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Overview

Nathaniel J. Livesey is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a distinct emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change within these domains.

The subfields of study associated with their work include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, and Environmental Chemistry. Core topics covered in their research include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate variability and models, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

They have published extensively, with a significant number of papers appearing in several frequent publication venues. These include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (9 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (7 publications)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (7 publications)
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (4 publications)
  • IEEE Journal of Microwaves (2 publications)

Among their recent papers are:

  • "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
  • "Updated tropospheric chemistry reanalysis and emission estimates, TCR-2, for 2005-2018," 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • "The Anomalous 2019 Antarctic Ozone Hole in the GEOS Constituent Data Assimilation System With MLS Observations," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Overview: Estimating and reporting uncertainties in remotely sensed atmospheric composition and temperature," 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

The scientist regularly collaborates with several co-authors, including M. L. Santee, W. G. Read, A. Lambert, M. Schwartz, and Luis Millán, reflecting close research partnerships that span a range of atmospheric and environmental studies.

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

  • Indonesian fire activity and smoke pollution in 2015 show persistent nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño-induced drought

    Robert D. Field;Robert D. Field;Guido R. van der Werf;Thierry Fanin;Eric J. Fetzer

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder stratospheric ozone measurements

    L. Froidevaux;Y. B. Jiang;A. Lambert;N. J. Livesey

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

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  • Retrieval algorithms for the EOS Microwave limb sounder (MLS)

    N.J. Livesey;W. Van Snyder;W.G. Read;P.A. Wagner

  • Transport pathways of carbon monoxide in the Asian summer monsoon diagnosed from Model of Ozone and Related Tracers (MOZART)

    Mijeong Park;William J. Randel;Louisa K. Emmons;Nathaniel J. Livesey

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Convective outflow of South Asian pollution: A global CTM simulation compared with EOS MLS observations

    Qinbin Li;Jonathan H. Jiang;Dong L. Wu;William G. Read

  • Tropospheric ozone variations governed by changes in stratospheric circulation

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

  • Evaluation of the Ozone Fields in NASA's MERRA-2 Reanalysis.

    Krzysztof Wargan;Gordon Labow;Stacey Frith;Steven Pawson

  • Model study of the cross-tropopause transport of biomass burning pollution

    B. N. Duncan;S. E. Strahan;Y. Yoshida;S. D. Steenrod

  • A Large Annual Cycle in Ozone above the Tropical Tropopause Linked to the Brewer–Dobson Circulation

    William J. Randel;Mijeong Park;Fei Wu;Nathaniel Livesey

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle L. Santee
Michelle L. Santee California Institute of Technology
William G. Read
William G. Read California Institute of Technology
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology
Joe W. Waters
Joe W. Waters Jet Propulsion Lab
Hugh C. Pumphrey
Hugh C. Pumphrey University of Edinburgh
Michael J. Schwartz
Michael J. Schwartz Jet Propulsion Lab
Alyn Lambert
Alyn Lambert California Institute of Technology
Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology

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