Recent Publications

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Davis, A.B., and A. Marshak (2004), Photon propagation in heterogeneous optical media with spatial correlations: enhanced mean-free-paths and wider-than-exponential free-path distributions, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 84, 3-34, doi:10.1016/S0022-4073. RSP
Lee, J., P. Yang, A.E. Dessler, B.A. Baum, and S. Platnick (2006), The Influence of Thermodynamic Phase on the Retrieval of Mixed-Phase Cloud Microphysical and Optical Properties in the Visible and Near-Infrared Region, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 3, 287-291, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2006.864374. RSP
Minnis, P., G. Hong, J.K. Ayers, W.L. Smith, C.R. Yost, A.J. Heymsfield, G.M. Heymsfield, D.L. Hlavka, M.D. King, E. Korn, M.J. McGill, H.B. Selkirk, A.M. Thompson, L. Tian, and P. Yang (2012), Simulations of Infrared Radiances over a Deep Convective Cloud System Observed during TC4: Potential for Enhancing Nocturnal Ice Cloud Retrievals, Remote Sens., 4, 3022-3054, doi:10.3390/rs4103022. RSP
Lee, Y.-K., P. Yang, Y. Hu, B.A. Baum, N.G. Loeb, and B.-C. Gao (2006), Potential nighttime contamination of CERES clear-sky fields of view by optically thin cirrus during the CRYSTAL-FACE campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D09203, doi:10.1029/2005JD006372. RSP
You, Y., G.W. Kattawar, P. Yang, Y.X. Hu, and B.A. Baum (2006), Sensitivity of depolarized lidar signals to cloud and aerosol particle properties, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 100, 470-482, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.11.058. RSP
Marshak, A., Y. Knyazikhin, K.D. Evans, and W.J. Wiscombe (2004), The ‘‘RED versus NIR’’ Plane to Retrieve Broken-Cloud Optical Depth from GroundBased Measurements, J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1911-1925. RSP
Wang, S., N. Lin, M. Chou, S. Tsay, E.J. Welton, N.C. Hsu, D.M. Giles, G. Liu, and B.N. Holben (2010), Profiling transboundary aerosols over Taiwan and assessing their radiative effects, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00K31, doi:10.1029/2009JD013798. RSP
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
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
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
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
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