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Scott J. Lehman is affiliated with the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a specific concentration on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Scott J. Lehman has contributed to numerous publications in several scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Radiocarbon
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Lehman include:

  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950-2019, 2021, Radiocarbon
  • Estimating US fossil fuel CO 2 emissions from measurements of 14 C in atmospheric CO 2, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Large and seasonally varying biospheric CO 2 fluxes in the Los Angeles megacity revealed by atmospheric radiocarbon, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Observations of atmospheric 14 CO 2 at Anmyeondo GAW station, South Korea: implications for fossil fuel CO 2 and emission ratios, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Observing Anthropogenic and Biogenic CO2 Emissions in Los Angeles Using a Dense Sensor Network, 2025, Environmental Science & Technology

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • J. B. Miller
  • John Southon
  • Jocelyn Turnbull
  • Colm Sweeney
  • Gifford H. Miller

Best Publications

  • Variable effects of nitrogen additions on the stability and turnover of soil carbon

    Jason C. Neff;Alan R. Townsend;Gerd Gleixner;Scott J. Lehman

  • Abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age triggered by volcanism and sustained by sea‐ice/ocean feedbacks

    Gifford H. Miller;Gifford H. Miller;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Yafang Zhong;Darren J. Larsen;Darren J. Larsen

  • Sudden changes in North Atlantic circulation during the last deglaciation

    Scott J. Lehman;Lloyd D. Keigwin

  • 14C activity and global carbon cycle changes over the past 50,000 years.

    K. Hughen;S. Lehman;J. Southon;J. Overpeck

  • Synchronous radiocarbon and climate shifts during the last deglaciation.

    Konrad A. Hughen;John R. Southon;Scott J. Lehman;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • Deglacial changes in ocean circulation from an extended radiocarbon calibration

    Konrad A. Hughen;Konrad A. Hughen;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Scott J. Lehman;Michaele Kashgarian

  • Synchronous climate changes in Antarctica and the North Atlantic

    E. J. Steig;E. J. Brook;J. W. C. White;C. M. Sucher

  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950–2019

    Quan Hua;Jocelyn C Turnbull;Guaciara M Santos;Andrzej Z Rakowski

  • Deglacial meltwater discharge, North Atlantic Deep Circulation, and abrupt climate change

    L. D. Keigwin;G. A. Jones;S. J. Lehman;E. A. Boyle

  • Marine radiocarbon evidence for the mechanism of deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise.

    Thomas M. Marchitto;Scott J. Lehman;Joseph D. Ortiz;Jacqueline Flückiger

  • Marine-derived 14C calibration and activity record for the past 50,000 years updated from the Cariaco Basin

    Konrad A. Hughen;John R. Southon;Scott J. Lehman;Chanda J. H. Bertrand

  • Mid-depth circulation of the subpolar north atlantic during the last glacial maximum.

    D. W. Oppo;S. J. Lehman

  • Comparison of 14CO2, CO, and SF6 as tracers for recently added fossil fuel CO2 in the atmosphere and implications for biological CO2 exchange

    J. C. Turnbull;J. B. Miller;J. B. Miller;S. J. Lehman;P. P. Tans

  • Deep circulation change linked to HEINRICH Event 1 and Younger Dryas in a middepth North Atlantic Core

    Lloyd D. Keigwin;Scott J. Lehman

  • The role of the deep ocean in North Atlantic climate change between 70 and 130 kyr ago

    L. D. Keigwin;W. B. Curry;S. J. Lehman;S. Johnsen;S. Johnsen

  • Suborbital timescale variability of North Atlantic Deep Water during the past 200,000 years

    Delia W. Oppo;Scott J. Lehman

  • Toward quantification and source sector identification of fossil fuel CO2 emissions from an urban area: Results from the INFLUX experiment

    Jocelyn C. Turnbull;Jocelyn C. Turnbull;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Timothy Newberger;Timothy Newberger

  • Subtropical North Atlantic Temperatures 60,000 to 30,000 Years Ago

    Julian P. Sachs;Scott J. Lehman

  • Influence of ocean heat transport on the climate of the Last Glacial Maximum

    Robert S. Webb;David H. Rind;Scott J. Lehman;Richard J. Healy;Richard J. Healy

  • Assessment of fossil fuel carbon dioxide and other anthropogenic trace gas emissions from airborne measurements over Sacramento, California in spring 2009

    J. C. Turnbull;J. C. Turnbull;A. Karion;A. Karion;M. L. Fischer;I. Faloona

  • Two-step deglaciation of the southeastern Barents Sea

    BLeonid Polyak;Scott J. Lehman;Valery Gataullin;A. J. Timothy Jull

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gifford H. Miller
Gifford H. Miller University of Colorado Boulder
Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John Southon
John Southon University of California, Irvine
Kevin R. Gurney
Kevin R. Gurney Northern Arizona University
Thomas M. Marchitto
Thomas M. Marchitto University of Colorado Boulder
Stephen A. Montzka
Stephen A. Montzka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lloyd D Keigwin
Lloyd D Keigwin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marc L. Fischer
Marc L. Fischer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pieter P. Tans
Pieter P. Tans National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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