Recent Publications

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Wang, H., R.T. Pinker, P. Minnis, and M.M. Khaiyer (2008), Experiments with Cloud Properties: Impact on Surface Radiative Fluxes, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 25, 1034-1040, doi:10.1175/2007JTECHO546.1. RSP
Dong, X., B.A. Wielicki, B. Xi, Y. Hu, G.G. Mace, S. Benson, F. Rose, S. Kato, T. Charlock, and P. Minnis (2008), Using observations of deep convective systems to constrain atmospheric column absorption of solar radiation in the optically thick limit, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D10206, doi:10.1029/2007JD009769. MAP, RSP
Cho, H.-M., P. Yang, G.W. Kattawar, S.L. Nasiri, Y. Hu, P. Minnis, C. Trepte, and D. Winker (2008), Depolarization ratio and attenuated backscatter for nine cloud types: analyses based on collocated CALIPSO lidar and MODIS measurements, Opt. Express, 16, 3931-3948. MAP, RSP
Su, J., J. Huang, Q. Fu, P. Minnis, J. Ge, and J. Bi (2008), Estimation of Asian dust aerosol effect on cloud radiation forcing using Fu-Liou radiative model and CERES measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 2763-2771, doi:10.5194/acp-8-2763-2008. MAP, RSP
Minnis, P., D.R. Doelling, L. Nguyen, W.F. Miller, and V. Chakrapani (2008), Assessment of the Visible Channel Calibrations of the VIRS on TRMM and MODIS on Aqua and Terra, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 25, 385-400, doi:10.1175/2007JTECHA1021.1. MAP, RSP
Dong, X., P. Minnis, B. Xi, S. Sun-Mack, and Y. Chen (2008), Comparison of CERES-MODIS stratus cloud properties with groundbased measurements at the DOE ARM Southern Great Plains site, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03204, doi:10.1029/2007JD008438. MAP, RSP
Lin, B., K.-M. Xu, P. Minnis, B.A. Wielicki, Y. Hu, L. Chambers, T.-F. Fan, and W. Sun (2007), Coincident occurrences of tropical individual cirrus clouds and deep convective systems derived from TRMM observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14804, doi:10.1029/2007GL029768. RSP
Hu, Y., M. Vaughan, C. McClain, M. Behrenfeld, H. Maring, D. Anderson, S. Sun-Mack, D. Flittner, J. Huang, B. Wielicki, P. Minnis, C. Weimer, C. Trepte, and R. Kuehn (2007), Global statistics of liquid water content and effective number concentration of water clouds over ocean derived from combined CALIPSO and MODIS measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 3353-3359, doi:10.5194/acp-7-3353-2007. RSP
Chiriaco, M., H. Chepfer, P. Minnis, M. Haeffelin, S. Platnick, D. Baumgardner, P. Dubuisson, M.J. McGill, V. Noël, J. Pelon, D. Spangenberg, S. Sun-Mack, and G. Wind (2007), Comparison of CALIPSO-Like, LaRC, and MODIS Retrievals of Ice-Cloud Properties over SIRTA in France and Florida during CRYSTAL-FACE, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 46, 249-272, doi:10.1175/JAM2435.1. RSP
Minnis, P., J. Huang, B. Lin, Y. Yi, R.F. Arduini, T.-F. Fan, J.K. Ayers, and G.G. Mace (2007), Ice cloud properties in ice-over-water cloud systems using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) visible and infrared scanner and TRMM Microwave Imager data, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06206, doi:10.1029/2006JD007626. RSP
Ignatov, A., P. Minnis, W.F. Miller, B.A. Wielicki, and L. Remer (2006), Consistency of global MODIS aerosol optical depths over ocean on Terra and Aqua CERES SSF data sets, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D14202, doi:10.1029/2005JD006645. RSP
Mace, G.G., S. Benson, K.L. Sonntag, S. Kato, Q. Min, P. Minnis, C.H. Twohy, M. Poellot, X. Dong, C. Long, Q. Zhang, and D.R. Doelling (2006), Cloud radiative forcing at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Climate Research Facility: 1. Technique, validation, and comparison to satellite-derived diagnostic quantities, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D11S90, doi:10.1029/2005JD005921. RSP
Kato, S., N.G. Loeb, P. Minnis, J.A. Francis, T.P. Charlock, D.A. Rutan, E.E. Clothiaux, and S. Sun-Mack (2006), Seasonal and interannual variations of top-of-atmosphere irradiance and cloud cover over polar regions derived from the CERES data set, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19804, doi:10.1029/2006GL026685. RSP
Chepfer, H., P. Minnis, P. Dubuisson, M. Chiriaco, S. Sun-Mack, and E.D. Rivière (2007), Nitric acid particles in cold thick ice clouds observed at global scale: Link with lightning, temperature, and upper tropospheric water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D05212, doi:10.1029/2005JD006602. RSP
Lin, B., B.A. Wielicki, P. Minnis, L. Chambers, K.-M. Xu, Y. Hu, and A. Fan (2006), The Effect of Environmental Conditions on Tropical Deep Convective Systems Observed from the TRMM Satellite, J. Climate, 19, 5745-5761. RSP
Dong, X., B. Xi, and P. Minnis (2006), Observational evidence of changes in water vapor, clouds, and radiation at the ARM SGP site, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19818, doi:10.1029/2006GL027132. RSP
Huang, J., P. Minnis, B. Lin, Y. Yi, T.-F. Fan, S. Sun-Mack, and J.K. Ayers (2006), Determination of ice water path in ice-over-water cloud systems using combined MODIS and AMSR-E measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L21801, doi:10.1029/2006GL027038. RSP
Huang, J., P. Minnis, B. Lin, T. Wang, Y. Yi, Y. Hu, S. Sun-Mack, and K. Ayers (2006), Possible influences of Asian dust aerosols on cloud properties and radiative forcing observed from MODIS and CERES, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06824, doi:10.1029/2005GL024724. RSP
Huang, J., B. Lin, P. Minnis, T. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Hu, Y. Yi, and J.K. Ayers (2006), Satellite-based assessment of possible dust aerosols semi-direct effect on cloud water path over East Asia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19802, doi:10.1029/2006GL026561. RSP
Dong, X., B. Xi, and P. Minnis (2006), A Climatology of Midlatitude Continental Clouds from the ARM SGP Central Facility. Part II: Cloud Fraction and Surface Radiative Forcing, J. Climate, 19, 1765-1783. RSP