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Dr. Yoram Kaufman

2005 Science Publications

Chu, D. A., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, B. Schmid, J. Redemann, K. Knobelspiesse, J.-D. Chern, J. Livingston, P. Russell, X. Xiong, W. Ridgway, 2005: Evaluation of aerosol properties over ocean from MODIS during ACE-Asia. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D07308, doi:10.1029/2004JD005208. View the PDF Document

Kaufman Y. J., I. Koren, L. A. Remer, D. Rosenfeld, and Y. Rudich, 2005: The Effect of Smoke, Dust and Pollution Aerosol on Shallow Cloud Development over the Atlantic Ocean. (Submitted to IEEE ). View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., I. Koren, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre´, P. Ginoux, and S. Fan, 2005: Dust transport and deposition observed from the Terra-Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) spacecraft over the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 110, D24202, D10S12, doi:10.1029/2003JD004436, 2005. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., L. A. Remer, D. Tanré, R.-R. Li, R. Kleidman, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, T. Eck, B.N. Holben, C. Ichoku, V. Martins, and I. Koren, 2005: A critical examination of the residual cloud contamination and diurnal sampling effects on MODIS estimates of aerosol over ocean. (Accepted to PNAS). View the PDF Document

Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, S. Mattoo, D. A. Chu, J. V. Martins, R-R. Li, C. Ichoku, R. C. Levy, R. G. Kleidman, T. F. Eck, E. Vermote, & B. N. Holben, 2005: The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products and Validation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Special Section. Vol 62, 947-973. View the PDF Document


2004 Science Publications

Edwards, D. P., L. K. Emmons, D. A. Hauglustaine, D. A. Chu, J. C. Gille, Y. J. Kaufman, G. Pe´tron, L. N. Yurganov, L. Giglio, M. N. Deeter, V. Yudin, D. C. Ziskin, J. Warner, J.-F. Lamarque, G. L. Francis, S. P. Ho, D. Mao, J. Chen, E. I. Grechko, and J. R. Drummond, 2004: Observations of carbon monoxide and aerosols from the Terra satellite: Northern Hemisphere variability. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, D24202, doi:10.1029/2004JD004727, 2004. View the PDF Document

Koren, I., and Y. J. Kaufman, 2004: Direct wind measurements of Saharan dust events from Terra and Aqua satellites. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, L06122, doi:10.1029/2003GL019338, 2004. View the PDF Document

Koren, I., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and J. V. Martins, 2004: Measurement of the Effect of Amazon Smoke on Inhibition of Cloud Formation. Science, Vol. 303, 1342-1345. View the PDF Document


2003 Science Publications

Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, G. Zibordi, J. D. Chern, J. Mao, C. Li, and B. N. Holben, 2003: Global Monitoring of Air Pollution over Land from EOS-Terra MODIS. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D21), 4661, doi: 10.1029/2002JD003179, 2003. View the PDF Document

Gao, B. C., and Y. J. Kaufman, 2003: Water vapor retrievals using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) near-infrared channels. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D13, 4389, doi:10.1029/2002JD003023. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanré, J. Léon, and J. Pelon, 2003: Retrievals of Profiles of Fine and Coarse Aerosols Using Lidar and Radiometric Space Measurements. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 41, No. 8, 1743-1754. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., J. Haywood, P. Hobbs, W. Hart, R. Kleidman, and B. Schmid, 2003: Remote sensing of vertical distributions of smoke aerosol off the coast of Africa. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 30, No. 16, 1831, doi:10.1029/2003GL017068. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., I. Koren, L. Remer, D. Tanré, P. Ginoux, and S. Fan, 2003: Dust transport and deposition observed from the Terra-MODIS spacecraft over the Atlantic Ocean. (Submitted). View the PDF Document

King, M. D., W. P. Menzel, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, B. C. Gao, S. Platnick, S. A. Ackerman, L. A. Remer, R. Pincus, and P. A. Hubanks, 2003: Cloud and Aerosol Properties, Precipitable Water, and Profiles of Temperature and Humidity from MODIS. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 442-458. View the PDF Document

Li, R. R., Y. J. Kaufman, B. C. Gao, and C. O. Davis, 2003: Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediments and Shallow Coastal Waters. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 41, No. 3, 559-566. View the PDF Document


2002 Science Publications

Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, L. A. Remer, D. Tanré, and B. N. Holben, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval over land. Geophysical Research Letter, Vol. 29, No. 12, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013205. View the PDF Document

Dubovik, O., B. N. Holben, T. F. Eck, A. Smirnov, Y. J. Kaufman, M. D. King, D. Tanré, and I. Slutsker, 2002: Variability of absorption and optical properties of key aerosol types observed in worldwide locations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , 59, 590-608. View the PDF Document

Gao, B. C., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, and R. R. Li, 2002: Distinguishing tropospheric aerosols from thin cirrus clouds for improved aerosol retrievals using the ratio of 1.38-µm and 1.24-µm channels. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 18, 1890, doi:10.1029/2002GL015475 View the PDF Document

Ichoku, C., D. A. Chu, S. Mattoo, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, D. Tanré, I. Slutsker, and B. N. Holben, 2002: A spatio-temporal approach for global validation and analysis of MODIS aerosol products. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 12, doi:10.1029/2001GL013206 View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, and B. N. Holben, 2002: Remote sensing of non-aerosol absorption in cloud free atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 18, 1857, doi:10.1029/2001GL014399. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., N. Gobron, B. Pinty, J. L. Widlowski, and M. M. Verstraete, 2002: Relationship between surface reflectance in the visible and mid-IR used in MODIS aerosol algorithm - theory. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 23, 2116, doi:10.1029/2001GL014492. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., R. G. Kleidman, D. K. Hall, J. V. Martins, and J. S. Barton, 2002: Remote sensing of subpixel snow cover using 0.66 and 2.1 µm channels. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 16, doi:10.1029/2001GL013580. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, M. R. Schoeberl, and M. A. Yamasoe, 2002: Satellite retrieval of aerosol absorption over the oceans using sunglint. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 19. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanré, and O. Boucher, 2002: A satellite view of aerosols in the climate system. Nature, Vol. 419, 215-223. View the PDF Document

Martins, J. V., D. Tanré, L. Remer, Y. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, and R. Levy, 2002: MODIS Cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosols over oceans using spatial variability. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 12, doi:10.1029/2001GL013252. View the PDF Document

Remer, L. A., D. Tanré, Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, D. A. Chu, B. Holben, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, J. V. Martins, R. R. Li, and Z. Ahmad, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29, No. 12, doi:10.1029/2001GL013204. View the PDF Document


2001 Science Publications

Feingold, G., L. A. Remer, J. Ramaprasad, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2001: Analysis of smoke impact on clouds in Brazilian biomass burning regions: An extension of Twomey’s approach. Vol. 106, No. D19, Pages 22907–22922. View the PDF Document

Gao, Y., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, D. Kolber, and P. G. Falkowski, 2001: Seasonal Distributions of Aeolian Iron Fluxes to the Global Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28, No. 1, Pages 29-32. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., A. Smirnov, B. N. Holben, and O. Dubovik, 2001: Baseline maritime aerosol: methodology to derive the optical thickness and scattering properties. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28, No. 17, Pages 3251-3254. View the PDF Document

Remer, L. A., A. E. Wald, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2001: Angular and Seasonal Variation of Spectral Surface Reflectance Ratios: Implications for the Remote Sensing of Aerosol Over Land. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39, 275-283. View the PDF Document


2000 Science Publications

Dubovik, O., A. Smirnov, B. N. Holben, M. D. King, Y. J. Kaufman, T. F. Eck, and I. Slutsker, 2000: Accuracy assessments of aerosol optical properties retrieved from AERONET sun and sky-radiance measurements. J.Geophys. Res., 105, 9791-9806. View the PDF Document

Karnieli, A., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and A. Wald, 2000: AFRI — aerosol free vegetation index. Remote Sensing of Environment, 77, 10-21. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., B. N. Holben, D. Tanré, I. Slutsker, A. Smirnov, and T. F. Eck 2000: Will aerosol measurements from Terra and Aqua polar orbiting satellites represent the daily aerosol abundance and properties? Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, No. 23, 3861-3864. View the PDF Document


1999 Science Publications

King, M. D., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, and T. Nakajima, 1999: Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosols from Space: Past, Present, and Future. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 80, 2229–2259. View the PDF Document


1998 Science Publications

Kaufman, Y. J., D. D. Herring, K. J. Ranson, and G. J. Collatz, 1998: Earth Observing System AM1 Mission to Earth. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 36, 1045-1055. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., P. V. Hobbs, V. W. J. H. Kirchhoff, P. Artaxo, L. A. Remer, B. N. Holben, M. D. King, D. E. Ward, E. M. Prins, K. M. Longo, L. F. Mattos, C. A. Nobre, J. D. Spinhirne, Q. Ji, A. M. Thompson, J. F. Gleason, S. A. Christopher, and S. C. Tsay, 1998: Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation - Brazil (SCAR-B) experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 31783-31808. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., C. Justice, L. Flynn, J. Kendall, E. Prins, D. E. Ward, W. P. Menzel, and A. Setzer, 1998: Monitoring Global Fires from EOS-MODIS. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 32215-32238. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., R. G. Kleidman, and M. D. King, 1998: SCAR-B fires in the tropics: Properties and remote sensing from EOS-MODIS. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 31955-31968. View the PDF Document


1997 Science Publications

Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanré, H. R. Gordon, T. Nakajima, J. Lenoble, R. Frouin, H. Grassl, B. M. Herman, M. D. King, and P. M. Teillet, 1997: Passive remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol and atmospheric correction for the aerosol effect. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 16815-16830. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanré, L. A. Remer, E. F. Vermote, A. Chu, and B. N. Holben, 1997: Operational remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol over land from EOS moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 17051-17068. View the PDF Document

Kaufman, Y. J., A. E. Wald, L. A. Remer, B. C. Gao, R. R. Li, and L. Flynn, 1997: The MODIS 2.1 µm Channel - Correlation with Visible Reflectance for use in Remote Sensing of Aerosol. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 35, 1286-1298. View the PDF Document

Vermote, E., N. El Saleous, Y. J. Kaufman, and E. Dutton, 1997: Data Pre-processing: Stratospheric Aerosol Perturbing Effect on the Remote Sensing of Vegetation: Correction Method for the Composite NDVI after the Pinatubo Eruption. Remote Sensing Reviews, 15, 7-21. View the PDF Document

Vermote, E. F., N. El Saleous, C. O. Justice, Y. J. Kaufman, J. L. Privette, L. A. Remer, J. C. Roger, and D. Tanré, 1997: Atmospheric correction of visible to middle-infrared EOS-MODIS data over land surfaces: Background, operational algorithm and validation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 17131-17141. View the PDF Document


1995 Science Publications

Vermote, E., and Y. J. Kaufman, 1995: Absolute calibration of AVHRR visible and near-infrared channels using ocean and cloud views. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16, 2317-2340. View the PDF Document


1992 Science Publications

King, M. D., Y. J. Kaufman, W. P. Menzel, and D. Tanré, 1992: Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, and Water Vapor Properties from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS). IEEE Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 30, 1-27. View the PDF Document