Recent Publications

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Duda, D.P., P. Minnis, D.P. Garber, and R. Palikonda (2005), Estimated contrail frequency and coverage over the contiguous United States from numerical weather prediction analyses and flight track data, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14, 537-548, doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0050. RSP
Minnis, P., R. Palikonda, B.J. Walter, and J.K. Ayers (2005), Contrail properties over the eastern North Pacific from AVHRR data, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14, 515-523, doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0056. RSP
Chepfer, H., V. Noel, P. Minnis, D. Baumgardner, L. Nguyen, G. Raga, M.J. McGill, and P. Yang (2005), Particle habit in tropical ice clouds during CRYSTAL-FACE: Comparison of two remote sensing techniques with in situ observations, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D16204, doi:10.1029/2004JD005455. RSP
Dong, X., P. Minnis, and B. Xi (2005), A Climatology of Midlatitude Continental Clouds from the ARM SGP Central Facility: Part I: Low-Level Cloud Macrophysical, Microphysical, and Radiative Properties, J. Climate, 18, 1391-1410. RSP
Ignatov, A., P. Minnis, N. Loeb, B. Wielicki, W. Miller, S. Sun-Mack, D. Tanr, L. Remer, I. Laszlo, and E. Geier (2005), Two MODIS Aerosol Products over Ocean on the Terra and Aqua CERES SSF Datasets, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1008-1031. RSP
Zhang, M.H., W.Y. Lin, S.A. Klein, J.T. Bacmeister, S. Bony, R.T. Cederwall, A.D. Del Genio, J.J. Hack, N.G. Loeb, U. Lohmann, P. Minnis, I. Musat, R. Pincus, P. Stier, M.J. Suarez, M.J. Webb, J.B. Wu, S.C. Xie, M.-S. Yao, and J.H. Zhang (2005), Comparing clouds and their seasonal variations in 10 atmospheric general circulation models with satellite measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D15S02, doi:10.1029/2004JD005021. RSP
Wielicki, B.A., T. Wong, N. Loeb, P. Minnis, K. Priestley, and R. Kandel (2005), Changes in Earth’s Albedo Measured by Satellite, Science, 308, 825, doi:10.1126/science.1106484. RSP
Smith, G.L.S., B. Wielicki, B.R.B. Barkstrom, R.B.L. Lee, K.J. Priestley, T. Charlock, P. Minnis, D.P.K. Kratz, N. Loeb, and D. Young (2004), Clouds and Earth radiant energy system: an overview, Advances in Space Research, 33, 1125-1133, doi:10.1016/S0273-1177. RSP
Sherwood, S.C., P. Minnis, and M. McGill (2004), Deep convective cloud-top heights and their thermodynamic control during CRYSTAL-FACE, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D20119, doi:10.1029/2004JD004811. RSP
Sherwood, S.C., J.-H. Chae, P. Minnis, and M. McGill (2004), Underestimation of deep convective cloud tops by thermal imagery, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L11102, doi:10.1029/2004GL019699. RSP
Minnis, P., D.R. Doelling, and A.V. Gambheer (2004), Azimuthal anisotropy of longwave and infrared window radiances from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and Terra satellites, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D08202, doi:10.1029/2003JD004471. RSP
Minnis, P., J.K. Ayers, R. Palikonda, and D. Phan (2004), Contrails, Cirrus Trends, and Climate, J. Climate, 17, 1671-1685. RSP
Duda, D.P., P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, and R. Palikonda (2004), A Case Study of the Development of Contrail Clusters over the Great Lakes, J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1132-1146. RSP
Casey, S.P.F., E.J. Fetzer, and B.H. Kahn (2012), Revised identification of tropical oceanic cumulus congestus as viewed by CloudSat, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 1587-1595, doi:10.5194/acp-12-1587-2012.
Devasthale, A., M. Tjernström, M. Caian, M.A. Thomas, B.H. Kahn, and E.J. Fetzer (2012), Influence of the Arctic Oscillation on the vertical distribution of clouds as observed by the A-Train constellation of satellites, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 10535-10544, doi:10.5194/acp-12-10535-2012.
Fetzer, E.J., W.G. Read, D. Waliser, B.H. Kahn, B. Tian, H. Vomël, F.W. Irion, H. Su, and A. Eldering (2008), Comparison of upper tropospheric water vapor observations from the Microwave Limb Sounder and Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D22110, doi:10.1029/2008JD010000.
Kahn, B.H., K.N. Liou, S.-Y. Lee, E.F. Fishbein, S. DeSouza-Machado, A. Eldering, E.J. Fetzer, S.E. Hannon, and L.L. Strow (2005), Nighttime cirrus detection using Atmospheric Infrared Sounder window channels and total column water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D07203, doi:10.1029/2004JD005430.
Kahn, B.H., A. Eldering, A.J. Braverman, E.J. Fetzer, J.H. Jiang, E. Fishbein, and D.L. Wu (2007), Toward the characterization of upper tropospheric clouds using Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Microwave Limb Sounder observations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D05202, doi:10.1029/2006JD007336.
Kahn, B.H., E. Fishbein, S.L. Nasiri, A. Eldering, E.J. Fetzer, M.J. Garay, and S.-Y. Lee (2007), The radiative consistency of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer cloud retrievals, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09201, doi:10.1029/2006JD007486.
Kahn, B.H., A. Gettelman, E.J. Fetzer, A. Eldering, and C.K. Liang (2009), Cloudy and clear-sky relative humidity in the upper troposphere observed by the A-train, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00H02, doi:10.1029/2009JD011738.