2026 Pierre-François Coheur: 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	83	844	804	15	15	641	22110

Overview

Pierre-François Coheur is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality and health impacts, as well as spectroscopy and laser applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Coheur include Lieven Clarisse, Martin Van Damme, Cathy Clerbaux, Bruno Franco, and Juliette Hadji-Lazaro. These partnerships have resulted in numerous publications in well-known scientific venues.

Coheur has published extensively in leading journals, with significant contributions in:

Atmospheric chemistry and physics (17 publications)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (9 publications)
Geophysical Research Letters (6 publications)
Atmospheric measurement techniques (5 publications)
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (4 publications)

Recent notable papers by Coheur include:

Global, regional and national trends of atmospheric ammonia derived from a decadal (2008-2018) satellite record, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
Antarctic Ozone Enhancement During the 2019 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
Estimating global ammonia (NH ₃) emissions based on IASI observations from 2008 to 2018, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Insights into the spatial distribution of global, national, and subnational greenhouse gas emissions in the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR v8.0), 2024, Earth system science data

Best Publications

Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Mission overview.

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

1057
Citations
Monitoring of atmospheric composition using the thermal infrared IASI/METOP sounder

Cathy Clerbaux;Cathy Clerbaux;Anne Boynard;Anne Boynard;Lieven Clarisse;Michael George

962
Citations
Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day distribution and trends of tropospheric ozone relevant to climate and global atmospheric chemistry model evaluation

A. Gaudel;O. R. Cooper;G. Ancellet;B. Barret

641
Citations
Industrial and agricultural ammonia point sources exposed.

Martin Van Damme;Lieven Clarisse;Simon Whitburn;Juliette Hadji-Lazaro

554
Citations
The MACC reanalysis: an 8 yr data set of atmospheric composition

A. Inness;F. Baier;A. Benedetti;I. Bouarar

532
Citations
Global ammonia distribution derived from infrared satellite observations

Lieven Clarisse;Cathy Clerbaux;Franciscus Johannes Dentener;Daniel Hurtmans

530
Citations
Towards a climate-dependent paradigm of ammonia emission and deposition

Mark A. Sutton;Stefan Reis;Stuart N. Riddick;Ulrike Dragosits

465
Citations
Hyperspectral Earth Observation from IASI: Five Years of Accomplishments

Fiona Hilton;Raymond Armante;Thomas August;Chris Barnet

433
Citations
Atmospheric ammonia and particulate inorganic nitrogen over the United States

C. L. Heald;J. L. Collett;T. Lee;K. B. Benedict

314
Citations
Decadal record of satellite carbon monoxide observations

H. M. Worden;M. N. Deeter;C. Frankenberg;Maya George

272
Citations
Ammonia Emissions May Be Substantially Underestimated in China

Xiuming Zhang;Yiyun Wu;Xuejun Liu;Stefan Reis

255
Citations
FORLI radiative transfer and retrieval code for IASI

Daniel Hurtmans;Pierre-François Coheur;Catherine Wespes;Lieven Clarisse

253
Citations
Carbon monoxide distributions from the IASI/METOP mission: evaluation with other space-borne remote sensors

Maya George;Cathy Clerbaux;Daniel Hurtmans;Solène Turquety;Solène Turquety

250
Citations
Global distributions, time series and error characterization of atmospheric ammonia (NH 3 ) from IASI satellite observations

M. Van Damme;M. Van Damme;L. Clarisse;C. L. Heald;D. Hurtmans

250
Citations
Satellite evidence for a large source of formic acid from boreal and tropical forests

T. Stavrakou;J.-F. Müller;J. Peeters;A. Razavi

245
Citations
The GEISA spectroscopic database: Current and future archive for Earth and planetary atmosphere studies

N. Jacquinet-Husson;N.A. Scott;A. Chédin;L. Crépeau

242
Citations
Global, regional and national trends of atmospheric ammonia derived from a decadal (2008–2018) satellite record

Martin Van Damme;Lieven Clarisse;Bruno Franco;Mark A Sutton

238
Citations
IASI measurements of reactive trace species in biomass burning plumes

Pierre-François Coheur;Lieven Clarisse;Solène Turquety;Solène Turquety;Daniel Hurtmans

212
Citations
Volcanic SO 2 fluxes derived from satellite data: a survey using OMI, GOME-2, IASI and MODIS

N. Theys;R. Campion;R. Campion;L. Clarisse;H. Brenot

204
Citations
A 3000 K laboratory emission spectrum of water

Pierre-François Coheur;Peter F. Bernath;Michel Carleer;Reginald Colin

198
Citations
The 2003 edition of the GEISA/IASI spectroscopic database

N. Jacquinet-Husson;N.A. Scott;A. Chédin;K. Garceran

197
Citations
Retrieval of sulphur dioxide from the infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer (IASI)

Lieven Clarisse;Daniel Hurtmans;Cathy Clerbaux;Cathy Clerbaux;Juliette Hadji-Lazaro

184
Citations
Observations of the eruption of the Sarychev volcano and simulations using the HadGEM2 climate model.

James M. Haywood;James M. Haywood;Andy Jones;Lieven Clarisse;Adam Bourassa

184
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathy Clerbaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Daniel Hurtmans Université Libre de Bruxelles

Lieven Clarisse Université Libre de Bruxelles

Juliette Hadji-Lazaro Sorbonne University

Solène Turquety École Polytechnique

Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University

Jean-François Müller Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy

Trissevgeni Stavrakou Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy

Helen M. Worden National Center for Atmospheric Research

Kevin W. Bowman California Institute of Technology

External Links

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