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Environmental Sciences
New Zealand
2025

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
12278
World Ranking
3627
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Richard McKenzie is affiliated with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric science and environmental studies related to ozone depletion, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and climate interactions.

The main fields of study Richard McKenzie has contributed to include Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Medicine. Within these fields, their subfields of expertise cover Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Education, and Dermatology.

Their research topics span atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, climate change and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, skin protection and aging, infection control and ventilation, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Richard McKenzie has published extensively in several scientific venues, with a majority of their papers appearing in Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. Other frequent publication venues include Atmosphere, Journal of Instrumentation, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, and the American Educational Research Journal.

Frequent co-authors who have worked with Richard McKenzie include Ben Liley, G. Bernhard, S. Madronich, Alkiviadis Bais, and P. J. Aucamp.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard McKenzie are:

  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2019, 2020, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2021, 2022, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • Stratospheric ozone, UV radiation, and climate interactions, 2023, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • Use of Electronic UV Dosimeters in Measuring Personal UV Exposures and Public Health Education, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Updated analysis of data from Palmer Station, Antarctica (64° S), and San Diego, California (32° N), confirms large effect of the Antarctic ozone hole on UV radiation, 2022, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Changes in biologically active ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth's surface

    S Madronich;R L McKenzie;Lars Olof Björn;M M Caldwell

  • Changes in biologically-active ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth's surface

    Richard L. McKenzie;Pieter J. Aucamp;Alkiviades F. Bais;Lars Olof Björn

  • Changes in ultraviolet-radiation reaching the earths surface

    S Madronich;R L McKenzie;M Caldwell;Lars Olof Björn

  • Ozone depletion and climate change: impacts on UV radiation

    Richard L. McKenzie;Pieter J. Aucamp;Alkiviades F. Bais;Lars Olof Björn;Lars Olof Björn

  • Ozone depletion and climate change: impacts on UV radiation

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  • Increased summertime UV radiation in New Zealand in response to ozone loss.

    Richard McKenzie;Brian Connor;Greg Bodeker

  • Solar Ultraviolet Radiation in a Changing Climate

    Craig E Williamson;Richard G Zepp;Robyn M Lucas;Robyn M Lucas;Sasha Madronich

  • Cloud Coverage Based on All-Sky Imaging and Its Impact on Surface Solar Irradiance

    G. Pfister;R. L. McKenzie;J. B. Liley;A. Thomas

  • Ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation, climate change and prospects for a sustainable future

    Paul W. Barnes;Craig E. Williamson;Robyn M. Lucas;Sharon A. Robinson

  • Environmental effects of ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2017

    G. H. Bernhard;R. E. Neale;P. W. Barnes;P. J. Neale

  • UV Radiation: Balancing Risks and Benefits†

    Richard L. McKenzie;J. Ben Liley;Lars Olof Björn

  • The relationship between erythemal UV and ozone, derived from spectral irradiance measurements

    R. L. McKenzie;W. A. Matthews;P. V. Johnston

  • Validation of daily erythemal doses from Ozone Monitoring Instrument with ground‐based UV measurement data

    Aapo Tanskanen;Anders Lindfors;Anu Määttä;Nickolay Krotkov

  • Ozone–climate interactions and effects on solar ultraviolet radiation

    Alkiviadis F. Bais;G Bernhard;Richard L. McKenzie;P. J. Aucamp

  • Increased ultraviolet radiation in New Zealand (45°S) relative to Germany (48°N)

    G. Seckmeyer;R. L. McKenzie;R. L. McKenzie

  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2019

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  • Observations of depleted stratospheric NO2 following the Pinatubo volcanic eruption

    P. V. Johnston;R. L. McKenzie;J. G. Keys;W. A. Matthews

  • Global ozone trends in potential vorticity coordinates using TOMS and GOME intercompared against the Dobson network: 1978-1998

    G. E. Bodeker;J. C. Scott;K. Kreher;R. L. McKenzie

  • Satellite retrievals of erythemal UV dose compared with ground‐based measurements at northern and southern midlatitudes

    R. L. McKenzie;G. Seckmeyer;A. F. Bais;J. B. Kerr

  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2021

    Unknown

  • SUSPEN intercomparison of ultraviolet spectroradiometers

    A F Bais;B G Gardiner;H Slaper;M Blumthaler

  • Impact of Pinatubo aerosols on the partitioning between NO2 and HNO3

    M Koike;N. B. Jones;W. A. Matthews;P. V. Johnston

  • Measured UV spectra compared with discrete ordinate method simulations

    Jun Zeng;Richard McKenzie;Knut Stamnes;Mary Wineland

Frequent Co-Authors

Sasha Madronich
Sasha Madronich National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alkiviadis F. Bais
Alkiviadis F. Bais Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Gunther Seckmeyer
Gunther Seckmeyer University of Hannover
Lars Olof Björn
Lars Olof Björn Lund University
Greg Bodeker
Greg Bodeker Victoria University of Wellington
Carlos L. Ballaré
Carlos L. Ballaré University of Buenos Aires
Nigel D. Paul
Nigel D. Paul Lancaster University
Donat-P. Häder
Donat-P. Häder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Martyn P. Chipperfield
Martyn P. Chipperfield University of Leeds
Janet F. Bornman
Janet F. Bornman Curtin University

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