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Michael D. King
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University of Colorado, Boulder
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First Author Publications:
- King, M. D. (2015), Research: Satellites and Satellite Remote Sensing, In: Gerald R. North (editor-in-chief), John Pyle and Fuqing Zhang (editors). Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 2nd edition, 5, 128-137, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-382225-3.00363-7.
- King, M. D., et al. (2013), Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Clouds Observed by MODIS Onboard the Terra and Aqua Satellites, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 51, 3826-3852, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2227333.
- King, M. D., and O. Dubovik (2013), Determination of aerosol optical properties from inverse methods, Aerosol Remote Sensing, 101-136.
- King, M. D., and O. Dubovik (2013), Determination of aerosol optical properties from inverse methods, in J. Lenoble et al. (eds.), Aerosol Remote Sensing, Springer Praxis Books, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-17725-5_5.
- King, M. D., et al. (2010), Remote sensing of radiative and microphysical properties of clouds during TC4: Results from MAS, MASTER, MODIS, and MISR, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J07, doi:10.1029/2009JD013277.
- King, M. D., et al. (2004), Remote Sensing of Liquid Water and Ice Cloud Optical Thickness and Effective Radius in the Arctic: Application of Airborne Multispectral MAS Data, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 857-875.
- King, M. D., et al. (2003), Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 442-458, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2002.808226.
- King, M. D., et al. (2003), Remote sensing of smoke, land, and clouds from the NASA ER-2 during SAFARI 2000, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8502, doi:10.1029/2002JD003207.
- King, M. D., et al. (1996), Airborne Scanning Spectrometer for Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, Water Vapor, and Surface Properties, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 13, 777-794, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013.
- King, M. D., et al. (1986), Multiwavelength scanning radiometer for airborne measurements of scattered radiation within clouds, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 3, 513-522.
Co-Authored Publications:
- Ding, J., et al. (2017), Validation of quasi-invariant ice cloud radiative quantities with MODIS satellite-based cloud property retrievals, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 194, 47-57, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.03.025.
- Platnick, S., et al. (2017), The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 55, 502-525, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2610522.
- Saito, M., et al. (2017), Ice particle morphology and microphysical properties of cirrus clouds inferred from combined CALIOP-IIR measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 4440-4462, doi:10.1002/2016JD026080.
- Yi, B., et al. (2017), A comparison of Aqua MODIS ice and liquid water cloud physical and optical properties between collection 6 and collection 5.1: Cloud radiative effects, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 4550-4564, doi:10.1002/2016JD025654.
- Yi, B., et al. (2017), A comparison of Aqua MODIS ice and liquid water cloud physical and optical properties between collection 6 and collection 5.1: Pixel-to-pixel comparisons, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 4528-4549, doi:10.1002/2016JD025586.
- Ding, J., et al. (2016), Ice cloud backscatter study and comparison with CALIPSO and MODIS satellite data Jiachen Ding,1 Ping Yang,1,* Robert E. Holz,2 Steven Platnick,3 Kerry G. Meyer,3,4 Mark, Optics Express, 24, 620-636, doi:10.1364/OE.24.000620.
- Gatebe, C., and M. D. King (2016), Airborne spectral BRDF of various surface types (ocean, vegetation, snow, desert, wetlands, cloud decks, smoke layers) for remote sensing applications, Remote Sensing of Environment, 179, 131-148, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.029.
- Hioki, S., et al. (2016), Degree of ice particle surface roughness inferred from polarimetric observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 7545-7558, doi:10.5194/acp-16-7545-2016.
- Song, S., et al. (2016), The spectral signature of cloud spatial structure in shortwave irradiance, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 13791-13806, doi:10.5194/acp-16-13791-2016.
- Gatebe, C., et al. (2012), Taking the pulse of pyrocumulus clouds, Atmos. Environ., 52, 121-130, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.01.045.
- 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.
- Kindel, B. C., et al. (2011), Solar spectral absorption by marine stratus clouds: Measurements and modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D10203, doi:10.1029/2010JD015071.
- Román, M. O., et al. (2011), Variability in surface BRDF at different spatial scales (30 m–500 m) over a mixed agricultural landscape as retrieved from airborne and satellite spectral measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 2184-2203, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.012.
- Gatebe, C., et al. (2010), Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface optical properties from combined airborne- and ground-based direct and diffuse radiometric measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 1-18, doi:10.5194/acp-10-1-2010.
- Lyapustin, A., et al. (2010), Analysis of snow bidirectional reflectance from ARCTAS Spring-2008 Campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 4359-4375, doi:10.5194/acp-10-4359-2010.
- Schmidt, S., et al. (2010), Apparent absorption of solar spectral irradiance in heterogeneous ice clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J22, doi:10.1029/2009JD013124.
- Wind, G., et al. (2010), Multilayer Cloud Detection with the MODIS Near-Infrared Water Vapor Absorption Band, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 49, 2315-2333, doi:10.1175/2010JAMC2364.1.
- Moody, E. G., et al. (2008), MODIS-Derived Spatially Complete Surface Albedo Products: Spatial and Temporal Pixel Distribution and Zonal Averages, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 47, 2879-2894, doi:10.1175/2008JAMC1795.1.
- Gatebe, C., et al. (2007), Characterization of errors in the use of integrating-sphere systems in the calibration of scanning radiometers, Appl. Opt., 46, 7640-7651.
- Hong, G., et al. (2007), High cloud properties from three years of MODIS Terra and Aqua collection 4 data over the tropics, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 46, 1840-1856, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1583.1.
- Moody, E. G., et al. (2007), Northern Hemisphere five-year average (2000–2004) spectral albedos of surfaces in the presence of snow: Statistics computed from Terra MODIS land products, Remote Sensing of Environment, 111, 337-345, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.03.026.
- Yang, P., et al. (2007), Differences Between Collection 4 and 5 MODIS Ice Cloud Optical/Microphysical Products and Their Impact on Radiative Forcing Simulations, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 45, 2886-2899, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2007.898276.
- Abdou, W., et al. (2006), Sua Pan Surface Bidirectional Reflectance: A Case Study to Evaluate the Effect of Atmospheric Correction on the Surface Products of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) During SAFARI 2000, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 44, 1699-1706, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.876031.
- Hsu, N. C., et al. (2006), Deep Blue Retrievals of Asian Aerosol Properties during ACE-Asia, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 44, 3180-3195, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.879540.
- Baum, B. A., et al. (2005), Bulk Scattering Properties for the Remote Sensing of Ice Clouds. Part II: Narrowband Models, J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 1896-1911, doi:10.1175/JAM2309.1.
- Gatebe, C., et al. (2005), Airborne Spectral Measurements of Ocean Directional Reflectance, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1072-1092.
- Jin, M., J. M. Shepherd, and M. D. King (2005), Urban aerosols and their variations with clouds and rainfall: A case study for New York and Houston, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S20, doi:10.1029/2004JD005081.
- Mace, J., et al. (2005), Evaluation of Cirrus Cloud Properties Derived from MODIS Data Using Cloud Properties Derived from Ground-Based Observations Collected at the ARM SGP Site, J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 221-240.
- Moody, E. G., et al. (2005), Spatially Complete Global Spectral Surface Albedos: Value-Added Datasets Derived From Terra MODIS Land Products, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 43, 144-158, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2004.838359.
- Hsu, N. C., et al. (2004), Aerosol properties over bright-reflecting source regions, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 42, 557-569, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2004.824067.
- Gatebe, C., et al. (2003), Airborne spectral measurements of surface–atmosphere anisotropy for several surfaces and ecosystems over southern Africa, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8489, doi:10.1029/2002JD002397.
- Platnick, S., et al. (2003), The MODIS cloud products: Algorithms and examples From Terra, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 459-473, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2002.808301.
- Swap, B., et al. (2003), Africa burning: A thematic analysis of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000), J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8465, doi:10.1029/2003JD003747.
- Arnold, G. T., et al. (2002), Airborne spectral measurements of surface–atmosphere anisotropy for arctic sea ice and tundra, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 23, 3763-3781, doi:10.1080/01431160110117373.
- Dubovik, O., et al. (2002), Variability of absorption and optical properties of key aerosol types observed in worldwide locations, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 590-608.
- Swap, B., et al. (2002), The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000): Overview of the dry season field campaign, S. African J. Sci., 98, 125-130.
- Gatebe, C., et al. (2001), Sensitivity of off-nadir zenith angles to correlation between visible and near-infrared reflectance for use in remote sensing of aerosol over land, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39, 805-819.
- Marchand, R., et al. (2001), Multiangle observations of Arctic clouds from FIRE ACE: June 3, 1998, case study, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 15201-15214.
- Platnick, S., et al. (2001), A solar reflectance method for retrieving the optical thickness and droplet size of liquid water clouds over snow and ice surfaces, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 15185-15199.
- Baum, B. A., et al. (2000), Remote sensing of cloud properties using MODIS airborne simulator imagery during SUCCESS II. Cloud thermodynamic phase, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11781-11792.
- Dubovik, O., et al. (2000), Accuracy assessments of aerosol optical properties retrieved from Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Sun and sky radiance measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9791-9806, doi:10.1029/2000JD900040.
- Dubovik, O., and M. D. King (2000), A flexible inversion algorithm for retrieval of aerosol optical properties from Sun and sky radiance measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 20673-20696.
- Durkee, P. A., et al. (2000), Composite ship track characteristics, J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2542-2553.
- Platnick, S., et al. (2000), The role of background cloud microphysics in the radiative formation of ship tracks, J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2607-2624.
- Rolland, P., et al. (2000), Remote sensing of optical and microphysical properties of cirrus clouds using Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer channels: Methodology and sensitivity to physical assumptions, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11721-11738.
- Soulen, P. F., et al. (2000), Airborne spectral measurements of surface-atmosphere anisotropy during the SCAR-A, Kuwait oil fire, and TARFOX experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 10203-10218.