Program: 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation (12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation/12th Conference on Cloud Physics (10-14 July 2006))

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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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

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

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

Spatial and temporal distribution of cloud properties observed by MODIS: Preliminary Level-3 results from the Collection 5 reprocessing

Michael D. King, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Platnick, P. Hubanks, and R. Pincus

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.4

Retrieval of cloud phase and ice crystal habit from multi-angle satellite data

Sally A. McFarlane, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. T. Marchand

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Lunch Break

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

1:30 PM

3.1

Comparison of angular dependence of observed and simulated distributions of radiances over stratocumulus clouds

Mikhail Ovchinnikov, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. T. Marchand

Presentation PDF (979.6 kB)

1:45 PM

3.2

A study of the probability of clear line of sight (PCLoS) through cumulus clouds in the tropical western Pacific

Patrick Taylor, LRC, Hampton, VA; and R. G. Ellingson

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Presentation PDF (580.9 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

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

4.3

Long-term changes of the top-of-atmosphere radiation budget and tropical atmospheric circulation from satellite measurements and climate models

4:15 PM

4.4

The radiative energy budget in the Multi-scale Modeling Framework: A comparison to ARM observations

Thomas Ackerman, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. McFarlane and J. Mather

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Studies of aerosol indirect effects in stratocumulus using a mixed layer model

Robert Wood, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

JP1.4

Synoptic scale analyses of the cloud microphysical properties using MODIS 5-kilometers sub-sampling radiance dataset

Takashi Y. Nakajima, Tokai Univ., Tokyo, Japan; and K. Suzuki

Handout (1.7 MB)

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

JP1.6

Simulation of aerosol effects on precipitation from green-ocean, smoky and pyro-clouds using a spectral microphysics cloud model with a precise calculation of supersaturation and diffusion growth

Nir Benmoshe, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; and A. Pokrovsky and A. P. Khain

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

Aerosol effects on cloud dynamics, microphysics and precipitation: numerical simulations with WRF with spectral (bin) microphysics

Barry H. Lynn, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; and A. Khain

Handout (2.2 MB)

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

Comparisons of climate model simulations of aerosol indirect forcing with in-situ and remote sensing observations

Eric M. Wilcox, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Sud and G. Walker

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

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

P1.3

Comparison of Radiosonde and RUC Model Mean Radiating Temperature of the Atmosphere

Zlatko R. Vukovic, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. W. Strapp

Handout (829.5 kB)

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

USING PSEUDO-MONOCHROMATIC RADIANCE FOR THE RETRIEVAL OF ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE PROFILES

Y. Qu, ITT SSD, Fort Wayne, IN; and W. Smith Sr. and X. Liu

Handout (283.7 kB)

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

K-binning: A new approach to simulate narrow band satellite channels in layered atmospheres with varible gas absorption

Rene Preusker, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and R. Bennartz

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)

P2.11

Impacts of modifying unresolved cloud structure for radiative transfer in the CCCma GCM

P2.12

Application of different 3d radiative flux parameterizations in the global atmospheric circulation model ECHAM 5

Sebastian Wahl, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany; and A. Macke

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

P2.19

Measurement-based estimation of aerosol radiative forcing: The spatial mean and the spatial gradient of radiative forcing

Toshihisa Matsui, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Pielke

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)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (783.4 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (365.2 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (570.7 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (659.5 kB)

Coffee Break

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

Presentation PDF (831.9 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (825.1 kB)

11:00 AM

6.3

Prospects for Advancing Global Aerosol and Cloud Measurements with CALIPSO

David M. Winker, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and C. Trepte

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (349.7 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (182.8 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Lunch Break

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (74.1 kB)

1:45 PM

J1.2

Indirect impact of atmospheric aerosols in idealized simulations of convective-radiative quasi-equilibrium

Wojciech W. Grabowski, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (113.4 kB)

2:00 PM

J1.3

Global impacts of anthropogenic aerosols on convective clouds and precipitation

Ulrike Lohmann, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

Presentation PDF (238.7 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Presentation PDF (276.6 kB)

2:45 PM

J1.6

A Study of the Impact of Aerosols on Marine Stratocumulus Clouds during the Second Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-2)

Huan Guo, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and J. E. Penner

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

J1.7

The radiative fluxes of LES-simulated trade-wind Cumulus with varying aerosol concentrations

Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and H. Xue and G. Feingold

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

J1.10

Ground-based observation of pollution changing thermal emission from thin liquid clouds

Timothy J. Garrett, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Zhao

Recorded presentation

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

Satellite Monitoring of the First Indirect Aerosol Effect: Retrieval of the Droplet Concentration of Water Clouds

Reinout Boers, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and J. R. Acarreta and J. L. Gras

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J1.6A

Coffee Break

Sessions End for the Day

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (629.6 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

7.4

Simulation of aerosol effects on climate system by aerosol climate model

Toshihiko Takemura, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (815.5 kB)

10:45 AM

8.2

Development of algorithms to retrieve aerosol optical properties from dual wavelength polarization lidar and application to the lidar data measured over the tropical Pacific Ocean

Tomoaki Nishizawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and H. Okamoto, T. Takemura, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, and A. Shimizu

Presentation PDF (856.8 kB)

11:00 AM

8.3

Modeling and ground-based observations of light absorbing aerosols and their effect on the degree of linear polarization

Bryan M. Karpowicz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and I. N. Sokolik

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (503.1 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Lunch Break

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J2.5

Implications of the albedo continuum between hydrated intra-cloud aerosol and activated cloud droplets on aerosol radiative forcing in scattered-to-broken sky cover

Andrew S. Ackerman, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and R. J. Charlson, T. L. Anderson, and Z. Liu

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (510.9 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (520.4 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (187.4 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

4:30 PM

J2.6A

Coffee Break

Oral Sessions End for the Day

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

Retrieval of cloud optical properties from infrared hyper-spectral measurements: a new methodology based on a line-by-line multiple scattering code and measured particle size distributions

Tiziano Maestri, Space Science Engireering Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. E. Holz and P. Antonelli

Handout (923.4 kB)

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

JP2.6

3.9 Micron Albedo Characteristics of Midlevel Mixed-Phase Clouds

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

JP2.13

Utilization of equivalent spheres of equal volume and surface area for estimation of the asymmetry parameter from microphysical observations

Carl G. Schmitt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Heymsfield and H. Gerber

Handout (142.2 kB)

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

P3.12

CERES edition 2 ²Rev 1² calibration adjustments to compensate for short wave spectral darkening of optics

Grant Matthews, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and K. J. Priestley

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

Quantification of a dry bias in radiosonde humidity profiles over Antarctica: Implications for calculations of outgoing longwave radiation

Penny Rowe, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and V. P. Walden and L. Miloshevich

Handout (161.3 kB)

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

Comparison of surface radiative forcing with tropopause radiative forcing by greenhouse gases

W.F.J. Evans, North West Research Associates, Bellevue, WA

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

Trends and variability of cloud liquid water path from satellite-based passive microwave observations

Chris O'Dell, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz

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

P4.14

Retrieving microphysical properties of liquid water clouds from infrared and microwave observations using an optimal estimation framework

David D. Turner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

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

P4.21

Modeling the Angular Anisotropy in Radiance Observed by MISR over Polar Clouds and Surfaces

Michael Wilson, I.M. Systems Group, Rockville, MD; and L. Di Girolamo

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

P4.33

Analysis of cloud retrievals from MODIS and their impact on radiative fluxes over Canada in the context of application for the CloudSat mission

Alexander P. Trishchenko, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and K. V. Khlopenkov and H. G. Leighton

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

Understanding the frequency distribution of BRF through 3-D radiative transfer simulations and its applications on satellite cloud detection

Yuekui Yang, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Di Girolamo

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

Microwave remote sensing of lake-induced snowfall: Observation, modeling, and cloud microphysical implications

Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz

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

Investigation of marine boundary layer cloud properties using MODIS Level-3 and AMSR-E Ocean Products

Lori A. Borg, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz

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

P4.49

Dust- Pollution Interactions Inferred from Sky Radiometer Measurements

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

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

Recorded presentation

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Towards an Assessment of Realism (Validity) of Short-Wave Radiation Transport Schemes in GCMs using Pathlength Statistics from Fine O₂ A-Band Spectroscopy

9:15 AM

11.4

Assessing tools for 3-dimensional radiative transfer

Robert Pincus, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and K. F. Evans

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

11.5

Multiple Scattering in Thick Multifractal Clouds

Brian Watson, St. Lawrence University; and S. Lovejoy, Y. Grosdidier, and D. Schertzer

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

9:45 AM

11.6

A simulator for polarized active sensors: validation and examples of multiple scattering effects

Alessandro Battaglia, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and C. Simmer

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (991.9 kB)

11:00 AM

10.3

Long-term ground-based irradiance observations: An under-sampled survey of applications in climate research

Ellsworth G. Dutton, NOAA/ESRL/GMD, Boulder, CO

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

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

10.5

The global surface and atmosphere radiation budget: an assessment of accuracy with 5 years of calculations and observations

Thomas P. Charlock, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and F. G. Rose, D. A. Rutan, Z. Jin, and S. Kato

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (699.4 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Lunch Break

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Presentation PDF (163.2 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (309.9 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

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

Presentation PDF (614.3 kB)

3:45 PM

12.2

NEXRAD-In-Space: the potential for spaceborne Doppler radar observations to improve forecasts of tropical cyclones

William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli

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

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

12.5

PASSIVE THERMAL RETRIEVALS OF ICE AND LIQUID WATER PATH, EFFECTIVE SIZE AND OPTICAL DEPTH and their dependence on particle and size distribution shape

David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. P. D'Entremont and D. H. DeSlover

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

Sessions End for the Day

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (351.4 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

13.4

Radiative flux profiles during TWP-ICE

James H. Mather, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. A. McFarlane

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

13.5

Assessment of shipboard measurements and space-based estimates of the surface radiation budget for the northeastern Pacific

J. A. Coakley Jr., Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and G. Guo

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

11:00 AM

14.3

Variability and trends in global cloud parameters from Oxygen A-band measurements by GOME and SCIAMACHY

P. Stammes, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and N. Fournier and P. Wang

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

14.5

Relating radiance and irradiance: Using 2D cirrus cloud fields from remote sensing for a model-measurement comparison of spectral irradiance

K. Sebastian Schmidt, Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO; and P. Pilewskie, S. E. Platnick, P. Yang, and M. Wendisch

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

14.6

Impact of Finite Resolution Measurement on Low Cloud Climatology Derived from Satellite Data

Guangyu Zhao, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo

Recorded presentation

Conference Ends

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