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Michael C. Pitts is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research centers primarily on Earth and planetary sciences and environmental science, with a focus on atmospheric science, global and planetary change, geophysics, ecology, and astronomy and astrophysics as subfields.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, polar research and ecology, geology and paleoclimatology research, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Michael C. Pitts has contributed to various publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in the "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society." Other frequent venues include "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics," "Reviews of Geophysics," "Atmospheric Measurement Techniques," and "Geophysical Research Letters."

Their recent papers include:

  • "Polar Stratospheric Clouds: Satellite Observations, Processes, and Role in Ozone Depletion," 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Antarctica and the Southern Ocean," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Quasi-coincident observations of polar stratospheric clouds by ground-based lidar and CALIOP at Concordia (Dome C, Antarctica) from 2014 to 2018," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Antarctica and the Southern Ocean," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "The CALIPSO version 4.5 stratospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm," 2023, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • M. L. Santee
  • Sandra Barreira
  • Steve Colwell
  • Lawrence Coy
  • Jos de Laat

Michael C. Pitts' research broadly intersects atmospheric sciences with an emphasis on stratospheric processes and polar regions, reflecting a recurrent thematic interest in the dynamics and chemistry of ozone depletion, aerosols, and clouds under different atmospheric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Unprecedented Arctic ozone loss in 2011

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Michelle L. Santee;Markus Rex;Nathaniel J. Livesey

  • The CALIPSO Version 4 Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm

    Man-Hae Kim;Ali H. Omar;Jason L. Tackett;Mark A. Vaughan

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • CALIPSO polar stratospheric cloud observations: second-generation detection algorithm and composition discrimination

    M. C. Pitts;L. R. Poole;L. W. Thomason

  • Polar stratospheric cloud climatology based on Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II observations from 1978 to 1989

    Lamont R. Poole;Michael C. Pitts

  • The 2009–2010 Arctic polar stratospheric cloud season: a CALIPSO perspective

    M. C. Pitts;L. R. Poole;A. Dörnbrack;L. W. Thomason

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Response of middle atmosphere to short‐term solar ultraviolet variations: 1. Observations

    G. M. Keating;M. C. Pitts;G. Brasseur;A. De Rudder

  • Polar Stratospheric Clouds: Satellite Observations, Processes, and Role in Ozone Depletion

    Ines Tritscher;Michael C. Pitts;Lamont R. Poole;Simon P. Alexander

  • Characterization of Polar Stratospheric Clouds with spaceborne lidar: CALIPSO and the 2006 Antarctic season

    Michael C. Pitts;L. W. Thomason;Lamont R. Poole;David M. Winker

  • Performance of a focused cavity aerosol spectrometer for measurements in the stratosphere of particle size in the 0.06-2.0-micrometer-diameter range

    H.H. Jonsson;J.C. Wilson;C.A. Brock;R.G. Knollenberg

  • In situ observations of aerosol and chlorine monoxide after the 1991 eruption of mount pinatubo: effect of reactions on sulfate aerosol.

    J. C. Wilson;H. H. Jonsson;C. A. Brock;D. W. Toohey

  • Polar stratospheric cloud climatology based on CALIPSO spaceborne lidar measurements from 2006 to 2017

    Michael C. Pitts;Lamont R. Poole;Ryan Gonzalez;Ryan Gonzalez

  • State of the Climate in 2013

    Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Kate M. Willett;A. Johannes Dolman

  • Absorption cross-sections of Ozone in the ultraviolet and visible spectral regions – Status report 2015

    Johannes Orphal;Johannes Staehelin;Johanna Tamminen;Geir Braathen

  • Persistence of polar stratospheric clouds in the southern polar region

    M. P. McCormick;C. R. Trepte;M. C. Pitts

  • Response of middle atmosphere to short-term solar ultraviolet variations: 2. Theory

    G. Brasseur;A. De Rudder;G. M. Keating;M. C. Pitts

  • Heterogeneous formation of polar stratospheric clouds – Part 1: Nucleation of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT)

    C. R. Hoyle;C. R. Hoyle;I. Engel;I. Engel;B. P. Luo;M. C. Pitts

  • Reconciliation of essential process parameters for an enhanced predictability of Arctic stratospheric ozone loss and its climate interactions (RECONCILE): activities and results

    M. von Hobe;S. Bekki;S. Borrmann;F. Cairo

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Lamont R. Poole
Lamont R. Poole Langley Research Center
Larry W. Thomason
Larry W. Thomason Langley Research Center
Michelle L. Santee
Michelle L. Santee California Institute of Technology
Jens-Uwe Grooß
Jens-Uwe Grooß Forschungszentrum Jülich
Christopher R. Hoyle
Christopher R. Hoyle Paul Scherrer Institute
Thomas Peter
Thomas Peter ETH Zurich
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Joseph M. Zawodny
Joseph M. Zawodny Langley Research Center
Bryan J. Johnson
Bryan J. Johnson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service

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