Publications: 2008

2008

• 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.

• 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.

• 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., J. M. Haynes, T. L’Ecuyer, et al., 2008: Identifying multiple-scattering-affected profiles in CloudSat observations over the oceans, JGR-Atmospheres, 113, D23.

• 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, 2008: 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, 46, 6, 1644-1651.

• 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.

• 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., 113, D00A13.

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

• 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, D00A02.

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

• Chen, W.-T., A. Nenes, H. Liao, P. J. Adams, J.-L. F. Li, and J. H. Seinfeld, 2008: Global Climate Response to Anthropogenic Aerosol Indirect Effects: Present Day and Year 2100, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D12).

• 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.

• 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.

• Ekström, M., and Eriksson, P., 2008: Altitude resolved ice-fraction in the uppermost tropical troposphere , Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L13822.

• Eriksson, P., M. Ekstrom, B. Rydberg, D. L. Wu, R. T. Austin, and D. P. Murtagh, 2008: Comparison between early Odin-SMR, Aura MLS and CloudSat retrievals of cloud ice mass in the upper tropical troposphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7, 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., 113, D21113.

• Feldman, Daniel Robert, 2008: Remote sensing of radiative fluxes and heating rates from satellite instrument measurements. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05222008-234331.

• 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, 47, 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.

• 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.

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

• Kay, J. E., 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, 35, L08503.

• 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, 2008: Cloud type comparisons of AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO cloud height and amount, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1231-1248.

• 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.

• Kida, S., S. Shige, T. Manabe, T. S. L'ecuyer, and G. Liu, 2008: Validation of rain/no-rain threshold value of cloud liquid water for microwave precipitation retrieval algorithm using CloudSat precipitation product, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds II, 715209.

• Kollias, P., W. Szyrmer, I. Zawadzki, and P. Joe., Considerations for spaceborne 94GHz radar observations of precipitation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L21803.

• 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.

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

• 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., 113, D00A15.

• 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., 113, D00A14.

• Li, J.-L. F., Waliser, D., Woods, C., Teixeira, J., Bacmeister, J., Chern, J., Shen, B.-W., Tompkins, A., Tao, W.-K., Köhler, M., 2008: Comparisons of satellites liquid water estimates to ECMWF and GMAO analyses, 20th century IPCC AR4 climate simulations, and GCM simulations, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L19710.

• 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, 113, D00A04.

• Liu, G., 2008: Deriving snow cloud characteristics from CloudSat observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A09.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• Luo, Z., G. L. Stephens, K. A. Emanuel, D. G. Vane, N. Tourville and J. Haynes, 2008: On the Use of CloudSat and data for estimating Hurricane Intensity, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 5, 1, 13-16.

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

• 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.

• Marchand, R. T., Mace, G. Ackerman, T. and Stephens, G., 2008: Hydrometeor Detection using CloudSat - an Earth Orbiting 94 GHz Cloud Radar, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25, 4, 519-533.

• 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, 113, D17210.

• Matrosov, S. Y., M. D. Shupe, and I.V. Djalalova, 2008: Snowfall retrievals using millimeter-wavelength cloud radars, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol., 47, 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, 2008: Estimating ice content and extinction in precipitating cloud systems from CloudSat radar measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D00A05.

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

• Mitrescu, C., S. Miller, G. Hawkins, T. L’Ecuyer, J. Turk, P. Partain and G. Stephens, 2008: Near real time applications of Cloudsat data, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 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.

• Posselt, D., G. L. Stephens and M. Miller, 2008: CloudSat: Adding a new dimension to a classical view of extratropical cyclones, Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society, 89, 5, 599-609.

• Ricciardelli, E., F. Romano, and V. Cuomo, 2008: Physical and statistical approaches for cloud identification using Meteosat Second Generation-Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager Data, Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 6, 2741-2760.

• 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., 113, D00A12.

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

• Savtchenko, A., Kummerer, R., Smith, P., Gopalan, A., Kempler, S., Leptoukh, G., 2008: A-Train Data Depot: Bringing Atmospheric Measurements Together, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 10, 2788-2795.

• Sneep, M., J. F. de Haan, P. Stammes, P. Wang, C. Vanbauce, J. Joiner, A. P. Vasilkov, P. F. Levelt, 2008: Three-way comparison between OMI and PARASOL cloud pressure products, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D15S23.

• 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., 113, D00A18.

• Stephens, G. L., and D. G. Vane, 2008: Advances in the remote sensing of clouds and precipitation from cloudsat and the a-train, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds II, November 18, 2008 - November 18, 2008.

• Stephens, G.L. and T.D. Ellis, 2008: Controls of global-mean precipitation increases in global warming GCM experiments, J. Clim., 21 (23) 6141-6155.

• Stephens, G.L and M. D. Lebsock, 2009; Aerosol indirect effects on warm clouds inferred from A-Train satellite observations, Geophys. Res.Lett.

• Stubenrauch, C. J., S. Cros, N. Lamquin, R. Armante, A. Chédin, C. Crevoisier, N. A. Scott, 2008: Cloud properties from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and evaluation with Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D00A10.

• 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.

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

• Tanelli, S., S. L. Durden, E. Im, K. S. Pak, D. Reinke, P. Partain, R. Marchand and J. Haynes, 2008: CloudSat’s Cloud Profiling Radar after 2 years in orbit: performance, external calibration, and processing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 11, 3560-3573.

• Tanelli, S., K. Pak, S. Durden, and E. Im, 2008: Reducing Surface Clutter in Cloud Profiling Radar Data, NASA Tech Briefs, 32(12), 27.

• 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.

• 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., 35, L13806. 

• 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.

• 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., 113, D00A11.

• 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.

• Zhou, Y., and S. Zhao, 2008: CloudSat Satellite and Its Application in Weather and Cloud Observation, J. Nanjing Inst. Meteorol., 31, 5, 603-614.

• Ziemke, J. R., J. Joiner, S. Chandra, P. K. Bhartia, A. Vasilkov, D. P. Haffner, K. Yang, M. R. Schoeberl, L. Froidevaux, and P. F. Levelt, 2008: Ozone mixing ratios inside tropical deep convective clouds from OMI satellite measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 8(4), 16381-16407.

• Zuidema, P. and Brian Mapes, 2008: Cloud vertical structure observed from space and ship over the Bay of Bengal and the eastern tropical Pacific, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 86A, 205-218.