Arking, A., M.-D. Chou, and W. L. Ridgway, 1996: On estimating the effects of clouds on atmospheric absorption based on flux observations above and below cloud level. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 829-832.

Bell, T. L., and P. K. Kundu, 1996: A study of the sampling error in satellite rainfall estimates using optimal averaging of data and a stochastic model. J. Climate, 9, 1251-1268. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Rainfall, Remote Sensing]

Cahalan, R. F., and L. Green, 1996: Review of Introduction to Circulating Atmospheres by I. James. Amer. Sci., 84, 602-603.

Cahalan, R. F., L. Wharton, and M.-L. Wu, 1996: Empirical Orthogonal Functions of monthly temperature and precipitation over the United States and homogeneous stochastic models. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 26309-26318. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Analysis, Rainfall, Surface Properties]

Cess, R. D., M. H. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. Jing, and V. Dvortsov, 1996: Absorption of solar radiation by clouds: Interpretations of satellite, surface, and aircraft measurements. J.Geophys.Res., 101, 23,299-23,309. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Chao, W. C., and L. Deng, 1996: On the roles of WISHE in a 2D model of Super Cloud Clusters. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 16931-16937. [Full Text (PDF)]

Chen, T.-C., M. Y. Yan, J. Pfaendtner, and Y. C. Sud, 1996: Annual variation of the global precipitable water and its maintenance: Observation and climate-simulation. Tellus, 48A(1), 1-16. [Abstract] [Analysis, Clouds, Modeling]

Chen, T.-C., M. Y. Yan, J. Pfaendtner, and Y. C. Sud, 1996: A complementary depiction of interannual variation of atmospheric circulation associated with ENSO events. Atmos.-Oceans, 34(2), 417-433. [Abstract] [Analysis, Modeling, Surface Properties]

Chou, M. D., and W. T. Lee, 1996: Parameterizations for the absorption of solar radiation by water vapor and ozone. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1203-1208.

Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1996: Multifractal characterizations of intermittency in nonstionary geophysical signals and fields. Nonstationary Random Processes and Their Applications, G. Trevino, Ed., World Scientific, 97-158. [Abstract]

Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1996: Scale-invariance of liquid water distributions in marine stratocumulus. I. Spectral properties and stationarity issues. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1538-1558. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Analysis, Clouds]

Ellingson, R., and W. Wiscombe, 1996: The Spectral Radiance Experiment (SPECTRE): Project description and sample results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, pages unknown.

Gao, B.-C., and Y. J. Kaufman, 1996: Selection of the 1.375 m MODIS channel for remote sensing of cirrus clouds and stratospheric aerosols from space. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 4231-4237.

Gatebe, C. K., A. M. Kinyua, M. J. Mangala, R. Kwach, L. N. Njau, E. A. Mukolwe, and D. M. Maina, 1996: The determination of suspended particulate matter of major significance to human health using nuclear techniques in Kenya. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 203, 125-134. [Full Text (PDF)]

Gitelson, A., Y. J. Kaufman, and M. Merzlyak, 1996: 'Green' Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index (GARI) for EOS-MODIS. Remote Sens. Environ., 58, 289-298.

Hellman, F., M. Q. Tran, A. E. Gebala, E. M. Wilcox, and R. C. Dynes, 1996: Metal-Insulator Transition and Giant Negative Magnetoresistance in Amorphous Magnetic Rare Earth Silicon Alloys. Phys. Rev. Lett., 77, 4652-4655. [Abstract]

Hsu, N. C., J. R. Herman, P. K. Bhartia, C. J. Seftor, O. Torres, A. M. Thompson, J. F. Gleason, T. F. Eck, and B. N. Holben, 1996: Detection of biomass burning smoke from TOMS measurements. Geophy. Res. Lett., 23, 745-748.

Karnieli, A., M. Shachak, H. Tsoar, E. Zaady, Y. J. Kaufman, A. Danin, and W. Poter, 1996: The effect of microphytes on the spectral reflectance of vegetation in semi-desert region. Remote Sens. Environ., 57, 88-96.

Kaufman, Y. J., and B. N. Holben, 1996: Hemispherical backscattering by biomass burning and sulfate particles derived from sky measurement. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.) (special issue on Carbonaceous Aerosol), 101, 19433-19445.

Kaufman, Y. J., L. A. Remer, D. E. Ward, R. Kleidman, L. Flynn, G. Shelton, R. D. Ottmar, R.-R. Li, R. S. Fraser, and D. McDougal, 1996: Relationship between remotely sensed fire intensity and rate of emission of smoke: SCAR-C Experiment. Global Biomas Burning, J. Levin, Ed., The MIT Press, 685-696.

Kaufman, Y. J., and D. Tanre, 1996: Direct and indirect methods for correcting the aerosol effect on remote sensing. Remote Sens. Environ., 55, 65-79.

Keating, G. M., L. S. Chiou, and N. C. Hsu, 1996: Improved ozone reference models for the COSPAR international reference atmosphere. Adv. Space Res., 18, 11-58.

King, M. D., W. P. Menzel, P. S. Grant, J. S. Myers, G. T. Arnold, S. Platnick, L. E. Gumley, S. C. Tsay, C. C. Moeller, M. Fitzgerald, K. S. Brown, and F. G. Osterwisch, 1996: Airborne scanning spectrometer for remote sensing of cloud, aerosol, water vapor and surface properties. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 13, 777-794. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Clouds, Remote Sensing, Surface Properties]

Lau, K. M., C. H. Ho, and M. D. Chou, 1996: Water vapor and cloud feedback over the tropical oceans: Can we use ENSO as a surrogate for climate change?. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 2971-2974.

Lau, K.-M., J.-H. Kim, and Y. C. Sud, 1996: Intercomparison of hydrologic processes in AMIP GCMs. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77(10), 2209-2227. [Analysis, Modeling, Surface Properties]

Marengo, J. A., S. E. Nicholson, A. R. Lare, B. A. Monteny, and S. Galle, 1996: Application of evapoclimatonomy to monthly surface water balance calculations at the HAPEX-Sahel supersites. J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 562-573. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Modeling, Surface Properties]

Nakajima, T., G. Tonna, R. Rao, P. Boi, Y. Kaufman, and B. Holden, 1996: Use of sky brightness measurements from ground for remote sensing of particulate polydispersions. Appl. Opt., 35, 2672-2686.

Nicholson, S. E., A. R. Lare, J. A. Marengo, and P. Santos, 1996: A revised version of Lettau's evapoclimatonmy model. J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 549-561. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Modeling, Surface Properties]

Prabhakara, C., M. Caddedu, J. M. Yoo, A. Arking, and G. Dalu, 1996: Examination of global atmospheric temperatue monitoring with satellite microwave measurements: 3) Cloud and rain contamination. J. Climatic Change, 33, 491-496.

Prabhakara, C., J.-M. Yoo, S. Maloney, J. J. Nucciarone, A. Arking, M. Caddedu, and G. Dalu, 1996: Examination of global atmospheric temperature monitoring with satellite microwave measurements: 2) Analysis of satellite data. J Climatic Change, 33, 459-476. [Analysis, Remote Sensing]

Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, and B. N. Holben, 1996: The size distribution of ambient aerosol particles, Smoke vs. urban/industrial aerosol. Biomass Burning and Global Change, J. S. Levine, Ed., MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 519-530.

Sud, Y. C., and K.-M. Lau, 1996: Comments on "Variability of summer rainfall over tropical North Africa (1906-1992): Observations and modelling" by Rowell, Folland, Maskell & Ward (1995). Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 122(532), 1001-1006. [Analysis, Modeling, Rainfall]

Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, J.-H. Kim, G. E. Liston, P. J. Sellers, and K.-M. Lau, 1996: Biogeophysical consequences of a tropical deforestation scenario: A GCM simulation study. J. Climate, 9(12), 3225-3247. [Analysis, Modeling, Surface Properties]

Sud, Y. C., R. Yang, and G. K. Walker, 1996: Impact of in situ deforestation in Amazonia on the regional climate: A GCM simulation study. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos., 101(D3), 7095-7110, 95JDO2754. [Analysis, Modeling, Rainfall, Surface Properties]

Tanre, D., M. Herman, and Y. Kaufman, 1996: Information on the aerosol size distribution contained in the solar reflected spectral radiances. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 19043-19060. [Full Text (PDF)]

Tao, W.-K., S. Long, J. Simpson, C.-H. Sui, B. Ferrier, and M.-D. Chou, 1996: Cloud-radiation mechanisms associated with a tropical and a mid-latitude squall line. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2624-2651.

Tsay, S. C., P. M. Gabriel, M. D. King, and G. L. Stephens, 1996: Spectral reflectance and atmospheric energetics in cirrus-like clouds. Part II: Applications of a Fourier-riccati approach to radiative transfer. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3450-3467. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Warren, A., Y. C. Sud, and B. Rozanov, 1996: The future of deserts. J. Arid Environ., 32(1), 75-89. [Analysis, Surface Properties]

Yang, F., and Y. Chongguang, 1996: Comparative tests and analyses on monsoon and regional precipitation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 55, 163-176.

Zhou, J., Y. C. Sud, and K.-M. Lau, 1996: Impact of orographically induced gravity wave drag in the GLA GCM. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 122(532), 903-927. [Analysis, Modeling]