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Overview

Donal P. Murtagh is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health

Murtagh has published extensively in professional journals, notably contributing multiple articles to the following venues:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Murtagh include:

  • Overview and update of the SPARC Data Initiative: comparison of stratospheric composition measurements from satellite limb sounders, 2021, Earth system science data
  • The MATS satellite mission - gravity wave studies by Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Assessment of the quality of ACE-FTS stratospheric ozone data, 2022, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Retrieval of daytime mesospheric ozone using OSIRIS observations of O 2 (a 1 Δ g) emission, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Potential for the measurement of mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) wind, temperature, density and geomagnetic field with Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder 2 (SMILES-2), 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques

Throughout their career, Murtagh has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Kristell Pérot
  • Adam Bourassa
  • Kaley A. Walker
  • D. A. Degenstein
  • Chris Roth

Best Publications

  • An overview of the Odin atmospheric mission

    Donal Murtagh;Juan Ramon Pardo

  • The OSIRIS instrument on the Odin spacecraft

    E J Llewellyn;N D Lloyd;D A Degenstein;R L Gattinger

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements

    Alyn Lambert;W. G. Read;N. J. Livesey;M. L. Santee

  • ETON 2: Quenching parameters for the proposed precursors of O2(b1Σg+) and O(1S) in the terrestrial nightglow

    I.C. McDade;D.P. Murtagh;R.G.H. Greer;P.H.G. Dickinson

  • Molecular oxygen in the rho Ophiuchi cloud

    B. Larsson;R. Liseau;L. Pagani;P. Bergman

  • ETON 1: A data base pertinent to the study of energy transfer in the oxygen nightglow

    R.G.H. Greer;D.P. Murtagh;I.C. McDADE;P.H.G. Dickinson

  • Ground-based assessment of the bias and long-term stability of 14 limb and occultation ozone profile data records

    Daan Hubert;Jean Christopher Lambert;Tijl Verhoelst;José Granville

  • Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

    E. Dupuy;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker;J. Kar;C.D. Boone

  • Molecular oxygen in the ρ Ophiuchi cloud

    B. Larsson;R. Liseau;L. Pagani;P. Bergman

  • The Odin orbital observatory

    H. L. Nordh;F. von Schéele;U. Frisk;K. Ahola

  • An assessment of proposed O(1S) and O2(b1Σg+) nightglow excitation parameters

    D.P. Murtagh;G. Witt;J. Stegman;I.C. McDade

  • Odin/SMR limb observations of stratospheric trace gases: Level 2 processing of ClO, N2O, HNO3, and O3

    Jakub Urban;N. Lautié;E. Le Flochmoën;C. Jiménez

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder ClO measurements

    M. L. Santee;A. Lambert;W. G. Read;N. J. Livesey

  • CO measurements from the ACE-FTS satellite instrument: data analysis and validation using ground-based, airborne and spaceborne observations

    Cathy Clerbaux;Maya George;Solène Turquety;K. A. Walker;K. A. Walker

  • Stratospheric ozone profiles retrieved from limb scattered sunlight radiance spectra measured by the OSIRIS instrument on the Odin satellite

    C. von Savigny;C. S. Haley;C. E. Sioris;I. C. McDade

  • Isotopic ratios of H, C, N, O, and S in comets C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

    N. Biver;R. Moreno;D. Bockelée-Morvan;Aa. Sandqvist

  • Polar vortex evolution during the 2002 Antarctic major warming as observed by the Odin satellite

    Philippe Ricaud;Franck Lefèvre;Gwenaël Berthet;D. Murtagh

  • Evolution of stratospheric ozone and water vapour time series studied with satellite measurements

    A. Jones;J. Urban;D. P. Murtagh;P. Eriksson

  • Retrieval of stratospheric O3 and NO2 profiles from Odin Optical Spectrograph and Infrared Imager System (OSIRIS) limb‐scattered sunlight measurements

    Craig S. Haley;Samuel M. Brohede;Christopher E. Sioris;Christopher E. Sioris;Erik Griffioen;Erik Griffioen

  • Eton 5: Simultaneous rocket measurements of the OH meinel Δυ = 2 sequence and (8,3) band emission profiles in the nightglow

    I.C. McDade;E.J. Llewellyn;D.P. Murtagh;R.G.H. Greer

  • Evaluation of CLaMS, KASIMA and ECHAM5/MESSy1 simulations in the lower stratosphere using observations of Odin/SMR and ILAS/ILAS-II

    F. Khosrawi;F. Khosrawi;R. Müller;M.H. Proffitt;R. Ruhnke

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University
E. J. Llewellyn
E. J. Llewellyn University of Saskatchewan
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology
Christopher E. Sioris
Christopher E. Sioris Environment and Climate Change Canada
Gabriele Stiller
Gabriele Stiller Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Chris A. McLinden
Chris A. McLinden Environment and Climate Change Canada
Michelle L. Santee
Michelle L. Santee California Institute of Technology
Erkki Kyrölä
Erkki Kyrölä Finnish Meteorological Institute

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