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76
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522

Overview

Joe W. Waters is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Lab in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change as subfields.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models

Recent publications by Joe W. Waters cover studies on atmospheric ozone, data quality, and remote sensing techniques. Selected papers include:

  • "Regional and Seasonal Trends in Tropical Ozone From SHADOZ Profiles: Reference for Models and Satellite Products," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Improving ECC Ozonesonde Data Quality: Assessment of Current Methods and Outstanding Issues," 2021, Earth and Space Science
  • "Global-scale distribution of ozone in the remote troposphere from the ATom and HIPPO airborne field missions," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "A Post-2013 Dropoff in Total Ozone at a Third of Global Ozonesonde Stations: Electrochemical Concentration Cell Instrument Artifacts?" 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "TROPOMI tropospheric ozone column data: geophysical assessment and comparison to ozonesondes, GOME-2B and OMI," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Joe W. Waters frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Anne M. Thompson
  • Ryan M. Stauffer
  • B. J. Johnson
  • Holger Vömel
  • D. W. Tarasick

Publishing venues where Joe W. Waters has contributed multiple papers include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • The Earth observing system microwave limb sounder (EOS MLS) on the aura Satellite

    J.W. Waters;L. Froidevaux;R.S. Harwood;R.F. Jarnot

  • An atmospheric tape recorder: The imprint of tropical tropopause temperatures on stratospheric water vapor

    Philip W. Mote;Karen H. Rosenlof;Michael E. McIntyre;Ewan S. Carr

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder temperature and geopotential height measurements

    M. Schwartz;A. Lambert;G.L. Manney;G.L. Manney;W.G. Read

  • Overview of the EOS aura mission

    M.R. Schoeberl;A.R. Douglass;E. Hilsenrath;P.K. Bhartia

  • Tropospheric Ozone Determined from Aura OMI and MLS: Evaluation of Measurements and Comparison with the Global Modeling Initiative's Chemical Transport Model

    J. R. Ziemke;J. R. Ziemke;S. Chandra;S. Chandra;B. N. Duncan;B. N. Duncan;L. Froidevaux

  • Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models using NASA “A-Train” satellite observations

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Hui Su;Chengxing Zhai;Vincent S. Perun

  • Short circuit of water vapor and polluted air to the global stratosphere by convective transport over the Tibetan Plateau

    Rong Fu;Yuanlong Hu;Jonathon S. Wright;Jonathan H. Jiang

  • The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite microwave limb sounder instrument

    F. T. Barath;M. C. Chavez;R. E. Cofield;D. A. Flower

  • Stratospheric ClO and ozone from the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

    J. W. Waters;L. Froidevaux;W. G. Read;G. L. Manney

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder stratospheric ozone measurements

    L. Froidevaux;Y. B. Jiang;A. Lambert;N. J. Livesey

  • Seasonal Cycles and QBO Variations in Stratospheric CH4 and H2O Observed in UARS HALOE Data

    William J. Randel;Fei Wu;James M. Russell;Aidan Roche

  • Vertical transport and photochemistry in the terrestrial mesosphere and lower thermosphere (50–120 km)

    Mark Allen;Yuk L. Yung;Joe W. Waters

  • Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite

    L. Froidevaux;N.J. Livesey;W.G. Read;Y.B. Jiang

  • 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

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder O3 and CO observations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

    N. J. Livesey;Mark Filipiak;L. Froidevaux;W. G. Read

  • The UARS and EOS Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Experiments.

    J W Waters;W G Read;L Froidevaux;R F Jarnot

  • The evolution of the stratopause during the 2006 major warming: Satellite data and assimilated meteorological analyses

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Kirstin Krüger;Steven Pawson;Ken Minschwaner

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric H2O and relative humidity with respect to ice validation

    W. G. Read;A. Lambert;J. Bacmeister;R. E. Cofield

  • Microwave Limb Sounder measurement of stratospheric SO2 from the Mt. Pinatubo volcano

    W. G. Read;L. Froidevaux;J. W. Waters

  • Convective outflow of South Asian pollution: A global CTM simulation compared with EOS MLS observations

    Qinbin Li;Jonathan H. Jiang;Dong L. Wu;William G. Read

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology
William G. Read
William G. Read California Institute of Technology
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Nathaniel J. Livesey
Nathaniel J. Livesey California Institute of Technology
Michelle L. Santee
Michelle L. Santee California Institute of Technology
Hugh C. Pumphrey
Hugh C. Pumphrey University of Edinburgh
Aidan E. Roche
Aidan E. Roche Advanced Technology Center
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
Michael J. Schwartz
Michael J. Schwartz Jet Propulsion Lab

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