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Chemistry

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World Ranking
1500
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575

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
92
Citations
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534
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239

Peter F. Bernath 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 Peter F. Bernath sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 1,009 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Peter F. Bernath 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 Peter F. Bernath sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Peter F. Bernath is affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Spectroscopy, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

They have contributed to numerous publications focusing on topics such as Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Astro and Planetary Science, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Frequent venues for their research output include the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, The Astrophysical Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and the Proceedings of the 2022 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy.

Notable recent papers authored by or including them are:

  • The HITRAN2020 molecular spectroscopic database, 2021, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities, 2020, Earth and Space Science
  • Version 4 retrievals for the atmospheric chemistry experiment Fourier transform spectrometer (ACE-FTS) and imagers, 2020, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • On the stratospheric chemistry of midlatitude wildfire smoke, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Wildfire smoke destroys stratospheric ozone, 2022, Science

Their frequent coauthors include C. D. Boone, Randika Dodangodage, Michael J. Lecours, Jonathan Tennyson, and Jacques Liévin.

Over their career, Peter F. Bernath has been recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1987.

Best Publications

  • The HITRAN 2008 molecular spectroscopic database

    L.S. Rothman;I.E. Gordon;Y. Babikov;A. Barbe

  • The HITRAN2012 molecular spectroscopic database

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  • The HITRAN 2008 molecular spectroscopic database

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  • The HITRAN2020 molecular spectroscopic database

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  • Spectra of atoms and molecules

    Peter F. Bernath

  • Spectra of Atoms and Molecules

    Peter F. Bernath

  • Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview.

    P. F. Bernath;C.T. Mcelroy;M. C. Abrams;C.D. Boone

  • Clouds and Aerosols

    O. Boucher;D. Randall;P. Artaxo;C. Bretherton

  • Asian monsoon transport of pollution to the stratosphere.

    William J. Randel;Mijeong Park;Louisa Emmons;Doug Kinnison

  • Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Paul O. Wennberg;Steven C. Wofsy

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder temperature and geopotential height measurements

    M. Schwartz;A. Lambert;G.L. Manney;G.L. Manney;W.G. Read

  • Retrievals for the atmospheric chemistry experiment Fourier-transform spectrometer

    Chris D. Boone;Ray Nassar;Kaley A. Walker;Yves Rochon

  • Detection of C3 in the Circumstellar Shell of IRC+10216

    Kenneth W. Hinkle;John J. Keady;Peter F. Bernath

  • NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities

    J. T. Emmert;D. P. Drob;J. M. Picone;D. E. Siskind

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder stratospheric ozone measurements

    L. Froidevaux;Y. B. Jiang;A. Lambert;N. J. Livesey

  • Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview

    Peter F. Bernath

  • Importance of secondary sources in the atmospheric budgets of formic and acetic acids

    F. Paulot;D. Wunch;J. D. Crounse;G. C. Toon

  • IUPAC Critical Evaluation of the Rotational-Vibrational Spectra of Water Vapor. Part II. Energy Levels and Transition Wavenumbers for HD16O, HD17O, and HD18O

    Jonathan Tennyson;Peter F. Bernath;Linda R. Brown;Alain Campargue

  • Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopologues: 1. Comparison between models and observations

    Camille Risi;Camille Risi;David Noone;John Worden;Christian Frankenberg

  • Recommended isolated-line profile for representing high-resolution spectroscopic transitions (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Jonathan Tennyson;Peter F. Bernath;Alain Campargue;Attila G. Császár

  • Experimental Energy Levels of the Water Molecule

    Jonathan Tennyson;Nikolai F. Zobov;Ross Williamson;Oleg L. Polyansky

  • Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite

    L. Froidevaux;N.J. Livesey;W.G. Read;Y.B. Jiang

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements

    Alyn Lambert;W. G. Read;N. J. Livesey;M. L. Santee

  • Handbook of molecular physics and quantum chemistry

    Stephen Wilson;Peter F. Bernath;R. McWeeny

  • Spectra of Atoms and Molecules

    Peter F. Bernath;Joseph L. Knee

  • Simultaneous ground-based observations of O 3 , HCl, N 2 O, and CH 4 over Toronto, Canada by three Fourier transform spectrometers with different resolutions

    D. Wunch;J. R. Taylor;D. Fu;P. Bernath;P. Bernath

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
C. D. Boone
C. D. Boone University of Waterloo
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Jonathan Tennyson
Jonathan Tennyson University College London
Cathy Clerbaux
Cathy Clerbaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Emmanuel Mahieu
Emmanuel Mahieu University of Liège
Curtis P. Rinsland
Curtis P. Rinsland Langley Research Center
Pierre-François Coheur
Pierre-François Coheur Université Libre de Bruxelles
James R. Drummond
James R. Drummond Dalhousie University
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology

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