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Martin G. Mlynczak is a researcher affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines within physics and earth sciences, with a focus primarily on atmospheric and space phenomena.

Their research contributions are prominently published in journals including the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, Earth and Space Science, and Advances in Space Research. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, intersecting space physics, atmospheric science, and geophysical research.

Mlynczak's main fields of study include Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broader areas, their subfields of concentration incorporate:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography
  • Geophysics

The primary topics of their research activity cover atmospheric ozone and climate, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, and solar and space plasma dynamics. Other areas of interest include atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, astro and planetary science, and earthquake detection and analysis:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Mlynczak has collaborated frequently with several researchers over their career. They have coauthored numerous papers with Jia Yue, James M. Russell, L. A. Hunt, Rolando R. García, and B. T. Marshall.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities" (2020), Earth and Space Science
  • "FORUM: Unique Far-Infrared Satellite Observations to Better Understand How Earth Radiates Energy to Space" (2020), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Cooling and Contraction of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere From 2002 to 2021" (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "The semiannual oscillation (SAO) in the tropical middle atmosphere and its gravity wave driving in reanalyses and satellite observations" (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Sounding of the Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER): Instrument and Science Measurement Description" (2023), Earth and Space Science

Best Publications

  • Overview of the SABER experiment and preliminary calibration results

    James M. Russell;Martin G. Mlynczak;Larry L. Gordley;Joseph J. Tansock

  • Assessment of the quality of the Version 1.07 temperature‐versus‐pressure profiles of the middle atmosphere from TIMED/SABER

    Ellis E. Remsberg;B. T. Marshall;M. Garcia-Comas;D. Krueger

  • 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

  • Tidal variability in the ionospheric dynamo region

    J. M. Forbes;X. Zhang;S. Palo;J. Russell

  • NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities

    J. T. Emmert;D. P. Drob;J. M. Picone;D. E. Siskind

  • A detailed evaluation of the heating efficiency in the middle atmosphere

    Martin G. Mlynczak;Susan Solomon

  • Review of mesospheric temperature trends

    G. Beig;Philippe Keckhut;Robert P. Lowe;R. G. Roble

  • Retrieval of mesospheric and lower thermospheric kinetic temperature from measurements of CO2 15 µm Earth Limb Emission under non‐LTE conditions

    Christopher J. Mertens;Martin G. Mlynczak;Manuel López-Puertas;Peter P. Wintersteiner

  • Achieving Climate Change Absolute Accuracy in Orbit

    Bruce A. Wielicki;D. F. Young;M. G. Mlynczak;K. J. Thome

  • Implications for atmospheric dynamics derived from global observations of gravity wave momentum flux in stratosphere and mesosphere

    M. Ern;P. Preusse;J. C. Gille;J. C. Gille;C. L. Hepplewhite

  • Monthly tidal temperatures 20–120 km from TIMED/SABER

    Xiaoli Zhang;Jeffrey M. Forbes;Maura E. Hagan;James M. Russell

  • 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

  • SABER observations of mesospheric temperatures and comparisons with falling sphere measurements taken during the 2002 summer MaCWAVE campaign

    Christopher J. Mertens;Francis J. Schmidlin;Richard A. Goldberg;Ellis E. Remsberg

  • Troposphere-Thermosphere Tidal Coupling as Measured by the SABER Instrument on TIMED during July-September, 2002

    J. M. Forbes;J. Russell;S. Miyahara;X. Zhang

  • Temporal variations of atomic oxygen in the upper mesosphere from SABER

    Anne K. Smith;Daniel R. Marsh;Martin G. Mlynczak;Jeffrey C. Mast

  • Energetics of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere and the SABER experiment

    Martin G. Mlynczak

  • Observations of infrared radiative cooling in the thermosphere on daily to multiyear timescales from the TIMED/SABER instrument

    Martin G. Mlynczak;Linda A. Hunt;B. Thomas Marshall;F. Javier Martin-Torres

  • GRACILE: a comprehensive climatology of atmospheric gravity wave parameters based on satellite limb soundings

    Manfred Ern;Quang Thai Trinh;Peter Preusse;John C. Gille;John C. Gille

  • Seasonal and quasi-biennial variations in the migrating diurnal tide observed by Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED)

    Jiyao Xu;A. K. Smith;H.‐L. Liu;W. Yuan

  • The natural thermostat of nitric oxide emission at 5.3 μm in the thermosphere observed during the solar storms of April 2002

    Martin G. Mlynczak;F. Javier Martin‐torres;James Russell;Ken Beaumont

  • Interaction of gravity waves with the QBO: A satellite perspective

    M. Ern;F. Ploeger;P. Preusse;J. C. Gille;J. C. Gille

  • Global Ray Tracing Simulations of the SABER Gravity Wave Climatology

    Peter Preusse;Stephen D. Eckermann;Manfred Ern;Jens Oberheide

  • Equatorial wave analysis from SABER and ECMWF temperatures

    M. Ern;P. Preusse;M. Krebsbach;M. Krebsbach;M. G. Mlynczak

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
Manuel López-Puertas
Manuel López-Puertas Spanish National Research Council
Larry L. Gordley
Larry L. Gordley Langley Research Center
Bruce A. Wielicki
Bruce A. Wielicki Langley Research Center
Anne K. Smith
Anne K. Smith National Center for Atmospheric Research
David E. Siskind
David E. Siskind United States Naval Research Laboratory
Daniel R. Marsh
Daniel R. Marsh National Center for Atmospheric Research
John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research
Hans G. Mayr
Hans G. Mayr Goddard Space Flight Center
Rolando R. Garcia
Rolando R. Garcia National Center for Atmospheric Research

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