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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Ray F. Weiss is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics, including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Several notable recent papers co-authored or related to their field illustrate the scope of this research:

  • "The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017," 2020, NOAA Institutional Repository
  • "A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks," 2020, Nature
  • "Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions," 2020, Nature
  • "The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 )," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "A decline in emissions of CFC-11 and related chemicals from eastern China," 2021, Nature

Frequent co-authors include Jens Mühle, Paul B. Krummel, Simon O'Doherty, Ronald G. Prinn, and Christina M. Harth, indicating collaborative work with other researchers focused on similar topics.

The primary publication venues for this scientist's work are diverse, reflecting interdisciplinary research approaches. These include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Nature
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Ray F. Weiss has been recognized by their peers through election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006 and as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1998, signaling longstanding contributions to the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Carbon dioxide in water and seawater: the solubility of a non-ideal gas

    R.F. Weiss

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • The solubility of nitrogen, oxygen and argon in water and seawater

    R.F. Weiss

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • Nitrous oxide solubility in water and seawater

    R.F. Weiss;B.A. Price

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • Chemistry of submarine hydrothermal solutions at 21 °N, East Pacific Rise

    K.L Von Damm;J.M Edmond;B Grant;C.I Measures

  • A history of chemically and radiatively important gases in air deduced from ALE/GAGE/AGAGE

    RG Prinn;RF Weiss;PJ Fraser;PG Simmonds

  • Atmospheric Trends and Lifetime of CH3CCI3 and Global OH Concentrations.

    R. G. Prinn;R. F. Weiss;B. R. Miller;J. Huang

  • Evidence for Substantial Variations of Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radicals in the Past Two Decades

    R. G. Prinn;J. Huang;R. F. Weiss;D. M. Cunnold

  • Geochemical studies of the weddell sea

    R. F. Weiss;H. G. Ostlund;H. Craig

  • Solubilities of chlorofluorocarbons 11 and 12 in water and seawater

    M.J. Warner;R.F. Weiss

  • Renewed growth of atmospheric methane

    Matthew Rigby;R.G Prinn;P.J Fraser;P.G Simmonds

  • Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6)

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Elisabeth Vogel;Alexander Nauels;Katja Lorbacher

  • Solubility of helium and neon in water and seawater

    Ray F. Weiss

  • Global air-sea flux of CO2: an estimate based on measurements of sea-air pCO2 difference.

    Taro Takahashi;Richard A. Feely;Ray F. Weiss;Rik H. Wanninkhof

  • Thermocline and intermediate water communication between the south Atlantic and Indian oceans

    Arnold L. Gordon;Ray F. Weiss;William M. Smethie;Mark J. Warner

  • The temporal and spatial distribution of tropospheric nitrous oxide

    R. F. Weiss

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002

    S. A. Montzka;P. J. Fraser;J. H. Butler;D. M. Cunnold

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Simon O'Doherty
Simon O'Doherty University of Bristol
Jens Mühle
Jens Mühle University of California, San Diego
Paul J. Fraser
Paul J. Fraser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Peter K. Salameh
Peter K. Salameh University of California, San Diego
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Matthew Rigby
Matthew Rigby University of Bristol
Martin K. Vollmer
Martin K. Vollmer Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Stefan Reimann
Stefan Reimann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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