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Environmental Sciences
France
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
85
Citations
37152
World Ranking
732
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Yves Balkanski is affiliated with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with significant contributions to understanding atmospheric processes and climate dynamics.

The scientist has published extensively in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their subfields of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Process Chemistry and Technology

The main topics addressed in their work cover a range of atmospheric and environmental phenomena:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Climate variability and models

Yves Balkanski's recent papers include:

  • Presentation and Evaluation of the IPSL-CM6A-LR Climate Model, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Accelerating the energy transition towards photovoltaic and wind in China, 2023, Nature
  • Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Implementation of the CMIP6 Forcing Data in the IPSL-CM6A-LR Model, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground- and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in situ observations, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations are:

  • Didier Hauglustaine
  • Philippe Ciais
  • Rong Wang
  • Junji Cao
  • Jianmin Chen

Among the common publication venues where Yves Balkanski's work appears are:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Organic aerosol and global climate modelling: a review

    M. Kanakidou;J. H. Seinfeld;S. N. Pandis;I. Barnes

  • Climate change projections using the IPSL-CM5 Earth System Model: From CMIP3 to CMIP5

    Jean-Louis Dufresne;M. A. Foujols;S. Denvil;A. Caubel

  • Presentation and evaluation of the IPSL‐CM6A‐LR climate model

    Olivier Boucher;Jérôme Servonnat;Anna Lea Albright;Olivier Aumont

  • Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom

    C. Textor;M. Schulz;S. Guibert;S. Kinne

  • The aerosol-climate model ECHAM5-HAM

    P. Stier;J. Feichter;S. Kinne;S. Kloster

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

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

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

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • A review of measurement-based assessments of the aerosol direct radiative effect and forcing

    H. Yu;H. Yu;Y. J. Kaufman;M. Chin;G. Feingold

  • An AeroCom Initial Assessment - Optical Properties in Aerosol Component Modules of Global Models

    S. Kinne;M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Guibert

  • Dust sources and deposition during the last glacial maximum and current climate: A comparison of model results with paleodata from ice cores and marine sediments

    Natalie Mahowald;Karen Kohfeld;Margaret Hansson;Yves Balkanski

  • Radiative forcing by aerosols as derived from the AeroCom present-day and pre-industrial simulations

    M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Kinne;Yves Balkanski

  • Global connections between aeolian dust, climate and ocean biogeochemistry at the present day and at the last glacial maximum

    Barbara Maher;J. M. Prospero;D. Mackie;D. Gaiero

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Modeling the mineralogy of atmospheric dust sources

    T. Claquin;M Schulz;Yves Balkanski

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Land transport

    Elmar Uherek;Thomas Halenka;Jens Borken-Kleefeld;Yves Balkanski

  • The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

    K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

  • Recent progress in understanding physical and chemical properties of African and Asian mineral dust

    P. Formenti;L. Schütz;Y. Balkanski;K. Desboeufs

  • Satellite climatology of African dust transport in the Mediterranean atmosphere

    C. Moulin;C. E. Lambert;U. Dayan;V. Masson

  • Aerosol indirect effects – general circulation model intercomparison and evaluation with satellite data

    Johannes Quaas;Yi Ming;Surabi Menon;Surabi Menon;T. Takemura

  • Radiative forcing in the ACCMIP historical and future climate simulations

    D.T. Shindell;J.-F. Lamarque;M. Schulz;M. Flanner

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Olivier Boucher
Olivier Boucher Sorbonne University
Rong Wang
Rong Wang Fudan University
Trond Iversen
Trond Iversen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Susanne E. Bauer
Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Xiaohong Liu
Xiaohong Liu Texas A&M University
Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Gunnar Myhre
Gunnar Myhre University of Oslo
Mian Chin
Mian Chin Goddard Space Flight Center
Alf Kirkevåg
Alf Kirkevåg Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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