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43
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9414
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6978
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2489

Sebastien C. Biraud publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sebastien C. Biraud sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 168 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Sebastien C. Biraud D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sebastien C. Biraud sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sebastien C. Biraud is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research output spans various topics within environmental science, with a strong focus on atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Their recent publications include:

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • A new algorithm to generate a priori trace gas profiles for the GGG2020 retrieval algorithm, 2023, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • AmeriFlux BASE data pipeline to support network growth and data sharing, 2023, Scientific Data
  • The effect of relative humidity on eddy covariance latent heat flux measurements and its implication for partitioning into transpiration and evaporation, 2023, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Stephen Chan
  • Michael R. Schuppenhauer
  • Margaret Torn
  • D. P. Billesbach
  • Walter C. Oechel

Biraud has published extensively in several scientific venues, notably:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Environmental Science & Technology

The main field of study for Biraud is Environmental Science, with a concentration on the following subfields:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ocean Engineering

The main topics covered in Biraud's research work include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Best Publications

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the United States

    Scot M. Miller;Steven C. Wofsy;Anna M. Michalak;Eric A. Kort

  • Drier summers cancel out the CO2 uptake enhancement induced by warmer springs.

    Alon Angert;S.C. Biraud;C. Bonfils;C. Henning

  • Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Paul O. Wennberg;Steven C. Wofsy

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites

    Housen Chu;Xiangzhong Luo;Xiangzhong Luo;Zutao Ouyang;W. Stephen Chan

  • ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration From the International Space Station

    Joshua B. Fisher;Brian Lee;Adam J. Purdy;Gregory H. Halverson

  • Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data

    A J Turner;Daniel J Jacob;K J Wecht;J D Maasakkers

  • Global CO 2 fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO 2

    S. Basu;S. Basu;S. Guerlet;A. Butz;S. Houweling;S. Houweling

  • A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO 2 total columns from space

    D. Wunch;P. O. Wennberg;G. C. Toon;B. J. Connor

  • Seasonal climatology of CO2 across North America from aircraft measurements in the NOAA/ESRL Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network

    Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Sonja Wolter;Sonja Wolter;Timothy Newberger;Timothy Newberger

  • Pulsed airborne lidar measurements of atmospheric CO 2 column absorption

    James B. Abshire;Haris Riris;Graham R. Allan;Clark J. Weaver

  • Greenness indices from digital cameras predict the timing and seasonal dynamics of canopy-scale photosynthesis.

    Michael Toomey;Mark A. Friedl;Steve Frolking;Koen Hufkens

  • A large increase in U.S. methane emissions over the past decade inferred from satellite data and surface observations

    A. J. Turner;D. J. Jacob;J. Benmergui;S. C. Wofsy

  • European greenhouse gas emissions estimated from continuous atmospheric measurements and radon 222 at Mace Head, Ireland

    Sébastien Biraud;Philippe Ciais;Michel Ramonet;Peter Simmonds

  • Characterization of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) CO 2 for carbon cycle science

    S. S. Kulawik;D. B. A. Jones;R. Nassar;F. W. Irion

  • Influence of clouds and diffuse radiation on ecosystem‐atmosphere CO2 and CO18O exchanges

    C J Still;W J Riley;S C Biraud;D C Noone

  • Land-atmosphere coupling and climate prediction over the U.S. Southern Great Plains

    Ian N. Williams;Yaqiong Lu;Lara M. Kueppers;William J. Riley

  • Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions

    Manuel Helbig;Tobias Gerken;Eric R. Beamesderfer;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Towards long-term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe's terrestrial ecosystems: a review

    Daniela Franz;Manuel Acosta;Núria Altimir;Nicola Arriga

  • Validation of XCO 2 derived from SWIR spectra of GOSAT TANSO-FTS with aircraft measurement data

    M. Inoue;I. Morino;O. Uchino;Y. Miyamoto

  • CO2 seasonality indicates origins of post-Pinatubo sink

    A. Angert;S. Biraud;C. Bonfils;W. Buermann

  • Enhanced North American carbon uptake associated with El Niño.

    Lei Hu;Lei Hu;Arlyn E. Andrews;Kirk W. Thoning;Colm Sweeney

  • A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO{sub 2} total columns from space

    D. Wunch;P. O. Wennberg;G. C. Toon;B. J. Connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret S. Torn
Margaret S. Torn Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Marc L. Fischer
Marc L. Fischer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Arlyn E. Andrews
Arlyn E. Andrews National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William J. Riley
William J. Riley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joseph A. Berry
Joseph A. Berry Carnegie Institution for Science
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dario Papale
Dario Papale Tuscia University
Stephen A. Montzka
Stephen A. Montzka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eric A. Kort
Eric A. Kort University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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