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Overview

Michelle L. Santee is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. The main subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work spans key topics such as Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate variability and models, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Polar Research and Ecology.

Michelle L. Santee has authored multiple research papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Hydration of the Stratosphere, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Record-Low Arctic Stratospheric Ozone in 2020: MLS Observations of Chemical Processes and Comparisons With Previous Extreme Winters, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Arctic Ozone Depletion in 2019/20: Roles of Chemistry, Dynamics and the Montreal Protocol, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Investigation and amelioration of long-term instrumental drifts in water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements from the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) and their implications for studies of variability and trends, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Australian New Year's PyroCb Impact on Stratospheric Composition, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • N. J. Livesey
  • Luis Millán
  • W. G. Read
  • M. Schwartz
  • G. L. Manney

Michelle L. Santee's publications have appeared repeatedly in several scientific venues, demonstrating a strong presence across key journals:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Best Publications

  • The Earth observing system microwave limb sounder (EOS MLS) on the aura Satellite

    J.W. Waters;L. Froidevaux;R.S. Harwood;R.F. Jarnot

  • Unprecedented Arctic ozone loss in 2011

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

  • 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

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Observations of Dynamics and Transport During the Record-Breaking 2009 Arctic Stratospheric Major Warming

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Michael J. Schwartz;Kirstin Krüger;Michelle L. Santee

  • The Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Hydration of the Stratosphere

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  • Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems

    Masatomo Fujiwara;Jonathon S. Wright;Gloria L. Manney;Lesley J. Gray

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

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

  • Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite

    L. Froidevaux;N.J. Livesey;W.G. Read;Y.B. Jiang

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements

    Alyn Lambert;W. G. Read;N. J. Livesey;M. L. Santee

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder O3 and CO observations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

    N. J. Livesey;Mark Filipiak;L. Froidevaux;W. G. Read

  • The UARS and EOS Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Experiments.

    J W Waters;W G Read;L Froidevaux;R F Jarnot

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric H2O and relative humidity with respect to ice validation

    W. G. Read;A. Lambert;J. Bacmeister;R. E. Cofield

  • Tropospheric ozone variations governed by changes in stratospheric circulation

    Jessica L. Neu;Thomas Flury;Gloria L. Manney;Michelle L. Santee

  • State of the Climate in 2018

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

  • Quantifying denitrification and its effect on ozone recovery

    A. Tabazadeh;M. L. Santee;M. Y. Danilin;H. C. Pumphrey

  • On the Cause of Recent Variations in Lower Stratospheric Ozone

    Martyn P. Chipperfield;Sandip Dhomse;Ryan Hossaini;Wuhu Feng

  • Record-Low Arctic Stratospheric Ozone in 2020: MLS Observations of Chemical Processes and Comparisons With Previous Extreme Winters

    Gloria L. Manney;Nathaniel J. Livesey;Michelle L. Santee;Lucien Froidevaux

  • State of the Climate in 2016

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

  • Interhemispheric differences in polar stratospheric HNO3, H2O, ClO, and O3

    M. L. Santee;W. G. Read;J. W. Waters;L. Froidevaux

  • Solar occultation satellite data and derived meteorological products: Sampling issues and comparisons with Aura Microwave Limb Sounder

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;William H. Daffer;Joseph M. Zawodny;Peter F. Bernath;Peter F. Bernath

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

    S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathaniel J. Livesey
Nathaniel J. Livesey California Institute of Technology
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology
William G. Read
William G. Read California Institute of Technology
Joe W. Waters
Joe W. Waters Jet Propulsion Lab
Michael J. Schwartz
Michael J. Schwartz Jet Propulsion Lab
Alyn Lambert
Alyn Lambert California Institute of Technology
Hugh C. Pumphrey
Hugh C. Pumphrey University of Edinburgh
Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University

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