Recent Publications

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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.
Kahn, B.H., J. Teixeira, E.J. Fetzer, A. Gettelman, S.M. Hristova-Veleva, X. Huang, A.K. Kochanski, M. Kohlër, S.K. Krueger, R. Wood, and M. Zhao (2011), Temperature and Water Vapor Variance Scaling in Global Models: Comparisons to Satellite and Aircraft Data, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2156-2168, doi:10.1175/2011JAS3737.1.
Kahn, B.H., and J. Teixeira (2009), A Global Climatology of Temperature and Water Vapor Variance Scaling from the Atmospheric Infrared Souñder, J. Climate, 22, 5558-5576, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2934.1.
Lee, S., B.H. Kahn, and J. Teixeira (2010), Characterization of cloud liquid water content distributions from CloudSat, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20203, doi:10.1029/2009JD013272.
Martins, J.P.A., J. Teixeira, P.M.M. Soares, P.M.A. Miranda, B.H. Kahn, D. Van T., F.W. Irion, E.J. Fetzer, and E. Fishbein (2010), Infrared sounding of the trade‐wind boundary layer: AIRS and the RICO experiment, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L24806, doi:10.1029/2010GL045902.
Nasiri, S.L., H.D. Van T., B.H. Kahn, E.J. Fetzer, E.M. Manning, M.M. Schreier, and R.A. Frey (2011), Comparing MODIS and AIRS Infrared-Based Cloud Retrievals, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 50, 1057-1072, doi:10.1175/2010JAMC2603.1.
Nasiri, S.L., and B.H. Kahn (2008), Limitations of Bispectral Infrared Cloud Phase Determination and Potential for Improvement, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 47, 2895-2910, doi:10.1175/2008JAMC1879.1.
Ou, S.S.C., B.H. Kahn, K.-N. Liou, Y. Takano, M.M. Schreier, and Q. Yue (2013), Retrieval of Cirrus Cloud Properties From the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder: The k -Coefficient Approach Using Cloud-Cleared Radiances as Input, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 51, 1010-1024, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2205261.
Schreier, M.M., B.H. Kahn, A. Eldering, D.A. Elliott, E. Fishbein, F.W. Irion, and T.S. Pagano (2010), Radiance Comparisons of MODIS and AIRS Using Spatial Response Information, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 27, 1331-1342, doi:10.1175/2010JTECHA1424.1.