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O. B. Toon

Active 1973–2022

53
Papers
19,562
Citations
51
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Citations

Citations per year for O. B. Toon1929: 1 citations1969: 4 citations1975: 1 citations1976: 6 citations1977: 3 citations1978: 5 citations1979: 6 citations1980: 8 citations1981: 12 citations1982: 19 citations1983: 13 citations1984: 8 citations1985: 15 citations1986: 8 citations1987: 8 citations1988: 15 citations1989: 30 citations1990: 25 citations1991: 23 citations1992: 28 citations1993: 24 citations1994: 27 citations1995: 38 citations1996: 29 citations1997: 54 citations1998: 25 citations1999: 47 citations2000: 47 citations2001: 77 citations2002: 88 citations2003: 80 citations2004: 45 citations2005: 95 citations2006: 66 citations2007: 65 citations2008: 78 citations2009: 72 citations2010: 49 citations2011: 51 citations2012: 71 citations2013: 59 citations2014: 45 citations2015: 46 citations2016: 44 citations2017: 42 citations2018: 33 citations2019: 41 citations2020: 46 citations2021: 32 citations2022: 31 citations2023: 23 citations2024: 23 citations2025: 14 citations1930–1968: no citations, so these years are not shown1970–1974: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 863 citing papers, 36.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 212 citing papers, 9% of this breakdownFrance: 176 citing papers, 7.5% of this breakdownGermany: 173 citing papers, 7.4% of this breakdownChina: 133 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownCanada: 68 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownJapan: 61 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 55 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownItaly: 49 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownNorway: 43 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 42 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownNetherlands: 37 citing papers, 1.6% of this breakdown
0%36.7%Other 18.7%

Institutions

Fields

  • Environmental Science34.8%
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences34.5%
  • Physics and Astronomy21.2%
  • Computer Science2.3%
  • Engineering1.7%
  • Medicine0.8%
  • Other4.7%

Topics

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols17%
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds15.1%
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate10.5%
  • Planetary Science and Exploration4.7%
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics4.6%
  • Astro and Planetary Science4.4%
  • Other43.7%

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  1. Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot

    Authors: Andrew S. Ackerman, O. B. Toon, David E. Stevens, Andrew J. Heymsfield, V. Ramanathan, Ellsworth J. Welton - Science 2000 cited by 1,417

  2. Global food insecurity and famine from reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate disruption from nuclear war soot injection

    Authors: Lili Xia, Alan Robock, Kim Scherrer, Cheryl S. Harrison, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Isabelle Weindl, Jonas Jägermeyr, Charles Bardeen, O. B. Toon, Ryan Heneghan - Nature Food 2022 cited by 392

  3. Incorporation of mineralogical composition into models of the radiative properties of mineral aerosol from UV to IR wavelengths

    Authors: I. N. Sokolik, O. B. Toon - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 1999 cited by 1,029

  4. The impact of humidity above stratiform clouds on indirect aerosol climate forcing

    Authors: Andrew S. Ackerman, M.P. Kirkpatrick, David E. Stevens, O. B. Toon - Nature 2004 cited by 921

  5. Physical properties of the particles composing the Martian dust storm of 1971–1972

    Authors: O. B. Toon, James B. Pollack, Carl Sagan - Icarus 1977 cited by 372

  6. The astronomical theory of climatic change on Mars

    Authors: O. B. Toon, James B. Pollack, William R. Ward, Joseph A. Burns, K. Bilski - Icarus 1980 cited by 350

  7. Direct radiative forcing by anthropogenic airborne mineral aerosols

    Authors: I. N. Sokolik, O. B. Toon - Nature 1996 cited by 840

  8. Algorithms for the calculation of scattering by stratified spheres

    Authors: O. B. Toon, Thomas P. Ackerman - Applied Optics 1981 cited by 536

  9. Condensation of HNO3 and HCl in the winter polar stratospheres

    Authors: O. B. Toon, Patrick Hamill, R. P. Turco, Joseph P. Pinto - Geophysical Research Letters 1986 cited by 514

  10. Absorption of visible radiation in atmosphere containing mixtures of absorbing and nonabsorbing particles

    Authors: Thomas P. Ackerman, O. B. Toon - Applied Optics 1981 cited by 433

  11. The optical constants of several atmospheric aerosol species: Ammonium sulfate, aluminum oxide, and sodium chloride

    Authors: O. B. Toon, James B. Pollack, B. N. Khare - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 1976 cited by 400

  12. Black carbon lofts wildfire smoke high into the stratosphere to form a persistent plume

    Authors: Pengfei Yu, O. B. Toon, Charles Bardeen, Yunqian Zhu, Karen H. Rosenlof, R. W. Portmann, Troy Thornberry, R. S. Gao, Sean Davis, Eric Wolf, J. A. de Gouw, David A. Peterson, Michael Fromm, Alan Robock - Science 2019 cited by 395

  13. A Multidimensional Model for Aerosols: Description of Computational Analogs

    Authors: O. B. Toon, R. P. Turco, Douglas L. Westphal, R. C. Malone, Mingyue Liu - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 1988 cited by 392

  14. A One-Dimensional Model Describing Aerosol Formation and Evolution in the Stratosphere: I. Physical Processes and Mathematical Analogs

    Authors: R. P. Turco, Patrick Hamill, O. B. Toon, R. C. Whitten, C. S. Kiang - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 1979 cited by 322

  15. Noctilucent clouds: Simulation studies of their genesis, properties and global influences

    Authors: R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, R. C. Whitten, R. G. Keesee, D. J. Hollenbach - Planetary and Space Science 1982 cited by 291

  16. Anthropogenic Albedo Changes and the Earth's Climate

    Authors: Carl Sagan, O. B. Toon, James B. Pollack - Science 1979 cited by 281

  17. Airborne lidar observations in the wintertime Arctic stratosphere: Polar stratospheric clouds

    Authors: E. V. Browell, C. F. Butler, Syed Ismail, Phillip Robinette, A. F. Carter, N. S. Higdon, O. B. Toon, M. R. Schoeberl, A. F. Tuck - Geophysical Research Letters 1990 cited by 274

  18. Organic haze on Titan and the early Earth

    Authors: M. G. Trainer, Alexander A. Pavlov, H. Langley DeWitt, J. L. Jiménez, Christopher P. McKay, O. B. Toon, Margaret A. Tolbert - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2006 cited by 270

  19. Relation between increasing methane and the presence of ice clouds at the mesopause

    Authors: Gary E. Thomas, J. J. Olivero, E. J. Jensen, Wilfred Schroeder, O. B. Toon - Nature 1989 cited by 246

  20. Numerical simulations of the three‐dimensional distribution of meteoric dust in the mesosphere and upper stratosphere

    Authors: Charles Bardeen, O. B. Toon, E. J. Jensen, D. R. Marsh, V. Lynn Harvey - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2008 cited by 231

  21. A study of type I polar stratospheric cloud formation

    Authors: A. Tabazadeh, R. P. Turco, K. Drdla, Mark Z. Jacobson, O. B. Toon - Geophysical Research Letters 1994 cited by 229

  22. An analysis of lidar observations of polar stratospheric clouds

    Authors: O. B. Toon, E. V. Browell, Stefan Kinne, J. Jordan - Geophysical Research Letters 1990 cited by 207

  23. Rapid calculation of radiative heating rates and photodissociation rates in inhomogeneous multiple scattering atmospheres

    Authors: O. B. Toon, Christopher P. McKay, Thomas P. Ackerman, Keshav Santhanam - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 1989 cited by 1,022

  24. Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions

    Authors: R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, Thomas P. Ackerman, James B. Pollack, Carl Sagan - Science 1983 cited by 834