Peer-Reviewed Publications (2007)

Prather, M.J., Lifetimes and time-scales in atmospheric chemistry, Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A, in press, 2007.

Neu, J.L., M.J. Prather, J.E. Penner, Global atmospheric chemistry:  integrating over fractional cloud cover., J. Geophys. Res., 112(D), in press, 2007.

Le Treut, H., R. Somerville, U. Cubasch, Y. Ding, C. Mauritzen, A. Mokssit, T. Peterson, M. Prather, Chapter 1: Historical Overview of Climate Change Science, in the IPCC WGI 4^th Assessment Report (AR4), Camb. U. Press, 2007.

van Noije, T.P.C., Eskes, H.J., Dentener, F.J.,  . . .,  Multi-model ensemble simulations of tropospheric NO₂ compared with GOME retrievals for the year 2000, Atmos. Chem & Phys. 6: 2943-2979, 2006.

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

Baker, D. F.; Law, R. M.; Gurney, K. R.; Rayner, P.; Peylin, P.; Denning, A. S.; Bousquet, P.; Bruhwiler, L.; Chen, Y.-H.; Ciais, P.; Fung, I. Y.; Heimann, M.; John, J.; Maki, T.; Maksyutov, S.; Masarie, K.; Prather, M.; Pak, B.; Taguchi, S.; Zhu, Z., TransCom 3 inversion intercomparison: Impact of transport model errors on the interannual variability of regional CO2 fluxes, 1988–2003, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 20(1), GB1002, 10.1029/2004GB002439, 2006

Patra, P. K., Gurney, K. R., Denning, A. S., Maksyutov, S., Nakazawa, T., Baker, D., Bousquet, P., Bruhwiler, L., Chen, Y.-H., Ciais, P., Fan, S., Fung, I., Gloor, M., Heimann, M., Higuchi, K., John, J., Law, R. M., Maki, T., Pak, B., Peylin, P., Prather, M., Rayner, P., Sarmiento, J., Taguchi, S., Takahashi, T., Yuen, C.-W., 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, I.S.A. Isaksen, W.J. Collins, F.J. Dentener, K. Ellingsen, L.K. Gohar, V. Grewe, D.A. Hauglustaine, D. Iachetti, J.-F. Lamarque, E. Mancini, L.J. Mickley, G.Pitari, M.J. Prather, J.A. Pyle, M.G. Sanderson, K.P. Shine, D.S. Stevenson, K. Sudo, S. Szopa, O. Wild, G. Zeng, 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, M.G. Schultz, K. Ellingsen, T.P.C. van Noije,, O. Wild,, G. Zeng, M. Amann, C.S. Atherton, N. Bell, D.J. Bergmann, I. Bey, T. Butler, J. Cofala, W.J. Collins, R.G. Derwent, R.M. Doherty, J. Drevet, H.J. Eskes, A.M. Fiore, M. Gauss, D.A. Hauglustaine, L.W. Horowitz, I.S.A. Isaksen, M.C. Krol, J.-F. Lamarque, M.G. Lawrence1, V. Montanaro, J.-F. Müller, G. Pitari1, M.J. Prather, J.A. Pyle, S. Rast, J.M. Rodriguez, M.G. Sanderson, N.H. Savage, D.T. Shindell, S.E. Strahan, K. Sudo, and S. Szopa, Multi-model ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone, J. Geophys. Res., 111(D8), D08301, doi: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.  [see Correction, GRL 33(24): Art. No. L24801, 2006.]

Eyring, V., N. R. P. Harris, M. Rex, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Fahey, G. T. Amanatidis, J. Austin, M. P. Chipperfield, M. Dameris, P. M. De F. Forster, A. Gettelman, H. F. Graf, T. Nagashima, P. A. Newman, S. Pawson, M. J. Prather, J. A. Pyle, R. J. Salawitch, B. D. Santer, And D. W. Waugh, A strategy for process-oriented validation of coupled chemistry-climate models, Bulletin Am. Met. Soc., 86(8), 1117-1133, August 2005. 

Ehhalt, D. H., F. Rohrer, S. Schauffler, M. J. Prather, On the decay of stratospheric pollutants: diagnosing the longest-lived eigenmode, J. Geophys. Res., 109(D8), D08102 10.1029/2003JD004029, 2004.

Wild, Oliver, M. J. Prather, H. Akimoto, J. K. Sundet, I. S. A. Isaksen, J. H. Crawford, D. D. Davis, M. A. Avery, Y. Kondo, G. W. Sachse, S. T. Sandholm, 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.

Gurney, K.R., R. M. Law, A. S. Denning, P. J. Rayner, B. C. Pak, D. Baker, P. Bousquet, L. Bruhwiler, Y.-H. Chen, P. Ciais, I. Y. Fung, M. Heimann, J. John, T. Maki, S. Maksyutov, P. Peylin, M. Prather, and S. Taguchi, 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, G. Pitari, M. J. Prather, I. S. A. Isaksen, T. K. Berntsen, G. P. Brasseur, F. J. Dentener, R. G. Derwent, D. A. Hauglustaine, L. W. Horowitz, D. J. Jacob, M. Johnson, K. S. Law, L. J. Mickley, J.-F. Mueller, P.-H. Plantevin, J. A. Pyle, H. L. Rogers, D. S. Stevenson, J. K. Sundet, M. van Weele, and O. Wild, 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, A.S. Denning, P.J. Rayner, D. Baker, P. Bousquet, L. Bruhwiler, Y.H. Chen, P. Ciais, S. Fan, I.Y. Fung, M. Gloor, M. Heimann, K. Higuchi, J. John, E. Kowalczyk, T. Maki, S. Maksyutov, P. Peylin, M. Prather, B.C. Pak, J. Sarmiento, S. Taguchi, T. Takahashi, C.W. Yuen, 2003. 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–¹⁸Omass-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, Terje Berntsen, Ivar Isaksen, Jostein Sundet, Isabelle Bey, Guy Brasseur, Frank Dentener, Richard Derwent, David Stevenson, Lee Grenfell, Didier Hauglustaine, Larry Horowitz, Daniel Jacob, Loretta Mickley, Mark Lawrence,  Rolf von Kuhlmann, Jean-Francois Muller, Giovanni Pitari, Helen Rogers, Matthew Johnson, Michiel van Weele and Oliver Wild, Fresh air in the 21st Century?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(2),1100, doi:10.1029/2002GL016285, 2003.

Rind, D., J. Lerner, J. Perwitz, C. McLinden, and M. Prather, Sensitivity of tracer transports and stratospheric ozone to sea surface temperature patterns in the doubled CO2 climate, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D24), 4800, doi:10.1029/2002JD002483, 2002.

Prather, M. J., Lifetimes of Atmospheric Species:  Integrating Environmental Impacts, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(22), 2063, doi:10.1029/2002GL016299, 2002

Wigley, T. M. L., S. J. Smith, and M. J. Prather, Radiative forcing due to reactive gas emissions. J. Climate, 15(18), 2690–2696, 2002.

Johnston, N. A. C., J. J. Colman, D. R. Blake, M. J. Prather, and F. S. Rowland, On the variability of tropospheric gases: Sampling, loss patterns, and lifetime, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D11), 4111, doi:10.1029/2001JD000669, 2002.

Bian, H., and M.J. Prather, Fast-J2: Accurate Simulation of stratospheric photolysis in global chemical  models, J. Atmos. Chem., 41, 281-296, 2002.

Gurney KR, Law RM, Denning AS, Rayner PJ, Baker D, Bousquet P, Bruhwiler L, Chen YH, Ciais P, Fan S, Fung IY, Gloor M, Heimann M, Higuchi K, John J, Maki T, Maksyutov S, Masarie K, Peylin P, Prather M, Pak BC, Randerson J, Sarmiento J, Taguchi S, Takahashi T, Yuen CW, Towards robust regional estimates of CO₂ sources and sinks using atmospheric transport models, Nature, 415, 626-630, 2002.

Engelen, R.J., Denning AS, Gurney KR, Law RM, Denning AS, Rayner PJ, Baker D, Bousquet P, Bruhwiler L, Chen YH, Ciais P, Fan S, Fung IY, Gloor M, Heimann M, Higuchi K, John J, Maki T, Maksyutov S, Masarie K, Peylin P, Prather M, Pak BC, Sarmiento J, Taguchi S, Takahashi T, Yuen CW. On error estimation in atmospheric CO₂ inversions, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D22), 4635, doi:10.1029/2002JD002195, 2002.  [see correction:  J. Geophys. Res., 111(D14), D14199, 2006.]

Watson, R.T. and the Core Writing Team (M. Prather and  33 others), editors, Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report, A contribution of Working Groups I, II, and III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge U. Press, New York, 398 pp., 2001.

Pak, B.C., and M.J. Prather, CO₂ source inversions using satellite observations of the upper troposphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4571-4574, 2001.

Prather, M., D. Ehhalt, F. Dentener, R. G. Derwent, E. Dlugokencky, E. Holland, I. S. A. Isaksen, J. Katima, V. Kirchhoff, P. Matson, P. M. Midgley, and M. Wang, Chapter 4. Atmospheric Chemistry and Greenhouse Gases, in Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, J.T. Houghton et al., eds., Cambridge U. Press, pp. 239-287, 2001.

Olsen, S. C., C. A. McLinden, and M. J. Prather, The Stratospheric NOy-N₂O System: Testing uncertainties in a 3-D framework, J. Geophys. Res., 106(D22), 28771-28784, 2001.

McLinden, C. A., S. C. Olsen, M. J. Prather, J. B. Liley, Understanding trends in stratospheric NOy and NO₂,  J. Geophys. Res., 106(D21), 27787-27793, 2001.

Danilin, M.Y., R.-L. Shia, M. K. W. Ko, D.K. Weisenstein, N. D. Sze, J.J. Lamb, T.W. Smith, P.D. Lohn, and M. J. Prather, Global stratospheric effects of the alumina emissions by solid-fueled rocket motors, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 12,727-12,738, 2001.

Wild, O., M. J. Prather, H. Akimoto, Indirect long-term global cooling from NOx emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1719-1722, 2001.

Kinnison, D.E., P. S. Connell, J. M. Rodriguez, D. A. Rotman, D. B. Considine, J. Tannahill , R. Ramaroson, P. J. Rasch, A. R. Douglass, S. L. Baughcum, L. Coy, D. W. Waugh, S. R. Kawa, and M. J. Prather, The Global Modeling Initiative Assessment Model: Application to High-Speed Civil Transport Perturbation, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 1693-1711, 2001.

Rotman, D.A.,  J.R. Tannahill, D.E. Kinnison, P.S. Connell, D. Bergmann, D. Proctor, J.M. Rodriguez, S.J. Lin, R.B. Rood, M.J. Prather, P.J. Rasch, D.B. Considine, R. Ramaroson, S.R. Kawa, The Global Modeling Initiative assessment model: Model description, integration and testing of the transport shell, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 1669-1691, 2001.

Rasch PJ, Feichter J, Law K, Mahowald N, Penner J, Benkovitz C, Genthon C, Giannakopoulos C, Kasibhatla P, Koch D, Levy H, Maki T, Prather M, Roberts DL, Roelofs GJ, Stevenson D, Stockwell Z, Taguchi S, Kritz M, Chipperfield M, Baldocchi D, McMurry P, Barrie L, Balkansi Y, Chatfield R, Kjellstrom E, Lawrence M, Lee HN, Lelieveld J, Noone KJ, Seinfeld J, Stenchikov G, Schwartz S, Walcek C, Williamson D., A comparison of scavenging and deposition processes in global models: results from the WCRP Cambridge Workshop of 1995, Tellus (B), 52:1025-1056, 2000.

Wild, O. and M.J. Prather, Excitation of the primary tropospheric chemical mode in a global three-dimensional model, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 24647-24660, 2000.

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.

Wild, O., X. Zhu, and M.J. Prather, Fast-J: Accurate simulation of in- and below-cloud photolysis in tropospheric chemical models, J. Atmos. Chem., 37, 245-282, 2000.

Olsen, S.C., B. J. Hannegan, X. Zhu, and M.J. Prather, Evaluating ozone depletion from very short-lived halocarbons, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1475-1478, 2000.

Spivakovsky, C.M., J.A. Logan, S.A. Montzka, Y.J. Balkanski, M. Foreman-Fowler, D.B.A. Jones, L.W. Horowitz, A.C. Fusco, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, M.J. Prather, S.C. Wofsy, and M.B. McElroy, Three-dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: update and evaluation, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 8931-8980, 2000.

Douglass, A.R., M.J. Prather, T. Hall, S.E. Strahan, P. Rasch, L. Sparling, L.Coy, and J.M. Rodriguez, Selecting the best meteorology for the global modeling initiative's assessment of stratospheric aircraft, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 27545-27564, 1999.

Wong, Sun, M.J. Prather, and D.H. Rind, Seasonal and interannual variability of the budgets of N₂O and CCl₃F, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 23899-23909, 1999.

Prather, M., R. Sausen, A. Grossman, J. Haywood, and D. Rind, and B.H. Subbaraya, Chapter 6, Potential Climate Change from Aviation, in Aviation and the Global Atmosphere, eds. J.E. Penner et al., Cambridge U. Press, pp.185-215, 1999.

Fraser, P.J. and M.J. Prather, Uncertain road to ozone recovery, Nature, 398, 663-664, 1999.

Hannegan, B.  S. Olsen, M. Prather, X. Zhu, D. Rind, and J. Lerner, The dry stratosphere:  A limit on cometary water influx, Geophys.Res.Lett., 25, 1649-1652, 1998.

Penner, J.E., D.J. Bergmann, J.J. Walton, D. Kinnison, M.J. Prather, D. Rotman, C. Price, K.E. Pickering, and S.L. Baughcum, An evaluation of upper troposphere NOx with two models, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 22097-22113, 1998.

Ehhalt, D.H., F. Rohrer, A. Wahner, M.J. Prather, and D.R. Blake, On the use of hydrocarbons for the determination of tropospheric OH concentrations, J. Geophys. Res. 103, 18981-18997, 1998.

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

Danilin, M.Y., D.W. Fahey, U. Schumann, M.J. Prather, plus 18 other co-authors, Aviation fuel tracer simulation:  model intercomparison and implications, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3947-3950, 1998.

Kotamarthi, V.R., J.M. Rodriguez, M.K.W. Ko, T.K. Tromp, N.D. Sze, and M. J. Prather, Trifluoroacetic acid from the degradation of HCFs and HFCs: a three dimensional modeling study. J. Geophys. Res. , 102, 5747-5758, 1998.

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

Avallone, L.M. and M.J. Prather, Tracer-tracer correlations:  three-dimensional model simulations and comparisons to observations, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 19233-19246, 1997.

Prather, M.J. and D.J. Jacob, A persistent imbalance in HO_x and NO_x photochemistry of the upper troposphere driven by deep tropical convection, Geophys.Res.Lett., 24, 3189-3192, 1997.

Ehhalt, D.H., F. Rohrer, A.B. Kraus, M.J. Prather, D.R. Blake, and F.S. Rowland, On the significance of regional trace gas distributions as derived from aircraft campaigns in PEM-West A and B, J. Geophys. Res. 102, 28333-28351, 1997.

Price, C., J. Penner, and M. Prather, NO_x from lightning 1. Global distribution based on lightning physics, J. Geophys. Res. 102, 5929-5941, 1997.

Price, C., J. Penner, and M. Prather, NO_x from lightning 2. Constraints from the global electric circuit, J. Geophys. Res. 102, 5943-5951, 1997.

Jacob, D.J., M.J. Prather, P.J. Rasch, et al. (30 authors), Evaluation and intercomparison of global atmospheric transport models using ²²²Rn and other short-lived tracers, J. Geophys. Res. 102, 5953-5970, 1997.

Olson, J., M. Prather, et al. (20 authors), Results from the IPCC photochemical model intercomparison (PhotoComp), J. Geophys. Res., 102, 5979-5991, 1997.

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., P. Midgley, F.S. Rowland, and R. Stolarski, The ozone layer: the road not taken, Nature, 381, 551-554, 1996.

Avallone, L.M. and M.J. Prather, Photochemical evolution of ozone in the lower tropical stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res. 101, 1457-1461, 1996.

Danilin, M.Y., N.-D. Sze, M.K.W. Ko, J.M. Rodriguez, and M.J. Prather, Bromine-chlorine coupling in the Antarctic ozone hole, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 153-156, 1996.

Prather, M., R. Derwent, D. Ehhalt, P. Fraser, E Sanhueza, X. Zhou, Chapter 2.2: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change, in Climate Change 1995, The Science of Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, J.T. Houghton et al., eds., Cambridge U. Press, pp. 86-103, 1996.

Hall, T.M. & M.J. Prather, Seasonal evolution of N₂O, O₃, and CO₂: three-dimensional simulations of stratospheric correlations, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 16699-16720, 1995.

Prather, M., R. Derwent, D. Ehhalt, P. Fraser, E Sanhueza, X. Zhou, Chapter 2: Other tracer gases and atmospheric chemistry, in Climate Change 1994, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, J.T. Houghton et al., eds., Cambridge U. Press, pp. 73-126, 1995.

Ko, M.K.W., N-D. Sze, and M.J. Prather,   Better protection of the ozone layer, Nature, 367, 505-508, 1994.

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

Salawitch, R.J., ..., M.J. Prather, ... (37 authors)  The diurnal variation of hydrogen, nitrogen, and chlorine radicals: implications for the heterogeneous production of HONO, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2551-2554, 1994.

Prather, M.J. and J.A. Logan, Combustion's Impact on the Global Atmosphere, 25th Symposium (International) on Combustion / The Combustion Institute, pp. 1513-1527, 1994.

Ko, M.K.W., N.D. Sze, G. Molnar, & M.J. Prather.  Global warming from chlorofluorocarbons and their alternatives: time scales of chemistry and climate, Atmos. Environ. 27A, 581-587, 1993.

Tolbert, M.A., J. Pfaff, I. Jayaweera, & M.J. Prather,  Uptake of formaldehyde by sulfuric acid solutions:  impact on stratospheric ozone,  J.Geophys.Res., 98, 2957-2962, 1993.

Hall, T.M., & M.J. Prather, Simulations of the Trend and Annual Cycle in Stratospheric CO₂,  J. Geophys. Res., 98, 10573-10581, 1993.

Jacob, D.J., J.A. Logan, R.M. Yevich, G.M. Gardner, C.M. Spivakovsky, S.C. Wofsy, J.M. Munger, S. Sillman, M.J. Prather, M.O. Rodgers, H. Westberg, and P.R. Zimmerman,  Simulation of summertime ozone over North America,  J.Geophys.Res., 98, 14797-14816, 1993.

Jacob, D.J., J.A. Logan, G.M. Gardner, R.M. Yevich, C.M. Spivakovsky, S.C. Wofsy, J.M. Munger, S. Sillman, and M.J. Prather,   Factors regulating ozone over the United States and its export to the global atmosphere,  J.Geophys.Res., 98, 14817-14826, 1993.

Prather, M.J.  More rapid polar ozone depletion through reaction of HOCl with HCl on polar stratospheric clouds,  Nature 355, 534-537, 1992.

Prather, M.J.  Catastrophic loss of stratospheric ozone in dense volcanic clouds,  J. Geophys. Res., 97, 10,187-10,191, 1992.

Kinne, S., O.B. Toon, & M.J. Prather, Buffering of stratospheric circulation by changing amounts of tropical ozone, a Pinatubo case study,   Geophys.Res.Lett., 19, 1927-1930, 1992.

Spivakovsky, C.M., R. Yevich, J.A. Logan, S.C. Wofsy, M.B. McElroy and M.J. Prather.  Reply to Hartley and Prinn, "Comment", J. Geophys. Res. 96, 17,389-17,390, 1991.

Fung, I., J. John, J. Lerner, E. Matthews, M. Prather, L.P. Steele and P.J. Fraser.  Three-Dimensional Model Synthesis of the Global Methane Cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 13,033-13,065, 1991.

McPeters, R., M. Prather and S. Doiron.  Reply to Aftergood's Comment on "The Space Shuttle's Impact on the Stratosphere", J. Geophys. Res., 96, 17,379-17,381, 1991.

Jacob, D.J. and M.J. Prather.  Radon-222 as a test of the boundary-layer convection in a general circulation model, Tellus 42B, 118-134, 1990.

Prather, M., M.M. Garcia, R. Suozzo and D. Rind.  Global impact of the Antarctic ozone hole:  dynamical dilution with a 3-D chemical transport model, J. Geophys. Res. 95, 3449-3471, 1990.

Prather, M. and A. Jaffe.  Global impact of the Antarctic ozone hole:  chemical propagation, J. Geophys. Res. 95, 3473-3492, 1990.

Rind, D., R. Suozzo, N.K. Balachandran & M.J. Prather.  Climate change and the middle atmosphere, part 1, the doubled CO₂ climate. J. Atmos. Sci. 47, 475-494, 1990.

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

Spivakovsky, C.M., R. Yevich, J.A. Logan, S.C. Wofsy, M.B. McElroy and M.J. Prather.  Tropospheric OH in a 3-D chemical tracer model:  an assessment based on observations of CH₃CCl₃, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18,441-18,471, 1990.

Spivakovsky, C.M., S.C. Wofsy and M.J. Prather.  A numerical method for parameterization of atmospheric photochemistry:  computation of tropospheric OH, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18,433-18,439, 1990.

Prather, M.J. and C.M. Spivakovsky. Tropospheric OH and the lifetimes of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs),  J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18,723-18,729, 1990.

Prather, M.J., M.M. García, A.R. Douglass, C.H. Jackman, M.K.W. Ko and N.D. Sze. The Space Shuttle's Impact on the Stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18,583-18,590, 1990.

Jacob, D.J., E.W. Gottlieb and M.J. Prather.  Chemistry of a polluted cloudy boundary layer,  J. Geophys. Res., 94, 12975-13002, 1989.

Hansen, J., A. Lacis and M. Prather.  Greenhouse effect of chlorofluorocarbons and other trace gases, J. Geophys. Res. 94, 16417-16421, 1989.

Prather, M.J. & J.M. Rodriguez.  Antarctic ozone: meteoric control of HNO₃, Geophys.Res.Lett. 15, 1-4, 1988.

Prather, M.J.  European sources of halocarbons and nitrous oxide: update 1986. J. Atmos. Chem. 6, 375-406, 1988.

Hansen, J., D. Rind, A. DelGenio, A. Lacis, S. Lebedeff, M. Prather, R. Ruedy and T. Karl.  Regional greenhouse climate effects, Coping with Climate Change, Proceedings of the Second North American Conference on Climate Change, 6-8 December 1988, Climate Institute, Washington, DC, 696 pp, 1988.

Prather, M., M. McElroy, S. Wofsy, G. Russell and D. Rind.  Chemistry of the global troposphere: fluorocarbons as tracers of air motion,  J. Geophys. Res. 92, 6579-6613, 1987.

Jacob, D.J., M.J. Prather, S.C. Wofsy, and M.B. McElroy. Atmospheric distribution of ⁸⁵Kr simulated with a general circulation model, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 6614-6626, 1987.

Carlson, B.E, M.J. Prather, W.B. Rossow.  Cloud chemistry on Jupiter, Astrophys. J., 322, 559-, 1987.

Carlson, B.E, M.J. Prather, W.B. Rossow.  The role of aqueous chemistry in determining the composition and cloud structure of the upper troposphere on Uranus, Astrophys.J. (Letters) 321, L97-L101, 1987.

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

Prather, M.J.  Continental sources of halocarbons and nitrous oxide. Nature 317, 221-225, 1985.

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., Evolution by bombardment?  Nature 308, 604, 1984.

Rodriguez, J.M., M.J. Prather and M.B. McElroy.  Hydrogen on Venus:  exospheric distribution and escape. Planet. Space Sci. 32, 1235-1255, 1984.

Prather, M.J. and M.B. McElroy.   Helium on Venus:  implications for uranium and thorium. Science 220, 410-411, 1983.

McElroy, M.B., M.J. Prather & J.M. Rodriguez.  Escape of hydrogen from Venus.  Science 215, 1614-1615, 1982.

Fox, J.L., S.C. Wofsy, M.B. McElroy and M.J. Prather.   A stratospheric chemical instability.  J. Geophys. Res. 87, 11126-11132, 1982.

McElroy, M.B., M.J. Prather & J.M. Rodriguez.  Loss of oxygen from Venus. Geophys. Res. Lett. 9, 649-652, 1982.

Logan, J.A., M.J. Prather, S.C. Wofsy, and M.B. McElroy. Tropospheric chemistry:  a global perspective.  J. Geophys. Res. 86, 7210-7254, 1981.

McElroy, M.B. and M.J. Prather. Noble gases in the terrestrial planets. Nature 293, 535-539, 1981.

Prather, M.J. Ozone in the upper stratosphere and mesosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 86, 5325-5338, 1981.

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

Logan, J.A., M.B. McElroy, S.C. Wofsy and M.J. Prather.  Oxidation of CS₂ and COS:  sources for atmospheric SO₂.  Nature 281, 185-188, 1979.

Prather, M.J., M.B. McElroy and J. Rodriguez.   Photoelectrons in the upper atmosphere:  a formulation incorporating effects of transport. Planet. Space Sci. 26, 131-138, 1978.

Logan, J.A., M.J. Prather, S.C. Wofsy and M.B. McElroy.  Atmospheric chemistry:  response to human influence. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A290, 187-234, 1978.

Prather, M.J., J.A. Logan and M.B. McElroy.   Carbon monoxide in Jupiter's upper atmosphere:  an extraplanetary source. Astrophys. J. 223, 1072-1081, 1978.

Prather, M.J. Solution of the inhomogeneous Rayleigh scattering atmosphere. Astrophys. J. 192, 787-792, 1974.

Prather, M.J. & P. Demarque.  Convective overshoot mixing in old open clusters. Astrophys. J. 193, 109-111, 1974.

Wallace, L., M.J. Prather and M.J.S. Belton.  The thermal structure of the atmosphere of Jupiter.  Astrophys.  J. 193,  481-, 1974.

Congressional Reports, Conference Proceedings, International Assessments, etc.

Watson, R.T., M.J. Prather and M.J. Kurylo.  Present state of knowledge of the upper atmosphere 1988:  an assessment report (to Congress), NASA Reference Publication 1208, 208 pp, 1988.

Theory and observations:  model simulations of the period 1955-1985, Chapter 7, International Ozone Trends Panel Report, World Meteorological Organization, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report No. 18, 1988.

Jackman, C.H., R.K. Seals Jr. and M.J. Prather, eds.  2-D Intercomparison of stratospheric models,NASA Conference Publication, CP-3042, 608 pp, 1989.

Prather, M.J., (ed.), D. Albritton, R. Dickinson, I. Fung, R. Gammon, J. Holton, I. Isaksen, M. Ko, A. Lacis, D. Lashof, S. Liu, J. Logan, J. Mahlman, P. Midgley, R. Prinn, N.D. Sze, A. Thompson, D. Tirpak, D. Wuebbles,  An Assessment Model for Atmospheric Composition, NASA Conference Publication, CP-3203, 64 pp, 1989.

Prather, M.J. and R.T. Watson.  Annex II, Appendix B, Transient scenarios, Integrating Report to the U.N. Environment Program on the revisions to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, UNEP/OzL.pro.WG.I(2)/4, 28 August - 5 September 1989, 1989.

Watson, R., M. Prather and D. Albritton.  Reporting and observational needs regarding atmospheric chlorine, UNEP/OzL.pro.WG.II(1)/CRP.1&2, Open-ended working group of the parties to the Montreal Protocol, Geneva, 13-17 November 1989, 1989.

Watson, R.T., M.J. Kurylo, M.J. Prather & F.M. Ormond.  Present state of knowledge of the upper atmo-sphere 1990:  an assessment report (to Congress), NASA Reference Publication 1242, 208 pp, 1990.

Model Predictions, Chapter 3, Scientific Assessment of Stratospheric Ozone:  1989, World Meteorological Organization, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report No. 20, 1990.

Seinfeld, J.H. et al., Rethinking the Ozone Problem in Urban and Regional Air Pollution, National Academy Press, 1991.

Johnston, H.S., M.J. Prather, R.T. Watson, The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft: A Topical Review, NASA Reference Publication 1250, 36 pp., 1991.

Prather, M.J. and H.L. Wesoky, The High-Speed Research Program / Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft, A First Program Report, NASA Reference Publication 1272, 244 pp., 1992.

Prather, M.J., A.M. Ibrahim, T. Sasaki, F. Stordal, and G. Visconti, Future Chlorine - Bromine Loading and Ozone Depletion, Chapter 8,  Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion:  1991, World Meteorological Organization, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report No. 25, 1992.

Prather, M.J. and E.E. Remsberg, eds., Report of the 1992 Stratospheric Models and Measurements Workshop, Satellite Beach, FL, February 1992, NASA Ref. Publ. 1292, 144+268+352 pp., 1993.

Prather, M.J., Chapter 6 in, The High-Speed Research Program / Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft, A Second Program Report, NASA Reference Publication 1293, 226 pp., 1993.

Prather, Michael and Richard Rood, Chapter 8, Credibility of Assessment Models, in Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft, Interim Assessment Report of the NASA HSRP, NASA Reference Publication 1333, 150 pp., 1993.

Prather, M.J., "1.1 Atmospheric lifetimes of HCFCs and HFCs: current estimates and uncertainties", pp. 1-5/1-19 in Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study (AFEAS), Proceedings of the Workshop on the Atmospheric Degradation of HCFCs and HFCs, 17-19 November 1993, Boulder CO.

Stordal, F., R. Derwent, I. Isaksen, D. Jacob, M. Kanakidou, J. Logan, and M. Prather, Chapter 7, Model Simulations of Global Tropospheric Ozone, in World Meteorological Organization, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report No. 37, 1995.

Ko, M.K.W., A. Ibrahim, I. Isaksen, C. Jackman, F. Lefevre, M. Prather, P. Rasch, R. Toumi, and G. Visconti, Chapter 6, Model Simulations of Stratospheric Ozone, in Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 1994, World Meteorological Organization, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report No. 37, 1995.

Penner, J.E., M.J. Prather, J. Austin, D. Cariolle, H. Kelder, A. Kylling, B. Steil, and J.K. Sundet, "Session IV:  Issues relevant to the development of coupled chemistry/climate models" in Atmospheric Ozone as a Climate Gas, W-C. Wang & I.S.A. Isaksen, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, NATO ASI Vol I 32, pp.47-61, 1995.

Prather, M., S. Doney, E.Holland, J. Penner, R. Jenne, J. Kaye, and P. Handley,  Chapter 6.   Scientific Environmental Assessment, in EOSDIS Users Workshop Report, on the NASA web at UCSB, 1996.

J. Pyle and M. Prather, Global Tracer Transport Models: Report of a Scientific Symposium, Bermuda, 10-13 Dec 1990, WCRP CAS/JSC Report No. 24 (WMO, TD-No.770), Sept, 1996

D.H. Lister and 34 others (incl. M. Prather), Summary for Policymakers Aviation and the Global Atmosphere, A Special Report of Working Groups I and III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in Aviation and the Global Atmosphere, eds. J.E. Penner et al., Cambridge U. Press, pp.1-12, 1999.

A Climate Services Vision, first steps toward the future, BASC, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2001.

From Research to Operations in Weather Satellites and Numerical Weather Prediction: Crossing the Valley of Death,  BASC, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2001.

Ensuring the Climate Record from the NPP and NPOESS Meteorological Satellites,  CES, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2001.

From Research to Operations in Weather Satellites and Numerical Weather Prediction: Crossing the Valley of Death,  BASC, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2000.

Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate  Research—II. Implementation, CES, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2001

The Role of Small Satellites in NASA and NOAA Earth Observation Programs, CES NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2000.

Weather Forecasting for FAA Traffic Flow Management, BASC, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2003.

Estimating Climate Sensitivity:  Report of a Workshop (Steering Committee), BASC, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2003.

Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to  Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes, A Workshop Summary (Chair), BANR/DELS, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2004.

Implementing Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan, BASC, NAS Press, Washington, DC, 2004.

other Prather-research-group authored/supported papers (M.J. Prather not an author):

R.M. Law, Y.H. Chen, Gurney, K.R. and TransCom 3 Modellers, 2003. TransCom 3 CO2 inversion intercomparison: 2. Sensitivity of annual mean results to data choices. Tellus, 55B, 2, 580-595.

P.K. Patra, S. Maksyutov and TransCom 3 Modellers, 2003. Sensitivity of optimal extension of CO2 observation networks to model transport. Tellus, 55B, 2, 498-511.

S. Maksyutov, T. Machida, H. Mukai, P.K. Patra, T. Nakazawa, G. Inoue and TransCom 3 Modellers, 2003. Effect of recent observations on Asian CO2 flux estimates by transport model inversions. Tellus, 55B, 2, 522-529.

Yuen, C.W., K. Higuchi and TransCom-3 Modellers, Impact of Fraserdale CO₂ observations on annual flux inversion of the North American boreal region, Tellus B 57 (3): 203-209, JUL 2005

Pak, B. C., R. L. Langenfelds, S. A. Young, R. J. Francey, C. P. Meyer, L. M. Kivlighon, L. N. Cooper, B. L. Dunse, C. E. Allison, L. P. Steele, I. E. Galbally, and I. A. Weeks, Measurements of biomass burning influences in the troposphere over southeast Australia during the SAFARI 2000 dry season campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D13), 8480, doi:10.1029/2002JD002343, 2003.

Langenfelds, R.L., R.J. Francey, B.C. Pak, L.P. Steele, J. Lloyd, C.M. Trudinger and C.E. Allison. Interannual growth rate variations of atmospheric CO2 and its isotope d13C, H2, CH4 and CO between 1992 and 1999 linked to biomass burning. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16 (3), 1048, 2002.

Swap, R.J., H.J. Annegarn, J.T. Suttles, J. Haywood, M.C. Helmlinger, C. Hely, P.V. Hobbs, B.N. Holben, J. Ji, M.D. King, T. Landmann, W. Maenhaut, L. Otter, B. Pak, S.J. Piketh, S. Platnick, J. Privette, D. Roy, A.M. Thompson, D. Ward and R. Yokelson, 2002. The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000): overview of the dry-season field campaign, South African J. Science, 98(3-4), 125-130, 2002.

Rind, D., J. Lerner, C. McLinden, Changes of tracer distributions in the doubled CO₂ climate, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 28061-28079, 2001.

Kiley CM, Fuelberg HE, Palmer PI, Allen DJ, Carmichael GR, Jacob DJ, Mari C, Pierce RB, Pickering KE, Tang YH, Wild O, Fairlie TD, Logan JA, Sachse GW, Shaack TK, Streets DG, An intercomparison and evaluation of aircraft-derived and simulated CO from seven chemical transport models during the TRACE-P experiment, J. Geophys. Res. 108 (D21): Art. No. 8819 NOV 15 2003