U. Siegenthaler

11.0k citations

89 papers · 9.3k · 3 hit papers · h-index 44

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Oceanography top 0.5%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 55
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 38
- Cryospheric studies and observations 15
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 9
Global and Planetary Change 40
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 37

Co-authors: H. Oeschger (37 shared papers)Jorge L. Sarmiento (7 shared papers)B. Stauffer (7 shared papers)H. Friedli (7 shared papers)Fortunat Joos (9 shared papers)U. Schotterer (6 shared papers)Markus Leuenberger (3 shared papers)Chester C. Langway (5 shared papers)
Journals: Tellus B (11 papers)Annals of Glaciology (9 papers)Nature (9 papers)Radiocarbon (3 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (3 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Germany

In The Last Decade

U. Siegenthaler

85 papers receiving 8.1k citations

U. Siegenthaler's Hit Papers

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Atmospheric carbon dioxide and the ocean 1993 · 847 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

1993 Nature
1986 Nature
1975 Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

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1	Ice core record of the 13C/12C ratio of atmospheric CO2 in the past two centuries Nature ·H. Friedli, H. Lötscher, H. Oeschger, U. Siegenthaler, B. Stauffer Hit paper breakdown →	1986	970
2	Atmospheric carbon dioxide and the ocean Nature ·U. Siegenthaler, Jorge L. Sarmiento Hit paper breakdown →	1993	847
3	A box diffusion model to study the carbon dioxide exchange in nature Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography ·H. Oeschger, U. Siegenthaler, U. Schotterer, A. Gugelmann Hit paper breakdown →	1975	600
4	Rapid atmospheric CO2 variations and ocean circulation Nature ·U. Siegenthaler, T. Wenk	1984	398
5	Correlation of 18O in precipitation with temperature and altitude Nature ·U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger	1980	381
6	A perturbation simulation of CO₂ uptake in an ocean general circulation model Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Jorge L. Sarmiento, James C. Orr, U. Siegenthaler	1992	361
7	Late‐glacial climatic oscillations as recorded in Swiss lake sediments Journal of Quaternary Science ·(unknown), U. Eicher, U. Siegenthaler, H. J. B. Birks	1992	336
8	Carbon isotope composition of atmospheric CO2 during the last ice age from an Antarctic ice core Nature ·Markus Leuenberger, U. Siegenthaler, Chester C. Langway	1992	336
9	A box diffusion model to study the carbon dioxide exchange in nature Tellus ·H. Oeschger, U. Siegenthaler, U. Schotterer, A. Gugelmann	1975	288
10	An efficient and accurate representation of complex oceanic and biospheric models of anthropogenic carbon uptake Tellus B ·Fortunat Joos, Michele Bruno, Roger Fink, U. Siegenthaler, Thomas F. Stocker, Corinne Le Quéré, Jorge L. Sarmiento	1996	265
11	Biospheric CO<sub>2</sub> emissions during the past 200 years reconstructed by deconvolution of ice core data Tellus B ·U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger	1987	262
12	Information on past solar activity and geomagnetism from 10Be in the Camp Century ice core Nature ·J. Beer, U. Siegenthaler, Georges Bonani, Robert C. Finkel, H. Oeschger, M. Suter, W. Wölfli	1988	201
13	Palynological and oxygen isotope investigations on Late‐Glacial sediment cores from Swiss lakes Boreas ·Ulrich Eicher, U. Siegenthaler	1976	199
14	Uptake of excess CO₂ by an outcrop‐diffusion model of the ocean Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·U. Siegenthaler	1983	197
15	Predicting Future Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Science ·U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger	1978	193
16	Biospheric CO₂emissions during the past 200 years reconstructed by deconvolution of ice core data Tellus B ·U. Siegenthaler, H. Oeschger	1987	193
17	Use of a simple model for studying oceanic tracer distributions and the global carbon cycle Tellus B ·U. Siegenthaler, Fortunat Joos	1992	192
18	Late glacial climate history from ice cores Geophysical monograph ·H. Oeschger, J. Beer, U. Siegenthaler, B. Stauffer, W. Dansgaard, Chester C. Langway	1984	180
19	The climate-carbon isotope relationship in tree rings and the significance of site conditions Tellus B ·Matthias Saurer, U. Siegenthaler, F. Sehweingruber	1995	177
20	¹⁴C Variations Caused by Changes in the Global Carbon Cycle Radiocarbon ·U. Siegenthaler, Martin Heimann, H. Oeschger	1980	171

About U. Siegenthaler

U. Siegenthaler is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography, having authored 89 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (38 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (37 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (19 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (15 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (15 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (11 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (11 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (5.4k citations), Oceanography (2.4k citations), Global and Planetary Change (4.0k citations), Paleontology (1.1k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (1.3k citations). U. Siegenthaler has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include H. Oeschger, Jorge L. Sarmiento, B. Stauffer, H. Friedli, Fortunat Joos, U. Schotterer, Markus Leuenberger, Chester C. Langway, U. Eicher and James C. Orr. Their work appears in journals such as Tellus B, Annals of Glaciology, Nature, Radiocarbon and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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