Recent Publications

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Chang, F., P. Minnis, B. Lin, M.M. Khaiyer, R. Palikonda, and D.A. Spangenberg (2010), A modified method for inferring upper troposphere cloud top height using the GOES 12 imager 10.7 and 13.3 mm data, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D06208, doi:10.1029/2009JD012304. ASP
Chepfer, H., S. Bony, D. Winker, G. Cesana, J.L. Dufresne, P. Minnis, C.J. Stubenrauch, and S. Zeng (2010), The GCM-Oriented CALIPSO Cloud Product (CALIPSO-GOCCP), J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00H16, doi:10.1029/2009JD012251. MAP
Gatebe, C.K., M.D. King, A.I. Lyapustin, G.T. Arnold, and J. Redemann (2005), Airborne Spectral Measurements of Ocean Directional Reflectance, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1072-1092. RSP
Marshak, A., J.V. Martins, V. Zubko, and Y.J. Kaufman (2006), What does reflection from cloud sides tell us about vertical distribution of cloud droplet sizes?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 5295-5305, doi:10.5194/acp-6-5295-2006. RSP
Wen, G., A. Marshak, and R.F. Cahalan (2006), Impact of 3-D Clouds on Clear-Sky Reflectance and Aerosol Retrieval in a Biomass Burning Region of Brazil, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 3, 169-172, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2005.861386. RSP
Knyazikhin, Y., A. Marshak, M.L. Larsen, W.J. Wiscombe, J.V. Martonchik, and R.B. Myneni (2005), Small-Scale Drop Size Variability: Impact on Estimation of Cloud Optical Properties, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2555-2567. RSP
Marshak, A., Y. Knyazikhin, M.L. Larsen, and W.J. Wiscombe (2005), Small-Scale Drop-Size Variability: Empirical Models for Drop-Size-Dependent Clustering in Clouds, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 551-558. RSP
Lin, B., L. Chambers, P. Stackhouse, B. Wielicki, Y. Hu, P. Minnis, N. Loeb, W. Sun, G. Potter, Q. Min, G. Schuster, and T.-F. Fan (2010), Estimations of climate sensitivity based on top-of-atmosphere radiation imbalance, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 1923-1930, doi:10.5194/acp-10-1923-2010. MAP, Climate Variability and Change Program
Brioude, J., O.R. Cooper, G. Feingold, M. Trainer, S.R. Freitas, D. Kowal, J.K. Ayers, E. Prins, P. Minnis, S.A. McKeen, G.J. Frost, and E.-Y. Hsie (2009), Effect of biomass burning on marine stratocumulus clouds off the California coast, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8841-8856, doi:10.5194/acp-9-8841-2009. ASP
Duda, D.P., and P. Minnis (2009), Basic Diagnosis and Prediction of Persistent Contrail Occurrence Using High-Resolution Numerical Weather Analyses/Forecasts and Logistic Regression. Part II: Evaluation of Sample Models, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 48, 1790-1802, doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2057.1. MAP
Duda, D.P., and P. Minnis (2009), Basic Diagnosis and Prediction of Persistent Contrail Occurrence Using High-Resolution Numerical Weather Analyses/Forecasts and Logistic Regression. Part I: Effects of Random Error, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 48, 1780-1789, doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2056.1. MAP
Saunders, W., J.S. Lawrence, J.W.V. Storey, M.C.B. Ashley, S. Kato, P. Minnis, D.M. Winker, G. Liu, and C. Kulesa (2009), Where is the best site on Earth? Domes A, B, C, and F, and Ridges A and B, Publ. Astronom. Soc. Pac., 121, 976-992. MAP
Kärcher, B., U. Burkhardt, S. Unterstrasser, and P. Minnis (2009), Factors controlling contrail cirrus optical depth, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 6229-6254. MAP
Huang, J., Q. Fu, J. Su, Q. Tang, P. Minnis, Y. Hu, Y. Yi, and Q. Zhao (2009), Taklimakan dust aerosol radiative heating derived from CALIPSO observations using the Fu-Liou radiation model with CERES constraints, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 4011-4021, doi:10.5194/acp-9-4011-2009. MAP, Climate Variability and Change Program
Xie, Y., P. Yang, G.W. Kattawar, P. Minnis, and Y.X. Hu (2009), Effect of the inhomogeneity of ice crystals on retrieving ice cloud optical thickness and effective particle size, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D11203, doi:10.1029/2008JD011216. RSP
Duda, D.P., R. Palikonda, and P. Minnis (2009), Relating observations of contrail persistence to numerical weather analysis output, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1357-1364, doi:10.5194/acp-9-1357-2009. MAP, RSP
Waliser, D.E., J.-L.F. Li, C.P. Woods, R.T. Austin, J. Bacmeister, J. Chern, A. Del Genio, J.H. Jiang, Z. Kuang, H. Meng, P. Minnis, S. Platnick, W.B. Rossow, G.L. Stephens, S. Sun-Mack, W.-K. Tao, A.M. Tompkins, D.G. Vane, C. Walker, and D. Wu (2009), Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A21, doi:10.1029/2008JD010015. MAP, Climate Variability and Change Program
Hong, G., P. Yang, P. Minnis, Y.X. Hu, and G. North (2008), Do contrails significantly reduce daily temperature range?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L23815, doi:10.1029/2008GL036108. ASP
Lin, B., P.W. Stackhouse, P. Minnis, B.A. Wielicki, Y. Hu, W. Sun, T.-F. Fan, and L.M. Hinkelman (2008), Assessment of global annual atmospheric energy balance from satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16114, doi:10.1029/2008JD009869. MAP, Climate Variability and Change Program
Minnis, P., Q.Z. Trepte, S. Sun-Mack, Y. Chen, D.R. Doelling, D.F. Young, D.A. Spangenberg, W.F. Miller, B.A. Wielicki, R.R. Brown, S.C. Gibson, and E.B. Geier (2008), Cloud Detection in Nonpolar Regions for CERES Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46, 3857-3884, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2008.2001351. RSP