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Vivienne H. Payne

Vivienne H. Payne

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
6532
World Ranking
7154
National Ranking
2550

Overview

Vivienne H. Payne is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Lab in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily addresses topics within Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional focus areas including Spectroscopy, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their scientific work covers various topics such as Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Payne has contributed frequently to several publication venues, notably:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Key recent papers by Payne include:

  • Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Satellite isoprene retrievals constrain emissions and atmospheric oxidation, 2020, Nature
  • Updated tropospheric chemistry reanalysis and emission estimates, TCR-2, for 2005-2018, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Evaluating the consistency between OCO-2 and OCO-3 XCO2 estimates derived from the NASA ACOS version 10 retrieval algorithm, 2023, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Overview: Estimating and reporting uncertainties in remotely sensed atmospheric composition and temperature, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • S. S. Kulawik
  • K. W. Bowman
  • John R. Worden
  • C. O'Dell
  • Karen Cady-Pereira

Best Publications

  • Development and recent evaluation of the MT_CKD model of continuum absorption.

    Eli J. Mlawer;Vivienne H. Payne;Jean-Luc Moncet;Jennifer S. Delamere

  • Improved retrievals of carbon dioxide from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 with the version 8 ACOS algorithm

    Christopher W. O'Dell;Annmarie Eldering;Paul O. Wennberg;David Crisp

  • 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

  • The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2: first 18 months of science data products

    Annmarie Eldering;Chris W. O'Dell;Paul O. Wennberg;David Crisp

  • Profiles of CH 4 , HDO, H 2 O, and N 2 O with improved lower tropospheric vertical resolution from Aura TES radiances

    J. Worden;S. Kulawik;C. Frankenberg;V. Payne

  • TES ammonia retrieval strategy and global observations of the spatial and seasonal variability of ammonia

    M.W Shephard;K.E Cady-Pereira;M. Luo;D.K Henze

  • Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions

    R.R. Buchholz;Helen H.M. Worden;Mijeong Park;Gene G.L. Francis

  • First satellite observations of lower tropospheric ammonia and methanol

    Reinhard Beer;Mark W. Shephard;Susan S. Kulawik;Shepard A. Clough

  • MIPAS level 2 operational analysis

    P. Raspollini;C. Belotti;A. Burgess;B. Carli

  • Updated tropospheric chemistry reanalysis and emission estimates, TCR-2, for 2005-2018

    Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kevin Bowman;Takashi Sekiya;Henk Eskes

  • Satellite isoprene retrievals constrain emissions and atmospheric oxidation

    Kelley C. Wells;Dylan B. Millet;Vivienne H. Payne;M. Julian Deventer;M. Julian Deventer

  • Quantification of uncertainties in OCO-2 measurements of XCO 2 :simulations and linear error analysis

    Brian Connor;Hartmut Bösch;James McDuffie;Tommy Taylor

  • Multispectrum analysis of the oxygen A-band.

    Brian J. Drouin;D. Chris Benner;Linda R. Brown;Matthew J. Cich

  • Intercalibration of the GPM Microwave Radiometer Constellation

    Wesley Berg;Stephen Bilanow;Ruiyao Chen;Saswati Datta

  • Performance of the Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model (LBLRTM) for temperature, water vapor, and trace gas retrievals: recent updates evaluated with IASI case studies

    M. J. Alvarado;V. H. Payne;E. J. Mlawer;G. Uymin

  • Evaluating the consistency between OCO-2 and OCO-3 XCO2 estimates derived from the NASA ACOS version 10 retrieval algorithm

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  • Air-Broadened Half-Widths of the 22- and 183-GHz Water-Vapor Lines

    V.H. Payne;J.S. Delamere;K.E. Cady-Pereira;R.R. Gamache

  • A far-infrared radiative closure study in the Arctic: Application to water vapor

    J. S. Delamere;S. A. Clough;V. H. Payne;E. J. Mlawer

  • Performance of the line-by-line radiative transfer model (LBLRTM) for temperature and species retrievals: IASI case studies from JAIVEx

    M. W. Shephard;S. A. Clough;V. H. Payne;W. L. Smith;W. L. Smith

  • Water Vapor Continuum Absorption in the Microwave

    V H Payne;E J Mlawer;K E Cady-Pereira;J Moncet

  • Direct retrieval of isoprene from satellite-based infrared measurements

    Dejian Fu;Dylan B. Millet;Kelley C. Wells;Vivienne H. Payne

  • Validation of TES methane with HIPPO aircraft observations: implications for inverse modeling of methane sources

    Kevin James Wecht;Daniel J. Jacob;Steven C. Wofsy;E. A. Kort

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan S. Kulawik
Susan S. Kulawik Ames Research Center
Karen Cady-Pereira
Karen Cady-Pereira Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Emily V. Fischer
Emily V. Fischer Colorado State University
Helen M. Worden
Helen M. Worden National Center for Atmospheric Research
Annmarie Eldering
Annmarie Eldering California Institute of Technology
Kevin W. Bowman
Kevin W. Bowman California Institute of Technology
David Crisp
David Crisp California Institute of Technology
Christopher W. O'Dell
Christopher W. O'Dell Colorado State University
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
Mark W. Shephard
Mark W. Shephard Environment and Climate Change Canada

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