D. Chris Benner

18.2k citations

157 papers · 5.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 37

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Spectroscopy top 0.05%
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
- Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Papers in

Spectroscopy 137
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications 136
- Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure 6
Atmospheric Science 126
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 123
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 12

Co-authors: V. Malathy Devi (127 shared papers)Mary Ann H. Smith (82 shared papers)C. P. Rinsland (59 shared papers)Linda R. Brown (44 shared papers)Robert A. Toth (18 shared papers)Charles E. Miller (17 shared papers)Robert R. Gamache (12 shared papers)Adriana Predoi−Cross (22 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (53 papers)Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (42 papers)Icarus (3 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (2 papers)Solar Physics (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States France Canada

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D. Chris Benner

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D. Chris Benner's Hit Papers

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The HITRAN molecular database: Editions of 1991 and 1992 1992 · 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1992 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

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1	The HITRAN molecular database: Editions of 1991 and 1992 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·Laurence S. Rothman, Robert R. Gamache, R. H. Tipping, C. P. Rinsland, Mary Ann H. Smith, D. Chris Benner, V. Malathy Devi, J.‐M. Flaud, C. Camy‐Peyret, A. Perrin, Alan S. Goldman, Steven T. Massie, Linda R. Brown, Robert A. Toth Hit paper breakdown →	1992	1238
2	A multispectrum nonlinear least squares fitting technique Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·D. Chris Benner, C. P. Rinsland, V. Malathy Devi, Mary Ann H. Smith, David C. Atkins	1995	249
3	Spectroscopic database of CO2 line parameters: 4300–7000cm−1 Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·Robert A. Toth, Linda R. Brown, Charles E. Miller, V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner	2008	116
4	Spectroscopic challenges for high accuracy retrievals of atmospheric CO2 and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) experiment Comptes Rendus Physique ·Charles E. Miller, Linda R. Brown, Robert A. Toth, D. Chris Benner, V. Malathy Devi	2005	109
5	Methane line parameters in HITRAN Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·Linda R. Brown, D. Chris Benner, J.P. Champion, V. Malathy Devi, L. Féjard, Robert R. Gamache, Tony Gabard, J.C. Hilico, B. Lavorel, M. Loëte, Georg Ch. Mellau, A.V. Nikitin, A. S. Pine, Adriana Predoi−Cross, C. P. Rinsland, O Green Robert, Robert L. Sams, Mary Ann H. Smith, S.A. Tashkun, Vladimir G. Tyuterev	2003	102
6	Line mixing and speed dependence in CO2 at 6348 cm−1: Positions, intensities, and air- and self-broadening derived with constrained multispectrum analysis Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ·V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner, Linda R. Brown, Charles E. Miller, Robert A. Toth	2007	101
7	Rapid and accurate calculation of the Voigt function Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·Kendra Letchworth‐Weaver, D. Chris Benner	2007	96
8	Band model analysis of laboratory methane absorption spectra from 4500 to 10500 Å Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·Uwe Fink, D. Chris Benner, K. A. Dick	1977	86
9	Validation of Halogen Occultation Experiment CH₄ measurements from the UARS Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·J. H. Park, James M. Russell, L. L. Gordley, S. Roland Drayson, D. Chris Benner, Joseph McInerney, M. R. Gunson, Geoffrey C. Toon, B. Sen, J‐F. Blavier, C. R. Webster, E. C. Zipf, P. W. Erdman, Ulrich Schmidt, C. Schiller	1996	86
10	Line mixing and speed dependence in CO2 at 6227.9 cm−1: Constrained multispectrum analysis of intensities and line shapes in the 30013 ← 00001 band Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ·V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner, Linda R. Brown, Charles E. Miller, Robert A. Toth	2007	82
11	Multispectrum analysis of the oxygen A-band Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·Brian J. Drouin, D. Chris Benner, Linda R. Brown, Matthew J. Cich, Timothy J. Crawford, V. Malathy Devi, Alexander Guillaume, Joseph T. Hodges, E. J. Mlawer, David J. Robichaud, Fabiano Oyafuso, Vivienne H. Payne, Keeyoon Sung, Edward Wishnow, Shanshan Yu	2016	78
12	Line strengths of 12C16O2: 4550–7000 cm−1 Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ·Robert A. Toth, Linda R. Brown, Charles E. Miller, V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner	2006	74
13	Atmospheric validation of high accuracy CO2 absorption coefficients for the OCO-2 mission Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·David R. Thompson, D. Chris Benner, Linda R. Brown, David Crisp, V. Malathy Devi, Yibo Jiang, Vijay Natraj, Fabiano Oyafuso, Keeyoon Sung, Debra Wunch, Rebecca Castaño, Charles E. Miller	2012	74
14	Self-broadened widths and shifts of 12C16O2: 4750–7000 cm−1 Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ·Robert A. Toth, Linda R. Brown, Charles E. Miller, V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner	2006	63
15	Measurements of air-broadened and nitrogen-broadened Lorentz width coefficients and pressure shift coefficients in the ν_4 and ν_2 bands of 12CH_4 Applied Optics ·C. P. Rinsland, V. Malathy Devi, Mary Ann H. Smith, D. Chris Benner	1988	59
16	Temperature dependence of broadening and shifts of methane lines in the ν4 band Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular Spectroscopy ·Mary Ann H. Smith, C. P. Rinsland, V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner	1992	58
17	Line positions and strengths of 16O12C18O, 18O12C18O and 17O12C18O between 2200 and 7000 cm−1 Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ·Robert A. Toth, Charles E. Miller, Linda R. Brown, V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner	2007	56
18	Spectral line parameters including temperature dependences of self- and air-broadening in the 2←0 band of CO at 2.3 μm Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner, Mary Ann H. Smith, A. W. Mantz, Keeyoon Sung, Linda R. Brown, Adriana Predoi−Cross	2012	53
19	Line parameters including temperature dependences of self- and air-broadened line shapes of 12C16O2: 1.6-μm region Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer ·V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner, Keeyoon Sung, Linda R. Brown, Timothy J. Crawford, Charles E. Miller, Brian J. Drouin, Vivienne H. Payne, Shanshan Yu, Mary Ann H. Smith, A. W. Mantz, Robert R. Gamache	2015	52
20	Absolute intensity measurements of CO_2 bands in the 2395–2680-cm^−1 region Applied Optics ·V. Malathy Devi, C. P. Rinsland, D. Chris Benner	1984	48

About D. Chris Benner

D. Chris Benner is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 157 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (136 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (123 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (91 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (12 papers), Laser Design and Applications (11 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (7 papers), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (6 papers) and Calibration and Measurement Techniques (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Spectroscopy (4.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (456 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (656 citations). D. Chris Benner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Frequent co-authors include V. Malathy Devi, Mary Ann H. Smith, C. P. Rinsland, Linda R. Brown, Robert A. Toth, Charles E. Miller, Robert R. Gamache, Adriana Predoi−Cross, Alan S. Goldman and J.‐M. Flaud. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, Icarus, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Solar Physics.

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