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1996 Proceedings

Proceedings of the Sixth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting

DOE CONF-9603149, March 1996 San Antonio, Texas

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• History and Status of the ARM Program - March 1996
• Abbreviations and Acronyms

Session Papers

• A Comparison Between Clear Sky Shortwave Flux Calculations and Observations During ARESE
  S. Kato, T.P. Ackerman, C.N. Long, E.E. Clothiaux, and J.H. Mather
• A Daytime Radiation and Cloud Climatology from Time Series of Measured Surface Irradiance
  M.S. O'Malley and C.E. Duchon
• A Mesoscale Convective System Parameterization Scheme for Use in General Circulation Models
  W.R. Cotton, G.D. Alexander, and H. Jiang
• A Narrow Band Longwave Radiation Model Based on Parameters Fitted to Line-by-Line Radiative Transfer Models
  J.X. Warner and R.G. Ellingson
• A Rotating Shadow Arm for Broadband Hemispheric Radiometers: Instrument Design and Concept Verification Using Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains Radiometer Measurements
  C.N. Long, C.F. Pavloski, and T.P. Ackerman
• A Test of the Validity of Cumulus Cloud Parameterizations for Longwave Radiation Calculations
  D. Han and R.G. Ellingson
• Aerosol Extinction of 0.44 to 12 M Radiation by Atmospheric Hazes (Continent, Coastal and Arid Zones)
  Y.A. Pkhalagov, M.V. Panchenko, V.N. Uzhegov, and N.N. Shchelkanov
• Aerosol Measurements at the Southern Great Plains Site: Equipment Installation and Operation
  R. Leifer, R.H. Knuth, B. Albert, S.F. Guggenheim, and R. Eagan
• Aerosol Optical Depth Estimates Based on Nephelometer Measurements at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Southern Great Plains Site
  M.H. Bergin, J.A. Ogren, R.N. Halthore, S. Nemesure, and S.E. Schwartz
• Aerosol Optical Thickness During ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment Intensive Observation Period
  G.S. Golitsyn, P.P. Anikin, and M.A. Sviridenkov
• An 8-mm Cloud Profiling Radar for the ARM Program: First Returns
  K. Moran, M.J. Post, B. Martner, T. Uttal, D. Welsh, D. Merritt, K. Widener, R. Strauch, L. Zhang, S. King, T. Glaess, and T. Ayers
• An Automated Cloud Mask Algorithm for the Micropulse Lidar
  G.G. Mace
• An Evaluation of Cirrus Parameterizations Using Southern Great Plains Data
  D.A. Sovchik, G.G. Mace, and T.P. Ackerman
• Applicability of a Simple Model for Computing Direct Shortwave Climate Forcing by Sulfate Aerosols
  S. Nemesure, R.N. Halthore, and S.E. Schwartz
• Application of CAGEX for the Evaluation of Shortwave Codes and for the Testing of CERES TRMM Algorithms
  T.P. Charlock, T.L. Alberta, F.G. Rose, and D.A. Rutan
• Are Small-Scale Deep Convective Clouds in the Tropical Western Pacific Relevant to Intra-Seasonal Oscillations?
  S.A. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe
• Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer, Part I: Status, Basic Radiometric Accuracy, and Unexpected Errors and Solutions
  H.E. Revercomb, F.A. Best, R.O. Knuteson, B.A. Whitney, T.P. Dirkx, R.G. Dedecker, R.K. Garcia, P. van Delst, W.L. Smith, and H.B. Howell
• Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer Part II: Water Vapor and Atmospheric Aerosols
  B.A. Whitney, H.E. Revercomb, R.O. Knuteson, F.A. Best, and W.L. Smith
• Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer Temperature and Water Vapor Retrievals: Improvements Using an Integrated Profile Retrieval Approach
  W. Feltz, W.L. Smith, R.O. Knuteson, and B. Howell
• Between Deadhorse and Lonely - First Results from an Arctic Meteorology Field Experiment
  C.D. Whiteman, C.E. Miller, and B.D. Zak
• Calibration of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Using Satellite and ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment Aircraft Data
  J.K. Ayers, D.R. Doelling, L. Nguyen, W.L. Smith, Jr., and P. Minnis
• Cloud Optical Properties Obtained from the Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer Instrument: Methodology and Analysis of Data Obtained in Fairbanks, Alaska
  E. Leontieva and K. Stamnes
• Cloud Parameterization in Global Climate Models: Evaluation with Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Data
  J.E. Penner and C.C. Chuang
• Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations Conducted Over the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site
  J. Dudhia and D.B. Parsons
• Cloud Shortwave Radiative Forcing from Satellite and Surface Data During the ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment
  P. Minnis, C.H. Whitlock, T.P. Charlock, G.L. Schuster, W.L. Smith Jr., and L. Nguyen
• Comparison of Recalibrated Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer Observations with Line-by-Line Radiative Transfer Model Calculations
  S. Shen and R.G. Ellingson
• Comparison of Precipitable Water Vapor Measurements Obtained by Microwave Radiometry and Radiosondes at the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site
• Comparison of Precipitable Water Vapor Measurements Obtained by Microwave Radiometry and Radiosondes at the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site
  B.M. Lesht and J.C. Liljegren
• Comparisons Among Cloud Parameter Estimates Derived from Radar, Infrared-Radiometer, Lidar, and Aircraft Measurements
  S.Y. Matrosov, J.B. Snider, R.F. Reinking, R.A. Kropfli, E.W. Eloranta, P. Piironen, and R.T. Bruintjes
• Comparisons of Cloud Heights Derived from Satellite and Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Surface Lidar Data
  W.L. Smith, Jr., L. Nguyen, D.P. Garber, D.F. Young, P. Minnis, and J. Spinhirne
• Comparisons of the Micropulse Lidar and the Belfort Laser Ceilometer at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site
  D.D. Turner
• Data Assimilation for the June 1993 Intensive Observation Period at the Southern Great Plains Site
  J. Dudhia
• Data Quality Display Modules - Assessment of Instrument Performance at the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site
  M.E. Splitt
• Deficient Model Absorption
  W. O'Hirok and C. Gautier
• Detection of Clear Skies Using Total and Diffuse Shortwave Irradiance: Calculations of Shortwave Cloud Forcing and Clear Sky Diffuse Ratio
  C.N. Long and T.P. Ackerman
• Do Clouds Mitigate the Biological Effects of Ozone Depletion in the Antarctic?
  P. Ricchiazzi, C. Gautier, and S. Yang
• Effects of Water Vapor Continuum Absorption on Tropical Atmosphere Destabilization
  J.H. Mather, T.P. Ackerman, and G.S. Young
• Estimation of Errors in Objectively Analyzed Fields and Sensitivity to Number and Spacing of Stations
  M.J. Leach, J.J. Yio, and R.T. Cederwall
• Estimations of Cloud Particle's Effective Radii from Ground-Based Measurements of Solar Radiation Transmission by Semi-Transparent Clouds
  G.S. Golitsyn, P.P. Anikin, and M.A. Sviridenkov
• Evaluating the Seasonal Variations of the Indirect Effect of Sulfate Aerosols Using Observation-Derived Cloud Climatology
  Z.N. Kogan, Y.L. Kogan, and D.K. Lilly
• Evaluation of a Cloud Microphysics Model Using Simple Nudging in a General Circulation Model
  L.R. Leung and S.J. Ghan
• Expansion of the CAGEX Database with a Network of Surface Radiometers and Aircraft Measurements in the ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment: Forthcoming Helicopter Measurements of BDRF Over the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site
  T.L. Alberta, R.C. DiPasquale, F.G. Rose, W.L. Smith, Jr., T.P. Charlock, C.H. Whitlock, G.L. Schuster, and P. Minnis
• Factors Determining the Temperature Dependence of the Optical Thickness of Low Clouds
  A.D. Del Genio, A.B. Wolf, and G. Tselioudis
• Fast Atmospheric Signature Code for the Environment (FASE)
  H.E. Snell, W.O. Gallery, D.B. Hogan, J.-L. Moncet, G.P. Anderson, J.H. Chetwynd, S. Miller, and J. Wang
• First Flight of the Cloud Detection Lidar Instrument Package
  J.R. Henderson, A.G. Ledebuhr, G. Cameron, P. Carter, R.E. Hugenberger, J.F. Kordas, D.P. Nielson, P. Stratton, and B. Taylor
• Ground-Based Cirrus Observation in the Japanese Cloud and Climate Study: A Sonde System for Radiation and Cloud Microphysics Measurement
  S. Asano and JACCS Cirrus Group
• Ground Station Radiation Measurements During the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Enhanced Shortwave Experiment Campaign
  R. Bush, P. Flatau, F.P.J. Valero, W.J.Y. Gore, and A. Strawa
• Applicability of a Simple Model for Computing Direct Shortwave Climate Forcing by Sulfate Aerosols
• Impact of Environmental Conditions on the Mesoscale Characteristics of Squall-Line Systems: Toward the Development of Anvil Cirrus Parameterization for General Circulation Models
  H.-N.S. Chin and M.M. Bradley
• Implications for Atmospheric State Specification from the AERI/LBLRTM Quality Measurement Experiment and the MWR/LBLRTM Quality Measurement Experiment
  S.A. Clough, P.D. Brown, J.C. Liljegren, T.R. Shippert, D.D. Turner, R.O. Knuteson, H.E. Revercomb, and W.L. Smith
• Influence of Subgrid Variability on Soil Moisture and Latent Heat Flux
  S.J. Ghan, J.C. Liljegren, and J.C. Doran
• Initial Analysis of Water Vapor and Temperature Profiles Retrieved from Integrated Ground-Based Remote Sensors
  D.D. Turner, T.R. Shippert, J.C. Liljegren, Y. Han, and E. Westwater
• Measurement of Spectral Radiance in the Japanese Cloud and Climate Study
  A. Uchiyama, M. Fukabori, S. Asano, and M. Shiobara
• Measurements of the Summertime Surface Radiation Budget in the Arctic
  P.J. Minnett
• Modeling the Surface Energy Balance and Soil Moisture at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Cloud and Radiation Testbed in the U.S. Southern Great Plains
  J.C. Liljegren, J.C. Doran, J.M. Hubbe, W.J. Shaw, S. Zhong, G.J. Collatz, D.R. Cook, and R.L. Hart
• Moisture Transport by the Low-Level Jet
  C.D. Whiteman, X. Bian, S. Zhong, and J.C. Liljegren
• Multi-Spectral Atmospheric Column Extinction Analysis of Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer Measurements
  A.A. Lacis, B.E. Carlson, and B. Cairns
• Observations and Applications of Data Taken with the Cloud Profiling Radar System
  J.M. Firda, S.M. Sekelsky, S.P. Lohmeier, and R.E. McIntosh
• On the Extension of Rapid Radiative Transfer Model to the Shortwave Region
  E.J. Mlawer and S.A. Clough
• On the Fundamental Role of Day Versus Night Radiation Differences in Forcing Nocturnal Convective Maxima and in Assessing Global Warming Prospects
  W.M. Gray and D. Sheaffer
• Operation of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Radiation Instruments in Fairbanks to Evaluate Performance in a Cold Environment
  E. Leontieva, K. Stamnes, A. Alkezweeny, and B.D. Zak
• Parameterization of Radiative Properties of One-Layer Broken Clouds
  G.A. Titov, T.B. Zhuravieva, and V.E. Zuev
• Preliminary ARESE Results from the ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment: Radiative Fluxes Measured in Clear and Cloudy Skies
  S.K. Pope, F.P.J. Valero, and P. Flatau
• Raman Lidar Installed at Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site for Profiling Atmospheric Water Vapor, Aerosols, and Clouds
  J.E.M. Goldsmith, S.E. Bisson, and F.H. Blair
• Raman Lidar Measurements of Aerosols and Water Vapor
  S.H. Melfi, R.A. Ferrare, K.D. Evans, D. Whiteman, D.O'C Starr, G. Schwemmer, R. Ellingson, E. Browell, W. Feltz, and W.L. Smith
• Recent Results in Deriving Water Vapor Profiles from Remote Sensor Observations Using Kalman Filtering
  Y. Han, E.R. Westwater, and R.A. Ferrare
• Reflectance vs. Transmittance Analysis of Simulated ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment Two-Aircraft Measurements of Fractal Clouds
  W. Wiscombe, A. Marshak, A. Davis, and R. Cahalan
• Relating Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Observations to General Circulation Model Scales
  T.P. Barnett, J. Ritchie, J. Foat, and G. Stokes
• Results of an Automated Comparison Between Winds and Virtual Temperatures from Radiosonde and Profilers
  R.L. Coulter and B.M. Lesht
• Results of Long-Term Airborne Research of Aerosol Characteristics of the Lower Troposphere over Former Soviet Union
  M.V. Panchenko, V.E. Zuev, and B.D. Belan
• Results of Long-Term Lidar Observations of Eruption Aerosol Formations in the Stratosphere Over Tomsk After the Mount Pinatubo Eruption
  V.V. Zuev, V.D. Burlakov, and A.V. El'nikov
• Retrieval of Cloud Properties from Ground-Based Lidar/Radiometer Data
  C.M.R. Platt, S.A. Young, R.T. Austin, S.C. Marsden, G.R. Patterson, J.A. Bennett, B. Petraitis, and B. Turner
• Rotating Shadowband Spectroradiometer Development and Spectral Shortwave Data Analysis Progress
  J. Michalsky, L. Harrison, M. Qilong, J. Schlemmer, W. Berkheiser III, and J. Berndt
• Satellite-Derived Surface Characterization and Surface Fluxes Across the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site
  W. Gao, R.L. Coulter, B.M. Lesht, J. Qiu, and M.L. Wesely
• Sensitivity of Regional Climate Simulation to Radiation Parameterization
  Y.-H Kuo, A. Wang, A. Lau, and J. Dudhia
• Single Column Variational Assimilation Experiments with Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Data
  J.-F. Louis and M. Zivkovic
• Solar Aureole Measurements and Coarse Dispersed Aerosol Size Distribution in ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment Intensive Observation Period
  G.S. Golitsyn, P.P. Anikin, and M.A. Sviridenkov
• Some Characteristics of the Climate on the North Slope of Alaska
  T. Zhang, K. Stamnes, A. Alkezweeny, and B.D. Zak
• Some Results of Aerosol and Radiation Measurements in Siberia Under the SATOR Program of the IAO
  V.V. Zuev, B.D. Belan, Yu. A. Pkhalagov, and S.M. Sakerin
• Structure of the Convective Boundary Layer and Measurements of Areally Averaged Heat Flux
  R.L. Coulter
• Subgrid-Scale Variability and Data Assimilation Over Cloud and Radiation Testbed Observational Facilities
  M. Zivkovic and J.-F. Louis
• Summertime Low-Level Jets Over the Great Plains
  D.J. Stensrud, D.V. Mitchell, and S. Pfeifer
• Surface Flux Inhomogeneities at the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed Site and Their Effects on Cloud Formation
  J.C. Doran, S. Zhong, and J.M. Hubbe
• The Relationship Between Composite Cirrus Morphology and Large-Scale Meteorology Derived from 94-GHz Cloud Radar Data
  G.G. Mace and T.P. Ackerman
• The Role of Environmental Humidity in the Moisture Budget of Thunderstorms
  H.E. Brooks and D.J. Stensrud
• Treatment of Cloud Radiative Effects in General Circulation Models (GCMs): Cloud Overlap Effects on GCM Climate Simulations
  W.-C. Wang, X.-Z. Liang, A. Samel, M. Ding, E. Joseph, L. Zhu, and S. Cox
• Use of Surface and Satellite Data to Validate and Improve Climate Models
  G.J. Zhang, and V. Ramanathan
• Web-Based Data Analysis Tools
  S. Moore and E. Savage
• Window-Region Longwave Fluxes: Accounting for Cloud Scattering
  E.E. Takara and R.G. Ellingson