenhouse gases over kilometer air paths

    Greg B. Rieker;Fabrizio R. Giorgetta;William C. Swann;Jonathan Kofler

  • A new look at methane and nonmethane hydrocarbon emissions from oil and natural gas operations in the Colorado Denver-Julesburg Basin

    Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller

  • Observations of carbon monoxide and aerosols from the Terra satellite: Northern Hemisphere variability

    D. P. Edwards;L. K. Emmons;D. A. Hauglustaine;D. A. Chu

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

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

  • Multimodel simulations of carbon monoxide: Comparison with observations and projected near‐future changes

    D. T. Shindell;Gregory S. Faluvegi;D. S. Stevenson;M. C. Krol

  • Air impacts of increased natural gas acquisition, processing, and use: a critical review.

    Christopher W. Moore;Barbara Zielinska;Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Robert B. Jackson;Robert B. Jackson

  • Monthly CO surface sources inventory based on the 2000–2001 MOPITT satellite data

    Gabrielle Pétron;Claire Granier;Boris Khattatov;Valery Yudin

  • Temporal variability largely explains top-down/bottom-up difference in methane emission estimates from a natural gas production region

    Timothy L. Vaughn;Clay S. Bell;Cody K. Pickering;Stefan Schwietzke

  • Seasonal temperature variations influence isoprene emission

    G. Pétron;P. Harley;J. Greenberg;A. Guenther

  • Quantifying CO emissions from the 2004 Alaskan wildfires using MOPITT CO data

    G. Pfister;P. G. Hess;L. K. Emmons;J.-F. Lamarque

  • Emissions of gases and particles from biomass burning during the 20th century using satellite data and an historical reconstruction

    Aude Mieville;Aude Mieville;Claire Granier;C. Liousse;B. Guillaume

  • Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks Using δ13C-CH4.

    X. Lan;X. Lan;S. Basu;S. Basu;S. Schwietzke;S. Schwietzke;L. M. P. Bruhwiler

  • Mobile Laboratory Observations of Methane Emissions in the Barnett Shale Region

    Tara I. Yacovitch;Scott C. Herndon;Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Jonathan Kofler;Jonathan Kofler

  • Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil- and natural gas-producing region of the western US

    Ravan Ahmadov;Ravan Ahmadov;S. McKeen;S. McKeen;M. Trainer;R Banta

  • The impact of natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbons on the tropospheric budget of carbon monoxide

    Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Jean-François Müller;Guy Brasseur

  • Emissions of gases and particles from biomass burning during the 20th century

    Claire Granier;Aude Mieville;Catherine Liousse;B. Guillaume

Frequent Co-Authors

Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gregory J. Frost
Gregory J. Frost National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Claire Granier
Claire Granier National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Russell C. Schnell
Russell C. Schnell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Anna Karion
Anna Karion National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Peter Edwards
Peter Edwards University of York
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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