JCSDA Publications

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2012

Baker, N., D. Merkova, R. Langland, R. Gelaro, P. Pauley, W. McCarty, L. Xu, 2012: The impact of satellite Atmospheric Motion Vectors in the Navy and NASA global data assimilation systems. JCSDA Quarterly Newsletter, 39, June 2012.

Baker, N.L., R. Langland, P.M. Pauley, L. Xu, D. Merkova, R. Gelaro, and C. Velden, 2012: The impact of satellite Atmospheric Motion Vectors in the U.S. Navy global data assimilation system - NWP results. Extended Abstract. Proceedings for the 11th International Winds Workshop, February 20-24, 2012, Auckland, New Zealand.

Bishop, C., and E. Satterfield, 2012: Hidden error variance theory 1: Exposition and analytic model. Mon. Wea. Rev., doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00118.1, in press.

Bishop, C., E. Satterfield, and K. Shanley, 2012: Hidden error variance theory 2: An instrument that reveals hidden error variance distributions from ensemble forecasts and observations. Mon. Wea. Rev., doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00119.1, in press.

Chen, M., and F. Weng, 2012: Kramers-Kronig analysis of leaf refractive index with the PROSPECT leaf optical property model. J. Geophys. Res. (Accepted).

Chen, Y., F. Weng, Y. Han, and Q. Liu, 2012: Planck weighted transmittance and correction of solar reflection for broadband infrared satellite channels. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 29, 382-396

Chen, Y., Y. Han, and F. Weng, 2012: Comparison of two transmittance algorithms in the community radiative transfer model: Application to AVHRR. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D06206, doi:10.1029/2011JD016656

Chen, Y., Y. Han, P. Van Delst, and F. Weng, 2012: Validation of shortwave infrared sea surface reflection and non-local thermodynamic equilibrium effects in Community Radiative Transfer Model using IASI data. J. Geophys. Res. (Revised).

Cucurull, L., J. C. Derber, and R. J. Purser, 2012: A bending angle forward operator for GPS Radio Occultation measurements. J. Geophys. Res. (Accepted).

Dash, P., Ignatov, A., Martin, M., Donlon, C., Brasnett, B., Reynolds, R. W., Banzon, V., Beggs, H., Cayula, J.-F., Chao, Y., Grumbine, R., Maturi, E., Harris, A., Mittaz, J., Sapper, J., Chin, T. M., Vazquez-Cuervo, J., Armstrong, E. M., Gentemann, C., Cummings, J., Piollé, J.-F., Autret, E., Roberts-Jones, J., Isizaki, S., Høyer, J. L., Poulter, D., 2012: Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Analysis Fields Inter Comparisons: Part 2. Near real-time web-based Level 4 SST Quality Monitor (L4-SQUAM). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 77-80, 31-43, [doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.04.002 ]

Hyer, E.J., J.S. Reid, E. Prins, J.P. Hoffman, C.C. Schmidt, J. I. Miettinen, and L. Giglio, 2012: Patterns of fire activity over Indonesia and Malaysia from polar and geostationary satellite observations. Atmos. Res., ISSN 0169-8095, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.011, in press.

Hyer, E.J., J. Wang, A. Arellano, 2012: Biomass burning: Observations, modeling, and data assimilation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 1, ES10-ES14.

Liu, M., Y-J. Kim, and Q. Zhao, 2012: Numerical experiments of an advanced radiative transfer model in the U.S. Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System. J. Appl. Meteor., 51, 3, 554-570.

Liu, Q., C. Chao, and F. Weng, 2012: NPP VIIRS emissive band radiance calibration. Proc. SPIE, 8510, 1-12, doi:10.1117/12.930201.

Martin, M., Dash, P., Ignatov, A., Banzon, V., Beggs, H., Brasnett, B., Cayula, J.-F., Cummings, J., Donlon, C., Gentemann, C., Grumbine, R., Ishizaki, S., Maturi, E., Reynolds, R., and Roberts-Jones, J., 2012: Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Analysis Fields Inter Comparisons: Part 1. A multi-product ensemble of sea surface temperature analyses. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 77-80, 21-30, [doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.04.013 ]

Otkin, J. A., 2012: Assimilation of water vapor sensitive infrared brightness temperature observations during a high impact weather event. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D19203, doi:10.1029/2012JD017568

Pauley, P. N. L. Baker, R. Langland, L. Xu., C. Velden, 2012: The impact of satellite Atmospheric Motion Vectors in the U.S. Navy global data assimilation system: the superob procedure. Extended Abstract. Proceedings for the 11th International Winds Workshop, February 20-24, 2012, Auckland, New Zealand.

Qin, Z., X. Zou, and F. Weng, 2012: Comparison between linear and nonlinear trends in NOAA-15 AMSU-A brightness temperatures during 1998-2010. Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-012-1296

Qin, Z., X. Zou, and F. Weng, 2012: Evaluating added benefits of assimilating GOES imager radiance data in GSI for coastal QPFS. Mon. Wea. Rev. (Accepted).

Reid, J.S., E.J. Hyer, R. Johnson, B. N. Holben, R. J. Yokelson, J. Zhang, J. R. Campbell, S. A. Christopher, L. Di Girolamo, L.Giglio, R. E. Holz, C. Kearney, J. Miettinen, E. A. Reid, F. J. Turk, J. Wang, P. Xian, et al., 2012: Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program. Atmos. Res., ISSN 0169-8095, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.005, in press.

Sun N. and F. Weng, 2012: Retrieval of cloud ice water path from Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder (SSMIS). J. Appl. Meteor. & Clim. , 51, 366-379.

Tian, M., and A. J. Gasiewski, 2012: A unified microwave radiative transfer model with Jacobian for general planar stratified media: Slab formulation. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing. (Provisionally accepted).

Weng, F., H. Yang, X. Zou, 2012: On Convertibility from Antenna to Sensor Brightness Temperature for Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS). IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Letter, (Accepted).

Weng, F., Q. Liu and X. Zou, 2012: On the environmental information for solar and wind energy facilities. China Science, 10.1007/s11430-012-4365-8

Weng, F., X. Zou, X. Wang, S. Yang, M. Goldberg, 2012: Introduction to Suomi NPP ATMS for NWP and Tropical Cyclone Applications. J. Geophys. Res. (Accepted)

Yan, B. and F. Weng, 2012: Assimilation of F16 Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder Data in the NCEP Global Forecast System. Wea. Forecasting, 27, 700-714.

Yang, L., D. M. Nguyen, S. Jia, J. S. Reid, L. E. Yu, 2012: Impacts of biomass burning smoke on the distributions and concentrations of C2-C5 dicarboxylic acids and dicarboxylates in a tropical urban environment. Atmos. Environ., ISSN 1352-2310, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.049, in press.

Yao Z., J. Li, and Jinlong Li, 2012: Sunglint impact on atmospheric soundings from hyperspectral resolution infrared radiances. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29, 1-9.

Zeng, X., Z. Wang, and A. Wang, 2012: Surface skin temperature and the interplay between sensible and ground heat fluxes over arid regions. J. Hydrometeor., 13, 1359-1370, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-11-0117.1.

Zhang, S., T. Li, X. Ge, M. Peng, N. Pan, 2012: A 3DVAR-based dynamical initialization scheme for tropical cyclone predictions. Wea. Forecasting., 27, 2, 473-483.

Zhang, Xiaoyang, Shobha Kondragunta, Jessica Ram, Christopher Schmidt, and Ho-Chun Huang, 2012: Near-real-time global biomass burning emissions product from geostationary satellite constellation. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D14201, doi:10.1029/2012JD017459.

Zhao, J., X. Zou, and F. Weng, 2012: WindSat radio-frequency interference signature and its identification over Greenland and Antarctic. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing (Accepted).

Zheng, W., H. Wei, Z. Wang, X. Zeng, J. Meng, M. Ek, K. Mitchell, and J. Derber,2012: Improvement of daytime land surface skin temperature over arid regions in the NCEP GFS model and its impact on satellite data assimilation. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D06117, doi:10.1029/2011JD015901.

Zhu, T., F. Weng, M. Masutani and J. S. Woolen, 2012: Synthetic radiance simulation and evaluation for a joint OSSE. J. Geophys. Res. (Revised).

Zou, X., Qin. Z., F. Weng, 2012: Improved coastal precipitation forecasts with direct assimilation of goes 11/12 imager radiances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05040.1

Zou, X., Z. Qin, and F. Weng, 2012: Detection of radio-frequency interference signal over land from FY-3B Microwave Radiation Imager (MWRI). IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, (Accepted).

Zou, X., Z. Qin, and F. Weng, 2012: Improved quantitative precipitation forecasts by MHS radiance assimilation with a new quality control algorithm. Mon. Wea. Rev. (Submitted).

2011

Akagi, S. K., R. J. Yokelson, C. Weidinmyer, M. J. Alvarado, J. S. Reid, T. Karl, J. D. Crounse, and P. O. Wennberg, 2011: Emission factors for open and domestic biomass burning for use in atmospheric models. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 4039-4072, doi:10.5194/acp-11-4039-2011.

Benedetti, A., J. S. Reid, and P. R. Colarco, 2011: International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction Workshop on aerosol forecast verification. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, ES48-ES53.

Bennartz, R., and T. Greenwald, 2011: Currents problems in scattering radiative transfer modelling for data assimilation. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 137, 1952-1962.

Berger, H., R. Langland, C. S. Velden, C. A. Reynolds, and P. M. Pauley, 2011: Impact of enhanced satellite-derived atmospheric motion vector observations on numerical tropical cyclone track forecasts in the Western North Pacific during TPARC/TCS-08. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 50, 11, 2309-2318.

Bi, L., J.Jung, M. Morgan, and J. Le Marshall, 2011: Assessment of assimilating ASCAT surface wind retrievals in the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 11, 3405-3421.

Boukabara, S., K. Garrett, W. Chen, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, C. Grassotti, C. Kongoli, R. Chen, Q. Liu, B. Yan, F. Weng, R. Ferraro, T. Kleespies, H. Meng, 2011: MiRS: An all-weather 1DVAR satellite data assimilation and retrieval system. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49, 9, 3249-3272.

Chen, G., L. D. Ziemba, D. A. Chu, J. S. Reid, et al, 2011: Observations of Saharan dust microphysical and optical properties from the Eastern Atlantic during Namma Airborne field campaign. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 723-740.

Cucurull, L., 2011: Sensitivity of NWP model skill to the obliquity of the GPS Radio Occultation soundings. Atmos. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1002/asl.363.

Ding, S., P. Yang, F. Weng, Q. Liu, Y. Han, P. vanDelst, J. Li, and B. Baum, 2011: Validation of the community radiative transfer model. JQSRT, 112, 1050-1064.

French, N. H.F., E. Hyer, R. Keane, et al., 2011: Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire. J. Geophys. Res., 116, 21, doi:10.1029/2010JG001469.

Hyer, E. J., J. S. Reid, and J. Zhang, 2011: An over-land aerosol optical depth data set for data assimilation by filtering, correction, and aggregation of MODIS Collection 5 optical. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 379-408, doi:10.5194/amt-4-379-2011.

Kim, Y. -J., W. F. Campbell, and B. Ruston, 2011: Hindcasting the January 2009 arctic sudden stratospheric warming with unified parameterization of orographic drag in NOGAPS. Part II: Short-range data-assimilated forecast and the impact of calibrated radiance bias correction. Wea. Forecasting, 26, 6, 993-1007.

Knaff, J., M. DeMaria, D. Molenar, C. Sampson, and M. Seybold, 2011: An automated, objective, multiple-satellite-platform tropical cyclone surface wind analysis. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 50, 10, 2149-2166.

Li, J., Z. Li, X. Jin, T. Schmit, L. Zhou, and M. Goldberg, 2011: Land surface emissivity from high temporal resolution geostationary infrared imager radiances: Methodology and simulation studies. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmospheres, 116, D01304, doi:10.1029/2010JD014637

Liou, C.-S., and K. D. Sashegyi, 2011: On the initialization of tropical cyclone with a three dimensional variational analysis. Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-011-9838-0, in press.

Liu, Q., F. Weng, and S. English, 2011: An improved fast microwave water emissivity model. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49, 1238-1250.

Liu, Z., Q. Liu, H.-C. Lin, C. S. Schwartz, Y.-H. Lee, and T. Wang, 2011: Three-dimensional variational assimilation of MODIS aerosol optical depth: Implementation and application to a dust storm over East Asia. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D23206, doi:10.1029/2011JD016159.

Lyapustin, A., Y. Wang, J. S. Reid, et al., 2011: Multi-angle implementation of atmospheric correction MAIAC: Part 2 Aerosol algorithm. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D03211, doi:10.1029/2010JD014986.

Moore, A.M., H.G. Arango, G. Broquet, C. Edwards, M. Veneziani, B. Powell, D. Foley, J. Doyle, et al., 2011: The Regional Ocean Modeling System ROMS 4-dimensional variational data assimilation Systems: III - Observation Impact and Observation Sensitivity in the California Current System. Prog. Oceanogr., 91, 74-9, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2011.05.005

Moore, A.M., H.G. Arango, J. Doyle, et al., 2011: The Regional Ocean Modeling System ROMS 4-dimensional variational data assimilation Systems: II - Performance and application to the California current system. Prog. Oceanogr., 91, 1, 50-73, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2011.05.003

Mu, M., E. Hyer, et al., 2011: Daily and hourly variability in global fire emissions and consequences for atmospheric model predictions of carbon monoxide. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D2430, doi:10.1029/2011JD016245.

Ohring, G. and Bauer, P., 2011: The use of cloud and precipitation observations in data assimilation (CPDA). Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., , 137, 1933. doi:10.1002/qj.946.

Reid, J. S., A. Benedetti, P. R. Colarco, and J. A. Hansen, 2011: International operational aerosol observability workshop. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, 6, ES21-ES24.

Shi, Y., J. Zhang, J. S. Reid, B. Holben, E. J. Hyer, and C. Curtis, 2011: An analysis of the collection 5 MODIS over-ocean aerosol optical depth product for its implication in aerosol assimilation. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 557-565.

Shi, Y., J. Zhang, J. S. Reid, E. J. Hyer, T. F. Eck, B. N. Holben, and R. A. Kahn 2011: Where do we need additional in situ aerosol and sun photometer data: a critical examination of spatial biases between MODIS and MISR aerosol products. Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 4, 4295-4323, doi:10.5194/amtd-4-4295-2011

Smirnov, A., J. S. Reid, et al., 2011: Maritime aerosol network as a component of AERONET- first results and comparison with global aerosol models and satellite retrievals. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 583-597.

Vogel, R. L., Q. Liu, Y. Han, and F. Weng, 2011: Evaluating a satellite-derived global infrared land surface emissivity data set for use in radiative transfer modeling. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D08105, doi:10.1029/2010JD014

Yang, S., F. Weng, N. Sun, B. Yan, and M. Goldberg, 2011: Special Sensor Microwave Imager SSM/I intersensor calibration using a simultaneous conical overpass technique. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 50, 77-95.

Yao, Z., J. Li, Jinlong Li, and H. Zhang, 2011: Surface emissivity impact on temperature and moisture soundings from hyperspectral infrared radiance measurements. J. Appl., Meteor. Clim., 50, 1225-1235.

Zhang, J., and J. S. Reid, 2011: A decadal regional and global trend analysis of the aerosol optical depth using over water MODIS and MISR aerosol products. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 10949-10963.

Zhang, J., J. R. Campbell, J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, N. L. Baker, W. F. Campbell, and E. J. Hyer, 2011: Evaluating the impact of assimilating CALIOP-derived aerosol extinction profiles on a global mass transport model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L1480, doi:10.1029/2011GL047737.

Zhang, X., S. Kondragunta, and B. Quayle, 2011: Estimation of biomass burned areas using multiple-satellite-observed active fires. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49, 4469-4482, doi:10.1029/2010JD014637.

2010

Campbell, J., J. Reid, D. Westphal, J. Zhang, E. Hyer, and E. Welton: 2010: CALIOP aerosol subset processing for global aerosol transport model data assimilation. IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observations Remote Sens., 3, (2), 203-214, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2044868

Campbell, W. F., C. H. Bishop, and D. Hodyss, 2010: Vertical covariance localization for satellite radiances in Ensemble Kalman filters. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 282-290.

Cucurull, L., 2010: Improvement in the use of an operational constellation of GPS Radio-Occultation receivers in weather forecasting. Wea. Forecasting, 25, 2, 749-767.

Gelaro, R., R. Langland, S. Pellerin, and R. Todling, 2010: The THORPEX observation impact intercomparison experiment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4009-4025.

Hong, G., G. Heygster, J. Notholt, F. Weng, and Q. Liu, 2010: Simulations of microwave brightness temperatures at AMSU-B frequencies over a 3D convective cloud system. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 31, 1781-1800.

Hyer, E. J., and J. S. Reid, 2010: Baseline uncertainties in biomass burning emission models resulting from spatial error in satellite active fire location data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05802, doi:10.1029/2008GL036767

Kim, Y.-J., W. F. Campbell, and S. D. Swadley, 2010: Reduction of middle-atmospheric forecast bias through improvement in satellite radiance quality control. Wea. Forecasting, 25, 681-700.

Kulie, M., R. Bennartz, T. Greenwald, Y. Chen, and F. Weng, 2010: Uncertainties in microwave properties of frozen precipitation: Implications for remote sensing and data assimilation. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3471-3487.

Le Marshall, J., Y. Xiao, R. Norman, K. Zhang, A. Rea, L. Cucurull, R. Seecamp, P. Steinle, K. Puri, and T. Le, 2010: The beneficial impact of radio occultation observations on Australian region forecasts. AMOJ, 60, 121-125.

Lee, T., C. Nelson, P. Dills, L.P. Riishojgaard, A. Jones, L. Li, S. Miller, L. Flynn, G. Jedlovec, W. McCarty, C. Hoffman, and G. McWilliams, 2010: NPOESS: Next-Generation Operational Global Earth Observations. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91, 727-740.

Li, Z., J. Li, X. Jin, T. J. Schmit, E. Borbas, and M. D. Goldberg, 2010: An objective methodology for infrared land surface emissivity evaluation. J. Geophy. Res. - Atmospheres, 115, D22308, doi:10.1029/2010JD014249

Liu, H., and J. Li, 2010: An improved in forecasting rapid intensification of Typhoon Sinlaku (2008) using clear-sky full spatial resolution advanced IR soundings. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 49, 821-827.

Wang, Z., X. Zeng, and M. Decker, 2010: Improving snow processes in the Noah land model. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20108, doi:10.1029/2009JD013761.

Wang. Z., and X. Zeng, 2010: Evaluation of snow albedo in land models for weather and climate studies. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 49, 363-380, doi:10.1175//2009JAMC2134.1.

2009

Amerault, C., X. Zou, and J. Doyle, 2009: Assimilation of rain-affected radiances with an adjoint mesoscale model. J. Appl. Rem. Sens., 3, 033531, doi:10.1117/1.3153332.

Baker, N. L. and R. H. Langland, 2009: Diagnostics for Evaluating the Impact of Satellite Observations. Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications, editors Park, S.K., Xu, L., ISBN 978-3-540-71055-4.

Chang, Hsin-I, A. Kumar, D. Niyogi, U. C. Mohanty, F. Chen, and J. Dudhia, 2009: The role of land surface processes on the mesoscale simulation of the July 26, 2005 heavy rain event over Mumbai, India. Global and Planetary Change, 67, 87-103.

Decker, M., and X. Zeng, 2009: Impact of modified Richards equation on global soil moisture simulation in the Community Land Model (CLM3.5). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 1, Art. #5, 22 pp., doi:10.3894/JAMES.2009.1.5, Published Online 7 July 2009.

Ding, S., Y. Xie, F. Weng, Q. Liu, B. Baum, and Y. Hu, 2009: Estimates of radiation over clouds and dust aerosols: Optimized number of terms in phase function expansion. J. Quant. Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 110, 1190-1198, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.03.032.

Dong, P., F. Weng, Q. Liu, and J. Xue, 2009: Deriving infrared land surface emissivity from the special sensor microwave imager/sounder. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 30, 2021-2031.

Gilbert, R. C., T. T. Trafalis, M.B. Richman, and S. Lakshmivarahan, 2009: Real-time prediction using kernel methods and data assimilation. Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, (C.H. Dagli, A.L. Buczak, J. Ghosh, M.J. Embrechts, O. Ersoy, and S.W. Kercel, eds.). ASME Press, 19, in press.

Hong, G., P. Yang, B. A. Baum, A. J. Heymsfield, F. Weng, Q. Liu, G. Heygster, and S. A. Buehler, 2009: Scattering database in the millimeter and submillimeter wave range of 100-1000 GHz for non-spherical ice particles. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D06201, doi:10.1029/2008JD010451.

Langland, R. H., C. Velden, P.M. Pauley, and H. Berger, 2009: Impact of satellite-derived rapid-scan wind observations on numerical forecasts of Hurricane Katrina. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 1615-1622.

Li, J., and H. Liu, 2009: Improved hurricane track and intensity forecast using single field-of-view advanced IR sounding measurements. Geophy. Res. Lett., 36, L11813, doi:10.1029/2009GL038285.

Li, Z., J. Li, W. P. Menzel, J. P. Nelson III, T. J. Schmit, Elisabeth Weisz, and S. A. Ackerman, 2009: Forecasting and nowcasting improvement in cloudy regions with high temporal GOES Sounder infrared radiance measurements. J. Geophy. Res. - Atmospheres, 114, D09216, doi:10.1029/2008JD010596.

Liu, Q., and F. Weng, 2009: Radiative cooling effect of hurricane Florence in 2006 and precipitation of typhoon Matsa in 2005. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 10, 122-126.

Liu, Q., and F. Weng, 2009: Recent stratospheric temperature observed from satellite measurements. SOLA, 5, 53-56, doi:10.2151/sola.2009-014.

Liu, Q., G. Yu, and J. Liu, 2009: Solar radiation as large-scale resource for energy-short world. Energy & Environment, 20, No. 3, 319-329.

Liu, Q., M. Miao, J. Liu, and W. Yang, 2009: Solar and wind energy resources and prediction. J. Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 1, 043105, 1-12.

Liu, Q., X. Liang, Y. Han, P. van Delst, Y. Chen, A. Ignatov, and F. Weng, 2009: Effect of out-of-band response in NOAA-16 AVHRR channel 3b on top-of-atmosphere radiances calculated with the community radiative transfer model. J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 26, 1968-1972.

McCarty, W., G. Jedlovec, and T. L. Miller, 2009: Impact of the assimilation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder radiance measurements on short-term weather forecasts. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D18122, doi:10.1029/2008JD011626.

Niyogi, D., K. Alapaty, S. Raman, and F. Chen, 2009: Development and evaluation of a coupled photosynthesis-based Gas-exchange Evapotranspiration Model (GEM) for mesoscale weather forecasting applications. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 48, 349-368.

Tao, W.-K., J.-D. Chern, R. Atlas, D. Randall, M. Khairoutdinov, J.-L. Li, D.E. Waliser, A. Hou, X. Lin, C. Peters-Lidard, W. Lau, J. Jiang, and J. Simpson, 2009: A multi-scale modeling system: Developments, applications, and critical issues. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 515-534.

Wang, Z., and X. Zeng, 2009: Evaluation of snow albedo in land models for weather and climate studies. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 49, 363-380.

Zeng, X., and M. Decker, 2009: Improving the numerical solution of soil moisture-based Richards equation for land models with a deep or shallow water table. J. Hydrometeor., 10, 308-319, doi:10.1175/2008JHM1011.1.

2008

Alapaty K., D. Niyogi, F. Chen, P. Pyle, A. Chandrasekar, and N. Seaman, 2008: Development of the flux-adjusting surface data assimilation system for mesoscale models. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 47, 2331-2350.

Alfieri J. G., D. Niyogi, P.D. Blanken, F. Chen, M.A. LeMone, K. Mitchell, M.B. Ek, and A. Kumar, 2008: Estimation of the minimum canopy resistance for croplands and grasslands using data from the 2002 International H2O Project. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4452-4469.

Anthes, R. A., P.A. Bernhardt, Y. Chen, L. Cucurull, K. F. Dymond, D. Ector, S. B. Healy, S.-P. Ho, D. C. Hunt, Y.-H. Kuo, H. Liu, K. Manning, C. McCormick, T. K. Meehan, W. J. Randel, C. Rocken, W. S. Schreiner, S. V. Sokolovskiy, S. Syndergaard, D. C. Thompson, K. E. Trenberth, T.-K. Wee, N. L. Yen, and Z. Zeng, 2008: The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 mission: Early results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 313-333.

Atlas, R., and G.D. Emmitt, 2008: Review of observing system simulation experiments to evaluate the potential impact of lidar winds on numerical weather prediction. ILRC24, Vol. 2 (ISBN 978-0-615-21489-4), 726-729.

Baker, N.L. and R.H. Langland, 2008: Diagnostics for Evaluating the Impact of Satellite Observations. Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications, editors Park, S.K., Xu, L., ISBN 978-3-540-71055-4.

Bell, W., S. English, B. Candy, N. Atkinson, F. Hilton, N. Baker, S.D. Swadley, W.F. Campbell, N. Bormann, G. Kelly, and M. Kazumori, 2008: The assimilation of SSMIS radiances in NWP models. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 884-900.

Chen Y, F. Weng, Y. Han, and Q. Liu, 2008: Validation of the community radiative transfer model (CRTM) by using CloudSat Data. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A03, doi:10.1029/2007JD009561.

Chen, R., F. Chang, Z. Li, R. Ferraro and F. Weng, 2008: Impact of the vertical variation of cloud droplet size on the estimation of cloud liquid water path and rain detection. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3843-3853.

Chen, R., R. Wood, Z. Li, R. Ferraro, and F.-L. Chang, 2008: Studying the vertical variation of cloud droplets effective radius using ship and space-borne remote sensing data. J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi:10.1029/2007/JD009596.

Cucurull, L., and J.C. Derber, 2008: Operational implementation of COSMIC observations into the NCEP's Global Data Assimilation System. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 4, 702-711.

Cucurull, L., J. C. Derber, R. Treadon, and R. J. Purser, 2008: Preliminary impact studies using Global Positioning System radio occultation profiles at NCEP. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 6, 1865-1877.

Gentry, B., M. McGill, G. Schwemmer, M. Hardesty, A. Brewer, T. Wilkerson, R. Atlas, M. Sirota, S. Lindemann, and F. Hovis, 2008: New technologies for direct detection of Doppler lidar: Status of the TWiLiTE airborne molecular Doppler lidar project. ILRC24, Vol. 1 (ISBN 978-0-615-21489-4), 239-243.

Grody, N., and F. Weng, 2008: Microwave emission and scattering from deserts. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 361-375.

Hong, G., P. Yang, F. Weng, and Q. Liu, 2008: Microwave scattering properties of sand particles: Application to the simulation of microwave radiances over sandstorms. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 109, 684-702.

Hoppel, K.W.,N. L. Baker, L. Coy, S. D. Eckermann, J. P. McCormack, G. E. Nedoluha, and D. E. Siskind, 2008: Assimilation of stratospheric and mesospheric temperatures from MLS and SABER into a global NWP model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6103-6116.

Jung, J. A., T. H. Zapotocny, J. F. Le Marshall and R. E. Treadon, 2008: A two season impact study of NOAA polar orbiting satellites in the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 854-877.

Kazumori, M., Q. Liu, R. Treadon, and J. C. Derber, 2008: Impact study of AMSR-E radiances in the NCEP global data assimilation system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 541-559.

Kumar, S.V., R.H. Reichle, C.D. Peters-Lidard, R.D. Koster, X. Zhan, W.T. Crow, J.B. Eylander, and P.R. Houser, 2008: A land surface data assimilation framework using the Land Information System: Description and applications. Advances in Water Resources, 31, 1419-1432.

Langland, R. H., R. N. Maue, and C. H. Bishop, 2008: Uncertainty in atmospheric temperature analyses. Tellus, 60A, 598-603.

Le Marshall, J. J. Jung, M. Goldberg, C. Barnett, W. Wolf, J. Derber, R. Treadon and S. Lord. 2008: Using cloudy AIRS fields of view in numerical weather prediction. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 57, 249-254.

LeMone, M.A., M. Tewari, F. Chen, J.G. Alfieri and D. Niyogi, 2008: Evaluation of the Noah Land Surface Model using data from a fair-weather IHOP_2002 day with heterogeneous surface fluxes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4915-4941.

Leslie, L.M. and B.W. Buckley, 2008: The operational impact of QuikSCAT winds in Perth, Australia: Examples and limitations. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 183-193.

Liu, Q., and F. Weng, 2008: Conversion issue from microwave radiances to brightness temperature. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 109, 1943-1950.

Liu, Q., F. Weng, Y. Han, and Y. Chen, 2008: Community Radiative transfer model for scattering transfer and applications. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 4, 1193-1196, 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779942.

Liu, Q., F. Weng, Y. Han, and Y. Chen, 2008: Microwave and infrared radiances assimilation for weather forecasting. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2, 355-358, 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779001.

Mansouri, H., M. B. Richman, T. B. Trafalis and L.M. Leslie, 2008: A pipeline support vector regression method to thin large ocean surface wind data on-line. Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, (C.H. Dagli, A.L. Buczak, J. Ghosh, M.J. Embrechts, O. Ersoy, and S.W. Kercel, eds.), ASME Press, 18, 203-210.

Mo, T., and Q. Liu, 2008: A Study of AMSU-A measurement of brightness temperatures over ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D17120, doi:10.1029/2008JD009784.

Moncet, J.-L, G. Uymin, A. E. Lipton, and H. E. Snell: 2008: Infrared radiance modeling by optimal spectral sampling. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3917-3934.

O'Dell, C., F. Wentz, and R. Bennartz, 2008: Cloud liquid water path from satellite-based passive microwave observations: A new climatology over the global oceans. Journal of Climate, 21, 8, 1721-1739.

Payne, V. H., J. S. Delamere, K. E. Cady-Pereira, R. R. Gamache, J-L. Moncet, E. J. Mlawer and S. A. Clough, 2008: Air-broadened half-widths of the 22 GHz and 183 GHz water vapor lines. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 3601-3617.

Rabier, F., P. Gauthier, C. Cardinali, R. Langland, M. Tsyrulnikov, A. Lorenc, P. Steinle, R Gelaro, and K. Koizumi, 2008: An update on THORPEX-related research in data assimilation and observing strategies. Nonlin. Proc. Geophys., 15, 81-94.

Ruston, B. F., Weng, and B. Yan, 2008: Uses of 1D var retrieval to diagnose estimates of infrared and microwave surface emissivity over land for the ATOVS sounding instruments. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 393-402.

Stajner, I., et al., 2008: Assimilated ozone from EOS-Aura: Evaluation of the tropopause region and tropospheric columns. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S32, doi:10.1029/2007JD008863.

Sun, N., and F. Weng, 2008: Evaluation of Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder (SSMIS) Environmental Data Record. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 1006-1016.

Wang, Z., and X. Zeng, 2008: Snow albedo's dependence on solar zenith angle from in situ and MODIS data. Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 1, 45-50.

Yan, B., and F. Weng, 2008: Intercalibration between Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder (SSMIS) and Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I).. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 984-995.

Zapotocny, T. H., J. A. Jung, J. F. Le Marshall, and R. E. Treadon, 2008: A two season impact study of four satellite data types and rawinsonde data in the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 80-100.

Zhan, X., W.T. Crow, T.J. Jackson, and Peggy O'Neill, 2008: Improving space-borne radiometer soil moisture retrievals with alternative aggregation rules for ancillary parameters. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 5, No. 2, p.261-265.

Zhang, J., J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, N. L Baker, and E. J. Hyer, 2008: A system for operational aerosol optical depth data assimilation over global oceans. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D10208, doi:10.1029/2007JD009065.

Zhang, J., J. S. Reid, S. D. Miller, and J. F. Turk, 2008: Strategy for studying nocturnal aerosol optical depth using artificial lights. Int. J. of Remote Sens., 29, 459-461.

2007

Bennartz, R, 2007: Passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation at high latitudes. Pages 165-178. In: Measuring Precipitation from Space - EURAINSAT and the future. Eds.: V. Levizziani, J. Turk, P. Bauer. 745 p., ISBN: 978-1-4020-5834-9.

Boukabara, S., and F. Weng, 2007: Microwave emissivity over ocean in all-weather conditions: validation using WINDSAT and Airborne GPS-Dropsondes. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46, 376-384.

Crow, W. and X. Zhan. 2007: Continental-scale evaluation of remotely sensed soil moisture products. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp.451-455.

Cucurull, L., J. C. Derber, R. Treadon, and R. J. Purser, 2007: Assimilation of global positioning system radio occultation observations into NCEP's Global Data Assimilation System. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3174-3193.

Errico, M., G. Ohring, P. Bauer, B. Ferrier, J. Mahfouf, J. Turk, and F. Weng, 2007: Assimilation of satellite cloud and precipitation observations in numerical weather prediction models. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3737-3741.

Han, Y, F. Weng, Q. Liu, and P. van Delst, 2007: A fast radiative transfer model for SSMIS upper atmosphere sounding channels. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D11121, doi:10.1029/2006JD008208.

Kim, M.-J., M. S. Kulie, C. W. O'Dell, and R. Bennartz, 2007: Scattering of ice particles at microwave frequencies: a physically based parameterization. J. Appl. Meteor. and Clim., doi:10.1175/JAM2483.1

Langland, R.H., and N.L. Baker, 2007: Reply to Interpretations of an adjoint-derived observational impact measure. Tellus, 59, 277.

Le Marshall, J., L. Bi, J. Jung, T. Zapotocny, and M. Morgan, 2007: WindSat polarimetric microwave observations improve southern hemisphere numerical weather prediction. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 56, 35-40.

Le Marshall, J., L. Uccellini, F. Einaudi, M.Colton, M. Chang, M. Uhart, F. Weng, S. Lord, L.-P. Riishojgaard, P., Phoebus, and J. Yoe., 2007: The Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 329-340.

O'Dell, C.W., P. Bauer and R. Bennartz, 2007: A fast cloud overlap parameterization for microwave radiance assimilation. J. Atmos. Sci., 64 (11): 3896-3909.

Reynolds, C., M. Peng, S. Majumdar, S. Aberson, C. Bishop, R. Buizza, 2007: Interpretation of adaptive observing guidance for Atlantic tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 12, 4006-4029.

Stajner, I. C. Benson, H.-C. Liu, S. Pawson, N. Brubaker, L.-P. Chang, L. P. Riishojgaard, and R. Todling, 2007: Ice polar stratospheric clouds detected from assimilation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16802, doi:10.1029/2007GL029415.

Wang, Z., X. Zeng, and M. Barlage, 2007: MODIS BRDF-based land surface albedo parameterization for weather and climate models. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmospheres, 112, D02103, doi:10.1029/2005JD006736.

Weng, F., 2007: Advances in radiative transfer modeling in support of satellite data assimilation. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3803-3811.

Weng, F., T. Zhu, and B. Yang, 2007: Satellite data assimilation in numerical weather prediction models, 2. Uses of rain affected microwave radiances for hurricane vortex analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3914-3929.

Xu, L., T. Rosmond, J. Goerss, and B. Chua, 2007: Toward a weak constraint operational 4D-Var system: Application to the Burgers' Equation. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 16 (6), 741-753.

Zeng, X., and A. Wang, 2007: Consistent parameterization of roughness length and displacement height for sparse and dense canopies in land models. J. Hydrometeor., 8, 730-737.

Zhang, J., and J. Reid, 2007: MODIS aerosol product analysis for data assimilation: Assessment of level 2 aerosol optical thickness retrievals. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D22207, doi:10.1029/2005JD006898.

Zhang, X., T. Li, F. Weng, C-C Wu and L. Xu, 2007: Reanalysis of western Pacific typhoons in 2004 with multi-satellite observations. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., doi:10.1007/s00703-006-0240-5/.

2006

Cucurull, L., Y.-H Kuo, D. Barker and S. Rizvi, 2006: Assessing the impact of COSMIC GPS radio occultation data on weather analysis over the Antarctic: A case study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 11, 3283-3296.

Heidinger, A., C. O'Dell, T. Greenwald, and R. Bennartz, 2006: The successive order of interaction radiative transfer model, Part I: Model development. J. Appl. Meteor., 45, 1388-1402.

Le Marshall, J., J. Jung, J. Derber, M. Chahine, R. Treadon, S. Lord, M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, H.C. Liu, J. Joiner, J. Woollen, R. Todling, P. van Delst, and Y. Tahara, 2006: Improving global analysis and forecasting with AIRS. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 747-750.

Le Marshall, J., J.Jung, T. Zapotocny, J. Derber, R.Treadon, S. Lord, M. Goldberg, and W. Wolf, 2006: The application of AIRS radiances in numerical weather prediction. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 55, 213-217.

Liu, Q, and F. Weng, 2006: Advanced doubling-adding method for radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 3459-3465.

Liu, Q, and F. Weng, 2006: Detecting warm core of hurricanes from Special Microwave Imager and Sounder. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06817.

Liu, Q. and F. Weng, 2006: A combined Henyey-Greenstein and Rayleigh (HG-Rayleigh) phase function. Applied Optics, 45, 7475-7479.

McCormack, J. P., S. D. Eckermann, D. E. Siskind, T. McGee, 2006: CHEM2D-OPP: A new linearized gas-phase ozone photochemistry parameterization for high-altitude NWP and climate model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 4943-4972.

O'Dell, C., A. Heidinger, T. Greenwald, and R. Bennartz, 2006: The successive order of interaction radiative transfer model, Part II: Model performance and applications. J. Appl. Meteor., 45, 1403-1413.

2005

Faccani, C., R. Ferretti, R. Pacione, T. Paolucci, E. Vespe, and L. Cucurull, 2005: Impact of a high density GPS network on the operational forecast. Advances in Geosciences, 2, 73-79.

Ferretti, R., C. Faccani, D. Cimini, F.S. Marzano, A. Memmo, L. Cucurull, and R. Pacione, 2005: Simulations of deep convection in the Mediterranean area using 3DVAR of conventional and non-conventional data. Advances in Geosciences, 2, 65-71.

Greenwald, T., R. Bennartz, C. O'Dell and A. Heidinger, 2005: Fast computation of microwave radiances for data assimilation using the "Successive Order of Scattering" method. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44, 960-966.

Langland, R.H., 2005: Issues in targeted observing. Q. J. R. Meteor. Soc., (invited paper in special issue), 131, 3409-3425.

Le Marshall, J. Jung, J. Derber, R. Treadon, S. Lord, M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, H. C.Liu, J. Joiner, J. Woollen, and R. Todling, 2005: Impact of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder observations on weather forecasts. EOS, 86, 109, 115, 116.

Le Marshall, J., J. Jung, J. Derber, R. Treadon, S. Lord, M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, H.C. Liu, J.Joiner, J. Woollen, and R. Todling, 2005: AIRS hyperspectral data improves southern hemisphere forecasts. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 54, 57-60.

Liu, Q, and F. Weng, 2005: Vicarious calibration of the third and fourth Stokes parameters of Windsat measurements. Appl. Opt., 44, 7403-7406.

2004

Bennartz, R., C. O'Dell, T. J. Greenwald, and A. K. Heidinger, 2004: Fast passive microwave radiative transfer in precipitating clouds: Towards direct radiance assimilation. Proceedings of SPIE, 5654, 33-37.

Cucurull, L., F. Vandenberghe, D. Barker, E. Vilaclara, and A. Rius, 2004: 3DVAR assimilation of ground-based GPS ZTD and meteorological observations during the December 14th 2001 storm event over the western Mediterranean Sea. Mon. Wea. Rev., Vol. 132, 749-763.

Voronovich, A.G., A.J. Gasiewski, and B.L. Weber, 2004: A fast multistream scattering based Jacobian for microwave radiance assimilation. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 42, No. 8, 1749-1761.