Recent Publications

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Gautam, R., N.C. Hsu, K.-M. Lau, and M. Kafatos (2009), Aerosol and rainfall variability over the Indian monsoon region: distributions, trends and coupling, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3691-3703. IDS, RSP
Stephens, G.L., D.G. Vane, S. Tanelli, E. Im, S. Durden, M. Rokey, D. Reinke, P. Partain, G.G. Mace, R. Austin, T. L'Ecuyer, J. Haynes, M. Lebsock, K. Suzuki, D. Waliser, D. Wu, J. Kay, A. Gettelman, Z. Wang, and R. Marchand (2008), CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A18, doi:10.1029/2008JD009982. RSP
Varnai, T., and A. Marshak (2003), A method for analyzing how various parts of clouds influence each other’s brightness, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4706, doi:10.1029/2003JD003561. RSP
Gautam, R., N.C. Hsu, M. Kafatos, and S.-C. Tsay (2007), Influences of winter haze on fog/low cloud over the Indo-Gangetic plains, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D05207, doi:10.1029/2005JD007036. IDS, RSP
Baum, B.A., D.P. Kratz, P. Yang, S.C. Ou, Y. Hu, P.F. Soulen, and S.C. Tsay (2000), Remote sensing of cloud properties using MODIS Airborne Simulator imagery during SUCCESS. I. Data and models, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,767-11,780. RSP
Fu, J.S., N.C. Hsu, Y. Gao, K. Huang, C. Li, N.-H. Lin, and S.-C. Tsay (2012), Evaluating the influences of biomass burning during 2006 BASE-ASIA: a regional chemical transport modeling, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 3837-3855, doi:10.5194/acp-12-3837-2012. ACMAP, RSP
Varnai, T., and A. Marshak (2002), Observations of Three-Dimensional Radiative Effects that Influence MODIS Cloud Optical Thicknéss Rétrievals, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1607-1618. RSP
Feng, Q., N.C. Hsu, P. Yang, and S.-C. Tsay (2011), Effect of Thin Cirrus Clouds on Dust Optical Depth Retrievals From MODIS Observations, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 49, 2819-2827, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2118762. RSP
Feng, Q., P. Yang, G.W. Kattawar, N.C. Hsu, S.-C. Tsay, and I. Laszlo (2009), Effects of particle nonsphericity and radiation polarization on retrieving dust properties from MODIS observations, Aerosol Science, 40, 776-789, doi:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.05.001. RSP
Hong, G., P. Yang, A.K. Heidinger, M.J. Pavolonis, B.A. Baum, and S.E. Platnick (2010), Detecting opaque and nonopaque tropical upper tropospheric ice clouds: A trispectral technique based on the MODIS 8–12 micron window bands, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20214, doi:10.1029/2010JD014004. RSP
Varnai, T., and A. Marshak (2001), Statistical Analysis of the Uncertainties in Cloud Optical Depth Retrievals Caused by Three-Dimensionál Radíative Effects, J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1540-1548. RSP
Ding, S., Y. Xie, P. Yang, F. Weng, Q. Liu, B. Baum, and Y. Hu (2009), Estimates of radiation over clouds and dust aerosols: Optimized number of terms in phase function expansion, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110, 1190-1198, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.03.032. RSP
Berthier, S., P. Chazette, J. Pelon, and B. Baum (2008), Comparison of cloud statistics from spaceborne lidar systems, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6965-6977, doi:10.5194/acp-8-6965-2008. RSP
Yang, P., Z. Zhang, G.W. Kattawar, S.G. Warren, B.A. Baum, H.-L. Huang, Y.X. Hu, D. Winker, and J. Iaquinta (2008), Effect of Cavities on the Optical Properties of Bullet Rosettes: Implications for Active and Passive Remote Sensing of Ice Cloud Properties, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 47, 2311-2330, doi:10.1175/2008JAMC1905.1. RSP
Bi, L., P. Yang, G.W. Kattawar, B.A. Baum, Y.X. Hu, D.M. Winker, R.S. Brock, and J.Q. Lu (2009), Simulation of the color ratio associated with the backscattering of radiation by ice particles at the wavelengths of 0.532 and 1.064 mm, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00H08, doi:10.1029/2009JD011759. RSP
Wang, Z., G.M. Heymsfield, L. Li, and A.J. Heymsfield (2005), Retrieving optically thick ice cloud microphysical properties by using airborne dual-wavelength radar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D19201, doi:10.1029/2005JD005969. RSP
Xu, K.-M. (2006), Using the Bootstrap Method for a Statistical Significance Test of Differences between Summary Histograms, Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1442-1452. MAP, RSP
Wang, Z., G. Stephens, T. Deshler, C. Trepte, T. Parish, D. Vane, D. Winker, D. Liu, and L. Adhikari (2008), Association of Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud formation on tropospheric cloud systems, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L13806, doi:10.1029/2008GL034209. RSP
Whiteman, D.N., B. Demoz, and Z. Wang (2004), Subtropical cirrus cloud extinction to backscatter ratios measured by Raman Lidar during CAMEX-3, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L12105, doi:10.1029/2004GL020003. ADP, RSP
Ham, S.-H., B.-J. Sohn, P. Yang, and B.A. Baum (2009), Assessment of the Quality of MODIS Cloud Products from Radiance Simulations, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 48, 1591-1612, doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2121.1. RSP