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Peter R. Colarco 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 R. Colarco sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 284 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Peter R. Colarco 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 R. Colarco sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter R. Colarco is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial body of work in Environmental Science. The scientist has produced 83 publications in the former and 77 in the latter, demonstrating a balanced engagement in both fields.

Their subfield expertise includes Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography. Within these areas, their main research topics cover Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Aeolian processes and effects, Fire effects on ecosystems, and Climate variability and models.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with peers such as Mian Chin, Huisheng Bian, Arlindo da Silva, Jeffrey S. Reid, and Valentina Aquila, reflecting a networked approach to research.

Peter R. Colarco has published extensively in several scientific journals and platforms, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Key recent publications demonstrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Six global biomass burning emission datasets: intercomparison and application in one global aerosol model, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Tracking the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Aerosol Cloud in the Upper and Middle Stratosphere Using Space-Based Observations, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation

    C. A. Randles;A. M. da Silva;V. Buchard;V. Buchard;P. R. Colarco

  • THE CALIPSO MISSION: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds

    D. M. Winker;Jacques Pelon;J. A. Coakley;S. A. Ackerman

  • The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part II: Evaluation and Case Studies

    V. Buchard;V. Buchard;C. A. Randles;A. M. da Silva;A. Darmenov

  • Online simulations of global aerosol distributions in the NASA GEOS‐4 model and comparisons to satellite and ground‐based aerosol optical depth

    Peter Colarco;Arlindo da Silva;Mian Chin;Thomas Diehl;Thomas Diehl

  • Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust

    Jasper F. Kok;Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Samuel Albani;Yves Balkanski

  • Transport of smoke from Canadian forest fires to the surface near Washington, D.C.: Injection height, entrainment, and optical properties

    P. R. Colarco;M. R. Schoeberl;B. G. Doddridge;L. T. Marufu

  • Evaluation of the surface PM2.5 in Version 1 of the NASA MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis over the United States

    V. Buchard;V. Buchard;A. M. da Silva;C. A. Randles;C. A. Randles;P. Colarco

  • Six global biomass burning emission datasets: intercomparison and application in one global aerosol model

    Xiaohua Pan;Xiaohua Pan;Charles Ichoku;Mian Chin;Huisheng Bian;Huisheng Bian

  • Using the OMI aerosol index and absorption aerosol optical depth to evaluate the NASA MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis

    V. Buchard;V. Buchard;A. M. da Silva;P. R. Colarco;A. Darmenov

  • Analysis of measurements of Saharan dust by airborne and ground-based remote sensing methods during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE)

    Jeffrey S. Reid;James E. Kinney;Douglas L. Westphal;Brent N. Holben

  • Impact of radiatively interactive dust aerosols in the NASA GEOS-5 climate model: Sensitivity to dust particle shape and refractive index

    Peter R. Colarco;Edward Paul Nowottnick;Cynthia A. Randles;Cynthia A. Randles;Bingqi Yi

  • Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance

    Jasper F. Kok;Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Samuel Albani;Samuel Albani;Yves Balkanski

  • Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements

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  • Tracking the 2022 Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Aerosol Cloud in the Upper and Middle Stratosphere Using Space‐Based Observations

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  • Alaskan and Canadian forest fires exacerbate ozone pollution over Houston, Texas, on 19 and 20 July 2004

    Gary A. Morris;Scott Hersey;Anne M. Thompson;Steven Pawson

  • A multi-model evaluation of aerosols over South Asia: common problems and possible causes

    X. Pan;M. Chin;R. Gautam;H. Bian;H. Bian

  • Planning, implementation, and first results of the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4)

    Owen B. Toon;David O. Starr;Eric J. Jensen;Paul A. Newman

  • Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere

    G. P. Schill;G. P. Schill;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd;H. Bian;H. Bian;A. Kupc;A. Kupc;A. Kupc

  • Determining the UV imaginary index of refraction of Saharan dust particles from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer data using a three-dimensional model of dust transport

    Peter R. Colarco;Owen B. Toon;Omar Torres;Philip J. Rasch

  • Development towards a global operational aerosol consensus: basic climatological characteristics of the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME)

    W. R. Sessions;J. S. Reid;A. Benedetti;P. R. Colarco

  • Saharan dust transport to the Caribbean during PRIDE: 2. Transport, vertical profiles, and deposition in simulations of in situ and remote sensing observations

    P. R. Colarco;P. R. Colarco;O. B. Toon;J. S. Reid;J. M. Livingston

  • Current state of the global operational aerosol multi-model ensemble: An update from the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP).

    Peng Xian;Jeffrey S. Reid;Edward J. Hyer;Charles R. Sampson

  • The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis

    A. da Silva;C. A. Randles;V. Buchard;A. Darmenov

  • Using the OMI Aerosol Index and Absorption Aerosol Optical Depth to Evaluate the NASA MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis.

    V. Buchard;A. M. da Silva;P. R. Colarco;A. Darmenov

Frequent Co-Authors

Arlindo da Silva
Arlindo da Silva Goddard Space Flight Center
Mian Chin
Mian Chin Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeffrey S. Reid
Jeffrey S. Reid United States Naval Research Laboratory
Huisheng Bian
Huisheng Bian University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Owen B. Toon
Owen B. Toon University of Colorado Boulder
Robert C. Levy
Robert C. Levy Goddard Space Flight Center
Hongbin Yu
Hongbin Yu Goddard Space Flight Center
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Omar Torres
Omar Torres Goddard Space Flight Center
Lorraine A. Remer
Lorraine A. Remer University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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