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Curriculum Vitae
Education
l B.S., Hokkaido University, 1975
l M.S., Tohoku University, 1977
l Ph.D., Tohoku University, 1982
l Ph.D., University of Utah, 1987
Positions
l Postdoctoral fellow, Tohoku University/Japan Society
for the Promotion of Science, 4/1983 - 8/1983
l Postdoctoral fellow, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1983 - 1984
l Research Associate, University of Utah, 1987 - 1990
l Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah, 1990 - 1997
l Research Associate Professor, University of Utah, 1997 - 1997.
l Associate Researcher, University of California at Los Angeles, 1997 - present.
Professional Memberships
Meteorological Society of Japan, American Meteorological Society, Optical Society of America, American Geophysical Union
Reviewed Scientific Publications
1. Takano, Y., and M. Tanaka, 1980: Phase matrix and cross section for single scattering by circular cylinders: A comparison of ray optics and wave theory. Appl. Opt., 19, 2781-2793.
2. Takano, Y., and S. Asano, 1983: Fraunhofer diffraction by ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 61, 289-300.
3. Takano, Y., and K. Jayaweera, 1985: Scattering phase matrix for hexagonal ice crystals computed from ray optics. Appl. Opt., 24, 3254-3263.
4. Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1989: Solar radiative transfer in cirrus clouds. Part I: Single-scattering and optical properties of hexagonal ice crystals. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 3-19.
5. Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1989: Solar radiative transfer in cirrus clouds. Part II: Theory and computation of multiple scattering in an anisotropic medium. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 20-36.
6. Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, S. C. Ou, A. Heymsfield, and W. Kreiss, 1990: Infrared transmission through cirrus clouds: A radiative model for target detection. Appl. Opt., 29, 1886-1896.
7. Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1990: Halo phenomena modified by multiple scattering. J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, 7, 885-889.
8 Liou, K. N., S. C. Ou, Y. Takano, F. P. J. Valero, and T. P. Ackerman, 1990: Remote sounding of the tropical cirrus cloud temperature and optical depth using 6.5 and 10.5 mm radiometers during STEP. J. Appl. Meteor., 29, 716-726.
9. Liou, K. N., J. L. Lee, S. C. Ou, Q. Fu, and Y. Takano, 1991: Ice cloud microphysics, radiative transfer and large scale processes. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 46, 41-50.
10. Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1992: Infrared polarization signature from cirrus clouds. Appl. Opt., 31, 1916-1919.
11. Takano, Y., K. N. Liou, and P. Minnis, 1992: The effects of small ice crystals on cirrus infrared radiative properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1487-1493.
12. Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, W. Gooch, and Y. Takano, 1993: Remote sensing of cirrus cloud parameters using advanced very-high-resolution radiometer 3.7- and 10.9-mm channels. Appl. Opt., 32, 2171-2180.
13. Minnis, P., K. N. Liou, and Y. Takano, 1993: Inference of cirrus cloud properties using satellite-observed visible and infrared radiances. Part I: Parameterization of radiance fields. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 1279-1304.
14. Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1993: Transfer of polarized infrared radiation in optically anisotropic media: Application to horizontally oriented crystals. J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, 10, 1243-1256.
15. Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1994: Transfer of polarized infrared radiation in optically anisotropic media: Application to horizontally oriented ice crystals. reply to comment. J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, 11, 1378.
16. Liou, K. N., and Y. Takano, 1994: Light scattering by nonspherical particles: Remote sensing and climate implications. Atmos. Res., 31, 271-298.
17. Fu, Q., and Y. Takano, 1994: On the limitation of using asymmetry factor for radiative transfer computation involving cirrus clouds. Atmos. Res., 34, 299-308.
18. Sassen, K., N. C. Knight, Y. Takano, and A. J. Heymsfield, 1994: The effects of ice crystal structure on halo formation: Cirrus cloud experimental and ray tracing modeling studies. Appl. Opt., 33, 4590-4601.
19. Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1995: Radiative transfer in cirrus clouds. Part III: Light scattering by irregular ice crystals. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 818-837.
20. Ou, S. C., K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, N. X. Rao, Q. Fu, A. J. Heymsfield, L. M. Miloshevich, B. Baum, and S. A. Kinne, 1995: Remote sounding of cirrus optical depths and ice crystals sizes from AVHRR data: Verification using FIRE II IFO measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 4143-4158.
21. Takano, Y., and K. N. Liou, 1997: Origin of Kern's arc. Appl. Opt., 36, 3560-3564.
22. Liou, K. N., P. Yang, Y. Takano, K. Sassen, T. Charlock, and W. Arnott, 1998: On the radiative properties of contrail cirrus. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1161-1164.
23. Minnis, P., D. P. Garber, D. F. Young, R. F. Arduini, and Y. Takano, 1998: Parameterizations of reflectance and Effective emittance for satellite remote sending of cloud properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3313-3339.
24. Barkey, B., K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, W. Gellerman, and P. Sokolsky, 1999: Analog light scattering experiment of hexagonal ice like particles. Part II: Experimental and theoretical results. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 613-625.
25. Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, and P. Yang, 2000: Light scattering and radiative transfer in ice crystal clouds: Applications to climate research. In Light Scattering by Nonspherical particles: Theory, Measurements, and Geophysical Applications, Eds. M. I. Mishchenko, J. W. Hovenier, and L. D. Travis, Academic Press, New York, 417 - 449.
26. Barkey, B., K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, and W. Gellerman, 2000: Experimental and theoretical spectral reflection properties of ice clouds generated in a laboratory, chamber. Appl. Opt., 39, 3561-3564.
27. Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, S. C. Ou, and M, Johnson, 2000: Laser transmission through thin cirrus. Appl. Opt., 39, 4886-4894.
28. Gerber, H., Y. Takano, T. Garrett, and P. V. Hobbs, 2000: Nepherometer measurement of the asymmetry parameter, volume extinction coefficient and backscatter ratio in arctic clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3021-3034.
29. Sassen, K., and Y. Takano, 2000: Parry Arc: A polarization lidar, ray tracing, and aircraft case study. Appl. Opt., 39, 6738-6745.
30. Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, P. Yang, and Y. Gu, 2001:
Radiative transfer in cirrus clouds: Light scattering and spectral information.
In Cirrus Cloud, Eds. D. K. Lynch and K. Sassen, Oxford University Press, (in
press).