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Voltaire A. Velazco

Voltaire A. Velazco

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
6470
World Ranking
7428
National Ranking
280

Overview

Voltaire A. Velazco is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. The detailed work spans across subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Spectroscopy, Mechanics of Materials, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Climate variability and models
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Velazco has contributed extensively to academic journals, particularly in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, where they have published sixteen papers. Other frequent venues include Earth System Science Data, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Among recent publications are:

  • "Methane retrieved from TROPOMI: improvement of the data product and validation of the first 2 years of measurements" (2021) in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations" (2021) in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "A decade of GOSAT Proxy satellite CH 4 observations" (2020) in Earth System Science Data
  • "The Carbon Cycle of Southeast Australia During 2019-2020: Drought, Fires, and Subsequent Recovery" (2021) in AGU Advances
  • "National CO 2 budgets (2015-2020) inferred from atmospheric CO 2 observations in support of the global stocktake" (2023) in Earth System Science Data

Collaborative work features frequent coauthors such as Nicholas M. Deutscher, Isamu Morino, Rigel Kivi, Frank Hase, and Justus Notholt, highlighting a strong network particularly in atmospheric measurement research.

Best Publications

  • Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) X CO 2 measurements with TCCON

    Debra Wunch;Debra Wunch;Paul O. Wennberg;Gregory Osterman;Gregory Osterman;Brendan Fisher;Brendan Fisher

  • 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

  • Methane retrieved from TROPOMI: Improvement of the data product and validation of the first 2 years of measurements

    Alba Lorente;Tobias Borsdorff;Andre Butz;Otto Hasekamp

  • Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results

    M. Reuter;H. Bovensmann;M. Buchwitz;J. P. Burrows

  • Total Column Carbon Observing Network (TCCON) Site: Darwin

    David Griffith;Nicholas Deutscher;Voltaire Velazco;Paul Wennberg

  • Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations

    Mahesh Kumar Sha;Bavo Langerock;Jean-François L. Blavier;Thomas Blumenstock

  • Increased Northern Hemispheric carbon monoxide burden in the troposphere in 2002 and 2003 detected from the ground and from space

    Leonid N. Yurganov;Pierre Duchatelet;A. V. Dzhola;David P. Edwards

  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH 4 , CO 2 and N 2 O

    B. Dils;M. de Mazière;J. F. Müller;T. Blumenstock

  • Trend analysis of greenhouse gases over Europe measured by a network of ground-based remote FTIR instruments

    T Gardiner;A Forbes;M De Maziere;C Vigouroux

  • National CO2 budgets (2015–2020) inferred from atmospheric CO2 observations in support of the global stocktake

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  • The Carbon Cycle of Southeast Australia During 2019–2020: Drought, Fires, and Subsequent Recovery

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  • A decade of GOSAT Proxy satellite CH 4 observations

    Robert J. Parker;Alex Webb;Hartmut Boesch;Peter Somkuti

  • A scientific algorithm to simultaneously retrieve carbon monoxide and methane from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor

    Oliver Schneising;Michael Buchwitz;Maximilian Reuter;Heinrich Bovensmann

  • Evaluation of tropospheric and stratospheric ozone trends over Western Europe from ground-based FTIR network observations

    C. Vigouroux;M. De Mazière;P. Demoulin;C. Servais

  • Atmospheric greenhouse gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY: comparison to ground-based FTS measurements and model results

    O Schneising;p Bergamaschi;H Bovensmann;M Buchwitz

  • A Quantitative Assessment of the 1998 Carbon Monoxide Emission Anomaly in the Northern Hemisphere Based on Total Column and Surface Concentration Measurements

    Leonid N. Yurganov;Thomas Blumenstock;E. I. Grechko;Frank Hase

  • An 11-year record of XCO2 estimates derived from GOSAT measurements using the NASA ACOS version 9 retrieval algorithm

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  • Assessing 5 years of GOSAT Proxy XCH 4 data and associated uncertainties

    Robert J Parker;Hartmut Boesch;K Byckling;A J Webb

  • Toward High Precision XCO2 Retrievals From TanSat Observations: Retrieval Improvement and Validation Against TCCON Measurements.

    D. Yang;D. Yang;H. Boesch;Y. Liu;P. Somkuti;P. Somkuti

  • Towards space based verification of CO 2 emissions from strong localized sources: fossil fuel power plant emissions as seen by a CarbonSat constellation

    Voltaire A Velazco;Voltaire A Velazco;M Buchwitz;H Bovensmann;M Reuter

  • Consistent satellite XCO 2 retrievals from SCIAMACHY and GOSAT using the BESD algorithm

    J Heymann;Markus Reuter;M Hilker;M Buchwitz

  • Bias corrections of GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 with TCCON data and their evaluation using aircraft measurement data

    Makoto Inoue;Makoto Inoue;Isamu Morino;Osamu Uchino;Takahiro Nakatsuru

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen
David W. T. Griffith
David W. T. Griffith University of Wollongong
Thorsten Warneke
Thorsten Warneke University of Bremen
Frank Hase
Frank Hase Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Isamu Morino
Isamu Morino National Institute for Environmental Studies
Ralf Sussmann
Ralf Sussmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Rigel Kivi
Rigel Kivi Finnish Meteorological Institute
Debra Wunch
Debra Wunch University of Toronto
Coleen M. Roehl
Coleen M. Roehl California Institute of Technology

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