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2009 Science Publications

Eichler, H., K. S. Schmidt, R. Buras, M. Wendisch, B. Mayer, P. Pilewskie, M. D. King, L. Tian, G. Heymsfield, and S. Platnick, 2009: Cirrus spatial heterogeneity versus ice crystal shape: Effects on remote sensing of cirrus optical thickness and effective crystal radius. J. Geophys. Res. (In Review) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

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 MODIS infrared-based cirrus cloud retrieval. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 48, 818-832. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Gatebe, C. K., O. Dubovik, M. D. King, and A. Sinyuk, 2009: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface optical properties from combined airborne- and ground-based direct and diffuse radiometric measurements. Atmos. Chem. Phys. (In Review) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Remote Sensing, Surface Properties]

Georgiev, G. T., C. K. Gatebe, J. J. Butler, and M. D. King, 2009: BRDF analysis of savanna vegetation and sal-pan samples. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 47, 2546-2556. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Solar Radiation, Surface Properties]

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. Clim., 48, 1591-1612. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds]

King, M. D., S. Platnick, G. Wind, G. T. Arnold, and R. T. Dominguez, 2009: Remote sensing of the radiative and microphysical properties of clouds during TC4: Results from MAS, MASTER, MODIS, and MISR. J. Geophys. Res. (In Review) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Lyapustin, A., C. K. Gatebe, R. Kahn, R. Brandt, J. Redemann, P. Russell, M. D. King, C. A. Pedersen, S. Gerland, R. Poudyal, A. Marshak, Y. Wang, C. Schaaf, D. Hall, and A. Kokhanovsky, 2009: Analysis of snow BRF from ARCTAS Spring-2008 campaign. Atmos. Chem. Phys. (In Review) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Remote Sensing, Surface Properties]

Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, B. Mayer, M. Wendisch. B. Kindel, S. Platnick, M. D. King, G. Wind, G. T. Arnold, L. Tian, G. Heymsfield, and H. Eichler, 2009: Apparent and real absorption of solar spectral irradiance in heterogeneous ice clouds. J. Geophys. Res. (In Review) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Wind, G., S. Platnick, M. D. King, P. A. Hubanks, M. J. Pavolonis, A. K. Heidinger, P. Yang, and B. A. Baum, 2009: Multilayer cloud detection with the MODIS near-infrared water vapor absorption band. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. (In Review) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Zhang, Z., P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, J. Riedi, L. C. Labonnote, B. A. Baum, S. Platnick, and H. L. Huang, 2009: Influence of ice particle model on satellite ice cloud retrieval: lessons learned from MODIS and POLDER cloud product comparison. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 7115-7129. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]