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Dr. Si-Chee Tsay


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


2003 Science Publications

Campbell, J. R., E. J. Welton, J. D. Spinhirne, Q. Ji, S. C. Tsay, S. J. Piketh, M. Barenbrug, and B. N. Holben, 2003: Micropulse lidar observations of tropospheric aerosols over northeastern South Africa during the ARREX and SAFARI 2000 dry season experiments. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D13, 8497, doi:10.1029/2002JD002563, 2003. View the PDF Document

Christopher, S. A., J. Wang, Q. Ji, and S. C. Tsay, 2003: Estimation of diurnal shortwave dust aerosol radiative forcing during PRIDE. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D19, 8596, doi:10.1029/2002JD002787, 2003. View the PDF Document

Hansell, R. A., S. C. Tsay, Q. Ji, K. N. Liou, and S. C. Ou, 2003: Surface aerosol radiative forcing derived from collocated ground-based radiometric observations during PRIDE, SAFARI, and ACE-Asia. Applied Optics, Vol. 42, No. 27, 5533-5544. View the PDF Document

Hsu, N. C., J. R. Herman, and S. C. Tsay, 2003: Radiative impacts from biomass burning in the presence of clouds during boreal spring in southeast Asia. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 30, No. 5, 1224, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016485. View the PDF Document

Pilewskie, P., J. Pommier, R. Bergstrom, W. Gore, S. Howard, M. Rabbette, B. Schmid, P. V. Hobbs, and S. C. Tsay, 2003: Solar spectral radiative forcing during the Southern African Regional Science Initiative. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D13, 8486, doi:10.1029/2002JD002411, 2003. View the PDF Document

Reid, J. S., J. E. Kinney, D. L. Westphal, B. N. Holben, E. J. Welton, S. C. Tsay, D. P. Eleuterio, J. R. Campbell, S. A. Christopher, P. R. Colarco, H. H. Jonsson, J. M. Livingston, H. B. Maring, M. L. Meier, P. Pilewskie, J. M. Prospero, E. A. Reid, L. A. Remer, P. B. Russell, D. L. Savoie, A. Smirnov, and D. Tanre´, 2003: Analysis of measurements of Saharan dust by airborne and groundbased remote sensing methods during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE). J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D19, 8586, doi:10.1029/2002JD002493, 2003. View the PDF Document

Reid, J. S., H. H. Jonsson, H. B. Maring, A. Smirnov, D. L. Savoie, S. S. Cliff, E. A. Reid, J. M. Livingston, M. M. Meier, O. Dubovik, and S. C. Tsay, 2003: Comparison of size and morphological measurements of coarse mode dust particles from Africa. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D19, 8593, doi:10.1029/2002JD002485, 2003. View the PDF Document

Stamnes, K., B. Yan, W. Li, J. J. Stamnes, and S. C. Tsay, 2003: Pitfalls in atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: how should aerosol optical properties be computed?. Applied Optics, Vol. 42, No. 3, 545-549. View the PDF Document

Yang, P., B. A. Baum, A. J. Heymsfield, Y. X. Hu, H. L. Huang, S. C. Tsay, and S. A. Ackerman, 2003: Single-scattering properties of droxtals. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 79-80 (2003), 1159-1169. 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

Lin, P. H., M. D. Chou, Q. Ji, and S. C. Tsay, 2002: Clear-sky surface solar radiation during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment. Terrestrial, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Sciences, Vol. 13, No. 2, 185-195. View the PDF Document

Yan, B., K. Stamnes, W. Li, B. Chen, J. J. Stamnes, and S. C. Tsay, 2002: Pitfalls in atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: how should aerosol optical properties be computed? Applied Optics, Vol. 41, No. 3, 412-423. View the PDF Document

Yang, P., B. C. Gao, W. J. Wiscombe, M. I. Mishchenko, S. E. Platnick, H. H. Huang, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, D. M. Winker, S. C. Tsay, and S. K. Park, 2002: Inherent and apparent scattering properties of coated or uncoated spheres embedded in an absorbing host medium. Applied Optics, Vol. 41, No. 15, 2740-2759. View the PDF Document


2001 Science Publications

Cahalan, R. F., L. Oreopoulos, G. Wen, A. Marshak, S. C. Tsay, & T. DeFelice, 2001: Cloud characterization and clear-sky correction from Landsat-7. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol.78 (2001), 83–98. View the PDF Document

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

Yang, P., B. C. Gao, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, W. J. Wiscombe, S. C. Tsay, D. M. Winker, and S. L. Nasiri, 2001: Radiative properties of cirrus clouds in the infrared (8–13 µm) spectral region Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 70 (2001), 473-504. View the PDF Document


2000 Science Publications

Baum, B. A., D. P. Kratz, P. Yang, S. C. Ou, Y. Hu, P. F. Soulen, and S. C. Tsay, 2000: Remote Sensing of cloud properties using MODIS Airborne Simulator imagery during SUCCESS   1. Data and models. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, No. D9, 11767-11780. View the PDF Document

Hu, Y. X., B. Wielicki, B. Lin, G. Gibson, S. C. Tsay, K. Stamnes, T. Wong, 2000: d-Fit: A fast and accurate treatment of particle scattering phase functions with weighted singular-value decomposition least-squares fitting. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 65 (2000), 681-690. View the PDF Document

Ji, Q., and S. C. Tsay, 2000: On the Dome Effect of Eppley Pyrgeometers and Pyranometers. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 971-974. View the PDF Document

Lau, K. M., Y. Ding, J. T. Wang, R. Johnson,T. Keenan, R. Cifelli, J. Gerlach, O. Thiele, T. Rickenbach, S. C. Tsay, and P. H. Lin, 2000: A Report of the Field Operations and Early Results of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 81, No. 6, 1261-1270. 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

Chou, M. D., K. T. Lee, S. C. Tsay, and Q. Fu, 1999: Parameterization for Cloud Longwave Scattering for Use in Atmospheric Models. Journal of Climate, 12, 159-169. 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

Wen, G., S. C. Tsay, R. F. Cahalan, and L. Oreopoulos, 1999: Path radiance technique for retrieving aerosol optical thickness over land. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 31321-31,332. View the PDF Document


1998 Science Publications

Ackerman, S. A., C. C. Moeller, K. I. Strabala, H. E. Gerber, L. E. Gumley, W. P. Menzel, and S. C. Tsay, 1998: Retrieval of effective microphysical properties of clouds: A wave cloud case study. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 25, No. 8, 1121-1124. View the PDF Document

Gao, B. C., W. Han, S. C. Tsay, and N. F. Larsen, 1998: Cloud Detection over the Arctic Region using Airborne Imaging Spectrometer Data during the Daytime. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 37, 1421-1429. 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

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


1996 Science Publications

King, M. D., W. P. Menzel, P. S. Grant, J. S. Myers, G. T. Arnold, S. E. 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

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

Kylling, A., K. Stamnes, and S. C. Tsay, 1995: A Reliable and Efficient Two-Stream Algorithm for Spherical Radiative Transfer: Documentation of Accuracy in Realistic Layered Media. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 21, 115-150. View the PDF Document

Schmidt, E. O., R. F. Arduini, B. A. Wielicki, R. S. Stone, and S. C. Tsay, 1995: Considerations for Modeling Thin Cirrus Effects via Brightness Temperature Differences. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, 447-459. View the PDF Document


1994 Science Publications

Baum, B. A., R. F. Arduini, B. A. Wielicki, P. Minnis, and S. C. Tsay, 1994: Multilevel cloud retrieval using multispectral HIRS and AVHRR data: Nighttime oceanic analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 5499-5514. View the PDF Document

Jin, Z., K. Stamnes, W. F. Weeks, and S. C. Tsay, 1994: The effect of sea ice on the solar energy budget in the atmosphere-sea-ice-ocean system: A model study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 25281-25294. View the PDF Document


1993 Science Publications

Gabriel, P. M., S. C. Tsay, and G. L. Stephens, 1993: A Fourier-Riccati Approach to Radiative Transfer. Part I: Foundations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50, 3125-3147. View the PDF Document


1992 Science Publications

Tsay, S. C., and K. Stamnes, 1992: Ultraviolet Radiation in the Arctic: The Impact of Potential Ozone Depletions and Cloud Effects Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 7829-7840. View the PDF Document


1991 Science Publications

Stephens, G. L., P. M. Gabriel, and S. C. Tsay, 1991: Statistical Radiative Transport in One-Dimensional Media and its Application to the Terrestrial Atmosphere Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 20, 139-175. View the PDF Document

Tsay, S. C., G. L. Stephens, and T. J. Greenwald, 1991: An Investigation of Aerosol Microstructure on Visual Air Quality Atmospheric Environment, 25, 1039-1053. View the PDF Document


1990 Science Publications

Stamnes, K., and S. C. Tsay, 1990: Optimum Spectral Resolution for Computing Atmospheric Heating and Photodissociation Rates Planet. Space Sci., 38, 807-820. View the PDF Document

Stephens, G. L., S. C. Tsay, P. W. Stackhouse, and P. J. Flatau, 1990: The Relevance of the Microphysical and Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds to Climate and Climatic Feedback Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47, 1742-1753. View the PDF Document

Stephens, G. L., and S. C. Tsay, 1990: On the cloud absorption anomaly Q. J. R. Meteorological Society, Vol. 116, 671-704. View the PDF Document

Tsay, S. C., K. Stamnes, and K. Jayaweera, 1990: Radiative Transfer in Stratified Atmospheres: Development and Verification of a Unified Model J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 43, 133-148. View the PDF Document


1989 Science Publications

Tsay, S. C., K. Stamnes, and K. Jayaweera, 1989: Radiative Energy Budget in the Cloudy and Hazy Arctic Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 46, 1002-1018. View the PDF Document


1988 Science Publications

Stamnes, K., S. C. Tsay, and T. Nakajima, 1988: Computation of Eigenvalues and Eignvectors for the Discrete Ordinate and Matrix Operator Methods in Radiative Transfer J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 39, 415-419. View the PDF Document

Stamnes, K., S. C. Tsay, W. Wiscombe, and K. Jayaweera, 1988: Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media Applied Optics, 27, 2502-2509. View the PDF Document


1984 Science Publications

Tsay, S. C., and K. Jayaweera, 1984: Physical Characteristics of Arctic Stratus Clouds Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, 23, 584-596. View the PDF Document


1983 Science Publications

Tsay, S. C., K. Jayaweera, and K. Stamnes, 1983: Dependence of Radiative Properties of Arctic Stratus Clouds on Cloud Microstructure Geophysical Research Letters, 10, 1188-1191. View the PDF Document