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Susan Solomon

Susan Solomon

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
100
Citations
113384
World Ranking
367
National Ranking
160

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Susan Solomon is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science and related subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Inorganic Chemistry, Oceanography, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics explored in their research cover various aspects of atmospheric and environmental sciences. These topics include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials, Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research.

Recent publications by Susan Solomon include:

  • On the stratospheric chemistry of midlatitude wildfire smoke (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Chlorine activation and enhanced ozone depletion induced by wildfire aerosol (2023), published in Nature
  • Quantifying contributions of chlorofluorocarbon banks to emissions and impacts on the ozone layer and climate (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • On Recent Large Antarctic Ozone Holes and Ozone Recovery Metrics (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Stratospheric Temperature and Ozone Anomalies Associated With the 2020 Australian New Year Fires (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Geophysical Research Letters, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Frequent collaborators include David W. J. Thompson, Qiang Fu, Brian Zambri, Douglas E. Kinnison, and Peidong Wang.

Awards received by Susan Solomon include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1992)

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007: the physical science basis

    Susan Solomon;Dahe Qin;Martin Manning;Melinda Marquis

  • Climate change 2007 : the physical science basis : summary for policymakers, a report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and technical summary, a report accepted by Working Group I of the IPCC but not approved in detail and frequently asked questions : part of the Working Group I contribution to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Susan Solomon

  • Climate change 2007 : the physical science basis : contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Susan Solomon

  • Climate Change 2007 Synthesis report

    Lenny Bernstein;Peter Bosch;Osvaldo Canziani;Zhenlin Chen

  • Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions

    Susan Solomon;Gian-Kasper Plattner;Reto Knutti;Pierre Friedlingstein

  • Aeronomy of the Middle Atmosphere: Chemistry and Physics of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere

    Guy P. Brasseur;Susan Solomon

  • Stratospheric ozone depletion: A review of concepts and history

    Susan Solomon

  • Interpretation of recent Southern Hemisphere climate change

    David W. J. Thompson;Susan Solomon

  • On the depletion of Antarctic ozone

    Susan Solomon;Rolando R. Garcia;F. Sherwood Rowland;Donald J. Wuebbles

  • Contributions of Stratospheric Water Vapor to Decadal Changes in the Rate of Global Warming

    Susan Solomon;Karen H. Rosenlof;Robert W. Portmann;John S. Daniel

  • Detection of human influence on twentieth-century precipitation trends

    Xuebin Zhang;Francis W. Zwiers;Gabriele C. Hegerl;F. Hugo Lambert

  • Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere surface climate change

    David W. J. Thompson;Susan Solomon;Paul J. Kushner;Matthew H. England

  • Communication of the role of natural variability in future North American climate

    Clara Deser;Reto Knutti;Susan Solomon;Adam S. Phillips

  • The effect of breaking gravity waves on the dynamics and chemical composition of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

    Rolando R. Garcia;Susan Solomon

  • Progress towards a quantitative understanding of Antarctic ozone depletion

    Susan Solomon

  • Emergence of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer

    Susan Solomon;Diane J. Ivy;Doug Kinnison;Michael J. Mills

  • Ozone destruction through heterogeneous chemistry following the eruption of El Chichón

    David J. Hofmann;Susan Solomon

  • Atmospheric lifetimes of long-lived halogenated species

    A. R. Ravishankara;S. Solomon;A. A. Turnipseed;R. F. Warren

  • On the interpretation of zenith sky absorption measurements

    Susan Solomon;Arthur L. Schmeltekopf;Ryan W. Sanders

  • How Often Does It Rain

    Ying Sun;Susan Solomon;Aiguo Dai;Robert W. Portmann

  • Consequences of twenty-first-century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea-level change

    Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Shaun A. Marcott;Alan C. Mix

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolando R. Garcia
Rolando R. Garcia National Center for Atmospheric Research
David W. J. Thompson
David W. J. Thompson University of East Anglia
John S. Daniel
John S. Daniel National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Benjamin D. Santer
Benjamin D. Santer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Qiang Fu
Qiang Fu University of Washington
Michael J. Mills
Michael J. Mills National Center for Atmospheric Research
Robert W. Portmann
Robert W. Portmann National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Douglas E. Kinnison
Douglas E. Kinnison National Center for Atmospheric Research
Carl A. Mears
Carl A. Mears Remote Sensing Systems (United States)
Lorenzo M. Polvani
Lorenzo M. Polvani Columbia University

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