2026 Manuel Gloor: 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	66	2056	1962	168	162	173	19379

Overview

Manuel Gloor is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Global and Planetary Change as well as Atmospheric Science, with additional work in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Water Science and Technology.

Their main topics of study encompass Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Fire effects on ecosystems, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Climate variability and models, and Forest ecology and management.

Manuel Gloor has published multiple papers, several appearing in renowned scientific journals. Among the recent publications are:

"Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change," 2021, Nature
"Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests," 2020, Science
"Global tree-ring analysis reveals rapid decrease in tropical tree longevity with temperature," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Evapotranspiration in the Amazon: spatial patterns, seasonality, and recent trends in observations, reanalysis, and climate models," 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
"Increased Amazon carbon emissions mainly from decline in law enforcement," 2023, Nature

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Manuel Gloor include J. B. Miller, Luana S. Basso, Luciana V. Gatti, Lucas G. Domingues, and Luciano Marani. These collaborations span a range of studies related to environmental science and climate change.

Manuel Gloor's work has appeared in several publication venues repeatedly, particularly:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature
Environmental Research Letters
Atmosphere

Best Publications

Towards robust regional estimates of CO2 sources and sinks using atmospheric transport models.

K. R. Gurney;R. M. Law;A. S. Denning;P. J. Rayner

1507
Citations
Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests

Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez;Bonaventure Sonké;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

1179
Citations
Consistent land- and atmosphere-based U.S. carbon sink estimates.

S. W. Pacala;G. C. Hurtt;D. Baker;P. Peylin

1154
Citations
Recent trends and drivers of regional sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

S. Sitch;P. Friedlingstein;N. Gruber;S. D. Jones

930
Citations
Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change

Luciana V Gatti;Luana S Basso;John B Miller;Manuel Gloor

925
Citations
21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions

Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Liana O. Anderson;Marisa G. Fonseca;Thais M. Rosan

874
Citations
CO 2 flux history 1982–2001 inferred from atmospheric data using a global inversion of atmospheric transport

C. Rödenbeck;S. Houweling;M. Gloor;M. Heimann

732
Citations
Oceanic sources, sinks, and transport of atmospheric CO2

Nicolas Gruber;Manuel Gloor;Sara E. Mikaloff Fletcher;Scott C. Doney

691
Citations
Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

624
Citations
Drought sensitivity of Amazonian carbon balance revealed by atmospheric measurements

L. V. Gatti;M. Gloor;J. B. Miller;C. E. Doughty

585
Citations
Intensification of the Amazon hydrological cycle over the last two decades

M. Gloor;R. J. W. Brienen;D. Galbraith;T. R. Feldpausch

474
Citations
TransCom 3 CO2 inversion intercomparison: 1. Annual mean control results and sensitivity to transport and prior flux information

Kevin Robert Gurney;Rachel M. Law;A. Scott Denning;Peter J. Rayner

390
Citations
Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites

Edward T.A. Mitchard;Ted R. Feldpausch;Ted R. Feldpausch;Roel J.W. Brienen;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez

358
Citations
Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

Sophie Fauset;Michelle O Johnson;Manuel Gloor;Timothy R Baker

346
Citations
Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

330
Citations
Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance

Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo;Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo;Manuel Gloor;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Yadvinder Malhi

275
Citations
Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro)

Bradley O. Christoffersen;Bradley O. Christoffersen;Manuel Gloor;Sophie Fauset;Nikolaos M. Fyllas

264
Citations
A joint atmosphere‐ocean inversion for surface fluxes of carbon dioxide: 1. Methods and global‐scale fluxes

Andrew R. Jacobson;Andrew R. Jacobson;Sara E.Mikaloff Fletcher;Sara E.Mikaloff Fletcher;Nicolas Gruber;Nicolas Gruber;Jorge Louis Sarmiento

257
Citations
Trends and regional distributions of land and ocean carbon sinks

Jorge Louis Sarmiento;M. Gloor;N. Gruber;C. Beaulieu

244
Citations
Inverse modeling of CO 2 sources and sinks using satellite data: A synthetic inter-comparison of measurement techniques and their performance as a function of space and time

S. Houweling;Francois-Marie Breon;I. Aben;C. Rödenbeck

241
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Roel J. W. Brienen University of Leeds

Jorge L. Sarmiento Princeton University

Martin Heimann Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds

Luciana V. Gatti National Institute for Space Research

Nicolas Gruber ETH Zurich

Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter

Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford

Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research

External Links

Personal website of Manuel Gloor

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