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David A. Peterson

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsFire effects on ecosystemsAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsAtmospheric Ozone and Climate

Publications

166

Citations

3,758

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

56

Publishing since 1971

Research summary
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David A. Peterson studies wildfires and their effects on the atmosphere, with a particular focus on pyrocumulonimbus events—the towering thunderstorm clouds generated by intense fires that can inject smoke high into the stratosphere. This research combines satellite remote sensing, atmospheric modeling, and machine learning to understand how wildfire smoke moves through the atmosphere and affects climate, radiation, and lightning.

Wildfire smoke and atmospheric transportPyrocumulonimbus (fire-driven thunderstorms)Aerosols and radiative effects on climateSatellite remote sensing of fireMachine learning for atmospheric prediction

Publication activity peaked around 2018-2020 and has since settled into a steady pace of roughly six papers per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 14 publications182019: 16 publications16192020: 13 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×12
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres×10
  • AGUFM×6
  • Science Advances×3
  • Atmospheric Environment×3

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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