2026 M. P. McCormick: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	71	1570	1492	668	614	260	20213

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

M. P. McCormick is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a specialization in Atmospheric Science and related subfields. They have contributed extensively to studies in Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, as well as Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Their recent publications include:

Early results and validation of SAGE III-ISS ozone profile measurements from onboard the International Space Station (2020) - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Simultaneous Aerosol and Ocean Properties From the PolCube CubeSat Polarimeter (2021) - Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Active remote sensing of atmospheric dust using relationships between their depolarization ratios and reflectivity (2021) - Optics Letters
New Technique to Retrieve Tropospheric Temperature Using Vibrational and Rotational Raman Backscattering (2020) - Earth and Space Science
Tropospheric NO ₂ measurements using a three-wavelength optical parametric oscillator differential absorption lidar (2021) - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

M. P. McCormick often collaborates with a number of researchers including Liqiao Lei, Snorre Stamnes, Rosemary R. Baize, Yongxiang Hu, and Robert Loughman, each of whom has co-authored at least two papers with them.

Their work has appeared frequently in the following scientific venues:

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Optics Letters
Earth and Space Science
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Their research spans multiple topics such as:

Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Calibration and Measurement Techniques
Congenital Heart Disease Studies
Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

In recognition of contributions to the field, M. P. McCormick was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2008.

Best Publications

Atmospheric effects of the Mt Pinatubo eruption

M. Patrick McCormick;Larry W. Thomason;Charles R. Trepte

1315
Citations
THE CALIPSO MISSION: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds

D. M. Winker;Jacques Pelon;J. A. Coakley;S. A. Ackerman

1211
Citations
Stratospheric aerosol optical depths, 1850–1990

Makiko Sato;James E. Hansen;M. Patrick McCormick;James B. Pollack

1134
Citations
The CALIPSO mission: spaceborne lidar for observation of aerosols and clouds

David M. Winker;Jacques R. Pelon;M. Patrick McCormick

970
Citations
The role of aerosol variations in anthropogenic ozone depletion at northern midlatitudes

S. Solomon;R. W. Portmann;R. R. Garcia;L. W. Thomason

550
Citations
SAGE II measurements of early Pinatubo aerosols

M. P. McCormick;R. E. Veiga

535
Citations
A 6‐year climatology of cloud occurrence frequency from Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II observations (1985–1990)

Pi-Huan Wang;Patrick Minnis;M. Patrick McCormick;Geoffrey S. Kent

458
Citations
Polar Stratospheric Cloud Sightings by SAM II

M. P. McCormick;H. M. Steele;Patrick Hamill;W. P. Chu

447
Citations
SAGE II inversion algorithm

W. P. Chu;M. P. McCormick;J. Lenoble;C. Brogniez

404
Citations
Satellite studies of the stratospheric aerosol

M. P. McCormick;Patrick Hamill;T. J Pepin;W. P. Chu

403
Citations
Stratospheric water vapor increases over the past half‐century

K. H. Rosenlof;S. J. Oltmans;D. Kley;J. M. Russell

397
Citations
Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment II Instrument: A Functional Description

L. E. Mauldin;N. H. Zaun;M. P. McCormick;J. H. Guy

378
Citations
An overview of LITE: NASA's Lidar In-space Technology Experiment

Unknown

366
Citations
Stratospheric temperature increases due to Pinatubo aerosols

K. Labitzke;M. P. McCormick

351
Citations
Methodology for error analysis and simulation of lidar aerosol measurements

Russell Pb;Swissler Tj;McCormick Mp

343
Citations
Hemispheric asymmetries in water vapor and inferences about transport in the lower stratosphere

Karen H. Rosenlof;Adrian F. Tuck;Kenneth K. Kelly;James M. Russell

290
Citations
OBSERVATION OF RAMAN SCATTERING BY WATER VAPOR IN THE ATMOSPHERE

S. H. Melfi;J. D. Lawrence;M. P. McCormick

288
Citations
Validation of SAGE II ozone measurements

D. M. Cunnold;J. M. Zawodny;W. P. Chu;J. P. Pommereau

270
Citations
The poleward dispersal of Mount Pinatubo volcanic aerosol

Unknown

264
Citations
Dehydration in the lower Antarctic stratosphere during late winter and early spring, 1987

K. K. Kelly;A. F. Tuck;D. M. Murphy;M. H. Proffitt

263
Citations
Heterogeneous chlorine chemistry in the tropopause region

S. Solomon;S. Borrmann;R. R. Garcia;R. Portmann

260
Citations
Forcings and chaos in interannual to decadal climate change

J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;A. Lacis

257
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lamont R. Poole Langley Research Center

Larry W. Thomason Langley Research Center

David M. Winker Langley Research Center

Joseph M. Zawodny Langley Research Center

Edward V. Browell Langley Research Center

Samuel J. Oltmans National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Michael C. Pitts Langley Research Center

David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies

John M. Livingston SRI International

David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Links

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