JOURNAL ARTICLES AND TECHNICAL PAPERS

Winker, D., W. Hunt, and M. McGill (2007), Initial performance assessment of CALIOP, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L19803, doi:10.1029/2007GL030135. [View Paper on-line.]

McGill, M. J., M. A. Vaughan, C. R. Trepte, W. D. Hart, D. L. Hlavka, D. M. Winker, and R. Kuehn (2007), Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar, J. Geophys. Res. , 112, D20201, doi:10.1029/2007JD008768 [View Paper on-line.]

Hu, Y., M. Vaughan, Z. Liu, K. Powell, and S. Rodier (2007), Retrieving Optical Depths and Lidar Ratios for Transparent Layers Above Opaque Water Clouds From CALIPSO Lidar Measurements,Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE , vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 523-526, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2007.901085 [View Paper on-line.]

Y. Hu, M. Vaughan, C. McClain, M. Behrenfeld, H. Maring, D. Anderson, S. Sun-Mack, D. Flittner, J. Huang, B. Wielicki, P. Minnis, C. Weimer, C. Trepte, and R. Kuehn (2007), Global statistics of liquid water content and effective number density of water clouds over ocean derived from combined CALIPSO and MODIS measurements, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 7, pp. 3353-3359 [View Paper on-line.]

Hu, Y., K. Powell, M. Vaughan, C. Tepte, C. Weimer, M. Beherenfeld, S. Young, D. Winker, C. Hostetler, W. Hunt, R. Kuehn, D. Flittner, M. Cisewski, G. Gibson, B. Lin, and D. MacDonnell (2007), Elevation information in tail (EIT) technique for lidar altimetry, Opt. Express, 15, 14504-14515 [View Paper on-line.]

Hu, Y., M. Vaughan, Z. Liu, B. Lin, P. Yang, D. Flittner, B. Hunt, R. Kuehn, J. Huang, D. Wu, S. Rodier, K. Powell, C. Trepte, and D. Winker (2007), The depolarization-attenuated backscatter relation: CALIPSO lidar measurements vs. theory, Opt. Express, 15, 5327-5332[View Paper on-line.]

Hu, Y. (2007), Depolarization ratio-effective lidar ratio relation: Theoretical basis for space lidar cloud phase discrimination,Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L11812, doi:10.1029/2007GL029584 [View Paper on-line.]

Huang, J., Minnis, P., Yi, Y., Tang, Q., Wang, X., Hu, Y., Liu, Z., Ayers, K., Trepte, C., Winker, D. (2007). Summer dust aerosols detected from CALIPSO over the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L18805, doi:10.1029/2007GL029938. [Download Paper (PDF, 448K)]

Berthier, S., Chazette, P., Couvert, P., Pelon, J., Dulac, F., Thieuleux, F., Moulin, C., and Pain, T. (2006). Desert dust aerosol columnar properties over ocean and continental Africa from Lidar in-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) and Meteosat synergy. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D21202, doi:10.1029/2005JD006999. [Enter the DOI number into this form field to retrieve paper from AGU archive]

Hu, Y., Liu, Z., Winker, D., Vaughan, M., Noel, V., Bissonnette, L., Roy, G., and McGill, M. (2006). A simple relation between depolarization and multiple scattering of water clouds and its application for lidar calibration. Optics Letters, Vol. 31, pp. 1809-1811. [Download Paper (PDF, 199K)]

Liu, Z., Hunt, W., Vaughan, M., Hostetler, C., McGill, M., Powell, K., Winker, D., and Hu, Y. (2006). Estimating random errors due to shot noise in backscatter lidar observations. Applied Optics, Vol. 45, 18, pp. 4437-4447. [Download Paper (PDF, 1.0MB)]

Omar, Ali H., Won, Jae-Gwang, Winker, David M., Yoon, Soon-Chang, Dubovik, Oleg, and McCormick, M. Patrick (2005). Development of global aerosol models using cluster analysis of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110, D10S14, doi:10.1029/2004JD004874. [Download Paper (PDF, 1.2MB)]

Hu, Y. (2004). Circular component measurements and particle shape determination: a Monte Carlo simulation study. Laser Radar Technology for Remote Sensing, Proc. SPIE, 5240, pp. 94-103. [Download Paper (PDF, 196K)]

Liu, Z., McGill, M. J., Hu, Y., Hostetler, C. A., Vaughan, M., and Winker, D. (2004). Validating lidar depolarization calibration using solar radiation scattered by ice clouds. Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens. Lett. , 1, pp. 157-161. [View Paper], or [Download Paper (PDF, 298K)]

Liu, Z., Vaughan, M., Winker, D., Hostetler, C. A., Poole, L. R., Hlavka, D. L., Hart, W. D., and McGill, M. J. (2004). Use of probability distribution functions for discriminating between cloud and aerosol in lidar backscatter data. J. Geophys. Res. , 109, D15202, doi:10.1029/2004JD004732. [Dowload Paper (PDF, 773K)]

McGill, M. J., Li, L., Hart, W. D., Heymsfield, G. M., Hlavka, D. L., Racette, P. E., Tian, L., Vaughan, M. A., and Winker, D. M. (2004). Combined lidar-radar remote sensing: Initial results from CRYSTAL-FACE. J. Geophys. Res. , 109, D7, D07203, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004030. [Enter the DOI number into this form field to retrieve paper from AGU archive]

Noel, V., Winker, D. M., McGill, M., and Lawson, P. (2004). Classification of particle shapes from lidar depolarization ratio in convective ice clouds compared to in situ observations during CRYSTAL-FACE. J. Geophys. Res. , 109, D24213, doi:10.1029/2004JD004883. [Enter the DOI number into this form field to retrieve paper from AGU archive]

Omar, A., Winker, D., and Won, J. (2004). Aerosol models for the CALIPSO lidar inversion algorithms. Laser Radar Technology for Remote Sensing, Proc. SPIE, 5240, pp. 153-164. [Download Paper (PDF, 528K)]

Santa Maria, M., and Winker, D. (2004). Applications of theoretical optical parameters from a transport model to the quantification and qualification of aerosol populations of a lidar in space data retrieval. Laser Radar Technology for Remote Sensing, Proc. SPIE, 5240, pp. 235-242. [Download Paper (PDF, 1MB)]

Vaughan, M. (2004). Algorithm for retrieving lidar ratios at 1064 nm from space-based lidar backscatter data. Laser Radar Technology for Remote Sensing, Proc. SPIE, 5240, pp. 104-115. [Download Paper (PDF, 572K)]

Vaughan, M., Young, S., Winker, D., Powell, K., Omar, A., Liu, Z., Hu, Y., and Hostetler, C. (2004). Fully automated analysis of space-based lidar data: an overview of the CALIPSO retrieval algorithms and data products. Proc. SPIE, 5575, pp. 16-30. [Download Paper (PDF, 800K)]

Winker, D. M., Hunt, W. H. and Hostetler, C. A. (2004). Status and Performance of the CALIOP Lidar. Proc. SPIE, 5575, pp. 8-15. [Download Paper (PDF, 292K)]

Winker, D. M., Pelon, J., and McCormick, M. P. (2003). The CALIPSO mission: Spaceborne lidar for observation of aerosols and clouds. Proc. SPIE, 4893, pp. 1-11. [Download Paper (PDF, 340K)]

Winker, D. M. (2003) Accounting for Multiple Scattering in Retrievals from Space Lidar. Proc. SPIE, 5059, pp. 128-139. [Download Paper (PDF, 280K)]

Anderson, T. L., Charlson, R. J., Winker, D. M., Ogren, J. A., and Holmén, K. (2002). Mesoscale variations of tropospheric aerosols. J. of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60, pp.119-136. [Download Paper (PDF, 340 K)]

Currey, J. C. (2002). Geolocation Assessment Algorithm for CALIPSO Using Coastline Detection. NASA Technical Paper, TP-2002-211956, 22 pp.

Masonis, S. J., Anderson, T. L., and Covert, D. S. (2002). A study of the extinction-to-backscatter ratio and its relation to other aerosol optical properties during the Shoreline Environment Aerosol Study with a comparison to a polluted site and to Mie theory. J. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. [View Online Extended Abstract (PDF, 307K)]

Masonis, S. J., Franke, K., Ansmann, A., Mueller, D., Althausen, D., Ogren, J. A., Jefferson A., and Sheridan, P. J. (2002). An intercomparison of aerosol light extinction and 180° backscatter as derived using in-situ instruments and Raman lidar during the INDOEX field campaign. J. of Geophysical Research, 107, D19, 8014, doi:10.1029/2000JD000035.[Enter the DOI number into this form field to retrieve paper from AGU archive]

Platt, C. M. R., Young, S. A., Austin, R. T., and Patterson, G. R. (2002). LIRAD Observations of Tropical Cirrus Clouds in MCTEX, Part I: Optical Properties and Detection of Small Particles in Cold Cirrus. J. of the Atmospheric Sciences, 59, 22, pp. 3145-3162, doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059. [View On-line Abstract]

Reagan, J. A., Wang, X., and Osborn, M. T. (2002). Spaceborne lidar calibration from cirrus and molecular backscatter returns. Trans. Geosci. & Rem. Sens. , 40, 2285-2290. [Download Paper (PDF, 364K)]

Young, S. A. (2002). The Hybrid Extinction Retrieval Algorithms (HERA). CSIRO Atmospheric Research Technical Paper, 54, 28 pp.

Hoff, R. M., Vandermeer, A., and Spacek, L. (2001). LITE/NARCM retrievals and implications for future missions. Advances in Laser Remote Sensing, A. Dabas, C. Loth and J. Pelon, eds., France, pp. 27-30.

Hu, Y.-X., Winker, D. M., Yang, P., Baum, B., Poole, L., and Vann, L. (2001). Identification of cloud phase from PICASSO-CENA lidar depolarization: A multiple scattering sensitivity study. J. Quant. Soc. Rad. Trans. , 70, pp. 569-579.

Masonis, S. J. (2001). An empirical study of the lidar ratio and its variability, with implications for determining climate forcing by satellite-borne lidar. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Anderson, T. L., Masonis, S. J., Covert, D. S., Charlson, R. J., and Rood, M. J. (2000). In-situ measurement of the aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio at a polluted continental site. J. of Geophysical Research, 105, 26907-26915. [Enter the DOI number into this form field to retrieve paper from AGU archive]

Charlson, R. J., Anderson, T. L., and Rodhe, H. (1999). Direct Climate Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols: Quantifying the Link Between Atmospheric Sulfate and Radiation. Contr. Atmospheric Physics, 72, 1, pp. 79-94.

Platt, C. M. R., Winker, D. M., Vaughan, M. A., and Miller, S. D. (1999). Backscatter to extinction ratios in the top layers of tropical mesoscale convective systems and in isolated cirrus from LITE observations. J. of Applied Meteorology, 38, pp.1330-1345. [View On-line Abstract]

Winker, D. M., and Wielicki, B. A. (1999). The PICASSO-CENA Mission. Sensors, Systems, and Next Generation Satellites, H. Fujisada, Ed. Proc. SPIE, 3870, pp. 2636.

Winker, D. M., and Vaughan, M. A. (1994). Vertical Distribution of Clouds Over Hampton, Virginia Observed by Lidar Under the ECLIPS and FIRE ETO Programs. Atmospheric Research, 34, 117-133.