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CERES SSF References

  1. Arduini, R. F., P. Minnis, and D. F. Young, 1999: Parameterization of cloud-top brightness temperatures at solar-IR and IR wavelengths for low clouds and fog. Proc. AMS 10th Conf. Atmos. Rad., Madison, WI, June 28-July 2, 145-148.

  2. Arduini, R. F., P. Minnis, and D. F. Young, 2002: Investigation of a visible reflectance parameterization for determining cloud properties in multi-layered clouds. Proc. 11th AMS Conf. Cloud Physics., Ogden, UT, June 3-7, CD-ROM, P2.4.

  3. Ayers, J. K., P. Minnis, R. Palikonda, P. W. Heck, and R. F. Arduini, 2005: Evaluation of cloud proerties derived from dual-view satellite data over the continental United States. Proc. 15th ARM Sci. Team Mtg., Daytona Beach, FL, Mar. 14-18.

  4. Barnes, R. A., W. L. Barnes, C.-H. Lyu, and J. L. Gales, 2000: An overview of the Visible and Infrared Scanner radiometric calibration algorithm. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 17, 395-405.

  5. Butler, J. J. and R. A. Barnes, 1998: Calibration strategy for the Earth Observing System (EOS) - AM1 Platform. IEEE Trans. Geosci. and Remote Sensing, 36, 1056-1061.

  6. Chen, Y., S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, D. F. Young, and W. L. Smith, Jr., 2001: Surface emissivity derived for infrared remote sensing from satellites. Proc. AMS 11th Conf. Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Madison, WI, Oct. 15-18, 512-515.

  7. Chen, Y., S. Sun-Mack, Q. Z. Trepte, P. Minnis, and D. F. Young, 2002a: Solar zenith angle variation of clear-sky narrowband albedos derived from VIRS and MODIS. Proc. 11th AMS Conf. Atmos. Rad., Ogden, UT, June 3-7, 152-155.

  8. Chen, Y., S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, D. F. Young, and W. L. Smith, Jr., 2002b: Surface spectral emissivity derived from MODIS data. Proc. SPIE 3rd Intl. Asia-Pacific Environ. Remote Sensing Symp. 2002: Remote Sens. of Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, Hangzhou, China, October 23-27, 361-369.

  9. Chepfer, H., P. Minnis, D. F. Young, L. Nguyen, and R. F. Arduini, 2002: Retrieval of cirrus cloud ice crystal shapes using visible reflectances from dual-satellite measurements. In press, J. Geophys. Res.

  10. Chepfer, H., P. Minnis, D. F. Young, L. Nguyen, and R. F. Arduini, 2002: Estimation of cirrus cloud effective ice crystal shapes using visible reflectances from dual-satellite measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D23), 10.1029/2000JD000240.

  11. Collins, W. D., P. J. Rasch, B. E. Eaton, and B. V. Khattatov, 2001: Simulating aerosols using a chemical transport model with assimilation of satellite aerosol retrievals: Methodology for INDOEX. JGR, 106(D7), 7313-7336/2000JD900507.

  12. Dong, X., T.P. Ackerman, E. E. Clothiaux, P. Pilewskie, and Y. Han, 1997: Microphysical and radiative properties of stratiform clouds deduced from ground-based measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 23,829-23,843.

  13. Dong, X., G. G. Mace, P. Minnis, and D. F. Young, 2001: Arctic stratus cloud properties and their impact on the surface radiation budget; Selected cases from FIRE ACE. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 15,297-15,312.

  14. Dong, X., P. Minnis, G. G. Mace, S. Sun-Mack E. E. Clothiaux, and J. Liljegren, 2005: Validation of CERES/VIRS cloud property retrievals using ground-based measurements obtained at the DOE ARM SGP site. In preparation for J. Atmos. Sci.

  15. Dong, X., P. Minnis, G. G. Mace, W. L. Smith, Jr., M. Poellot, R. T. Marchand, and A. D. Rapp, 2002: Comparison of stratus cloud properties deduced from surface, GOES, and aircraft data during the March 2000 ARM Cloud IOP. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 3256-3284.

  16. Duda, D. P., P. Minnis, S. Sun-Mack, and J. K. Ayers, 2002: An interhemispheric comparison of cirrus cloud properties using MODIS and GOES. Proc. 11th AMS Conf. Cloud Physics., Ogden, UT, June 3-7, CD-ROM, J1.6.

  17. Garreaud, R., J. Ruttlant, J. Quintana, J. Carrasco, and P. Minnis, 2001: CIMAR-5: A snapshot of the lower troposphere over the subtropical southeast Pacific. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., 92, 2193-2208.

  18. Garreaud, R., J. Ruttlant, J. Quintana, J. Carrasco, and P. Minnis, 2000: CIMAR-5: A snapshot of the lower troposphere over the subtropical southeast Pacific. Submitted to Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc.

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  20. Green, R. N., B. A. Wielicki, J. A. Coakley, Jr., L. L. Stowe, and P. O'R. Hinton, 1995: CERES Inversion to Instantaneous TOA Fluxes (Subsystem 4.5). "Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Volume III: Cloud Analyses and Radiance Inversions (Subsystem 4)", NASA RP 1376 Vol. 3, edited by CERES Science Team, December, 1995, pp. 195-205.

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  25. Heck, P. W., P. Minnis, D. F. Young, and S. Sun-Mack, 2002: Angular variations of cloud properties from VIRS and MODIS data. Proc. 11th AMS Conf. Atmos. Rad., Ogden, UT, June 3-7, 148-151.

  26. Hess, M., P. Koepke, and I. Schult, 1998: Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds: The Software Package OPAC. BAMS, 79, 831-844.

  27. Higurashi, A., and T.Nakajima, 1999: Development of a two channel aerosol retrieval algorithm on a global scale using NOAA AVHRR. J.Atm.Sci., 56, 924-941.

  28. Hu, Y., B.A. Wielicki, 2001, and Q. Fu, 2001: Estimating cloud absorption from CERES deep convective cloud albedo measurements. J. Geophys. Res., (in preparation).

  29. Hu, Y., B.A. Wielicki, Q. Fu, and N.G. Loeb, 2001: Estimating cloud absorption from CERES deep convective cloud albedo measurements. J. Geophys. Res. (submitted).

  30. Ignatov A., 2002: Sensitivity and Information Content of Aerosol Retrievals from AVHRR: Radiometric Factors. Appl.Opt., 46, 6, 991-1011.

  31. Ignatov A., 2003: Spurious Signals in the TRMM/VIRS Reflectance Channels and their Effect on Aerosol Retrievals. J.Atm.Ocean.Tech., 20, 8, 1120-1137.

  32. Ignatov, A., C.Cao, J.Sullivan, R.Levin, X.Wu, R.Galvin, 2004: The usefulness of in-flight measurements of space count to improve calibration of the AVHRR solar reflectance bands. J.Atm.Ocean.Tech., 22, 180-200.

  33. Ignatov, A., I.Laszlo, E.Harrod, K.Kidwell, and G.Goodrum, 2004: Equator Crossing Times for NOAA, ERS and EOS Sun-Synchronous Satellites. Int.J.Rem.Sens., 25, 23, 5255-5266.

  34. Ignatov, A., P.Minnis, B.Wielicki, N.Loeb, L.Remer, Y.Kaufman, W.Miller, S.Sun-Mack, I.Laszlo, and E.Geier: Consistency of two MODIS aerosol products over ocean on Terra and Aqua CERES SSF datasets. SPIE 4th Intn'l Asia-Pacific Env. Remote Sens. Symp. "Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space", 8-12 Nov, 2004, Honolulu, HI.

  35. Ignatov, A., P.Minnis, N.Loeb, B.Wielicki, W.Miller, S.Sun-Mack, D.Tanre, L.Remer, I.Laszlo, and E.Geier, 2004: Two Aerosol Products on the Terra and Aqua CERES SSF Datasets. J.Atm.Sci., , , in press.

  36. Ignatov A., N.Nalli, 2002: Aerosol Retrievals from Multi-Year Multi-Satellite AVHRR Pathfinder Atmosphere (PATMOS) Dataset for Correcting Remotely Sensed Sea Surface Temperatures. J.Atm.Ocean.Tech., 19, 12, 1986-2008.

  37. Ignatov, A., J.Sapper, I.Laszlo, N.Nalli, and K.Kidwell, 2004: Operational Aerosol Observations (AEROBS) from AVHRR/3 onboard NOAA-KLM satellites. J.Atm.Ocean.Tech., 21, 3-26.

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  41. Inamdar, A. K. and V. Ramanathan, 1997: On monitoring the atmospheric greenhouse effect from space. Tellus, 49B, 216-230.

  42. Kawamoto, K., P. Minnis, W. L. Smith, Jr., and A. D. Rapp, 2002: Detecting multilayer clouds using satellite solar and IR channels. Proc. 11th AMS Conf. Cloud Physics., Ogden, UT, June 3-7, CD-ROM, JP1.18.

  43. Kratz, D. P., 1995: The correlated k-distribution technique as applied to the AVHRR channels. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 53, 501-517.

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  47. Loeb, N.G., and S. Kato, 2001: Top-of-atmosphere direct radiative effect of aerosols from the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Satellite (CERES) instrument. J. Climate (submitted).

  48. Loeb, N.G., S. Kato, K. Loukachine, and N.M. Smith, 2004: Angular distribution models for top-of-atmosphere radiative flux estimation from the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System instrument on the Terra Satellite. Part I: Methodology, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 22, 338-351.

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  50. Loeb, N.G., S. Kato, and B.A. Wielicki, 2002: Defining top-of-atmosphere flux reference level for Earth Radiation Budget studies, J. Climate, 15, 3301-3309.

  51. Loeb, N. G., K. Loukachine, N. Manalo-Smith, B. A. Wielicki, and D.F.Young 2003: Angular distribution models for Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Flux Estimation from the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Instrument on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Satellite. Part II: Validation, J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 1748-1769.

  52. Loeb, N. G., N. Manalo-Smith, K. Loukachine, S. Kato, and B. A. Wielicki, 2002: Advances in top-of-atmosphere radiative flux estimation from the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Satellite Instrument. IGARSS 2002, June 24-28,2002 (PDF), Toronto, Canada.

  53. Loeb, N. G., N. Manalo-Smith, S. Kato, W. F. Miller, S. K. Gupta, P. Minnis, and B. A. Wielicki, 2003: Angular distribution models for Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Flux Estimation from the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Instrument on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Satellite. Part I: Methodology, J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 240-265.

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  55. Loeb, N.G., K.J. Priestley, D.P. Kratz, E.B. Geier, R.N. Green, B.A. Wielicki, P. O'R. Hinton, and S.K. Nolan, 2001: Determination of unfiltered radiances from the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument. J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 822-835.

  56. Loeb, N.G., W. Sun, W.F. Miller, K. Loukachine, and R. Davies, 2006: Fusion of CERES, MISR and MODIS measurements for top-of-atmosphere radiative flux validation, J. Geophys. Res. (submitted).

  57. Loeb, N.G., B.A. Wielicki, W. Su, K. Loukachine, W. Sun, T. Wong, K.J. Priestley, G. Matthews, W.F. Miller, and R. Davies, 2006: Multi-instrument comparison of top- of-atmosphere reflected solar radiation, J. Climate (submitted).

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  60. Mace, G. G., Y. Zhang, S. Platnick, M. D. King, P. Minnis, and P. Yang, 2005: Evaluation of cirrus cloud properties from MODIS radiances using cloud properties derived from ground-based data collected at the ARM SGP site. J. Appl. Meteorol., 44, 221-240.

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  63. Min, Q, P. Minnis, and M. M. Khaiyer, 2004: Comparison of cirrus optical depths from GOES-8 and surface measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 109, No. D20, D20119, 10.1029/2003JD004390

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  65. Minnis, P., D. R. Doelling, L. Nguyen, and W. F. Miller, 2005: Intercalibration of the visible channels on TRMM VIRS and MODIS on Terra and Aqua. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., submitted.

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  70. Minnis, P., L. Nguyen, D. R. Doelling, D. F. Young, W. F. Miller, and D. P. Kratz, 2002a: Rapid calibration of operational and research meteorological satellite imagers, Part I: Evaluation of research satellite visible channels as references. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19, 1233-1249.

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  74. Minnis, P., D. F. Young, S. Sun-Mack, Q. Z. Trepte, R. R. Brown, S. Gibson, and P. Heck, 2004: Diurnal, seasonal, and interannual variations of cloud properties derived for CERES from imager data. Proc. 13th AMS Conf. Satellite Oceanogr. and Meteorol., Norfolk, VA, Sept. 20-24, CD-ROM, P6.10.

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  85. Spangenberg, D. A., V. Chakrapani, D. R. Doelling, P. Minnis, and R. F. Arduini, 2001: Evaluation of an automated Arctic cloud mask using observations from SHEBA and the ARM North Slope of Alaska Site. Proc. AMS 6th Conf. Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, May 14-18, 246-249.

  86. Spangenberg, D. A., P. W. Heck, P. Minnis, Q. Z. Trepte, S. Sun-Mack, T. Uttal, S. Matrosov, and X. Dong, 2002: Arctic cloud properties derived from multispectral MODIS and AVHRR data. Proc. 11th AMS Conf. Cloud Physics., Ogden, UT, June 3-7, CD-ROM, P3.10.

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  96. Trepte, Q., R. F. Arduini, Y. Chen, S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, D. A. Spangenberg, and D. R. Doelling, 2001: Development of a daytime polar cloud mask using theoretical models of near- infrared bidirectional reflectance For ARM and CERES. Proc. AMS 6th Conf. on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, May 14-18, 242-245.

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