Journal Publications

• Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2024: On the Role of the Meridional Jet and Horizontal Potential Vorticity Dipole in the Iowa Derecho of 10 August 2020. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152,1763-1785, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-23-0168.1. PDF

• Kumar, Vinay, Matthew H. Hitchman, Wenyuan Du, S. K. Dhaka, and Shigeo Yoden, 2024: Teleconnection of the Quasi-biennial oscillation with boreal winter surface climate in Eurasia and North America. Communications Earth and Environment , 5:251, doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01422-7. PDF

• Du, W., and M. H. Hitchman, 2023: Monthly mean Eliassen-Palm fluxes and EP flux divergences for boreal winter months (Dec-Jan-Feb) from 1979 to 2020 using ERA5 data [Data set]. Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10140775.

• Yoden, S., V. Kumar, S. K. Dhaka, and M. H. Hitchman, 2023: Global monsoon systems and their modulation by the equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation. MAUSAM , 74, doi: 10.54302/mausam.v7412.5948. PDF

• Kumar, V., S. K. Dhaka, M. H. Hitchman, and S. Yoden, 2023: Solar cycle influence on global cloud distribution: changes in regional tropical circulations and the role of galactic cosmic rays. Nature Scientific Reports, 13,3707, doi: /10.1038/s41598-023-30447-9. PDF

• Kumar, V., S. Yoden, and M. H. Hitchman, 2022: QBO and ENSO effects on the mean meridional circulation, polar vortex, subtropical westerly jets, and long-wave pattern during boreal winter. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 127, doi: 10.1029/2022JD036691. PDF

• Kinoshita, T., S. Ogino, J. Suzuki, R. Shirooka, T. Sugidachi, K. Shimizu, M. H. Hitchman, 2022: Toward standard radiosonde observations of waves and the mean state in the 30–40 km altitude range using 3–kg balloons. J. Atmos. Ocn. Tech.,, 39, 849-860. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2021: On the formation of tropopause folds and constituent gradient enhancement near weserly jets. J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 2057-2074. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., S. Yoden, P. H. Haynes, S. Tegtmeier, and V. Dabas, 2021: An observational history of the direct influence of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation on the tropical and subtropical and upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Jpn., 99(2), 239-269. PDF

• Haynes, P., P. Hitchcock, M. Hitchman, S. Yoden, H. Hendon, G. Kiladis, K. Kodera, and I. Simpson, 2021: The influence of the stratosphere on the tropical troposphere. J. Meteor. Soc. Jpn., 99(4), 803-845. PDF

• Rowe, S. M., and M. H. Hitchman, 2020: The destruction of a stratospheric potential vorticity intrusion due to inertial instability in the UTLS as it relates to the 20 August 2018 Southern Wisconsin extreme flooding event. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 4397-4414. PDF

• Lu, H., M. H. Hitchman, L. J. Gray, J. Anstey, and S. M. Osprey, 2020: On the role of Rossby wave breaking in the quasi-biennial modulation of the stratospheric polar vortex during boreal winter. Quart. J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 146 (729), 1939-1959. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2019: On the 3D structure and formation of UTLS jetlets associated with potential vorticity dipoles in tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 4107-4125. PDF

• Dzambo, A. M., M. H. Hitchman, K.-W. Chang, 2019: The influence of gravity waves on the tropical tropopause layer over Darwin, Australia. Atmosphere, 10 , 778; doi:10.3390/atmos10120778.

• Hitchman, M. H., and S. M. Rowe, 2017: On the similarity of upper tropospheric potential vorticity dipoles in tropical and midlatitude deep convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 2593–2613. PDF

• Rowe, S. M. and M. H. Hitchman, 2016: On the relationship between inertial instability, poleward momentum surges, and jet intensifications near midlatitude cyclones. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 2299-2315. PDF

• Welhouse, L. J., M. A. Lazzara, L. M. Keller, G. J. Tripoli, and M. H. Hitchman, 2016: Composite analysis of the effects of ENSO events on Antarctica. J. Clim., 29, 1797-1808. PDF

• Rowe, S. M., and M. H. Hitchman, 2015: On the role of inertial instability in stratosphere troposphere exchange near midlatitude cyclones. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 2131-2151. PDF

• France, J. A., V. L. Harvey, C. E. Randall, M. H. Hitchman, and M. J. Schwartz, 2011: A climatology of stratopause temperature and height in the polar vortex and anticyclones. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D06116, doi:10.1029/2011JD016893. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., and M. J. Rogal, 2010: ENSO influences on Southern Hemisphere column ozone during the winter to spring transition. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20104, doi:10.1029/2009JD012844. PDF

• Rogal, M., M. H. Hitchman, M. L. Buker, G. J. Tripoli, I. Stajner, and H. Hayashi, 2010: Modeling the effects of Southeast Asian monsoon outflow on subtropical anticyclones and midlatitude ozone over the Southern Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20101, doi:10.1029/2009JD012979. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., and M. J. Rogal, 2009: Influence of tropical convection on the Southern Hemisphere ozone maximum during the winter to spring transition. J. Geophys. Res., 114, doi:10.1029/2009JD012883. PDF

• Harvey, V. L., C. Randall, and M. H. Hitchman, 2009: On the breakdown of PV-based equivalent latitude as a vortex-centered coordinate above the winter stratopause. J. Geophys. Res., 114, in press. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., and A. S. Huesmann, 2009: Seasonal Influence of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on Stratospheric Jets and Rossby Wave Breaking . J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 935-946. PDF

• Tuck, A. F., D. J. Donaldson, M. H. Hitchman, E. C. Richard, H. Tervahattu, V. Vaida, and J. C. Wilson, 2008: On geoengineering with sulphate aerosols in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. J. Climatic Change,, 90(3), 315-331. PDF

• Buker, M. L., M. H. Hitchman, G. J. Tripoli, R. B. Pierce, E. V. Browell, J. A. Al-Saadi, 2008: Long-range convective ozone transport during INTEX. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S90. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., and A. S. Huesmann, 2006: A seasonal climatology of Rossby wave breaking in the layer 330-2000 K. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1922-1940. PDF

• Wang, P.-H., J. Fishman, L. Harvey, and M. Hitchman, 2006, Southern tropical zonal ozone wave-1 and the Hadley circulation from SAGEII observations (1985-2002). J. Geophys. Res., 111, D08305. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., G. J. Tripoli, R. B. Pierce, E. V. Browell, and M. A. Avery, 2005, Resolution dependence of cross-tropopause ozone transport over East Asia. J. Geophys. Res.,110, D03107. PDF

• Buker, M. L., M. H. Hitchman, et al., 2005, Resolution dependence of cross-tropopause ozone transport over East Asia. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D03107. PDF

• Harvey, V. L., R. B. Pierce, M. H. Hitchman, C. E. Randall, and T. D. Fairlie, 2004: On the distribution of ozone in stratospheric anticyclones. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D24308. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., M. L. Buker, G. J. Tripoli, R. B. Pierce, J. A. Al-Saadi, E. V. Browell, M. A. Avery, 2004, A modeling study of an East Asian convective complex during March 2001. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D15S14. PDF

• Kittaka, C., M. H. Hitchman, et al., 2004, A Three-Dimensional Regional Modeling Study of the Impact of Clouds on Sulfate Distributions During TRACE-P. J. Geophys. Res., 109. PDF

• Snyder, P. J., J. A. Foley, M. H. Hitchman and C. L. Delire, 2004, Analyzing the effects of tropical deforestation on climate using a detailed three-dimensional energy budget: An application to Africa. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D21102, doi:10.1029/2003JD004462. PDF

• Martin, D. W., C. C. Collimore, and M. H. Hitchman, 2004, El Nino and La Nino in highly reflective cloud. J. Climate, 17,3470-3475. PDF

• Pierce, R. B., M. H. Hitchman, et al., 2003, Regional air quality modeling system (RAQMS) predictions of the tropospheric ozone budget over East Asia. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8825. PDF

• Huesmann, A. S., and M. H. Hitchman, 2003: The 1978 Shift in the NCEP Reanalysis Stratospheric Quasibiennial Oscillation and Anticyclones. Geophys. Res. Letts. 30, 2, 1048. PDF

• Collimore, C. C., D. W. Martin, M. H. Hitchman, A. Huesmann, and D. Waliser, 2002: On the relationship between the QBO and tropical deep convection. J. Climate, 16, 2552-2568. PDF

• Harvey, V. L., and R. B. Pierce, T. D. Fairlie, and M. H. Hitchman, 2002: A Climatology of Stratospheric Polar Vortices and Anticyclones. J. Geophys. Res., 29 October 2002. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., M. L. Buker, G. J. Tripoli, E. V. Browell, W. B. Grant, T. J. McGee, and J. F. Burris, 2002: Non-orographic Generation of Arctic PSCs During December 1999. J. Geophys. Res., 108, SOL 68, 1-16. PDF

• Postel, G. A., and M. H. Hitchman, 2001: A Case Study of Rossby Wave Breaking along the Subtropical Tropopause. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2555-2569. PDF

• Huesmann, A., and M. H. Hitchman, 2001: The Stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in the NCEP Reanalyses: Climatological Structures. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11,859-11,870. PDF

• Postel, G. A., and M. H. Hitchman, 1999: A Climatology of Rossby Wave Breaking Along the Subtropical Tropopause. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 359-373. PDF

• Harvey, V. L., M. H. Hitchman, R. B. Pierce, T. D. Fairlie, 1999: Tropical High Aerosol in the Aleutian Anticyclone. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 6281-6290. PDF

• Collimore, C. C., M. H. Hitchman, and D. W. Martin, 1998: Is There A Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in Tropical Convection? Geophys. Res. Letts., 25, 333-336. PDF

• M. H. Hitchman, Buker, M. L., and Tripoli, G. J. 1999: Influence of Synoptic Waves on Column Ozone During Arctic Summer 1997. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 26,547-26,563. PDF

• Politowicz, P. A. and M. H. Hitchman, 1997: Exploring the Effects of Forcing Quasibiennial Oscillations in a Two-Dimensional Model. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 16,481-16,497. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., J. M. Kugi, G. A. Postel, C.-Y. Yao, V. Lynn Harvey, E. Kudeki, C. Fawcett, D. C. Fritts, D. Riggin, D. Ortland, 1997: Mean Winds in the Tropical Stratosphere and Mesosphere During January 1993, March 1994, and August 1994. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 26,033-26,052. PDF

• D. Riggin, D. C. Fritts, C. Fawcett, E. Kudeki, and M. H. Hitchman, 1997: Radar Observations of Gravity Waves over Jicamarca, Peru during the CADRE Campaign. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 26,263-26,282. PDF

• Fritts, D., M. H. Hitchman, et al., 1997: Equatorial Dynamics Observed by Rocket, Radar, and Satellite During the CADRE/MALTED Campaign: 2. Mean and Wave Structures, Coherence, and Variability. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 26,191-26,216. PDF

• Harvey, V. L., and M. H. Hitchman, 1996: A Climatology of the Aleutian High. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2088-2101. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., M. McKay, and C. R. Trepte, 1994: A Climatology of Stratospheric Aerosol. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 20,689-20,700. PDF ; Color Plate 1: jpg

• Langford, A. O., T. J. O'Leary, M. H. Proffitt, and M. H. Hitchman, 1994: Transport of the Pinatubo Volcanic Aerosol to a Northern Midlatitude Site. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 9007-9016. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., M. A. McKay, and C. R. Trepte, 1993: Circulation Deduced from Aerosol Data Averaged by Season and Phase of the Quasibiennial Oscillation. Coupling Processes in the Lower and Middle Atmosphere, Kluver Academic Publishers 26-34. PDF

• O'Sullivan, D. J. and M. H. Hitchman, 1992: Inertial Instability and Rossby Wave Breaking in a Numerical Model. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 991-1002. PDF

• Fritts, D. C., L. Yuan, M. H. Hitchman, L. Coy, E. Kudeki, and R. R. Woodman, 1992: Dynamics of the Equatorial Mesosphere Observed Using the Jicamarca MST Radar During June and August 1987. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 2353-2371. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., K. W. Bywaters, D. C. Fritts, L. Coy, E. Kudeki, F. Surucu, 1992: Ten Day Mean Winds and Momentum Fluxes in the Stratosphere and Mesosphere over Jicamarca, Peru During June and August 1987. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 2372-2383. PDF

• Trepte, C. R. and M. H. Hitchman, 1992: Tropical Stratospheric Circulation Diagnosed in Satellite Aerosol Data. Nature, 355, 626-628. PDF

• Brasseur, G., M. H. Hitchman, S. Walters, M. Dymek, E. Falise, and M. Pirre, 1990: An Interactive Chemical Dynamical Radiative Two-Dimensional Model of the Middle Atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 5639-5656. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., J. C. Gille, C. D. Rodgers, and G. Brasseur, 1989: The Separated Polar Winter Stratopause: A Gravity Wave Driven Climatological Feature. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 410-422. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H. and G. Brasseur, 1988: Rossby Wave Activity as an Interactive Tracer in a 2-D Model: Paramaterization of Wave Driving and Eddy Diffusivity. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 9405-9417. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H. , Gille, J. C., Rodgers, C. D., and G. Brasseur, 1988: A Seperated Polar Winter Stratopause: A Gravity Wave Driven Climatological Feature. J. Atm. Sci., 46, 410-422. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H. and C. B. Leovy, 1988: Estimation of the Kelvin Wave Contribution to the Semiannual Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1462-1475. PDF

• Basseur, G. and M. H. Hitchman, 1988: Stratospheric Response to Trace Gas Perturbations: Changes in Ozone and Temperature Distributions. Science, 240, 634-367. PDF

• Brasseur, G., M. H. Hitchman, P. C. Simon, and A. De Rudder, 1988: Ozone Reduction in the 1980's: A Model Simulation of Anthropogenic and Solar Perturbations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 1361-1364. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H., C. B. Leovy, J. C. Gille, and P. L. Bailey, 1987: Quasi-Stationary, Zonally Asymmetric Circulations in the Equatorial Middle Atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 2219-2236. PDF

• Brasseur, G. and M. H. Hitchman, 1987: The Effect of Breaking Gravity Waves on the Distribution of Trace Species in the Middle Atmosphere. Transport Processes in the Middle Atmosphere, Reidel Publishing Co. 215-228. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H. and C. B. Leovy, 1986: Evolution of the Zonal Mean State in the Equatorial Middle Atmosphere During October 1978-May 1979. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 3159-3176. PDF

• Hitchman, M. H. and C. B. Leovy, 1985: Diurnal Tide in the Equatorial Middle Atmosphere as Seen in LIMS Temperatures. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 557-561. PDF

• Leovy, C. B. and M. H. Hitchman, 1985: Dynamical phenomena in the equatorial middle atmosphere during northern winter 1978-1979. In Proceedings of the First National Workshop on the Global Weather Experiment, Current Achievements and Future Directions, Vol. 2, part 2. National Academy Press, Washington D. C., pp. 581-591. PDF

• Leovy, C. B, C.-R. Sun, M. H. Hitchman, E. E. Remsberg, J. M. Russell III, L. L. Gordley, J. C. Gille, and L. V. Lyjak, 1985: Transport of Ozone in the Middle Stratosphere: Evidence for Planetary Wave Breaking. J. Atmos. Sci, 42, 230-244. PDF

• Coy, L. and M. H. Hitchman, 1984: Kelvin Wave Packets and Flow Acceleration: A Comparison of Modeling and Observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 1875-1880. PDF

• Joung, C.-H., and M. H. Hitchman, 1982: On the Role of Successive Downstream Development in East Asian Polar Air Outbreaks. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 1224-1237. PDF