Kirk Ayers
Organization:
NASA Langley Research Center
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
Co-Authored Publications:
- Rémillard, J., et al. (2017), Use of Cloud Radar Doppler Spectra to Evaluate Stratocumulus Drizzle Size Distributions in Large-Eddy Simulations with Size-Resolved Microphysics, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 56, 3263-3283, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0100.1.
- Sun, W., et al. (2017), A FDTD solution of scattering of laser beam with orbital angular momentum by dielectric particles: Far-field characteristics, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 188, 200-213, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.02.006.
- Fan, J., et al. (2014), Aerosol impacts on California winter clouds and precipitation during CalWater 2011: local pollution versus long-range transported dust, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 81-101, doi:10.5194/acp-14-81-2014.
- Minnis, P., et al. (2013), Linear contrail and contrail cirrus properties determined from satellite data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3220-3226, doi:10.1002/grl.50569.
- Hong, G., et al. (2012), Estimating effective particle size of tropical deep convective clouds with a look-up table method using satellite measurements of brightness temperature differences, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D06207, doi:10.1029/2011JD016652.
- Minnis, P., et al. (2012), Simulations of Infrared Radiances over a Deep Convective Cloud System Observed during TC4: Potential for Enhancing Nocturnal Ice Cloud Retrievals, Remote Sens., 4, 3022-3054, doi:10.3390/rs4103022.
- Painemal, D., et al. (2012), GOES-10 microphysical retrievals in marine warm clouds: Multi-instrument validation and daytime cycle over the southeast Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D19212, doi:10.1029/2012JD017822.
- Renault, L., et al. (2012), Upwelling response to atmospheric coastal jets off central Chile: A modeling study of the October 2000 event, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C02030, doi:10.1029/2011JC007446.
- Saide Peralta, et al. (2012), Improving aerosol distributions below clouds by assimilating satellite-retrieved cloud droplet number, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 109, 11939, doi:10.1073/pnas.1205877109.
- Li, J., et al. (2011), Radiative effect differences between multi-layered and single-layer clouds derived from CERES, CALIPSO, and CloudSat data, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112, 361-375, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.10.006.
- Minnis, P., et al. (2011), CERES Edition-2 cloud property retrievals using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS data, Part II: Examples of average results and comparisons with other data, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 49, 11-2892).
- Minnis, P., et al. (2011), CERES Edition-2 cloud property retrievals using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS data, Part I: Algorithms, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 49, 11-2892).
- Zheng, X., et al. (2011), Observations of the boundary layer, cloud, and aerosol variability in the southeast Pacific near-coastal marine stratocumulus during VOCALS-REx, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 9943-9959, doi:10.5194/acp-11-9943-2011.
- Chang, F., et al. (2010), Evaluation of satellite‐based upper troposphere cloud top height retrievals in multilayer cloud conditions during TC4, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J05, doi:10.1029/2009JD013305.
- Huang, J., et al. (2010), Dust aerosol effect on semi-arid climate over Northwest China detected from A-Train satellite measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 6863-6872, doi:10.5194/acp-10-6863-2010.
- Wang, W., et al. (2010), Dusty cloud properties and radiative forcing over dust source and downwind regions derived from A‐Train data during the Pacific Dust Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00H35, doi:10.1029/2010JD014109.
- Yost, C., et al. (2010), Comparison of GOES‐retrieved and in situ measurements of deep convective anvil cloud microphysical properties during the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4), J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J06, doi:10.1029/2009JD013313.
- Zheng, X., et al. (2010), Observed aerosol and liquid water path relationships in marine stratocumulus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L17803, doi:10.1029/2010GL044095.
- Allen, G., et al. (2009), Modulation of tropical convection by breaking Rossby waves, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 125-137, doi:10.1002/qj.349.
- Brioude, J., et al. (2009), Effect of biomass burning on marine stratocumulus clouds off the California coast, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8841-8856, doi:10.5194/acp-9-8841-2009.
- Huang, J., et al. (2008), Long-range transport and vertical structure of Asian dust from CALIPSO and surface measurements during PACDEX, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D23212, doi:10.1029/2008JD010620.
- Huang, J., et al. (2007), Summer dust aerosols detected from CALIPSO over the Tibetan Plateau, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L18805, doi:10.1029/2007GL029938.
- Minnis, P., et al. (2007), Ice cloud properties in ice-over-water cloud systems using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) visible and infrared scanner and TRMM Microwave Imager data, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06206, doi:10.1029/2006JD007626.
- Huang, J., et al. (2006), Determination of ice water path in ice-over-water cloud systems using combined MODIS and AMSR-E measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L21801, doi:10.1029/2006GL027038.
- Huang, J., et al. (2006), Possible influences of Asian dust aerosols on cloud properties and radiative forcing observed from MODIS and CERES, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06824, doi:10.1029/2005GL024724.
- Huang, J., et al. (2006), Satellite-based assessment of possible dust aerosols semi-direct effect on cloud water path over East Asia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19802, doi:10.1029/2006GL026561.
- Minnis, P., et al. (2005), Contrail properties over the eastern North Pacific from AVHRR data, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14, 515-523, doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0056.
- Minnis, P., et al. (2005), Relationships between radiosonde and RUC-2 meteorological conditions and cloud occurrence determined from ARM data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D23204, doi:10.1029/2005JD006005.
- Minnis, P., et al. (2004), Contrails, Cirrus Trends, and Climate, J. Climate, 17, 1671-1685.