MARSHAK, ALEXANDER

Alexander Marshak

Physical Scientist
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/~marshak/

Refereed Publications

Vainikko, G. M., and A. L. Marshak, 1978: On the convergence rate of the Method of Discrete Ordinates in the radiation transport theory. Izv. VUZov Math., 11, 11-21 (Russian).

Marshak, A. L., 1979: On the rate of convergence of the Discrete Ordinates Method in case of Gauss Quadrature Rule. Trans. of Tartu Univ., 500, 92-104 (Russian).

Marshak, A. L., 1981: On the solution of the Transport Equation in a heterogeneous medium by the Discrete Ordinates Method. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 30, 190-201 (Russian).

Marshak, A. L., 1981: On the solution of the Transport Equation in spherical geometry by the Discrete Ordinates Method. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 30, 364-375 (Russian).

Marshak, A. L., 1982: On the approximation of the exponential integral by quadrature formulae. USSR Comput. Maths. Math. Phys., 22, 1044-1051 (Russian translated into English).

Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1984: Calculation of the solar radiation reflection function from plant cover using Monte Carlo method. Soviet J. of Remote Sens., 5, 58-67 (Russian translated into English 7 2 346-360 1990).

Marshak, A. L., 1985: On the solution of the Transport Equation with periodic boundary conditions by the Method of Discrete Ordinates. Transport Theory Statis. Phys., 14, 323-351.

Marshak, A. L., 1986: One estimate of the accuracy of the approximation the exponential integral by the quadrature rules. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 35, 249-257 (Russian).

Marshak, A. L., 1986: A remark on the Clenshaw-Curtis quadrature rule. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 35, 338-340 (Russian).

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Marshak, A. L., 1986: The nonstandard form of the error for quadrature rules with strongly nonuniform position of quadrature points. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 35, 390-399 (Russian).

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Marshak, A. L., 1987: A remark on the approximation of the exponential integrals. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 36, 55-57 (Russian).

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Marshak, A. L., 1987: On the restitution of the optical parameters of the canopy using the data of spectral brightness coefficient by the Monte Carlo method. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 36, 289-293 (Russian).

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Ross, J., and A. L. Marshak, 1987: Monte Carlo determination of spectral radiance of the vegetation cover as a function of illumination conditions. Soviet J. of Remote Sens., 2, 96-105 (Russian translated into English 7 4 726-739 1990).

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Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1987: Estimation of the influence of the canopy architecture parameters on the bidirectional reflectance by means of the Monte Carlo method. Soviet J. of Remote Sens., 4, 86-93 (Russian translated into English).

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Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1988: Calculation of canopy bidirectional reflectance using Monte Carlo method. Remote Sens. Environ., 24, 213-225.

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Antyufeev, V. S., and A. L. Marshak, 1989: Monte Carlo method application to solution of the radiative transfer equation for a plane layer of vegetation. Soviet J. of Atmos. Opt., 2, 1206-1212 (Russian).

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Marshak, A. L., 1989: Effect of the hot spot on the Transport Equation in plant canopies. J. Quant. Spectr. and Rad. Trans., 42, 615-630.

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Marshak, A. L., 1989: On the connection between the First Point of Quadrature Formulae and the convergence rate of the Discrete Ordinates Method. USSR Comput. Maths. Math. Phys., 29, 1267-1276 (Russian translated into English 29 5 1-8 1991).

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Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1989: Estimation of the influence of leaf orientation and the specular component on the vegetation phase function. Soviet J. of Atmos. Opt., 1, 76-85 (Russian).

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Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1989: The influence of leaf orientation and the specular component of leaf reflectance on the canopy bidirectional reflectance. Remote Sens. Environ., 27, 251-260.

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Antyufeev, V. S., and A. L. Marshak, 1990: Vegetation cover parameters restoration from the value of spectral brightness coefficient. Soviet J. of Atmos. Opt., 3, 871-878 (Russian).

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Antyufeev, V. S., and A. L. Marshak, 1990: Monte Carlo method and Transport Equation in plant canopies. Remote Sens. Environ., 31, 183-191.

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Antyufeev, V. S., and A. L. Marshak, 1990: Inversion of Monte Carlo model for estimating vegetation canopy parameters. Remote Sens. Environ., 33, 201-209.

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Marshak, A. L., 1990: Asymptotical representation of the weight of Gauss Quadrature Rule. USSR Mathem. Notices, 47, 63-68 (Russian translated into English 47 (4) 354-358 1992).

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Myneni, R. B., A. L. Marshak, and Yu. V. Knyazikhin, 1991: Transport theory for a leaf canopy of finite-dimensional scattering centers. J. Quant. Spectr. and Rad. Trans., 46, 259-280.

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Knyazikhin, Yu. V., A. L. Marshak, and R. B. Myneni, 1992: Interaction of photons in a canopy of finite-dimensional leaves. Remote Sens. Environ., 39 (1), 61-74.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, and W. Wiscombe, 1993: Bi-multifractal analysis and multi-affine modeling of non-stationary geophysical processes: Application to turbulence and clouds. Fractals, 3, 560-567.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1993: Multi-singular and multi-affine properties of Bounded Cascade Models. Fractals, 3, 702-710.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, and W. Wiscombe, 1994: Wavelet-based multifractal analysis of non-stationary and/or intermittent geophysical signals. Wavelets in Geophysics. E. Foufoula-Georgiou and Kumar, Eds., Academic Press, 249-298.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. J. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1994: Multifractal characterizations of non-stationarity and intermittency in geophysical fields: Observed, retrieved, or simulated. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 8055-8072.

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Knyazikhin, Yu., A. Marshak, D. Schulze, R. Myneni, and G. Gravenhorst, 1994: Optimization of solar radiation input as a tool for planting/cutting of trees. Transport Theory Statis. Phys., 23, 671-700.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. F. Cahalan, and W. J. Wiscombe, 1994: Bounded Cascade Models as non-stationary multifractals. Phys. Rev., E49, 55-69.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and G. Titov, 1995: The verisimilitude of the Independent Pixel Approximation used in cloud remote sensing. Remote Sens. Environ., 52, 72-78.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1995: Radiative smoothing in fractal clouds. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 100, 26247-26261.

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Myneni, R., F. G. Hall, P. J. Sellers, and A. Marshak, 1995: The interpretation of Spectral Vegetation Indices. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 33, 481-486.

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Otterman, J., T. Brakke, and A. Marshak, 1995: Scattering by Lambertian-leaves canopy dependence on leaf-area projections. Int. J. Rem. Sens., 16, 1107-1125.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1996: Multifractal characterizations of intermittency in nonstionary geophysical signals and fields. Nonstationary Random Processes and Their Applications, G. Trevino, Ed., World Scientific, 97-158.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1996: Scale-invariance of liquid water distributions in marine stratocumulus. I. Spectral properties and stationarity issues. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1538-1558.

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Arrault, J., A. Arnodo, A. Davis, and A. Marshak, 1997: Wavelet-based multifractal analysis of rough surfaces: Application to cloud models and satellite data. Phys. Rev. Lett., 79, 7579.

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Cahalan, R. F., A. Davis, A. Marshak, D. Silberstein, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Cloud macrostructure and radiation. Remote Sensing A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development: LC 97-70575, ISBN 0-7803-3839-1 F01, 41-44.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Interactions, solar and Laser beams in stratus clouds, fractals and multifractals in climate and remote sensing studies. Fractals, 5, 129-166.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1997: Evidence for net horizontal radiative fluxes in marine stratocumulus.. IRS'96 Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, W. L. Smith and K. Stamnes, Eds., Deepak Publ., 809-812.

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Davis, A., D. Winker, A. Marshak, J. Spinhurne, R. Cahalan, S. Love, S. Melfi, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Retrieval of physical and optical cloud thicknesses from space-borne and wide-angle Lidar. Adv. Atmos. Remote Sensing with Lidar, A. Ansmann, R. Neuber, Rairoux and U. Wadinger, Eds. Springer-Verlag, 193-196.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: The Landsat scale break in stratocumulus as a three-dimensional radiative transfer effect: Implications for cloud remote sensing. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 241-260.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Physical simulation of high-resolution satellite images for fractal cloud model. Fractals in Geophys. M. M. Novak and T. G. Dewey, Eds., World Scientific, 301-310.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: The effect of horizontal fluxes on cloud absorption estimates based on simulated two-aircraft measurements of fractal clouds. IRS'96: Current problems in atmospheric radiation. W. L. Smith and K. Stamnes, Eds., Deepak Publ., 415-418.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. F. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Nonlocal Independent Pixel Approximation for computing radiation fields of inhomogeneous clouds. IRS'96: Current problems in atmospheric radiation. W. L. Smith and K. Stamnes, Eds., Deepak Publ., 139-142.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. Cahalan, 1997: Inhomogeneity effects on cloud shortwave absorption measurements: Two-aircraft simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 16619-16637.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1997: Scale-invariance of liquid water distributions in marine stratocumulus. II. Multifractal properties and intermittency issues. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1423-1444.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1998: Insight into three-dimensional radiation transport from diffusion theory, application to the cloudy atmosphere. Radiative Transfer, Ed. M. Mengue, Begell House, Inc., NY, 111-139.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1998: Nonlocal Independent Pixel Approximation, direct and inverse problems. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 36, 192-205.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. Cahalan, 1998: Radiative effects of sub-mean-free-path liquid water variability observed in stratiform clouds. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 103, 19557-19567.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, W. Ridgway, and R. Cahalan, 1998: Biases in shortwave column absorption in the presence of fractal clouds. J. Climate, 11, 431-446.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, E. Kassianov, and G. Stokes, 1999: Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Makes Its Mark. EoS Trans AGU, 80, 622-624.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, H. Gerber, and W. Wiscombe, 1999: Horizontal structure of marine boundary-layer clouds from cm-to km scales. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 6123-6144.

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Marshak, A., L. Oreopoulos, A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. Cahalan, 1999: Horizontal radiative fluxes in clouds and accuracy of the Independent Pixel Approximation at absorbing wavelengths. Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 1585-1588.

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Marshak, A., W. Wiscombe, A. Davis, L. Oreopoulos, and R. Cahalan, 1999: On the removal of the effect of horizontal fluxes in two-aircraft measurements of cloud absorption. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 125, 2153-2170.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, and E. Clothiaux, 1999: Anisotropic multi-resolution analysis in 2D, Application to long-range correlations in cloud mm-radar fields. S.I.E. Proceedings, 3723, H. H. Szu [Ed.], 194–207.

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Knyazikhin, Yu., and A. Marshak, 2000: Mathematical aspects of BRDF modeling: Adjoint problem and Greens function. Remote Sens. Rev., 18, 263-280.

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Marshak, A., Yu. Knyazikhin, A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and P. Pilewskie, 2000: Cloud vegetation interaction: Use of Normalized Difference Cloud Index for estimation of cloud optical thickness. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1695-1698.

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Oreopoulos, L., A. Marshak, R. Cahalan, and G. Wen, 2000: Cloud three-dimensional effects evidenced in Landsat spatial power spectra and autocorrelation function. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 14777-14788.

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Oreopoulos, L., R. Cahalan, A. Marshak, and G. Wen, 2000: A new normalized difference cloud retrieval technique applied to Landsat radiances over the Oklahoma ARM Site. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 2305-2320.

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Barker, H., and A. Marshak, 2001: Inferring optical depth of broken clouds above green vegetation using surface solar radiometric measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 2989-3006.

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Cahalan, R. F., L. Oreopoulos, G. Wen, A. Marshak, S. C. Tsay, and T. P. DeFelice, 2001: Cloud characterization and clear sky correction from Landsat 7. Remote Sens. Environ., 78, 83-98.

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Davis, A., and A. Marshak, 2001: Multiple scattering in clouds: Insights from three-dimensional diffusion theory. Nuclear Sci. and Engin., 137, 251-280.

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Gerber, H., J. Jensen, A. Davis, A. Marshak, and W. Wiscombe, 2001: Spectral density of cloud liquid water content at high frequencies. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 497-503.

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Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2001: Statistical analysis of the uncertainties in cloud optical depth retrievals caused by three-dimensional radiative effects. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1540-1548.

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Davis, A., A. Marshak, and R. Cahalan, 2001: Green functions for multiple scattering as mathematical tools for dense cloud remote sensing: theory, with passive and active applications. Laser Radar Technology and Applications VI, 4377, ed. Gary W. Kamerman, 294-306.

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Barker, H., A. Marshak, W. Szyrmer, A. Trishchenko, and J. Blanchet, 2002: Inference of cloud optical properties from aircraft-based solar radiometric measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2093-2111.

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Davis, A., and A. Marshak, 2002: Space-time characteristics of light transmitted through dense clouds: A Green's Function Analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2713-2727.

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Knyazikhin, Y., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, J. Martonchick, and R. Myneni, 2002: A missing solution to the transport equation and its effect on estimation of cloud absorptive properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 3572-3585.

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Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2002: Observations of three-dimensional radiative effects that influence MODIS cloud optical thickness retrievals. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1607-1618.

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Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2002: Observations of three-dimensional radiative effects that influence satellite retrievals of cloud properties. Quart. Jour. of Hungarian Meteor. Service (Idojaras), 106, 265-278.

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Oreopoulos, L., A. Marshak, and R. F. Cahalan, 2003: Consistency of ARESE II cloud absorption estimates and sampling issues. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D1), 4029, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002243.

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Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2003: A method for analyzing how various parts of clouds influence each other's brightness. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D22), 4706, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003561.

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Marshak, A., 2003: An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation (second edition) Book Review. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84 (6), 799-801.

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Davis, A. B., and A. Marshak, 2004: Photon propagation in heterogeneous optical media with spatial correlations: Enhanced mean-free-paths and wider-than-exponential free-path distribution. J. Quant. Spectr. and Rad. Trans., 84, 3-34.

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Alexandrov, M. D., A. Marshak, B. Cairns, A. A. Lacis, and B. E. Carlson, 2004: Automatic cloud screening algorithm for MFRSR data. Geoph. Res. Lett., 31, 4, L04118, 10.1029/2003GL019105.

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Marshak, A., Y. Knyazikhin, K. Evans, and W. Wiscombe, 2004: The "RED versus NIR" plane to retrieve broken-cloud optical depth from ground-based measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1911-1925..

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Alexandrov, M. D., A. Marshak, B. Cairns, A. A. Lacis, and B. E. Carlson, 2004: Scaling properties of aerosol optical thickness retrieved from ground-based measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1024-1039.

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Chiu, J.-Y. C., A. Marshak, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2004: The effect of surface heterogeneity on cloud absorption estimates. Geoph. Res. Lett., 31 (L15105), doi:10.1029/2004GL020104.

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Cahalan, R. F., L. Oreopoulos, A. Marshak, K. F. Evans, A. Davis, R. Pincus, K. Yetzer, B. Mayer, R. Davies, T. Ackerman, H. Barker, E. Clothiaux, R. Ellingson, M. Garay, E. Kassianov, S. Kinne, A. Macke, W. OHirok, P. Partain, S. Prigarin, A. Rublev, G. Stephens, F. Szczap, E. Takara, T. Varnai, G. Wen, and T. Zhuravleva, 2005: The International Intercomparison of 3D Radiation Codes (I3RC): Bringing together the most advanced radiative transfer tools for cloudy atmospheres. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86 (9), 1275-1293.

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Marshak, A., Yu. Knyazikhin, M. L. Larsen, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2005: Small-scale drop size variability: Empirical models for drop-size-dependent clustering in clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 551-558.

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Knyazikhin, Y., A. Marshak, M. Larsen, W. Wiscombe, J. Martonchik, and R. Myneni, 2005: Small-scale drop size variability: Impact on estimation of cloud optical properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2555-2567.

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Prigarin, S. M., and A. Marshak, 2005: Numerical model of broken clouds adapted to observations. Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics, 18, 236-242.

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Marshak, A., A. Davis, and et. al., 2005: 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, New York, (Editors: A. Marshak and A. Davis), ©2005, 686, ISBN-10 3-540-23958-8 ISBN-13 978-3-540-23958-1.

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Zhuravleva, T., and A. Marshak, 2005: On the validation of the Poisson model of broken clouds. Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 6, 783-797.

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Evans, K. F., and A. Marshak, 2005: Numerical Methods. 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres, ed., A.M. Marshak and A.B. Davis, Springer, c2005, 686pp.

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Marshak, A, and A. B. Davis, 2005: Horizontal Fluxes and Radiative Smoothing. 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres, ed., A.M. Marshak and A.B. Davis, Springer, c2005, 686pp.

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Marshak, A., and A. B. Davis, 2005: Scale-by-Scale Analysis and Fractal Cloud Models. 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres, ed., A.M. Marshak and A.B. Davis, Springer, c2005, 686pp.

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Wen, G., A. Marshak, and R. F. Cahalan, 2006: Impact of 3D Clouds on Clear Sky Reflectance and Aerosol Retrieval in a Biomass Burning Region of Brazil. IEEE Geo. Rem. Sens. Lett., 3, 169-172.

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Marshak, A., S. Platnick, T. Varnai, G. Wen, and R. F. Cahalan, 2006: Impact of 3D radiative effects on satellite retrievals of cloud droplet sizes. J. Geophys. Res., 111, DO9207, doi:10.1029/2005JD006686.

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Chiu, J. C., A. Marshak, Y. Knyazikhin, W. Wiscombe, H. Barker, J. C. Barnard, and Y. Luo, 2006: Remote sensing of cloud properties using ground-based measurements of zenith radiance. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16201, doi:10.1029/2005JD006843.

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Marshak, A., J. V. Martins, V. Zubko, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2006: What does reflection from cloud sides tell us about vertical distribution of cloud droplet sizes?. Atmos. Chem. and Phys, 6, 5295-5305.

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Oreopoulos, L., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, T. Varnai, A. B. Davis, and A. Macke, 2006: New Directions in the Radiative Transfer of Cloudy Atmospheres. EOS, 87, No. 5, 31 January 2006.

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Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2007: View angle dependence of cloud optical thickness retrieved by MODIS. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06203, doi:10.1029/2005JD006912.

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Chiu, J. C., A. Marshak, W. J. Wiscombe, S. C. Valencia, and E. J. Welton, 2007: Cloud optical depth retrievals from solar background “signals” of micropulse lidars. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 4, No. 3, 456-460, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2007.896722.

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Turner, D. D., A. M. Vogelmann, R. T. Austin, J. C. Barnard, K. Cady-Pereira, J. C. Chiu, S. A. Clough, C. Flynn, M. M. Khaiyer, J. Liljegren, K. Johnson, B. Lin, C. Long, A. Marshak, S. Y. Matrosov, S. A. McFarlane, M. Miller, Q. Min, P. Minnis, Z. Wang, and W. Wiscombe, 2007: Thin Liquid Water Clouds: Their Importance and Our Challenge. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 177-190.

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Vant-Hull, B., A. Marshak, L. Remer, and Z. Li, 2007: The effects of scattering angle and cumulus cloud geometry on satellite retrievals of cloud drop effective radius. Geosci. Rem. Sens. Lett., 45 No. 4 1039-1045.

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Martins, J. V., A. Marshak, L. Remer, D. Rosenfeld, Y. J. Kaufman, R. Fernandez-Borda, I. Koren, V. Zubko, and P. Artaxo, 2007: Remote sensing the vertical profile of cloud droplet effective radius, thermodynamic phase, and temperature. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 7, 4481-4519.

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Wen, G., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, L. A. Remer, and R. G. Kleidman, 2007: 3D aerosol-cloud radiative interaction observed in collocated MODIS and ASTER images of cumulus cloud fields. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13204, doi 10.1029/2006JD008267.

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Schull, M. A., S. Ganguly, A. Samanta, D. Huang, N. V. Shabanov, J. P. Jenkins, J. C. Chiu, A. Marshak, J. B. Blair, R. B. Myneni, and Y. Knyazikhin, 2007: Physical interpretation of the correlation between multi-angle spectral data and canopy height. Geoph. Res. Lett., 34, L18405, doi:10.1029/2007GL031143.

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Marshak, A., G. Wen, J. Coakley, L. Remer, N. G. Loeb, and R. F. Cahalan, 2008: A simple model for the cloud adjacency effect and the apparent bluing of aerosols near clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S17, doi:10.1029/2007JD009196.

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Zinner, T., A. Marshak, S. Lang, J. V. Martins, and B. Mayer, 2008: Remote sensing of cloud sides of deep convection: Towards a three-dimensional retrieval of cloud particle size profiles. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 4741-4757.

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Kato, S., and A. Marshak, 2008: Solar Zenith and Viewing Geometry Dependent Errors in Satellite Retrieved Cloud Optical Thickness; Marine Stratocumulus Case. J.Geophys. Res., 114, D01202, doi:10.1029/2008JD010579.

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Wen, G., A. Marshak, and R. F. Cahalan, 2008: Importance of Molecular Rayleigh Scattering in the Enhancement of Clear Sky Radiance in the Vicinity of Boundary Layer Cumulus Clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24207, doi:10.1029/2008JD010592.

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Yang, Y., A. Marshak, J. C. Chiu, W. J. Wiscombe, S. P. Palm, A. B. Davis, D. A. Spangenberg, L. Nguyen, J. D. Spinhirne, and P. I. Minnis, 2008: Retrievals of Thick Cloud Optical Depth from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) by Calibration of Solar Background Signal. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3513–3527, doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2744.1.

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Prigarin, S., and A. Marshak, 2008: Simulation of vector semi-binary homogeneous random fields and modeling of broken clouds. Siberian J. Numeric. Math., 11, 347-356 (in Russian) and Numeric. Anal. Appl., 3, 285-292 (in English).

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Evans, K. F., A. Marshak, and T. Varnai, 2008: The potential for improved cloud optical depth retrievals from the multiple directions of MISR. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3179-3196.

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Prigarin, S., and A. Marshak, 2009: A simple stochastic model for generating broken cloud optical depth and cloud-top height fields. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 92-104.

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Chiu, J. C., A. Marshak, Y. Knyazikhin, P. Pilewskie, and W. Wiscombe, 2009: Physical interpretation of the spectral radiative signatures in the transition zone between cloud-free and cloudy regions. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1419-1430 .

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Marshak, A., Y. Knyazikhin, J. C. Chiu, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2009: Spectral invariant behavior of zenith radiance around cloud edges observed by ARM SWS. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L16802, doi:10.1029/2009GL039366.

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Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2009: MODIS observations of enhanced clear sky reflectance near clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06807, doi:10.1029/2008GL037089.

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Davis, A. B., I. N. Polonski, and A. Marshak, 2009: Space-Time Green Functions for Diffusive Radiation Transport, in Application to Active and Passive Cloud Probing. In Light Scattering Reviews, 4. Single Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer, A.A. Kokhanovsky [Ed.], Springer, 169-292.

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Davis, A. B., and A. Marshak, 2009: Solar Radiation Transport in the Cloudy Atmosphere: A 3D Perspective on Observations and Climate Impacts. Reports on Progress in Phys.. (In press)

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Yang, Y., A. Marshak, T. Varnai, W. J. Wiscombe, and P. Yang, 2009: Uncertainties in ice sheet altimetry from a space-borne 1064 nm single channel lidar due to undetected thin clouds. IEEE Trans. Geos. Remote Sens. (In press)

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Chiu, J. C., C.-H. Huang, A. Marshak, I. Slutsker, D. M. Giles, B. N. Holben, Y. Knyazikhin, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2009: Cloud optical depth retrievals from the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) cloud mode observations. J. Geophys. Res.. (Submitted)

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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. (Submitted)

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Alexandrov, M. D., A. Marshak, and A. S. Ackerman, 2009: Cellular statistical models of broken cloud fields. Part I: Theory. J. Atmos. Sci. (Submitted)

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Alexandrov, M. D., A. S. Ackerman, and A. Marshak, 2009: Cellular statistical models of broken cloud fields. Part II: Comparison with dynamical model, statistics of diverse ensembles. J. Atmos. Sci. (Submitted)

RESEARCH AREA EXPERIENCE

Numerical Modeling, Radiative Transfer in Atmosphere and Vegetation, Remote Sensing, Cloud Structure, Analysis of Geophysical Datasets, Scaling and Fractals

EDUCATION

1983		Ph.D., Numerical Analysis, Computer Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR,

1978		M.S., Applied Mathematics,

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

1997-2003		From Assistant Research Scientist to Research Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, JCET

1991-1997		Senior Scientist, Science Systems & Applications, Inc.

1978-1991		Senior Lecturer/Research Scientist, Institute of Astrophysics & Atmospheric Physics, Tartu, Estonia.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Member, American Geophysical Union; European Geophysical Union, Member, International Radiation Commission (IRC)

HONORS AND AWARDS

2008		Five Year Service Award

2007		GSFC Honor Award, Earth Science Achievement

2006		NASA Special Act Award

2005		NASA Performance Award and NASA Special Act Award

2004		NASA/GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres Peer Award: Scientific Research

2004		NASA Performance Award and NASA Special Act Award

1999		Invited lecturer for the School “Exploring the Atmosphere by Remote Sensing Technique” at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy)

1996		NASA/GSFC, Climate and Radiation Branch performance award for “Contribution to the understanding of cloud structure”

1996/2005		Invited lecturer, Gordon Research Conference

1991		IGARSS’91; Best presented paper award

1989-1991		Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

1985		Estonian young scientists society award for “Theoretical study of radiative transfer”

SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

- UMBC/JCET Atmospheric Radiation Group Leader, 1998-2001.
- Member, ARM Science Team.
- Member, ICESat Science Team.
- Member, EOS/MODIS Validation Science Team.
- Member, JCET Selection Committees.
- Member, Boston University PhD Committees.
- Chair, JCET Promotion Committee.
- Seminar Series Coordinator, Laboratory for Atmospheres Distinguished Lecturer Series.
- Chair and co-chair, several AGU sessions.
- Organizer, 3D International Workshop, 2005.
- Participant, NASA Panel Review Meetings.
- Student Mentor, NASA/GSFC Summer Institute.
- Teaching the following classes: Partial Differential Equations (Tartu University, Estonia, 1984-1986); Statistical Modeling (Goettingen University, Germany, 1991); Atmospheric Radiation (UMBC, 1999, 2002).
- Reviewer of papers and proposals for many professional journals and federally-funded agencies.
- Ad-hoc ICESat-II Science Definition Team Member
- IRS2008 Session Convener
- GSFC/GSSP Summer Student Mentor

FUNDED PROPOSALS

FY08-10		Use of the ARM Measurements of Spectral Zenith Radiance for Better Understanding of 3D Cloud-Radiation Processes and Aerosol-Cloud Interaction

FY08-10		Continuation of I3RC with Applications to THOR Cloud Data Analysis

FY08-10		Aerosol Cloud Interactions: How 3D Science Can Help to Correctly Interpret Satellite Data

FY06-08		ICESAT: Bridging Between Cloud Vertical Structure from GLAS and horizontal Structure from MODIS using 3D Radiative Transfer and Stochastic Cloud Modeling, with GCMs in Mind

FY04-06		Studies of 3D-Cloud Optical Depth from Small to Very Large Values and of the Radiation Remote Sensing Impacts of Larger-drop Clustering

FY04-06		Intercomparison of 3D Radiation Codes

FY04-06		Influence of Small-Scale Cloud Drop Size Variability on the Estimation of Cloud Radiative Properties

FY04-06		I3RC Workshops and 3D Community Tools Applied to Assessments & Improvements of Cloud Retrievals from Terra, Aqua and THOR Offbeam Lidar

Show Refereed Publications

1.		Vainikko, G. M., and A. L. Marshak, 1978: On the convergence rate of the Method of Discrete Ordinates in the radiation transport theory. Izv. VUZov Math., 11, 11-21 (Russian).
2.		Marshak, A. L., 1979: On the rate of convergence of the Discrete Ordinates Method in case of Gauss Quadrature Rule. Trans. of Tartu Univ., 500, 92-104 (Russian).
3.		Marshak, A. L., 1981: On the solution of the Transport Equation in a heterogeneous medium by the Discrete Ordinates Method. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 30, 190-201 (Russian).
4.		Marshak, A. L., 1981: On the solution of the Transport Equation in spherical geometry by the Discrete Ordinates Method. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 30, 364-375 (Russian).
5.		Marshak, A. L., 1982: On the approximation of the exponential integral by quadrature formulae. USSR Comput. Maths. Math. Phys., 22, 1044-1051 (Russian translated into English).
6.		Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1984: Calculation of the solar radiation reflection function from plant cover using Monte Carlo method. Soviet J. of Remote Sens., 5, 58-67 (Russian translated into English 7 2 346-360 1990).
7.		Marshak, A. L., 1985: On the solution of the Transport Equation with periodic boundary conditions by the Method of Discrete Ordinates. Transport Theory Statis. Phys., 14, 323-351.
8.		Marshak, A. L., 1986: One estimate of the accuracy of the approximation the exponential integral by the quadrature rules. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 35, 249-257 (Russian).
9.		Marshak, A. L., 1986: A remark on the Clenshaw-Curtis quadrature rule. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 35, 338-340 (Russian).
10.		Marshak, A. L., 1986: The nonstandard form of the error for quadrature rules with strongly nonuniform position of quadrature points. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 35, 390-399 (Russian).
11.		Marshak, A. L., 1987: A remark on the approximation of the exponential integrals. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 36, 55-57 (Russian).
12.		Marshak, A. L., 1987: On the restitution of the optical parameters of the canopy using the data of spectral brightness coefficient by the Monte Carlo method. Trans. of Estonian Academy of Sci. Phys.-Math., 36, 289-293 (Russian).
13.		Ross, J., and A. L. Marshak, 1987: Monte Carlo determination of spectral radiance of the vegetation cover as a function of illumination conditions. Soviet J. of Remote Sens., 2, 96-105 (Russian translated into English 7 4 726-739 1990).
14.		Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1987: Estimation of the influence of the canopy architecture parameters on the bidirectional reflectance by means of the Monte Carlo method. Soviet J. of Remote Sens., 4, 86-93 (Russian translated into English).
15.		Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1988: Calculation of canopy bidirectional reflectance using Monte Carlo method. Remote Sens. Environ., 24, 213-225.
16.		Antyufeev, V. S., and A. L. Marshak, 1989: Monte Carlo method application to solution of the radiative transfer equation for a plane layer of vegetation. Soviet J. of Atmos. Opt., 2, 1206-1212 (Russian).
17.		Marshak, A. L., 1989: Effect of the hot spot on the Transport Equation in plant canopies. J. Quant. Spectr. and Rad. Trans., 42, 615-630.
18.		Marshak, A. L., 1989: On the connection between the First Point of Quadrature Formulae and the convergence rate of the Discrete Ordinates Method. USSR Comput. Maths. Math. Phys., 29, 1267-1276 (Russian translated into English 29 5 1-8 1991).
19.		Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1989: Estimation of the influence of leaf orientation and the specular component on the vegetation phase function. Soviet J. of Atmos. Opt., 1, 76-85 (Russian).
20.		Ross, J. K., and A. L. Marshak, 1989: The influence of leaf orientation and the specular component of leaf reflectance on the canopy bidirectional reflectance. Remote Sens. Environ., 27, 251-260.
21.		Antyufeev, V. S., and A. L. Marshak, 1990: Vegetation cover parameters restoration from the value of spectral brightness coefficient. Soviet J. of Atmos. Opt., 3, 871-878 (Russian).
22.		Antyufeev, V. S., and A. L. Marshak, 1990: Monte Carlo method and Transport Equation in plant canopies. Remote Sens. Environ., 31, 183-191.
23.		Antyufeev, V. S., and A. L. Marshak, 1990: Inversion of Monte Carlo model for estimating vegetation canopy parameters. Remote Sens. Environ., 33, 201-209.
24.		Marshak, A. L., 1990: Asymptotical representation of the weight of Gauss Quadrature Rule. USSR Mathem. Notices, 47, 63-68 (Russian translated into English 47 (4) 354-358 1992).
25.		Myneni, R. B., A. L. Marshak, and Yu. V. Knyazikhin, 1991: Transport theory for a leaf canopy of finite-dimensional scattering centers. J. Quant. Spectr. and Rad. Trans., 46, 259-280.
26.		Knyazikhin, Yu. V., A. L. Marshak, and R. B. Myneni, 1992: Interaction of photons in a canopy of finite-dimensional leaves. Remote Sens. Environ., 39 (1), 61-74.
27.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, and W. Wiscombe, 1993: Bi-multifractal analysis and multi-affine modeling of non-stationary geophysical processes: Application to turbulence and clouds. Fractals, 3, 560-567.
28.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1993: Multi-singular and multi-affine properties of Bounded Cascade Models. Fractals, 3, 702-710.
29.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, and W. Wiscombe, 1994: Wavelet-based multifractal analysis of non-stationary and/or intermittent geophysical signals. Wavelets in Geophysics. E. Foufoula-Georgiou and Kumar, Eds., Academic Press, 249-298.
30.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. J. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1994: Multifractal characterizations of non-stationarity and intermittency in geophysical fields: Observed, retrieved, or simulated. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 8055-8072.
31.		Knyazikhin, Yu., A. Marshak, D. Schulze, R. Myneni, and G. Gravenhorst, 1994: Optimization of solar radiation input as a tool for planting/cutting of trees. Transport Theory Statis. Phys., 23, 671-700.
32.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. F. Cahalan, and W. J. Wiscombe, 1994: Bounded Cascade Models as non-stationary multifractals. Phys. Rev., E49, 55-69.
33.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and G. Titov, 1995: The verisimilitude of the Independent Pixel Approximation used in cloud remote sensing. Remote Sens. Environ., 52, 72-78.
34.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1995: Radiative smoothing in fractal clouds. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 100, 26247-26261.
35.		Myneni, R., F. G. Hall, P. J. Sellers, and A. Marshak, 1995: The interpretation of Spectral Vegetation Indices. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 33, 481-486.
36.		Otterman, J., T. Brakke, and A. Marshak, 1995: Scattering by Lambertian-leaves canopy dependence on leaf-area projections. Int. J. Rem. Sens., 16, 1107-1125.
37.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1996: Multifractal characterizations of intermittency in nonstionary geophysical signals and fields. Nonstationary Random Processes and Their Applications, G. Trevino, Ed., World Scientific, 97-158.
38.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1996: Scale-invariance of liquid water distributions in marine stratocumulus. I. Spectral properties and stationarity issues. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1538-1558.
39.		Arrault, J., A. Arnodo, A. Davis, and A. Marshak, 1997: Wavelet-based multifractal analysis of rough surfaces: Application to cloud models and satellite data. Phys. Rev. Lett., 79, 7579.
40.		Cahalan, R. F., A. Davis, A. Marshak, D. Silberstein, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Cloud macrostructure and radiation. Remote Sensing A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development: LC 97-70575, ISBN 0-7803-3839-1 F01, 41-44.
41.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Interactions, solar and Laser beams in stratus clouds, fractals and multifractals in climate and remote sensing studies. Fractals, 5, 129-166.
42.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1997: Evidence for net horizontal radiative fluxes in marine stratocumulus.. IRS'96 Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, W. L. Smith and K. Stamnes, Eds., Deepak Publ., 809-812.
43.		Davis, A., D. Winker, A. Marshak, J. Spinhurne, R. Cahalan, S. Love, S. Melfi, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Retrieval of physical and optical cloud thicknesses from space-borne and wide-angle Lidar. Adv. Atmos. Remote Sensing with Lidar, A. Ansmann, R. Neuber, Rairoux and U. Wadinger, Eds. Springer-Verlag, 193-196.
44.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: The Landsat scale break in stratocumulus as a three-dimensional radiative transfer effect: Implications for cloud remote sensing. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 241-260.
45.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Physical simulation of high-resolution satellite images for fractal cloud model. Fractals in Geophys. M. M. Novak and T. G. Dewey, Eds., World Scientific, 301-310.
46.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: The effect of horizontal fluxes on cloud absorption estimates based on simulated two-aircraft measurements of fractal clouds. IRS'96: Current problems in atmospheric radiation. W. L. Smith and K. Stamnes, Eds., Deepak Publ., 415-418.
47.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. F. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1997: Nonlocal Independent Pixel Approximation for computing radiation fields of inhomogeneous clouds. IRS'96: Current problems in atmospheric radiation. W. L. Smith and K. Stamnes, Eds., Deepak Publ., 139-142.
48.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. Cahalan, 1997: Inhomogeneity effects on cloud shortwave absorption measurements: Two-aircraft simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 16619-16637.
49.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1997: Scale-invariance of liquid water distributions in marine stratocumulus. II. Multifractal properties and intermittency issues. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1423-1444.
50.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1998: Insight into three-dimensional radiation transport from diffusion theory, application to the cloudy atmosphere. Radiative Transfer, Ed. M. Mengue, Begell House, Inc., NY, 111-139.
51.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, R. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe, 1998: Nonlocal Independent Pixel Approximation, direct and inverse problems. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 36, 192-205.
52.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. Cahalan, 1998: Radiative effects of sub-mean-free-path liquid water variability observed in stratiform clouds. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 103, 19557-19567.
53.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, W. Ridgway, and R. Cahalan, 1998: Biases in shortwave column absorption in the presence of fractal clouds. J. Climate, 11, 431-446.
54.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, E. Kassianov, and G. Stokes, 1999: Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Makes Its Mark. EoS Trans AGU, 80, 622-624.
55.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, H. Gerber, and W. Wiscombe, 1999: Horizontal structure of marine boundary-layer clouds from cm-to km scales. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 6123-6144.
56.		Marshak, A., L. Oreopoulos, A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. Cahalan, 1999: Horizontal radiative fluxes in clouds and accuracy of the Independent Pixel Approximation at absorbing wavelengths. Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 1585-1588.
57.		Marshak, A., W. Wiscombe, A. Davis, L. Oreopoulos, and R. Cahalan, 1999: On the removal of the effect of horizontal fluxes in two-aircraft measurements of cloud absorption. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 125, 2153-2170.
58.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, and E. Clothiaux, 1999: Anisotropic multi-resolution analysis in 2D, Application to long-range correlations in cloud mm-radar fields. S.I.E. Proceedings, 3723, H. H. Szu [Ed.], 194–207.
59.		Knyazikhin, Yu., and A. Marshak, 2000: Mathematical aspects of BRDF modeling: Adjoint problem and Greens function. Remote Sens. Rev., 18, 263-280.
60.		Marshak, A., Yu. Knyazikhin, A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and P. Pilewskie, 2000: Cloud vegetation interaction: Use of Normalized Difference Cloud Index for estimation of cloud optical thickness. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1695-1698.
61.		Oreopoulos, L., A. Marshak, R. Cahalan, and G. Wen, 2000: Cloud three-dimensional effects evidenced in Landsat spatial power spectra and autocorrelation function. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 14777-14788.
62.		Oreopoulos, L., R. Cahalan, A. Marshak, and G. Wen, 2000: A new normalized difference cloud retrieval technique applied to Landsat radiances over the Oklahoma ARM Site. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 2305-2320.
63.		Barker, H., and A. Marshak, 2001: Inferring optical depth of broken clouds above green vegetation using surface solar radiometric measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 2989-3006.
64.		Cahalan, R. F., L. Oreopoulos, G. Wen, A. Marshak, S. C. Tsay, and T. P. DeFelice, 2001: Cloud characterization and clear sky correction from Landsat 7. Remote Sens. Environ., 78, 83-98.
65.		Davis, A., and A. Marshak, 2001: Multiple scattering in clouds: Insights from three-dimensional diffusion theory. Nuclear Sci. and Engin., 137, 251-280.
66.		Gerber, H., J. Jensen, A. Davis, A. Marshak, and W. Wiscombe, 2001: Spectral density of cloud liquid water content at high frequencies. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 497-503.
67.		Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2001: Statistical analysis of the uncertainties in cloud optical depth retrievals caused by three-dimensional radiative effects. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1540-1548.
68.		Davis, A., A. Marshak, and R. Cahalan, 2001: Green functions for multiple scattering as mathematical tools for dense cloud remote sensing: theory, with passive and active applications. Laser Radar Technology and Applications VI, 4377, ed. Gary W. Kamerman, 294-306.
69.		Barker, H., A. Marshak, W. Szyrmer, A. Trishchenko, and J. Blanchet, 2002: Inference of cloud optical properties from aircraft-based solar radiometric measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2093-2111.
70.		Davis, A., and A. Marshak, 2002: Space-time characteristics of light transmitted through dense clouds: A Green's Function Analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2713-2727.
71.		Knyazikhin, Y., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, J. Martonchick, and R. Myneni, 2002: A missing solution to the transport equation and its effect on estimation of cloud absorptive properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 3572-3585.
72.		Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2002: Observations of three-dimensional radiative effects that influence MODIS cloud optical thickness retrievals. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1607-1618.
73.		Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2002: Observations of three-dimensional radiative effects that influence satellite retrievals of cloud properties. Quart. Jour. of Hungarian Meteor. Service (Idojaras), 106, 265-278.
74.		Oreopoulos, L., A. Marshak, and R. F. Cahalan, 2003: Consistency of ARESE II cloud absorption estimates and sampling issues. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D1), 4029, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002243.
75.		Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2003: A method for analyzing how various parts of clouds influence each other's brightness. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D22), 4706, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003561.
76.		Marshak, A., 2003: An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation (second edition) Book Review. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84 (6), 799-801.
77.		Davis, A. B., and A. Marshak, 2004: Photon propagation in heterogeneous optical media with spatial correlations: Enhanced mean-free-paths and wider-than-exponential free-path distribution. J. Quant. Spectr. and Rad. Trans., 84, 3-34.
78.		Alexandrov, M. D., A. Marshak, B. Cairns, A. A. Lacis, and B. E. Carlson, 2004: Automatic cloud screening algorithm for MFRSR data. Geoph. Res. Lett., 31, 4, L04118, 10.1029/2003GL019105.
79.		Marshak, A., Y. Knyazikhin, K. Evans, and W. Wiscombe, 2004: The "RED versus NIR" plane to retrieve broken-cloud optical depth from ground-based measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1911-1925..
80.		Alexandrov, M. D., A. Marshak, B. Cairns, A. A. Lacis, and B. E. Carlson, 2004: Scaling properties of aerosol optical thickness retrieved from ground-based measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1024-1039.
81.		Chiu, J.-Y. C., A. Marshak, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2004: The effect of surface heterogeneity on cloud absorption estimates. Geoph. Res. Lett., 31 (L15105), doi:10.1029/2004GL020104.
82.		Cahalan, R. F., L. Oreopoulos, A. Marshak, K. F. Evans, A. Davis, R. Pincus, K. Yetzer, B. Mayer, R. Davies, T. Ackerman, H. Barker, E. Clothiaux, R. Ellingson, M. Garay, E. Kassianov, S. Kinne, A. Macke, W. OHirok, P. Partain, S. Prigarin, A. Rublev, G. Stephens, F. Szczap, E. Takara, T. Varnai, G. Wen, and T. Zhuravleva, 2005: The International Intercomparison of 3D Radiation Codes (I3RC): Bringing together the most advanced radiative transfer tools for cloudy atmospheres. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86 (9), 1275-1293.
83.		Marshak, A., Yu. Knyazikhin, M. L. Larsen, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2005: Small-scale drop size variability: Empirical models for drop-size-dependent clustering in clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 551-558.
84.		Knyazikhin, Y., A. Marshak, M. Larsen, W. Wiscombe, J. Martonchik, and R. Myneni, 2005: Small-scale drop size variability: Impact on estimation of cloud optical properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2555-2567.
85.		Prigarin, S. M., and A. Marshak, 2005: Numerical model of broken clouds adapted to observations. Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics, 18, 236-242.
86.		Marshak, A., A. Davis, and et. al., 2005: 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, New York, (Editors: A. Marshak and A. Davis), ©2005, 686, ISBN-10 3-540-23958-8 ISBN-13 978-3-540-23958-1.
87.		Zhuravleva, T., and A. Marshak, 2005: On the validation of the Poisson model of broken clouds. Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 6, 783-797.
88.		Evans, K. F., and A. Marshak, 2005: Numerical Methods. 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres, ed., A.M. Marshak and A.B. Davis, Springer, c2005, 686pp.
89.		Marshak, A, and A. B. Davis, 2005: Horizontal Fluxes and Radiative Smoothing. 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres, ed., A.M. Marshak and A.B. Davis, Springer, c2005, 686pp.
90.		Marshak, A., and A. B. Davis, 2005: Scale-by-Scale Analysis and Fractal Cloud Models. 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres, ed., A.M. Marshak and A.B. Davis, Springer, c2005, 686pp.
91.		Wen, G., A. Marshak, and R. F. Cahalan, 2006: Impact of 3D Clouds on Clear Sky Reflectance and Aerosol Retrieval in a Biomass Burning Region of Brazil. IEEE Geo. Rem. Sens. Lett., 3, 169-172.
92.		Marshak, A., S. Platnick, T. Varnai, G. Wen, and R. F. Cahalan, 2006: Impact of 3D radiative effects on satellite retrievals of cloud droplet sizes. J. Geophys. Res., 111, DO9207, doi:10.1029/2005JD006686.
93.		Chiu, J. C., A. Marshak, Y. Knyazikhin, W. Wiscombe, H. Barker, J. C. Barnard, and Y. Luo, 2006: Remote sensing of cloud properties using ground-based measurements of zenith radiance. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16201, doi:10.1029/2005JD006843.
94.		Marshak, A., J. V. Martins, V. Zubko, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2006: What does reflection from cloud sides tell us about vertical distribution of cloud droplet sizes?. Atmos. Chem. and Phys, 6, 5295-5305.
95.		Oreopoulos, L., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, T. Varnai, A. B. Davis, and A. Macke, 2006: New Directions in the Radiative Transfer of Cloudy Atmospheres. EOS, 87, No. 5, 31 January 2006.
96.		Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2007: View angle dependence of cloud optical thickness retrieved by MODIS. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06203, doi:10.1029/2005JD006912.
97.		Chiu, J. C., A. Marshak, W. J. Wiscombe, S. C. Valencia, and E. J. Welton, 2007: Cloud optical depth retrievals from solar background “signals” of micropulse lidars. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 4, No. 3, 456-460, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2007.896722.
98.		Turner, D. D., A. M. Vogelmann, R. T. Austin, J. C. Barnard, K. Cady-Pereira, J. C. Chiu, S. A. Clough, C. Flynn, M. M. Khaiyer, J. Liljegren, K. Johnson, B. Lin, C. Long, A. Marshak, S. Y. Matrosov, S. A. McFarlane, M. Miller, Q. Min, P. Minnis, Z. Wang, and W. Wiscombe, 2007: Thin Liquid Water Clouds: Their Importance and Our Challenge. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 177-190.
99.		Vant-Hull, B., A. Marshak, L. Remer, and Z. Li, 2007: The effects of scattering angle and cumulus cloud geometry on satellite retrievals of cloud drop effective radius. Geosci. Rem. Sens. Lett., 45 No. 4 1039-1045.
100.		Martins, J. V., A. Marshak, L. Remer, D. Rosenfeld, Y. J. Kaufman, R. Fernandez-Borda, I. Koren, V. Zubko, and P. Artaxo, 2007: Remote sensing the vertical profile of cloud droplet effective radius, thermodynamic phase, and temperature. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 7, 4481-4519.
101.		Wen, G., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, L. A. Remer, and R. G. Kleidman, 2007: 3D aerosol-cloud radiative interaction observed in collocated MODIS and ASTER images of cumulus cloud fields. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13204, doi 10.1029/2006JD008267.
102.		Schull, M. A., S. Ganguly, A. Samanta, D. Huang, N. V. Shabanov, J. P. Jenkins, J. C. Chiu, A. Marshak, J. B. Blair, R. B. Myneni, and Y. Knyazikhin, 2007: Physical interpretation of the correlation between multi-angle spectral data and canopy height. Geoph. Res. Lett., 34, L18405, doi:10.1029/2007GL031143.
103.		Marshak, A., G. Wen, J. Coakley, L. Remer, N. G. Loeb, and R. F. Cahalan, 2008: A simple model for the cloud adjacency effect and the apparent bluing of aerosols near clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S17, doi:10.1029/2007JD009196.
104.		Zinner, T., A. Marshak, S. Lang, J. V. Martins, and B. Mayer, 2008: Remote sensing of cloud sides of deep convection: Towards a three-dimensional retrieval of cloud particle size profiles. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 4741-4757.
105.		Kato, S., and A. Marshak, 2008: Solar Zenith and Viewing Geometry Dependent Errors in Satellite Retrieved Cloud Optical Thickness; Marine Stratocumulus Case. J.Geophys. Res., 114, D01202, doi:10.1029/2008JD010579.
106.		Wen, G., A. Marshak, and R. F. Cahalan, 2008: Importance of Molecular Rayleigh Scattering in the Enhancement of Clear Sky Radiance in the Vicinity of Boundary Layer Cumulus Clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24207, doi:10.1029/2008JD010592.
107.		Yang, Y., A. Marshak, J. C. Chiu, W. J. Wiscombe, S. P. Palm, A. B. Davis, D. A. Spangenberg, L. Nguyen, J. D. Spinhirne, and P. I. Minnis, 2008: Retrievals of Thick Cloud Optical Depth from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) by Calibration of Solar Background Signal. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3513–3527, doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2744.1.
108.		Prigarin, S., and A. Marshak, 2008: Simulation of vector semi-binary homogeneous random fields and modeling of broken clouds. Siberian J. Numeric. Math., 11, 347-356 (in Russian) and Numeric. Anal. Appl., 3, 285-292 (in English).
109.		Evans, K. F., A. Marshak, and T. Varnai, 2008: The potential for improved cloud optical depth retrievals from the multiple directions of MISR. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3179-3196.
110.		Prigarin, S., and A. Marshak, 2009: A simple stochastic model for generating broken cloud optical depth and cloud-top height fields. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 92-104.
111.		Chiu, J. C., A. Marshak, Y. Knyazikhin, P. Pilewskie, and W. Wiscombe, 2009: Physical interpretation of the spectral radiative signatures in the transition zone between cloud-free and cloudy regions. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1419-1430 .
112.		Marshak, A., Y. Knyazikhin, J. C. Chiu, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2009: Spectral invariant behavior of zenith radiance around cloud edges observed by ARM SWS. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L16802, doi:10.1029/2009GL039366.
113.		Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2009: MODIS observations of enhanced clear sky reflectance near clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06807, doi:10.1029/2008GL037089.
114.		Davis, A. B., I. N. Polonski, and A. Marshak, 2009: Space-Time Green Functions for Diffusive Radiation Transport, in Application to Active and Passive Cloud Probing. In Light Scattering Reviews, 4. Single Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer, A.A. Kokhanovsky [Ed.], Springer, 169-292.
115.		Davis, A. B., and A. Marshak, 2009: Solar Radiation Transport in the Cloudy Atmosphere: A 3D Perspective on Observations and Climate Impacts. Reports on Progress in Phys.. (In press)
116.		Yang, Y., A. Marshak, T. Varnai, W. J. Wiscombe, and P. Yang, 2009: Uncertainties in ice sheet altimetry from a space-borne 1064 nm single channel lidar due to undetected thin clouds. IEEE Trans. Geos. Remote Sens. (In press)
117.		Chiu, J. C., C.-H. Huang, A. Marshak, I. Slutsker, D. M. Giles, B. N. Holben, Y. Knyazikhin, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2009: Cloud optical depth retrievals from the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) cloud mode observations. J. Geophys. Res.. (Submitted)
118.		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. (Submitted)
119.		Alexandrov, M. D., A. Marshak, and A. S. Ackerman, 2009: Cellular statistical models of broken cloud fields. Part I: Theory. J. Atmos. Sci. (Submitted)
120.		Alexandrov, M. D., A. S. Ackerman, and A. Marshak, 2009: Cellular statistical models of broken cloud fields. Part II: Comparison with dynamical model, statistics of diverse ensembles. J. Atmos. Sci. (Submitted)

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