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D-Index
50
Citations
7565
World Ranking
5083
National Ranking
212

Paul A. Makar publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul A. Makar sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 194 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Paul A. Makar D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul A. Makar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul A. Makar is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada and has contributed extensively to environmental and atmospheric sciences. Their research encompasses a range of topics within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on atmospheric processes and air quality.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad fields, their work covers significant subfields such as:

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

Makar's research topics span across several key areas including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

The scientist's publication record features articles in a number of specialized venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmosphere

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul A. Makar include:

  • Evaluation and intercomparison of wildfire smoke forecasts from multiple modeling systems for the 2019 Williams Flats fire, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Biomass burning nitrogen dioxide emissions derived from space with TROPOMI: methodology and validation, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • The 2018 fire season in North America as seen by TROPOMI: aerosol layer height intercomparisons and evaluation of model-derived plume heights, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Technical note: AQMEII4 Activity 1: evaluation of wet and dry deposition schemes as an integral part of regional-scale air quality models, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Inconsistencies in sulfur dioxide emissions from the Canadian oil sands and potential implications, 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ayodeji Akingunola
  • Philip Cheung
  • Mark Gordon
  • Julian Aherne
  • Jack Chen

Best Publications

  • High resolution mapping of nitrogen dioxide with TROPOMI: First results and validation over the Canadian oil sands.

    Debora Griffin;Xiaoyi Zhao;Chris A. McLinden;Folkert Boersma;Folkert Boersma

  • Modelling gaseous dry deposition in AURAMS: a unified regional air-quality modelling system

    Leiming Zhang;Michael D. Moran;Paul A. Makar;Jeffrey R. Brook

  • Evaluation of operational on-line-coupled regional air quality models over Europe and North America in the context of AQMEII phase 2. Part I: Ozone

    Ulas Im;Roberto Bianconi;Efisio Solazzo;Ioannis Kioutsioukis

  • Evaluation of operational online-coupled regional air quality models over Europe and North America in the context of AQMEII phase 2. Part II: Particulate matter

    Ulas Im;Roberto Bianconi;Efisio Solazzo;Ioannis Kioutsioukis

  • Oil sands operations as a large source of secondary organic aerosols

    John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li;Katherine Hayden;Youssef M. Taha

  • Feedbacks between air pollution and weather, Part 1: Effects on weather

    P.A. Makar;W. Gong;J. Milbrandt;C. Hogrefe

  • Characterization of a large biogenic secondary organic aerosol event from eastern Canadian forests

    J. G. Slowik;C. Stroud;J. W. Bottenheim;P. C. Brickell

  • Intercomparison of the gas-phase chemistry in several chemistry and transport models

    M. Kuhn;P.J.H. Builtjes;D. Poppe;D. Simpson

  • Improved satellite retrievals of NO 2 and SO 2 over the Canadian oil sands and comparisons with surface measurements

    C. A. McLinden;V. Fioletov;K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;S. K. Kharol

  • Feedbacks between air pollution and weather, part 2: Effects on chemistry

    P.A. Makar;W. Gong;C. Hogrefe;Y. Zhang

  • Cloud processing of gases and aerosols in a regional air quality model (AURAMS)

    Wanmin Gong;Ashu P. Dastoor;Véronique S. Bouchet;Sunling Gong

  • Estimates of exceedances of critical loads for acidifying deposition in Alberta and Saskatchewan

    Paul A. Makar;Ayodeji Akingunola;Julian Aherne;Amanda S. Cole

  • Lake breezes in the southern Great Lakes region and their influence during BAQS-Met 2007

    D. M. L. Sills;J. R. Brook;I. Levy;P. A. Makar

  • Uncertainties of simulated aerosol optical properties induced by assumptions on aerosol physical and chemical properties: An AQMEII-2 perspective

    G. Curci;C. Hogrefe;R. Bianconi;U. Im

  • Chemical composition of surface films on glass windows and implications for atmospheric chemistry

    Buuan Lam;Miriam L. Diamond;André J. Simpson;Paul A. Makar

  • Differences between measured and reported volatile organic compound emissions from oil sands facilities in Alberta, Canada

    Shao-Meng Li;Amy Leithead;Samar G. Moussa;John Liggio

  • Comparative analysis of meteorological performance of coupled chemistry-meteorology models in the context of AQMEII phase 2

    Dominik Brunner;Nicholas Savage;Oriol Jorba;Brian Eder

  • Role of canopy-scale photochemistry in modifying biogenic-atmosphere exchange of reactive terpene species: Results from the CELTIC field study

    Craig Stroud;Craig Stroud;Paul Makar;Thomas Karl;Alex Guenther

  • Heat flux, urban properties, and regional weather

    P.A. Makar;S. Gravel;V. Chirkov;K.B. Strawbridge

  • Chemical processing of biogenic hydrocarbons within and above a temperate deciduous forest

    P. A. Makar;J. D. Fuentes;D. Wang;R. M. Staebler

  • The effects of forest canopy shading and turbulence on boundary layer ozone

    P. A. Makar;R. M. Staebler;A. Akingunola;J. Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Moran
Michael D. Moran Environment and Climate Change Canada
Shao-Meng Li
Shao-Meng Li Peking University
John Liggio
John Liggio Environment and Climate Change Canada
Katherine Hayden
Katherine Hayden Environment and Climate Change Canada
Ralf M. Staebler
Ralf M. Staebler Environment and Climate Change Canada
Sunling Gong
Sunling Gong China Meteorological Administration
Chris A. McLinden
Chris A. McLinden Environment and Climate Change Canada
Christian Hogrefe
Christian Hogrefe Environmental Protection Agency
Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero
Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero University of Murcia
Kurt G. Anlauf
Kurt G. Anlauf Environment and Climate Change Canada

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