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) [Full Text (PDF)]

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

Bell, T. L., D. Rosenfeld, and K.-M. Kim, 2009: The Weekly Cycle of Lightning: Evidence of Storm Invigoration by Pollution. Geophys. Res. Lett. (In press) [Abstract]

Bell, T. L., J.-M. Yoo, and M.-I. Lee, 2009: Note on the weekly cycle of storm heights over the southeast United States. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D15201, doi:10.1029/2009JD012041. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Clouds, Rainfall, Remote Sensing]

Bian, H., M. Chin, J. Rodriguez, H. Yu, J. E. Penner, and S. Strahan, 2009: Sensitivity of aerosol optical thickness and aerosol direct radiative effect to relative humidity. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 9, 2375-2386. [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Modeling]

Bosilovich, M. G., D. M. Mocko, J. O. Roads, and A. Ruane, 2009: A Multi-model Analysis for the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP). J. Hydrometeor., 10(4), 912–934, DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1090.1, 2009. [Abstract] [Analysis, Modeling, Rainfall]

Chen, Y., Q. Li, R. Kahn, J. T. Randerson, and D. J. Diner, 2009: Quantifying aerosol direct radiative effect with MISR observations: 1. TOA albedo change by aerososl based on land surface types. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D02109, doi:10.1029/2008JD010754..

Chen, Y., Q. Li, J. T. Randerson, E. A. Lyons, R. A. Kahn, D. L. Nelson, and D. J. Diner, 2009: Temporal constraints and injection heights of North American boreal fire emissions: Implications for CO and aerosol simulations. J. Geophys. Res. (Submitted)

Chen, Y., Q. Li, J. T. Randerson, E. A. Lyons, R. A. Kahn, D. L. Nelson, and D. J. Diner, 2009: The sensitivity of CO and aerosol transport to the temporal and vertical distribution of North American boreal fire emissions. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, pp 6559-6580.

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) [Abstract]

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 . [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

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.. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

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. [Full Text (PDF)]

Eichler, H., K. S. Schmidt, R. Buras, M. Wendisch, B. Mayer, P. Pilewskie, M. D. King, L. Tian, G. Heymsfield, and S. Platnick, 2009: Cirrus spatial heterogeneity versus ice crystal shape: Effects on remote sensing of cirrus optical thickness and effective crystal radius. J. Geophys. Res. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Feng, Q., P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, N. C. Hsu, S. C. Tsay, and I. Laszlo, 2009: Effects of Particle Nonsphericity and Radiation Polarization on Retrieving Dust properties from Satellite Observations. J. Aerosol Sci. (In press)

Fischer, E. V., N. C. Hsu, D. A. Jaffe, M.-J. Jeong, and S. L. Gong, 2009: A decade of dust: Asian dust and springtime aerosol load in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Geophys. Res. Lett./, 36, L03821, doi:10.1029/2008GL036467. [Abstract] [Aerosols, Analysis, Remote Sensing]

Gatebe, C. K., O. Dubovik, M. D. King, and A. Sinyuk, 2009: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface optical properties from combined airborne- and ground-based direct and diffuse radiometric measurements. Atmos. Chem. Phys. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Remote Sensing, Surface Properties]

Gautam, R., N. C. Hsu, K. M. Lau, S. C. Tsay, and M. Kafatos, 2009: Enhanced Pre-Monsoon Warming over the Himalayan-Gangetic Region from 1979 to 2007. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07704, doi:10.1029/2009GL037641. [Full Text (PDF)]

Gautam, R., N. C. Hsu, K.-M. Lau, and M. Kafatos, 2009: Aerosol and Rainfall Variability over the Indian Monsoon Region: Distributions, Trends and Coupling. Annales Geophysicae, Special Issue: From Deserts to Monsoons, 27, 3691-3703. [Full Text (PDF)]

Gautam, R., Z. Liu, R. P. Singh, and N. C. Hsu, 2009: Two Contrasting Dust-dominant periods over India observed from MODIS and CALIPSO data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06813, doi:10.1029/2008GL036967. [Full Text (PDF)]

Georgiev, G. T., C. K. Gatebe, J. J. Butler, and M. D. King, 2009: BRDF analysis of savanna vegetation and salt-pan samples. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 47, 2546-2556. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Solar Radiation, Surface Properties]

Hansell, R. A., S. C. Tsay, Q. Ji, N. C. Hsu, M. J. Jeong, S. H. Wang, J. S. Reid, K. N. Liou, and S. C. Ou, 2009: An Assessment of Surface Longwave Direct Radiative Effect of Airborne Saharan Dust during the NAMMA field campaign. J. Atmos. Sci. NAMMA special issue. (In press)

Herman, J. R., G. Labow, N. C. Hsu, and D. Larko, 2009: Changes in Cloud Cover (1998-2006) Derived From Reflectivity Time Series using SeaWiFS, EP-TOMS, SBUV-2, and OMI Radiance Data. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D01201, doi:10.1029/2007JD009508.

Ichoku, C., J. V. Martins, Y. J. Kaufman, M. J. Wooster, P. H. Freeborn, W. M. Hao, S. Baker, C. A. Ryan, and B. L. Nordgren, 2009: Laboratory investigation of fire radiative energy and smoke aerosol emissions. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S09, doi:10.1029/2007JD009659, (The Yoram J. Kaufman Symposium on Aerosols, Clouds and Climate). [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Analysis, Remote Sensing]

Johnson, B. T., S. Christopher, J. M. Haywood, S. R. Osborne, S. McFarlane, N. C. Hsu, C. Salustro, and R. Kahn, 2009: Measurements of aerosol properties from aircraft, satellite and ground-based remote sensing: A case study from the Dust and Biomass burning Experiment (DABEX). Q.J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 135, 922-934.

Joiner, J., M. R. Schoeberl, A. P. Vasilkov, L. Oreopoulos, S. Platnick, N. J. Livesey, and P. F. Levelt, 2009: Accurate satellite-derived estimates of the tropospheric ozone impact on the global radiation budget. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 4447-4465. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Analysis, Clouds, Remote Sensing]

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)

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. [Full Text (PDF)]

King, M. D., S. Platnick, G. Wind, G. T. Arnold, and R. T. Dominguez, 2009: Remote sensing of the radiative and microphysical properties of clouds during TC4: Results from MAS, MASTER, MODIS, and MISR. J. Geophys. Res. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

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. [Full Text (PDF)]

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) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Analysis, Remote Sensing]

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. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Remote Sensing, Solar Radiation]

Lin, T.-H., N. C. Hsu, S.-C. Tsay, and S.-J. Huang, 2009: Asian dust weather categorization with satellite and surface observations. I. J. Rem, Sens. (In press)

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) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Remote Sensing, Surface Properties]

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. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

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. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

McComiskey, A., G. Feingold, A. S. Frisch, D. Turner, M. Miller, J. C. Chiu, Q. Min, and J. Ogren, 2009: An assessment of aerosol-cloud interactions in marine stratus clouds based on surface remote sensing. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D09203, doi:10.1029/2008JD011006. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Oreopoulos, L., and E. Mlawer, 2009: The Continual Intercomparison of Radiation Codes (CIRC): Assessing anew the quality of GCM radiation algorithms. Bull. Am. Met. Soc. (In press) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Oreopoulos, L., and E. Mlawer, 2009: CIRC to Provide Key Intercomparisons of GCM Radiative Transfer Codes Prior to Next IPCC Assessment. GEWEX Feb 09 Newsletter, 8. [Full Text (PDF)]

Oreopoulos, L., E. Mlawer, J. Delamere, and T. Shippert, 2009: The Continual Intercomparison of Radiation Codes (CIRC): A New Standard for Evaluating GCM Radiation Codes. Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS 2008 Proceedings), 73-76. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Oreopoulos, L., S. E. Platnick, G. Hong, P. Yang, and R. F. Cahalan, 2009: The Shortwave Radiative Forcing Bias of Homogeneous Liquid and Ice Clouds Observed by MODIS. Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS 2008 Proceedings), 9, 5865-5875. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing, Solar Radiation]

Oreopoulos, L., S. Platnick, G. Hong, P. Yang, and R. F. Cahalan, 2009: The shortwave radiative forcing bias of liquid and ice clouds from MODIS observations. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 9, 5865-5875. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds]

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. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Modeling]

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. [Full Text (PDF)]

Rind, D., M. Chin, G. Feingold, D. Streets, R. A. Kahn, S. E. Schwartz, and H. Yu, 2009: Modeling the Effects of Aerosols on Climate: 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. [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Modeling]

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. [Full Text (PDF)]

Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, B. Mayer, M. Wendisch, B. Kindel, S. Platnick, M. D. King, G. Wind, G. T. Arnold, L. Tian, G. Heymsfield, and H. Eichler, 2009: Apparent and real absorption of solar spectral irradiance in heterogeneous ice clouds. J. Geophys. Res. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Sotiropoulou, R. E. P., J. Kouatchou, L. Oreopoulos, N. Meskhidze, J. M. Rodriguez, and A. Nenes, 2009: Sensitivity of indirect forcing and autoconversion to cloud parameterizations, meteorological fields and surface albedo. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmospheres). (Submitted) [Abstract] [Aerosols, Clouds, Modeling]

Sotiropoulou, R.-E. P., N. Meskhidze, J. Kouatchou, B. Das, L. Oreopoulos, J. M. Rodriguez, and A. Nenes, 2009: Aerosol - cloud interactions in the NASA GMI: Model development and indirect forcing assessments. Atmos. Chem. Phys. (Submitted) [Aerosols, Clouds, Modeling]

Sud, Y. C., E. M. Wilcox, K.-M. Lau, G. K. Walker, X.-H. Liu, A. Nenes, D. Lee, K.-M. Kim, Y. Zhou, and P. S. Bhattacharjee, 2009: Sensitivity of Boreal-Summer Circulation and Precipitation to Atmospheric Aerosols in Selected Regions, Part I: Africa and India. Annales Geophysicae, 27, 3989-4007. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Clouds, Modeling, Rainfall]

Tsay, S.-C., G.-R. Liu, N. C. Hsu, W.-Y. Sun, and et. al., 2009: Outbreaks of Asian dust storms: An overview from satellite and surface perspectives. Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences: Applications to the Asia Pacific Region, World Scientific, 373-401.

Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2009: MODIS observations of enhanced clear sky reflectance near clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06807, doi:10.1029/2008GL037089. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Vasilkov, A. P., J. Joiner, L. Oreopoulos, J. F. Gleason, P. Veefkind, E. Bucsela, E. A. Celarier, R. J. D. Spurr, and S. Platnick, 2009: Impact of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide on the regional radiation budget. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 9, 6389-6400. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing, Solar Radiation]

Wilcox, E. M., Harshvardhan, and S. Platnick, 2009: Estimate of the impact of absorbing aerosol over cloud on the MODIS retrievals of cloud optical thickness and effective radius using two independent retrievals of liquid water path. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D05210, doi:10.1029/2008JD010589. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Wilcox, E. M., Y. C. Sud, and G. K. Walker, 2009: Sensitivity of Boreal-Summer Circulation and Precipitation to Atmospheric Aerosols in Selected Regions, Part II: The Americas. Annales Geophysicae, 27, 4009-4021. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Clouds, Modeling, Rainfall]

Wind, G., S. Platnick, M. D. King, P. A. Hubanks, M. J. Pavolonis, A. K. Heidinger, P. Yang, and B. A. Baum, 2009: Multilayer cloud detection with the MODIS near-infrared water vapor absorption band. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

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) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Yasunari, T. J., P. Bonasoni, P. Laj, K. Fujita, E. Vuillermoz, A. Marinoni, P. Cristofanelli, R. Duchi, G. Tartari, and K.-M. Lau, 2009: Preliminary estimation of black carbon deposition and its possible impact on snow albedo changes over Himalayan glaciers during pre-monsoon season. Geophys. Res. Lett. (Submitted)

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. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Remote Sensing]

Yu, H., M. Chin, D. M. Winker, A. H. Omar, Z. Liu, C. Kittaka, and T. Diehl, 2009: Global view of aerosol vertical distributions from CALIPSO lidar measurements and GOCART simulations: Regional and seasonal variations. J. Geophys. Res., Special Issue on Aerosol and Cloud Studies from CALIPSO and the A-train. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Analysis]

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. [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Analysis, Remote Sensing]

Zhang, Y., R. Fu, H. Yu, Y. Qian, R. E. Dickinson, M. A. F. Silva Dias, P. L. da Silva Dias, and K. Fernandes, 2009: Impact of biomass burning aerosol on the monsoon circulation transition over Amazonia. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10814, doi:10.1029/2009GL037180. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Clouds, Modeling, Rainfall]

Zhibo, Z., P. Yang, G. Kattawar, J. Riedi, L. C. Labonnote, B. Baum, S. Platnick, and H.-L. Huang, 2009: Influence of ice particle model on satellite ice cloud retrieval: Lessons learned from MODIS and POLDER cloud product comparison. Atmos. Chem. Phys.. (In press)

Zhou, Y. P., K.-M. Lau, O. Real, and E. Liu, 2009: AIRS impact on precipitation analysis and forecast of tropical Cyclone Nargis in a global data assimilation and forecast system. Geophys. Res. Lett.. (Submitted)

Zipser, E. J., C. H. Twohy, S. C. Tsay, K. L. Thornhill, S. Tanelli, R. Ross, T. N. Krishnamurti, Q. Ji, G. Jenkins, S. Ismail, N. C. Hsu, R. Hood, G. M. Heymsfield, A. Heymsfield, J. Halverson, M. W. Goodman, R. Ferrare, J. P. Dunion, M. Douglas, et al., 2009: The Saharan Air Layer and the Fate of African Easterly Waves: NASA’s AMMA 2006 Field Program to Study Tropical Cyclogenesis: NAMMA. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. (In press)