12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation

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Sunday, 9 July 2006

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 9 July 2006


Conference Registration

Monday, 10 July 2006

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Registration Continues Through Friday, 14 July

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Session 1
New Approaches to Radiation Measurement and Remote Sensing: I
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Norman G. Loeb, Hampton Univ.
9:00 AM
1.1
PRECISE MONITORING OF TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS AND TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE: INTRODUCING THE NASA GLORY MISSION
Michael I. Mishchenko, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and L. D. Travis, B. Cairns, and J. Chowdhary
9:15 AM
1.2
Concept for a Climate Calibration Observatory: "NIST in orbit"
Bruce A. Wielicki, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and J. G. Anderson, B. R. Barkstrom, J. J. Bates, J. Harder, J. E. Harries, C. McClain, M. G. Mlynczak, P. Pilewskie, K. J. Priestley, J. Rice, D. Siegel, T. Stone, T. R. Karl, K. E. Trenberth, F. Valero, and W. Wiscombe
9:30 AM
1.3
Far-infrared spectroscopy of the troposphere - FIRST
Martin G. Mlynczak, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and D. Johnson, D. P. Kratz, X. Liu, H. Latvakoski, G. E. Bingham, and P. Yang
9:45 AM
1.4
DSCOVR, Earth Sciences from a New Perspective
Francisco P.J. Valero, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Herman and P. Minnis

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Session 2
Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols I: Clouds from MODIS and MISR
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: James A. Coakley Jr., Oregon State University
10:30 AM
2.1
The operational MODIS cloud optical and microphysical retrieval product: Overview of the Collection 5 processing algorithm and preliminary Level-2 results
Steven Platnick, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. D. King, J. Riedi, G. T. Arnold, B. Wind, G. Wind, and P. Hubanks
11:00 AM
2.3
Systematic comparisons of clouds as observed by MODIS and ISCCP
Robert Pincus, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. P. Batstone and S. E. Platnick
11:15 AM
2.4
11:30 AM
2.5
Impact of 3D cloud structure on satellite retrievals of cloud droplet sizes
Alexander Marshak, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and T. Varnai, S. Platnick, G. Wen, and R. F. Cahalan
11:45 AM
2.6
Estimation of cloud liquid water path and detection of rain using the vertical profile of cloud droplet size
Z. Li, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. Chen, F. L. Chang, R. Ferraro, and F. Weng

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Session 3
Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols II: Three-Dimentional Effects
Location: Hall of Ideas G-J (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Alexander Marshak, NASA/GSFC
2:00 PM
3.3
Remote sensing of real and artificial clouds with Meteosat Second Generation
Bernhard Mayer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich, Germany; and T. Zinner and L. Bugliaro
2:15 PM
3.4
Reflectance Anisotropy Comparison of Marine Stratocumulus and Trade Cumulus Using MISR-MODIS Synergy
Lusheng Liang, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo and S. Platnick
2:30 PM
3.5
Multi-angular radiances of an isolated convective cloud: comparison between MISR measurement and Monte-Carlo simulation
Céline Cornet, Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, Université de Lille, France, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; and R. Davies
2:45 PM
3.6
MODIS observations of 3D radiative effects occurring in clouds
Tamas Varnai, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and A. Marshak

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Session 4
The Earth's Radiation Budget I: General contributions
Location: Hall of Ideas G-J (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Bruce A. Wielicki, NASA Langley Research Center
3:30 PM
4.1
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget edition 1 data release
Steven Dewitte, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium; and L. Gonzalez, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, and C. Bertrand

3:45 PM
4.2
Radiative Energy Budget in the Tropical Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere: Cloud Impact
Qiang Fu, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Fueglistaler

4:15 PM
4.4
4:30 PM
4.5
A new solar irradiance reference spectrum
P. Pilewskie, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Harder and J. M. Fontenla
4:45 PM
4.6
An Assessment of Radiative Feedbacks in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models
Brian Soden, NOAA/GFDL and Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and I. M. Held

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Joint Poster Session 1
Indirect Effects Posters (Joint with 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation & 12th Conference on Cloud Physics)
Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation; and the 12th Conference on Cloud Physics )
CoChair: Timothy J. Garrett, University of Utah
JP1.2
Poster JP1.2 has been moved. New paper number is 1.3A

JP1.3
JP1.5
The effects of cloud morphology and sun-satellite angle on MODIS studies of cloud/aerosol interactions over Amazonia during the burning season
Brian L. Vant-Hull, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Z. Li, L. A. Remer, A. Marshak, D. Rosenfeld, and T. Yuan

JP1.7
Evaluation of the aerosol indirect effect using satellite, chemical transport model, and aircraft data from ICARTT
Lance Avey, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. J. Garrett and A. Stohl

Handout (205.1 kB)

JP1.8
Comparative simulation between with bulk and with bin type cloud microphysical scheme on non-hydrostatic regional model
Takamichi Iguchi, UMCP ESSIC / NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and T. Nakajima, A. P. Khain, and T. Takemura

Handout (1.9 MB)

JP1.9
Optimal Air Pollution Control Strategies with Application to the Power Generation Sector
M. Ba-Shammakh, Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; and A. Elkamel, P. Douglas, and E. Croiset

Handout (281.0 kB)

JP1.10
Aerosol-cloud-radiation and surface flux interactions simulated in a large-eddy model
Hongli Jiang, NOAA/CIRA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. Feingold

Handout (236.1 kB)

JP1.11
Aerosol Interactions with Cloud Dynamics
William R. Cotton, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever

Handout (42.4 kB)

JP1.12
Aerosol Indirect Effect on Long-lasting Mesoscale Convective Systems: A modeling study
Xiaowen Li, GESTAR/Morgan State University and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. Tao, A. Khain, and J. Simpson

Handout (526.8 kB)

JP1.13
JP1.15
Aerosol-cloud interactions and the effects on orographic precipitation
Andreas Mühlbauer, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and U. Lohmann

Handout (74.8 kB)

JP1.17
JP1.18
Broadband cloud susceptibility inferred from MODIS
Lazaros Oreopoulos, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Platnick

JP1.19
The aerosol indirect effects examined by numerically calculated aerosols and satellite derived clouds
Kazuaki Kawamoto, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Hayasaka, I. Uno, and T. Ohara

Handout (380.6 kB)


Oral Sessions End for the Day

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 July 2006


Formal Poster Viewing

Poster Session 1
Radiation Poster Session I: Surface Properties and New Measurements
Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Timothy J. Garrett, University of Utah
P1.1
Global surface albedo from CERES/Terra surface and atmospheric radiation budget (SARB) data product
David A. Rutan, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and T. P. Charlock, F. Rose, S. Kato, S. M. Zentz, and L. H. Coleman

Handout (128.8 kB)

P1.2
Detailed measurements of enhanced solar irradiation at the surface due to the presence of clouds
Andreas Macke, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany; and C. Stick, N. Schade, and H. Sandmann

P1.4
Calibration for the solar channel using MODIS-derived BRDF parameters over Australian desert targets
Hyoung-Wook Chun, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. J. Sohn

Handout (176.4 kB)

P1.5
A coupled atmosphere-ocean radiative transfer system using the analytic four-stream approximation
Wei-Liang Lee, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou

P1.6
A comparison of surface flux products from GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget with ECMWF ERA-40, NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and CERES SRBAVG
J. Colleen Mikovitz, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., S. K. Gupta, S. J. Cox, T. Zhang, L. M. Hinkelman, D. R. Doelling, and D. F. Keyes

Handout (758.5 kB)

P1.7
Water vapor products from Meteosat-8 SEVIRI: An information content analysis for climate purposes
Ralf Bennartz, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Stengel, J. Schulz, J. Fischer, and R. Preusker

P1.8
SAWA experiment—evaluation of dust particles properties by means of lidar and sun-photometer synergic measurements
Aleksandra E. Kardas, Warsaw Univ., Warsaw, Poland; and K. M. Markowicz, K. Stelmaszczyk, G. Karasinski, S. P. Malinowski, and T. Stacewicz

Handout (266.6 kB)

P1.9
Radiative closure studies at the North Slope of Alaska ARM Climate Research Facility
J. Delamere, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc, Lexington, MA; and S. A. Clough, D. D. Turner, E. J. Mlawer, K. Cady-Pereira, R. Knuteson, D. C. Tobin, H. E. Revercomb, and M. Shephard

P1.10
Fast Longwave and Shortwave Flux (FLASHFlux) Products from CERES and MODIS Measurements
Paul W. Stackhouse Jr., NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and D. P. Kratz, G. R. McGarragh, S. K. Gupta, and E. B. Geier

Handout (2.9 MB)

P1.11
Evaluation of ground-based infrared and microwave spectral observations and calculations using six years of ARM data
David D. Turner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, H. E. Revercomb, S. A. Clough, E. J. Mlawer, K. Cady-Pereira, and J. Delamere

P1.12
Comparison and validation of MODIS infrared and near infrared total precipitable water products
Eva Borbas, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. W. Seemann, G. Stephenson, J. Li, and W. P. Menzel

P1.13
Column optical depth retrieval using surface reflectivity from GLAS
Dennis L. Hlavka, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and S. P. Palm, R. S. Lancaster, and J. Spinhirne

Handout (599.4 kB)

P1.14
Calibration of MTSAT-1R infrared channels using MODIS/Terra measurements
Hyojin Han, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. J. Sohn and H. S. Park

Handout (1.1 MB)

P1.15
Adaptation of ground-based radiometers for outgoing radiative flux measurements from Ultra Long Duration Balloons
Wenying Su, Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and E. G. Dutton, T. P. Charlock, and W. J. Wiscombe

P1.16
A new approach to measure low liquid water path using solar radiance in an infrared window
Jui-Yuan Christine Chiu, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and W. J. Wiscombe, A. Marshak, and J. C. Liljegren

P1.17
P1.18
Radiometric performance of the CERES Earth Radiation Budget climate record sensors on the EOS Aqua and Terra Spacecraft
Kory J. Priestley, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and G. Matthews, S. Thomas, D. Cooper, D. Walikainen, P. Hess, Z. P. Szewczyk, and R. Wilson

P1.19
P1.20
Data Analysis of the Far Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere Instrument
Xu Liu, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, Hampton, VA; and M. Mlynczak, D. Johnson, D. Kratz, H. Latvakoski, and G. Bingham

P1.21
Calibration and performance assessment of the Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere sensor
David G. Johnson, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and M. G. Mlynczak, X. Liu, and D. P. Kratz

P1.22
A discrete-ordinates treatment of ocean surface roughness for a coupled radiative transfer code
Zhonghai Jin, AS&M, Inc./NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Charlock and K. Rutledge


Poster Session 2
Radiation Poster Session II: Parameterizations & Cloud and Aerosol Interactions
Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Timothy J. Garrett, University of Utah
P2.1
Radiative impacts of tropical thin cirrus clouds
Joonsuk Lee, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang, A. E. Dessler, and B. C. Gao

P2.2
Modulation of the aerosol absorption and single-scattering albedo in Southwest Asia due to large scale and sea breeze circulations.
Joanna Remiszewska, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland; and K. M. Markowicz, J. S. Reid, E. A. Reid, and M. Witek

Handout (225.4 kB)

P2.3
Comparison of SW radiances/fluxes from a model with coincident CERES/MODIS measurements
Zhonghai Jin, AS&M, Inc./NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA; and F. G. Rose, D. A. Rutan, and T. Charlock

P2.4
CERES Proto-Edition_3 radiative transfer :model tests and radiative closure over surface validations sites
Fred Rose, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and T. Charlock, Q. Fu, S. Kato, D. A. Rutan, and Z. Jin

Handout (115.8 kB)

P2.5
A modeling study of secondary organic aerosols using a general circulation model
Daisuke Goto, The Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and T. Takemura and T. Nakajima

Handout (615.8 kB)

P2.6
Spectral Atmospheric Aerosol Absorption Coefficients
Robert W. Bergstrom, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Sonoma, CA; and P. Pilewskie, P. B. Russell, J. Redemann, and T. Bond

P2.7
SHDOMPPDA: A radiative transfer tool for cloudy sky data assimilation
K. Franklin Evans, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

P2.8
Multiple scaling method and its application to the calculation of radiative fluxes
Tsuneaki Suzuki, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; and T. Nakajima and M. Tanaka

Handout (533.9 kB)

P2.9
Investigation of the sensitivity of ice cloud radiative properties to the parameterization scheme of ice crystal habit distributions in NCAR Community Atmosphere Model 3.0
Zhibo Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang, A. Heymsfield, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, and K. M. Xu

P2.10
Improvement of a radiation process for the non-hydrostatic model
Ryoji Nagasawa, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Handout (696.8 kB)

P2.13
A fast radiative transfer model for hyperspectral remote sensing
Zhibo Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang, A. H. L. Huang, B. A. Baum, and D. Zhou

P2.14
A fast and accurate cloud overlap parameterization for microwave data assimilation
Chris O'Dell, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz and P. Bauer

P2.15
A 3D vector radiative transfer computational package based on the Monte Carlo method
Peng-Wang Zhai, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and G. W. Kattawar and P. Yang

P2.16
Validation of numerical models using satellite data
Kyung Jung Moon, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Kim and S. Y. Hong

P2.17
Retrieving surface insolation from narrowband satellite radiances under cloudy skies– A comparison of two different approaches
Hartwig Manfred Deneke, KNMI, 3732 GK De Bilt, Netherlands; and R. A. Roebeling, E. L. Wolters, and A. J. Feijt

P2.18
New calculations of the effect of scattering by hydrosols on the underwater polarization field—Application to marine animals' visual world
Amit Lerner, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; and C. Erlick-Haspel, N. Shashar, and S. Sabbah

P2.20
Effective refractive indices of water and sulfate drops containing absorbing inclusions
Carynelisa Erlick-Haspel, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

P2.21
Impact of UK Met Office's shortwave scheme on CPTEC's global model
Julio C. S. Chagas, Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil; and H. M. J. Barbosa

Handout (1.1 MB)

P2.22
Impact of a new radiative transfer parameterization in forecast and climate mode.
Paul A. Vaillancourt, Numerical Weather Prediction Research Section, Dorval, QC, Canada; and D. Talbot, J. Li, B. Dugas, K. Winger, and M. Charon

P2.23
Evaluation of regional cloud climate simulations over Scandinavia using a ten-year NOAA AVHRR cloud climatology
Karl-Göran Karlsson, SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden; and U. Willén, K. Wyser, and C. G. Jones

Handout (338.8 kB)

Tuesday, 11 July 2006

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 July 2006


Session 5
Observations and Modeling of the Surface Radiative Properties
Location: Hall of Ideas G-J (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: William D. Collins, NCAR
8:30 AM
5.1
Insights from laboratory and airborne BRDF measurements for satellite remote sensing
Charles Gatebe, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and M. D. King, G. T. Georgiev, and J. Butler
8:45 AM
5.2
Canopy emissivity characterization from hyper spectral infrared obervations
Guido Masiello Sr., IMAA/CNR, Tito Scalo, Italy; and G. Grieco Jr., C. Serio, and V. Cuomo
9:00 AM
5.3
Spectral bidirectional reflectance of Antarctic snow: Measurements and parameterization
Stephen R. Hudson, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. G. Warren, R. Brandt, T. C. Grenfell, and D. Six
9:15 AM
5.4
Meridional Ocean Radiation Experiment MORE: First Results
Andreas Macke, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany; and J. Kalisch, A. Sinitsyn, and S. Gulev
9:30 AM
5.5
A parameterization of spectral and broadband ocean surface albedo
Zhonghai Jin, AS&M, Inc./NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA; and T. P. Charlock and C. K. Rutledge
9:45 AM
5.6
Clear-sky and surface narrowband albedo variations derived from VIRS and MODIS Data
Yan Chen, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and S. Sun-Mack, R. F. Arduini, and P. Minnis

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 11 July 2006


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 July 2006


Session 6
Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols III: Cloud Lidar and Radar
Location: Hall of Ideas G-J (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota
10:30 AM
6.1
Global Aerosol Measurements from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System Satellite Lidar
James D. Spinhirne, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. L. Hlavka, S. P. Palm, and W. D. Hart
10:45 AM
6.2
Global and polar cloud cover from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System, observations and implications
William Dennis Hart, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Spinhirne, S. P. Palm, and D. L. Hlavka
11:00 AM
6.3
11:15 AM
6.4
ARCTIC OBSERVATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION LIDAR
Edwin W. Eloranta, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Uttal
11:30 AM
6.5
Use of a lidar forward model to perform global cloud fraction comparisons between the ICESat lidar and the ECMWF model
Jonathan M. Wilkinson, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. J. Hogan, A. J. Illingworth, and A. Benedetti
11:45 AM
6.6
A variational cloud retrieval scheme combining radar, lidar and radiometer observations
Robin J. Hogan, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 July 2006


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 July 2006


Joint Session 1
Indirect effects (Joint with 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation & 12th Conference on Cloud Physics)
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Cloud Physics; and the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation )
Cochairs: Patrick Y. Chuang, University of California Santa Cruz; Andrew S. Ackerman, NASA/GISS
1:30 PM
J1.1
Aerosol effects on the lifetime of shallow cumulus
Graham Feingold, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and H. Jiang, H. Xue, A. Teller, and Z. Levin
2:00 PM
J1.3
2:15 PM
J1.4
A Field Study on the Interaction of Aerosol with Mixed Phase cloud at Alpine Research Station Jungfraujoch in Switzerland
K.N. Bower, Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; and T. W. Choularton, H. Coe, M. W. Gallagher, P. Connolly, M. J. Flynn, J. Crosier, E. Weingartner, U. Baltensperger, J. Duplissy, S. Sjogren, B. Verheggen, J. Cozic, M. Gysel, S. Walter, J. Curtius, S. Bormann, J. Scneider, M. Ebert, M. Kulmala, and W. Jaeschke
2:30 PM
J1.5
A theoretical study of the impact of anthropogenic CCN on the dynamics of deep convective clouds in the EPIC region
D. Pozo, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México City (D.F.), México, Mexico City, Mexico; and G. B. Raga and D. Baumgardner
3:15 PM
J1.8
The effect of aerosols on the cloud droplet size profile, thermodynamics, and precipitation
J. Vanderlei Martins, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and A. Marshak, Y. Kaufman, and L. Remer
3:30 PM
J1.9
Response of marine stratocumulus to haze pollution as deduced from MODIS observations of ship tracks
J. A. Coakley Jr., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and M. S. Segrin, M. W. Christensen, and W. R. Tahnk
3:45 PM
J1.10
4:00 PM
J1.11
Global and regional indirect effects of aerosols appeared in modeling and satellite remote sensing
Teruyuki Nakajima, Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and T. Takemura, A. Higurashi, T. Y. Nakajima, and K. Suzuki

4:15 PM
J1.12
4:30 PM
J1.6A
Coffee Break

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 July 2006


Sessions End for the Day

Wednesday, 12 July 2006

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 July 2006


Session 7
Interaction of Radiation with Clouds and Aerosols
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Seiji Kato, Hampton University
8:30 AM
7.1
Derivation of Component Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing for the Clear Sky by Combining Satellite Measurement and Model Simulations
Tom X.-P. Zhao, CICS/ESSIC/UMCP & STAR/NESDIS/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Yu, I. Laszlo, and M. Chin
8:45 AM
7.2
Aerosol and Cloud Radiative Forcing in China: Preliminary Results from the EAST-AIRE Project
Z. Li, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Cribb, W. Mi, and X. Xia
9:00 AM
7.3
Recent Advances in Modeling of Interactions of Atmospheric Radiation with Mineral Dust
Irina N. Sokolik, Georgia Institude of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and S. Lafon
9:15 AM
7.4
Simulation of aerosol effects on climate system by aerosol climate model
Toshihiko Takemura, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
9:30 AM
7.5
3D Aerosol-Cloud Radiative Interaction in a Cumulus Field in Brazil
Guoyong Wen, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, L. Remer, and R. Kleidman
9:45 AM
7.6
The effect of horizontal photon transport on the radiative effect of contrails
Robin J. Hogan, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. Gounou

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 July 2006


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 July 2006


Session 8
Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols IV: Aerosols
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Zhanqing Li, University of Maryland
10:30 AM
8.1
Lidar aerosol retrievals from ICESat using a model-based constrained ratio approach
John A. Reagan, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Wang, S. P. Palm, and J. Spinhirne
10:45 AM
8.2
11:00 AM
8.3
11:15 AM
8.4
Probabilistic dust-cloud mask as a discrimination tool and a data confidence level indicator
Anton Darmenov, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and I. N. Sokolik
11:30 AM
8.5
The continuous monitoring of desert dust using an infrared-based dust detection and retrieval method
David P. Duda, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, Q. Trepte, and S. Sun-Mack
11:45 AM
8.6
Aerosol type detection using satellite remote sensing over the South-East Asia
Jaehwa Lee, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Kim and J. M. Yoon

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 July 2006


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 July 2006


Joint Session 2
Radiative properties of clouds (Joint Session with 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation & 12th Conference on Cloud Physics)
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Cloud Physics; and the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation )
Cochairs: K. Franklin Evans, Univ. of Colorado; Michael I. Mishchenko, NASA/GISS
1:30 PM
J2.1
The 4D-clouds Project: Goals, Experiments, Data, and Results
K. Sebastian Schmidt, Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO; and V. Venema and C. Simmer
1:45 PM
J2.2
Using observations of deep convective systems to constrain atmospheric column absorption in the optically thick limit
Xiquan Dong, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and B. Xi, B. A. Wielicki, Y. Hu, G. G. Mace, and S. Benson
2:00 PM
J2.3
Overview of CERES cloud properties derived from VIRS and MODIS data
Patrick Minnis, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and E. Geier, B. A. Wielicki, S. Sun-Mack, Y. Chen, Q. Z. Trepte, X. Dong, D. R. Doelling, J. K. Ayers, and M. M. Khaiyer
2:15 PM
J2.4
Effects of Ice Crystal Habit on the Radiative Properties and Forcing of Cirrus Clouds
Manfred Wendisch, Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany; and P. Yang and P. Pilewskie
2:45 PM
J2.6
Bulk Scattering Properties of Ice Clouds at Visible Through Far-Infrared Wavelengths
Bryan A. Baum, NASA/LaRC, Madison, WI; and P. Yang and A. J. Heymsfield
3:00 PM
J2.7
Consistency of cloud ice properties estimated from MODIS, AVHRR and SEVIRI
Andrew Heidinger, NOAA, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum and P. Yang
3:15 PM
J2.8
Characteristics of water cloud optical property as simulated by a non-hydrostatic spectral microphysics cloud model
Kentaroh Suzuki, Univ. of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan; and T. Nakajima, T. Y. Nakajima, H. Masunaga, T. Matsui, and A. P. Khain
3:30 PM
J2.9
The Impact of Controversial Small Ice Crystals on GCM Simulations
David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and P. Rasch, D. Ivanova, G. McFarquhar, and T. Nousiainen
3:45 PM
J2.10
Broadband radiative closure studies in the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program
E. J. Mlawer, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc, Lexington, MA; and M. A. Miller, T. R. Shippert, S. A. Clough, J. S. Delamere, D. D. Turner, K. Johnson, D. Troyan, M. Jensen, C. Long, C. Flynn, C. Sivaraman, D. A. Rutan, P. W. Heck, M. H. Zhang, S. Xie, R. T. Cederwall, and J. J. Michalsky
4:00 PM
J2.11
Properties of water-only, mixed-phase, and ice-only clouds over the South Pole
Mark E. Ellison, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and V. P. Walden, J. R. Campbell, and J. Spinhirne
4:15 PM
J2.12
Constraining cirrus ice crystal size through observation of halos
Margaret B. Kimball, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. J. Garrett
4:30 PM
J2.6A
Coffee Break

4:59 PM-4:59 PM: Wednesday, 12 July 2006


Oral Sessions End for the Day

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 July 2006


Joint Poster Session 2
Radiative Properties of Clouds (Joint with 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation & 12th Conference on Cloud Physics)
Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Cloud Physics; and the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation )
Chair: Charles N. Long, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
JP2.1
In-situ observations of vertical profiles of mixed-phase clouds during the Mixed Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (MPACE): implications for climate studies
Greg McFarquhar, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. Zhang, M. Poellot, G. Kok, A. J. Heymsfield, and J. Verlinde

JP2.2
Validation studies with and 3D radiative transfer in surrogate cloud fields
Victor Venema, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and S. Gimeno García, K. S. Schmidt, R. Scheirer, F. Di Giuseppe, M. Wendisch, and C. Simmer

JP2.3
The diurnal cycle of radiative fluxes using 3D stratocumulus cloud fields from Large-Eddy simulations
Stephan R. De Roode, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. Los

Handout (1.1 MB)

JP2.4
JP2.5
Solution by Pseudo-spectral time-domain method applied to Light scattering by hexagonal ice crystals
Guang Chen, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, and J. Q. Lu

JP2.7
Single-scattering Properties of Platonic solids with Size Parameters in the Geometric-Optics Regime
Zhibo Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, and W. Wiscombe

JP2.8
Scattering properties of complex ice crystal in cirrus cloud
Junshik Um, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. M. McFarquhar

JP2.9
Properties of overlapping cirrus clouds as deduced from the GOES-12 imagery data
Fu-Lung Chang, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, B. Lin, S. Sun-Mack, and M. Khaiyer

Handout (221.2 kB)

JP2.10
Polarization and Mueller matrix for multiple scattering by hexagonal ice crystals
Yu Xie, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, and I. Laszlo

JP2.11
Longwave derived cloud amounts compared with shortwave cloud amounts
Ezra E. Takara, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. G. Ellingson

JP2.12
Indented and hollow ice crystals: representation by collections of independent spheres
Stephen G. Warren, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. P. Neshyba and T. C. Grenfell

JP2.14
Comparison of cloud top height and optical depth histograms from ISCCP, MISR, and MODIS
Roger Marchand, PNNL, Richland, WA; and T. Ackerman, S. E. Platnick, and P. Hubanks

JP2.15
Analysis of three years of ice cloud properties over the tropics from MODIS
Ping Yang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and G. Hong, B. C. Gao, B. A. Baum, M. D. King, and S. Platnick

JP2.16
Derivation and tests of the GCSS analytic longwave radiation formula
Kurt E. Kotenberg, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and N. B. Wood and V. E. Larson

Handout (171.0 kB)

JP2.17
A study of cloud top microphysical characteristics in High Plains thunderstorms
William C. Straka III, Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. T. Lindsey and A. K. Heidinger

Handout (305.2 kB)

JP2.18
A Parameterization of Infrared Radiative Properties of Cirrus/Contrails Containing Small Ice Particles
Qiang Fu, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Robinson, M. Danilin, and S. Baughcum


Poster Session 3
Radiation Poster Session III: Earth Radiation Budget
Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Charles N. Long, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
P3.1
The validation of the 5-year Terra-based monthly CERES radiative flux and cloud product
Dennis F. Keyes, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, D. F. Young, F. G. Rose, D. A. Rutan, M. L. Nordeen, and J. S. Boghosian

Handout (201.8 kB)

P3.2
The sensitivity of OLR/DLR to atmospheric temperature and water vapor
Yi Huang, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and V. Ramaswamy

P3.3
Long-term validation and variability of the shortwave and longwave radiation data of the GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) project
Taiping Zhang, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., S. K. Gupta, S. J. Cox, J. C. Mikovitz, L. M. Hinkelman, M. Wild, and A. Ohmura

Handout (774.4 kB)

P3.4
Evaluating CERES Terra and Aqua longwave and window top-of-atmosphere flux uncertainties using direct integration test
Natividad Manalo-Smith, Science Systems and Applications Inc., Hampton, VA; and N. G. Loeb, K. Loukachine, and S. Kato

P3.5
Derivation of improved surface and TOA broadband fluxes using CERES-derived narrowband-to-broadband coefficients
Mandana M. Khaiyer, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, D. R. Doelling, P. K. Chan, M. L. Nordeen, R. Palikonda, and H. Y. Yi

Handout (429.7 kB)

P3.6
CERES Synoptic Grided Diurnally Resolved Radiative Transfer
Fred Rose, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and T. P. Charlock, B. A. Wielicki, D. R. Doelling, and S. M. Zentz

Handout (322.0 kB)

P3.7
A study of regional and long-term variation of radiation budget using general circulation model
Makiko Mukai, Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; and T. Nakajima

Handout (107.8 kB)

P3.8
Use of CERES PAPS observations over the Valencia Anchor Station to validate low spatial resolution remote sensing data and products.
Almudena Velazquez Blazquez, Climatology from Satellites Group, Dept. of Physics of the Earth and Thermodynamics, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; and S. Alonso, C. Domenech, J. Gimeno, J. Jorge Sanchez, A. Labajo, N. G. Loeb, D. Pino, A. Rius, A. Sanchis, G. L. Smith, Z. P. Szewczyk, R. Tarruella, J. Torrobella, and E. Lopez-Baeza

Handout (798.0 kB)

P3.9
Instantaneous Consistency of Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Fluxes from CERES on Terra and Aqua Satellites
Konstantin Loukachine, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and N. G. Loeb, S. Kato, N. M. Smith, and W. Sun

P3.13
Aerosol, cloud and radiation measurements from Earth observing satellites
Edward A. Kizer, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and N. A. Ritchey

Handout (194.4 kB)

P3.14
P3.16
Surface radiation budget over tropical pacific: Interannual variability
Shashi K. Gupta, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., J. C. Mikovitz, S. J. Cox, and T. Zhang

Handout (661.2 kB)

P3.17
Retrieving surface downwelling longwave radiation from satellite measurements: Improvement of the Zhou-Cess algorithm
Yaping Zhou, Morgan State University, Greenbelt, MD; and D. P. Kratz, A. C. Wilber, S. K. Gupta, and R. D. Cess

Handout (435.6 kB)

P3.18
Evaluating shortwave GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget fluxes as a function of sky cover conditions
Laura M. Hinkelman, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., S. J. Cox, C. N. Long, and J. Calbo

P3.19
P3.21
Annual cycle of cloud forcing of the surface radiation budget
Anne C. Wilber, AS&M, Hampton, Virginia; and G. L. Smith, S. K. Gupta, and P. W. Stackhouse Jr.

Handout (462.8 kB)

P3.22
Cloud albedo and height variations measured by MISR over the Terra mission
Roger Davies, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand


Poster Session 4
Radiation Poster Session IV: Remote Sensing
Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Charles N. Long, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
P4.1
Use of AIRS and MODIS to retrieve ice cloud optical thickness and effective diameter
Christopher Rogers Yost, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, S. L. Nasiri, and B. A. Baum

P4.2
Tropical Ice Cloud Statistics from Aqua MODIS Observations
Kerry G. Meyer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, G. North, and B. C. Gao

P4.3
P4.4
The sensitivity of spectral resolution far-infrared radiances to the microphysical and optical properties of ice clouds
Gang Hong, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, M. G. Mlynczak, D. P. Kratz, and Y. X. Hu

P4.5
The retrieval of water vapor path and liquid waterpath from the NOAA/AMSU data
Wei Zhou, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz and H. L. Huang

P4.6
The retrieval of cloud height and emissivity from passive measurements: comparison of techniques
Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and A. K. Heidinger

P4.7
The retrieval of carbon dioxide above clouds - sensitivity studies
Rasmus Lindstrot, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz, J. Fischer, C. O'Dell, R. Preusker, and J. Vidot

P4.8
The NPP Atmosphere Product Evaluation and Test Element (PEATE)
Liam E. Gumley, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Revercomb, P. Antonelli, B. Baum, and R. Holz

P4.9
Synthesized solar spectral irradiance in the 3.7 µm band for Earth remote sensing applications
Steven Platnick, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. M. Fontenla

P4.10
Spectral versus Broadband Radiance relationships observed between MISR and CERES on the Terra Satellite
Wedad A. Abdou, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and R. Davies and N. G. Loeb

P4.11
Sensitivity of depolarized lidar signals to cloud and aerosol particle properties
Yu You, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and G. W. Kattawar, P. Yang, Y. Hu, and B. A. Baum

P4.12
Satellite-Derived Cloud Property Errors and Their Effect on Computed Domain-averaged Irradiances with a 1D Radiative Transfer Model
Seiji Kato, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and L. M. Hinkelman and A. Cheng

P4.13
Satellite cloud microphysical retrieval validation using lidar and radar measurements
Robert Holz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, D. D. Turner, E. W. Eloranta, H. E. Revercomb, and B. A. Baum

P4.15
Retrieval of aerosol optical properties and estimation of aerosol forcing based on multi-spectral sun photometer observations.
Krzysztof M. Markowicz, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; and A. E. Kardas

Handout (162.5 kB)

P4.16
Quantitative assessment of one year of cloud phase determination from SEVIRI using ground-based cloud radar and lidar data
Erwin L.A. Wolters, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and R. A. Roebeling and A. J. Feijt

P4.17
Particulate matter (PM) retrieval from SeaWiFS measurements
Jerome Vidot, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Santer and D. Ramon

P4.18
Observing ice water path and crystal size from space
Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. O. Starr, K. F. Evans, G. Skofronick-Jackson, H. E. Revercomb, J. Wang, B. J. Soden, T. L'Ecuyer, P. Norris, A. Da Silva, P. Racette, T. Greenwald, G. M. McFarquhar, and A. Heymsfield

P4.19
Multilayered Clouds Identification and Retrieval for CERES Using MODIS
Sunny Sun-Mack, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, Y. Chen, Y. Yi, J. Huang, B. Lin, A. Fan, S. L. Gibson, and F. L. Chang

Handout (2.4 MB)

P4.20
Multi-resolution retrieval of fractional cloudiness for CERES using MODIS data
Louis Nguyen, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, S. Sun-Mack, Y. Chen, Q. Trepte, M. L. Nordeen, and P. W. Heck

P4.22
Methods to calculate Raman and fluorescent radiation emitted from irregular particles
Yu You, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and G. W. Kattawar, C. Li, and P. Yang

P4.23
Intercomparison of retrieved liquid water cloud properties at Pt. Reyes, California during MASRAD
David D. Turner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Y. C. Chiu, A. Marshak, Q. Min, M. Cadeddu, J. C. Liljegren, and M. A. Miller

P4.24
Influence of cloud geometrical thickness on the estimate of ice cloud optical thickness and effective particle size using satellite multispectral measurements
Gang Hong, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, A. Huang, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, and S. Platnick

P4.25
Improvement of cloud's spectral reflection simulation using MODIS cloud products
Seung-Hee Ham, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. J. Sohn

Handout (1002.4 kB)

P4.26
Improved thin cirrus and terminator cloud detection in CERES cloud mask
Qing Trepte, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, R. Palikonda, and D. A. Spangenberg

Handout (2.1 MB)

P4.27
Ice cloud microphysical properties and their relation to the dissipation process observed by ship-borne cloud radar
Kaori Sato, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan; and H. Okamoto and T. Takemura

Handout (919.2 kB)

P4.28
Evaluation of satellite-derived cloud properties in preparation for data assimilation
William L. Smith Jr., NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, R. Palikonda, G. G. Mace, and T. Uttal

P4.29
Detection and retrieval of mineral dust aerosol using AERI during the UAE2 field campaign
Richard A. Hansell Jr., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, S. Tsay, Q. Ji, and J. S. Reid

P4.30
Comparison of polar cloud cover statistics between MODIS, AVHRR Pathfinder, and GLAS
Richard Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavlonis and J. Key

P4.31
Cloud vertical distribution and overlap statistics from ARM radar/lidar observations
Baike Xi, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Dong

P4.32
Cloud detection with MODIS: Capabilities and limitations
Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. A. Frey

P4.34
Analyses of MODIS retrieved cloud properties of cumulus clouds in Brazil
Guoyong Wen, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County/NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, and W. Wiscombe

P4.35
An aerosol optical depth product for NOAA's SURFRAD network
John A. Augustine, NOAA/ESRL/GMD, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Michalsky and G. B. Hodges

Handout (455.3 kB)

P4.36
A comparison of satellite-derived cloud products with ground-based measurements
William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. K. Heidinger

P4.37
Vertical Sizing of Cirrus Cloud Using 1.38μm Spectral Reflectance and MODIS Data
Xingjuan Wang, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, Y. Takano, and Y. Chen

P4.38
Validation of CERES Science Team-derived MODIS cloud properties using ground-based measurements at the DOE ARM SGP site
Baike Xi, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Dong, P. Minnis, S. Sun-Mack, and Y. Chen

P4.39
Using MODIS to study the sensitivity of global high cloud detection and property estimation to sensor resolution
W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and H. Zhang, R. Frey, and B. A. Baum

P4.40
P4.41
Tropical cloud regimes from MODIS
Brent C. Maddux, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman

P4.42
State of the global cloud system—A view from MODIS
Brent C. Maddux, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. A. Borg, S. A. Ackerman, and B. A. Baum

P4.43
Partly cloudy pixel retrievals of cloud properties and MOD06 cloud products for marine stratocumulus
J. A. Coakley Jr., Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and W. R. Tahnk and A. M. Schuetz

P4.44
P4.45
Lidar data remote sensing of aerosols and anisotropic space-time generalizations of Corrsin-Obukov and Kolmogorov laws
Alexander Radkevich, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and S. Lovejoy, K. B. Strawbridge, and D. Schertzer

Handout (1.7 MB)

P4.46
P4.47
Interpretation of AIRS data in thin cirrus atmospheres based on a fast radiative transfer model and ARM data
Qing Yue, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, B. Kahn, G. Mace, and J. Comstock

P4.48
Improvement of the FRESCO O2 A-band cloud retrieval algorithm for GOME and SCIAMACHY
P. Wang, KNMI, De Blit, Netherlands; and P. Stammes and N. Fournier

P4.50
Detection of daylight arctic clouds using MISR and MODIS data
Tao Shi, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and E. E. Clothiaux, B. Yu, A. J. Braverman, and D. N. Groff

P4.51
Analysis of uncertainties in SEVIRI cloud property retrievals for climate monitoring
R.A. Roebeling, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands; and N. A. J. Schutgens and A. J. Feijt

Handout (228.8 kB)

P4.52
Analysis of cloud characteristic in Tropics, mid-latitude and polar regions using shipborne cloud radar and lidar
Hajime Okamoto, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; and K. Sato, S. Otake, M. Sensu, T. Nishizawa, T. Takemura, N. Sugimoto, T. Takano, Y. Ohno, and T. Nakajima

P4.53
An evaluation of single- and multi-channel aerosol optical depth retrievals applied to MODIS radiances
Istvan Laszlo, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Liu and A. Ignatov


Formal Poster Viewing II

Thursday, 13 July 2006

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 13 July 2006


Session 11
Radiative Transfer Parameterizations and Theory
Location: Hall of Ideas G-J (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Lazaros Oreopoulos, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County
8:30 AM
11.1
An evaluation method of the absorption process with a new radiation code for CCSR/NIES AGCM
Miho Sekiguchi, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Nakajima

8:45 AM
11.2
Two adaptive schemes for the radiative transfer parameterisation in the Lokal-Modell
Victor Venema, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and F. Ament, A. Schomburg, and C. Simmer
9:15 AM
11.4
Assessing tools for 3-dimensional radiative transfer
Robert Pincus, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and K. F. Evans
9:30 AM
11.5
Multiple Scattering in Thick Multifractal Clouds
Brian Watson, St. Lawrence University; and S. Lovejoy, Y. Grosdidier, and D. Schertzer
9:45 AM
11.6

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 13 July 2006


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 13 July 2006


Session 10
The Earth's Radiation Budget III: Surface fluxes
Location: Hall of Ideas G-J (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Thomas P. Ackerman, PNNL
10:30 AM
10.1
The NASA/GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget project: overview and analysis
Stephen J. Cox, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., S. K. Gupta, J. C. Mikovitz, T. Zhang, L. M. Hinkelman, M. Wild, and A. Ohmura
10:45 AM
10.2
Detection of global energy budget trends using satellite and surface sites: Is the current surface site distribution sufficient?
Laura M. Hinkelman, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA; and T. Zhang, E. C. Weatherhead, B. A. Wielicki, P. W. Stackhouse Jr., J. C. Mikovitz, M. Wild, and A. Ohmura
11:15 AM
10.4
Accuracy of ground-based infrared irradiance measurements in the NOAA/BSRN network
Joseph J. Michalsky, NOAA/ESRL/GMD, Boulder, CO; and E. G. Dutton, J. A. Augustine, C. R. Cornwall, and D. W. Nelson
11:30 AM
10.5
11:45 AM
10.6
Interannual Variability in Radiative Cloud Effects and Cloud Macrophysical Properties from Surface Measurements
Charles N. Long, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. P. Ackerman, K. L. Gaustad, D. D. Turner, and J. C. Barnard

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 13 July 2006


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 13 July 2006


Session 9
The Earth's Radiation Budget II: CERES
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Ellsworth G. Dutton, NOAA/ESRL/GMD
1:30 PM
9.1
CERES radiation budget accuracy overview
Bruce A. Wielicki, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and T. P. Charlock, D. R. Doelling, D. P. Kratz, N. G. Loeb, P. Minnis, K. J. Priestley, and D. F. Young
1:45 PM
9.2
A Multi-Instrument Analysis of Global and Regional Variations in Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Fluxes, Cloud and Aerosol Properties from 2000 - 2005
Norman G. Loeb, Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and B. A. Wielicki, W. Su, K. Loukachine, W. Sun, T. Wong, K. J. Priestley, G. Matthews, W. F. Miller, and R. Davies
2:00 PM
9.3
An updated report on the decadal variability of Earth Radiation Budget using the latest ERBE/ERBS WFOV Nonscanner data record
Takmeng Wong, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and B. A. Wielicki, R. B. Lee III, G. L. Smith, K. A. Bush, and J. K. Willis
2:15 PM
9.4
The newly released 5-year Terra-based monthly CERES radiative flux and cloud product
David R. Doelling, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA VA; and D. F. Young, B. A. Wielicki, T. Wong, and D. F. Keyes
2:30 PM
9.5
The influence of atmospheric moisture budget on the tropical deep convection and cloud radiative forcing
Bing Lin, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and B. A. Wielicki, P. Minnis, A. Fan, L. H. Chambers, K. M. Xu, and Y. Hu
2:45 PM
9.6
Seasonal and Inter-annual Variations of Top-of-Atmosphere Irradiance and Cloud Cover over Polar Regions Derived from CERES Data Set
Seiji Kato, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and N. G. Loeb, P. Minnis, T. Charlock, D. A. Rutan, and E. E. Clothiaux

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 13 July 2006


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 13 July 2006


Session 12
New Approaches to Radiation Measurement and Remote Sensing: II
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Robert Pincus, NOAA/ESRL
3:30 PM
12.1
High resolution modeling of the far-infrared spectra of the Earth's atmosphere
David P. Kratz, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and M. G. Mlynczak, D. G. Johnson, and X. Liu
3:45 PM
12.2
4:00 PM
12.3
Wide Angle Imaging Lidar: Validation for Clouds at Night and Advances Toward Aerosol and Daytime Capabilities
Igor N. Polonsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. B. Davis and S. P. Love

4:15 PM
12.4
A novel approach to infer cloud optical depth from zenith radiance observations
Jui-Yuan Christine Chiu, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and A. Marshak, Y. Knyazikhin, W. Wiscombe, J. C. Barnard, and J. Schmelzer
4:45 PM
12.6
Analysis of the global Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database (CDRD) cloud-scale parameter and radiation distributions
Joseph A. Hoch, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. M. Medaglia, M. Kulie, C. O'Dell, G. J. Tripoli, A. V. Mehta, and E. A. Smith

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 13 July 2006


Sessions End for the Day

Friday, 14 July 2006

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 14 July 2006


Session 13
The Earth's Radiation Budget IV: Data Synthesis
Location: Ballroom AD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
8:30 AM
13.1
Comparisons of GERB and CERES measurements
Pamela E. Mlynczak, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith, Z. P. Szewczyk, J. E. Russell, J. E. Harries, S. Dewitte, and N. Clerbaux
8:45 AM
13.2
Comparison of CERES and MISR Top-of-Atmosphere Broadband Albedo
Wenbo Sun, Science Systems and Applications, Hampton, VA; and N. G. Loeb, R. Davies, K. Loukachine, and W. F. Miller
9:00 AM
13.3
Plane parallel biases of water clouds based on MODIS optical properties
Lazaros Oreopoulos, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Cahalan and S. Platnick
9:15 AM
13.4
Radiative flux profiles during TWP-ICE
James H. Mather, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. A. McFarlane
9:45 AM
13.6
A method for calibration of historical satellite sensors in the solar region using statistics of deep-convective cloud observations from MODIS, VIRS/TRMM and SEAWIFS
Alexander P. Trishchenko, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and D. Pouliot, Y. Luo, K. V. Khlopenkov, and R. Latifovic

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 14 July 2006


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 14 July 2006


Session 14
Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols V: New Passive Techniques
Location: Hall of Ideas G-J (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Chair: William D. Collins, NCAR
10:30 AM
14.1
Cloud optical, microphysical and macrophysical retrieval from synergy between POLDER3/Parasol and MODIS/Aqua : Preliminary results
Jérôme Riédi, Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, USTL, Lille, France; and C. Oudard, J. M. Nicolas, F. Parol, and S. Platnick
10:45 AM
14.2
Retrieval of cloud geometrical properties using ADEOS-II/GLI
Makoto Kuji, Nara Women's University, Nara, Nara, Japan; and T. Nakajima
11:00 AM
14.3
11:15 AM
14.4
Cirrus cloud fields measured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
B. Kahn, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Eldering and K. N. Liou
11:45 AM
14.6

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Friday, 14 July 2006


Conference Ends