2015 STAR Publications

Allen, A. L., Brown, C. W., Lewitus, A. J., & Sandifer, P. A. (2015). The Roles of Emerging Technology and Modeling Techniques in Operational Ecological Forecasting at NOAA. Marine Technology Society Journal, 49(2), 193-203.

Anthony, K. R. N., Marshall, P. A., Abdulla, A., Beeden, R., Bergh, C., Black, R., Eakin, C. M., Game, E. T., Gooch, M., Graham, N. A. J., Green, A., Heron, S. F., van Hooidonk, R., Knowland, C., Mangubhai, S., Marshall, N., Maynard, J. A., McGinnity, P., McLeod, E., Mumby, P. J., Nystroem, M., Obura, D., Oliver, J., Possingham, H. P., Pressey, R. L., Rowlands, G. P., Tamelander, J., Wachenfeld, D., & Wear, S. (2015). Operationalizing Resilience for Adaptive Coral Reef Management under Global Environmental Change. Global Change Biology, 21(1), 48-61. [10.1111/gcb.12700]

Boylan, P., Wang, J., Cohn, S. A., Fetzer, E., Maddy, E. S., & Wong, S. (2015). Validation of AIRS Version 6 Temperature Profiles and Surface-Based Inversions over Antarctica Using Concordiasi Dropsonde Data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(3), 992-1007. [10.1002/2014jd022551]

Dai, Q., Han, D., Rico-Ramirez, M. A., Zhuo, L., Nanding, N., & Islam, T. (2015). Radar Rainfall Uncertainty Modelling Influenced by Wind. Hydrological Processes, 29(7), 1704-1716. [10.1002/hyp.10292]

Dai, Q., Rico-Ramirez, M. A., Han, D. W., Islam, T., & Liguori, S. (2015). Probabilistic Radar Rainfall Nowcasts Using Empirical and Theoretical Uncertainty Models. Hydrological Processes, 29(1), 66-79. [10.1002/Hyp.10133]

Ding, X., Nunziata, F., Li, X., & Migliaccio, M. (2015). Performance Analysis and Validation of Waterline Extraction Approaches Using Single- and Dual-Polarimetric SAR Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 8(3), 1019-1027. [10.1109/jstars.2014.2362511]

Farrell, S. L., Brunt, K. M., Ruth, J. M., Kuhn, J. M., Connor, L. N., & Walsh, K. M. (2015). Sea Ice Freeboard Retrieval Using Digital Photon-Counting Laser Altimetry. Ann. Glaciol., 56(69), 167-174. [10.3189/2015AoG69A686]

Gultepe, I., Zhou, B., Milbrandt, J., Bott, A., Li, Y., Heymsfield, A. J., Ferrier, B., Ware, R., Pavolonis, M., Kuhn, T., Gurka, J., Liu, P., & Cermak, J. (2015). A Review on Ice Fog Measurements and Modeling. Atmospheric Research, 151, 2-19. [10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.04.014]

Han, Y., Zou, X., & Weng, F. (2015). Cloud and Precipitation Features of Super Typhoon Neoguri Revealed from Dual Oxygen Absorption Band Sounding Instruments on Board Fengyun-3c Satellite. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(3), 916-924. [10.1002/2014gl062753]

Huang, B., Banzon, V. F., Freeman, E., Lawrimore, J., Liu, W., Peterson, T. C., Smith, T. M., Thorne, P. W., Woodruff, S. D., & Zhang, H.-M. (2015). Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (Ersst.V4). Part I: Upgrades and Intercomparisons. Journal of Climate, 28(3), 911-930. [10.1175/jcli-d-14-00006.1]

Knaff, J. A., Longmore, S. P., DeMaria, R. T., & Molenar, D. A. (2015). Improved Tropical-Cyclone Flight-Level Wind Estimates Using Routine Infrared Satellite Reconnaissance. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54(2), 463-478. [10.1175/jamc-d-14-0112.1]

Kongoli, C., Meng, H., Dong, J., & Ferraro, R. (2015). A Snowfall Detection Algorithm over Land Utilizing High-Frequency Passive Microwave Measurements-Application to ATMS. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(5), 1918-1932. [10.1002/2014jd022427]

Li, C., Xue, Y., Liu, Q. H., Ouazzane, K., & Zhang, J. H. (2015). Using SeaWiFS Measurements to Evaluate Radiometric Stability of Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Sites at Top of Atmosphere. [Article]. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 12(1), 125-129. [10.1109/lgrs.2014.2329138]

Li, X. (2015). The First Sentinel-1 SAR Image of a Typhoon. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 34(1), 1-2. [10.1007/s13131-015-0589-8]

Liu, W., Huang, B., Thorne, P. W., Banzon, V. F., Zhang, H.-M., Freeman, E., Lawrimore, J., Peterson, T. C., Smith, T. M., & Woodruff, S. D. (2015). Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (Ersst.V4): Part Ii. Parametric and Structural Uncertainty Estimations. Journal of Climate, 28(3), 931-951. [10.1175/jcli-d-14-00007.1]

Ma, Z., Riishojgaard, L. P., Masutani, M., Woollen, J. S., & Emmitt, G. D. (2015). Impact of Different Satellite Wind Lidar Telescope Configurations on NCEP GFS Forecast Skill in Observing System Simulation Experiments. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(3), 478-495. [10.1175/jtech-d-14-00057.1]

Nunziata, F., Migliaccio, M., & Li, X. F. (2015). Sea Oil Slick Observation Using Hybrid-Polarity SAR Architecture. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 40(2), 426-440. [10.1109/joe.2014.2329424]

Saide, P. E., Spak, S. N., Pierce, R. B., Otkin, J. A., Schaack, T. K., Heidinger, A. K., da Silva, A. M., Kacenelenbogen, M., Redemann, J., & Carmichael, G. R. (2015). Central American Biomass Burning Smoke Can Increase Tornado Severity in the US. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(3), 956-965. [10.1002/2014gl062826]

Son, S., & Wang, M. (2015). Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient of the Photosynthetically Available Radiation Kd(PAR) for Global Open Ocean and Coastal Waters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 159(0), 250-258. [10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.011]

Sun, J. Q., & Wang, M. H. (2015). On-Orbit Characterization of the VIIRS Solar Diffuser and Solar Diffuser Screen. [Article]. Applied Optics, 54(2), 236-252. [10.1364/ao.54.000236]

Wang, W. H., & Cao, C. Y. (2015). Dcc Radiometric Sensitivity to Spatial Resolution, Cluster Size, and LWIR Calibration Bias Based on VIIRS Observations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(1), 48-60. [10.1175/Jtech-D-14-00024.1]

Zhang, R., Qu, J. J., Liu, Y., Hao, X., Huang, C., & Zhan, X. (2015). Detection of Burned Areas from Mega-Fires Using Daily and Historical MODIS Surface Reflectance. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(4), 1167-1187. [10.1080/01431161.2015.1007256]

Zibordi, G., Melin, F., Voss, K. J., Johnson, B. C., Franz, B. A., Kwiatkowska, E., Huot, J.-P., Wang, M., & Antoine, D. (2015). System Vicarious Calibration for Ocean Color Climate Change Applications: Requirements for in Situ Data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 159, 361-369. [10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.015]

Zou, X., Weng, F., Tallapragada, V., Lin, L., Zhang, B., Wu, C., & Qin, Z. (2015). Satellite Data Assimilation of Upper-Level Sounding Channels in HWRF with Two Different Model Tops. Journal of Meteorological Research, 29(1), 1-27. [10.1007/s13351-015-4108-9]

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Anderson, K. D., Heron, S. F., & Pratchett, M. S. (2015). Species-Specific Declines in the Linear Extension of Branching Corals at a Subtropical Reef, Lord Howe Island. Coral Reefs, 34(2), 479-490. [10.1007/s00338-014-1251-1]

Chang, T., Wu, X., & Weng, F. (2015). Postlaunch Calibration Update of MetOp-B AVHRR Reflective Solar Channels Using MetOp-A. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(5), 2286-2294. [10.1109/tgrs.2014.2356334]

Comarazamy, D. E., Gonzalez, J. E., Moshary, F., & Piasecki, M. (2015). On the Hydrometeorological Changes of a Tropical Water Basin in the Caribbean and Its Sensitivity to Midterm Changes in Regional Climate. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(3), 997-1013. [10.1175/jhm-d-14-0083.1]

Gladkova, I., Kihai, Y., Ignatov, A., Shahriar, F., & Petrenko, B. (2015). SST Pattern Test in ACSPO Clear-Sky Mask for VIIRS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 160, 87-98. [10.1016/j.rse.2015.01.003]

Heidinger, A. K., Li, Y., Baum, B. A., Holz, R. E., Platnick, S., & Yang, P. (2015). Retrieval of Cirrus Cloud Optical Depth under Day and Night Conditions from MODIS Collection 6 Cloud Property Data. Remote Sensing, 7(6), 7257-7271. [10.3390/rs70607257]

Heron, S. F., Liu, G., Eakin, C. M., Skirving, W. J., Muller-Karger, F. E., De La Cour, J. L., Burgess, T. F. R., Strong, A. E., Geiger, E. F., Guild, L. S., & Lynds, S. (2015). Climatology Development for NOAA Coral Reef Watch\'s 5-Km Product Suite. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS, 145, 1-21

Howes, E. L., Joos, F., Eakin, M., & Gattuso, J.-P. (2015). The Oceans 2015 Initiative, Part I : An Updated Synthesis of the Observed and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Physical and Biological Processes in the Oceans. , 02, 1-52 http://www.iddri.org/Publications/Collections/Analyses/ST0215.pdf

Howes, E. L., Joos, F., Eakin, M., & Gattuso, J.-P. (2015). An Updated Synthesis of the Observed and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on the Chemical, Physical and Biological Processes in the Oceans. [Review]. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2. [10.3389/fmars.2015.00036]

Huff, A. K., Kondragunta, S., Zhang, H., & Hoff, R. M. (2015). Monitoring the Impacts of Wildfires on Forest Ecosystems and Public Health in the Exo-Urban Environment Using High-Resolution Satellite Aerosol Products from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Environ Health Insights, 9(Suppl 2), 9-18. [10.4137/ehi.s19590]

Islam, T., Srivastava, P. K., Dai, Q., Gupta, M., & Zhuo, L. (2015). Rain Rate Retrieval Algorithm for Conical-Scanning Microwave Imagers Aided by Random Forest, Rrelieff, and Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (Ramars). IEEE Sensors Journal, 15(4), 2186-2193. [10.1109/jsen.2014.2372814]

Islam, T., Srivastava, P. K., Rico-Ramirez, M. A., Dai, Q., Gupta, M., & Singh, S. K. (2015). Tracking a Tropical Cyclone through WRF-ARW Simulation and Sensitivity of Model Physics. Natural Hazards, 76(3), 1473-1495. [10.1007/s11069-014-1494-8]

Knaff, J. A., & Sampson, C. R. (2015). After a Decade Are Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Gale Force Wind Radii Forecasts Now Skillful? Weather and Forecasting, 30(3), 702-709. [10.1175/waf-d-14-00149.1]

Langford, A. O., Senff, C. J., Alvarez, R. J., II, Brioude, J., Cooper, O. R., Holloway, J. S., Lin, M. Y., Marchbanks, R. D., Pierce, R. B., Sandberg, S. P., Weickmann, A. M., & Williams, E. J. (2015). An Overview of the 2013 Las Vegas Ozone Study (LVOS): Impact of Stratospheric Intrusions and Long-Range Transport on Surface Air Quality. Atmospheric Environment, 109, 305-322. [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.040]

Le Traon, P. Y., Antoine, D., Bentamy, A., Bonekamp, H., Breivik, L. A., Chapron, B., Corlett, G., Dibarboure, G., DiGiacomo, P., Donlon, C., Faugère, Y., Font, J., Girard-Ardhuin, F., Gohin, F., Johannessen, J. A., Kamachi, M., Lagerloef, G., Lambin, J., Larnicol, G., Le Borgne, P., Leuliette, E., Lindstrom, E., Martin, M. J., Maturi, E., Miller, L., Mingsen, L., Morrow, R., Reul, N., Rio, M. H., Roquet, H., Santoleri, R., & Wilkin, J. (2015). Use of Satellite Observations for Operational Oceanography: Recent Achievements and Future Prospects. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 8(sup1), s12-s27. [10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022050]

Leuliette, E. W. (2015). The Balancing of the Sea-Level Budget. Current Climate Change Reports, 1(3), 185-191. [10.1007/s40641-015-0012-8]

Lin, Z., Stamnes, S., Jin, Z., Laszlo, I., Tsay, S. C., Wiscombe, W. J., & Stamnes, K. (2015). Improved Discrete Ordinate Solutions in the Presence of an Anisotropically Reflecting Lower Boundary: Upgrades of the Disort Computational Tool. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 157, 119-134. [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.02.014]

Meng, F., Cao, C., & Shao, X. (2015). Spatio-Temporal Variability of Suomi-NPP VIIRS-Derived Aerosol Optical Thickness over China in 2013. Remote Sensing of Environment, 163, 61-69. [10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.005]

Meyers, P. C., Ferraro, R. R., & Wang, N.-Y. (2015). Updated Screening Procedures for Gprof2010 over Land: Utilization for AMSR-E. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(5), 1015-1028. [10.1175/jtech-d-14-00149.1]

Mouw, C. B., Greb, S., Aurin, D., DiGiacomo, P. M., Lee, Z., Twardowski, M., Binding, C., Hu, C., Ma, R., Moore, T., Moses, W., & Craig, S. E. (2015). Aquatic Color Radiometry Remote Sensing of Coastal and Inland Waters: Challenges and Recommendations for Future Satellite Missions. Remote Sensing of Environment, 160, 15-30. [10.1016/j.rse.2015.02.001]

Naik, P., Wang, M., D\'Sa, E. J., & Mordy, C. W. (2015). Bering Sea Optical and Biological Properties from MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 163, 240-252. [10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.020]

Nunziata, F., Migliaccio, M., & Li, X. F. (2015). Sea Oil Slick Observation Using Hybrid-Polarity SAR Architecture. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 40(2), 426-440. [10.1109/joe.2014.2329424]

Oudrari, H., McIntire, J., Xiong, X., Butler, J., Lee, S., Lei, N., Schwarting, T., & Sun, J. (2015). Prelaunch Radiometric Characterization and Calibration of the S-NPP VIIRS Sensor. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(4), 2195-2210. [10.1109/tgrs.2014.2357678]

Padula, F., & Cao, C. (2015). Detector-Level Spectral Characterization of the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Long-Wave Infrared Bands M15 and M16. Applied Optics, 54(16), 5109-5116. [10.1364/ao.54.005109]

Powell, A. M., Jr., & Xu, J. (2015). Decadal Regime Shift Linkage between Global Marine Fish Landings and Atmospheric Planetary Wave Forcing. Earth System Dynamics, 6(1), 125-146. [10.5194/esd-6-125-2015]

Prigent, C., Liang, P., Tian, Y., Aires, F., Moncet, J. L., & Boukabara, S. A. (2015). Evaluation of Modeled Microwave Land Surface Emissivities with Satellite-Based Estimates. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(7), 2706-2718. [10.1002/2014jd021817]

Roebeling, R., Baum, B., Bennartz, R., Hamann, U., Heidinger, A., Meirink, J. F., Stengel, M., Thoss, A., Walther, A., & Watts, P. (2015). Summary of the Fourth Cloud Retrieval Evaluation Workshop. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(4), ES71-ES74. [10.1175/bams-d-14-00184.1]

Schmit, T. J., Goodman, S. J., Gunshor, M. M., Sieglaff, J., Heidinger, A. K., Bachmeier, A. S., Lindstrom, S. S., Terborg, A., Feltz, J., Bah, K., Rudlosky, S., Lindsey, D. T., Rabin, R. M., & Schmidt, C. C. (2015). Rapid Refresh Information of Significant Events: Preparing Users for the Next Generation of Geostationary Operational Satellites. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(4), 561-576. [10.1175/bams-d-13-00210.1]

Shabanov, N., Vargas, M., Miura, T., Sei, A., & Danial, A. (2015). Evaluation of the Performance of Suomi NPP VIIRS Top of Canopy Vegetation Indices over AERONET Sites. Remote Sensing of Environment, 162, 29-44. [10.1016/j.rse.2015.02.004]

Smith, T. M., & Arkin, P. A. (2015). Improved Historical Analysis of Oceanic Total Precipitable Water. Journal of Climate, 28(8), 3099-3121. [10.1175/jcli-d-14-00601.1]

Smith, W. H. F., & Scharroo, R. (2015). Waveform Aliasing in Satellite Radar Altimetry. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(4), 1671-1682. [10.1109/tgrs.2014.2331193]

Srivastava, P. K., Islam, T., Gupta, M., Petropoulos, G., & Dai, Q. (2015). Wrf Dynamical Downscaling and Bias Correction Schemes for NCEP Estimated Hydro-Meteorological Variables. Water Resources Management, 29(7), 2267-2284. [10.1007/s11269-015-0940-z]

Srivastava, P. K., Mehta, A., Gupta, M., Singh, S. K., & Islam, T. (2015). Assessing Impact of Climate Change on Mundra Mangrove Forest Ecosystem, Gulf of Kutch, Western Coast of India: A Synergistic Evaluation Using Remote Sensing. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 120(3-4), 685-700. [10.1007/s00704-014-1206-z]

Sun, B., Free, M., Yoo, H. L., Foster, M. J., Heidinger, A., & Karlsson, K.-G. (2015). Variability and Trends in U.S. Cloud Cover: Isccp, PATMOS-X, and Clara-A1 Compared to Homogeneity-Adjusted Weather Observations. Journal of Climate, 28(11), 4373-4389. [10.1175/jcli-d-14-00805.1]

Sun, D., Yu, Y., Yang, H., Fang, L., Liu, Q., & Shi, J. (2015). A Case Study for Intercomparison of Land Surface Temperature Retrieved from GOES and MODIS. International Journal of Digital Earth, 8(6), 476-494. [10.1080/17538947.2014.906509]

Vega-Rodriguez, M., Muller-Karger, F. E., Hallock, P., Quiles-Perez, G. A., Eakin, C. M., Colella, M., Jones, D. L., Li, J., Soto, I., Guild, L., Lynds, S., & Ruzicka, R. (2015). Influence of Water-Temperature Variability on Stony Coral Diversity in Florida Keys Patch Reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 528, 173-186. [10.3354/meps11268]

Volkamer, R., Baidar, S., Campos, T. L., Coburn, S., DiGangi, J. P., Dix, B., Eloranta, E. W., Koenig, T. K., Morley, B., Ortega, I., Pierce, B. R., Reeves, M., Sinreich, R., Wang, S., Zondlo, M. A., & Romashkin, P. A. (2015). Aircraft Measurements of BrO, Io, Glyoxal, No2, H2o, O-2-O-2 and Aerosol Extinction Profiles in the Tropics: Comparison with Aircraft-/Ship-Based in Situ and Lidar Measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 8(5), 2121-2148. [10.5194/amt-8-2121-2015]

Wang, D. D., Liang, S. L., He, T., Yu, Y. Y., Schaaf, C., & Wang, Z. S. (2015). Estimating Daily Mean Land Surface Albedo from MODIS Data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(10), 4825-4841. [10.1002/2015jd023178]

Wang, J. H., Young, K., Hock, T., Lauritsen, D., Behringer, D., Black, M., Black, P. G., Franklin, J., Halverson, J., Molinari, J., Nguyen, L., Reale, T., Smith, J., Sun, B. M., Wang, Q., & Zhang, J. A. (2015). A Long-Term, High-Quality, High-Vertical-Resolution GPS Dropsonde Dataset for Hurricane and Other Studies. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(6), 961-973. [10.1175/bams-d-13-00203.1]

Wang, M., Shi, W., Jiang, L., Liu, X., Son, S., & Voss, K. (2015). Technique for Monitoring Performance of VIIRS Reflective Solar Bands for Ocean Color Data Processing. Optics Express, 23(11), 14446-14460. [10.1364/oe.23.014446]

Wang, P., Li, J., Goldberg, M. D., Schmit, T. J., Lim, A. H. N., Li, Z., Han, H., Li, J., & Ackerman, S. A. (2015). Assimilation of Thermodynamic Information from Advanced Infrared Sounders under Partially Cloudy Skies for Regional NWP. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(11), 5469-5484. [10.1002/2014jd022976]

Wei, J., Lee, Z., Lewis, M., Pahlevan, N., Ondrusek, M., & Armstrong, R. (2015). Radiance Transmittance Measured at the Ocean Surface. Optics Express, 23(9), 11826-11837. [10.1364/oe.23.011826]

Xu, F., Li, X., Wang, P., Yang, J., Pichel, W. G., & Jin, Y.-Q. (2015). A Backscattering Model of Rainfall over Rough Sea Surface for Synthetic Aperture Radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(6), 3042-3054. [10.1109/tgrs.2014.2367654]

Xu, J., & Powell, A. M., Jr. (2015). Extreme Events of Stratospheric Stationary Waves and Indications for Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling: Simultaneous Analysis in Boreal Winter. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 120(3-4), 661-671. [10.1007/s00704-014-1203-2]

Yates, E. L., Iraci, L. T., Austerberry, D., Pierce, R. B., Roby, M. C., Tadic, J. M., Loewenstein, M., & Gore, W. (2015). Characterizing the Impacts of Vertical Transport and Photochemical Ozone Production on an Exceedance Area. Atmospheric Environment, 109, 342-350. [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.002]

Yin, J., Zhan, X., Zheng, Y., Liu, J., Fang, L., & Hain, C. R. (2015). Enhancing Model Skill by Assimilating Smops Blended Soil Moisture Product into Noah Land Surface Model. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(2), 917-931. [10.1175/jhm-d-14-0070.1]

You, Y., Wang, N.-Y., & Ferraro, R. (2015). A Prototype Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm over Land Using Passive Microwave Observations Stratified by Surface Condition and Precipitation Vertical Structure. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(11), 5295-5315. [10.1002/2014jd022534]

Zheng, G., DiGiacomo, P. M., Kaushal, S. S., Yuen-Murphy, M. A., & Duan, S. (2015). Evolution of Sediment Plumes in the Chesapeake Bay and Implications of Climate Variability. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(11), 6494-6503. [10.1021/es506361p]

Zheng, G., Stramski, D., & DiGiacomo, P. M. (2015). A Model for Partitioning the Light Absorption Coefficient of Natural Waters into Phytoplankton, Nonalgal Particulate, and Colored Dissolved Organic Components: A Case Study for the Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(4), 2601-2621. [10.1002/2014jc010604]

Zheng, J., Li, J., Schmit, T. J., Li, J., & Liu, Z. (2015). The Impact of AIRS Atmospheric Temperature and Moisture Profiles on Hurricane Forecasts: Ike (2008) and Irene (2011). Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 32(3), 319-335. [10.1007/s00376-014-3162-z]

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Alsweiss, S. O., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., Park, J. D., & Meyers, P. (2015). Inter-Calibration Results of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-2 over Ocean. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 8(9), 4230-4238. [10.1109/jstars.2014.2330980]

Atlas, R., Hoffman, R. N., Ma, Z., Emmitt, G. D., Wood, S. A., Jr., Greco, S., Tucker, S., Bucci, L., Annane, B., Hardesty, R. M., & Murillo, S. (2015). Observing System Simulation Experiments (Osses) to Evaluate the Potential Impact of an Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar (OAWL) on Numerical Weather Prediction. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(9), 1593-1613. [10.1175/jtech-d-15-0038.1]

Cai, L., Tang, D., Li, X., Zheng, H., & Shao, W. (2015). Remote Sensing of Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Suspended Sediment and Analysis of Related Environmental Factors in Hangzhou Bay, China. Remote Sensing Letters, 6(8), 597-603. [10.1080/2150704x.2015.1062158]

Carr, N., Kirstetter, P. E., Hong, Y., Gourley, J. J., Schwaller, M., Petersen, W., Wang, N.-Y., Ferraro, R. R., & Xue, X. (2015). The Influence of Surface and Precipitation Characteristics on TRMM Microwave Imager Rainfall Retrieval Uncertainty. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(4), 1596-1614. [10.1175/jhm-d-14-0194.1]

Chen, Y., Weng, F., & Han, Y. (2015). SI Traceable Algorithm for Characterizing Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder CrIS Noise. Applied Optics, 54(26), 7889-7894. [10.1364/AO.54.007889]

Dai, Q., Han, D., Zhuo, L., Huang, J., Islam, T., & Srivastava, P. K. (2015). Impact of Complexity of Radar Rainfall Uncertainty Model on Flow Simulation. Atmospheric Research, 161, 93-101. [10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.04.002]

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