41) Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, and R. L. Slonaker, 2005: Remote sensing of cirrus cloud particle size and optical depth using polarimetric sensor measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4371 - 4383. _(377 KB)

42) Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, E. Wong, K. Hutchison, and T. Samec, 2005: Comparison of the University of California at Los Angeles Line-by-Line Equivalent Radiative Transfer Model and the Moderate-Resolution Transmission Model for accuracy assessment of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System’s Visible–Infrared Imager–Radiometer Suite cloud algorithms. Appl. Opt., 44, 6274 - 6284. _(866 KB)

43) Hutchson, K. D., E. Wong, and Ou, S. C., 2006: Cloud base height retrieval during nighttime conditions with MODIS data. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 27, 2847-2862.

44) Liou, K. N., S. C. Ou, Y. Takano, and J. Cetola, 2006: Remote sensing of three-dimensional cirrus clouds from satellites: Application to continuous-wave laser atmospheric transmission and backscattering. Appl. Opt., 45, 6849 - 6859. _(2418 KB)

45) Hutchison, K., E. Wong, and S. C. Ou, 2006: Cloud base heights retrieved during night-time conditions with MODIS data.

46) Cosh, M. H., J. R. Stedinger, S. C. Ou, K. N. Liou, and W. Brutsaert, 2007:Evolution of the variability of surface temperature and vegetation density in the great plains. Advances in Water Resources, 30, 1094-1104. _(222 KB)

47) Wong, E., K. Hutchison, S. C. Ou, and K. N. Liou, 2007: Cirrus cloud top temperatures retrieved from radiances in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System — Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite 8.55 and 12.0 mm bandpasses. Appl. Opt., 46, 1316-1325. _(3499 KB)

48) Hansell, R. A., S. C. Ou, K. N. Liou, J. K. Roskovensky, S. C. Tsay, C. Hsu, and Q. Ji, 2007: Simultaneous detection/separation of mineral dust and clouds using MODIS Infrared window data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L11808, doi:10.1029/2007GL029388.

49) Yue, Q., K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, B. H. Kahn, P. Yang, and G. G. Mace, 2007: Interpretation of AIRS data in thin cirrus atmospheres based on a fast radiative transfer model. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3827 - 3842.

50) Hansell, R. A., K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, S. C. Tsay, Q. Ji, and J. S. Reid, 2008: Remote sensing of mineral dust aerosol using AERI during the UAE²: A modeling and sensitivity study. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D18202, doi:10.1029/2008JD010246. '

51) Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, X. Wang, R. Hansell, R. Lefevre, and S. Cocks, 2009: Satellite remote sensing of dust aerosol indirect effects on ice cloud formation. Appl. Opt., 48, 633-647.

52) Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, X. J. Wang, D. Hagan, A. Dybdahl, M. Mussetto, L. D. Carey, J. Niu, J. A. Kankiewicz, S. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar, 2009: Retrievals of mixed-phase cloud properties during the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System. Appl. Opt., 48, 1452-1462.

53) Wang, X., K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, G. G. Mace, and M. Deng, 2009: Remote sensing of cirrus cloud vertical size profile using MODIS data. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D09205, doi:10.1029/2008JD011327.

54) Yang, P., G. Hong, A. E. Dessler, S. C. Ou, K. N. Liou, P. Minnis, and Harshvardhan, 2010: CONTRAILS AND INDUCED CIRRUS     Optics and Radiation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91, 473–478.

55) Hansel, 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, 2010: An assessment of the surface longwave direct radiative effect of airborne Saharan dust during the NAMMA field campaign. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1048 - 1065.

56) Gu, Y., K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, and R. Fovell, 2011: Cirrus cloud simulations using WRF with improved radiation parameterization and increased vertical resolution. J. Geophys. Res.116, D06119, doi:10.1029/2010JD014574.

57) Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, N. C. Hsu, and S. C. Tsay, 2012: Satellite Remote Sensing of Dust Aerosol Indirect Effects on Cloud Formation over Eastern Asia. Int. J. Remote Sens., 33, 7257–7272, doi: 10.1080/01431161.2012.700135.

58) Ou, S. C., B. H. Kahn, K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, M. M. Schreier, and Q. Yue, 2013: Retrieval of Cirrus Cloud Properties from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder: The k-Coefficient Approach Combined with SARTA plus Delta-Four Stream Approximation. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 51, 1010–1024, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2205261.

59) Kahn, B. H., F. W. Irion, V. T. Dang, E. M. Manning, S. L. Nasiri, C. M. Naud, J. M. Blaisdell, M. M. Schreier, Q. Yue, K. W. Bowman, E. J. Fetzer, G. C. Hulley, K. N. Liou, D. Lubin, S. C. Ou, J. Susskind, Y. Takano, B. Tian, and J. R. Worden, 2014: The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder version 6 cloud products. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 399-426, doi:10.5194/acp-14-399-2014.