REMER, LORRAINE

Lorraine Remer

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

Refereed Publications

Roads, J. O., G. K. Vallis, and L. A. Remer, 1984: Cloud/climate sensitivity experiments. Climate Processes and Climate Sensitivity, American Geophysical Union, Ed., 92-107.

Somerville, R. C. J., and L. A. Remer, 1984: Cloud optical thickness feedbacks in the CO2 climate problem. J. Geophys. Res., 89, 9668-9672.

Kaufman, Y. J., and L. A. Remer, 1994: Detection of forests using Mid-IR reflectance: An application for aerosol studies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 32, 672-683.

Kaufman, Y. J., L. A. Remer, D. E. Ward, R. Kleidman, L. Flynn, G. Shelton, R. D. Ottmar, R.-R. Li, R. S. Fraser, and D. McDougal, 1996: Relationship between remotely sensed fire intensity and rate of emission of smoke: SCAR-C Experiment. Global Biomas Burning, J. Levin, Ed., The MIT Press, 685-696.

Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, and B. N. Holben, 1996: The size distribution of ambient aerosol particles, Smoke vs. urban/industrial aerosol. Biomass Burning and Global Change, J. S. Levine, Ed., MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 519-530.

Kaufman, Y. J., A. Wald, L. A. Remer, B.-C. Gao, R.-R. Li, and L. Flynn, 1997: The MODIS 2.1 um channel-correlation with visible reflectance for use in remote sensing of aerosol. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 35, 1286-1298.

Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, L. Remer, E. Vermote, A. Chu, and B. N. Holben, 1997: Operational remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol over land from EOS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 102, 17051-17067.

Remer, L. A., and Gass, 1997: Urban/industrial aerosol: Ground-based sun/sky radiometer and airborne in situ measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 16849-16859.

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

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Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, L. Remer, and B. N. Holben, 1998: Remote sensing of smoke from MODIS Airborne Simulator during the SCAR-B Experiment. J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on SCAR-B), 103, 31979-31987.

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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, and S. A. Christopher, 1998: Smoke, clouds, and radiation—Brazil (SCAR-B) experiment. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 103, 31783-31808.

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Remer, L. A., and Y. J. Kaufman, 1998: Dynamic aerosol model: Urban/Industrial aerosol. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 13859-13871.

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Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, B. N. Holben, A. M. Thompson, and D. McNamara, 1998: Tropical biomass burning smoke aerosol size distribution model. J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on SCAR-B), 103, 31879-31892.

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Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, B. N. Holben, A. M. Thompson, and D. McNamara, 1998: A model of tropical biomass burning smoke aerosol size distribution. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 31879-31891.

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Yamasoe, M. A., Y. J. Kaufman, O. Dubovik, L. A. Remer, B. N. Holben, and P. Artaxo, 1998: Retrieval of the real part of the refractive index of aerosols from sun/sky radiometers during SCAR-B. J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on SCAR-B), 103, 31893-31902.

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Longo, K. M., A. M. Thompson, V. W. J. H. Kirchoff, L. A. Remer, S. R. D. Freitas, M. A. F. SilvaDias, P. Artaxo, W. Hart, J. D. Spinhirne, and M. A. Yamasoe, 1999: Correlation between smoke and tropospheric ozone concentrations in Cuiaba during SCAR-B. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 12113-12129.

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Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, and B. N. Holben, 1999: Interannual variation of ambient aerosol characteristics on the East Coast of the United States. J. Geophys. Res. (TARFOX special issue), 104, 2223-2231.

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Tanre, D., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, P. V. Hobbs, J. M. Livingston, P. B. Russell, and A. Smirnov, 1999: Retrieval of aerosol optical thickness and size distribution over ocean from the MODIS Airborne Simulator during TARFOX. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 2261-2278.

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Ferrare, R., S. Ismail, E. Browell, V. Brackett, M. Clayton, S. Kooi, S. H. Melfi, D. Whiteman, G. Schwemmer, K. Evans, P. Russell, J. Livingston, B. Schmid, B. Holben, L. Remer, A. Smirnov, and P. Hobbs, 2000: Comparison of aerosol optical properties and water vapor among ground and airborne lidars and sun photometers during TARFOX. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9917-9934.

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Kleidman, R. G., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, R. A. Ferrare, and B. C. Gao, 2000: Remote sensing of total precipitable water vapor in the Near-IR over ocean glint. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2657-2660.

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Peppler, R. A., C. P. Bahrmann, J. C. Barnard, J. R. Campbell, M.-D. Cheng, R. A. Ferrare, R. N. Halthore, L. A. Heilman, D. L. Hlavka, N. S. Laulainen, C.-J. Lin, J. A. Ogren, M. R. Poellot, L. A. Remer, K. Sassen, J. D. Spinhirne, M. E. Splitt, and D. D. Turner, 2000: ARM Southern Great Plains Site observations of the smoke pall associated with the 1998 Central American fires. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81, 2563-2591.

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Smirnov, A., B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, N. T. O'Neill, L. A. Remer, T. F. Eck, I. Slutsker, and D. Savoie, 2000: Measurement of atmospheric optical parameters on U.S. Atlantic coast sites: Ships and Bermuda during TARFOX. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9887-9902.

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Feingold, G., L. A. Remer, J. Ramaprasad, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2001: Analysis of smoke impact on clouds in Brazilian biomass burning regions: An extension of Twomey's approach. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 22907-22922.

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Karnieli, A., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and A. Wald, 2001: AFRI-aerosol free vegetation index. Remote Sens. Environ., 77, (1), 1-21..

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Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, and L. A. Remer, 2001: New frontiers in remote sensing of aerosols and their radiative forcing of climate. Frontiers in Research of Climate Change, Kiehl and Ramanathan, Eds., 29 (12), doi: 10.1029/2001GL013205.

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Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, O. Dubovik, A. Karnieli, and L. A. Remer, 2001: Absorption of sunlight by dust as inferred from satellite and ground-based remote sensing. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1479-1483.

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Kreidenweiss, S. M., L. A. Remer, R. Bruintjes, R. Kleidman, and O. Dubovik, 2001: Smoke aerosol from biomass burning in Mexico: Hygroscopic smoke optical model. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 4831-4844.

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Remer, L. A., A. E. Wald, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2001: Angular and seasonal variation of spectral surface reflectance ratios: Implications for the remote sensing of aerosol over land. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39, 275-283.

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Sabbah, I., C. Ichoku, Y. J. Kaufman, and L. A. Remer, 2001: Full year cycle of desert dust spectral optical thickness and precipitable water vapor over Alexandria, Egypt. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 18305-18316.

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Tanre, D., Y. J. Kaufman, B. N. Holben, B. Chatenet, A. Karnieli, F. Lavenu, L. Blarel, O. Dubovik, L. A. Remer, and A. Smirnov, 2001: Climatology of dust aerosol size distribution and optical properties derived from remotely sensed data in the solar spectrum. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 18205-18218.

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Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, and B. N. Holben, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval over land. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GLO13205.

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Ichoku, C., D. A. Chu, S. Mattoo, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, I. Slutsker, and B. N. Holben, 2002: A spatio-temporal approach for global validation and analysis of MODIS aerosol products. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013206.

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Ichoku, C., R. Levy, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, R.-R. Li, V. J. Martins, B. N. Holben, N. Abuhassan, I. Slutsker, T. F. Eck, and C. Pietras, 2002: Analysis of the performance characteristics of the five-channel Microtops II sun photometer for measuring aerosol optical thickness and precipitable water vapor. J. Geophys. Res., 107, NO. D13, doi: 10.1029/2001JD001302.

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Kaufman, Y. J., J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, M. R. Schoeberl, and M. A. Yamasoe, 2002: Satellite retrieval of aerosol absorption over the oceans using sunglint. Geophys. Res. Lett.,doi: 10.1029/2002GL015403.

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Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, B. N. Holben, S. Mattoo, L. A. Remer, T. F. Eck, J. Vaughn, and B. Chatenet, 2002: Aerosol radiative impact on spectral solar flux at the surface, derived from principal-plane sky measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 635-646.

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Martins, J. V., D. Tanre, L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, and R. Levy, 2002: MODIS cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosol over oceans using spatial variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL01352.

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Remer, L. A., D. Tanre, Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, D. A. Chu, B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, J. V. Martins, R.-R. Li, and Z. Ahmad, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean. Geophys Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013204.

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Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, Z. Levin, and S. Ghan, 2002: Model assessment of the ability of MODIS to measure top of atmosphere direct radiative forcing from smoke aerosols.. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 657-667.

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King, M. D., W. P. Menzel, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, 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.

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Ichoku, C., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, R. Levy, D. A. Chu, D. Tanre, and B. N. Holben, 2003: MODIS observation of aerosols and estimation of aerosol radiative forcing over southern Africa during SAFARI 2000. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D13), 8499, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002366.

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Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, B. N. Holben, J. M. Livingston, P. B. Russell, and H. Maring, 2003: Evaluation of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) retrievals of dust aerosol over the ocean during PRIDE. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D19), 8594, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002460.

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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. M. 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 ground-based remote sensing methods during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE). J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D19), 8586, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002493.

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Procopio, A. S., L. A. Remer, P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, and B. N. Holben, 2003: Modeled spectral optical properties for smoke aerosols in Amazonia. J. Geophys. Res., 30 (24), 2265, doi:10.1029/2003GL018063.

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Livingston, J. M., P. B. Russell, J. S. Reid, J. Redemann, B. Schmid, D. A. Allen, O. Torres, R. C. Levy, L. A. Remer, B. N. Holben, A. Smirnov, O. Dubovik, E. J. Welton, J. R. Campbell, J. Wang, and S. A. Christopher, 2003: Airborne Sun photometer measurements of aerosol optical depth and columnar water vapor during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment and comparison with land, aircraft, and satellite measurements. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. 108 (D19).

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Koren, I., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and J. V. Martins, 2004: Measurement of the effect of Amazon smoke on inhibition of cloud formation. Science, 303, 1342-1345.

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Procopio, A. S., P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, J. S. Schafer, and B. N. Holben, 2004: Multiyear analysis of Amazonian biomass burning smoke radiative forcing of climate. J. Geophys. Res., 31 (3), L03108, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018646.

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Ichoku, C., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and R. Levy, 2004: Global aerosol remote sensing from MODIS. Advances in Space Research, 34 (2004), 820-827.

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Geogdzhayev, I. V., M. I. Mishchenko, L. Liu, and L. Remer, 2004: Global two-channel AVHRR aerosol climatology: effects of stratospheric aerosols and preliminary comparisons with MODIS and MISR retrievals. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 47-59.

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Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2004: Effects of neglecting polarization on the MODIS aerosol retrieval over land. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience & Rem. Sens., 42 (11), 2576-2583.

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Chin, M., D. A. Chu, R. Levy, L. Remer, Y. Kaufman, B. Holben, T. Eck, P. Ginoux, and Q. Gao, 2004: Aerosol distribution in the Northern Hemisphere during ACE-Asia: Results from global model, satellite observations, and Sun photometer measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 109 (D23), doi: 10.1029/2004GL02014.

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Zhang, J., S. A. Christopher, L. A. Remer, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2005: Shortwave Aerosol Radiative Forcing over Cloud-Free Oceans from Terra I: Angular Models for Aerosols. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S23, doi:10.1029/2004JD005008.

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Myhre, G., F. Stordal, M. Johnsrud, D. J. Diner, I. V. Geogdzhayev, J. M. Haywood, B. Holben, T. Holzer-Popp, A. Ignatov, R. Kahn, Y. J. Kaufman, N. Loeb, J. Martonchik, M. I. Mishchenko, N. R. Nalli, L. A. Remer, M. Schroedter-Homscheidt, et al., 2005: Intercomparison of satellite retrieved aerosol optical depth over ocean during the period September 1997 to December 2000. Atm. Chem. Physics, 5, 1697-1719.

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Zhang, J., S. A. Christopher, L. A. Remer, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2005: Shortwave Aerosol Radiative Forcing over Cloud-Free Oceans from Terra II: Seasonal and Global Distributions. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S24, doi:10.1029/2004JD005009.

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Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, S. Mattoo, D. A. Chu, J. V. Martins, R. R. Li, C. Ichoku, R. C. Levy, R. G. Kleidman, T. F. Eck, E. Vermote, and B. N. Holben, 2005: The MODIS aerosol algorithm, products and validation. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 947-973.

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Ichoku, C., L. A. Remer, and T. F. Eck, 2005: Quantitative evaluation and intercomparison of morning and afternoon MODIS aerosol measurements from Terra and Aqua. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D10S03, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004987.

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Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, J. V. Martins, Y. J. Kaufman, A. Plana-Fattori, J. Redemann, P. B. Russell, and B. Wenny, 2005: Evaluation of the MODIS aerosol retrievals over ocean and land during CLAMS. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 974-992.

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Li, R.-R., L. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, B.-C. Gao, and E. Vermote, 2005: Snow and Ice Mask for the MODIS Aerosol Products. IEEE Geo. and Rem. Sens. Lett., 2, No. 3, 306-310.

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Al-Saadi, J., J. Szykman, R. B. Pierce, C. Kittaka, D. Neil, D. A. Chu, L. Remer, L. Gumley, E. Prins, L. Weinstock, C. MacDonald, R. Wayland, F. Dimmick, and J. Fishman, 2005: Improving National Air Quality Forecasts with Satellite Aerosol Observations. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 86 (9), 1249-1261.

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Kaufman, Y. J., I. Koren, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, P. Ginoux, and S. Fan, 2005: Dust transport and deposition observed from the Terra-Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) spacecraft over the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S12, doi: 10.1029/2003JDO04436.

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Kaufman, Y. J., O. Boucher, D. Tanre, M. Chin, L. A. Remer, and T. Takemura, 2005: Aerosol anthropogenic component estimated from satellite data. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L17804, doi:10/1029/2005GL023125.

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Koren, I., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Rosenfeld, L. A. Remer, and Y. Rudich, 2005: Aerosol invigoration and restructuring of Atlantic convective clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol 32, LI4828, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023187.

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

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Kaufman, Y. J., L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, R. R. Li, R. Kleidman, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, T. Eck, B. N. Holben, C. Ichoku, J. Martins, and I. Koren, 2005: A critical examination of the residual cloud contamination and diurnal sampling effects on MODIS estimates of aerosol over ocean. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 43 (12), 2886-2897.

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Kaufman, Y. J., I. Koren, L. A. Remer, D. Rosenfeld, and Y. Rudich, 2005: The Effect of Smoke, Dust and Pollution Aerosol on Shallow Cloud Development Over the Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 102 (32), pp 11207-11212.

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Anderson, T. L., R. J. Charlson, N. Bellouin, O. Boucher, M. Chin, S. A. Christopher, J. Haywood, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Kinne, J. A. Ogren, L. A. Remer, T. Takemura, D. Tanre, O. Torres, C. R. Trepte, B. A. Wielicki, D. M. Winker, and H. Yu, 2005: A-Train strategy for quantifying direct climate forcing by anthropogenic aerosols. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 1795-1809.

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Ignatov, A., P. Minnis, N. Loeb, B. Wielicki, W. Miller, S. Sun-Mack, D. Tanre, L. A. Remer, I. Laszlo, and E. Geier, 2005: Two MODIS Aerosol Products over Ocean on the Terra and Aqua CERES SSF Datasets. J. Atmos. Sci., Special Section, 62, 1008-1031.

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Gerard, B., J.-L. Deuze, M. Herman, Y. J. Kaufman, P. Lallart, C. Oudard, L. A. Remer, B. Roger, B. Six, and D. Tanre, 2005: Comparisons between POLDER 2 and MODIS/Terra Aerosol Retrievals Over Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D24211, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006218.

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Zhao, T. X.-P., I. Laszlo, P. Minnis, and L. Remer, 2005: Comparison and analysis of two aerosol retrievals over the ocean in the Terra/Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System -- Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer single scanner footprint data: 2. Regional evaluation. J Geophys. Res., 110, D21209 10.1029/2005JD005852.

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Zhao, T. X.-P., I. Laszlo, P. Minnis, and L. Remer, 2005: Comparison and analysis of two aerosol retrievals over the ocean in the Terra/Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System -- Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer single scanner footprint data: 1. Global evaluation. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D21208 10.1029/2005JD005851.

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Smith, W. L., T. P. Charlock, R. Kahn, J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, and P. V. Hobbs, 2005: EOS-terra aerosol and radiative flux validation: An overview of the Chesapeake LIghthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 903-918.

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Castanho, A. D. D., J. V. Martins, P. V. Hobbs, P. Artaxo, L. A. Remer, M. Yamasoe, and P. R. Colarco, 2005: Chemical characterization of aerosols on the east coast of the United States using aircraft and ground-based stations during the CLAMS experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 62(4), 934-946.

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Abdou, W. A., D. J. Diner, J. V. Martonchik, C. J. Bruegge, R. A. Kahn, B. J. Gaitley, K. A. Crean, L. A. Remer, and B. Holben, 2005: Comparison of coincident Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aerosol optical depths over land and ocean scenes containing Aerosol Robotic Network sites. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S07, doi:10.1029/2004JD004693.

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Yu, H., Y. J. Kaufman, M. Chin, G. Feingold, L. Remer, T. Anderson, Y. Balkanski, N. Bellouin, O. Boucher, S. Christopher, P. DeCola, R. Kahn, D. Koch, N. Loeb, M. S. Reddy, M. Schulz, T. Takemura, and M. Zhou, 2006: A review of measurement-based assessments of aerosol direct radiative effect and forcing. Atmos. Chem . Phys., 6, 613-666.

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Remer, L. A., and Y. J. Kaufman, 2006: Aerosol direct radiative effect at the top of the atmosphere over cloud free ocean derived from four years of MODIS data. Atmos. Chem. & Phys. 6, 237-253.

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Feingold, G., R. Furrer, P. Pilewskie, L. A. Remer, Q. L. Min, and H. Jonsson, 2006: Aerosol indirect effect studies at Southern Great Plains during the May 2003 Intensive Operations Period. J. Geophys. Res., 111 (D5), D05S14, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005648.

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Smirnov, A., B. N. Holben, S. M. Sakerin, D. M. Kabanov, I. Slutsker, M. Chin, T. L. Diehl, L. A. Remer, R. Kahn, A. Ignatov, L. Liu, M. Mishchenko, T. F. Eck, T. L. Kucsera, D. Giles, and O. V. Kopelevich, 2006: Ship-based aerosol optical depth measurements in the Atlantic Ocean: Comparison with satellite retrievals and GOCART model. Geophys. Res., 33, L14817, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026051.

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Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, and R. G. Kleidman, 2006: Comparison of three years of Terra and Aqua MODIS Aerosol Optical Thickness Over the Global Oceans. IEEE, Geo.& Rem. Sens. Lett., Vol 3(4), 537-540.

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Christopher, S. A., J. L. Zhang, Y. J. Kaufman, and L. A. Remer, 2006: Satellite-based assessment of top of atmosphere anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing over cloud-free oceans. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 (15), L15816.

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Redemann, J., Q. Zhang, B. Schmid, P. B. Russell, J. M. Livingston, H. Jonsson, and L. A. Remer, 2006: Assessment of MODIS-derived visible and near-IR aerosol optical properties and their spatial variability in the presence of mineral dust. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18814, doi:10.1029/2006GL026626.

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Weaver, C., A. da Silva, M. Chin, P. Ginoux, O. Dubovik, D. Flittner, A. Zia, L. Remer, B. Holben, and W. Gregg, 2007: Direct insertion of MODIS radiances in a global aerosol transport model. J. Atmos. Sci., 64 (3), 808-826.

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Levy, R. C., L. Remer, S. Mattoo, E. Vermote, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2007: Second-generation algorithm for retrieving aerosol properties over land from MODIS spectral reflectance. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13211, doi:10.1029/2006JD007811..

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Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, and O. Dubovik, 2007: Global aerosol optical properties and application to MODIS aerosol retrieval over land . J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13210, doi:10.1029/2006JD007815..

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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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Takemura, T., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and T. Nakajima, 2007: Two competing pathways of aerosol effects on cloud and precipitation formation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34 (4) L04802, doi:10.1029/2006GL028349.

88.

Koren, I., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, Y. Rudich, and J. V. Martins, 2007: On the twilight zone between clouds and aerosols. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08805, doi:10.1029/2007GL029253.

89.

Russell, P. B., J. M. Livingston, J. Redemann, B. Schmid, S. A. Ramirez, J. Eilers, R. Khan, D. A. Chu, L. Remer, P. K. Quinn, M. J. Rood, and W. Wang, 2007: Multi-grid-cell validation of satellite aerosol property retrievals in INTEX/ITCT/ICARTT 2004. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S09, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007606.

90.

Koren, I., L. A. Remer, and K. Longo, 2007: Reversal of trend of biomass burning in the Amazon. Geophys. Res. Lett.,34, L20404, doi:10.1029/2007GL031530.

91.

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.

92.

Yu, H., L. A. Remer, M. Chin, H. Bian, R. G. Kleidman, and T. Diehl, 2008: A satellite-based assessment of transpacific transport of pollution aerosol. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S12, doi:10.1029/2007JD009349.

93.

Ichoku, C., L. Giglio, M. J. Wooster, and L. A. Remer, 2008: Global characterization of biomass-burning patterns using satellite measurements of Fire Radiative Energy. Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 2950-2962, 2008..

94.

Koren, I., L. Oreopoulos, G. Feingold, L. A. Remer, and O. Altaratz, 2008: How small is a small cloud?. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3855-3864.

95.

Remer, L. A., R. G. Kleidman, R. C. Levy, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, S. Mattoo, J. V. Martins, C. Ichoku, I. Koren, H. Yu, and B. N. Holben, 2008: Global aerosol climatology from the MODIS satellite sensors. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S07, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009661 (The Yoram J. Kaufman Symposium on Aerosols, Clouds and Climate).

96.

Koren, I., J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, and H. Afargan, 2008: Smoke Invigoration Versus Inhibition of Clouds over the Amazon. Science, 321, 946, doi: 10.1126/science.1159185.

97.

Myhre, G., T. F. Berglen, M. Johnsurd, C. Holye, T. K. Berntsen, S. A. Christopher, I. S. A. Isaksen, T. A. Jones, R. A. Kahn, N. Lowb, P. Quinn, L. Remer, and K. E. Yttri, 2008: Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect using a multi-observation approach. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 8, 12823-12886.

98.

Koren, I., L. A. Remer, K. Longo, F. Brown, and R. Lindsey, 2009: Reply to comment by W. Schroeder et al. on Reversal of trend of biomass burning in the Amazon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03807, doi: 10.1029/2008GL036063.

99.

Levy, R., G. Leptoukh, R. Kahn, V. Zubko, A. Gopalan, and L. Remer, 2009: A critical look at deriving monthly aerosol optical depth from satellite data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 47, No. 9, 2942-2956.

100.

Remer, L. A., M. Chin, P. DeCola, G. Feingold, R. Halthore, R. A. Kahn, P. K. Quinn, D. Rind, S. E. Schwartz, D. Streets, and H. Yu, 2009: Executive Summary, Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.

101.

Kahn, R. A., H. Yu, S. E. Schwartz, M. Chin, G. Feingold, L. A. Remer, D. Rind, R. Halthore, and P. DeCola, 2009: Introduction, Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.

102.

Rind, D., R. A. Kahn, M. Chin, S. E. Schwartz, L. A. Remer, G. Feingold, H. Yu, P. K. Quinn, and R. Halthorne, 2009: The Way Forward: Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.

103.

Yu, H., P. K. Quinn, G. Feingold, L. A. Remer, R. A. Kahn, M. Chin, and S. E. Schwartz, 2009: Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Properties, Burdens, and Radiative Forcing, in Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.

104.

Yu, H., M. Chin, L. A. Remer, R. G. Kleidman, N. Bellouin, H. Bian, and T. Diehl, 2009: Variability of marine aerosol fine-mode fraction and estimates of anthropogenic aerosol component over cloud-free oceans from the Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10206, doi:10.1029/2008JD010648.

105.

Kahn, R. A., D. L. Nelson, M. Garay, R. C. Levy, M. A. Bull, J. V. Martonchik, D. J. Diner, S. R. Paradise, D. L. Wu, E. G. Hansen, and L. A. Remer, 2009: MISR Aerosol product attributes, and statistical comparison with MODIS. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. (In press)

106.

Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, R. G. Kleidman, S. Mattoo, C. Ichoku, and T. F. Eck, 2009: Global evaluation of the Collection 5 MODIS aerosol products over land and ocean. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc.. (Submitted)

107.

Martins, J. V., P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, A. D. Castanho, and L. A. Remer, 2009: Spectral absorption properties of aerosol particles from 350-2500nm. G. Res. Lett., 36, doi: 10.1029/2009GL037435, L13810.

RESEARCH AREA EXPERIENCE

Atmospheric aerosols, Climate dynamics and climate change, Remote Sensing, Cloud radiative effects and feedbacks, Air quality applications, Education

EDUCATION

1991		Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, Univ. of California at Davis

1983		M.S., Oceanography, UCSD - Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1980		B.S., Atmospheric Science, Univ. of California at Davis

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

1993-1998		Project Manager, Science Systems & Applications, Inc.

1991-1993		Senior Technical Staff, Science Systems & Applications, Inc.

1985-1987		Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Atmos. Sciences, UC-Davis

1983-1986		Consulting Meteorologist, Atmospheric Research Technology, Inc.

1980-1983		Research Assistant, Scripps institute of Oceanography, UCSD

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, ΦΚΦ Honor Society

HONORS AND AWARDS

2007		GSFC Honor Award, Outstanding Leadership

2005		GSFC Annual Awards of Excellence: MODIS Aerosol Algorithm Team

2004		Recognition of Special Act

2000,2003,2005		Peer Award, NASA/GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres

1997		Outstanding Performance in Science, NASA/GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres

1993		Performance Award, NASA/GSFC Climate and Radiation Branch

SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

- Reviewer of papers and proposals for many professional journals and federal funding agencies.
- Leader and participant in many national and international field experiments. Desert Transition Zone experiment conducted in Israel in May 1992. SCAR-A (Sulfates, Clouds And Radiation - Atlantic) conducted from Wallops in July 1992. SCAR-C (Smoke, Clouds and Radiation - California) conducted in the Pacific Northwest in September 1994. SCAR-B (Smoke, Clouds and Radiation - Brazil) conducted in Brazil in Aug-Sept 1995. TARFOX (Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment) conducted from Wallops in July 1996. Spectral Surface Measurement Campaign conducted in Maryland, San Diego and Israel (1996-1997). Fast response to Mexican Biomass Burning conducted in southeastern U.S. and Mexico in 1998. Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE) in July 2000. Chesapeake Lighthouse Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) in July 2001.
- Member of Global Aerosol Climatology Project science team. Associate member of MODIS science team. Member TARFOX science team.
- PI, Director's Discretionary Fund, FY2000/FY2001 "Collaboration with the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland in Earth Systems Science".
- Leader of Laboratory for Atmospheres teaching team for MIT short course, 1998.
- Mentor for Summer Institute students: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996. Branch coordinator 1997. Mentor for GSFC SISTER program, 1999.
- Recipient of a Univ. of California Intercampus Research Grant, 1988, for a diagnostic study of the UCLA GCM model output.
- Student participant at the NCAR summer workshop on the Community Climate Model, 1987.

Show Refereed Publications

1.		Roads, J. O., G. K. Vallis, and L. A. Remer, 1984: Cloud/climate sensitivity experiments. Climate Processes and Climate Sensitivity, American Geophysical Union, Ed., 92-107.
2.		Somerville, R. C. J., and L. A. Remer, 1984: Cloud optical thickness feedbacks in the CO2 climate problem. J. Geophys. Res., 89, 9668-9672.
3.		Kaufman, Y. J., and L. A. Remer, 1994: Detection of forests using Mid-IR reflectance: An application for aerosol studies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 32, 672-683.
4.		Kaufman, Y. J., L. A. Remer, D. E. Ward, R. Kleidman, L. Flynn, G. Shelton, R. D. Ottmar, R.-R. Li, R. S. Fraser, and D. McDougal, 1996: Relationship between remotely sensed fire intensity and rate of emission of smoke: SCAR-C Experiment. Global Biomas Burning, J. Levin, Ed., The MIT Press, 685-696.
5.		Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, and B. N. Holben, 1996: The size distribution of ambient aerosol particles, Smoke vs. urban/industrial aerosol. Biomass Burning and Global Change, J. S. Levine, Ed., MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 519-530.
6.		Kaufman, Y. J., A. Wald, L. A. Remer, B.-C. Gao, R.-R. Li, and L. Flynn, 1997: The MODIS 2.1 um channel-correlation with visible reflectance for use in remote sensing of aerosol. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 35, 1286-1298.
7.		Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, L. Remer, E. Vermote, A. Chu, and B. N. Holben, 1997: Operational remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol over land from EOS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 102, 17051-17067.
8.		Remer, L. A., and Gass, 1997: Urban/industrial aerosol: Ground-based sun/sky radiometer and airborne in situ measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 16849-16859.
9.		Vermote, E. F., N. El Saleous, C. O. Justice, Y. J. Kaufman, J. L. Privette, L. A. Remer, J. C. Roger, and D. Tanre, 1997: Atmospheric correction of visible to middle-infrared EOS-MODIS data over land surfaces: Background, operational algorithm and validation. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 17131-17141.
10.		Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, L. Remer, and B. N. Holben, 1998: Remote sensing of smoke from MODIS Airborne Simulator during the SCAR-B Experiment. J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on SCAR-B), 103, 31979-31987.
11.		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, and S. A. Christopher, 1998: Smoke, clouds, and radiation—Brazil (SCAR-B) experiment. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 103, 31783-31808.
12.		Remer, L. A., and Y. J. Kaufman, 1998: Dynamic aerosol model: Urban/Industrial aerosol. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 13859-13871.
13.		Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, B. N. Holben, A. M. Thompson, and D. McNamara, 1998: Tropical biomass burning smoke aerosol size distribution model. J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on SCAR-B), 103, 31879-31892.
14.		Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, B. N. Holben, A. M. Thompson, and D. McNamara, 1998: A model of tropical biomass burning smoke aerosol size distribution. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 31879-31891.
15.		Yamasoe, M. A., Y. J. Kaufman, O. Dubovik, L. A. Remer, B. N. Holben, and P. Artaxo, 1998: Retrieval of the real part of the refractive index of aerosols from sun/sky radiometers during SCAR-B. J. Geophys. Res. (special issue on SCAR-B), 103, 31893-31902.
16.		Longo, K. M., A. M. Thompson, V. W. J. H. Kirchoff, L. A. Remer, S. R. D. Freitas, M. A. F. SilvaDias, P. Artaxo, W. Hart, J. D. Spinhirne, and M. A. Yamasoe, 1999: Correlation between smoke and tropospheric ozone concentrations in Cuiaba during SCAR-B. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 12113-12129.
17.		Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, and B. N. Holben, 1999: Interannual variation of ambient aerosol characteristics on the East Coast of the United States. J. Geophys. Res. (TARFOX special issue), 104, 2223-2231.
18.		Tanre, D., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, P. V. Hobbs, J. M. Livingston, P. B. Russell, and A. Smirnov, 1999: Retrieval of aerosol optical thickness and size distribution over ocean from the MODIS Airborne Simulator during TARFOX. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 2261-2278.
19.		Ferrare, R., S. Ismail, E. Browell, V. Brackett, M. Clayton, S. Kooi, S. H. Melfi, D. Whiteman, G. Schwemmer, K. Evans, P. Russell, J. Livingston, B. Schmid, B. Holben, L. Remer, A. Smirnov, and P. Hobbs, 2000: Comparison of aerosol optical properties and water vapor among ground and airborne lidars and sun photometers during TARFOX. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9917-9934.
20.		Kleidman, R. G., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, R. A. Ferrare, and B. C. Gao, 2000: Remote sensing of total precipitable water vapor in the Near-IR over ocean glint. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2657-2660.
21.		Peppler, R. A., C. P. Bahrmann, J. C. Barnard, J. R. Campbell, M.-D. Cheng, R. A. Ferrare, R. N. Halthore, L. A. Heilman, D. L. Hlavka, N. S. Laulainen, C.-J. Lin, J. A. Ogren, M. R. Poellot, L. A. Remer, K. Sassen, J. D. Spinhirne, M. E. Splitt, and D. D. Turner, 2000: ARM Southern Great Plains Site observations of the smoke pall associated with the 1998 Central American fires. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81, 2563-2591.
22.		Smirnov, A., B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, N. T. O'Neill, L. A. Remer, T. F. Eck, I. Slutsker, and D. Savoie, 2000: Measurement of atmospheric optical parameters on U.S. Atlantic coast sites: Ships and Bermuda during TARFOX. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9887-9902.
23.		Feingold, G., L. A. Remer, J. Ramaprasad, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2001: Analysis of smoke impact on clouds in Brazilian biomass burning regions: An extension of Twomey's approach. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 22907-22922.
24.		Karnieli, A., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and A. Wald, 2001: AFRI-aerosol free vegetation index. Remote Sens. Environ., 77, (1), 1-21..
25.		Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, and L. A. Remer, 2001: New frontiers in remote sensing of aerosols and their radiative forcing of climate. Frontiers in Research of Climate Change, Kiehl and Ramanathan, Eds., 29 (12), doi: 10.1029/2001GL013205.
26.		Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, O. Dubovik, A. Karnieli, and L. A. Remer, 2001: Absorption of sunlight by dust as inferred from satellite and ground-based remote sensing. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1479-1483.
27.		Kreidenweiss, S. M., L. A. Remer, R. Bruintjes, R. Kleidman, and O. Dubovik, 2001: Smoke aerosol from biomass burning in Mexico: Hygroscopic smoke optical model. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 4831-4844.
28.		Remer, L. A., A. E. Wald, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2001: Angular and seasonal variation of spectral surface reflectance ratios: Implications for the remote sensing of aerosol over land. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39, 275-283.
29.		Sabbah, I., C. Ichoku, Y. J. Kaufman, and L. A. Remer, 2001: Full year cycle of desert dust spectral optical thickness and precipitable water vapor over Alexandria, Egypt. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 18305-18316.
30.		Tanre, D., Y. J. Kaufman, B. N. Holben, B. Chatenet, A. Karnieli, F. Lavenu, L. Blarel, O. Dubovik, L. A. Remer, and A. Smirnov, 2001: Climatology of dust aerosol size distribution and optical properties derived from remotely sensed data in the solar spectrum. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 18205-18218.
31.		Tanre, D., Y. J. Kaufman, B. N. Holben, B. Chatenet, A. Karnieli, F. Lavenu, L. Blarel, O. Dubovik, L. A. Remer, and A. Smirnov, 2001: Climatology of dust aerosol size distribution and optical properties derived from remotely sensed data in the solar spectrum. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 18205-18217.
32.		Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, and B. N. Holben, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval over land. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GLO13205.
33.		Ichoku, C., D. A. Chu, S. Mattoo, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, I. Slutsker, and B. N. Holben, 2002: A spatio-temporal approach for global validation and analysis of MODIS aerosol products. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013206.
34.		Ichoku, C., R. Levy, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, R.-R. Li, V. J. Martins, B. N. Holben, N. Abuhassan, I. Slutsker, T. F. Eck, and C. Pietras, 2002: Analysis of the performance characteristics of the five-channel Microtops II sun photometer for measuring aerosol optical thickness and precipitable water vapor. J. Geophys. Res., 107, NO. D13, doi: 10.1029/2001JD001302.
35.		Kaufman, Y. J., J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, M. R. Schoeberl, and M. A. Yamasoe, 2002: Satellite retrieval of aerosol absorption over the oceans using sunglint. Geophys. Res. Lett.,doi: 10.1029/2002GL015403.
36.		Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, B. N. Holben, S. Mattoo, L. A. Remer, T. F. Eck, J. Vaughn, and B. Chatenet, 2002: Aerosol radiative impact on spectral solar flux at the surface, derived from principal-plane sky measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 635-646.
37.		Martins, J. V., D. Tanre, L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, and R. Levy, 2002: MODIS cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosol over oceans using spatial variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL01352.
38.		Remer, L. A., D. Tanre, Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, D. A. Chu, B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, J. V. Martins, R.-R. Li, and Z. Ahmad, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean. Geophys Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013204.
39.		Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, Z. Levin, and S. Ghan, 2002: Model assessment of the ability of MODIS to measure top of atmosphere direct radiative forcing from smoke aerosols.. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 657-667.
40.		King, M. D., W. P. Menzel, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, 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.
41.		Ichoku, C., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, R. Levy, D. A. Chu, D. Tanre, and B. N. Holben, 2003: MODIS observation of aerosols and estimation of aerosol radiative forcing over southern Africa during SAFARI 2000. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D13), 8499, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002366.
42.		Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, B. N. Holben, J. M. Livingston, P. B. Russell, and H. Maring, 2003: Evaluation of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) retrievals of dust aerosol over the ocean during PRIDE. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D19), 8594, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002460.
43.		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. M. 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 ground-based remote sensing methods during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE). J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D19), 8586, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002493.
44.		Procopio, A. S., L. A. Remer, P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, and B. N. Holben, 2003: Modeled spectral optical properties for smoke aerosols in Amazonia. J. Geophys. Res., 30 (24), 2265, doi:10.1029/2003GL018063.
45.		Livingston, J. M., P. B. Russell, J. S. Reid, J. Redemann, B. Schmid, D. A. Allen, O. Torres, R. C. Levy, L. A. Remer, B. N. Holben, A. Smirnov, O. Dubovik, E. J. Welton, J. R. Campbell, J. Wang, and S. A. Christopher, 2003: Airborne Sun photometer measurements of aerosol optical depth and columnar water vapor during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment and comparison with land, aircraft, and satellite measurements. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. 108 (D19).
46.		Koren, I., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and J. V. Martins, 2004: Measurement of the effect of Amazon smoke on inhibition of cloud formation. Science, 303, 1342-1345.
47.		Procopio, A. S., P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, J. S. Schafer, and B. N. Holben, 2004: Multiyear analysis of Amazonian biomass burning smoke radiative forcing of climate. J. Geophys. Res., 31 (3), L03108, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018646.
48.		Ichoku, C., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and R. Levy, 2004: Global aerosol remote sensing from MODIS. Advances in Space Research, 34 (2004), 820-827.
49.		Geogdzhayev, I. V., M. I. Mishchenko, L. Liu, and L. Remer, 2004: Global two-channel AVHRR aerosol climatology: effects of stratospheric aerosols and preliminary comparisons with MODIS and MISR retrievals. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 47-59.
50.		Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2004: Effects of neglecting polarization on the MODIS aerosol retrieval over land. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience & Rem. Sens., 42 (11), 2576-2583.
51.		Chin, M., D. A. Chu, R. Levy, L. Remer, Y. Kaufman, B. Holben, T. Eck, P. Ginoux, and Q. Gao, 2004: Aerosol distribution in the Northern Hemisphere during ACE-Asia: Results from global model, satellite observations, and Sun photometer measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 109 (D23), doi: 10.1029/2004GL02014.
52.		Zhang, J., S. A. Christopher, L. A. Remer, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2005: Shortwave Aerosol Radiative Forcing over Cloud-Free Oceans from Terra I: Angular Models for Aerosols. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S23, doi:10.1029/2004JD005008.
53.		Myhre, G., F. Stordal, M. Johnsrud, D. J. Diner, I. V. Geogdzhayev, J. M. Haywood, B. Holben, T. Holzer-Popp, A. Ignatov, R. Kahn, Y. J. Kaufman, N. Loeb, J. Martonchik, M. I. Mishchenko, N. R. Nalli, L. A. Remer, M. Schroedter-Homscheidt, et al., 2005: Intercomparison of satellite retrieved aerosol optical depth over ocean during the period September 1997 to December 2000. Atm. Chem. Physics, 5, 1697-1719.
54.		Zhang, J., S. A. Christopher, L. A. Remer, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2005: Shortwave Aerosol Radiative Forcing over Cloud-Free Oceans from Terra II: Seasonal and Global Distributions. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S24, doi:10.1029/2004JD005009.
55.		Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, S. Mattoo, D. A. Chu, J. V. Martins, R. R. Li, C. Ichoku, R. C. Levy, R. G. Kleidman, T. F. Eck, E. Vermote, and B. N. Holben, 2005: The MODIS aerosol algorithm, products and validation. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 947-973.
56.		Ichoku, C., L. A. Remer, and T. F. Eck, 2005: Quantitative evaluation and intercomparison of morning and afternoon MODIS aerosol measurements from Terra and Aqua. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D10S03, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004987.
57.		Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, J. V. Martins, Y. J. Kaufman, A. Plana-Fattori, J. Redemann, P. B. Russell, and B. Wenny, 2005: Evaluation of the MODIS aerosol retrievals over ocean and land during CLAMS. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 974-992.
58.		Li, R.-R., L. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, B.-C. Gao, and E. Vermote, 2005: Snow and Ice Mask for the MODIS Aerosol Products. IEEE Geo. and Rem. Sens. Lett., 2, No. 3, 306-310.
59.		Al-Saadi, J., J. Szykman, R. B. Pierce, C. Kittaka, D. Neil, D. A. Chu, L. Remer, L. Gumley, E. Prins, L. Weinstock, C. MacDonald, R. Wayland, F. Dimmick, and J. Fishman, 2005: Improving National Air Quality Forecasts with Satellite Aerosol Observations. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 86 (9), 1249-1261.
60.		Kaufman, Y. J., I. Koren, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, P. Ginoux, and S. Fan, 2005: Dust transport and deposition observed from the Terra-Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) spacecraft over the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S12, doi: 10.1029/2003JDO04436.
61.		Kaufman, Y. J., O. Boucher, D. Tanre, M. Chin, L. A. Remer, and T. Takemura, 2005: Aerosol anthropogenic component estimated from satellite data. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L17804, doi:10/1029/2005GL023125.
62.		Koren, I., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Rosenfeld, L. A. Remer, and Y. Rudich, 2005: Aerosol invigoration and restructuring of Atlantic convective clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol 32, LI4828, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023187.
63.		Chu, D. A., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, B. Schmid, J. Redemann, K. Knobelspiesse, J. D. Chern, J. Livingston, P. B. Russell, X. Xiong, and W. Ridgway, 2005: Evaluation of aerosol properties over ocean from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) during ACE-Asia. J. Geophys. Res., 110 (D07308), doi: 10.1029/2004/JD005208.
64.		Kaufman, Y. J., L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, R. R. Li, R. Kleidman, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, T. Eck, B. N. Holben, C. Ichoku, J. Martins, and I. Koren, 2005: A critical examination of the residual cloud contamination and diurnal sampling effects on MODIS estimates of aerosol over ocean. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 43 (12), 2886-2897.
65.		Kaufman, Y. J., I. Koren, L. A. Remer, D. Rosenfeld, and Y. Rudich, 2005: The Effect of Smoke, Dust and Pollution Aerosol on Shallow Cloud Development Over the Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 102 (32), pp 11207-11212.
66.		Anderson, T. L., R. J. Charlson, N. Bellouin, O. Boucher, M. Chin, S. A. Christopher, J. Haywood, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Kinne, J. A. Ogren, L. A. Remer, T. Takemura, D. Tanre, O. Torres, C. R. Trepte, B. A. Wielicki, D. M. Winker, and H. Yu, 2005: A-Train strategy for quantifying direct climate forcing by anthropogenic aerosols. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 1795-1809.
67.		Ignatov, A., P. Minnis, N. Loeb, B. Wielicki, W. Miller, S. Sun-Mack, D. Tanre, L. A. Remer, I. Laszlo, and E. Geier, 2005: Two MODIS Aerosol Products over Ocean on the Terra and Aqua CERES SSF Datasets. J. Atmos. Sci., Special Section, 62, 1008-1031.
68.		Gerard, B., J.-L. Deuze, M. Herman, Y. J. Kaufman, P. Lallart, C. Oudard, L. A. Remer, B. Roger, B. Six, and D. Tanre, 2005: Comparisons between POLDER 2 and MODIS/Terra Aerosol Retrievals Over Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D24211, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006218.
69.		Zhao, T. X.-P., I. Laszlo, P. Minnis, and L. Remer, 2005: Comparison and analysis of two aerosol retrievals over the ocean in the Terra/Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System -- Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer single scanner footprint data: 2. Regional evaluation. J Geophys. Res., 110, D21209 10.1029/2005JD005852.
70.		Zhao, T. X.-P., I. Laszlo, P. Minnis, and L. Remer, 2005: Comparison and analysis of two aerosol retrievals over the ocean in the Terra/Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System -- Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer single scanner footprint data: 1. Global evaluation. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D21208 10.1029/2005JD005851.
71.		Smith, W. L., T. P. Charlock, R. Kahn, J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, and P. V. Hobbs, 2005: EOS-terra aerosol and radiative flux validation: An overview of the Chesapeake LIghthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 903-918.
72.		Castanho, A. D. D., J. V. Martins, P. V. Hobbs, P. Artaxo, L. A. Remer, M. Yamasoe, and P. R. Colarco, 2005: Chemical characterization of aerosols on the east coast of the United States using aircraft and ground-based stations during the CLAMS experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 62(4), 934-946.
73.		Abdou, W. A., D. J. Diner, J. V. Martonchik, C. J. Bruegge, R. A. Kahn, B. J. Gaitley, K. A. Crean, L. A. Remer, and B. Holben, 2005: Comparison of coincident Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aerosol optical depths over land and ocean scenes containing Aerosol Robotic Network sites. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S07, doi:10.1029/2004JD004693.
74.		Yu, H., Y. J. Kaufman, M. Chin, G. Feingold, L. Remer, T. Anderson, Y. Balkanski, N. Bellouin, O. Boucher, S. Christopher, P. DeCola, R. Kahn, D. Koch, N. Loeb, M. S. Reddy, M. Schulz, T. Takemura, and M. Zhou, 2006: A review of measurement-based assessments of aerosol direct radiative effect and forcing. Atmos. Chem . Phys., 6, 613-666.
75.		Remer, L. A., and Y. J. Kaufman, 2006: Aerosol direct radiative effect at the top of the atmosphere over cloud free ocean derived from four years of MODIS data. Atmos. Chem. & Phys. 6, 237-253.
76.		Feingold, G., R. Furrer, P. Pilewskie, L. A. Remer, Q. L. Min, and H. Jonsson, 2006: Aerosol indirect effect studies at Southern Great Plains during the May 2003 Intensive Operations Period. J. Geophys. Res., 111 (D5), D05S14, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005648.
77.		Smirnov, A., B. N. Holben, S. M. Sakerin, D. M. Kabanov, I. Slutsker, M. Chin, T. L. Diehl, L. A. Remer, R. Kahn, A. Ignatov, L. Liu, M. Mishchenko, T. F. Eck, T. L. Kucsera, D. Giles, and O. V. Kopelevich, 2006: Ship-based aerosol optical depth measurements in the Atlantic Ocean: Comparison with satellite retrievals and GOCART model. Geophys. Res., 33, L14817, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026051.
78.		Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, and R. G. Kleidman, 2006: Comparison of three years of Terra and Aqua MODIS Aerosol Optical Thickness Over the Global Oceans. IEEE, Geo.& Rem. Sens. Lett., Vol 3(4), 537-540.
79.		Christopher, S. A., J. L. Zhang, Y. J. Kaufman, and L. A. Remer, 2006: Satellite-based assessment of top of atmosphere anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing over cloud-free oceans. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 (15), L15816.
80.		Redemann, J., Q. Zhang, B. Schmid, P. B. Russell, J. M. Livingston, H. Jonsson, and L. A. Remer, 2006: Assessment of MODIS-derived visible and near-IR aerosol optical properties and their spatial variability in the presence of mineral dust. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18814, doi:10.1029/2006GL026626.
81.		Weaver, C., A. da Silva, M. Chin, P. Ginoux, O. Dubovik, D. Flittner, A. Zia, L. Remer, B. Holben, and W. Gregg, 2007: Direct insertion of MODIS radiances in a global aerosol transport model. J. Atmos. Sci., 64 (3), 808-826.
82.		Levy, R. C., L. Remer, S. Mattoo, E. Vermote, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2007: Second-generation algorithm for retrieving aerosol properties over land from MODIS spectral reflectance. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13211, doi:10.1029/2006JD007811..
83.		Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, and O. Dubovik, 2007: Global aerosol optical properties and application to MODIS aerosol retrieval over land . J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13210, doi:10.1029/2006JD007815..
84.		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.
85.		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.
86.		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.
87.		Takemura, T., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and T. Nakajima, 2007: Two competing pathways of aerosol effects on cloud and precipitation formation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34 (4) L04802, doi:10.1029/2006GL028349.
88.		Koren, I., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, Y. Rudich, and J. V. Martins, 2007: On the twilight zone between clouds and aerosols. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08805, doi:10.1029/2007GL029253.
89.		Russell, P. B., J. M. Livingston, J. Redemann, B. Schmid, S. A. Ramirez, J. Eilers, R. Khan, D. A. Chu, L. Remer, P. K. Quinn, M. J. Rood, and W. Wang, 2007: Multi-grid-cell validation of satellite aerosol property retrievals in INTEX/ITCT/ICARTT 2004. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S09, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007606.
90.		Koren, I., L. A. Remer, and K. Longo, 2007: Reversal of trend of biomass burning in the Amazon. Geophys. Res. Lett.,34, L20404, doi:10.1029/2007GL031530.
91.		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.
92.		Yu, H., L. A. Remer, M. Chin, H. Bian, R. G. Kleidman, and T. Diehl, 2008: A satellite-based assessment of transpacific transport of pollution aerosol. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S12, doi:10.1029/2007JD009349.
93.		Ichoku, C., L. Giglio, M. J. Wooster, and L. A. Remer, 2008: Global characterization of biomass-burning patterns using satellite measurements of Fire Radiative Energy. Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 2950-2962, 2008..
94.		Koren, I., L. Oreopoulos, G. Feingold, L. A. Remer, and O. Altaratz, 2008: How small is a small cloud?. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3855-3864.
95.		Remer, L. A., R. G. Kleidman, R. C. Levy, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, S. Mattoo, J. V. Martins, C. Ichoku, I. Koren, H. Yu, and B. N. Holben, 2008: Global aerosol climatology from the MODIS satellite sensors. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S07, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009661 (The Yoram J. Kaufman Symposium on Aerosols, Clouds and Climate).
96.		Koren, I., J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, and H. Afargan, 2008: Smoke Invigoration Versus Inhibition of Clouds over the Amazon. Science, 321, 946, doi: 10.1126/science.1159185.
97.		Myhre, G., T. F. Berglen, M. Johnsurd, C. Holye, T. K. Berntsen, S. A. Christopher, I. S. A. Isaksen, T. A. Jones, R. A. Kahn, N. Lowb, P. Quinn, L. Remer, and K. E. Yttri, 2008: Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect using a multi-observation approach. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 8, 12823-12886.
98.		Koren, I., L. A. Remer, K. Longo, F. Brown, and R. Lindsey, 2009: Reply to comment by W. Schroeder et al. on Reversal of trend of biomass burning in the Amazon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03807, doi: 10.1029/2008GL036063.
99.		Levy, R., G. Leptoukh, R. Kahn, V. Zubko, A. Gopalan, and L. Remer, 2009: A critical look at deriving monthly aerosol optical depth from satellite data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 47, No. 9, 2942-2956.
100.		Remer, L. A., M. Chin, P. DeCola, G. Feingold, R. Halthore, R. A. Kahn, P. K. Quinn, D. Rind, S. E. Schwartz, D. Streets, and H. Yu, 2009: Executive Summary, Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.
101.		Kahn, R. A., H. Yu, S. E. Schwartz, M. Chin, G. Feingold, L. A. Remer, D. Rind, R. Halthore, and P. DeCola, 2009: Introduction, Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.
102.		Rind, D., R. A. Kahn, M. Chin, S. E. Schwartz, L. A. Remer, G. Feingold, H. Yu, P. K. Quinn, and R. Halthorne, 2009: The Way Forward: Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.
103.		Yu, H., P. K. Quinn, G. Feingold, L. A. Remer, R. A. Kahn, M. Chin, and S. E. Schwartz, 2009: Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Properties, Burdens, and Radiative Forcing, in Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA.
104.		Yu, H., M. Chin, L. A. Remer, R. G. Kleidman, N. Bellouin, H. Bian, and T. Diehl, 2009: Variability of marine aerosol fine-mode fraction and estimates of anthropogenic aerosol component over cloud-free oceans from the Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10206, doi:10.1029/2008JD010648.
105.		Kahn, R. A., D. L. Nelson, M. Garay, R. C. Levy, M. A. Bull, J. V. Martonchik, D. J. Diner, S. R. Paradise, D. L. Wu, E. G. Hansen, and L. A. Remer, 2009: MISR Aerosol product attributes, and statistical comparison with MODIS. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. (In press)
106.		Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, R. G. Kleidman, S. Mattoo, C. Ichoku, and T. F. Eck, 2009: Global evaluation of the Collection 5 MODIS aerosol products over land and ocean. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc.. (Submitted)
107.		Martins, J. V., P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, A. D. Castanho, and L. A. Remer, 2009: Spectral absorption properties of aerosol particles from 350-2500nm. G. Res. Lett., 36, doi: 10.1029/2009GL037435, L13810.

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