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49
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8984
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National Ranking
396

Overview

Roy G. Grainger is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant attention to Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change as key subfields.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate variability and models, and geological and geochemical analysis.

Roy G. Grainger has published papers in various reputable venues, with frequent contributions to Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Nature Climate Change.

Significant recent papers include:

  • The 2019 Raikoke volcanic eruption - Part 1: Dispersion model simulations and satellite retrievals of volcanic sulfur dioxide, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Tonga eruption increases chance of temporary surface temperature anomaly above 1.5 °C, 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA, version 1.0): A new observational database to support explosive eruptive column model validation and development, 2021, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Is Anthropogenic Global Warming Accelerating?, 2022, Journal of Climate
  • Uncertainty in aerosol-cloud radiative forcing is driven by clean conditions, 2023, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Frequent coauthors in Roy G. Grainger's research include Isabelle A. Taylor, Anja Schmidt, Thomas J. Aubry, Adam C. Povey, and Samantha Engwell.

Best Publications

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Shipping

    Veronika Eyring;Ivar S.A. Isaksen;Terje Berntsen;William J. Collins

  • Retrieval and global assessment of terrestrial chlorophyll fluorescence from GOSAT space measurements

    Luis Guanter;Luis Guanter;Christian Frankenberg;Anu Dudhia;Philip E. Lewis

  • Radiative forcing from the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption

    Georgiy L. Stenchikov;Ingo Kirchner;Alan Robock;Hans-F. Graf

  • Aerosol indirect effects – general circulation model intercomparison and evaluation with satellite data

    Johannes Quaas;Yi Ming;Surabi Menon;Surabi Menon;T. Takemura

  • Aerosol remote sensing over land: A comparison of satellite retrievals using different algorithms and instruments

    A.A. Kokhanovsky;F.-M. Breon;A. Cacciari;E. Carboni

  • Development, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci)

    Thomas Popp;Gerrit de Leeuw;Christine Bingen;Christoph Brühl

  • Satellite detection, long-range transport, and air quality impacts of volcanic sulfur dioxide from the 2014-2015 flood lava eruption at Bárðarbunga (Iceland)

    Anja Schmidt;Susan Leadbetter;Nicolas Theys;Elisa Carboni

  • Evaluation of seven European aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithms for climate analysis

    G. de Leeuw;G. de Leeuw;T. Holzer-Popp;S. Bevan;W.H. Davies

  • The inter-comparison of major satellite aerosol retrieval algorithms using simulated intensity and polarization characteristics of reflected light

    Alexander A. Kokhanovsky;J.L. Deuzé;D.J. Diner;O. Dubovik

  • Measurements of the evolution of the Mt. Pinatubo aerosol cloud by ISAMS

    A. Lambert;R. G. Grainger;J. J. Remedios;C. D. Rodgers

  • Calculation of Mie derivatives

    Roy G. Grainger;Jonathan Lucas;Gareth E. Thomas;Graham B. L. Ewen

  • Residual Circulation in the Stratosphere and Lower Mesosphere as Diagnosed from Microwave Limb Sounder Data

    Janusz Eluszkiewicz;David Crisp;Richard Zurek;Lee Elson

  • Use of volcanic aerosols to study the tropical stratospheric reservoir

    William B. Grant;Edward V. Browell;Craig S. Long;Larry L. Stowe

  • Stratospheric aerosol effective radius, surface area and volume estimated from infrared measurements

    R. G. Grainger;A. Lambert;C. D. Rodgers;F. W. Taylor

  • A new scheme for sulphur dioxide retrieval from IASI measurements: application to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption of April and May 2010

    E. Carboni;R. Grainger;J. Walker;J. Walker;A. Dudhia

  • Trends in the nonvolcanic component of stratospheric aerosol over the period 1971–2004

    Terry Deshler;Richard Anderson-Sprecher;Horst Jäger;John Barnes

  • Cloud property datasets retrieved from AVHRR, MODIS, AATSR and MERIS in the framework of the Cloud_cci project

    Martin Stengel;Stefan Stapelberg;Oliver Sus;Cornelia Schlundt

  • Cloud retrievals from satellite data using optimal estimation: evaluation and application to ATSR

    C. A. Poulsen;R. Siddans;G. E. Thomas;A. M. Sayer;A. M. Sayer

  • The 2019 Raikoke volcanic eruption – Part 1: Dispersion model simulations and satellite retrievals of volcanic sulfur dioxide

    Johannes de Leeuw;Anja Schmidt;Claire S. Witham;Nicolas Theys

  • Oxford-RAL Aerosol and Cloud (ORAC): aerosol retrievals from satellite radiometers

    Gareth E. Thomas;Elisa Carboni;Andrew M. Sayer;Caroline A. Poulsen

  • A sea surface reflectance model for (A)ATSR, and application to aerosol retrievals

    A. M. Sayer;G. E. Thomas;R. G. Grainger

  • Unveiling aerosol–cloud interactions – Part 1: Cloud contamination in satellite products enhances the aerosol indirect forcing estimate

    Matthew W. Christensen;Matthew W. Christensen;David Neubauer;Caroline A. Poulsen;Gareth E. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Sayer
Andrew M. Sayer Goddard Space Flight Center
Alyn Lambert
Alyn Lambert California Institute of Technology
Richard Siddans
Richard Siddans Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Tamsin A. Mather
Tamsin A. Mather University of Oxford
Clive D. Rodgers
Clive D. Rodgers University of Oxford
Fredric W. Taylor
Fredric W. Taylor University of Oxford
Eleanor J. Highwood
Eleanor J. Highwood University of Reading
Peter North
Peter North Swansea University
Fabio Del Frate
Fabio Del Frate University of Rome Tor Vergata
Philip Stier
Philip Stier University of Oxford

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