2026 Pieter P. Tans: 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	117	136	127	63	57	384	69602

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1995 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Pieter P. Tans is a researcher affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their work predominantly spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science as key subfields.

Their main research topics include:

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Climate variability and models
Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
Climate Change Policy and Economics

Pieter P. Tans has contributed to several publications in respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Earth system science data
Atmospheric measurement techniques
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Pieter P. Tans are:

Global Carbon Budget 2020, 2020, Earth system science data
Global Carbon Budget 2022, 2022, Earth system science data
Global Carbon Budget 2021, 2022, Earth system science data
Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks Using δ¹³C-CH₄, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Estimating US fossil fuel CO₂ emissions from measurements of ¹⁴C in atmospheric CO₂, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pieter P. Tans include:

J. B. Miller
Xin Lan
Sylvia Michel
Colm Sweeney
Edward J. Dlugokencky

Throughout their career, Pieter P. Tans has received several awards, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2004
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995

Best Publications

Global Carbon Budget 2016

Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Stephen Sitch

4532
Citations
Observational contrains on the global atmospheric co2 budget.

Pieter P. Tans;Inez Y. Fung;Taro Takahashi

3135
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2015

C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;J. G. Canadell

3035
Citations
Global carbon budget 2014

C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;G. P. Peters

2742
Citations
Global carbon budget 2013

C. Le Quere;G.P. Peters;R.J. Andres;Robbie M Andrew

2739
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2018

Corinne Le Quéré;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

2446
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2020

Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Michael O'Sullivan;Matthew W. Jones;Robbie M. Andrew

2252
Citations
The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

1932
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2019

Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Matthew W. Jones;Michael O'Sullivan;Robbie Andrew

1662
Citations
A Large Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial CO2 Sink Indicated by the 13C/12C Ratio of Atmospheric CO2.

P. Ciais;P. P. Tans;M. Trolier;J. W. C. White

1294
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2017

Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

1267
Citations
A Large Terrestrial Carbon Sink in North America Implied by Atmospheric and Oceanic Carbon Dioxide Data and Models

S. Fan;M. Gloor;J. Mahlman;S. Pacala

1240
Citations
An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker

Wouter Peters;A. R. Jacobson;C. Sweeney;A. E. Andrews

1195
Citations
Atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa Observatory: 2. Analysis of the NOAA GMCC data, 1974–1985

Kirk W. Thoning;Pieter P. Tans;Walter D. Komhyr

1153
Citations
Evidence for interannual variability of the carbon cycle from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory Global Air Sampling Network

Thomas J. Conway;Pieter P. Tans;Lee S. Waterman;Kirk W. Thoning

1121
Citations
Methane leaks from North American natural gas systems

A. R. Brandt;G. A. Heath;E. A. Kort;F. O'Sullivan

1073
Citations
Regional Changes in Carbon Dioxide Fluxes of Land and Oceans Since 1980

Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Peylin;Philippe Ciais;Corinne Le Quéré

964
Citations
Weak northern and strong tropical land carbon uptake from vertical profiles of atmospheric CO2

Britton B. Stephens;Kevin R. Gurney;Pieter P. Tans;Colm Sweeney

935
Citations
Increase in observed net carbon dioxide uptake by land and oceans during the past 50 years

A. P. Ballantyne;C. B. Alden;J. B. Miller;J. B. Miller;P. P. Tans

929
Citations
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission

D Crisp;RM Atlas;FM Breon;LR Brown

864
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

James W. C. White University of Colorado Boulder

Wouter Peters Wageningen University & Research

Roger J. Francey Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter

Anna Karion National Institute of Standards and Technology

Thomas J. Conway University College Dublin

Lori Bruhwiler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Links

Personal website of Pieter P. Tans

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