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Dr. Michael King


2005 Science Publications

Baum, B. A., P. Yang, A. J. Heymsfield, S. Platnick, M. D. King, Y. X. Hu, and S. T. Bedka, 2005: Bulk scattering properties for the remote sensing of ice clouds. Part II: Narrowband models. J. Appl. Meteor., Vol. 44, 1896-1911. View the PDF Document

Gatebe, C. K., M. D. King, A. I. Lyapustin, G. T. Arnold, and J. Redemann, 2005: Airborne Spectral Measurements of Ocean Directional Reflectance. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Special Section. Vol. 62, 1072-1092. View the PDF Document

Jin, M., J. M. Shepherd, and M. D. King, 2005: Urban aerosols and their interaction with clouds and rainfall: A case study for New York and Houston. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S20, doi:10.1029/2004JD005081. View the PDF Document

Jin, M. and M. D. King, 2005: Observed Land Impacts on Clouds, Water Vapor, and Rainfall at Continental Scales. (Submitted, Journal of Climate). View the PDF Document

Mace, G. G., Y. Zhang, S. Platnick, M. D. King, P. Minnis, and P. Yang, 2005: Evaluation of cirrus cloud properties derived from MODIS data using cloud properties derived from ground-based observations collected at the ARM SGP site. J. Appl. Meteor., Vol. 44, 221-240. View the PDF Document

Moody, E. G., M. D. King, S. Platnick, C. B. Schaaf, and F. Gao, 2005: Spatially complete global spectral surface albedos: Value-added datasets derived from Terra MODIS land products. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, 144-158. View the PDF Document


2004 Science Publications

Hsu, N. C., S. C. Tsay, M. D. King, and J. R. Herman, 2004: Aerosol retrievals over bright-reflecting source regions. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., Vol. 42, 557-569. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., S. Platnick, P. Yang, G. T. Arnold, M. A. Gray, J. C. Riédi, S. A. Ackerman, and K. N. Liou, 2004: Remote sensing of liquid water and ice cloud optical thickness, and effective radius in the arctic: Application of airborne multispectral MAS data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 857-875. View the PDF Document


2003 Science Publications

Gatebe, C. K., M. D. King, S. Platnick, G. T. Arnold, E. F. Vermote, and B. Schmid, 2003: Airborne spectral measurements of surface-atmosphere anisotropy for several surfaces and ecosystems over southern Africa. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D13), 8489, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002397. 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

King, M. D., S. Platnick, C. C. Moeller, H. E. Revercomb, and D. A. Chu, 2003: Remote sensing of smoke, land and clouds from the NASA ER-2 during SAFARI 2000. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8502, doi: 10.1029/2002JD003207. View the PDF Document

Platnick, S., M. D. King, S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, B. A. Baum, J. C. Riédi, and R. A. Frey, 2003: The MODIS Cloud Products: Algorithms and Examples from Terra. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41, 459-473. View the PDF Document

Swap, R. J., H. J. Annegarn, J. T. Suttles, M. D. King, S. Platnick, J. L. Privette, and R. J. Scholes, 2003: Africa burning: A thematic analysis of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000). J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8465, doi:10.1029/2003JD003747. View the PDF Document


2002 Science Publications

Arnold, G. T., S. C. Tsay, M. D. King, J. Y. Li, and P. F. Soulen, 2002: Airborne spectral measurements of surface-atmosphere anisotropy for arctic sea ice and tundra. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23, 3763-3781. 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

King, M. D., and D. D. Herring, 2002: Overview of research satellites for atmospheric sciences, 1978-present. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, J. R. Holton, J. A. Pyle, and J. A. Curry, Eds., Academic Press, 2038-2047. View the PDF Document

Swap, R. J., H. J. Annegarn, J. T. Suttles, J. Haywood, M. C. Helmlinger, C. Hely, P. V. Hobbs, B. N. Holben, J. Ji, M. D. King, T. Landmann, W. Maenhaut, L. Otter, B. Pak, S. J. Piketh, S. Platnick, J. Privette, D. Roy, A. M. Thompson, D. Ward, and R. Yokelson, 2002: The southern African regional science initiative (SAFARI 2000): Dry-season field campaign: An overview. S. Afr. J. Sci., 98, 125-130. View the PDF Document


2001 Science Publications Gatebe, C. K., M. D. King, S. C. Tsay, Q. Ji, G. T. Arnold, and J. Y. Li, 2001: Sensitivity of Off-Nadir Zenith Angles to Correlation between Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance for Use in Remote Sensing of Aerosol over Land. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39, 805-819. View the PDF Document

Marchand, R. T., T. P. Ackerman, M. D. King, C. Moroney, R., Davies, J. P. Muller, and H. Gerber, 2001: Multi-angle Observations of Arctic Clouds from FIRE ACE: June 3, 1998 Case Study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 15201-15214. View the PDF Document

Platnick, S., J. Y. Li, M. D. King, H. Gerber, and P. V. Hobbs, 2001: A Solar Reflectance Method for Retrieving Cloud Optical Thickness and Droplet Size over Snow and Ice Surfaces. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 15185-15199. View the PDF Document


2000 Science Publications

Baum, B. A., P. F. Soulen, K. I. Strabala, M. D. King, S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, and P. Yang, 2000: Remote Sensing of cloud properties using MODIS Airborne Simulator imagery during SUCCESS   2. Cloud thermodynamic phase. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, No. D9, 11781-11792. View the PDF Document

Curry, J. A. P. V. Hobbs, M. D. King, D. A. Randall, P. Minnis, G. A. Isaac, J. O. Pinto, T. Uttal, A. Bucholtz, D. G. Cripe, H. Gerber, C. W. Fairall, T. J. Garrett, J. Hudson, J. M. Intrieri, C. Jakob, T. Jensen, P. Lawson, D. Marcotte, L. Nguyen, P. Pilewskie, A. Rangno, D. C. Rodgers, K. B. Strawbridge, F. P. J. Valero, A. G. Williams, and D. Wylie, 2000: FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 81, 5-29. View the PDF Document

Dubovik, O., and M. D. King, 2000: A flexible inversion algorithm for retrieval of aerosol optical properties from sun and sky radiance measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 20673-20696. View the PDF Document

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

Durkee, P. A., R. E. Chartier, A. Brown, E. J. Trehubenko, S. D. Rogerson, C. Skupniewicz, K. E. Nielson, S. Platnick, and M. D. King, 2000: Composite Ship Track Characteristics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 2542-2553. View the PDF Document

Herring, D. D., and M. D. King, 2000: Space-based observations of the Earth. Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ed. P. Murdin, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2959-2962. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., and D. D. Herring, 2000: Monitoring Earth's vital signs. Scientific American. 282, 72-77. View the PDF Document

Platnick, S., P. A. Durkee, K. Nielson, J. P. Taylor, S. C. Tsay, M. D. King, R. J. Ferek, P. V. Hobbs, and J. W. Rottman, 2000: The Role of Background Cloud Microphysics in the Radiative Formation of Ship Tracks. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 2607-2624. View the PDF Document

Rolland, P., K. N. Liou, M. D. King, S. C. Tsay, and G. M. McFarquhar, 2000: Remote sensing of optical and microphysical properties of cirrus clouds using MODIS channels: Methodology and sensitivity to assumptions. Journal of Geophysical Research. 105, 11721-11738. View the PDF Document

Soulen, P. F., M. D. King, S. C. Tsay, G. T. Arnold, and J. Y. Li, 2000: Airborne spectral measurements of surface-atmosphere anisotropy during the SCAR-A, Kuwait oil fire, and TARFOX experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 10203-10218. 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

Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, M. D. King, and S. C. Tsay, 1999: Remote Sensing of Cirrus Cloud Parameters based on a 0.63 - 3.7 micron Radiance Correlation Technique applied to AVHRR Data. Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 2439-2440. View the PDF Document

Wan, Z., Y. Zhang, X. Ma, M. D. King, J. S. Myers, and X. Li, 1999: Vicarious calibration of the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Airborne Simulator thermal-infrared channels. Applied Optics, 38, 6294-6306. View the PDF Document


1998 Science Publications

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., 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

King, M. D., S. C. Tsay, S. A. Ackerman, and N. F. Larsen, 1998: Discriminating heavy aerosol, clouds, and fires during SCAR-B: Application of airborne multispectral MAS data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 31989-31999. View the PDF Document

Tsay, S. C., M. D. King, G. T. Arnold, and J. Y. Li, 1998: Airborne spectral measurements of surface anisotropy during SCAR-B. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 31943-31953. View the PDF Document

Wielicki, B. A., B. R. Barkstrom, B. A. Baum, T. P. Charlock, R. N. Green, D. P. Kratz, R. B. Lee, III, P. Minnis, G. L. Smith, T. Wong, D. P. Young, R. D. Cess, J. A. Coakley, Jr., D. A. H. Crommelynck, L. Donner, R. Kandel, M. D. King, A. J. Miller, V. Ramanathan, D. A. Randall, L. L. Stowe, and R. M. Welch, 1998: Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES): Algorithm Overview. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 36, 1127-1141 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

Wang, M., and M. D. King, 1997: Correction of Rayleigh scattering effects in cloud optical thickness retrievals. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 25915-25926. View the PDF Document


1996 Science Publications

King, M. D., W. P. Menzel, P. S. Grant, J. S. Myers, G. T. Arnold, S. Platnick, L. E. Gumley, S. C. Tsay, C. C. Moeller, M. Fitzgerald, K. S. Brown, and F. G. Osterwisch, 1996: Airborne Scanning Spectrometer for Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, Water Vapor, and Surface Properties. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13, 777-794. View the PDF Document

Tsay, S. C., P. M. Gabriel, M. D. King, and G. L. Stephens, 1996: Spectral Reflectance of Atmospheric Energetics in Cirrus-like Clouds. Part II: Application of a Fourier-Riccati Approach to Radiative Transfer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 53, 3450-3467. View the PDF Document


1995 Science Publications

Gumley, L. E., and M. D. King, 1995: Remote Sensing of Flooding in the US Upper Midwest during the Summer of 1993. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 76, 933-943. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., D. D. Herring, and D. J. Diner, 1995: The Earth Observing System (EOS): A Space-based Program for Assessing Mankind's Impact on the Global Environment. Optics & Photonics News, 6, 34-39. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., S. C. Tsay, and S. Platnick, 1995: In Situ Observations of the Indirect Effects of Aerosols on Clouds. Aerosol Forcing of Climate, (227-248). Edited by Charlson & Heintzenberg. New York: John Wiley and Sons. View the PDF Document

Schwartz, S. E., F. Arnold, J. P. Blanchet, P. A. Durkee, D. J. Hofmann, W. A. Hoppel, M. D. King, A. A. Lacis, T. Nakajima, J. A. Ogren, and O. B. Toon, 1995: Group report: Connections between Aerosol Properties and Forcing of Climate. Aerosol Forcing of Climate, (251-280). Edited by Charlson & Heintzenberg. New York: John Wiley and Sons. View the PDF Document

Wielicki, B. A., R. D. Cess, M. D. King, D. A. Randall, and E. F. Harrison, 1995: Mission to Planet Earth: Role of Clouds and Radiation in Climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 76, 2125-2153. View the PDF Document


1994 Science Publications

Price, R. D., M. D. King, J. T. Dalton, K. S. Pedelty, P. E. Ardanuy, and M. K. Hobish, 1994: Earth Science Data for All: EOS and the EOS Data and Information System. Peer Reviewed Article, 277-285. View the PDF Document


1993 Science Publications

Harshvardhan, and M. D. King, 1993: Comparative Accuracy of Diffuse Radiative Properties Computed Using Selected Multiple Scattering Approximations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50, 247-259. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., 1993: Radiative Properties of Clouds. Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions, Chapter 5, 123-160. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., L. F. Radke, and P. V. Hobbs, 1993: Optical Properties of Marine Stratocumulus Clouds Modified by Ships. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 2729-2739. View the PDF Document


1992 Science Publications

King, M. D., 1992: Directional and Spectral Reflectance of the Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 14545-14549. View the PDF Document

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

Nakajima, T., and M. D. King, 1992: Asymptotic theory for optically thick layers: Application to the discrete ordinates method. Applied Optics, 31, 7669-7683. View the PDF Document


1991 Science Publications

Nakajima, T., M. D. King, J. D. Spinhirne, and L. F. Radke, 1991 Determination of the Optical Thickness and Effective Particle Radius of Clouds from Reflected Solar Radiation Measurements. Part II: Marine Stratocumulus Observations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48, 728-750. View the PDF Document


1990 Science Publications

King, M. D., L. F. Radke, and P. V. Hobbs, 1990: Determination of the Spectral Absorption of Solar Radiation by Marine Stratocumulus Clouds from Airborne Measurements within Clouds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47, 894-907. View the PDF Document

Nakajima, T., and M. D. King, 1990: Determination of the Optical Thickness and Effective Particle Radius of Clouds from Reflected Solar Radiation Measurements. Part I: Theory. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47, 1878-1893. View the PDF Document


1989 Science Publications

Radke, L. F., J. A. Coakley, Jr., and M. D. King, 1989: Direct and Remote Sensing Observations of the Effects of Ships on Clouds. Science, 246, 1146-1149. View the PDF Document


1987 Science Publications

King, M. D., 1987: Determination of the Scaled Optical Thickness of Clouds from Reflected Solar Radiation Measurements. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 44, 1734-1751. View the PDF Document


1986 Science Publications

ERBE Science Team, 1986: First Data from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 67, 818-824. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., and Harshvardhan, 1986: Comparitive Accuracy of Selected Multiple Scattering Approximations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 43, 784-801. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., M. G. Strange, P. Leone, and L. R. Blaine, 1986: Multiwavelength Scanning Radiometer for Airborne Measurements of Scattered Radiation within Clouds. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 3, 513-522. View the PDF Document


1985 Science Publications

Spinhirne, J. D., and M. D. King, 1985: Latitudinal Variation of Spectral Optical Thickness and Columnar Size Distribution of the El Chichon Stratospheric Aerosol Layer. Journal of Geophysical Research, 90, 10607-10619. View the PDF Document


1984 Science Publications

King, M. D., Harshvardhan, and A. Arking, 1984: A Model of the Radiative Properties of the El Chicon Stratospheric Aerosol Layer. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, 23, 1121-1137. View the PDF Document


1983 Science Publications

King, M. D., 1983: Number of Terms Required in the Fourier Expansion of the Reflection Function for Optically Thick Atmospheres. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 30, 143-161. View the PDF Document


1982 Science Publications

King, M. D., 1982: Sensitivity of Constrained Linear Inversions to the Selection of the Lagrange Multiplier. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 39, 1356-1369. View the PDF Document


1981 Science Publications

King, M. D., 1981: A Method for Determining the Single Scattering Albedo of Clouds through Observation of the Internal Scattered Radiation Field. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 38, 2031-2044. View the PDF Document


1980 Science Publications

King, M. D., D. M. Byrne, J. A. Reagan, and B. M. Herman, 1980: Spectral Variation of Optical Depth at Tucson, Arizona between August 1975 and November 1977. Journal of the Applied Meteorology, 19, 723-732. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., and R. J. Curran, 1980: The Effect of a Nonuniform Planetary Albedo on the Interpretation of Earth Radiation Budget Observations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 37, 1262-1278. View the PDF Document

Reagan, J. A., D. M. Byrne, M. D. King, J. D. Spinhirne, and B. M. Herman, 1980: Determination of the Complex Refractive Index and Size Distribution of Atmospheric Particulates from Bistatic-Monosatic Lidar and Solar Radiometer Measurements. Journal of the Geophysical Research, 85, 1591-1599. View the PDF Document


1979 Science Publications

King, M. D., and B. M. Herman, 1979: Determination of the Ground Albedo and the Index of Absorption of Atmospheric Particulates by Remote Sensing. Part I: Theory Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 36, 164-173. View the PDF Document

King, M. D., 1979: Determination of the Ground Albedo and the Index of Absorption of Atmospheric Particulates by Remote Sensing. Part II: Application Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 36, 1072-1083. View the PDF Document


1978 Science Publications

King, M. D., D. M. Byrne, B. M. Herman, and J. A. Reagan, 1978: Aerosol Size Distributions Obtained by Inversion of Spectral Optical Depth Measurements. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 35, 2153-2167. View the PDF Document


1976 Science Publications

King, M. D., and D. M. Byrne, 1976: A Method for Inferring Total Ozone Content from the Spectral Variation of Total Optical Depth Obtained with a Solar Radiometer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 33, 2242-2251. View the PDF Document