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Michael J Mahoney

Education
  • B.Sc., Physics (Honours), University of British Columbia, Canada (1968)
  • M.Sc., Physics, University of British Columbia, Canada (1972)
  • Ph. D., Physics, University of British Columbia, Canada (1976)
Research Interests
  • Atmospheric dynamics (gravity waves)
  • Tropical transition layer (TTL)
  • Retrieval algorithms
  • Microwave instrument development
Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (1987-present)
    • Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) Principal Investigator (1998-present)
    • Submillimeter Technologist and Research Scientist (1996-1998)
    • Manager of design teams for several submillimeter-wavelength space astrophysics missions (1987-1996)
    • Technical Group Supervisor, Ground-Based Microwave Applications Group (1992-1996)
    • Acting Manager, Precision Segmented Reflectors Program (1990-1991)
    • Systems Engineer, Precision Segmented Reflectors Program (1987-1990)
  • University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, (1976-1987)
    • Resident Director, Clark Lake Radio Observatory, Borrego Springs, California
Selected Awards
  • NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal (2008)
  • 8 NASA Group Achievement Awards (1998-2008)
  • 2 NASA Certificates of Recognition (2000-2008)
  • NOAA Outstanding Paper Award (1999)
Selected Publications
  1. Corti, T, B. P. Luo, M. de Reus, D. Brunner, F. Cairo, M. J. Mahoney, G. Martucci, R. Matthey, V. Mitev, F. H. dos Santos, C. Shiller, G. Shur, N. M. Sitnikov, N. Spelten, H. J. Vossing, S. Borrmann, and T. Peter, Unprecedented evidence for deep convection hydrating the tropical stratosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L10810, doi:10.1029/2008GL033641, 2008.
  2. John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Christina L. Powell, M. J. Mahoney, Wayne Angevine, Christoph Senff, Allen White, Carl Berkowitz, Christopher Doran, and Kevin Knupp, Multi-Sensor Estimation of Mixing Heights Over a Coastal City, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47(1), 27, January 2008.
  3. Schwarz, J. P., J. R. Spackman, D. W. Fahey, R. S. Gao, U. Lohmann, P. Stier, L. A. Watts, D. S. Thomson, D. A. Lack, L. Pfister, M. J. Mahoney, D. Baumgardner, J. C. Wilson, and J. M. Reeves (2008), Coatings and their enhancement of black carbon light absorption in the tropical atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res. , 113, D03203, doi:10.1029/2007JD009042.
  4. Halverson, J., M. Black, S. Braun, D. Cecil, M. Goodman, A. Heymsfield, G. Heymsfield, R. Hood, T. Krishnamurti, G. McFarquhar, M.J. Mahoney, J. Molinari, R. Rogers, J. Turk, C. Velden, D.-L. Zhang, E. Zipser, R. Kakar, NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) Experiment: Investigating Tropical Cyclogenesis and Hurricane Intensity Change, BAMS, 867-882, June 2007.
  5. D. Lowe, A. R. MacKenzie, H. Schlager, C. Voigt, A. Dornbrack, M. J. Mahoney, and F. Cairo, Liquid particle composition and heterogeneous reactions in a mountain wave Polar Stratospheric Cloud, Atmos. Chem. Phys. , 6, 3611-3623, 2006.
  6. Eckermann, Stephen D., Dörnbrack, Andreas, Vosper, Simon B., Flentje, Harald, Mahoney, M. J. , Bui, T. Paul, Carslaw, Kenneth S., Mountain Wave-Induced Polar Stratospheric Cloud Forecasts for Aircraft Science Flights during SOLVE/THESEO 2000, Weather and Forecasting, 21(1), 42-68, 2006.
  7. Ling Wang, M. Joan Alexander, Thaopaul V. Bui, and Michael J. Mahoney, Small-Scale Gravity Waves in ER-2 MMS/MTP Wind and Temperature Measurements during CRYSTAL-FACE, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. , Vol. 5, 11377-11412, 2005.
  8. L. L. Pan, W. J. Randel, E. Browell, B. G. Gary, M. J. Mahoney, and E. J. Hintsa, Definitions and sharpness of the extratropical tropopause: A trace gas perspective, J. Geophys. Res. , 109, D23103, doi:10.1029/2004JD004982.
  9. T. P. Marcy, D.W. Fahey, R. S. Gao, P.J. Popp, E. C. Richard, T. L. Thompson, K. H. Rosenlof, E. A. Ray, R. J. Salawitch, B. A. Ridley, M. Lowenstein, J. C. Wilson, E. M. Weinstock, M. J. Mahoney, R. L. Herman, Quantifying Stratospheric Ozone in the Upper Troposphere Using in situ Measurements of HCl, Science, 9 April 2004: 261-265.
  10. Hans-Jurg Jost, Katja Drdla, Andreas Stohl, Leonhard Pfister, Max Loewenstein, Jimena Lopez, Paula Hudson, Daniel Murphy, Daniel Cziczo, Michael Fromm, T. Paul Bui, M.J. Mahoney, Erik C. Richard, Nicole Spichtinger, Jasna Vellovic Pittmanm, Elliot M. Weinstock, James C. Wilson, and Steven C. Wofsy, Observations of mid-latitude forest fire plumes in the stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 31, L11101, doi:10.1029 /2003GL019253, 2004.
  11. A. F. Tuck, S. J. Hovde, K. K. Kelly, M. J. Mahoney, M. H. Proffitt, E. C. Richard, and T. L. Thompson, Exchange Between the Upper Tropical Tropopause and the Lower Stratosphere Studied with Aircraft Observations, J. Geophys. Res. , 108(D23), 4734, doi:10.1029/ 2003JD003399, 2003.
  12. M. J. Northway, R. S. Gao, P. J. Popp, J. C. Holecek, D. W. Fahey, K. S. Carslaw, M. A. Tolbert, L. R. Lait, S. Dhaniyala, R. C. Flagan, P. O. Wennberg, M. J. Mahoney, R. L. Herman, G. C. Toon, and T. P. Bui, An analysis of large HNO3-containing particles sampled in the Arctic stratosphere during the winter of 1999-2000, J. Geophys. Res. , 107(D20), 8287, doi:10.1029/2001JD000452, 2002.
  13. E.V. Browell, M.A. Fenn, C.F. Butler, W.B. Grant, S. Ismail, R.A. Ferrare, S.A. Kooi, V.G. Brackett, M.B. Clayton, M.A. Avery, J.D. Barrick, H.E. Fuelberg, J. C. Maloney, R.E. Newell, Yong Zhu, M. J. Mahoney, Bruce E. Anderson, Donald D. Blake, William H. Brune, Brian G. Heikes, Glen W. Sachse, Scott T. Sandholm, Hanwant B. Singh, and Robert W. Talbot, Large-Scale Air Mass Characteristics Observed Over the Remote Tropical Pacific Ocean During March-April 1999: Results from PEM Tropics B Field Experiment, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 106 , No. D23 , p. 32,481 (2001JD900001).
  14. G.M. Resch, Y. Bar-Sever, S.J. Keihm, P.Kroger, R.P.Linfield, M.J. Mahoney, A. Tanner, and L.P. Teitelbaum, Atmospheric calibration for precision Doppler tracking of spacecraft, Planet. Space. Sci. , 46 (9/10), 1257-1261, 1998.
  15. D. M. Murphy, D. S. Thomson, and M. J. Mahoney, In Situ Measurement of Organics, Meteoritic Material, Mercury, and Other Elements in Aerosols at 5 to 19 Kilometers, Science, 282, 1664-1669, 1998.
  16. Kenneth A. Marsh and Michael J. Mahoney, Do the Spectral Energy Distributions of GK Tau and HK Tau Indicate the Presence of Planetary Companions?, Astrophyical Journal (1993), 405, L71.
  17. Kenneth A. Marsh and Michael J. Mahoney, Evidence for Unseen Companions Around T Tauri Stars, Astrophysical Journal (1992) 395, L115.
  18. F.P. Israel and M.J. Mahoney, Evidence for Low Electron Temperature Extended Ionized Gas in Normal Spiral Galaxies, Astrophysical Journal (1990), 352, 30.
  19. W.C. Erickson, M.J. Mahoney, R.H. Becker and D.J. Helfand, VLA Observations of the Fast Pulsar Candidate in M28, Astrophysical Journal (1987), 314, L45.
  20. M.J. Mahoney and W.C. Erickson, A Fast Pulsar Candidate in the Globular Cluster M28, Nature (1985) 317, 154..
  21. W.C. Erickson, M.J. Mahoney and K. Erb, The Clark Lake Teepee Tee Telescope, Astrophysical Journal Supplement (1982) 50, 403.
  22. M.J. Mahoney, W.H. McCutcheon and W.L.H. Shuter, Study of CO in Lynds 134, Astronomical Journal (1976) 81, 508.
  23. M.J. Mahoney, Studies of the 21-cm Line Near Dark Dust Clouds, Astrophysical Letters (1972) 12, 43.
  24. W.L.H. Shuter, V.R. Venugopal and M.J. Mahoney, Distances to Pulsars, Nature 220, 356, 1968.

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