selected publications

• chapter

  • Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on Terra and Aqua Missions.  53-89. 2016
  • Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Clouds from Space using Backscattering and Thermal Emission Techniques.  231-257. 2011
  • Radiative Forcing of Climate.  41-68. 1990

• conference proceeding

  • THE EFFECT OF INCIDENT LIGHT POLARIZATION ON VEGETATION BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE FACTOR.  1652-1655. 2010
  • Comparison between laboratory and airborne BRDF measurements for remote sensing.  Proceedings of SPIE. 2006
  • An initial analysis of the pixel-level uncertainties in global MODIS cloud optical thickness and effective particle size retrievals.  Proceedings of SPIE. 30-40. 2004
  • Effect of water vapor absorption on integrating sphere output radiance and consequences for instrument calibration.  Proceedings of SPIE. 197-205. 1996
  • MODIS airborne simulator radiometric calibration.  Proceedings of SPIE. 56-66. 1996
  • STATUS AND CALIBRATION OF THE MODIS AIRBORNE SIMULATOR FOR EARTH REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS.  91-101. 1994
  • Group report: Connections between aerosol properties and forcing of climate.  251-280. 1994
  • In situ observations of the indirect effects of aerosols on clouds.  227-248. 1994
  • REMOTE-SENSING OF CLOUD, AEROSOL AND WATER-VAPOR PROPERTIES FROM THE MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER (MODIS).  253-285. 1990

• journal article

  • A fast vector radiative transfer model for the atmosphere-ocean coupled system.  Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 2019
  • Ice Cloud Optical Thickness, Effective Radius, And Ice Water Path Inferred From Fused MISR and MODIS Measurements Based on a Pixel-Level Optimal Ice Particle Roughness Model.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 12126-12140. 2019
  • Inference of an Optimal Ice Particle Model through Latitudinal Analysis of MISR and MODIS Data.  Remote Sensing. 2018
  • Improvement of the Simulation of Cloud Longwave Scattering in Broadband Radiative Transfer Models.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2217-2233. 2018
  • Validation of quasi-invariant ice cloud radiative quantities with MODIS satellite-based cloud property retrievals.  Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 47-57. 2017
  • A comparison of Aqua MODIS ice and liquid water cloud physical and optical properties between collection 6 and collection 5.1: Cloud radiative effects.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 4550-4564. 2017
  • A comparison of Aqua MODIS ice and liquid water cloud physical and optical properties between collection 6 and collection 5.1: Pixel-to-pixel comparisons.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 4528-4549. 2017
  • Ice particle morphology and microphysical properties of cirrus clouds inferred from combined CALIOP-IIR measurements.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 4440-4462. 2017
  • Referee Comment 2017
  • The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 502-525. 2017
  • The spectral signature of cloud spatial structure in shortwave irradiance.  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 13791-13806. 2016
  • Airborne spectral BRDF of various surface types (ocean, vegetation, snow, desert, wetlands, cloud decks, smoke layers) for remote sensing applications.  Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal. 131-148. 2016
  • The spectral signature of cloud spatial structure in shortwave irradiance.  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions. 2016
  • Review 2016
  • Ice cloud backscatter study and comparison with CALIPSO and MODIS satellite data.  Optics Express. 620-636. 2016
  • Degree of ice particle surface roughness inferred from polarimetric observations.  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 7545-7558. 2016
  • Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Clouds Observed by MODIS Onboard the Terra and Aqua Satellites.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 3826-3852. 2013
  • Simulations of Infrared Radiances over a Deep Convective Cloud System Observed during TC4: Potential for Enhancing Nocturnal Ice Cloud Retrievals.  Remote Sensing. 3022-3054. 2012
  • Taking the pulse of pyrocumulus clouds.  Atmospheric Environment. 121-130. 2012
  • Variability in surface BRDF at different spatial scales (30 m-500 m) over a mixed agricultural landscape as retrieved from airborne and satellite spectral measurements.  Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal. 2184-2203. 2011
  • Solar spectral absorption by marine stratus clouds: Measurements and modeling.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2011
  • Multilayer Cloud Detection with the MODIS Near-Infrared Water Vapor Absorption Band.  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 2315-2333. 2010
  • Apparent absorption of solar spectral irradiance in heterogeneous ice clouds.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
  • Remote sensing of radiative and microphysical properties of clouds during TC4: Results from MAS, MASTER, MODIS, and MISR.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
  • Analysis of snow bidirectional reflectance from ARCTAS Spring-2008 Campaign.  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 4359-4375. 2010
  • Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface optical properties from combined airborne- and ground-based direct and diffuse radiometric measurements.  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2777-2794. 2010
  • BRDF Analysis of Savanna Vegetation and Salt-Pan Samples.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 2546-2556. 2009
  • MODIS-Derived Spatially Complete Surface Albedo Products: Spatial and Temporal Pixel Distribution and Zonal Averages.  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 2879-2894. 2008
  • Northern Hemisphere five-year average (2000-2004) spectral albedos of surfaces in the presence of snow: Statistics computed from Terra MODIS land products.  Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal. 337-345. 2007
  • Characterization of errors in the use of integrating-sphere systems in the calibration of scanning radiometers.  Applied Optics. 7640-7651. 2007
  • High cloud properties from three years of MODIS Terra and Aqua collection-4 data over the Tropics.  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 1840-1856. 2007
  • Differences between collection 4 and 5 MODIS ice cloud optical/microphysical products and their impact on radiative forcing simulations.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 2886-2899. 2007
  • Yoram J. Kaufman - 1948-2006 - Obituary.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1767-1768. 2006
  • Deep blue retrievals of Asian aerosol properties during ACE-Asia.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 3180-3195. 2006
  • Comparison of near-infrared and thermal infrared cloud phase detections.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2006
  • Sua Pan surface bidirectional reflectance: A case study to evaluate the effect of atmospheric correction on the surface products of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) during SAFARI 2000.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 1699-1706. 2006
  • Bulk scattering properties for the remote sensing of ice clouds. Part II: Narrowband models.  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 1896-1911. 2005
  • Urban aerosols and their variations with clouds and rainfall: A case study for New York and Houston.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2005
  • Airborne spectral measurements of ocean directional reflectance.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1072-1092. 2005
  • Evaluation of cirrus cloud properties derived from MODIS data using cloud properties derived from ground-based observations collected at the ARM SGP site.  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 221-240. 2005
  • Spatially complete global spectral surface albedos: Value-added datasets derived from terra MODIS land products.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 144-158. 2005
  • Remote sensing of liquid water and ice cloud optical thickness and effective radius in the Arctic: Application of airborne multispectral MAS data.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 857-875. 2004
  • Aerosol properties over bright-reflecting source regions.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 557-569. 2004
  • Africa burning: A thematic analysis of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000).  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
  • Remote sensing of smoke, land, and clouds from the NASA ER-2 during SAFARI 2000.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
  • Airborne spectral measurements of surface-atmosphere anisotropy for several surfaces and ecosystems over southern Africa.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
  • Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 442-458. 2003
  • The MODIS cloud products: Algorithms and examples from Terra.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 459-473. 2003
  • Airborne spectral measurements of surface-atmosphere anisotropy for arctic sea ice and tundra.  International Journal of Remote Sensing. 3763-3781. 2002
  • The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000): overview of the dry season field campaign.  South African Journal of Science. 125-130. 2002
  • Variability of absorption and optical properties of key aerosol types observed in worldwide locations.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 590-608. 2002
  • A solar reflectance method for retrieving the optical thickness and droplet size of liquid water clouds over snow and ice surfaces.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 15185-15199. 2001
  • Multiangle observations of Arctic clouds from FIRE ACE: June 3, 1998, case study.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 15201-15214. 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. 805-819. 2001
  • A flexible inversion algorithm for retrieval of aerosol optical properties from Sun and sky radiance measurements.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 20673-20696. 2000
  • Composite ship track characteristics.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2542-2553. 2000
  • The role of background cloud microphysics in the radiative formation of ship tracks.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2607-2624. 2000
  • Remote sensing of cloud properties using MODIS airborne simulator imagery during SUCCESS 2. Cloud thermodynamic phase.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 11781-11792. 2000
  • Remote sensing of optical and microphysical properties of cirrus clouds using Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer channels: Methodology and sensitivity to physical assumptions.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 11721-11738. 2000
  • Accuracy assessments of aerosol optical properties retrieved from Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Sun and sky radiance measurements.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 9791-9806. 2000
  • Airborne spectral measurements of surface-atmosphere anisotropy during the SCAR-A, Kuwait oil fire, and TARFOX experiments.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 10203-10218. 2000
  • Monitoring Earth's vital signs.  Scientific American. 92-97. 2000
  • FIRE arctic clouds experiment.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 5-29. 2000
  • Remote sensing of tropospheric aerosols from space: Past, present, and future.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2229-2259. 1999
  • Vicarious calibration of the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Airborne Simulator thermal-infrared channels.  Applied Optics. 6294-6306. 1999
  • Airborne spectral measurements of surface anisotropy during SCAR-B.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 31943-31953. 1998
  • Discriminating heavy aerosol, clouds, and fires during SCAR-B: Application of airborne multispectral MAS data.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 31989-31999. 1998
  • SCAR-B fires in the tropics: Properties and remote sensing from EOS-MODIS.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 31955-31968. 1998
  • Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation - Brazil (SCAR-B) experiment.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 31783-31808. 1998
  • Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES): Algorithm overview.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 1127-1141. 1998
  • Correction of Rayleigh scattering effects in cloud optical thickness retrievals.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 25915-25926. 1997
  • Passive remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol and atmospheric correction for the aerosol effect.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 16815-16830. 1997
  • Spectral reflectance and atmospheric energetics in cirrus-like clouds .2. Applications of a Fourier-Riccati approach to radiative transfer.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 3450-3467. 1996
  • Airborne scanning spectrometer for remote sensing of cloud, aerosol, water vapor, and surface properties.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 777-794. 1996
  • MISSION TO PLANET EARTH - ROLE OF CLOUDS AND RADIATION IN CLIMATE.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2125-2153. 1995
  • REMOTE-SENSING OF FLOODING IN THE US UPPER MIDWEST DURING THE SUMMER OF 1993.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 933-943. 1995
  • EARTH-SCIENCE DATA FOR ALL - EOS AND THE EOS DATA AND INFORMATION-SYSTEM.  Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 277-286. 1994
  • OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF MARINE STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS MODIFIED BY SHIPS.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2729-2739. 1993
  • COMPARATIVE ACCURACY OF DIFFUSE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES COMPUTED USING SELECTED MULTIPLE-SCATTERING APPROXIMATIONS.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 247-259. 1993
  • ASYMPTOTIC THEORY FOR OPTICALLY THICK LAYERS - APPLICATION TO THE DISCRETE ORDINATES METHOD.  Applied Optics. 7669-7683. 1992
  • DIRECTIONAL AND SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE OF THE KUWAIT OIL-FIRE SMOKE.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 14545-14549. 1992
  • REMOTE-SENSING OF CLOUD, AEROSOL, AND WATER-VAPOR PROPERTIES FROM THE MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER (MODIS).  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 2-27. 1992
  • DETERMINATION OF THE OPTICAL-THICKNESS AND EFFECTIVE PARTICLE RADIUS OF CLOUDS FROM REFLECTED SOLAR-RADIATION MEASUREMENTS .2. MARINE STRATOCUMULUS OBSERVATIONS.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 728-750. 1991
  • DETERMINATION OF THE OPTICAL-THICKNESS AND EFFECTIVE PARTICLE RADIUS OF CLOUDS FROM REFLECTED SOLAR-RADIATION MEASUREMENTS .1. THEORY.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1878-1893. 1990
  • DETERMINATION OF THE SPECTRAL ABSORPTION OF SOLAR-RADIATION BY MARINE STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS FROM AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS WITHIN CLOUDS.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 894-907. 1990
  • DIRECT AND REMOTE-SENSING OBSERVATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF SHIPS ON CLOUDS.  Science. 1146-1149. 1989
  • DETERMINATION OF THE SCALED OPTICAL-THICKNESS OF CLOUDS FROM REFLECTED SOLAR-RADIATION MEASUREMENTS.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1734-1751. 1987
  • SUMMARY OF THE 6TH CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 346-355. 1987
  • Multiwavelength Scanning Radiometer for Airborne Measurements of Scattered Radiation within Clouds.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 513-522. 1986
  • COMPARATIVE ACCURACY OF SELECTED MULTIPLE-SCATTERING APPROXIMATIONS.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 784-801. 1986
  • LATITUDINAL VARIATION OF SPECTRAL OPTICAL-THICKNESS AND COLUMNAR SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF THE EL-CHICHON STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL LAYER.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 10607-10619. 1985
  • A MODEL OF THE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF THE EL-CHICHON STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL LAYER.  Journal of Climatology & Applied Meteorology. 1121-1137. 1984
  • NUMBER OF TERMS REQUIRED IN THE FOURIER EXPANSION OF THE REFLECTION FUNCTION FOR OPTICALLY THICK ATMOSPHERES.  Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 143-161. 1983
  • SENSITIVITY OF CONSTRAINED LINEAR INVERSIONS TO THE SELECTION OF THE LAGRANGE MULTIPLIER.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1356-1369. 1982
  • A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO OF CLOUDS THROUGH OBSERVATION OF THE INTERNAL SCATTERED RADIATION-FIELD.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2031-2044. 1981
  • DETERMINATION OF THE COMPLEX REFRACTIVE-INDEX AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES FROM BISTATIC-MONOSTATIC LIDAR AND SOLAR RADIOMETER MEASUREMENTS.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 1591-1599. 1980
  • SPECTRAL VARIATION OF OPTICAL DEPTH AT TUCSON, ARIZONA BETWEEN AUGUST 1975 AND DECEMBER 1977.  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 723-732. 1980
  • THE EFFECT OF A NONUNIFORM PLANETARY ALBEDO ON THE INTERPRETATION OF EARTH RADIATION BUDGET OBSERVATIONS.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1262-1278. 1980
  • DETERMINATION OF THE GROUND ALBEDO AND THE INDEX OF ABSORPTION OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES BY REMOTE-SENSING .1. THEORY.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 163-173. 1979
  • DETERMINATION OF THE GROUND ALBEDO AND THE INDEX OF ABSORPTION OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES BY REMOTE-SENSING .2. APPLICATION.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1072-1083. 1979
  • AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OBTAINED BY INVERSION OF SPECTRAL OPTICAL DEPTH MEASUREMENTS.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2153-2167. 1978
  • METHOD FOR INFERRING TOTAL OZONE CONTENT FROM SPECTRAL VARIATION OF TOTAL OPTICAL DEPTH OBTAINED WITH A SOLAR RADIOMETER.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2242-2251. 1976