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D-Index
53
Citations
10499
World Ranking
4249
National Ranking
1598

Overview

John C. Lin is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research focuses broadly on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular attention to global and planetary change, atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and ecology.

The main topics that characterize their work include atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality monitoring and forecasting, fire effects on ecosystems, and vehicle emissions and performance.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with John C. Lin include Derek V. Mallia, Dien Wu, A. Gannet Hallar, L. Mitchell, and D. R. Bowling.

The scientist has a publication record in several prominent venues. These include Environmental Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on satellite observations and quantification of atmospheric gases related to urban and fossil fuel emissions. Recent publications include:

  • "Urban-focused satellite CO2 observations from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3: A first look at the Los Angeles megacity," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Constraining Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions From Urban Area Using OCO-2 Observations of Total Column CO2," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Space-based quantification of per capita CO2 emissions from cities," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Fossil fuel CO2 emissions over metropolitan areas from space: A multi-model analysis of OCO-2 data over Lahore, Pakistan," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • A near-field tool for simulating the upstream influence of atmospheric observations: The Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport (STILT) model

    J. C. Lin;Christoph Gerbig;S. C. Wofsy;A. E. Andrews

  • An overview of regional land-use and land-cover impacts on rainfall

    R. A. Pielke;J. Adegoke;A. Beltrán-Przekurat;C. A. Hiemstra

  • A catalog of the mouse gut metagenome

    Liang Xiao;Qiang Feng;Suisha Liang;Si Brask Sonne

  • A satellite-based biosphere parameterization for net ecosystem CO2 exchange: Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (VPRM)

    Pathmathevan Mahadevan;Steven C. Wofsy;Daniel M. Matross;Daniel M. Matross;Xiangming Xiao

  • Ammonia synthesis from N2 and H2O using a lithium cycling electrification strategy at atmospheric pressure

    Joshua M. McEnaney;Aayush R. Singh;Jay A. Schwalbe;Jakob Kibsgaard

  • Toward constraining regional‐scale fluxes of CO2 with atmospheric observations over a continent: 2. Analysis of COBRA data using a receptor‐oriented framework

    Christoph Gerbig;J. C. Lin;S. C. Wofsy;B. C. Daube

  • Effects of biomass-burning-derived aerosols on precipitation and clouds in the Amazon Basin: a satellite-based empirical study

    J. C. Lin;J. C. Lin;T. Matsui;R. A. Pielke;C. Kummerow

  • Toward constraining regional‐scale fluxes of CO2 with atmospheric observations over a continent: 1. Observed spatial variability from airborne platforms

    Christoph Gerbig;J. C. Lin;S. C. Wofsy;B. C. Daube

  • Vertical mixing in atmospheric tracer transport models: error characterization and propagation

    C. Gerbig;S. Körner;J. C. Lin

  • Anti-amyloid therapy protects against retinal pigmented epithelium damage and vision loss in a model of age-related macular degeneration

    Jin-Dong Ding;Lincoln V. Johnson;Rolf Herrmann;Sina Farsiu

  • Coupled weather research and forecasting-stochastic time-inverted lagrangian transport (WRF-STILT) model

    Thomas Nehrkorn;Janusz Eluszkiewicz;Steven Charles Wofsy;John C. Lin

  • Long-term urban carbon dioxide observations reveal spatial and temporal dynamics related to urban characteristics and growth.

    Logan E. Mitchell;John C. Lin;David R. Bowling;Diane E. Pataki

  • Targeting Age-related Macular Degeneration With Alzheimer’s Disease Based Immunotherapies: Anti-Amyloid-β Antibody Attenuates Pathologies in an Age-related Macular Degeneration Mouse Model

    Jin-Dong Ding;John Lin;Brian E. Mace;Rolf Herrmann

  • Urban-focused satellite CO2 observations from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3: A first look at the Los Angeles megacity

    Matthäus Kiel;Annmarie Eldering;Dustin D. Roten;John C. Lin

  • Accounting for the effect of transport errors on tracer inversions

    J. C. Lin;J. C. Lin;C. Gerbig

  • Coupling between Chemical and Meteorological Processes under Persistent Cold-Air Pool Conditions: Evolution of Wintertime PM2.5 Pollution Events and N2O5 Observations in Utah's Salt Lake Valley.

    Munkhbayar Baasandorj;Sebastian W. Hoch;Ryan Bares;John C. Lin

  • Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States.

    Joost A. de Gouw;Joost A. de Gouw;j. Pepijn Veefkind;j. Pepijn Veefkind;Esther Roosenbrand;Esther Roosenbrand;Barbara Dix

  • North American CO 2 exchange: inter-comparison of modeled estimates with results from a fine-scale atmospheric inversion

    Sharon M. Gourdji;Sharon M. Gourdji;Kimberly L. Mueller;Kimberly L. Mueller;Vineet Yadav;Vineet Yadav;Deborah N. Huntzinger;Deborah N. Huntzinger

  • Stable Isotope Analysis of Precipitation Samples Obtained via Crowdsourcing Reveals the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Superstorm Sandy

    Stephen P. Good;Derek V. Mallia;John C. Lin;Gabriel J. Bowen

  • Constraining fossil fuel CO2 emissions from urban area using OCO‐2 observations of total column CO2

    Xinxin Ye;Xinxin Ye;Thomas Lauvaux;Thomas Lauvaux;Eric A. Kort;Tomohiro Oda;Tomohiro Oda

  • An Odd Oxygen Framework for Wintertime Ammonium Nitrate Aerosol Pollution in Urban Areas: NOx and VOC Control as Mitigation Strategies

    C. C. Womack;C. C. Womack;E. E. McDuffie;E. E. McDuffie;E. E. McDuffie;P. M. Edwards;R. Bares

  • The External Granule Layer of the Developing Chick Cerebellum Generates Granule Cells and Cells of the Isthmus and Rostral Hindbrain

    John C. Lin;Li Cai;Constance L. Cepko

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Gerbig
Christoph Gerbig Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Arlyn E. Andrews
Arlyn E. Andrews National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven C. Wofsy
Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University
Tomohiro Oda
Tomohiro Oda Universities Space Research Association
David R. Bowling
David R. Bowling University of Utah
Christopher Hahn
Christopher Hahn Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Bruce C. Daube
Bruce C. Daube Harvard University
James R. Ehleringer
James R. Ehleringer University of Utah
Drew Higgins
Drew Higgins McMaster University

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