Scott Denning

18.7k citations

126 papers · 9.4k · 2 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 113
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 93
- Climate variability and models 69
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 31
Atmospheric Science 70
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 32
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 26
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 19

Co-authors: David A. Randall (18 shared papers)Ian Baker (38 shared papers)Joseph A. Berry (22 shared papers)G. J. Collatz (12 shared papers)Inez Fung (10 shared papers)P. J. Sellers (10 shared papers)Robert E. Dickinson (2 shared papers)Xubin Zeng (2 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (23 papers)Tellus B (15 papers)Global Biogeochemical Cycles (12 papers)Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (8 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Switzerland

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Scott Denning

123 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Scott Denning's Hit Papers

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The Common Land Model 2003 · 1.1k 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.

2003 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
1997 Science

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1	Modeling the Exchanges of Energy, Water, and Carbon Between Continents and the Atmosphere Science ·P. J. Sellers, Robert E. Dickinson, David A. Randall, Alan K. Betts, F. G. HALL, Joseph A. Berry, G. J. Collatz, Scott Denning, Harold A. Mooney, Carlos A. Nobre, N. Sato, Christopher B. Field, A. Henderson‐Sellers Hit paper breakdown →	1997	1185
2	The Common Land Model Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Yongjiu Dai, Xubin Zeng, Robert E. Dickinson, Ian Baker, Gordon B. Bonan, Michael G. Bosilovich, Scott Denning, Paul A. Dirmeyer, Paul R. Houser, Guo‐Yue Niu, Keith W. Oleson, C. Adam Schlosser, Zong‐Liang Yang Hit paper breakdown →	2003	1070
3	Interactions between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems: influence on weather and climate Global Change Biology ·Roger A. Pielke, Sr, Roni Avissar, Michael Raupach, A. J. Dolman, Xubin Zeng, Scott Denning	1998	438
4	TransCom 3 inversion intercomparison: Impact of transport model errors on the interannual variability of regional CO₂ fluxes, 1988–2003 Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·D. F. Baker, R. M. Law, K. R. Gurney, P. J. Rayner, Philippe Peylin, Scott Denning, Philippe Bousquet, Lori Bruhwiler, Yidong Chen, Philippe Ciais, Inez Fung, Martin Heimann, Jasmin G. John, T. Mäki, Shamil Maksyutov, K. A. Masarie, Michael J. Prather, Bernard Pak, Shoichi Taguchi, Z. Zhu	2006	356
5	Latitudinal gradient of atmospheric CO2 due to seasonal exchange with land biota Nature ·Scott Denning, Inez Fung, David A. Randall	1995	315
6	Transcom 3 inversion intercomparison: Model mean results for the estimation of seasonal carbon sources and sinks Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·K. R. Gurney, R. M. Law, Scott Denning, P. J. Rayner, Bernard Pak, D. F. Baker, Philippe Bousquet, Lori Bruhwiler, Yuhan Chen, Philippe Ciais, Inez Fung, Martin Heimann, Jasmin G. John, T. Mäki, Shamil Maksyutov, Philippe Peylin, Michael J. Prather, Shoichi Taguchi	2004	272
7	Seasonal drought stress in the Amazon: Reconciling models and observations Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Ian Baker, Lara Prihodko, Scott Denning, Mike Goulden, S. D. Miller, Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha	2008	222
8	Use of FLUXNET in the Community Land Model development Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Reto Stöckli, David M. Lawrence, Guo‐Yue Niu, Keith W. Oleson, Peter Thornton, Zong‐Liang Yang, Gordon B. Bonan, Scott Denning, S. W. Running	2008	203
9	Carbon 13 exchanges between the atmosphere and biosphere Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Inez Fung, Christopher B. Field, Joseph A. Berry, Matthew V. Thompson, James T. Randerson, Carolyn M. Malmström, Peter M. Vitousek, G. J. Collatz, P. J. Sellers, David A. Randall, Scott Denning, Franz‐W. Badeck, Jasmin G. John	1997	194
10	A three‐dimensional synthesis study of δ¹⁸O in atmospheric CO₂: 1. Surface fluxes Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Philippe Ciais, Scott Denning, Pieter P. Tans, Joseph A. Berry, David A. Randall, G. J. Collatz, P. J. Sellers, James W. C. White, M. Trolier, Harro A. J. Meijer, R. J. Francey, P. Monfray, Martin Heimann	1997	177
11	Simulations of terrestrial carbon metabolism and atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> in a general circulation model: Part 1: Surface carbon fluxes Tellus B ·Scott Denning, G. J. Collatz, Changan Zhang, David A. Randall, Joseph A. Berry, P. J. Sellers, G. D. Colello, D. A. Dazlich	1996	172
12	An ensemble data assimilation system to estimate CO ₂ surface fluxes from atmospheric trace gas observations Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Wouter Peters, J. B. Miller, Jeffrey S. Whitaker, Scott Denning, A. Hirsch, Maarten Krol, D. Zupanski, Lori Bruhwiler, Pieter P. Tans	2005	164
13	A coupled model of the global cycles of carbonyl sulfide and CO₂: A possible new window on the carbon cycle Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Joseph A. Berry, Adam Wolf, J. Elliott Campbell, Ian Baker, N. J. Blake, D. R. Blake, Scott Denning, S. R. Kawa, S. A. Montzka, Ulrike Seibt, Keren Stimler, Dan Yakir, Zhengxin Zhu	2013	145
14	Incorporation of crop phenology in Simple Biosphere Model (SiBcrop) to improve land-atmosphere carbon exchanges from croplands Biogeosciences ·Erandathie Lokupitiya, Scott Denning, Keith Paustian, Ian Baker, Kevin Schaefer, Shashi B. Verma, T. P. Meyers, Carl J. Bernacchi, Andy Suyker, M. L. Fischer	2009	143
15	Africa and the global carbon cycle Carbon Balance and Management ·C. A. Williams, Niall P. Hanan, Jason C. Neff, Robert J. Scholes, Joseph A. Berry, Scott Denning, D. F. Baker	2007	142
16	Variations in modeled atmospheric transport of carbon dioxide and the consequences for CO₂ inversions Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·R. M. Law, P. J. Rayner, Scott Denning, Darin J. Erickson, Inez Fung, Martin Heimann, Stephen C. Piper, Michel Ramonet, Shoichi Taguchi, John Taylor, Cathy M. Trudinger, I. G. Watterson	1996	138
17	Combined Simple Biosphere/Carnegie‐Ames‐Stanford Approach terrestrial carbon cycle model Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Kevin Schaefer, G. J. Collatz, Pieter P. Tans, Scott Denning, Ian Baker, Joseph A. Berry, Lara Prihodko, N. Suits, Andrew Philpott	2008	133
18	A Revised Land Surface Parameterization (SiB2) for GCMS. Part III: The Greening of the Colorado State University General Circulation Model Journal of Climate ·David A. Randall, D. A. Dazlich, Chuyao Zhang, Scott Denning, P. J. Sellers, Compton J. Tucker, Lahouari Bounoua, Joseph A. Berry, G. J. Collatz, Christopher B. Field, S. O. Los, Chris Justice, Inez Fung	1996	131
19	Remote sensing data assimilation for a prognostic phenology model Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Reto Stöckli, This Rutishauser, D. Dragoni, John O’Keefe, Peter Thornton, Matt Jolly, L. Lu, Scott Denning	2008	129
20	Three-dimensional transport and concentration of SF<sub>6</sub> A model intercomparison study (TransCom 2) Tellus B ·Scott Denning, Mark Holzer, K. R. Gurney, Martin Heimann, R. M. Law, P. J. Rayner, Inez Fung, Song-Miao Fan, Shoichi Taguchi, Pierre Friedlingstein, Yves Balkanski, John Taylor, Manfred Maiss, Ingeborg Levin	1999	118

About Scott Denning

Scott Denning is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, having authored 126 papers that have together received 9.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (93 papers), Climate variability and models (69 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (32 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (31 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (26 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (19 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (6 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (8.0k citations), Atmospheric Science (5.1k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.2k citations), Water Science and Technology (897 citations) and Ecology (1.4k citations). Scott Denning has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include David A. Randall, Ian Baker, Joseph A. Berry, G. J. Collatz, Inez Fung, P. J. Sellers, Robert E. Dickinson, Xubin Zeng, K. R. Gurney and Christopher B. Field. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Tellus B, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems and Geophysical Research Letters.

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