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Ritesh Gautam is affiliated with the Environmental Defense Fund in the United States, where their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, mechanics of materials, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's primary research topics center on atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, oil, gas, and environmental issues, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Ritesh Gautam has an extensive publication record in a range of peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters

Notable recent papers authored by Gautam include:

  • "Quantifying methane emissions from the largest oil-producing basin in the United States from space," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane," 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Unravelling a large methane emission discrepancy in Mexico using satellite observations," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Concurrent variation in oil and gas methane emissions and oil price during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Gautam's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Mark Omara, Daniel J. Jacob, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Daniel J. Varon, and Alba Lorente.

Best Publications

  • Quantifying methane emissions from the largest oil-producing basin in the United States from space

    Yuzhong Zhang;Ritesh Gautam;Sudhanshu Pandey;Mark Omara

  • Global and regional trends of aerosol optical depth over land and ocean using SeaWiFS measurements from 1997 to 2010

    N. C. Hsu;R. Gautam;R. Gautam;A. M. Sayer;A. M. Sayer;C. Bettenhausen

  • Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane

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  • Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre-monsoon season

    R. Gautam;R. Gautam;N. C. Hsu;S. C. Tsay;K. M. Lau

  • Enhanced pre‐monsoon warming over the Himalayan‐Gangetic region from 1979 to 2007

    Ritesh Gautam;Ritesh Gautam;N. C. Hsu;K. M. Lau;S.-C. Tsay

  • Premonsoon aerosol characterization and radiative effects over the Indo‐Gangetic Plains: Implications for regional climate warming

    Ritesh Gautam;Ritesh Gautam;N. Christina Hsu;K.-M. Lau

  • Satellite observations reveal extreme methane leakage from a natural gas well blowout

    Sudhanshu Pandey;Sudhanshu Pandey;Ritesh Gautam;Sander Houweling;Sander Houweling;Hugo Denier Van Der Gon

  • Aerosol and rainfall variability over the Indian monsoon region: distributions, trends and coupling

    R. Gautam;R. Gautam;N. C. Hsu;K.-M. Lau;M. Kafatos

  • Influences of Winter Haze on Fog/Low Cloud Over the Indo-Gangetic Plains

    Ritesh Gautam;N. Christina Hsu;Menas Kafatos;Si-Chee Tsay

  • Connecting Crop Productivity, Residue Fires, and Air Quality over Northern India.

    Hiren Jethva;Hiren Jethva;Omar Torres;Robert D. Field;Alexei Lyapustin

  • Two contrasting dust‐dominant periods over India observed from MODIS and CALIPSO data

    Ritesh Gautam;Ritesh Gautam;Zhaoyan Liu;Ramesh P. Singh;N. Christina Hsu

  • Satellite observations of desert dust‐induced Himalayan snow darkening

    Ritesh Gautam;Ritesh Gautam;N. Christina Hsu;William K.-M. Lau;Teppei J. Yasunari;Teppei J. Yasunari

  • Variability and trends of aerosol properties over Kanpur, northern India using AERONET data (2001–10)

    Dimitris G Kaskaoutis;Ramesh P Singh;Ritesh Gautam;Ritesh Gautam;Manish Sharma

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

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

  • Unravelling a large methane emission discrepancy in Mexico using satellite observations

    Lu Shen;Lu Shen;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;Ritesh Gautam;Mark Omara

  • Characterization of Aerosols over the Indochina Peninsula from Satellite-Surface Observations During Biomass Burning Pre-Monsoon Season

    Ritesh Gautam;Ritesh Gautam;N. Christina Hsu;Thomas F. Eck;Thomas F. Eck;Brent N. Holben

  • Satellite quantification of oil and natural gas methane emissions in the US and Canada including contributions from individual basins

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  • Dust storms detection over the Indo-Gangetic basin using multi sensor data

    Hesham el-Askary;Ritesh Gautam;R. P. Singh;R. P. Singh;Menas Kafatos

  • Concurrent variation in oil and gas methane emissions and oil price during the COVID-19 pandemic

    David R. Lyon;Benjamin Hmiel;Ritesh Gautam;Mark Omara

  • Precursory signals using satellite and ground data associated with the Wenchuan Earthquake of 12 May 2008

    Ramesh P. Singh;Waseem Mehdi;Ritesh Gautam;J. Senthil Kumar

  • Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions

    Daniel H. Cusworth;Riley M. Duren;Riley M. Duren;Andrew K. Thorpe;Sudhanshu Pandey

  • From BASE-ASIA toward 7-SEAS: A satellite-surface perspective of boreal spring biomass-burning aerosols and clouds in Southeast Asia

    Si Chee Tsay;N. Christina Hsu;William K.M. Lau;Can Li;Can Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramesh P. Singh
Ramesh P. Singh Chapman University
Daniel J. Jacob
Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University
Menas Kafatos
Menas Kafatos Chapman University
Sander Houweling
Sander Houweling Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Steven P. Hamburg
Steven P. Hamburg Environmental Defense Fund
Daniel Zavala-Araiza
Daniel Zavala-Araiza Environmental Defense Fund
Ilse Aben
Ilse Aben Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Can Li
Can Li Goddard Space Flight Center
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Si-Chee Tsay
Si-Chee Tsay Goddard Space Flight Center

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