CPL Publications

Last Updated: February 22, 2022


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·       Allen, D.J., K.E. Pickering, L. Lamsal, D.M. Mach, M.G. Quick, J. Lapierre, S. Janz, W. Koshak, M. Kowalewski and R. Blakeslee, "Observations of Lightning NOx Production From GOES-R Post Launch Test Field Campaign Flights," Journal of Geophysical Research, 126(8), doi: 10.1092/2020JD033769, 2021.

 

·       Kochkin, P., D. Sarria, N. Lehtinen, A. Mezentsev, S. Yang, G. Genov, K. Ullalan, M. Marisaldi, N. stgaard, H.J. Christian and J.E. Grove, "A rapid gamma ray glow flux reduction observed from 20 km altitude," Journal of Geophysical Research, 126(9), doi: 10.1029/2020JD033467, 2021.

 

·       McLean, W.G., G. Fu, S.P. Burton and O.P. Hasekamp, "Retrieval of aerosol microphysical properties from atmospheric lidar sounding: an investigation using synthetic measurements and data from the ACEPOL campaign," Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 1-27, 2021.

 

·       Palm, S.P., Y. Yang, U. Herzfeld, D. Hancock, A. Hayes, P. Selmer, W. Hart and D. Hlavka, "ICESat-2 atmospheric channel description, data processing and first results," Earth and Space Science, 8(8), doi: 10.1029/2020EA001470, 2021.

 

·       Shi, J.J., Braun, S.A., Tao, Z. and Matsui, T., "Influence of the Saharan Air Layer on Hurricane Nadine (2012). Part I: Observations from the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Investigation and Modeling Results," Monthly Weather Review, 149(10), 3541-3562, 2021.

 

·       van Diedenhoven, B., "Variation of ice microphysical properties with temperature and humidity at tops of convective clouds," Geophysical Research Letters, 48(16), doi: 10.1029/2021GL093673, 2021.

 

·       Wei, Y., Shrestha, R., Pal, S., Gerken, T., Feng, S., McNelis, J., Singh, D., Thornton, M.M., Boyer, A.G., Shook, M.A. and Chen, G., "Atmospheric Carbon and Transport-America (ACT-America) data sets: Description, management, and delivery," Earth and Space Science, 8(7), doi: 10.1029/2020EA001634, 2021.

 

·       Xu, F. and Diner, D.J., "Water vapor retrieval using the Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager," Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 267, p.107610, 2021.

 

·       Yorks, J.E., Selmer, P.A., Kupchock, A., Nowottnick, E.P., Christian, K.E., Rusinek, D., Dacic, N. and McGill, M.J., "Aerosol and Cloud Detection Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Space-Based Lidar Data," Atmosphere, 12(5), p.606, doi: 10.3390/atmos12050606, 2021.

 

·       Bell, E., O'Dell, C.W., Davis, K.J., Campbell, J., Browell, E., Scott Denning, A., Dobler, J., Erxleben, W., Fan, T.F., Kooi, S. and Lin, B., "Evaluation of OCO-2 X CO2 variability at local and synoptic scales using lidar and in situ observations from the ACT-America campaigns," Journal of Geophysical Research, 125(10), doi: 10.1029/2019JD031400, 2020.

 

·       Dolinar, E.K., Campbell, J.R., Lolli, S., Ozog, S.C., Yorks, J.E., Camacho, C., Gu, Y., Bucholtz, A. and McGill, M.J., "Sensitivities in satellite lidar-derived estimates of daytime top-of-the-atmosphere optically thin cirrus cloud radiative forcing: a case study," Geophysical Research Letters, 47(17), doi: 10.1029/2020GL088871, 2020.

 

·       Knobelspiesse, K., Barbosa, H.M., Bradley, C., Bruegge, C., Cairns, B., Chen, G., Chowdhary, J., Cook, A., Di Noia, A., van Diedenhoven, B. and Diner, D.J., "The Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar (ACEPOL) airborne field campaign," Earth System Science Data, 12(3), 2183-2208, doi: 10.5194/essd-12-2183-2020, 2020.

 

·       Leifer, I., Melton, C., Chatfield, R., Cui, X., Fischer, M.L., Fladeland, M., Gore, W., Hlavka, D.L., Iraci, L.T., Marrero, J. and Ryoo, J.M., "Air pollution inputs to the Mojave Desert by fusing surface mobile and airborne in situ and airborne and satellite remote sensing: A case study of interbasin transport with numerical model validation," Atmospheric Environment, 224, p.117184, 2020.

 

·       Midzak, N., Yorks, J.E., Zhang, J., van Diedenhoven, B., Woods, S. and McGill, M., "A classification of ice crystal habits using combined lidar and scanning polarimeter observations during the SEAC4RS campaign," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 37(12), 2185-2196, 2020.

 

·       Maloney, C., Bardeen, C., Toon, O.B., Jensen, E., Woods, S., Thornberry, T., Pfister, L., Diskin, G. and Bui, T.P., "An evaluation of the representation of tropical tropopause cirrus in the CESM/CARMA model using satellite and aircraft observations," Journal of Geophysical Research, 124(15), 8659-8687, 2019.

 

·       Pauly, R.M., Yorks, J.E., Hlavka, D.L., McGill, M.J., Amiridis, V., Palm, S.P., Rodier, S.D., Vaughan, M.A., Selmer, P.A., Kupchock, A.W. and Baars, H., "Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) 1064 nm calibration and validation," Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12(11), 6241-6258, doi: 10.5194/amt-12-6241-2019, 2019.

 

·       Spencer, R.S., Levy, R.C., Remer, L.A., Mattoo, S., Arnold, G.T., Hlavka, D.L., Meyer, K.G., Marshak, A., Wilcox, E.M. and Platnick, S.E., "Exploring aerosols near clouds with high-spatial-resolution aircraft remote sensing during SEAC4RS," Journal of Geophysical Research, 124(4), 2148-2173, 2019.

 

·       Brammer, A., Thorncroft, C.D. and Dunion, J.P., "Observations and predictability of a nondeveloping tropical disturbance over the eastern Atlantic," Monthly Weather Review, 146(9), 3079-3096, 2018.

 

·       Nowottnick, E.P., Colarco, P.R., Braun, S.A., Barahona, D.O., Da Silva, A., Hlavka, D.L., McGill, M.J. and Spackman, J.R., "Dust impacts on the 2012 Hurricane Nadine track during the NASA HS3 field campaign," Journal of Atmospheric Science, 75(7), 2473-2489, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0237.1, 2018.

 

·       Tao, Z., Braun, S.A., Shi, J.J., Chin, M., Kim, D., Matsui, T. and Peters-Lidard, C.D., "Microphysics and radiation effect of dust on Saharan air layer: An HS3 case study," Monthly Weather Review, 146(6), 1813-1835, 2018.

 

·       Houze Jr, R.A., McMurdie, L.A., Petersen, W.A., Schwaller, M.R., Baccus, W., Lundquist, J.D., Mass, C.F., Nijssen, B., Rutledge, S.A., Hudak, D.R. and Tanelli, S., "The Olympic Mountains experiment (OLYMPEX)," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(10), 2167-2188, 2017.

 

·       Jensen, E.J., Pfister, L., Jordan, D.E., Bui, T.V., Ueyama, R., Singh, H.B., Thornberry, T.D., Rollins, A.W., Gao, R.S., Fahey, D.W. and Rosenlof, K.H., "The NASA Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment: High-altitude aircraft measurements in the tropical western Pacific," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(1), 129-143, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00263.1, 2017.

 

·       Noia, A.D., Hasekamp, O.P., Wu, L., Diedenhoven, B.V., Cairns, B. and Yorks, J.E., "Combined neural network/Phillips-Tikhonov approach to aerosol retrievals over land from the NASA Research Scanning Polarimeter," Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10(11), 4235-4252, 2017.

 

·       Sinclair, K., Diedenhoven, B.V., Cairns, B., Yorks, J., Wasilewski, A. and McGill, M., "Remote sensing of multiple cloud layer heights using multi-angular measurements," Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10(6), pp.2361-2375, doi: 10.5194/amt-10-2361-2017, 2017.

 

·       Alexandrov, M.D., Cairns, B., Van Diedenhoven, B., Ackerman, A.S., Wasilewski, A.P., McGill, M.J., Yorks, J.E., Hlavka, D.L., Platnick, S.E. and Arnold, G.T., "Polarized view of supercooled liquid water clouds," Remote Sensing of Environment, 181, 96-110, 2016.

 

·       Braun, S.A., Newman, P.A. and Heymsfield, G.M., "NASA’s hurricane and severe storm sentinel (HS3) investigation," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(11), 2085-2102, 2016.

 

·       Meyer, K., Platnick, S., Arnold, G.T., Holz, R.E., Veglio, P., Yorks, J. and Wang, C., "Cirrus cloud optical and microphysical property retrievals from eMAS during SEAC4RS using bi-spectral reflectance measurements within the 1.88 m water vapor absorption band," Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9(4), 1743-1753, 2016.

 

·       Sayer, A.M., Hsu, N.C., Bettenhausen, C., Lee, J., Redemann, J., Schmid, B. and Shinozuka, Y., "Extending "Deep Blue" aerosol retrieval coverage to cases of absorbing aerosols above clouds: Sensitivity analysis and first case studies," Journal of Geophysical Research, 121(9), 4830-4854, 2016.

 

·       Van Diedenhoven, B., Fridlind, A.M., Cairns, B., Ackerman, A.S. and Yorks, J.E., "Vertical variation of ice particle size in convective cloud tops," Geophysical Research Letters, 43(9), 4586-4593, 2016.

 

·       Wu, L., Hasekamp, O., van Diedenhoven, B., Cairns, B., Yorks, J.E. and Chowdhary, J., "Passive remote sensing of aerosol layer height using near-UV multiangle polarization measurements," Geophysical Research Letters, 43(16), 8783-8790, 2016.

 

·       Yorks, J.E., McGill, M.J., Palm, S.P., Hlavka, D.L., Selmer, P.A., Nowottnick, E.P., Vaughan, M.A., Rodier, S.D. and Hart, W.D., "An overview of the CATS level 1 processing algorithms and data products," Geophysical Research Letters, 43(9), 4632-4639, 2016.

 

·       Alexandrov, M.D., Cairns, B., Wasilewski, A.P., Ackerman, A.S., McGill, M.J., Yorks, J.E., Hlavka, D.L., Platnick, S.E., Arnold, G.T., Van Diedenhoven, B. and Chowdhary, J., "Liquid water cloud properties during the Polarimeter Definition Experiment (PODEX)," Remote Sensing of Environment, 169, 20-36, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.07.029, 2015.

 

·       DeSlover, D.H., Revercomb, H.E., Taylor, J.K., Best, F., Tobin, D.C., Knuteson, R.O., Smith, W.L., Weisz, E., Garcia, R.K. and Hoese, D., "S-HIS dual regression retrieval analysis relating to the HS3 field campaign," in Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (pp. JM3A-2), Optical Society of America, 2015.

 

·       McGill, M.J., Yorks, J.E., Scott, V.S., Kupchock, A.W. and Selmer, P.A., "The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS): A technology demonstration on the International Space Station," in Lidar remote sensing for environmental monitoring XV (Vol. 9612, p. 96120A), International Society for Optics and Photonics, doi: 10.1117/12.2190841, 2015.

 

·       Yorks, J.E., McGill, M.J., Scott, V.S., Wake, S.W., Kupchock, A., Hlavka, D.L., Hart, W.D. and Selmer, P.A., "The Airborne Cloud-Aerosol Transport System: Overview and description of the instrument and retrieval algorithms," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 31(11), 2482-2497, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00044.1, 2014.

 

·       Atkinson, D.E., Sassen, K., Hayashi, M., Cahill, C.F., Shaw, G., Harrigan, D. and Fuelberg, H., "Aerosol properties over interior Alaska from lidar, DRUM Impactor sampler, and OPC-sonde measurements and their meteorological context during ARCTAS-A, April 2008," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13(3), 1293-1310, 2013.

 

·       Jensen, E.J., Diskin, G., Lawson, R.P., Lance, S., Bui, T.P., Hlavka, D., McGill, M., Pfister, L., Toon, O.B. and Gao, R., "Ice nucleation and dehydration in the Tropical Tropopause Layer," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(6), 2041-2046, 2013.

 

·       McGill, M., Markus, T., Scott, V.S. and Neumann, T., "The Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar (MABEL): An airborne simulator for the ICESat-2 mission," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(2), 345-352, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00076.1, 2013.

 

·       Avery, M., Winker, D., Heymsfield, A., Vaughan, M., Young, S., Hu, Y. and Trepte, C., "Cloud ice water content retrieved from the CALIOP space-based lidar," Geophysical Research Letters, 39(5), 2012.

 

·       Hlavka, D.L., Yorks, J.E., Young, S.A., Vaughan, M.A., Kuehn, R.E., McGill, M.J. and Rodier, S.D., "Airborne validation of cirrus cloud properties derived from CALIPSO lidar measurements: Optical properties," Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(D9), 2012.

 

·       Minnis, P., Hong, G., Ayers, J.K., Smith, W.L., Yost, C.R., Heymsfield, A.J., Heymsfield, G.M., Hlavka, D.L., King, M.D., Korn, E. and McGill, M.J., "Simulations of infrared radiances over a deep convective cloud system observed during TC4: Potential for enhancing nocturnal ice cloud retrievals," Remote Sensing, 4(10), 3022-3054, 2012.

 

·       Nowottnick, E., Colarco, P., Silva, A.D., Hlavka, D. and McGill, M., "The fate of Saharan dust across the Atlantic and implications for a Central American dust barrier," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11(16), 8415-8431, doi: 10.5194/acp-11-8415-2011, 2011.

 

·       Yorks, J.E., Hlavka, D.L., Hart, W.D. and McGill, M.J., "Statistics of cloud optical properties from airborne lidar measurements," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 28(7), 869-883, 2011.

 

·       Yorks, J.E., Hlavka, D.L., Vaughan, M.A., McGill, M.J., Hart, W.D., Rodier, S. and Kuehn, R., "Airborne validation of cirrus cloud properties derived from CALIPSO lidar measurements: Spatial properties," Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(D19), doi:10.1029/2011JD015942, 2011.

 

·       Avery, M., Twohy, C., McCabe, D., Joiner, J., Severance, K., Atlas, E., Blake, D., Bui, T.P., Crounse, J., Dibb, J. and Diskin, G., "Convective distribution of tropospheric ozone and tracers in the Central American ITCZ region: Evidence from observations during TC4," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), doi: 10.1029/2009JD013450, 2010.

 

·       Bedka, K.M. and Minnis, P., "GOES-12 observations of convective storm variability and evolution during the Tropical Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling Experiment field program," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), 2010.

 

·       Bozzo, A., Maestri, T. and Rizzi, R., "Combining visible and infrared radiometry and lidar data to test simulations in clear and ice cloud conditions," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10(15), 7369-7387, 2010.

 

·       Bucholtz, A., Hlavka, D.L., McGill, M.J., Schmidt, K.S., Pilewskie, P., Davis, S.M., Reid, E.A. and Walker, A.L., "Directly measured heating rates of a tropical subvisible cirrus cloud," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), doi: 10.1029/2009JD013128, 2010.

 

·       Chang, F.L., Minnis, P., Ayers, J.K., McGill, M.J., Palikonda, R., Spangenberg, D.A., Smith Jr, W.L. and Yost, C.R., "Evaluation of satellite-based upper troposphere cloud top height retrievals in multilayer cloud conditions during TC4," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), doi: 10.1029/2009JD013305, 2010.

 

·       Davis, S., Hlavka, D., Jensen, E., Rosenlof, K., Yang, Q., Schmidt, S., Borrmann, S., Frey, W., Lawson, P., Voemel, H. and Bui, T.P., "In situ and lidar observations of tropopause subvisible cirrus clouds during TC4," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), 2010.

 

·       King, M.D., Platnick, S., Wind, G., Arnold, G.T. and Dominguez, R.T., "Remote sensing of radiative and microphysical properties of clouds during TC4: Results from MAS, MASTER, MODIS, and MISR," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), 2010.

 

·       Thompson, A.M., MacFarlane, A.M., Morris, G.A., Yorks, J.E., Miller, S.K., Taubman, B.F., Verver, G., Vmel, H., Avery, M.A., Hair, J.W. and Diskin, G.S., "Convective and wave signatures in ozone profiles over the equatorial Americas: Views from TC4 2007 and SHADOZ," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), 2010.

 

·       Toon, O.B., D.O. Starr, E.J. Jensen, P.A. Newman, S. Platnick, M.R. Schoeberl, P.O. Wennberg, S.C. Wofsy, M.J. Kurylo, H. Maring and K.W. Jucks, "Planning, implementation, and first results of the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4)," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), 2010.

 

·       Vaughan. M.A., Z. Liu, M.J. McGill, Y. Hu and M.D. Obland, "On the spectral dependence of backscatter from cirrus clouds: an assessment of CALIOP's 1064 nm calibration using Cloud Physics Lidar measurements," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D14), 2010.

 

·       Yorks, J.E., M.J. McGill, D.L. Hlavka and W.D. Hart, "Statistics of depolarization ratio from an airborne backscatter lidar," inʲ010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2579-2582, 2010.

 

·       Yost, C.R., P. Minnis, J.K. Ayers, D.A. Spangenberg, A.J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, M.J. McGill and D.L. Hlavka, D.L.. "Comparison of GOES-retrieved and in situ measurements of deep convective anvil cloud microphysical properties during the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4)," Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(D10), doi: 10.1029/2009JD013313, 2010.

 

·       Jensen, E.J., P. Lawson, B. Baker, B. Pilson, Q. Mo, A.J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, T.P. Bui, M. McGill, D. Hlavka and G. Heymsfield, "On the importance of small ice crystals in tropical anvil cirrus," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9(15), 5519-5537, 2009.

 

·       Mace, G.G., Q. Zhang, M. Vaughan, R. Marchand, G. Stephens, C. Trepte and D. Winker, "A description of hydrometeor layer occurrence statistics derived from the first year of merged Cloudsat and CALIPSO data," Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(D8), 2009.

 

·       Vaughan, M.A., K.A. Powell, D.M. Winker, C.A. Hostetler, R.E. Keuhn, W.H. Hunt, B.J. Gatzewich, S.A. Young, Z. Liu, and M.J. McGill, "Fully automated detection of cloud and aerosol layers using the CALIPSO lidar measurements," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 2034-2050, doi: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1228.1, 2009.

 

·       Waquet, F., B. Cairns, K. Knobelspiesse, J. Chowdhary, L.D. Travis, B. Schmid and M.I. Mishchenko, "Polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols over land," Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(D1), 2009.

 

·       Ackerman, S.A., R.E. Holz, R. Frey, E.W. Eloranta, B. Maddux and M. McGill, "Cloud detection with MODIS: part II validation," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25, 1073-1086, 2008.

 

·       McGill, M.J., M.A. Vaughan, C.R. Trepte, W.D. Hart, D.L. Hlavka, D.M. Winker, and R. Keuhn, "Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar," Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, doi: 10.1029/2007JD008768, 2007. (download PDF file)

 

·       Noel, V., D.M. Winker, T.J. Garrett, and M. McGill, "Extinction coefficients retrieved in deep tropical ice clouds from lidar observations using a CALIPSO-like algorithm compared to in-situ measurements from the cloud integrating nephelometer during CRYSTAL-FACE," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 1415-1422, 2007.

 

·       van Zadelhoff, G-J., A.J. Heymsfield, D.P. Donovan, and M.J. McGill, "Validating lidar-radar microphysics retrieval using in-situ measurements," Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007202, 2007.

 

·       Winker, D., B. Hunt, and M. McGill, "Initial performance assessment of CALIOP," Geophysical Research Letters, 34, doi: 10.1029/2007GL030135, 2007.

 

·       Heymsfield, A.J., C. Schmitt, A. Bansemer, G-J. van Zadelhoff, M.J. McGill, C. Twohy, and D. Baumgardner, "Effective radius of ice cloud particle populations derived from aircraft probes," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23, 361-380, 2006.

 

·       Holz, R.E., S. Ackerman, P. Antonelli, F. Nagle, M. McGill, D.L. Hlavka, and W.D. Hart, "An improvement to the high spectral resolution CO2 slicing cloud top altitude retrieval," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23, 653-670, 2006.

 

·       Liu, Z., W. Hunt, C. Hostetler, M. Vaughan, M. McGill, D. Winker, and Y. Hu, "Estimating random errors in backscatter lidar observations," Applied Optics, 45, 4437-4447, 2006.

 

·       Chepfer, H., V. Noel, P. Minnis, D. Baumgardner, L. Nguyen, G. Raga, M.J. McGill, and P. Yang, "Particle habit in tropical ice clouds curing CRYSTAL-FACE: comparison of two remote sensing techniques with in situ observations," Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005455, 2005.

 

·       Hlavka, D.L., S.P. Palm, W.D. Hart, J.D. Spinhirne, M.J. McGill, and E.J. Welton, "Aerosol and cloud optical depth from GLAS:  results and verification for an October 2003 California fire smoke case," Geophysical Research Letters, 32, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023413, 2005.

 

·       Jensen, E., L. Pfister, T. Bui, A. Weinheimer, E. Weinstock, J. Smith, D. Baumgardner, and M.J. McGill, "Formation of a tropopause cirrus layer observed over Florida during CRYSTAL-FACE," Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004671, 2005.

 

·       Mitrescu, C., J.M. Haynes, G.L. Stephens, G.M. Heymsfield, and M.J. McGill, "Cirrus cloud optical, microphysical and radiative properties observed during CRYSTAL-FACE experiment: I. A radar-lidar retrieval system," Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005605, 2005.

 

·       Zhou, D.K., W.L. Smith, Sr., X. Liu, A.M. Larar, H-L.A. Huang, J. Li, M.J. McGill, and S.A. Mango, "Thermodynamic and cloud parameter retrieval using infrared spectra data," Geophysical Research Letters, 32, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023211, 2005.

 

·       Garrett, T.J., A.J. Heymsfield, M.J. McGill, B.A. Ridley, D.G. Baumgardner, P.T. Bui, and C.R. Webster, "Convective generation of cirrus near the tropopause," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004952, 2004.

 

·       Liu, Z., M. McGill, Y. Hu, C.A. Hostetler, M. Vaughan, and D. Winker, "Validating lidar depolarization calibration using solar radiation scattered by ice clouds," Geoscience Remote Sensing Letters, 1, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2004.829613, 2004.

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·       Liu, Z., M.A. Vaughan, D.M. Winker, C.A. Hostetler, L.R. Poole, D. Hlavka, W. Hart, and M. McGill, "Use of probability distribution functions for discriminating between cloud and aerosol in lidar backscatter data," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004732, 2004.

 

·       McGill, M.J., L. Li, W.D. Hart, G.M. Heymsfield, D.L. Hlavka, P.E. Racette, L. Tian, M.A. Vaughan, and D.M. Winker, "Combined lidar-radar remote sensing: Initial results from CRYSTAL-FACE," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004030, 2004. (download PDF file)

 

·       Noel, V., D.M. Winker, M. McGill, and P. Lawson, "Classification of particle shapes from lidar depolarization ratios in convective ice clouds compared to in situ observations during CRYSTAL-FACE," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004833, 2004.

 

·       Ridley, B., L. Ott, K. Pickering, L. Emmons, D. Montzka, A. Weinheimer, D. Knapp, F. Grahek, L. Li, G. Heymsfield, M. McGill, P. Kucera, M.J. Mahoney, and G. Brasseur, "Florida thunderstorms: a faucet of reactive nitrogen to the upper troposphere," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004769, 2004.

 

·       Sherwood, S.C., J-H. Chae, P. Minnis and M. McGill, "Underestimation of deep convective cloud tops by thermal imagery," Geophysical Research Letters, 31, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019699, 2004.

 

·       Sherwood, S.C., P. Minnis, and M. McGill, "Deep convective cloud top heights and their thermodynamic control during CRYSTAL-FACE," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004811, 2004.

 

·       McGill, M.J., D.L. Hlavka, W.D. Hart, E.J. Welton, and J.R. Campbell, "Airborne lidar measurements of aerosol optical properties during SAFARI-2000," Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002370, 2003. (download PDF file)

 

·       Schmid, B., J. Redemann, P.B. Russell, P.V. Hobbs, D.L. Hlavka, M.J. McGill, W.D. Hart, B.N. Holben, E.J. Welton, J. Campbell, O. Torres, R. Kahn, D. Diner, M. Helmlinger, D.A. Chu, C. Robles-Gonzalez, and G. de Leeuw, "Coordinated airborne, spaceborne, and ground-based measurements of massive, thick aerosol layers during the dry season in Southern Africa," Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002297, 2003.

 

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