2026 Nadine Unger: 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	42	7317	7033	555	537	89	8461

Overview

Nadine Unger is a researcher affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, with expertise primarily in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans the intersection of atmospheric chemistry, plant sciences, and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing on the impacts of air pollutants and climate factors on ecosystems and human health.

The researcher's recent publications cover several significant topics in environmental and atmospheric science. These include studies on ozone damage and its mitigation, effects of gasoline and diesel vehicle emissions, and the role of CO₂ fertilization in offsetting crop yield losses caused by ozone damage and climate change. Their notable papers include:

Mitigation of ozone damage to the world's land ecosystems by source sector (2020, Nature Climate Change)
Global Climate and Human Health Effects of the Gasoline and Diesel Vehicle Fleets (2020, GeoHealth)
CO₂ fertilization of crops offsets yield losses due to future surface ozone damage and climate change (2022, Environmental Research Letters)
Modeling the joint impacts of ozone and aerosols on crop yields in China: An air pollution policy scenario analysis (2021, Atmospheric Environment)
Pathway dependence of ecosystem responses in China to 1.5 °C global warming (2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)

Research collaboration is an important aspect of their work. Frequent coauthors include Xu Yue, Yiqi Zheng, Stephen Sitch, Zhaozhong Feng, and Kandice Harper, reflecting a network of collaborators contributing to multidisciplinary studies on atmospheric and environmental sciences.

The scientist's work is regularly published in specialized venues related to environmental and atmospheric sciences. Frequent publication venues include:

GeoHealth
Geoscientific Model Development
Nature Climate Change
Environmental Research Letters
Atmospheric Environment

Their main fields of study encompass:

Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, the subfields addressed are:

Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change
Plant Science
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Automotive Engineering

The central topics of Nadine Unger's research work include:

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Plant responses to elevated CO₂
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Climate variability and models
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Vehicle emissions and performance
Fire effects on ecosystems

Best Publications

Improved Attribution of Climate Forcing to Emissions

Drew T. Shindell;Greg Faluvegi;Dorothy M. Koch;Gavin A. Schmidt

1092
Citations
Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

735
Citations
Global air quality and climate

Arlene M. Fiore;Vaishali Naik;Dominick V. Spracklen;Allison Steiner

567
Citations
Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study

J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

441
Citations
Attribution of climate forcing to economic sectors

Nadine Unger;Tami C. Bond;James S. Wang;Dorothy M. Koch;Dorothy M. Koch

343
Citations
Nitrate aerosols today and in 2030: a global simulation including aerosols and tropospheric ozone

S. E. Bauer;S. E. Bauer;D. Koch;D. Koch;N. Unger;S. M. Metzger

340
Citations
Climate simulations for 1880–2003 with GISS modelE

J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

287
Citations
Multimodel simulations of carbon monoxide: Comparison with observations and projected near‐future changes

D. T. Shindell;Gregory S. Faluvegi;D. S. Stevenson;M. C. Krol

270
Citations
Global impacts of aerosols from particular source regions and sectors

Dorothy Koch;Tami C. Bond;David Streets;Nadine Unger;Nadine Unger

267
Citations
Ozone and haze pollution weakens net primary productivity in China

Xu Yue;Nadine Unger;Kandice Harper;Xiangao Xia

246
Citations
Human land-use-driven reduction of forest volatiles cools global climate

Nadine Unger

204
Citations
Simulations of preindustrial, present-day, and 2100 conditions in the NASA GISS composition and climate model G-PUCCINI

D. T. Shindell;D. T. Shindell;Gregory S. Faluvegi;Gregory S. Faluvegi;N. Unger;N. Unger;E. Aguilar;E. Aguilar

183
Citations
Clean the Air, Heat the Planet?

Almut Arneth;Nadine Unger;Markku Kulmala;Meinrat O. Andreae

182
Citations
CMIP5 historical simulations (1850–2012) with GISS ModelE2

Ron L. Miller;Ron L. Miller;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Nick Tausnev

180
Citations
Future climate change under RCP emission scenarios with GISS ModelE2

L. Nazarenko;G. A. Schmidt;R. L. Miller;N. Tausnev

168
Citations
The Yale Interactive terrestrial Biosphere model version 1.0: description, evaluation and implementation into NASA GISS ModelE2

X. Yue;N. Unger

167
Citations
Impact of aviation on climate: FAA’s Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI) Phase II

Guy P. Brasseur;Mohan Gupta;Bruce E. Anderson;Sathya Balasubramanian

162
Citations
Fire air pollution reduces global terrestrial productivity.

Xu Yue;Nadine Unger

148
Citations
Ozone vegetation damage effects on gross primary productivity in the United States

X. Yue;N. Unger

114
Citations
Cross influences of ozone and sulfate precursor emissions changes on air quality and climate

Nadine Unger;Drew T. Shindell;Dorothy M. Koch;David G. Streets

109
Citations
Photosynthesis-dependent isoprene emission from leaf to planet in a global carbon-chemistry-climate model

N. Unger;K. Harper;Y. Zheng;N. Y. Kiang

71
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Drew T. Shindell Duke University

Dorothy Koch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Gavin A. Schmidt Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Anastasia Romanou Goddard Institute for Space Studies

David G. Streets Harvard University

Surabi Menon Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

James Hansen Columbia University

David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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