CALIPSO lidar level 3 aerosol profile product: Version 3 algorithm design

JL Tackett, DM Winker, BJ Getzewich… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - amt.copernicus.org
The CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) level 3
aerosol profile product reports globally gridded, quality-screened, monthly mean aerosol …

Satellite retrieval of cloud condensation nuclei concentrations by using clouds as CCN chambers

D Rosenfeld, Y Zheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Quantifying the aerosol/cloud-mediated radiative effect at a global scale requires
simultaneous satellite retrievals of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations and …

Investigation of the aerosol–cloud–rainfall association over the Indian summer monsoon region

C Sarangi, SN Tripathi, VP Kanawade… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Monsoonal rainfall is the primary source of surface water in India. Using 12 years of in situ
and satellite observations, we examined the association of aerosol loading with cloud …

Satellites see the world's atmosphere

SA Ackerman, S Platnick, PK Bhartia… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Satellite meteorology is a relatively new branch of the atmospheric sciences. The field
emerged in the late 1950s during the Cold War and built on the advances in rocketry after …

[HTML][HTML] Potential impact of aerosols on convective clouds revealed by Himawari-8 observations over different terrain types in eastern China

T Chen, Z Li, RA Kahn, C Zhao… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Convective clouds are common and play a major role in Earth's water cycle and energy
balance; they may even develop into storms and cause severe rainfall events. To …

Relative influence of meteorological conditions and aerosols on the lifetime of mesoscale convective systems

S Chakraborty, R Fu, ST Massie… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Using collocated measurements from geostationary and polar-orbital satellites over tropical
continents, we provide a large-scale statistical assessment of the relative influence of …

[HTML][HTML] Weakening of tropical sea breeze convective systems through interactions of aerosol, radiation, and soil moisture

JM Park, SC van den Heever - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
This study investigates how the enhanced loading of microphysically and radiatively active
aerosol particles impacts tropical sea breeze convective systems and whether these impacts …

Estimating crop and grass productivity over the United States using satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, precipitation and soil moisture data

M Halubok, ZL Yang - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study investigates how gross primary production (GPP) estimates can be improved with
the use of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) based on the interdependence …

Deep convective evolution from shallow clouds over the Amazon and Congo rainforests

S Chakraborty, JH Jiang, H Su… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Using satellite measurements from A‐Train constellation and Global Precipitation
Measurement mission, we investigate the relationships between the afternoon time shallow …

Contrasting aerosol refractive index and hygroscopicity in the inflow and outflow of deep convective storms: Analysis of airborne data from DC3

A Sorooshian, T Shingler, E Crosbie… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We examine three case studies during the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3)
field experiment when storm inflow and outflow air were sampled for aerosol subsaturated …