L. P. Steele

15.1k citations

67 papers · 6.8k · 4 hit papers · h-index 34

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Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Climate variability and models

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 65
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 65
Atmospheric Science 57
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 49
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 48
- Cryospheric studies and observations 2
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 2

Co-authors: R. L. Langenfelds (25 shared papers)Paul J. Fraser (25 shared papers)R. J. Francey (8 shared papers)David Etheridge (7 shared papers)J. M. Barnola (1 shared paper)Vin Morgan (1 shared paper)P. C. Novelli (6 shared papers)Paul B. Krummel (33 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (16 papers)Atmospheric chemistry and physics (14 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (4 papers)Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry (3 papers)Atmospheric Environment (2 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

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L. P. Steele

67 papers receiving 6.1k citations

L. P. Steele's Hit Papers

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Contribution of anthropogenic and natural sources to atmospheric methane variability 2006 · 773 citations

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

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2006 Nature
2000 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
1996 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
1991 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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1	Natural and anthropogenic changes in atmospheric CO₂ over the last 1000 years from air in Antarctic ice and firn Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·David Etheridge, L. P. Steele, R. L. Langenfelds, R. J. Francey, J. M. Barnola, Vin Morgan Hit paper breakdown →	1996	869
2	Three‐dimensional model synthesis of the global methane cycle Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Inez Fung, Jasmin G. John, J. Lerner, Elaine Matthews, Michael J. Prather, L. P. Steele, Paul J. Fraser Hit paper breakdown →	1991	823
3	Contribution of anthropogenic and natural sources to atmospheric methane variability Nature ·Philippe Bousquet, P. Ciais, J. B. Miller, E. J. Dlugokencky, Didier Hauglustaine, Catherine Prigent, Guido R. van der Werf, Philippe Peylin, E.-G. Brunke, C. Carouge, R. L. Langenfelds, Juliette Lathière, Fabrice Papa, M. Ramonet, Martina Schmidt, L. P. Steele, S. C. Tyler, James W. C. White Hit paper breakdown →	2006	773
4	A history of chemically and radiatively important gases in air deduced from ALE/GAGE/AGAGE Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. G. Prinn, Ray F. Weiss, P. J. Fraser, P. G. Simmonds, D. M. Cunnold, F. N. Alyea, Simon O’Doherty, Peter K. Salameh, B. R. Miller, J. Huang, R. H. J. Wang, Dana E. Hartley, Christina M. Harth, L. P. Steele, G. A. Sturrock, P.M. Midgley, Archie McCulloch Hit paper breakdown →	2000	545
5	Renewed growth of atmospheric methane Geophysical Research Letters ·Matthew Rigby, Ronald G. Prinn, Paul J. Fraser, Peter G. Simmonds, R. L. Langenfelds, J. Huang, D. M. Cunnold, L. P. Steele, Paul B. Krummel, Ray F. Weiss, Simon O’Doherty, Peter K. Salameh, H. J. Wang, Christina M. Harth, Jens Mühle, L. W. Porter	2008	395
6	The global distribution of methane in the troposphere Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry ·L. P. Steele, Paul J. Fraser, R. A. Rasmussen, M. A. K. Khalil, T. J. Conway, Anna Crawford, R. H. Gammon, K. A. Masarie, K. W. Thoning	1987	261
7	Interannual growth rate variations of atmospheric CO₂ and its δ¹³C, H₂, CH₄, and CO between 1992 and 1999 linked to biomass burning Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·R. L. Langenfelds, R. J. Francey, Bernard Pak, L. P. Steele, Jon Lloyd, Cathy M. Trudinger, Colin E. Allison	2002	255
8	Role of atmospheric oxidation in recent methane growth Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Matthew Rigby, S. A. Montzka, Ronald G. Prinn, James W. C. White, Dickon Young, Simon O’Doherty, Mark F. Lunt, Anita L. Ganesan, Alistair J. Manning, Peter G. Simmonds, Peter K. Salameh, Christina M. Harth, Jens Mühle, Ray F. Weiss, Paul J. Fraser, L. P. Steele, Paul B. Krummel, Archie McCulloch, Sunyoung Park	2017	252
9	The Global Distribution of Methane in the Troposphere L. P. Steele, Paul J. Fraser, R. A. Rasmussen, M. A. K. Khalil, T. J. Conway, Anna Crawford, R. H. Gammon, K. A. Masarie, K. W. Thoning	1987	251
10	Mixing ratios of carbon monoxide in the troposphere Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·P. C. Novelli, L. P. Steele, Pieter P. Tans	1992	216
11	Sulfur hexafluoride—A powerful new atmospheric tracer Atmospheric Environment ·Manfred Maiss, L. P. Steele, R. J. Francey, Paul J. Fraser, R. L. Langenfelds, N. B. A. Trivett, Ingeborg Levin	1996	143
12	Perfluorocarbons in the global atmosphere: tetrafluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, and octafluoropropane Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jens Mühle, Anita L. Ganesan, B. R. Miller, Peter K. Salameh, Christina M. Harth, B. R. Greally, Matthew Rigby, L. W. Porter, L. P. Steele, Cathy M. Trudinger, Paul B. Krummel, Simon O’Doherty, Paul J. Fraser, P. G. Simmonds, Ronald G. Prinn, Ray F. Weiss	2010	120
13	Modeling air movement and bubble trapping in firn Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Cathy M. Trudinger, I. G. Enting, David Etheridge, R. J. Francey, В.А. Левченко, L. P. Steele, Dominique Raynaud, Laurent Arnaud	1997	110
14	In situ measurements of atmospheric methane at GAGE/AGAGE sites during 1985–2000 and resulting source inferences Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·D. M. Cunnold, L. P. Steele, P. J. Fraser, P. G. Simmonds, R. G. Prinn, Ray F. Weiss, L. W. Porter, S. O'Doherty, R. L. Langenfelds, Paul B. Krummel, Haijun Wang, L. K. Emmons, X. X. Tie, E. J. Dlugokencky	2002	109
15	Variations in global methane sources and sinks during 1910–2010 Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Apurna Ghosh, Prabir K. Patra, Kentaro Ishijima, Taku Umezawa, Akihiko Ito, David Etheridge, Satoshi Sugawara, Kenji Kawamura, J. B. Miller, E. J. Dlugokencky, Paul B. Krummel, P. J. Fraser, L. P. Steele, R. L. Langenfelds, Cathy M. Trudinger, James W. C. White, Bruce H. Vaughn, Tazu Saeki, Shuji Aoki, T. Nakazawa	2015	107
16	The development and evaluation of a gravimetric reference scale for measurements of atmospheric carbon monoxide Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·P. C. Novelli, James W. Elkins, L. P. Steele	1991	103
17	Atmospheric verification of anthropogenic CO2 emission trends Nature Climate Change ·R. J. Francey, Cathy M. Trudinger, Marcel van der Schoot, R. M. Law, Paul B. Krummel, R. L. Langenfelds, L. P. Steele, Colin E. Allison, Ann R. Stavert, R. J. Andres, Christian Rödenbeck	2013	95
18	The global SF ₆ source inferred from long-term high precision atmospheric measurements and its comparison with emission inventories Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ingeborg Levin, Tobias Naegler, R. Heinz, D. Osusko, Emilio Cuevas, Anja Engel, J. Ilmberger, R. L. Langenfelds, B. Neininger, Christoph von Rohden, L. P. Steele, Rolf Weller, D. E. J. Worthy, S. A. Zimov	2010	93
19	Characterization of uncertainties in atmospheric trace gas inversions using hierarchical Bayesian methods Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Anita L. Ganesan, Matthew Rigby, Andrew Zammit‐Mangion, Alistair J. Manning, Ronald G. Prinn, Paul J. Fraser, Christina M. Harth, K.‐R. Kim, Paul B. Krummel, S. Li, Jens Mühle, Simon O’Doherty, Sunyoung Park, Peter K. Salameh, L. P. Steele, Ray F. Weiss	2014	92
20	Recent and future trends in synthetic greenhouse gas radiative forcing Geophysical Research Letters ·Matthew Rigby, Ronald G. Prinn, Simon O’Doherty, B. R. Miller, Diane J. Ivy, Jens Mühle, Christina M. Harth, Peter K. Salameh, Tim Arnold, Ray F. Weiss, Paul B. Krummel, L. P. Steele, Paul J. Fraser, Dickon Young, P. G. Simmonds	2014	82

About L. P. Steele

L. P. Steele is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Spectroscopy, having authored 67 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (65 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (49 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (48 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (6 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (3 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (3 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (2 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (4.7k citations), Global and Planetary Change (5.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (922 citations), Ecology (808 citations) and Oceanography (322 citations). L. P. Steele has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include R. L. Langenfelds, Paul J. Fraser, R. J. Francey, David Etheridge, J. M. Barnola, Vin Morgan, P. C. Novelli, Paul B. Krummel, Ray F. Weiss and J. Lerner. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Atmospheric Environment.

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