2026 Guy Brasseur: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	95	473	446	30	29	452	38446

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
2005 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2000 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Guy Brasseur is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has a strong research profile centered on environmental and earth sciences, particularly atmospheric studies. Their work spans various subfields including atmospheric science, global and planetary change, health toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and astronomy and astrophysics.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include:

Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields of study covered in their research include:

Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Environmental Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Key topics within their research output address atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric ozone and climate, the COVID-19 impact on air quality, and wind and air flow studies.

Main research topics:

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
COVID-19 impact on air quality
Wind and Air Flow Studies

Several recent papers provide insight into their research interests and contribution to atmospheric science and environmental monitoring:

The Response in Air Quality to the Reduction of Chinese Economic Activities During the COVID-19 Outbreak (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
Global Changes in Secondary Atmospheric Pollutants During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
Changes in global air pollutant emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a dataset for atmospheric modeling (2021, Earth System Science Data)
Separating Daily 1 km PM_2.5 Inorganic Chemical Composition in China since 2000 via Deep Learning Integrating Ground, Satellite, and Model Data (2023, Environmental Science & Technology)
Comprehensive evaluation of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) reanalysis against independent observations (2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene)

Frequent collaborators in their publications include:

Tao Wang
Benjamin Gaubert
Cathy W. Y. Li
Idir Bouarar
Claire Granier

Prominent venues where Guy Brasseur has published multiple works comprise:

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Guy Brasseur has contributed to the literature also through book publication, notably with "The Ozone Layer: From Discovery to Recovery" published by the Max Planck Society in 2020.

The scientist has been recognized through professional honors including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2005 and becoming a Member of Academia Europaea in 2000.

Best Publications

Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry

Surabi Menon;Kenneth L. Denman;Guy Brasseur;Amnat Chidthaisong

3142
Citations
Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry

Kenneth L. Denman;Guy Brasseur;Amnat Chidthaisong;Philippe Ciais

2990
Citations
Aeronomy of the Middle Atmosphere: Chemistry and Physics of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere

Guy P. Brasseur;Susan Solomon

2892
Citations
A global simulation of tropospheric ozone and related tracers: Description and evaluation of MOZART, version 2

Larry W. Horowitz;Stacy Walters;Denise Leonore Mauzerall;Louisa K. Emmons

1121
Citations
Atmospheric chemistry and global change

Guy. Brasseur;John J. Orlando;Geoffrey S. Tyndall

1114
Citations
Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;W. K.M. Lau;V. Ramanathan;G. Wu

851
Citations
MOZART, a global chemical transport model for ozone and related chemical tracers: 1. Model description

G. P. Brasseur;D. A. Hauglustaine;S. Walters;P. J. Rasch

618
Citations
Sensitivity of chemical tracers to meteorological parameters in the MOZART-3 chemical transport model

D.E. Kinnison;Guy P. Brasseur;S. Walters;R.R. Garcia

552
Citations
Radiative forcing in the 21st century due to ozone changes in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

M. Gauss;G. Myhre;G. Pitari;M. J. Prather

546
Citations
The Response in Air Quality to the Reduction of Chinese Economic Activities during the COVID-19 Outbreak.

Xiaoqin Shi;Guy P. Brasseur;Guy P. Brasseur;Guy P. Brasseur

518
Citations
Air pollution and climate-forcing impacts of a global hydrogen economy

Martin G. Schultz;Thomas Diehl;Guy P. Brasseur;Werner Zittel

498
Citations
IMAGES: A three‐dimensional chemical transport model of the global troposphere

Jean-François Müller;Guy Brasseur

438
Citations
Lung cancer mortality and exposure to atmospheric aerosol particles in Guangzhou, China

Xuexi Tie;Dui Wu;Guy Brasseur

423
Citations
Chemistry of the 1991–1992 stratospheric winter: Three‐dimensional model simulations

F. Lefèvre;G. P. Brasseur;I. Folkins;A. K. Smith

414
Citations
MOZART, a global chemical transport model for ozone and related chemical tracers: 2. Model results and evaluation

D. A. Hauglustaine;G. P. Brasseur;S. Walters;P. J. Rasch

404
Citations
Variations in the predicted spatial distribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition and their impact on carbon uptake by terrestrial ecosystems

Elisabeth A. Holland;B. H. Braswell;Jean François Lamarque;Alan Townsend;Alan Townsend

403
Citations
SciENTIFIC AssESSMENT OF OzoNE DEPLETION: 1998

Daniel L. Albritton;Pieter J. Aucamp;Gerard Megie;Robert T. Watson

391
Citations
Global Wildland Fire Emission Model (GWEM): Evaluating the use of global area burnt satellite data

Judith J. Hoelzemann;Martin G. Schultz;Guy P. Brasseur;Claire Granier

391
Citations
Assessment of the global impact of aerosols on tropospheric oxidants

Xuexi Tie;Sasha Madronich;Stacy Walters;David P. Edwards

381
Citations
Assessing future nitrogen deposition and carbon cycle feedback using a multimodel approach: Analysis of nitrogen deposition

J.-F. Lamarque;J.-T. Kiehl;G.-P. Brasseur;T. Butler

370
Citations
Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry

Guy P. Brasseur;Daniel J. Jacob

346
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire Granier National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Xuexi Tie Chinese Academy of Sciences

Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University

Jean-François Müller Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy

Louisa Emmons National Center for Atmospheric Research

Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research

Douglas E. Kinnison National Center for Atmospheric Research

Hauke Schmidt Max Planck Society

Anne K. Smith National Center for Atmospheric Research

Larry W. Horowitz Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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