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Overview

Malcolm K. W. Ko is a researcher affiliated with Langley Research Center in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific focus on Atmospheric Science and Oceanography.

The main topics covered in Ko's research include:

  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Ko has contributed to the scientific literature with recent publications in 2025. Two notable papers include:

  • "High-fidelity simulation study of real typhoon event in Taiwan using WRF-LES coupled model" published in the Journal of Marine Science and Technology
  • "A Study of Free Amino Acids Analysis in the Atmosphere Using LC-HRMS" published in the Journal of Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology

These papers reflect a combination of advanced atmospheric modeling and chemical analysis techniques applied to environmental phenomena.

Frequent collaborators in Ko's research activities include:

  • N. Lu
  • J. A. Jeon

Their publication record features contributions to journals such as:

  • Journal of Marine Science and Technology
  • Journal of Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Interrelationships between mixing ratios of long‐lived stratospheric constituents

    R. Alan Plumb;Malcolm K. W. Ko

  • Sensitivity of Ozone to Bromine in the Lower Stratosphere

    R. J. Salawitch;D. K. Weisenstein;L. J. Kovalenko;C. E. Sioris

  • Role of heterogeneous conversion of N2O5 on sulphate aerosols in global ozone losses

    Jose M. Rodriguez;Malcolm K. W. Ko;Nien Dak Sze

  • A two‐dimensional model of sulfur species and aerosols

    Debra K. Weisenstein;Glenn K. Yue;Malcolm K. W. Ko;Nien-Dak Sze

  • Model calculations of the relative effects of CFCs and their replacements on global warming

    Donald A. Fisher;Charles H. Hales;Wei-Chyung Wang;Malcolm K. W. Ko

  • Neutral atmospheric influences of the solar proton events in October–November 2003

    Charles H. Jackman;Matthew T. DeLand;Gordon J. Labow;Eric L. Fleming

  • Are antarctic ozone variations a manifestation of dynamics or chemistry

    Ka-Kit Tung;Ka-Kit Tung;Malcolm K. W. Ko;José M. Rodriguez;Nien Dak Sze

  • Atmospheric sulfur hexafluoride: Sources, sinks and greenhouse warming

    Malcolm K. W. Ko;Nien Dak Sze;Wei-Chyung Wang;George Shia

  • Global simulation of atmospheric mercury concentrations and deposition fluxes

    Run-Lie Shia;Christian Seigneur;Prasad Pai;Malcolm Ko

  • Distribution of halon-1211 in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere and the 1994 total bromine budget

    P. R. Wamsley;J. W. Elkins;D. W. Fahey;G. S. Dutton

  • Photochemistry of COS, CS2, CH3SCH3 and H2S: Implications for the atmospheric sulfur cycle

    Nien Dak Sze;Malcolm K.W. Ko

  • Measurements of nitric oxide and total reactive nitrogen in the Antarctic stratosphere: Observations and chemical implications

    D. W. Fahey;D. M. Murphy;K. K. Kelly;M. K. W. Ko

  • Model calculations of the relative effects of CFCs and their replacements on stratospheric ozone

    Donald A. Fisher;Charles H. Hales;David L. Filkin;Malcolm K. W. Ko

  • A zonal mean model of stratospheric tracer transport in isentropic coordinates: Numerical simulations for nitrous oxide and nitric acid

    Malcolm K. W. Ko;Ka Kit Tung;Debra K. Weisenstein;Nien Dak Sze

  • Potential accumulation of a CFC-replacement degradation product in seasonal wetlands

    T. K. Tromp;M. K. W. Ko;J. M. Rodriguez;N. D. Sze

  • Report on concentrations, lifetimes, and trends of CFCs, halons, and related species

    J.A. Kaye;S.A. Penkett;F.M. Ormond;P. Fraser

  • The influence of the several very large solar proton events in years 2000–2003 on the neutral middle atmosphere

    Charles H. Jackman;Matthew T. DeLand;Gordon J. Labow;Eric L. Fleming

  • CS2 and COS in the stratospheric sulphur budget

    Nien Dak Sze;Malcolm K. W. Ko

  • Ozone response to enhanced heterogeneous processing after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo

    Jose M. Rodriguez;M. K. W. Ko;N. D. Sze;C. W. Heisey

  • Lifetimes of Stratospheric Ozone-Depleting Substances, Their Replacements, and Related Species

    P. A. Newman;M. K. Ko;S. Reimann;S. E. Strahan

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project-Report No. 58

    David Fahey;Paul A. Newman;John A. Pyle;Bonfils Safari

  • Neutral atmospheric influences of the solar proton events in October-November 2003 : Violent sun-earth connection events of october-November 2003

    Charles H. Jackman;Matthew T. Deland;Gordon J. Labow;Eric L. Fleming

Frequent Co-Authors

Nien Dak Sze
Nien Dak Sze Harvard University
Debra K. Weisenstein
Debra K. Weisenstein Harvard University
Kazuyuki Kita
Kazuyuki Kita Ibaraki University
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Charles H. Jackman
Charles H. Jackman Goddard Space Flight Center
Makoto Koike
Makoto Koike University of Tokyo
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Yuzo Miyazaki
Yuzo Miyazaki Hokkaido University
Yutaka Kondo
Yutaka Kondo National Institute of Polar Research
Nobuyuki Takegawa
Nobuyuki Takegawa Tokyo Metropolitan University

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