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Overview

Matthew Rigby is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions spanning Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several topics related to atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, environmental impact and sustainability, energy, environment, and transportation policies, as well as reservoir engineering and simulation methods.

Among their recent papers are:

  • A comprehensive and synthetic dataset for global, regional, and national greenhouse gas emissions by sector 1970-2018 with an extension to 2019 (2021), published in Earth System Science Data
  • The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) (2020), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • A decline in emissions of CFC-11 and related chemicals from eastern China (2021), published in Nature
  • Quantifying contributions of chlorofluorocarbon banks to emissions and impacts on the ozone layer and climate (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • A decline in global CFC-11 emissions during 2018−2019 (2021), published in Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthew Rigby include:

  • Simon O'Doherty
  • Anita L. Ganesan
  • Dickon Young
  • Jens Mühle
  • Paul B. Krummel

The scientist's publications appear often in venues such as:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Nature Communications
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • Renewed growth of atmospheric methane

    Matthew Rigby;R.G Prinn;P.J Fraser;P.G Simmonds

  • Role of atmospheric oxidation in recent methane growth

    Matthew Rigby;Stephen A. Montzka;Ronald G. Prinn;James W. C. White

  • An unexpected and persistent increase in global emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11

    Stephen A. Montzka;Geoff S. Dutton;Geoff S. Dutton;Pengfei Yu;Pengfei Yu;Eric Ray;Eric Ray

  • TransCom model simulations of CH4 and related species: linking transport, surface flux and chemical loss with CH4 variability in the troposphere and lower stratosphere

    P. K. Patra;S. Houweling;Maarten Krol;Maarten Krol;P. Bousquet

  • History of chemically and radiatively important atmospheric gases from the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE)

    Ronald G. Prinn;Ray F. Weiss;Jgor Arduini;Tim Arnold

  • Update on Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODSs) and Other Gases of Interest to the Montreal Protocol

    A. Engel;M. Rigby;James B. Burkholder;Rafael Pedro Fernandez

  • Increase in CFC-11 emissions from eastern China based on atmospheric observations.

    M. Rigby;S. Park;T. Saito;L. M. Western

  • Perfluorocarbons in the global atmosphere: tetrafluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, and octafluoropropane

    Jens Muhle;Anita Lakshmi Ganesan;Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller;P. K. Salameh

  • History of atmospheric SF 6 from 1973 to 2008

    M. Rigby;J. Mühle;B. R. Miller;R. G. Prinn

  • Modern inhalation anesthetics: Potent greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere

    Martin K. Vollmer;Tae Siek Rhee;Matt Rigby;Doris Hofstetter

  • A comprehensive and synthetic dataset for global, regional and national greenhouse gas emissions by sector 1970-2018 with an extension to 2019

    Jan C. Minx;William F. Lamb;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell

  • Rapid increase in ozone-depleting chloroform emissions from China

    Xuekun Fang;Sunyoung Park;Takuya Saito;Rachel Tunnicliffe

  • Re-evaluation of the lifetimes of the major CFCs and CH 3 CCl 3 using atmospheric trends

    M. Rigby;M. Rigby;R. G. Prinn;S. O'Doherty;S. A. Montzka

  • Characterization of uncertainties in atmospheric trace gas inversions using hierarchical Bayesian methods

    A. L. Ganesan;A. L. Ganesan;M. Rigby;A. Zammit-Mangion;A. J. Manning

  • Recent and future trends in synthetic greenhouse gas radiative forcing

    M. Rigby;M. Rigby;R. G. Prinn;S. O'Doherty;B. R. Miller

  • The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 )

    Peter G. Simmonds;Matthew Rigby;Alistair J. Manning;Sunyoung Park

  • Advancing Scientific Understanding of the Global Methane Budget in Support of the Paris Agreement

    Anita L. Ganesan;Stefan Schwietzke;Benjamin Poulter;Tim Arnold;Tim Arnold

  • HFC-23 (CHF 3 ) emission trend response to HCFC-22 (CHClF 2 ) production and recent HFC-23 emission abatement measures

    Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller;Matthew Rigby;L. J. M. Kuijpers;P. B. Krummel

  • A decline in emissions of CFC-11 and related chemicals from eastern China

    Sunyoung Park;Luke M. Western;Takuya Saito;Alison L. Redington

  • Global and regional emissions estimates for N 2 O

    E. Saikawa;E. Saikawa;R. G. Prinn;E. Dlugokencky;K. Ishijima

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon O'Doherty
Simon O'Doherty University of Bristol
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego
Paul J. Fraser
Paul J. Fraser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jens Mühle
Jens Mühle University of California, San Diego
Peter K. Salameh
Peter K. Salameh University of California, San Diego
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Mark Lunt
Mark Lunt University of Manchester

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