Publications

The following is a partal list of publications that are available in digital format.

Wild, O. and M.J. Prather,
Global tropospheric ozone modelling: Quantifying errors due to grid resolution,
J. Geophys. Res.,
111(D11), D11305, doi:10.1029/2005JD006605, 2006.

Baker, D. F., et al.,
TransCom 3 inversion intercomparison: Impact of transport model errors on the interannual variability of regional CO2 fluxes, 1988–2003, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, Vol. 20, No. 1, GB1002, 10.1029/2004GB002439, 2006


Patra, P. K., et al.
Sensitivity of inverse estimation of annual mean CO2 sources and sinks to ocean-only sites versus all-sites observational networks,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L05814, doi:10.1029/2005GL025403, 2006.


Gauss, M., G. Myhre, et al.,
Radiative forcing since preindustrial times due to ozone change in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere,
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 575–599, 2006.

Stevenson, D.S., F.J. Dentener, et al.,
Multi-model ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone,
J. Geophys.
Res. 111, D08301, 10.1029/2005JD006338, 2006. 

Bortz, S.E.,  M. J. Prather, J.-P. Cammas, V. Thouret, and H. Smit,
Ozone, Water Vapor, and Temperature in the Upper Tropical Troposphere: Variations Over a Decade of MOZAIC Measurements,
J. Geophys. Res., 111, D05305, doi:10.1029/2005JD006512, 2006.

Lamarque J.-F., et al.,
Assessing future nitrogen deposition and carbon cycle feedback using a multimodel approach: Analysis of nitrogen deposition,
J. Geophys. Res., 110, 19303, doi:10.1029/2005JD005825, 2005. 


Hsu, J., M. J. Prather, and O. Wild,
Diagnosing the stratosphere-to-troposphere flux of ozone in a  chemistry transport model,
J. Geophys.Res., 110, D19305, doi:10.1029/2005JD006045, 2005. 

Marandino, C. A., W. J. De Bruyn, S. D. Miller, M. J. Prather, and E. S. Saltzman,
Oceanic uptake and the global atmospheric acetone budget,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L15806, doi:10.1029/2005GL023285, 2005  

Eyring, V., N. R. P. Harris, et al.,
A strategy for process-oriented validation of coupled chemistry-climate models,
Bulletin Am. Met. Soc., 86(8), 1117-1133, August 2005. 

Wild, Oliver, M. J. Prather, H. Akimoto, et al.
CTM Ozone Simulations for Spring 2001 over the Western Pacific: Regional ozone production and its global impacts, 
J. Geophys. Res., 109(D15), D15S02, doi:10.1029/2003JD004041, 2004.
 
D. H. Ehhalt, D. H., F. Rohrer, S. Schauffler, M. J. Prather,
On the decay of stratospheric pollutants: diagnosing the longest-lived eigenmode,
J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109(D8), D08102 10.1029/2003JD004029, 2004.
 
Gurney, K.R., R. M. Law, et al.
Transcom 3 inversion intercomparison: Model mean results for the estimation of seasonal carbon sources and sinks,
Global Biogeochem. Cyc., 18 1010, doi:10.1029/2003GB002111, 2004.
 
Hsu, Juno, M. J. Prather, O. Wild, J.K. Sundet, I.S.A. Isaksen, E.V. Browell, M.A. Avery, G.W. Sachse,
Are the TRACE-P measurements representative of the Western Pacific during March 2001?
J. Geophys. Res., 109(D02 314), doi:10.1029/2003JD004002, 2004.
 
Prather, M. J.,
An environmental experiment with H2? (Perspective),
Science, 302(5645): 581-582, 24 Oct 2003.
 
Wild, O., J.K. Sundet, M.J. Prather, I.S.A. Isaksen, H. Akimoto, E.V. Browell, and S.J. Oltmans,
CTM Ozone Simulations for Spring 2001 over the Western Pacific: Comparisons with TRACE-P lidar, ozonesondes and TOMS columns,
J. Geophys. Res., 108(D21), 8826, doi:10.1029/2002JD003283, 2003.
 
Gauss, M., G. Myhre, et al.
Radiative forcing in the 21st century due to ozone changes in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere,
J. Geophys. Res., 108(D9), 4292, doi:10.1029/2002JD002624, 2003.
 
Gurney, K.R., R.M. Law, et al.
TransCom 3 CO2 inversion intercomparison: 1. Annual mean control results and sensitivity to transport and prior flux information.
Tellus, 55B, 2, 555-579, 2003.
 
McLinden, C. A., M. J. Prather, and M. S. Johnson,
Global modeling of the isotopic analogues of N2O: Stratospheric distributions, budgets, and the 17O – 18O mass-independent anomaly,
J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 4233, doi:10.1029/2002JD002560, 2003.
 
Bian, H., M. J. Prather, and T. Takemura,
Tropospheric aerosol impacts on trace gas budgets through photolysis,
J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 4242, doi:10.1029/2002JD002743, 2003.
 
Prather, Michael, Michael Gauss, et al.,
Fresh air in the 21st Century?,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(2),1100, doi:10.1029/2002GL016285, 2003.
 
Rind, David, Jean Lerner, Judith Perlwitz, Chris McLinden, Michael Prather,
Sensitivity of tracer transports and stratospheric ozone to sea surface temperature patterns in the doubled CO2 climate,
J. Geophys. Res., 107(D24), 4800, 10.1029/2002JD002483, 2002.

Older classics.

Prather, M.J., M.B. McElroy, S.C. Wofsy and J.A. Logan. 
Stratospheric chemistry:  multiple solutions.
Geophys. Res. Lett. 6, 163-164, 1979

Prather, M.J., M.B. McElroy and S.C. Wofsy.
Reductions in ozone at high concentrations of stratospheric halogens.
Nature 312, 227-231, 1984.

Prather, M.J. 
Numerical advection by conservation of second-order moments.
J. Geophys. Res. 91, 6671-6681, 1986.

Prather, M.J. and R.T. Watson. 
Stratospheric ozone depletion and future levels of atmospheric chlorine and bromine,
Nature, 334, 729-734, 1990.

Prather, M.J.,
Lifetimes and eigenstates in atmospheric chemistry,
Geophys.Res.Lett., 21, 801-804, 1994.

Prather, M.J.,
Natural modes and time scales in atmospheric chemistry: Theory, GWPs for CH4 and CO, and runaway growth,
Geophys.Res.Lett., 23, 2597-2600, 1996.

Prather, M.J.,
Time scales in atmospheric chemistry:  CH3Br, the ocean, and ODPs,
Glob. Biogeo Cycles, 11, 393-400, 1997.

Prather, M.J.,
Time scales in atmospheric chemistry:  Coupled perturbations to N2O, NOy, and O3,
Science, 279, 1339-1341, 1998.

McLinden, C., S. Olsen, B. Hannegan, O. Wild, M. Prather, and J. Sundet,
Stratospheric ozone in 3-D models: A simple chemistry and the cross-tropopause flux,
J. Geophys. Res., 105, 14653-14665, 2000.

Prather, M. J.,
Lifetimes of atmospheric species:  Integrating environmental impacts,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(22), 2063, doi:10.1029/2002GL016299, 2002

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Chemistry-Climate related papers

IPCC/TAR Implications for A Hydrogen Economy.
IPCC/TAR SRES Implications for Surface Ozone.
Theoretical Basis for GWPs and ODPs including Short-Lived Species and Secondary, Indirect Effects.
IPCC/TAR SRES Scenarios --  Projected Forcing from Ozone Changes.
PCC/TAR SRES Scenarios --  Projected Indirect Forcing from NOx, CO, VOC.
NOx Emissions lead to Short-Term Warming, but Long-Term Cooling.


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