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Jan Willem Erisman

Jan Willem Erisman

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
86
Citations
46726
World Ranking
702
National Ranking
17

Overview

Jan Willem Erisman is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Environmental Science, encompassing diverse subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work covers several main topics related to environmental and agricultural sustainability, including:

  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Jan Willem Erisman has contributed to various publication venues, notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Organic Agriculture
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Food
  • Environmental Research Letters

Recent papers authored by or involving Erisman include:

  • "Nitrogen emissions along global livestock supply chains," 2020, Nature Food
  • "Global, regional and national trends of atmospheric ammonia derived from a decadal (2008-2018) satellite record," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "The Human Creation and Use of Reactive Nitrogen: A Global and Regional Perspective," 2021, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • "How ammonia feeds and pollutes the world," 2021, Science
  • "Setting ambitious goals for agriculture to meet environmental targets," 2021, One Earth

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jan Willem Erisman include:

  • James N. Galloway
  • José M. Mogollón
  • Suzanne Marselis
  • Jessica Shade
  • Shelley van der Graaf

Best Publications

  • Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

    James N. Galloway;Alan R. Townsend;Jan Willem Erisman;Mateete Bekunda

  • How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

    Jan Willem Erisman;Mark A. Sutton;James Galloway;Zbigniew Klimont

  • The Nitrogen Cascade

    James N. Galloway;John D. Aber;Jan Willem Erisman;Sybil P. Seitzinger

  • Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis.

    R. Bobbink;K. Hicks;J. Galloway;T. Spranger

  • Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China

    Xuejun Liu;Ying Zhang;Wenxuan Han;Aohan Tang

  • The European Nitrogen Assessment. Sources, Effects and Policy Perspectives

    Mark A. Sutton;Clare M. Howard;Jan Willem Erisman;Gilles Billen

  • Too much of a good thing

    Mark A. Sutton;Oene Oenema;Jan Willem Erisman;Adrian Leip

  • Consequences of human modification of the global nitrogen cycle

    Jan Willem Erisman;James N. Galloway;Sybil Seitzinger;Albert Bleeker

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

    D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  • Reduced nitrogen in ecology and the environment.

    J.W. Erisman;A. Bleeker;J. Galloway;M.S. Sutton

  • Our Nutrient World: the challenge to produce more food and energy with less pollution.

    M.A. Sutton;A. Bleeker;C.M. Howard;J.W. Erisman

  • Intensive monitoring of forest ecosystems in Europe: 1. Objectives, set-up and evaluation strategy

    W. de Vries;E.M. Vel;G.J. Reinds;H. Deelstra

  • A nitrogen footprint model to help consumers understand their role in nitrogen losses to the environment

    Allison M. Leach;James N. Galloway;Albert Bleeker;Jan Willem Erisman

  • Atmospheric nitrogen compounds II: emissions, transport, transformation, deposition and assessment

    Viney P. Aneja;Paul A. Roelle;George C. Murray;James Southerland

  • Parametrization of surface resistance for the quantification of atmospheric deposition of acidifying pollutants and ozone

    Jan Willem Erisman;Addo Van Pul;Paul Wyers

  • Ammonia in the environment: From ancient times to the present

    Mark A. Sutton;Jan Willem Erisman;Frank Dentener;Detlev Möller

  • Effects of agriculture upon the air quality and climate: research, policy, and regulations.

    Viney P. Aneja;William H. Schlesinger;Jan Willem Erisman

  • Reactive nitrogen in the environment and its effect on climate change

    Jan Willem Erisman;Jan Willem Erisman;Jim Galloway;Sybil Seitzinger;Albert Bleeker

  • Intensive monitoring of forest ecosystems in Europe; technical report 2001

    W. de Vries;G.J. Reinds;C. van der Salm;G.P.J. Draaijers

  • A chronology of human understanding of the nitrogen cycle.

    James N. Galloway;Allison M. Leach;Albert Bleeker;Jan Willem Erisman

  • Dry deposition of reactive nitrogen to European ecosystems: a comparison of inferential models across the NitroEurope network

    C. R. Flechard;E. Nemitz;R. I. Smith;D. Fowler

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Bleeker
Albert Bleeker Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
David Fowler
David Fowler University of Saskatchewan
Wim de Vries
Wim de Vries Wageningen University & Research
Cathy Clerbaux
Cathy Clerbaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Lieven Clarisse
Lieven Clarisse Université Libre de Bruxelles
Pierre-François Coheur
Pierre-François Coheur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Pierre Cellier
Pierre Cellier University of Paris-Saclay
Eiko Nemitz
Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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