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Matthew H. Hitchman is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research is centered in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specialized focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional expertise lies in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses topics including Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Climate Variability and Models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, and Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics.

They have contributed to several publications in the following venues:

  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthew H. Hitchman include:

  • "An Observational History of the Direct Influence of the Stratospheric Quasi-biennial Oscillation on the Tropical and Subtropical Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere," 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • "The Influence of the Stratosphere on the Tropical Troposphere," 2021, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • "On the role of Rossby wave breaking in the quasi-biennial modulation of the stratospheric polar vortex during boreal winter," 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • "QBO and ENSO Effects on the Mean Meridional Circulation, Polar Vortex, Subtropical Westerly Jets, and Wave Patterns During Boreal Winter," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "The influence of solar-modulated regional circulations and galactic cosmic rays on global cloud distribution," 2023, Scientific Reports

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Shigeo Yoden
  • Vinay Kumar
  • Shellie M. Rowe
  • S. K. Dhaka
  • W. J. Du

Best Publications

  • Tropical stratospheric circulation deduced from satellite aerosol data

    Charles R. Trepte;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • A Climatology of Rossby Wave Breaking along the Subtropical Tropopause

    Gregory A. Postel;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • On The Relationship between the QBO and Tropical Deep Convection

    Christopher C. Collimore;David W. Martin;Matthew H. Hitchman;Amihan Huesmann

  • Transport of ozone in the middle stratosphere: evidence for planetary wave breaking

    C. B. Leovy;C.-R. Sun;M. H. Hitchman;E. E. Remsberg

  • A climatology of stratospheric aerosol

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Megan McKay;Charles R. Trepte

  • An interactive chemical dynamical radiative two-dimensional model of the middle atmosphere

    G. Brasseur;M. H. Hitchman;S. Walters;M. Dymek

  • Estimation of the Kelvin Wave Contribution to the Semiannual oscillation.

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Conway B. Leovy

  • A climatology of stratospheric polar vortices and anticyclones

    V. Lynn Harvey;R. Bradley Pierce;T. Duncan Fairlie;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • The Separated Polar Winter Stratopause: A Gravity Wave Driven Climatological Feature

    Matthew H. Hitchman;John C. Gille;Clive D. Rodgers;Guy Brasseur

  • Evolution of the Zonal Mean State in the Equatorial Middle Atmosphere during October 1978-May 1979

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Conway B. Leovy

  • Stratospheric response to trace gas perturbations: changes in ozone and temperature distributions.

    Guy Brasseur;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • On the Role of Successive Downstream Development in East Asian Polar Air Outbreaks

    Chang Hi Joung;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • The stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation in the NCEP reanalyses: Climatological structures

    Amihan S. Huesmann;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • A Seasonal Climatology of Rossby Wave Breaking in the 320–2000-K Layer

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Amihan S. Huesmann

  • Quasi-Stationary Zonally Asymmetric Circulations in the Equatorial Lower Mesosphere

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Conway B. Leovy;John C. Gille;Paul L. Bailey

  • A Climatology of the Aleutian High

    V. Lynn Harvey;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • Regional Air Quality Modeling System (RAQMS) predictions of the tropospheric ozone budget over east Asia

    R. B. Pierce;J. A. Al-Saadi;T. Schaack;A. Lenzen

  • Diurnal tide in the equatorial middle atmosphere as seen in LIMS temperatures

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Conway B. Leovy

  • The Influence of the Stratosphere on the Tropical Troposphere

    Peter Haynes;Peter Hitchcock;Matthew Hitchman;Shigeo Yoden

  • Rossby wave activity in a two‐dimensional model: Closure for wave driving and meridional eddy diffusivity

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Guy Brasseur

  • Analyzing the effects of complete tropical forest removal on the regional climate using a detailed three-dimensional energy budget: An application to Africa

    Peter K. Snyder;Jonathan A. Foley;Matthew H. Hitchman;Christine Delire;Christine Delire

Frequent Co-Authors

Conway B. Leovy
Conway B. Leovy University of Washington
Edward V. Browell
Edward V. Browell Langley Research Center
Guy Brasseur
Guy Brasseur Max Planck Society
James H. Crawford
James H. Crawford Langley Research Center
David W. Martin
David W. Martin University of Toronto
Erhan Kudeki
Erhan Kudeki University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David C. Fritts
David C. Fritts G & A Technical Software (United States)
Jack Fishman
Jack Fishman Saint Louis University
Melody A. Avery
Melody A. Avery Langley Research Center
John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research

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