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RADIATION PROCESSES
IN THE ATMOSPHERE
AND OCEAN (IRS2012)Proceedings of the International Radiation
Symposium (IRC/IAMAS)
Dahlem Cube, Free University, Berlin 6-10 August 2012
EDITORS
Robert F. CahalanNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
Maryland, USA
Jurgen FischerFree University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
All papers have been peer reviewed.
SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
Free University of BerlinKarlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT)Leibniz Institute of Tropospheric Research (IFT)German
Aerospace Center (DLR)European Space Agency (ESA)German Weather
Service (DWD)European Organization for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
AIPI PublishingMelville, New York, 2013
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AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1531RADIATION PROCESSES IN
THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN (IRS2012)
Proceedings of the International Radiation Symposium
(IRC/IAMAS)
Table of Contents
Preface: Radiation Processes in the Atmosphere and Ocean
Robert F. Cahalan
Acknowledgments 7
PLENARY SESSION
UNION - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND CURRENT TOPICS IN
RADIATION
PROCESSES IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN
Conveners: R. F. Cahalan, W. Schmutz, B. J. Sohn, and J.
Fischer
125 years of radiative transfer: Enduring triumphs and
persisting misconceptionsMichael I. Mishchenko 11
Active remote sensing of cloud microphysicsHaj ime Okamoto
19
MIPAS: 10 years of spectroscopic measurements for investigating
atmospheric
compositionHerbert Fischer 23
Status of high spectral resolution IR for advancing atmospheric
state characterizationand climate trend benchmarking: A period of
both opportunity realizedand squandered
Henry Revercomb, Fred Best, Robert Knuteson, David Tobin, Joe
Taylor, and Jon Gero 27
Growing up MODIS: Towards a mature aerosol climate data
recordRobert C.Levy 31
Radiative transfer and regional climate changeKuo-Nan Liou
35
Ocean optics: The next frontier
George W. Kattawar 39
PARALLEL SESSIONS
RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY AND MODELING
Conveners: B. Mayer, A. Marshak, andJ.-L. Widlowski
Oral Presentations
New approach for radiative transfer in sea ice and its
application for sea ice satelliteremote sensing
E. P. Zege, A. V. Malinka, I. L. Katsev, A. S. Prikhach, and G.
Heygster 43
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The line-by-line and polarized Monte Carlo atmospheric radiative
transfer model
B. A. Fomin and V. A. Falaleeva 47
Hyperspectral retrieval of surface reflectances: A new
scheme
Jean-Claude Thelen and Stephan Havemann 51
Accelerations of the discrete ordinate method for nadir viewing
geometries
Dmitry Efremenko, Adrian Doicu, Diego Loyola, and Thomas
Trautmann 55
The simulation of radar and coherent backscattering with the
Monte Carlo model
MYSTIC
Christian Pause, Robert Buras, Claudia Emde, and Bemhard Mayer
59
The visibility of airborne volcanic ash from the flight deck of
an aircraft - The effect
of clouds in the field of view
Daniel Saucr, JosefGasteiger, Claudia Emde, Robert Buras,
Bernhard Mayer,and Bernadett Weinzierl 63
Results of processing airborne NASA and Russian cloud dataIrina
Melnikova, Jefwa M. Genya, and Charles K. Gatebe 67
3D radiative processes in satellite measurements of aerosol
propertiesTamas Varnai, Alexander Marshak, Weidong Yang, and
Guoyong Wen 71
Assessment of cloud heterogeneities effects on brightness
temperatures simulated with
a 3D Monte Carlo code in the thermal infrared
Thomas Fauchez, Celine Cornet, Frederic Szczap, and Philippe
Dubuisson 75
Parametric 3D atmospheric reconstruction in highly variable
terrain with recycledMonte Carlo paths and an adapted Bayesian
inference engine
Ian Langmore, Anthony B. Davis, Guillaume Bal, and Youssef M.
Marzouk 79
Remote sensing of particle size profiles from cloud sides:
Observables and retrievals in
a 3D environment
Florian Ewald, Tobias Zinner, and Bernhard Mayer 83
Poster Presentations
Characterization of cloud microphysical parameters using
airborne measurements bythe research scanning polarimeter
Mikhail D. Alexandrov, Brian Caims, Michael I. Mishchenko,
Andrew S. Ackerman,and Claudia Emde 87
Solution of the radiative transfer equation by eliminating the
anisotropic part withinthe method of synthetic iteration
Vladimir P. Budak and Oleg V. Shagalov 91
The phase matrix truncation impact on polarized radianceM.
Compiegne, L. C-Labonnote, and P. Dubuisson 95
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Evaluation of cloud heterogeneity effects on total and polarized
visible radiances asmeasured by POLDER/PARASOL and consequences for
retrieved cloud properties
C. Cornet, F. Szczap, L. C.-Labonnote, T. Fauchez, F. Parol, F.
Thieuleux, J. Riedi,P. Dubuisson, and N. Ferlay
Retrieval of volcanic ash and ice cloud physical properties
together with gas:oncentration from IASI measurements using the AVL
model
S. Kochenova, M. De Maziere, N. Kumps, S. Vandenbussche, and T.
Kerzenmacher
Use of shadowband correction models for predicting direct solar
irradianceM. C. Kotti, A. A. Argiriou, and A. Kazantzidis
Simulation of airborne radar observations of precipitating
systems at various
frequency bandsValentin Louf, Olivier Pujol, and Jerome
Riedi
Fast radiative transfer model to simulate spectroscopic
measurements of outgoing IRradiances in cloudy conditions
Alexey Rublev and Anatoly Trotsenko
Intercomparison of three microwave/infrared high resolution
line-by-line radiativetransfer codes
F. Schreier, S. Gimeno Garcia, M. Milz, A. Kottayil, M. Hopfher,
T. von Clarmann,and G. Stiller
Py4CAtS - Python tools for line-by-line modelling of infrared
atmospheric radiativetransfer
Franz Schreier and Sebastian Gimeno Garcia
Theory of weak spectral line formation within a plane-parallel
atmosphere boundedfrom below by a reflecting underlying surface
Oleg I. Smokty
Analytical spatial-angular structure of polarized radiation
fields in a uniform
atmospheric slab
Oleg I. Smokty
The mirror symmetry principle for radiation fields in a
vertically non-uniform
atmospheric slab
Oleg I. Smokty
A 3D polarized Monte Carlo LIDAR system simulator for studying
effects of cirrus
inhomogeneities on CALIOP/CALIPSO measurementsF. Szczap, C.
Cornet, A. Alqassem, Y. Gour, L. C.-Labonnote, and O. Jourdan
The significance analysis of FY-2E split window data for "clear
region" AMVs derivationZhenhui Wang, Yizhe Zhan, Zhiguo Zhang, and
Lu Yang
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PARTICLE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
Conveners: T. Aoki, P. Di Girolamo, and H. Ishimoto
Oral Presentations
Retrieval ofaerosol microstructure and radiative properties for
moderate turbidityunder conditions of Western Siberia
Tatiana B. Zhuravleva, Tatiana V. Bedareva, and Mikhail A.
Sviridenkov 147
Vertical resolved aerosol characterization during the GAMARF
campaign: Aerosolsize distribution and radiative properties
Jose Luis Gomez-Amo, Daniela Meloni, Alcide di Sarra, Tatiana Di
Iorio,Wolfgang Junkermann, Victor Estelles, Giandomenico Pace, and
Jeroni Lorente 151
A novel, broadband spectroscopic method to measure the
extinction coefficient ofaerosols in the near-ultraviolet
Eoin M. Wilson, Jun Chen, Ravi M. Varma, John C. Wenger, and
Dean S. Venables 155
Aerosol characteristics at the Alpine site of Innsbruck,
Austria
Sigrid Wurtke, Axel Kreuter, and Mario Blumthaler 159
Comparison of modeled optical properties of Saharan mineral dust
aerosols withSAMUM lidar and photometer observations
Josef Gasteiger and Matthias Wiegner 163
A self-consistent high- and low-frequency scattering model for
cirrus
Anthony J. Baran, Richard Cotton, Stephan Havemann, Laurent
C.-Labonnote,and Franco Marenco 167
Does scattered radiation undergo bluing within clouds?I.
Melnikova, T. Simakina, A. Vasilyev, C. Gatebe, and C. Varotsos
171
Poster Presentations
Numerical simulation of spectral albedos of glacier surfaces
covered with glacialmicrobes in Northwestern Greenland
Teruo Aoki, Katsuyuki Kuchiki, Masashi Niwano, Sumito Matoba,
Jun Uetake,Kazuhiko Masuda, and Hiroshi Ishimoto 176
Development of a quality control algorithm for analysis of
SKYNET data and anestimation of the single scattering albedo
Makiko Hashimoto and Teruyuki Nakajima 180
Optical modeling of irregularly shaped ice particles in
convective cirrusHiroshi Ishimoto, Kazuhiko Masuda, Yuzo Mano,
Narihiro Orikasa,and Akihiro Uchiyama 184
Optimizing the ice crystal scattering database for the
GCOM-C/SGLI satellite missionHusi Letu, Takashi Y. Nakajima,
Takashi N. Matsui, and Yoshiaki Matsumae 188
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Synergetic retrieval of atmospheric aerosol from a combination
of lidar andradiometer ground-based observations
Anton Lopatin, Oleg Dubovik, Anatoli Chaikovsky, Philippe
Goloub, Didier Tanre,Pavel Litvinov, and Tatiana Lapyonok
Satellite study over Europe to estimate the single scattering
albedo and the aerosol
optical depthE. Rodriguez, P. Kolmonen, A.-M. Sundstrom, L.
Sogacheva, T. Virtanen,and G. de Leeuw
Detection and analyses of hydrometeor properties from EarthCARE
data
Kaori Sato and Hajime Okamoto
Characterization of particle hygroscopicity by Raman lidar:
Selected case studiesfrom the convective and orographically-induced
precipitation study
Dario Stelitano, Paolo Di Girolamo, and Donato Summa
Characterization of PBL height and structure by Raman lidar:
Selected case studies
from the convective and orographically-induced precipitation
studyDonato Summa, Paolo Di Girolamo, and Dario Stelitano
GENERAL REMOTE SENSING
Conveners: A. Larar, B. J. Sohn, W. Smith, andJ. Schmetz
Oral Presentations
IASI/MetOp sounder contribution for atmospheric composition
monitoring: 4-yearstudy of radiance data
C. Oudot, C. Clerbaux, J. Hadji Lazaro, M. George, S.
Safieddine, L. Clarisse,D. Hurtmans, and P. Coheur
Retrieval of relative humidity profiles and its associated error
from Megha-Tropiquesmeasurements
R. Sivira, H. Brogniez, C. Mallet, and Y. Oussar
Geophysical information from advanced Sounder InfraRed spectral
radianceAllen M. Larar, Daniel K. Zhou, Xu Liu, and William L.
Smith
The atmospheric and surface sounding from the Meteor satellite
(numericalsimulation)
Alexander Polyakov, Yuriy Timofeyev, Vladimir Kostsov, Yana
Virolainen,and Alexander Uspensky
Monitoring AVHRR-MODIS-VIIRS radiometric consistency using
MICROS online
near-real time systemXingMing Liang, Alexander Ignatov, and
Korak Saha
Characterization ofconvection-related parameters by Raman lidar:
Selected case
studies from the convective and orographically-induced
precipitation studyPaolo Di Girolamo, Donato Summa, and Dario
Stelitano
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A new method for retrieving equivalent cloud base height and
equivalent emissivity by
using ground-based high-resolution infrared radiance
LinJun Pan and DaRen Lu 236
General approach to the formulation and solution of the
multi-parameter inverse
problems of atmospheric remote sensingVladimir Kostsov 240
Atmospheric profiling synthetic observation system (APSOS)Daren
Lu and Weilin Pan 244
Inferences about pressures and vertical extension ofcloud layers
from
POLDER3/PARASOL measurements in the oxygen A-band
Marine Desmons, Nicolas Ferlay, Frederic Parol, Claudine
Vanbauce,and Linda Mcharek 248
Simultaneous multi-layer retrievals of ice and liquid water
cloud properties usingpassive measurements
O. Sourdeval, L. C.-Labonnote, G. Brogniez, and A. J. Baran
252
Influence of surface albedo inhomogeneities on passive remote
sensing of cirrus
propertiesClemens Fricke, Andre Ehrlich, Evelyn Jacket, Birger
Bohn, Martin Wirth,and Manfred Wendisch 256
On the feasibility to combine observations from multiwavelength
radar and the multi-
frequency radiometer ADMIRARI to retrieve precipitating cloud
parametersPablo Saavedra Garfias, Alessandro Battaglia, Clemens
Simmer, Manuel Vega,and V. Chandrasekar 260
Cloud retrieval using ship-based spectral transmissivity
measurementsM. Brueckner, A. Macke, M. Wendisch, T. Kanitz, and B.
Pospichal 264
Diagnosis and improvement of cloud parameterization schemes in
NCEP/GFS usingmultiple satellite products
Hyelim Yoo and Zhanqing Li 268
Influence of sky radiance measurement errors on
inversion-retrieved aerosol
propertiesB. Torres, C. Toledano, A. J. Berjon, 0. Dubovik, V.
E. Cachorro, Y. S. Bennouna,D. Fuertes, R. Gonzalez, P. Goloub, T.
Podvin, L. Blarel, and A. M. de Frutos 272
Possibilities for the retrieval of aerosol vertical profiles
from space using hyperspectral radiance measurements in the oxygen
absorption bands
Andre Hollstein and Florian Filipitsch 276
Correction of MODIS aerosol retrieval for 3D radiative effects
in broken cloud fields
Guoyong Wen, Alexander Marshak, Lorraine Remer, Robert Levy,
Norman Loeb,Tamas Varnai, and Robert F. Cahalan 280
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Aerosol climatology over Japan site measured by ground-based sky
radiometer
Kazuma Aoki, Toshihiko Takemura, Kazuaki Kawamoto, and Tadahiro
Hayasaka 284
Inter-calibration of METEOSATIR and WV channels using HIRSRob
Roebeling, Jorg Schulz, Tim Hewison, and Bertrand Theodore 288
Poster Presentations
Analysis of the parameters of the upper atmosphere and
ionosphere based on radio
occultation, ionosonde measurements, IRI and NeQuick model
dataE. S. Andreeva and M. V. Lokota 292
The annual cycle of total precipitable water vapor derived from
different remote
sensing techniques: An application to several sites of the
Iberian Peninsula
Y. S. Bennouna, B. Torres, V. E. Cachorro, J. P. Ortiz de
Galisteo, C. Toledano,A. Berjon, D. Fuertes, R. Gonzalez, and A. M.
de Frutos 296
Fifteen years of stratospheric nitrogen dioxide and ozone
measurements in Antarctica
D. Bortoli, F. Ravegnani, G. Giovanelli, P. S. Kulkarni, M.
Anton, M. J. Costa,and A. M. Silva 300
C02 total column amounts at TCCON sites Izafia (28.3 N, 16.5 W)
and Karlsruhe
(49.1 N, 8.5 E)S. Dohe, F. Hase, E. Sepulveda, A. Gomez-Pelaez,
M. Schneider, T. Blumenstock,and O. Garcia 304
Maiden flight of the infrared sounder GLORIAFelix Friedl-Vallon
and GLORIA-Team 308
The effects of ground-track sampling of aerosol fieldsI.
Geogdzhayev, B. Cairns, M. Alexandrov, and M. Mishchenko 312
Possibility to discriminate snow types using brightness
temperatures in the thermalinfrared wavelength region
Masahiro Hori, Tomonori Tanikawa, Teruo Aoki, Akihiro
Hachikubo,Konosuke Sugiura, Katsuyuki Kuchiki, and Masashi Niwano
316
Use of information on locally normalized relative humidity
profiles for improvingUTH retrieval
Hyun-Sung Jang and B. J. Sohn 320
A semi-empirical model for estimating surface solar radiation
from satellite dataSerm Janjai, Somjet Pattarapanitchai, Rungrat
Wattan, Itsara Masiri,Sumaman Buntoung, Worrapass Promsen, and
Korntip Tohsing 324
New method for radiation calibration of satellite sensors with
high spatial resolutionI. L. Katsev, A. S. Prikhach, and E. P. Zege
328
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An in-flight blackbody calibration source for the GLORIA
interferometer onboard an
airborne research platformR. Koppmann, F. Olschewski, P.
Steffens, C. Rolf, P. Preusse, A. Ebersoldt,F. Friedl-Vallon, A.
Kleinert, C. Piesch, J. Hollandt, B. Gutschwager, and C. Monte
332
Retrieval of cloud top and bottom heights using advanced Earth
observing
satellite / global imager (ADEOS-II / GLI) data
Makoto Kuji 336
Combined remote sensing of cloud characteristics with
surface-based radar, lidar,
and all sky imagers over Beijing, ChinaJinli Liu, Daren Lu,
Yongheng Bi, Shu Duan, Yong Yang, Yubin Pan, and Yu Li 340
3MI: The Multi-Viewing Multi-Channel Multi-Polarization Imaging
Mission of the
EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation (EPS-SG) dedicated to
aerosol
characterization
Thierry Marbach, Pepe Phillips, and Peter Schltissel 344
Information content for cloud ice microphysics in the FIR
radiance spectrumAronne Merrelli and David D. Turner 348
Climatology of POLDER/PARASOL cloud propertiesF. Parol, J.
Riedi, C. Vanbauce, C. Cornet, S. Zeng, F. Thieuleux, and N.
Henriot 352
Remote sensing of tropospheric total column water vapor:
Intercomparison of
POLDER, AMSR-E and MODIS retrievals
J. Riedi, L. Mcharek, P. Dubuisson, F. Parol, and F. Thieuleux
356
Assessment of aerosol hygroscopic growth using an elastic LIDAR
and BRAMSsimulation in urban metropolitan areas
Patricia F. Rodrigues, Eduardo Landulfo, Adilson Wagner Gandu,
and F. J. S. Lopes 360
Observations of UV radiation and total ozone column using ground
based instrumentsin Rio Gallegos, Argentina (51° 36' S, 69° 19'
W)
Jacobo Salvador, Elian Wolfram, Facundo Orte, Raul D'Elia,
Daniela Bulnes,and Eduardo Quel 364
A compact and low resolution spectrometer for the inversion of
water vapor totalcolumn amounts
E. Sepulveda, M. Schneider, F. Hase, O. E. Garcia, M. Gisi, T.
Blumenstock, S. Dohe,Y. Gonzalez, and J. C. Guerra 368
The influence of the Earth's atmospheric turbulence on the space
optical systemresolution
Oleg I. Smokty 372
Providing radiometric traceability for the calibration home base
of DLR by PTBD. R. Taubert, J. Hollandt, P. Sperfeld, S. Pape, A.
Hope, K.-O. Hauer, P. Gege,T. Schwarzmaier, K. Lenhard, and A.
Baumgartner 376
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Synergetic ground-based methods for remote measurements of ozone
vertical profilesYuriy Timofeyev, Vladimir Kostsov, and Yana
Virolainen 380
Columnar aerosol characterization over Scandinavia and
Svalbard
C. Toledano, V. E. Cachorro, J. P. Ortiz de Galisteo, Y.
Bennouna, A. Berjon,B. Torres, D. Fuertes, R. Gonzalez, and A. M.
de Frutos 384
Application of a precipitating cloud classification method to
radar observations in
Thailand
Parichat Wetchayont, Tadahiro Hayasaka, and Shuichiro Katagiri
388
Deriving stratospheric trace gases from balloon-borne
infrared/microwave limb
sounding measurementsJian Xu, Franz Schreier, Adrian Doicu,
Peter Vogt, and Thomas Trautmann 392
Surface visibility retrieval with observations from the medium
resolution spectralimager (MERSI) onboard the FY-3A meteorological
satellite
Zhou Zhuhua, Liu Yuling, Zhang Wenjun, and Fu Rong 396
UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE USING SATELLITE DATA - INCLUDING
EARTHCARE
GEWEX cloud assessment: A review
Claudia Stubenrauch, William B. Rossow, Stefan Kinne, Steve
Ackerman,
Gregory Cesana, Helene Chepfer, Larry Di Girolamo, Brian
Getzewich,Anthony Guignard, Andy Heidinger, Brent Maddux, Paul
Menzel, Patrick Minnis,
Cindy Pearl, Steven Platnick, Caroline Poulsen, Jerome Riedi,
Andrew Sayer,
Sunny Sun-Mack, Andi Walther, Dave Winker, Shen Zeng, and
Guangyu Zhao 404
Cirrus cloud properties from combined IIR and lidar observations
of CALIPSO
Anne Gamier, Jacques Pelon, Dave M. Winker, Philippe Dubuisson,
Mark A. Vaughan,and Nicolas Pascal 408
FAME-C: Retrieval of cloud top pressure with vertically
inhomogeneous cloud
profilesCintia Carbajal Henken, Rasmus Lindstrot, Florian
Filipitsch, Andi Walther,Rene Preusker, and Jiirgen Fischer 412
Outcome of the third cloud retrieval evaluation workshop
Rob Roebeling, Bryan Baum, Ralf Bennartz, Ulrich Hamann, Andy
Heidinger,Anke Thoss, and Andi Walther 416
HIRS OLR climate data record - Production and validation
updatesHai-Tien Lee and Robert G. Ellingson 420
Conveners: G. Stephens, C. Stubenrauch, H. W. Barker, and T.
Wehr
Oral Presentations
Decadal changes in thin cirrus height measured by MISRAbhnil
Amtesh Prasad and Roger Davies 400
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Difference in fractional occurrences of precipitation categories
in terms of cloud
propertiesKazuaki Kawamoto and Kentaroh Suzuki 424
Satellite-based analysis of clouds and radiation properties of
different vegetation typesin the Brazilian Amazon region
Nadine Schneider, Johannes Quaas, Martin Claussen, and Christian
Reick 428
Validation of monthly surface solar radiation over Europe
derived from the CM SAF
dataset against homogenized GEBA series (1983-2005)Arturo
Sanchez-Lorenzo, Joerg Trentmann, and Martin Wild 432
Aerosol radiative forcing over liquid water clouds based on
A-Train synergies and
active/passive polarized observationsD. Josset, L. Doppler, F.
Waquet, G. Seze, J. Pelon, Y. Hu, J. Fischer, F. Ravetta,C.
Tsamalis, and P. Zhai 436
The importance of Asian dust aerosols as CCN estimated from
satellite data analysisTadahiro Hayasaka, Tetsuhiko Saito, and
Hironobu Iwabuchi 440
Scientific aspects of the Earth Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation
Explorer (EarthCARE)mission
D. P. Donovan, H. W. Barker, R. J. Hogan, T. Wehr, M. Eisinger,
D. Lajas,A. Lefebvre, and EarthCARE Phase-B ESA/JAXA Mission
Advisory Group 444
Development of level 2 algorithms for EarthCARE CPR/ATLID
Hajime Okamoto, Kaori Sato, Yuichiro Hagihara, and Tomoaki
Nishizawa 448
Poster Presentations
Model studies on the retrieval of aerosol properties beneath
cirrus clouds for aspaceborne HSRL
Florian Filipitsch, Robert Buras, and Martin Fuchs 452
Global cloud distribution revealed by combined use of
CloudSat/CALIPSO:
Comparison using CALIPSO versions 2 and 3 dataYuichiro Hagihara
and Hajime Okamoto 456
Inter-comparison of cloud detection and cloud top height
retrievals using the CREWdatabase
Ulrich Hamann, Andi Walter, Ralf Bennartz, Anke Thoss, Jan Fokke
Meirink,and Rob Roebeling 460
Aerosol-cloud interactions (ACI) viewed by satellite and
ground-based remote sensingYoo-Jun Kim and Byung-Gon Kim 464
Using SEVIRI radiances to retrieve cloud optical properties of
convective cloudsystems
Jennifer Mtiller, Jurgen Fischer, Anja Hunerbein, Hartwig
Deneke, and Andreas Macke 468
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Development of aerosol and cloud retrieval algorithms using
ATLID and MSI data ofEarthCARE
T. Nishizawa, A. Higurashi, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, A. Shimizu,
and H. Okamoto
Development of a radiative flux evaluation program with a 3-D
Monte Carlo radiativetransfer code
Megumi Okata, Teruyuki Nakajima, Howard W. Barker, and David P.
Donovan
Using AIRS to assess the precipitable water vapor in global
climate models (GCMs)with regional validation from SuomiNet
Jacola Roman, Robert Knuteson, Steve Ackerman, David Tobin,
William Smith,and Henry Revercomb
ESADUE GlobVapour water vapor products: ValidationNadine
Schneider, Marc Schroder, Ramus Lindstrot, Rene Preusker, Martin
Stengel,and ESA DUE GlobVapour Consortium
SURFACE MEASUREMENTS AND FIELD EXPERIMENTS
Conveners: T. Hayasaka, B. Forgan, andN. Hyett
Oral Presentations
Longwave irradiance measurements using IRIS radiometers at the
PMOD/WRC-IRSJulian Grobner and Stefan Wacker
Long term analysis of cirrus clouds' effects on shortwave and
longwave radiation
derived from data acquired by ground-based and satellite-borne
observationsShuichiro Katagiri, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Atsushi Shimizu,
Ichiro Matsui, Tomoaki
Nishizawa, Nobuo Sugimoto, and Tamio Takamura
Diffuse and direct components of solar radiation in ground-based
and satellite-deriveddata
J. Ben Liley
Small-scale spatial variations of shortwave downward
radiationRalf Becker, Petra Gebauer, and Klaus Behrens
Aerosol properties and radiative forcing for three air masses
transported in Summer
2011 to Sopot, PolandAnna Rozwadowska, Iwona S. Stachlewska, P.
Makuch, K. M. Markowicz, T. Petelski,
A. Strzalkowska, and T. Zieliriski
Trends and variability of aerosol vertical distribution and
properties usingmicro-LIDAR and sun-photometer measurements
Augustin Mortier, Philippe Goloub, Thierry Podvin, Didier Tanre,
Christine Deroo,Isabelle Chiapello, Aboubakry Diallo, and Thierno
NDiaye
Influence of spatial heterogeneity of surface albedo on its
retrieval from airborneirradiance measurements
E. Jakel, M. Wendisch, and Bernhard Mayer
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Airborne measurements of urban surface reflectivity and
albedo
Britta Mey, Evelyn Jakel, Birgit Heese, Dietrich Althausen,
Holger Baars, Xingfa Gu,Tao Yu, Zhengqiang Li, and Manfred Wendisch
516
The effect of chosen extraterrestrial solar spectrum on
clear-sky atmospheric
absorption and heating rates in the near infraredKaah P. Menang
and Keith P. Shine 520
Spectrometer and radiative transfer model comparison using high
sun in-situobservations in Pretoria
Meena D. Lysko, Uwe Feister, Derek Griffith, Steffen Gross,
Lufuno Vhengani,Arshath Ramkilowan, and Dawn Mahlobo 524
Ground-based measurements of atmospheric trace gases near
Saint-Petersburg,Russia
Yuriy Timofeyev, Anatoly Poberovsky, Maria Makarova, Alexander
Polyakov,
Dmitry Ionov, Yana Virolainen, Vladimir Kostsov, Marina
Kshevetskaya,Anton Rakitin, Sergey Osipov, Hamud Imhasin, and Inna
Frantsuzova 528
Ratio of PAR to broadband solar radiation based on long-term
measurements inMoscow
Olga Shilovtseva 532
Investigation of the effect of contrails on direct and diffuse
irradiance
Philipp Weihs, Erwin Feitzinger, Dietmar Baumgartner, Jochen
Wagner,Marcus Rennhofer, Wolfgang Laube, and Josef Gadermaier
536
Mixed phase boundary layer clouds observed from a tethered
balloon platform in theArctic
M. Sikand, J. Koskulics, K. Stamnes, B. Hamre, J. J. Stamnes,
and R. P. Lawson 540
Poster Presentations
Aerosol optical properties in Finland during Russian forest
fires in 2010
Veijo Aaltonen, Edith Rodriguez, Larisa Sogacheva, Pasi Aalto,
Mika Komppula,Anne Hirsikko, Antti Arola, and Gerrit de Leeuw
544
Recording of solar radiation components for 75 years in Potsdam
(Germany)Klaus Behrens 548
Evaluation of C02 flux modification as a function of aerosol
optical depth at BananalIsland, Tocantins, Brazil
Renato K. Braghiere and Marcia A. Yamasoe 552
Aerosol effects on the cloud optical depth retrieval from
atmospheric transmittanceJosep-Abel Gonzalez and Josep Calbo
556
Radiation balance variations on the Earth's surface in MoscowE.
V. Gorbarenko and A. N. Rublev 560
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Characteristics of solar radiation and the impact of clouds at
Yangbajing, TibetJuan Huo and Daren Lu 564
Two camera system for measurement of urban uptight angular
distribution
Christopher C. M. Kyba, Thomas Ruhtz, Carsten Lindemann, Jurgen
Fischer,and Franz Holker 568
Aerosol scattering optical properties by nephelometer
measurements at theEl Arenosillo site (SW coastal area of
Spain)
Juan F. Lopez, Victoria E. Cachorro, and Angel de Frutos 572
Characterization of aerosols in the Norwegian subarctic region
(ALOMAR station):Optical properties, size distributions and
nucleation events
S. Mogo, V. E. Cachorro, A. M. de Frutos, J. F. Lopez, B.
Torres, and Y. Bennouna 576
Variations of longwave downwelling irradiance (LDI) due to
different atmosphericfactors in Moscow
Yelena Nezval, Natalia Chubarova, Julian Grobner, and Atsumu
Ohmura 580
Ground-based aerosol optical depth inter-comparison campaigns at
EuropeanEUSAAR super-sites
S. Nyeki, J. Grobner, and C. Wehrli 584
Ground based measurements of aerosol properties using Microtops
instruments
Bringfried Pflug 588
The contribution of the microwave radiometer ADMIRARI to the
NASA GPM
ground validation field experimentPablo Saavedra Garfias,
Alessandro Battaglia, and Clemens Simmer 592
Radiation forcing by the atmospheric aerosols in the nocturnal
boundary layerD. K. Singh, V. K. Ponnulakshami, V. Mukund, G.
Subramanian, and K. R. Sreenivas 596
Changes in surface irradiance and meteorological parameters
associated with theannular solar Eclipse of 15 January 2010
Ramesh P. Singh, Manish Sharma, and Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis
600
Near-infrared extension of a visible spectrum airborne Sun
photometerMarco Starace, Jonas von Bismarck, Andre Hollstein,
Thomas Ruhtz, Rene Preusker,
and Jurgen Fischer 604
Impacts of major factors on downward longwave radiation
Kyohei Yamada, Tadahiro Hayasaka, and Hironobu Iwabuchi 608
RADIATION BUDGET AND FORCING
Conveners: M. Wild and N. G. Loeb
Oral Presentations
Climate monitoring with Earth radiation budget measurements
S. Dewitte, N. Clerbaux, A. Ipe, A. Velazquez, E. Baudrez, S.
Nevens, and I. Decoster 612
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An overview of results from the GEWEX radiation flux
assessment
E. Raschke, P. Stackhouse, S. Kinne, and Contributors from
Europeand the USA 616
Improvements to the solar forcing data record
Greg Kopp620
Total solar irradiance measurements with PREMOS/PICARD
Werner Schmutz, Andre Fehlmann, Wolfgang Finsterle, Greg
Kopp,
and Gerard Thuillier624
A new diagram of the global energy balance
Martin Wild, Doris Folini, Christoph Schar, Norman Loeb,
Ellsworth G. Dutton,
and Gert Konig-Langlo628
How well do we understand the Earth's radiation budget and the
role of clouds?
Selected results ofthe GEWEXradiationflux assessment
E. Raschke and S. Kinne 632
The NASA GEWEX surface radiation budget project: Dataset
validation and climatic
signal identification
Taiping Zhang, Paul W. Stackhouse, Jr., Shashi K. Gupta, Stephen
J. Cox,
and J. Colleen Mikovitz 636
Quantification of the aerosol direct radiative effect from smoke
over clouds using
passive space-borne spectrometryM. de Graaf, P. Stammes, and L.
G. Tilstra 640
Vertical profiles of shortwave and longwave aerosol direct
radiative forcing during
the GAMARF campaign at Lampedusa Island
Daniela Meloni, Marco Cacciani, Tatiana Di Iorio, Alcide di
Sarra, Jose L. Gomez
Amo, Wolfgang Junkermann, Francesco Monteleone, Giandomenico
Pace,
Salvatore Piacentino, and Damiano M. Sferlazzo 644
The next step in Earth radiation budget measurements
Warren Wiscombe and Christine Chiu 648
The climate monitoring SAF TOA radiation "GERB" datasetsNicolas
Clerbaux, Edward Baudrez, Use Decoster, Steven Dewitte, Alessandro
Ipe,
Stijn Nevens, and Almudena Velazquez-Blazquez 652
Shortwave flux profile analysis at the Cabauw BSRN site
P. Wang, H. Klein Baltink, W. H. Knap, and P. Stammes 656
Seasonal and regional diurnal variations of cloud effects on
atmospheric profiles of
radiative heating/cooling from ISCCP-FD productYuanchong Zhang
and William B. Rossow 660
What do we really know about cloud changes over the past
decades?Enric Palle and Benjamin A. Laken 664
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Report of the working group BSRN - Baseline Surface Radiation
NetworkGert Konig-Langlo and Rainer Sieger 668
Trends in surface radiation and cloud radiative effect over
Switzerland in the past 15
years
Stefan Wacker, Julian Grobner, and Laurent Vuilleumier 672
Reflected, transmitted irradiance, radiative divergence and
heating rate on the basisof simple atmospheric optical models
Irina Melnikova and Alexander Ginzburg 676
Evaluation of a relationship between aerosols and surface
downward shortwave flux
through an integrative analysis of a global aerosol-transport
model and in-situmeasurements
Daisuke Goto, Shuhei Kanazawa, Teruyuki Nakajima, and Toshihiko
Takemura 680
Poster Presentations
Surface cloud radiative forcing in the South of PortugalM. J.
Costa, V. Salgueiro, D. Santos, D. Bortoli, A. M. Silva, and R.
Salgado 684
Science results from the Sova-Picard total solar irradiance
instrument
S. Dewitte, E. Janssen, and S. Mekaoui 688
A device to measure the influence of spatially inhomogeneous
cirrus on atmosphericradiation
F. Finger, M. Wendisch, S. Borrmann, P. Spichtinger, and M.
Klingebiel 692
Empirical determination of direct aerosol radiative effects in
the shortwave and
longwave spectral ranges during desert dust events over Valencia
(Spain)Jose Luis Gomez-Amo, Maria Pilar Utrillas, and Jose Antonio
Marti'nez-Lozano 696
Testing the homogeneity of short-term surface solar radiation
series in EuropeMaria Z. Hakuba, Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo, Doris
Folini, and Martin Wild 700
Cirrus cloud radiative forcing at the top of atmosphere using
the nighttime globaldistribution with the microphysical parameters
derived from AVHRR
Shuichiro Katagiri, Miho Sekiguchi, Tadahiro Hayasaka,and
Teruyuki Nakajima 704
A study of the aerosol direct forcing using ESSP/CALIPSO
observation and GCMsimulation
Eiji Oikawa, Teruyuki Nakajima, Toshiro Inoue, and David Winker
708
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) reprocessing using
Clouds and the Earth'sRadiant Energy System (CERES) angular
distribution models
A. K. Shrestha,*S. Kato, K. M. Bedka, W. F. Miller, T. Wong, D.
A. Rutan,G. L. Smith, J. R. Fernandez, N. Loeb, P. Minnis, and D.
R. Doelling 712
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WEATHER, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE APPLICATIONS
Conveners: H.-L. A. Huang andH. Zhang
Oral Presentations
A new high- and low-frequency scattering parameterization for
cirrus and its impact
on a high-resolution numerical weather prediction model
Anthony J. Baran, Paul Field, Kali Furtado, James Manners, and
Andrew Smith 716
Comparison of longwave and shortwave cloud effects on
equilibrium surface
temperature using a radiative-convective model and 12 years of
MISR observations
R. Davies 720
Cross-track infrared sounder (CrIS) spectral radiance
calibration and evaluations
David C. Tobin, Henry E. Revercomb, Joe K. Taylor, Robert O.
Knuteson,Daniel H. DeSlover, and Lori A. Borg 724
Relevance of decadal variations in surface radiative fluxes for
climate changeMartin Wild 728
The atmospheric water cycle over South America as seen in the
new generation of
global reanalysesMario F. L. Quadro, Ernesto H. Berbery, Maria
A. F. Silva Dias, Dirceu L. Herdies,and Luis G. G. Goncalves
732
Feasibility of sunshine duration records to detect changes in
atmospheric turbidity:A case study in Valencia (Spain)
Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo, Cesar Azorin-Molina, Martin Wild,
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Juan I. Lopez-Moreno, and David
Corell-Custardoy 736
Evaluation of a scheme representing cloud inhomogeneous
structure in the Australian
Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS)Zhian Sun,
Charmaine Franklin, Xiaobing Zhou, and J. K. P. Shonk 740
Applying a local Ensemble transform Kalman filter assimilation
system to theNICAM-SPRINTARS model
Tie Dai, N. A. J. Schutgens, and Teruyuki Nakajima 744
Understanding the influence of solar irradiance changes on
Earth's climate during theHolocene
Georg Feulner 748
Poster Presentations
Trends in severe storms from nine years of AIRS data
H. H. Aumann and A. Ruzmaikin 752
Application and evaluation of McICA scheme in
BCCAGCM2.0.1Xianwen Jing and Hua Zhang 756
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Assessment of the radiative processes impact on surface fluxes
and temperature
forecast
M. Shatunova and A. Nikitin
SOLAR UV RADIATION
Conveners: M. Blumthaler, J. Grobner, and D. Lu
Oral Presentations
The assessment of UV resources over Northern Eurasia
Natalia Chubarova and Yekaterina Zhdanova
About UV albedo of seasonal snow at Sodankyla including Arctic -
Antarctic
comparison aspectsO. Meinander, S. Kazadzis, A. Arola, R. Kivi,
A. Kontu, H. Suokanerva, E. Kyro,V. Aaltonen, T. Manninen, A.
Riihela, J.-L. Roujean, and 0. Hautecoeur
Aerosols in forecasts of the UV index: A comparison of different
approachesVolkmar Holzwarth and Gudrun Laschewski
Long-term trends in spectral surface UV irradiance at Hoher
Sonnblick (3106 m a.s 1
M. Fitzka, S. Simic, and J. Hadzimustafic
Monitoring the solar UV-B radiation in the North of Munich: A
comparison of two
sites
Andreas Albert, Werner Rupprecht, Ingo Mayer, Manfred
Steinmetz,Harald K. Seidlitz, and Stephan Thiel
The Norwegian UV-monitoring network: QC and results for the
period 1996-2011B. Johnsen, L.-T. Nilsen, A. Dahlback, K.
Edvardsen, and C. L. Myhre
Spectral solar UV radiation and its variability and climate
responsesGuoyong Wen, Robert F. Cahalan, David Rind, Jeffery Jonas,
Peter Pilewskie,and Jerald Harder
Inferring ultraviolet anatomical exposure patterns while
distinguishing the relative
contribution of radiation componentsLaurent Vuilleumier, Antoine
Milon, Jean-Luc Bulliard, Laurent Moccozet,
and David Vemez
A new method for the selection of measuring UV sites based on
cloud classification
from satellite data
A. Zagouras, A. Kazantzidis, and E. Nikitidou
The spectral irradiance traceability chain at PTBP. Sperfeld, S.
Pape, and S. Nevas
A guide to measuring solar UV spectra using array
spectroradiometersMario Blumthaler, Julian Grobner, Luca Egli, and
Saulius Nevas
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Characterization and calibration of compact array spectrometers
in the ultraviolet
spectral regionFrancois Shindo, Emma Woolliams, Barry Scott, and
Subrena Harris
Improved diffusers for solar UV spectroradiometersTomi Pulli,
Petri Karha, Joop Mes, Josef Schreder, Priit Jaanson,
and Farshid Manoocheri
Calibration of erythemally weighted broadband instruments: A
comparison between
PMODAVRC and MSL
Neil Swift, Gregor Hiilsen, Kathryn Nield, Julian Grobner, and
John Hamlin
Transferability of stray light corrections among array
spectroradiometersSaulius Nevas, Armin Sperling, and Benno
Oderkerk
New technologies to reduce stray light for measuring solar UV
with array
spectroradiometersLuca Egli, Julian Grobner, Marek Smid, Geiland
Porrovecchio, Tim Burnitt,Kathryn M. Nield, Steve Gibson, Jimmy
Dubard, Saulius Nevas, and Maurizo Tormen
Adaptation of a Fourier transform spectrometer as a reference
instrument for solar
UV irradiance measurements
Peter Meindl, Christian Monte, and Martin Wahmer
Stability of light-emitting diodes in the solar UV spectral
rangeS. Nowy, S. Nevas, M. Lopez, M. Lindemann, A. Sperling, P.
Blattner,and S. M. Foaleng
New detection systems for UV solar reference scanning
spectroradiometersG. Porrovecchio, M. Smid, J. Grobner, M. Rajteri,
C. Portesi, K. M. Nield, and L. Egli
Poster Presentations
A method to estimate erythemal UV from total solar irradiance
measurements based
on 9 years of 1-minute data at Lauder, New Zealand
J. Badosa, J. Calbo, R. McKenzie, C. N. Long, B. Liley, and J.
A. Gonzalez
An investigation of solar erythemal ultraviolet radiation at two
sites in touristattraction areas of Thailand
Sumaman Buntoung, Somjet Pattarapanitchai, Rungrat Wattan,
Itsara Masiri,Worrapass Promsen, Korntip Tohsing, and Serm
Janjai
Solar UV radiation measurements across the Tibetan Plateau
Yi-Chun Chen, Gelsor Norsang, Nima Pingcuo, Arne Dahlback,
0yvind Frette,Berit Kjeldstad, Berge Hamre, Knut Stamnes, and Jakob
J. Stamnes
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Surface UV radiation in the South of Portugal: Monitoring and
assessment of cloud
effects
M. J. Costa, D. Bortoli, S. Pereira, V. Salgueiro, A. M. Silva,
A. Serrano, M. Anton,J. M. Vilaplana, M. L. Cancillo, D. Santos,
and P. Kulkarni 852
Solar ultraviolet irradiance measurements in Aosta (Italy): An
analysis of short- andmiddle-term spectral variability
Henri Diemoz, Luca Egli, Julian Grobner, Anna Maria Siani, and
Fabrizio Diotri 856
Solar UV radiation exposure of seamen - Measurements,
calibration and model
calculations of erythemal irradiance along ship routesUwe
Feister, Gabriele Meyer, and Ulrich Kirst 860
Comparison between measurements and model simulations of solar
radiation at a
high altitude site: Case studies for the Izaiia BSRN stationRosa
Delia Garcia, Emilio Cuevas, Victoria Eugenia Cachorro, Ramon
Ramos,and Angel Maximo de Frutos 864
UV-radiation in the past: Reconstruction and long-term changes
in AustriaJ. Hadzimustafic, S. Simic, and M. Fitzka 868
Reconstruction of daily erythemal UV radiation values for the
last century - The
benefit of modelled ozone
J. Junk, U. Feister, E. Rozanov, and J. W. Krzyscin 872
Sky erythema ultraviolet radiance and UV shade charts
Toshimasa Kawanishi 876
UV and VUV calibration capabilities at the Metrology Light
Source for solar and
atmospheric researchR. Klein, A. Gottwald, M. Kolbe, M. Richter,
F. Scholze, R. Thornagel, and G. Ulm 879
Two decades of spectral UV measurements at SodankylaKaisa
Lakkala, Antti Arola, Anu Heikkila, Juha M. Karhu, Jussi Kaurola,
TapaniKoskela, Esko Kyro, Petri Karha, Anders V. Lindfors, Outi
Meinander, Julian Grobner,and Gregor Hiilsen 883
Aerosol optical properties and their effect on the UV solar
irradiance at Uccle,
BelgiumEfterpi Nikitidou, Veerle De Bock, Hugo De Backer, and
Andreas Kazantzidis 887
Vitamin D synthesis measured with a multiband filter radiometer
in Rio Callegos,
ArgentinaFacundo Orte, Elian Wolfram, Jacobo Salvador, Raul
D'Elia, Daniela Bulnes,N. Paes Leme, and Eduardo Quel 891
Estimation of cloud optical depth for low clouds from UV
erythemal irradianceDavid Serrano, Maria Jose Marin, Maria Pilar
Utrillas, Jose Antonio Martinez-Lozano,Manuel Nunez, and Jose Luis
Gomez-Amo 895
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Diurnal and daily variations in surface ultraviolet radiation
due to ozone variations inthe troposphere at Tsukuba, Japan: Lidar
observations and chemistry-climate modelsimulation
Kiyotaka Shibata, Makoto Deushi, Takashi Maki, Tomohiro Nagai,
Testu Sakai,and Masahisa Nakazato 899
Biologically effective surface UV climatology at Rome and Aosta,
ItalyAnna Maria Siani, Sarah Modesti, Giuseppe Rocco Casale, Henri
Diemoz,and Alfredo Colosimo 903
Study of cloud enhanced surface UV radiation at the atmospheric
observatory ofSouthern Patagonia, Rio Gallegos, Argentina
Elian A. Wolfram, Jacobo Salvador, Facundo Orte, Daniela Bulnes,
Raul D'Elia,Manuel Anton, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, and Eduardo Quel
907
A method of estimating cloud transmission in the UV spectral
range using data fromdifferent satellite measurements and
reanalysis
Yekaterina Zhdanova, Natalia Chubarova, and Yelena Nezval
911
OCEAN OPTICS
Conveners: G. Kattawar and K. Stamnes
Oral Presentations
Wave-induced irradiance variability in the upper ocean from
modeling andobservations
Martin Hieronymi and Andreas Macke 915
A new algorithm for simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and marine
parameters incoastal environments
K. Stamnes, W. Li, Y. Fan, B. Hamre, 0. Frette, A. Folkestad, K.
S0rensen,and J. J. Stamnes 919
C-disort: A versatile tool for radiative transfer in coupled
media like theatmosphere-ocean system
B. Hamre, S. Stamnes, K. Stamnes, and J. J. Stamnes 923
Discrete ordinate and Monte Carlo simulations of radiative
transfer in coupledatmosphere-ocean systems
S. Stamnes, D. Cohen, T. Tanikawa, E. R. Sommersten, J. K.
Lotsberg, J. J. Stamnes,and K. Stamnes 927
A model of underwater spectral irradiance accounting for wave
focusingPeter Gege 931
Optical modeling of aerosol extinction for remote sensing in the
marine environmentG. A. Kaloshin
935
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An examination of errors in computed water-leaving radiances due
to a simplifiedtreatment of water Raman scattering effects
Jonas von Bismarck and Jtirgen Fischer 939
Poster Presentations
Modeling the adjacency effects at AERONET-OC sitesBarbara
Bulgarelli, Giuseppe Zibordi, and Viatcheslav Kiselev 943
Simulation of the ocean's spectral radiant thermal source and
boundary conditionsVladimir Merzlikin, Maxim Krass, Svyatoslav
Cheranev, and Aleksandra Aloric 947
An extended validation test for data input into parameterized
retrieval algorithmsMichael Schaale and Thomas Schroeder 951
Author Index955
Participants List 965
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