Organization:
NASA Langley Research Center
First Author Publications:
- Kato, S., et al. (2014), Retrieval of Atmospheric and Cloud Property Anomalies and Their Trend from Temporally and Spatially Averaged Infrared Spectra Observed from Space, J. of Climate, 27, 4403-4420, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00566.1.
- Kato, S., et al. (2014), Retrieval of Atmospheric and Cloud Property Anomalies and Their Trend from Temporally and Spatially Averaged Infrared Spectra Observed from Space, J. Climate, 27, 4403-4420, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00566.1.
- Kato, S., et al. (2013), Surface Irradiances Consistent with CERES-Derived Top-of-Atmosphere Shortwave and Longwave Irradiances, J. Climate, 26, 2719-2740, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00436.1.
- Kato, S., et al. (2012), Uncertainty Estimate of Surface Irradiances Computed with MODIS-, CALIPSO-, and CloudSat-Derived Cloud and Aerosol Properties, Surv. Geophys., 33, 395-412, doi:10.1007/s10712-012-9179-x.
- Kato, S., et al. (2011), Detection of Atmospheric Changes in Spatially and Temporally Averaged Infrared Spectra Observed from Space, J. Climate, 24, 6392-6407, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-10-05005.1.
- Kato, S., et al. (2011), Improvements of top‐of‐atmosphere and surface irradiance computations with CALIPSO‐, CloudSat‐, and MODIS‐derived cloud and aerosol properties, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D19209, doi:10.1029/2011JD016050.
- Kato, S., et al. (2010), Relationships among cloud occurrence frequency, overlap, and effective thickness derived from CALIPSO and CloudSat merged cloud vertical profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00H28, doi:10.1029/2009JD012277.
- Kato, S., and A. Marshak (2009), Solar zenith and viewing geometry-dependent errors in satellite retrieved cloud optical thickness: Marine stratocumulus case, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D01202, doi:10.1029/2008JD010579.
- Kato, S., L. Hinkelman, and A. Cheng (2006), Estimate of satellite-derived cloud optical thickness and effective radius errors and their effect on computed domain-averaged irradiances, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D17201, doi:10.1029/2005JD006668.
- Kato, S., et al. (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.
Co-Authored Publications:
- Chen, H., et al. (2020), Shortwave Radiative Effect of Arctic Low-Level Clouds: Evaluation of Imagery-Derived Irradiance with Aircraft Observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., in review, doi:10.5194/amt-2019-344.
- Thorsen, T., et al. (2020), Aerosol Direct Radiative Effect Sensitivity Analysis, J. Climate, 33, 6119-6139, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0669.1.
- Shrestha, A. K., et al. (2019), New Temporal and Spectral Unfiltering Technique for ERBE/ERBS WFOV Nonscanner Instrument Observations, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 57, 4600-4611, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2019.2891748.
- Chen, X., et al. (2018), Using AIRS and ARM SGP Clear-Sky Observations to Evaluate Meteorological Reanalyses: A Hyperspectral Radiance Closure Approach, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 11,720-11,734, doi:10.1029/2018JD028850.
- Song, Q., et al. (2018), Net radiative effects of dust in the tropical North Atlantic based on integrated satellite observations and in situ measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 11303-11322, doi:10.5194/acp-18-11303-2018.
- Su, W., et al. (2018), Determining the Shortwave Radiative Flux From Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 11,479-11,491, doi:10.1029/2018JD029390.
- Ham, S., et al. (2017), Cloud occurrences and cloud radiative effects (CREs) from CERES-CALIPSO-CloudSat-MODIS (CCCM) and CloudSat radar-lidar (RL) products, J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi:10.1002/2017JD026725.
- Ham, S., S. Kato, and F. G. Rose (2017), Examining impacts of mass-diameter (m-D) and area-diameter (A-D) relationships of ice particles on retrievals of effective radius and ice water content from radar and lidar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD025672.
- Xu Liu, et al. (2017), Spectrally Dependent CLARREO Infrared Spectrometer Calibration Requirement for Climate Change Detection, J. Climate, 30, 3979-3998, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0704.1.
- Shrestha, A. K., et al. (2017), Temporal and Spectral Unfiltering of ERBS WFOV Nonscanner Instrument observations for the period over 1985 to 1998, Journal Of IEEE Tgrs, 1-11.
- Ham, S., S. Kato, and F. G. Rose (2016), Correction of ocean hemispherical spectral reflectivity for longwave irradiance computations, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 171, 57-65, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.12.003.
- Oreopoulos, L., et al. (2016), Radiative effects of global MODIS cloud regimes, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 2299-2317, doi:10.1002/2015JD024502.
- Ham, S., et al. (2015), Improving the modelling of short-wave radiation through the use of a 3D scene construction algorithm, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 1870-1883, doi:10.1002/qj.2491.
- L'Ecuyer, T., et al. (2015), The Observed State of the Energy Budget in the Early Twenty-First Century, J. Climate, 28, 8319-8346, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00556.1.
- Stephens, G., et al. (2015), The albedo of Earth, Rev. Geophys., 53, 141-163, doi:10.1002/2014RG000449.
- Taylor, P. C., et al. (2015), Covariance between Arctic sea ice and clouds within atmospheric state regimes at the satellite footprint level, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 12,656-12,678, doi:10.1002/2015JD023520.
- Ham, S., et al. (2014), Effects of 3-D clouds on atmospheric transmission of solar radiation: Cloud type dependencies inferred from A-train satellite data, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 943-963, doi:10.1002/2013JD020683.
- Liu, C., et al. (2014), A two-habit model for the microphysical and optical properties of ice clouds, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 13719-13737, doi:10.5194/acp-14-13719-2014.
- Oreopoulos, L., et al. (2014), An examination of the nature of global MODIS cloud regimes, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 8362-8383, doi:10.1002/2013JD021409.
- Painemal, D., S. Kato, and P. Minnis (2014), Boundary layer regulation in the southeast Atlantic cloud microphysics during the biomass burning season as seen by the A-train satellite constellation, J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2014JD022182.
- Phojanamongkolkij, N., et al. (2014), A Comparison of Climate Signal Trend Detection Uncertainty Analysis Methods, J. Climate, 27, 3363-3376, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00400.1.
- Shrestha, A. K., et al. (2014), Unfiltering Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Scanner Radiances Using the CERES Algorithm and Its Evaluation with Nonscanner Observations, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 31, 843-859, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00072.1.
- Sun-Mack, S., et al. (2014), Regional Apparent Boundary Layer Lapse Rates Determined from CALIPSO and MODIS Data for Cloud-Height Determination, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 53, 990-1011, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-13-081.1.
- Ham, S., et al. (2013), Vertical structure of ice cloud layers from CloudSat and CALIPSO measurements and comparison to NICAM simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 9930-9947, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50582.
- Li, J.-L. F., et al. (2013), Characterizing and understanding radiation budget biases in CMIP3/CMIP5 GCMs, contemporary GCM, and reanalysis, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 8166-8184, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50378.
- Randles, C., et al. (2013), Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: Results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer Experiment, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 2347-2379, doi:10.5194/acp-13-2347-2013.
- Wielicki, B., et al. (2013), Achieving Climate Change Absolute Accuracy in Orbit, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 94, 1519-1539, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00149.1.
- Barker, H. W., S. Kato, and T. Wehr (2012), Computation of Solar Radiative Fluxes by 1D and 3D Methods Using Cloudy Atmospheres Inferred from A-train Satellite Data, Surv. Geophys., 33, 657-676, doi:10.1007/s10712-011-9164-9.
- Cheng, A., et al. (2012), Impact of a cloud thermodynamic phase parameterization based on CALIPSO observations on climate simulation, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D09103, doi:10.1029/2011JD017263.
- Stephens, G. L., et al. (2012), An update on Earth’s energy balance in light of the latest global observations, Nature Geoscience, 5, 691-696, doi:10.1038/NGEO1580.
- Stephens, G., et al. (2012), The Global Character of the Flux of Downward Longwave Radiation, J. Climate, 25, 2329-2340, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00262.1.
- Sun, W., et al. (2011), A study of subvisual clouds and their radiation effect with a synergy of CERES, MODIS, CALIPSO, and AIRS data, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D22207, doi:10.1029/2011JD016422.
- Sun, W., et al. (2011), On the consistency of CERES longwave flux and AIRS temperature and humidity profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D17101, doi:10.1029/2011JD016153.
- Saunders, W., et al. (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.
- Dong, X., et al. (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.
- Mace, J., et al. (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.
- Sun, W., N. Loeb, and S. Kato (2004), Estimation of instantaneous TOA albedo at 670 nm over ice clouds from POLDER multidirectional measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D02210, doi:10.1029/2003JD003801.
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