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D-Index
71
Citations
20213
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1570
National Ranking
668

M. P. McCormick publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where M. P. McCormick sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 260 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

M. P. McCormick D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where M. P. McCormick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

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

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

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

  • Stratospheric aerosol optical depths, 1850–1990

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

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

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

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

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

  • SAGE II measurements of early Pinatubo aerosols

    M. P. McCormick;R. E. Veiga

  • 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

  • Polar Stratospheric Cloud Sightings by SAM II

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

  • SAGE II inversion algorithm

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

  • Satellite studies of the stratospheric aerosol

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

  • Stratospheric water vapor increases over the past half‐century

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

  • Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment II Instrument: A Functional Description

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

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

    Unknown

  • Stratospheric temperature increases due to Pinatubo aerosols

    K. Labitzke;M. P. McCormick

  • Methodology for error analysis and simulation of lidar aerosol measurements

    Russell Pb;Swissler Tj;McCormick Mp

  • 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

  • OBSERVATION OF RAMAN SCATTERING BY WATER VAPOR IN THE ATMOSPHERE

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

  • Validation of SAGE II ozone measurements

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

  • The poleward dispersal of Mount Pinatubo volcanic aerosol

    Unknown

  • 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

  • Heterogeneous chlorine chemistry in the tropopause region

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

  • Forcings and chaos in interannual to decadal climate change

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Lamont R. Poole
Lamont R. Poole Langley Research Center
Larry W. Thomason
Larry W. Thomason Langley Research Center
David M. Winker
David M. Winker Langley Research Center
Joseph M. Zawodny
Joseph M. Zawodny Langley Research Center
Edward V. Browell
Edward V. Browell Langley Research Center
Samuel J. Oltmans
Samuel J. Oltmans National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael C. Pitts
Michael C. Pitts Langley Research Center
David Rind
David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
John M. Livingston
John M. Livingston SRI International
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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