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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Stephen A. Montzka is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Spectroscopy.

The major topics of their research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Stephen A. Montzka has published extensively in a number of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (15 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (10 publications)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (3 publications)
  • Nature (2 publications)
  • Nature Geoscience (2 publications)

Regular collaborators include:

  • Jens Mühle (13 coauthored papers)
  • James W. Elkins (12 coauthored papers)
  • Isaac Vimont (12 coauthored papers)
  • Paul B. Krummel (11 coauthored papers)
  • Simon O'Doherty (11 coauthored papers)

Several recent publications reflect the scope and impact of Montzka's research:

  • The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • A decline in emissions of CFC-11 and related chemicals from eastern China, 2021, Nature
  • The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Quantifying contributions of chlorofluorocarbon banks to emissions and impacts on the ozone layer and climate, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A decline in global CFC-11 emissions during 2018−2019, 2021, Nature

Stephen A. Montzka received the distinction of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from 1765 to 2300

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;S. J. Smith;K. Calvin;J. S. Daniel

  • Non-CO2 greenhouse gases and climate change.

    S. A. Montzka;E. J. Dlugokencky;J. H. Butler

  • The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Zebedee R. J. Nicholls;Jared Lewis;Matthew J. Gidden

  • Three-dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation

    C. M. Spivakovsky;J. A. Logan;S. A. Montzka;Y. J. Balkanski

  • Observational constraints on recent increases in the atmospheric CH4 burden

    E. J. Dlugokencky;L. Bruhwiler;J. W. C. White;L. K. Emmons

  • Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the United States

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

  • Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6)

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Elisabeth Vogel;Alexander Nauels;Katja Lorbacher

  • Hydrocarbon emissions characterization in the Colorado Front Range: A pilot study

    Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Gregory Frost;Gregory Frost;Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller;Adam I. Hirsch;Adam I. Hirsch

  • Methane emissions estimate from airborne measurements over a western United States natural gas field

    Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Gregory Frost;Gregory Frost

  • Decline in the Tropospheric Abundance of Halogen from Halocarbons - Implications for Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

    Stephen A. Montzka;James H. Butler;Richard C. Myers;Thayne M. Thompson

  • Ruminants, climate change and climate policy

    William J. Ripple;Pete Smith;Helmut Haberl;Helmut Haberl;Stephen A. Montzka

  • Role of atmospheric oxidation in recent methane growth

    Matthew Rigby;Stephen A. Montzka;Ronald G. Prinn;James W. C. White

  • Small Interannual Variability of Global Atmospheric Hydroxyl

    S. A. Montzka;M. Krol;M. Krol;E. Dlugokencky;B. Hall

  • An unexpected and persistent increase in global emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11

    Stephen A. Montzka;Geoff S. Dutton;Geoff S. Dutton;Pengfei Yu;Pengfei Yu;Eric Ray;Eric Ray

  • Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development

    Dana R. Caulton;Paul B. Shepson;Renee L. Santoro;Jed P. Sparks

  • Present and future trends in the atmospheric burden of ozone-depleting halogens

    S. A. Montzka;J. H. Butler;J.W. Elkins;T. M. Thompson

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project-Report No. 52

    S.A Montzka;S Reimann;A Engel;K Krüger

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002

    S. A. Montzka;P. J. Fraser;J. H. Butler;D. M. Cunnold

  • A new look at methane and nonmethane hydrocarbon emissions from oil and natural gas operations in the Colorado Denver-Julesburg Basin

    Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller

  • Large historical growth in global terrestrial gross primary production

    J. E. Campbell;J. A. Berry;U. Seibt;S. J. Smith

  • A record of atmospheric halocarbons during the twentieth century from polar firn air

    James H. Butler;Mark Battle;Michael L. Bender;Stephen A. Montzka

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Elkins
James W. Elkins National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James H. Butler
James H. Butler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego
Geoff S. Dutton
Geoff S. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jens Mühle
Jens Mühle University of California, San Diego
John B. Miller
John B. Miller National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stefan Reimann
Stefan Reimann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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