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Kenneth Sassen
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University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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Geophysical Institute
Fairbanks, AK 99775
United StatesFirst Author Publications:
- Sassen, K., and Z. Wang (2012), The Clouds of the Middle Troposphere: Composition,Radiative Impact, and Global Distribution, Surv. Geophys., 33, 677-691, doi:10.1007/s10712-011-9163-x.
- Sassen, K., Z. Wang, and D. Liu (2009), Cirrus clouds and deep convection in the tropics: Insights from CALIPSO and CloudSat, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00H06, doi:10.1029/2009JD011916.
- Sassen, K., Z. Wang, and D. Liu (2008), Global distribution of cirrus clouds from CloudSat/Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A12, doi:10.1029/2008JD009972.
- Sassen, K., and Z. Wang (2008), Classifying clouds around the globe with the CloudSat radar: 1-year of results, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04805, doi:10.1029/2007GL032591.
- Sassen, K., S. Matrosov, and J. Campbell (2007), CloudSat spaceborne 94 GHz radar bright bands in the melting layer: An attenuation-driven upside-down lidar analog, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16818, doi:10.1029/2007GL030291.
- Sassen, K., et al. (2003), Saharan dust storms and indirect aerosol effects on clouds: CRYSTAL-FACE results, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1633, doi:10.1029/2003GL017371.
Co-Authored Publications:
- DeMott, P. J., et al. (2009), Correction to ‘‘African dust aerosols as atmospheric ice nuclei’’, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07808, doi:10.1029/2009GL037639.
- DeMott, P. J., et al. (2003), African dust aerosols as atmospheric ice nuclei, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1732, doi:10.1029/2003GL017410.
- Lin, R. F., et al. (2002), Cirrus Parcel Model Comparison Project, Phase 1: The critical components to simulate cirrus initiation explicitly, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2305-2329.
- Kinne, S., et al. (1992), Cirrus Microphysics and Radiative Transfer: Cloud Field Study on 28 October 1986, 661 (manuscript in preparation).