Recent Publications

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Hong, G., P. Yang, B.A. Baum, and A.J. Heymsfield (2008), Relationship between ice water content and equivalent radar reflectivity for clouds consisting of nonspherical ice particles, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20205, doi:10.1029/2008JD009890. RSP
King, M.D., S. Platnick, W.P. Menzel, S.A. Ackerman, and P.A. Hubanks (2013), Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Clouds Observed by MODIS Onboard the Terra and Aqua Satellites, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 51, 3826-3852, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2227333. RSP
Smirnov, A., A.M. Sayer, B.N. Holben, N.C. Hsu, S.M. Sakerin, A. Macke, N.B. Nelson, Y. Courcoux, T.J. Smyth, P. Croot, P.K. Quinn, J. Sciare, S.K. Gulev, S. Piketh, R. Losno, S. Kinne, and V.F. Radionov (2012), Effect of wind speed on aerosol optical depth over remote oceans, based on data from the Maritime Aerosol Network, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 377-388, doi:10.5194/amt-5-377-2012. RSP
Whiteman, D.N., K.C. Vermeesch, L.D. Oman, and E.C. Weatherhead (2011), The relative importance of random error and observation frequency in detecting trends in upper tropospheric water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D21118, doi:10.1029/2011JD016610. UARP
Woolnough, S.J., A.P.N. Blossey, K.-M. Xu, C.P. Bechtold, D.J.-P. Chaboureau, E.T. Hosomi, S.F. Iacobellis, G.Y. Luo, H.J.C. Petch, I.R.Y. Wongi, and S. Xiej (2013), Modelling convective processes during the suppressed phase of a Madden–Julian oscillation: Comparing single-column models with cloud-resolving models, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 136, 333-353. MAP
Shi, Y., J. Zhang, J.S. Reid, E.J. Hyer, and N.C. Hsu (2013), Critical evaluation of the MODIS Deep Blue aerosol optical depth product for data assimilation over North Africa, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 949-969, doi:10.5194/amt-6-949-2013. RSP
Garrett, K.J., P. Yang, S.L. Nasiri, C.R. Yost, and B.A. Baum (2009), Influence of Cloud-Top Height and Geometric Thickness on a MODIS Infrared-Based Ice Cloud Retrieval, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 48, 818-832, doi:10.1175/2008JAMC1915.1. RSP
Gautam, R., N.C. Hsu, S.C. Tsay, K.M. Lau, B. Holben, S. Bell, A. Smirnov, C. Li, R. Hansell, Q. Ji, S. Payra, D. Aryal, R. Kayastha, and K.M. Kim (2011), Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre-monsoon season, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 12841-12863, doi:10.5194/acp-11-12841-2011. IDS, RSP
Li, Y., G.R. North, P. Yang, and B.A. Baum (2010), NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE Exploration of the MODIS Cloud-Top Property Products for the Investigation of Equatorial Wave Systems, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 49, 2050-2057, doi:10.1175/2010JAMC2425.1. RSP
Wong, S., P.R. Colarco, and A.E. Dessler (2006), Principal component analysis of the evolution of the Saharan air layer and dust transport: Comparisons between a model simulation and MODIS and AIRS retrievals, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D20109, doi:10.1029/2006JD007093.
Lee, J., J. Kim, P. Yang, and N.C. Hsu (2012), Improvement of aerosol optical depth retrieval from MODIS spectral reflectance over the global ocean using new aerosol models archived from AERONET inversion data and tri-axial ellipsoidal dust database, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 7087-7102, doi:10.5194/acp-12-7087-2012. RSP
Ding, S., P. Yang, F. Weng, Q. Liu, Y. Han, P. van Delst, J. Li, and B. Baum (2011), Validation of the community radiative transfer model, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112, 1050-1064, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.11.009. RSP
Johnson, B.T., S. Christopher, B.J.M. Haywood, S.R. Osborne, S. McFarlanec, C. Hsu, D.C. Salustrod, and R. Kahnd (2009), Measurements of aerosol properties from aircraft, satellite and ground-based remote sensing: A case-study from the Dust and Biomass-burning Experiment (DABEX), Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 922-934, doi:10.1002/qj.420. RSP
Castanho, A.D.D., J.V. Martins, P.V. Hobbs, P. Artaxo, L. Remer, M. Yamasoe, and P.R. Colarco (2005), Chemical Characterization of Aerosols on the East Coast of the United States Using Aircraft and Ground-Based Stations during the CLAMS Experiment, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 934-946.
Chen, X., H. Wei, P. Yang, Z. Jin, and B.A. Baum (2011), An efficient method for computing atmospheric radiances in clear-sky and cloudy conditions, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112, 109-118, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.08.013. RSP
Kaskaoutis, D.G., R. Gautam, R.P. Singh, E.E. Houssos, D. Goto, S. Singh, A. Bartzokas, P.G. Kosmopoulos, M. Sharma, N.C. Hsu, B.N. Holben, and T. Takemura (2012), Influence of anomalous dry conditions on aerosols over India: Transport, distribution and properties, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D09106, doi:10.1029/2011JD017314. RSP
Su, W., A. Bodas-Salcedo, K.-M. Xu, and T.P. Charlock (2010), Comparison of the tropical radiative flux and cloud radiative effect profiles in a climate model with Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) data, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D01105, doi:10.1029/2009JD012490. MAP
Colarco, P.R., M.R. Schoeberl, B.G. Doddridge, L.T. Marufu, O. Torres, and E.J. Welton (2004), Transport of smoke from Canadian forest fires to the surface near Washington, D.C.: Injection height, entrainment, and optical properties, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D06203, doi:10.1029/2003JD004248.
Su, W., N.G. Loeb, K. Xu, G.L. Schuster, and Z.A. Eitzen (2010), An estimate of aerosol indirect effect from satellite measurements with concurrent meteorological analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D18219, doi:10.1029/2010JD013948. IDS
Huang, J., N.C. Hsu, S.-C. Tsay, B.N. Holben, E.J. Welton, A. Smirnov, M.-J. Jeong, R.A. Hansell, T.A. Berkoff, Z. Liu, G.-R. Liu, J.R. Campbell, S.C. Liew, and J.E. Barnes (2012), Evaluations of cirrus contamination and screening in ground aerosol observations using collocated lidar systems, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D15204, doi:10.1029/2012JD017757. RSP