Publications: 2008

2008

• Austin, R. and G Stephens, 2008; Improved retrieval of stratus cloud microphysical parameters using millimeter-wave radar and visible optical depth: 1. Algorithm and synthetic analysis, submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

• Austin, R. S Miller, Y Min, and G Stephens and N. Wood, 2007; Improved retrieval of stratus cloud microphysical parameters using millimeter-wave radar and visible optical depth: 1I. Application and Evaluation, submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

• Barker, H. W.: Overlap of Fractional Cloud for Radiation Calculations in GCMs: A Global Analysis using CloudSat and CALIPSO Data. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A01, doi:10.1029/2007JD009677.

• Barker, H. W., A. V. Korolev, D. R. Hudak, J. W. Strapp, K. B. Strawbridge, and M. Wolde  (2008),  A Comparison between CloudSat and Aircraft Data for a Multi-layer, Mixed-Phase Cloud System during C3VP,  J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A16, doi:10.1029/2008JD009971.

• Barker, H. W.  (2008),  Representing Cloud Overlap with an Effective Decorrelation Length: An Radiative Assessment using CloudSat and CALIPSO Data,  J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24205, doi:10.1029/2008JD010391.

• Battaglia, A., M. O. Ajewole and C. Simmer, 2008: Evaluation of radar multiple scattering effects in Cloudsat configuration, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 1719-1730.

• Battaglia, A., S. Kobayashi, S. Tanelli, C. Simmer, E. Im, 2008: Multiple scattering effects in pulsed radar systems: an intercomparison study. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25(9), 1556-1567.

• Battaglia, A., and C. Simmer,  How does multiple scattering affect the spaceborne W-band radar measurements at ranges close to and crossing the surface-range?, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, June 2008,  Vol.46,Iss.6;.1644-1651

• Battaglia, A., J. Haynes, T.S. L'Ecuyer, and C. Simmer  (2008),  Identifying multiple-scattering affected profiles in CloudSat observations over the Oceans,  J. Geophys. Res.,  doi:10.1029/2008JD009960, Dec 2008.

• Berg, W., T. L'Ecuyer, and S. van den Heever (2008), Evidence for the impact of aerosols on the onset and microphysical properties of rainfall from a combination of satellite observations and cloud resolving model simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S23, doi:10.1029/2007JD009649..

• Bodas-Salcedo, A., M. J. Webb, M. E. Brooks, M. A. Ringer, K. D. Williams, S. F. Milton, and D. R. Wilson  (2008),  Evaluating cloud systems in the Met Office global forecast model using simulated CloudSat radar reflectivities,  J. Geophys. Res.,  doi:10.1029/2007JD009620, Nov 2008.

• Bouniol, D., Alain Protat, Artemio Plana-Fattori, Manuel Giraud, Jean-Paul Vinson, Noël Grand, Comparison of airborne and spaceborne 95 GHz radar reflectivities and evaluation of multiple scattering effect in spaceborne measurements, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Volume 25, ISSUE 11, PP 1983-1995, Nov 2008.

• Chen, R., R. Wood, Z. Li, R. Ferraro, F.-L. Chang, 2008, Studying the vertical variation of cloud droplet effective radius using ship and space-borne remote sensing data, J. Geophy. Res., 113, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009596.

• Chen, Y., F. Weng, Y. Han, Q. Liu, Validation of the Community Radiative Transfer Model by using CloudSat data, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, D00A03, doi:10.1029/2007JD009561, 2008

• Chung, E. S., B. J. Sohn, and J. Schmetz (2008), CloudSat shedding new light on high-reaching tropical deep convection observed with Meteosat, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02814, doi:10.1029/2007GL032516.

• De Boer, G., Tripoli, G., Eloranta, E.W., 2008: Preliminary comparison of CloudSAT-derived microphysical quantities with ground-based measurements for mixed-phase cloud research in the Arctic, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A06, doi:10.1029/2008JD010029.

• Dodson, J.B., and T.H. Vonder Haar, 2008: Observations of Atmospheric Rivers with CloudSat CPR and Aqua AMSR-E.  Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.

• Ekström, M.; Eriksson, P., Altitude resolved ice-fraction in the uppermost tropical troposphere, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, doi 10.1029/2008GL034305.

• Eriksson, P, M. Ekstr¨om, B. Rydberg, D. L. Wu, R. T. Austin, and D. P. Murtagh, Comparison between early Odin-SMR, Aura MLS and CloudSat retrievals of cloud ice mass in the upper tropical troposphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7, 2008, pp 1937-1948. 

• Feldman, D. R., T.S. L'Ecuyer, K. N. Liou, and Y. L. Yung  (2008),  Remote sensing of tropical tropopause layer radiation balance using A-train measurements,  J. Geophys. Res.,  doi:10.1029/2008JD010158, Nov 2008..

• Heymsfield, A. J., A. Protat, R. T. Austin, D. Bouniol, R. J. Hogan, J. Delanoe, H. Okamoto, K. Sato, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, D. P. Donovan, and Z. Wang, 2008: Testing IWC retrieval methods using radar and ancillary measurements with in-situ data. J. Appl. Met. And  Clim, Jan. 2008. Vol.47,Iss.1;.135-163.

• Heymsfield A. J., A. Bansemer, S. Matrosov, and L. Tian, 2008:The 94-GHz radar dim band: Relevance to ice cloud properties and CloudSat. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L03802, doi:10.1029/2007GL03136.

• Hudak, D., P. Rodriguez, and N. Donaldson (2008), Validation of the CloudSat precipitation occurrence algorithm using the Canadian C band radar network, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A07, doi:10.1029/2008JD009992.

• Josset D., J. Pelon, A. Protat and C. Flamant, A new approach to determine aerosol optical depth from combined CALIPSO and CLOUDSAT ocean surface echoes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L10805, doi:10.1029/2008GL033442, 2008.

• Kato, S., S. Sun-Mack, W. F. Miller, F. G. Rose, P. Minnis, B. A. Wielicki, D. M. Winker, G. L. Stephens, T. P. Charlock, W. D. Collins, N. G. Loeb, P. W. Stackhouse, and K. Xu, 2008: Cloud vertical profiles derived from CALIPSO and CloudSat and a comparison with MODIS derived clouds. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract A41A-06, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 26-30 May.

• Kay, JE T L’Ecuyer, G.L. Stephens, A Gettelman, and C.O’Dell, 2008; The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent. Minimum, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L08503, doi:10.1029/2008GL033451, 2008.

• Kahn, B.T.,  , M. T. Chahine , G. L. Stephens , G. G. Mace , R. T. Marchand , Z. Wang , C. D. Barnet , A. Eldering , R. E. Holz , R. E. Kuehn , and D. G. Vane, Cloud type comparisons of AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO cloud height and amount , Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1231-1248, 2008 

• Kubar, T. L., and D. L. Hartmann, 2008: Vertical structure of tropical oceanic convective clouds and its relation to precipitation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L03804, doi:10.1029/2007GL032811.

• Lebsock M. D., G. L. Stephens, C. Kummerow (2008), Multisensor satellite observations of aerosol effects on warm clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15205, doi:10.1029/2008JD009876.

• L'Ecuyer, T.S., N. B. Wood, T. Haladay, G. L. Stephens, and P.W. Stackhouse Jr.  (2008),  Impact of clouds on the atmospheric heating based on the R04 CloudSat fluxes and heating rates data set,  J. Geophys. Res.,  doi:10.1029/2008JD009951, Dec 2008.

• Leon, D. C., Z. Wang, and D. Liu  (2008),  Climatology of drizzle in marine boundary layer clouds based on one year of data from CloudSat and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO),  J. Geophys. Res.,  doi:10.1029/2008JD009835, Nov 2008.

• Li, Jui-Lin F.; Waliser, D.; Woods, C.; Teixeira, J.; Bacmeister, J.; Chern, J.; Shen, B.-W.; Tompkins, A.; Tao, W.-K.; Köhler, M., Comparisons of satellites liquid water estimates to ECMWF and GMAO analyses, 20th century IPCC AR4 climate simulations, and GCM simulations, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, doi 10.1029/2008GL035427.

• Liu, C., E. J. Zipser, G. G. Mace, S. Benson, 2008: Implications of the differences between daytime and nighttime CloudSat observations over the tropics, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, D00A04, doi:10.1029/2008JD009783

• Liu, G., 2008: Deriving snow cloud characteristics from CloudSat observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A09, doi:10.1029/2007JD009766.

• Liu, G., 2008: A database of microwave single-scattering properties for nonspherical ice particles. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 89, 1563-1570.

• Liu Y., B. Geerts, M. Miller, P. Daum, R. McGraw (2008), Threshold radar reflectivity for drizzling clouds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L03807, doi:10.1029/2007GL031201.

• Liu, D., Z. Wang, Z. Liu, D. Winker and C. Trepte, 2008: A Height Resolved Global View of Dust Aerosols from the First Year CALIPSO Lidar Measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16214, doi:10.1029/2007JD009776.

• Lou, Y., Renhe Zhang, Hui Wang, Comparing Occurrences and Vertical Structures of Hydrometeors between the Eastern China and the Indian Monsoon Region using CloudSat/CALIPSO Data, Journal of Climate, 2008 early online release, posted January 2008, DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2606.1

• Luo, Z. , G. L. Stephens, K. A. Emanuel, D.G. Vane, N. Tourville and J. Haynes, 2007, On the Use of CloudSat and data for estimating Hurricane Intensity, IEEE GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING LETTERS, Jan 2008. Vol.5,Iss.1;.13-16: a highlight paper showing novel ue of cloudsat and modis data

• Luo, Z., G. Liu and G.L. Stephens, 2008. CloudSat Adding New Insights into Tropical Convection, Geophysical Research Letters, 2008GL035330, Vol. 35, L19819, doc.10.1029, 2008.

• Marchand, R., J. Haynes, G. G. Mace, T. Ackerman, and G.L. Stephens  (2008),  A Comparison of Simulated Cloud Radar Output from the Multiscale Modeling Framework Global Climate Model with CloudSat Cloud Radar Observations,  J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A20, doi:10.1029/2008JD009790.

• Mace. G.G, Q Zhang, M Vaughan, R, Marchand, G. Stephens, C. Trepte, D. Winker, 2008, A Description of Hydrometeor Layer Occurrence Statistics Derived from the First Year of Merged Cloudsat and CALIPSO Data, to appear: J. Geophys Res

• Masunaga, H., M. Satoh and H. Miura, 2008, A Joint Satellite and Global CRM Analysis of an MJO event: Model Diagnosis,  JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, D17210, doi:10.1029/2008JD009986, 2008.

• Matrosov, S.Y., M.D.Shupe, and I.V. Djalalova, 2008: Snowfall retrievals using millimeter-wavelength cloud radars., 47, J. Appl. Meteor and Climatol, 769-777.

•  Matrosov, S.Y., 2008: Assessment of radar signal attenuation caused by the melting hydrometeor layer. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46, 1039-1047.

•  Matrosov, S.Y., and A.J. Heymsfield, Estimating ice content and extinction in precipitating cloud systems from CloudSat radar measurements. JGR, vol. 113, D00A05, doi:10.1029/2007JD009633, 2008.

• Matrosov, S.Y., A. Battaglia, and P. Rodriguez, Effects of multiple scattering on attenuation-based retrievals of stratiform rainfall from CloudSat. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology , Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 2199-2208, Dec 2008.

• Mitrescu,C., S. Miller, G Hawkins, T. L’Ecuyer, J. Turk P. Partain and G. Stephens, 2007 Near real time applications of Cloudsat data, JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, JUL 2008. Vol.47,Iss.7;.1982-1994

• Okamoto, H., T. Nishizawa, T. Takemura, K. Sato, H. Kumagai, Y. Ohno, N. Sugimoto, A. Shimizu, I. Matsui, and T. Nakajima, 2008: Vertical cloud properties in the tropical western Pacific Ocean: Validation of the CCSR/NIES/FRCGC GCM by shipborne radar and lidar, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24213, doi:10.1029/2008JD009812. 

• Posselt, D, G.L Stephens and M Miller, 2007; CloudSat: Adding a new dimension to a classical view of extratropical cyclones, BAMS, Vol. 89, Number 5, May 2008, 599-609.,fascinating views of a much studied weather phenomena – fronts and mid-latitude cyclones. 

• Sassen, K., Z. Wang, and D. Liu  (2008),  Global distribution of cirrus clouds from CloudSat/Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) measurements,  J. Geophys. Res.,  doi:10.1029/2008JD009972, Oct 2008.

• Sassen, K, and Z. Wang, 2008:. Classifying Clouds Around the Globe with the CloudSat Radar: 1-Year of Results, Geophys. Res. Lett., VOL. 35, L04805, doi:10.1029/2007GL032591, 2008

• Savtchenko, A, Kummerer, R, Smith, P, Gopalan, A, Kempler, S, Leptoukh, G, 2008: A-Train Data Depot: Bringing Atmospheric Measurements Together, EEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, Volume: 46    Issue: 10    Pages: 2788-2795 Part 1, Published: OCT 2008.

• Schwartz, A., and T.H. Vonder Haar, 2008: A Preliminary Arctic Cloud Climatology and Radiation Budget from CloudSat and CALIPSO.  Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.

• Sneep, M., J. F. de Haan, P. Stammes, P. Wang, C. Vanbauce, J. Joiner, A. P. Vasilkov, P. F. Levelt, Three-way comparison between OMI and PARASOL cloud pressure products, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, D15S23, doi:10.1029/2007JD008694, 2008

• Spangenberg, D. A., P. Minnis, M. L. Nordeen, S. Sun-Mack, and Q. Z. Trepte, 2008: Cloud property retrievals over the Arctic from the NASA A-Train satellites, Aqua, CloudSat, and CALIPSO. 4th Pan-GCSS Meeting on Advances in Modeling and Observing Clouds and Convection, Toulouse, France, 2-6 June.

• Stephens, G.L., D. G. Vane, S. Tanelli, E. Im, S. Durden, M. Rokey, D. Reinke, P. Partain, G. G. Mace, R. Austin, T.S. L'Ecuyer, J. Haynes, M. Lebsock, K. Suzuki, D. Waliser, D. Wu, J. Kay, A. Gettleman, Z. Wang, and R. Marchand  (2008),  CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation,  J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JD009982, Dec 2008.

• Stubenrauch, C.J., S. Cros, N. Lamquin, R. Armante, A. Chédin, C. Crevoisier, N. A. Scott, Cloud properties from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and evaluation with Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, D00A10, doi:10.1029/2008JD009928, 2008

• Su, H., J. H. Jiang, D. G. Vane, and G. L. Stephens, 2008: Observed vertical structure of tropical oceanic clouds sorted in large-scale regimes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L24704, doi:10.1029/2008GL035888.

• Suzuki, K and G.L Stephens, 2008b; Global identification of warm cloud microphysical processes with combined use of A-Train observations,  Geophys. Res Lett, 35, L08805, doi:10.1029/2008GL033590.

• Tanelli, S., S.L. Durden, E. Im, K.S. Pak, D. Reinke, P. Partain, R. Marchand and J. Haynes, "CloudSat’s Cloud Profiling Radar after 2 years in orbit: performance, external calibration, and processing", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, November, 2008. Vol.46,Iss.11;.3560-3573 Describes CPR performance , calibration and stability. Includes analysis of ocean surface backscatter dependence on wind and SST at W band, and surface clutter rejection algorithm applied to CloudSat products.

• Vasilkov, A., J. Joiner, R. Spurr, P. K. Bhartia, P. Levelt, and G. Stephens (2008), Evaluation of the OMI cloud pressures derived from rotational Raman scattering by comparisons with other satellite data and radiative transfer simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S19,doi:10.1029/2007JD008689.

• Wang, Z., G. Stephens, T. Deshler, C. R. Trepte, T. Parish, D. Vane, D. M. Winker, D. Liu, and L. Adhikari  (2008),  The Association of Antarctic Polar Stratospheric Cloud Formation on Tropospheric Cloud Systems,  Geophys. Res. Lett.,  doi:10.1029/2008GL034209. 

• Waliser, D. E., J. F. Li, C. Woods, R. Austin, J. Bacmeister, J. Chern, A. D. Genio, J. Jiang, Z. Kuang, H. Meng, P. Minnis, S. Platnick, W. B. Rossow, G. Stephens, S. Sun-Mack, W. K. Tao, A. Tompkins, D. Vane, C. Walker, D. Wu (2008), Cloud Ice: A Climate Model Challenge With Signs and Expectations of Progress, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A21, doi: 1029/2008JD10015.

• Woods, C., D. E. Waliser, J.-L. F. Li, R. T. Austin, G.L. Stephens, and D. G. Vane, 2008: Evaluating CloudSat ice water content retrievals using a cloud resolving model: Sensitivities to frozen particle properties, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JD009941, Oct 2008.

• Woods, C. P., J.-L. Li, D. E. Waliser, and A. Tompkins (2008), Partitioning Cloudsat Ice Water Content for Comparison with Upper-Tropospheric Cloud Ice in Global Atmospheric Models, Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted.

• Wu, D. L., J. H. Jiang, W. G. Read, R. T. Austin, C. P. Davis, A. Lambert, G. L. Stephens, D. G. Vane, J. W. Waters, 2008: Validation of the Aura MLS cloud ice water content measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S10, doi:10.1029/2007JD008931

• Yi, Y., P. Minnis, J. Huang, S. Sun-Mack, B. Lin, and K. Ayers, 2008: Validation of multilayered cloud properties using A-Train satellite measurments. Proc. 2008 IEEE Intl. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., Boston, MA, 6-11 July, FR4.203.2.

• Zuidema, P. and Brian Mapes, "Cloud vertical structure observed from space and ship over the Bay of Bengal and the eastern tropical Pacific”, in press with the Journal of the Met. Soc. of Japan