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Michael J. Taylor is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within physics and astronomy as well as earth and planetary sciences, with a specific emphasis on astronomy and astrophysics, atmospheric science, aerospace engineering, oceanography, and ocean engineering.

The scientist has contributed to numerous topics related to ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, meteorological phenomena and simulations, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, planetary science and exploration, and calibration and measurement techniques.

Recent publications by Michael J. Taylor include:

  • Mesospheric Mountain Wave Activity in the Lee of the Southern Andes (2021) - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Cloud Formation From a Localized Water Release in the Upper Mesosphere: Indication of Rapid Cooling (2021) - Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability "Tube" and "Knot" Dynamics. Part I: Expanding Observational Evidence of Occurrence and Environmental Influences (2023) - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Evidence for Horizontal Blocking and Reflection of a Small-Scale Gravity Wave in the Mesosphere (2020) - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Changes Associated With the 2 July 2019 Total Eclipse in South America Over the Andes Lidar Observatory, Cerro Pachon, Chile (2022) - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Michael J. Taylor frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of the Optical Society of America A
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

The scientist has collaborated often with the following coauthors:

  • Pierre-Dominique Pautet
  • Yucheng Zhao
  • David C. Fritts
  • Diego Janches
  • Natalie Kaifler

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Two-dimensional spectral analysis of mesospheric airglow image data.

    F. J. Garcia;Michael J. Taylor;M. C. Kelley

  • Criteria for sprites and elves based on Schumann resonance observations

    E. Huang;E. Williams;R. Boldi;S. Heckman

  • Identification of a Thunderstorm as a Source of Short Period Gravity Waves in the Upper Atmospheric Nightglow Emissions

    Michael J. Taylor;M. A. Hapgood

  • The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission: Overview and early science results

    James M. Russell;Scott M. Bailey;Larry L. Gordley;David W. Rusch

  • The deep propagating gravity wave experiment (deepwave): an airborne and ground-based exploration of gravity wave propagation and effects from their sources throughout the lower and middle atmosphere

    David C. Fritts;Ronald B. Smith;Michael J. Taylor;James D. Doyle

  • Visual and lidar observations of noctilucent clouds above Logan, Utah, at 41.7°N

    Vincent B. Wickwar;Michael J. Taylor;Joshua P. Herron;Bethany A. Martineau

  • All‐sky measurements of short period waves imaged in the OI(557.7 nm), Na(589.2 nm) and near infrared OH and O2(0,1) nightglow emissions during the ALOHA‐93 Campaign

    Michael J. Taylor;M. B. Bishop;V. Taylor

  • Image measurements of short‐period gravity waves at equatorial latitudes

    Michael J. Taylor;W. R. Pendleton Jr.;S. Clark;H. Takahashi

  • First near-global retrievals of OH rotational temperatures from satellite-based Meinel band emission measurements

    C. von Savigny;K.-U. Eichmann;E. J. Llewellyn;E. J. Llewellyn;H. Bovensmann

  • Ionospheric plasma bubble climatology over Brazil based on 22 years (1977–1998) of airglow observations

    J. H.A. Sobral;M. A. Abdu;H. Takahashi;Michael J. Taylor

  • Evidence of preferential directions for gravity wave propagation due to wind filtering in the middle atmosphere

    Michael J. Taylor;E. H. Ryan;T. F. Tuan;R. Edwards

  • Does Strong Tropospheric Forcing Cause Large-Amplitude Mesospheric Gravity Waves? A DEEPWAVE Case Study

    Martina Bramberger;Andreas Dörnbrack;Katrina Bossert;Benedikt Ehard

  • Spectrometric and Imaging Measurements of a Spectacular Gravity Wave Event Observed During the ALOHA-93 Campaign

    Michael J. Taylor;D. N. Turnbull;R. P. Lowe

  • Observational evidence of wave ducting and evanescence in the mesosphere

    Joseph R. Isler;Michael J. Taylor;David C. Fritts

  • The pulsation index, effective temperature, and thickness of the hydrogen layer in the pulsating DA white dwarf G117-B15A

    E. L. Robinson;T. M. Mailloux;E. Zhang;D. Koester

  • Observations of gravity wave propagation in the OI (557.7 nm), Na (589.2 nm) and the near infrared OH nightglow emissions

    Michael J. Taylor;M. A. Hapgood;P. Rothwell

  • Simultaneous observation of ionospheric plasma bubbles and mesospheric gravity waves during the SpreadFEx Campaign

    H. Takahashi;M. J. Taylor;P.-D. Pautet;A. F. Medeiros

  • Rare Measurements of a Sprite With Halo Event Driven By a Negative Lightning Discharge Over Argentina

    Michael J. Taylor;M. A. Bailey;Pierre-Dominique Pautet;S. A. Cummer

  • Advanced mesospheric temperature mapper for high-latitude airglow studies.

    Pierre-Dominique Pautet;Michael J. Taylor;William R. Pendleton Jr.;Yucheng Zhao

  • Polar mesospheric cloud structures observed from the cloud imaging and particle size experiment on the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere spacecraft: Atmospheric gravity waves as drivers for longitudinal variability in polar mesospheric cloud occurrence

    A. Chandran;D. W. Rusch;A. W. Merkel;S. E. Palo

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Fritts
David C. Fritts G & A Technical Software (United States)
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
H. Takahashi
H. Takahashi National Institute for Space Research
Takuji Nakamura
Takuji Nakamura National Institute of Polar Research
Cora E. Randall
Cora E. Randall University of Colorado Boulder
Scott M. Bailey
Scott M. Bailey Virginia Tech
Stephen D. Eckermann
Stephen D. Eckermann United States Naval Research Laboratory
Markus Rapp
Markus Rapp German Aerospace Center
Paulo Prado Batista
Paulo Prado Batista National Institute for Space Research
J. H. A. Sobral
J. H. A. Sobral National Institute for Space Research

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