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Sonia M. Kreidenweis 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 Sonia M. Kreidenweis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 486 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sonia M. Kreidenweis 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 Sonia M. Kreidenweis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Sonia M. Kreidenweis is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans several areas within Earth and Environmental Sciences, particularly focusing on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ecology

The core topics of their research work concentrate on:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Recent significant publications from this researcher include:

  • Observations of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Surface Radiation over the Southern Ocean: An Overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Quantification of organic aerosol and brown carbon evolution in fresh wildfire plumes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emissions of Trace Organic Gases From Western U.S. Wildfires Based on WE-CAN Aircraft Measurements, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • The contribution of black carbon to global ice nucleating particle concentrations relevant to mixed-phase clouds, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emissions of Reactive Nitrogen From Western U.S. Wildfires During Summer 2018, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul J. DeMott
  • Thomas C. J. Hill
  • Kathryn A. Moore
  • Russell Perkins
  • Kevin R. Barry

This researcher's work has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Environmental Research Letters

In 2019, Sonia M. Kreidenweis was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity

    M. D. Petters;S. M. Kreidenweis

  • Predicting global atmospheric ice nuclei distributions and their impacts on climate

    Paul J. DeMott;Anthony J. Prenni;Xiaohong Liu;Sonia M. Kreidenweis

  • African Dust Aerosols as Atmospheric Ice Nuclei

    Paul J. DeMott;Kenneth Sassen;Michael R. Poellot;Darrel Baumgardner

  • Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system

    John H. Seinfeld;Christopher Bretherton;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Hugh Coe

  • Measurements of the concentration and composition of nuclei for cirrus formation

    P. J. DeMott;D. J. Cziczo;A. J. Prenni;D. M. Murphy

  • Effects of mixing on extinction by carbonaceous particles

    Kirk A. Fuller;William C. Malm;Sonia M. Kreidenweis

  • Brown carbon in tar balls from smoldering biomass combustion

    R. K. Chakrabarty;H. Moosmüller;L.-W. A. Chen;K. Lewis

  • Emissions of trace gases and aerosols during the open combustion of biomass in the laboratory

    Gavin R. McMeeking;Gavin R. McMeeking;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Stephen Baker;Christian M. Carrico

  • High concentrations of biological aerosol particles and ice nuclei during and after rain

    J. A. Huffman;J. A. Huffman;A. J. Prenni;P. J. DeMott;C. Pohlker

  • Influence of sea-salt on aerosol radiative properties in the Southern Ocean marine boundary layer

    D. M. Murphy;J. R. Anderson;P. K. Quinn;L. M. McInnes

  • Integrating laboratory and field data to quantify the immersion freezing ice nucleation activity of mineral dust particles

    P. J. DeMott;A. J. Prenni;A. J. Prenni;G. R. McMeeking;R. C. Sullivan

  • The Impact of Giant Cloud Condensation Nuclei on Drizzle Formation in Stratocumulus: Implications for Cloud Radiative Properties

    Graham Feingold;William R. Cotton;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Janel T. Davis

  • A modeling study of aqueous production of dicarboxylic acids: 1. Chemical pathways and speciated organic mass production

    Barbara Ervens;Graham Feingold;Gregory J. Frost;Gregory J. Frost;Sonia M. Kreidenweis

  • Determination of levoglucosan in biomass combustion aerosol by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

    Guenter Engling;Christian M. Carrico;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Jeffrey L. Collett

  • Ice nucleation by surrogates for atmospheric mineral dust and mineral dust/sulfate particles at cirrus temperatures

    C. M. Archuleta;P. J. DeMott;S. M. Kreidenweis

  • Chemical and physical transformations of organic aerosol from the photo-oxidation of open biomass burning emissions in an environmental chamber

    C. J. Hennigan;M. A. Miracolo;G. J. Engelhart;A. A. May

  • Effect of chemical mixing state on the hygroscopicity and cloud nucleation properties of calcium mineral dust particles

    R. C. Sullivan;R. C. Sullivan;M. J. K. Moore;M. D. Petters;S. M. Kreidenweis

  • Cloud condensation nucleation activity of biomass burning aerosol

    Markus D. Petters;Markus D. Petters;Christian M. Carrico;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Anthony J. Prenni

  • Cloud resolving simulations of Arctic stratus: Part II: Transition-season clouds

    Jerry Y. Harrington;Tamir Reisin;William R. Cotton;Sonia M. Kreidenweis

  • Relative roles of biogenic emissions and Saharan dust as ice nuclei in the Amazon basin

    Anthony J. Prenni;Markus D. Petters;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Colette L. Heald

  • The effects of low molecular weight dicarboxylic acids on cloud formation

    Anthony J. Prenni;Paul J. Demott;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;D. Eli Sherman

  • A single parameter representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus activity – Part 2: Including solubility

    M. D. Petters;S. M. Kreidenweis

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University
Jeffrey L. Collett
Jeffrey L. Collett Colorado State University
Markus D. Petters
Markus D. Petters North Carolina State University
Anthony J. Prenni
Anthony J. Prenni National Park Service
Christian M. Carrico
Christian M. Carrico New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Gavin R. McMeeking
Gavin R. McMeeking Colorado State University
William C. Malm
William C. Malm Colorado State University
Taehyoung Lee
Taehyoung Lee Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Amy P. Sullivan
Amy P. Sullivan Colorado State University
Thomas C. J. Hill
Thomas C. J. Hill Colorado State University

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