Publications: 2001-2006

2006

• Atlas, D., Z. Wang, and D. Duda, 2006: Contrails to Cirrus - Morphology, Microphysics, and Radiative Properties. J. Appl. Meteor., 45, 5-19.

• Hogan, R. J., D. P. Donovan, C. Tinel, M. A. Brooks, A. J. Illingworth and J. P. V. Poiares Baptista, 2006: Independent evaluation of the ability of spaceborne radar and lidar to retrieve the microphysical and radiative properties of ice clouds. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 23, 211-227.

• Hogan, R. J., M. P. Mittermaier and A. J. Illingworth, 2006: The retrieval of ice water content from radar reflectivity factor and temperature and its use in the evaluation of a mesoscale model. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatology, 45, 301-317.

• Li, J.-L., J. H. Jiang, D. E. Waliser, A. Tompkins, 2006: Assessing Consistency between EOS MLS and ECMWF Analyzed and Forecast Estimates of Cloud Ice, Geoph. Res. Lett., Submitted

• Tselioudis, G., and W. B. Rossow, 2006: Climate feedback implied by observed radiation and precipitation changes with midlatitude storm strength and frequency. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, doi 10.1029/2005GL024513, (1-5).

• Zhang, Y. and G. G. Mace, 2006: Retrieval of Cirrus Microphysical Properties with a Suite of Algorithms for Airborne and Spaceborne Lidar, Radar, and Radiometer Data, J. Appl. Meteorol.Climat., 45, 1665-1689, outlines the approach for enhanced lidar/radar ice cloud microphysics.

• Zhang, Y., G. Mace, et al., Retrieval of cirrus microphysical properties with a suite of algorithms for airborne and spaceborne lidar, radar, and radiometer data, J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 45(12): 1665-1689, Dec. 2006.

2005

• Heymsfield, A. J., Z. Wang and S. Matrosov, 2005: Improved radar ice water content retrieval algorithms using coincident microphysical and radar measurements. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 1391-1412.

• Im, E., C. Wu, S.L. Durden, 2005: Cloud Profiling Radar for the CloudSat Mission. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 20(10), 15-18 - describes the CPR instrument and its design

• Li Lihua., Heymsfield G.E., Tian L. and Racette P.E., 2005: Measurements of Ocean Surface Backscattering Using an Airborne 94-GHz Cloud Radar Implication for Calibration of Airborne and Spaceborne W-Band Radars. J. Atmos. and Oce. Technol, 22, 1033-1045.

• Rossow, W. B., Y-C. Zhang and J-H. Wang, 2005: A statistical model of cloud vertical structure based on reconciling cloud layer amounts inferred from satellites and radiosonde humidity profiles. J. Climate, 18, 3587-3605.

• Rossow, W. B., G. Tselioudis, A. Polak and C. Jakob, 2005: Tropical climate described as a distribution of weather states indicated by distinct mesoscale cloud property mixtures. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi 10.1029/2005GL024584, (1-4).

• Wang, Z., G. M. Heymsfield, L. Li and A. J. Heymsfield, 2005: Retrieve optically thick ice cloud microphysical properties by using airborne dual-wavelength radar measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D19201, doi:10.1029/2005JD005969.

2004

• Zhang, Y-C., W. B. Rossow, A. A. Lacis, M. I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas, 2004: Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25).

2003

• Boain, Ronald J., 2003: The CloudSat Mission: A Virtual Platform Advances in the Astronautical Sciences (0065-3438). Vol. 114, Iss. SUPPL, 2121-2138.

• Benedetti, A., G. L. Stephens, J. M. Haynes, 2003: Ice cloud microphysics retrievals from millimeter radar and visible optical depth using an estimation theory approach. J. Geophys. Res., 108, D11, 4335 - outlines the approach of the ice component of the 2b-CWC product

• L'Ecuyer, T. S., and G. L. Stephens, 2003: The tropical ocean energy budget from the TRMM perspective, Part I: Algorithm and uncertainties. J. Clim., 16, 1967-1985 - description of a part of the 2B-FLXHR algorithm

2002

• L'Ecuyer, T. S. and G. L. Stephens, 2002: An estimation-based precipitation retrieval algorithm for attenuating radars. J. Appl. Met., 41, 272-285.

• Sassen, K., Z. Wang, V. I. Khvorostyanov, G. L. Stephens, A. Benedetti, 2002: Cirrus cloud ice water content radar algorithm evaluation using an explicit cloud microphysical model. J. Appl. Met., 41, 620-628.

• Stephens, G. L., D. G. Vane, R. J. Boain, G. G. Mace, K. Sassen, Z. Wang, A. J. Illingworth, E. J. O'Connor, W. B. Rossow, S. L. Durden, S. D. Miller, R. T. Austin, A. Benedetti, C. Mitrescu, and the CloudSat Science Team, 2002: The CloudSat Mission and the A-Train: A New Dimension of Space-Based Observations of Clouds and Precipitation, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 1771-1790.

• Wang, Z. and K. Sassen, 2002: Cirrus cloud microphysical property retrieval using lidar and radar measurements: I algorithm description and comparison with in situ data. J. Appl. Meteor., 41, 218-229.

2001

• Li, Lihua, S. M. Sekelski, S. C. Reising, C. T. Swift, S. L. Durden, G. A. Sadowy, S. J. Dinardo, F. K. Li, A. Huffman, G. L. Stephens, D. M. Babb and H. W. Rosenberger, 2001: Retrieval of atmospheric attenuation using combined ground-based and airborne 95 GHz cloud radat measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 18, 1345-1353.

• Miller, S. D. and G. L. Stephens, 2001: CloudSat instrument requirements as determined from ECMWF forecasts of global cloudiness. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17, 713-17, 733.