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Liou, K.N., 2002: An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation. 2nd edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 583 pp. (International Geophysics Series, Volume 84). Front Cover , Back Cover, Errata
Liou, K.N., Y. Takano, P. Yang, and Y. Gu, 2002: Radiative transfer in cirrus clouds: Light scattering and spectral information. In "Cirrus". Eds. D. K. Lynch, K. Sassen, D. O. Starr, and G. Stephens, Oxford University Press, New York. pp. 265-296.
Ou, S.C., Y. Chen, K.N. Liou, M. Cosh, and W. Brutsaert, 2002: Satellite remote sensing of land surface temperature: Application of the atmospheric correction method and split-window technique to data of ARM-SGP site. Int. J. Rem. Sensing, 23, 5177-5192.
Barkey, B., M. Bailey, K.N. Liou, and J. Hallet, 2002: Light scattering properties of plate and column ice crystals generated in a laboratory cold chamber. Appl. Opt. 41, 5792-5796.
Ou, S.C., Y. Takano, K.N. Liou, R. Lefevre, and M. Johnson, 2002: Laser transmission/backscattering through inhomogeneous cirrus clouds. Appl. Opt. 41, 5744-5754.
Liou, K.N., and Y. Takano, 2002: Interpretation of cirrus cloud polarization measurements from radiative transfer theory. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2001GL014613, 27-1 - 27-4.
Liou, K.N., S.C. Ou, Y. Takano, J. Roskovensky, G. Mace, K. Sassen, and M. Poellot, 2002: Remote sensing of three-dimensional inhomogeneous cirrus clouds using satellite and mm-wave cloud radar data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2002GL014846, 74-1 - 74-4. Corrigendum
Roskovinsky, J.K., and K.N. Liou, 2003: Detection of thin cirrus from 1.38 miconr/0.65 micron reflectance ratio combined with 8.6 - 11 micron brightness temperature difference. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 10.1029/2003GL018135, ASC 4-1 - 4-5.
Gu, Y., J. Farrara, K.N. Liou, and C.R. Mechoso, 2003: Parameterization of cloud-radiation processes in the UCLA general circulation model. J. Climate, 16, 3357-3370.
Sassen, K., K.N. Liou, Y. Takano, and V.I. Khvorostyanov, 2003: Diurnal effects in the composition of cirrus clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 10.1029/2003GL017034, 46-1 - 46-4.
Hansell, R.A., S.C. Tsay, Q. Ji, K.N. Liou, and S.C. Ou, 2003: Surface aerosol radiative forcing derived from collocated ground-based radiometric observations during PRIDE, SAFARI, and ACE-Asia. Appl. Opt., 42, 5533-5544.
Ou, S.C., K.N. Liou, Y. Takano, G. J. Higgins, A. George, and R. Slonaker, 2003: Remote sensing of cirrus cloud optical thickness and effective particle size for the National Polar-obriting Operational Environmental Satellite System Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite: sensitivity to instrument noise and uncertainties in environmental parameters. Appl. Opt., 42, 7202-7214.
Roskovensky, J., and K.N. Liou, 2003: Detection of thin cirrus using a combination of 1.38 µm reflectance and window brightness temperature difference. J. Geophys. Res., 108, D18, AAC 4-1 - 4-16.
Yang, P., G. W. Kattawar, K. N. Liou, and J. Q. Lu, 2004: Choice of Cartesian grid configuration for applying the finite-difference time domain method to electromagnetic scattering by dielectric particles. Appl. Opt., 32, 4611-4624.
Roskovensky, J. K., K. N. Liou, T. J. Garrett, and D. Baumgardner, 2004: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and thin cirrus optical depths using MODIS airborne simulator data during CRYSTAL-FACE and CLAMS. Geophy. Res. Lett., 31, 10.1029/2004GL020457, L18110.
Liou, K. N., 2005: Cirrus clouds and climate. McGraw-Hill 2005 Yearbook of Science & Technologgy.
Chen, Y., K. N. Liou, and Y. Gu, 2005: An efficient diffusion approximation for 3D radiative transfer parameterization: application to cloudy atmospheres. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 92, 189–200.
Kahn, B. H., K. N. Liou, S. Y. Lee, E. F. Fishbein, S. DeSouza-Machado, A. Eldering, E. J. Fetzer, S. E. Hannon and L. L. Strow, 2005: Night time cirrus cloud detection using atmospheric infrared sounder window channels and total column water vapor. J. Geophy. Res. , 110, D07203, doi:10.1029/2004JD005430.
Gu, Y., and K. N. Liou, 2005: Cirrus cloud horizontal and vertical inhomogeneity effects in a GCM. Meteror. Atmos. Phys., XX, YY- ZZ.
Roskovensky, J. K., and K. N. Liou, 2005: Differentiating airborne dust from cirrus clouds using MODIS data. Geophy. Res Lett., 32, L12809, doi:10.1029/2005GL022798, 2005.
Liou, K. N., S. C. Ou, Y. Takano, and Q. Liu, 2005: A polarized delta-four-stream approximation for infrared and microwave radiative transfer. Part 1. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2542 - 2554.
Zhang F., Q. Zeng, Y. Gu, and K. N. Liou, 2005: Parameterization of the absorption of H₂O continuum, CO₂, O₂, and other trace gases in the Fu-Liou solar radiation program. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 22, 545 - 558.

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