06/1988 - Ph.D. (Phys.-Math.), P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
02/1980 - M.Sc. in Physics/Atmospheric Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Alexander Smirnov
(SENIOR SCIENTIST)
| Email: | alexander.smirnov-1@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.6626 |
| Org Code: | 618 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 618 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC |
Current Projects
Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET)
Aerosols
Maritime Aerosol Network (MAN)
Aerosols
Positions/Employment
Research Scientist (Chief)
Sigma Space Corporation - Lanham, MD
August 2009 - November 2014
Chief Research Science Advisor
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. - Lanham, MD
December 2014 - Present
Lead Research Scientist
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. - Lanham, MD
November 2007 - July 2009
Senior Research Scientist
Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center, University of Maryland - Baltimore County - Baltimore, MD
October 2001 - November 2007
Senior Staff Scientist
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. - Lanham, MD
June 1996 - September 2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, Project Scientist
Centre d'applications et de recherches en teledetection (CARTEL), Universite de Sherbrooke - Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
February 1993 - June 1996
Senior Scientist
Medical Center "Aerosol" - Saint Petersburg, Russia
June 1991 - February 1993
Scientist, Senior Scientist
Hydrometeorological Institute - Saint Petersburg, Russia
March 1980 - May 1991
Education
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
1995 - Present
Professional Service
Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres – Associate Editor (since May 2005)
Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center Council member, faculty group leader (November 2001 – January 2004, November 2005 – October 2007)
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-10, 2011 (oral session chair)
International Symposium “Atmospheric Radiation and Dynamics”, Saint Petersburg - Petrodvorets, Russia, June 21-24, 2011 (Program Committee member)
The Second International Conference of Aerosol Science and Global Change, Hangzhou, China, August 18-21, 2009 (Academic Committee member)
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15, 2006 (poster session chair)
AERONET Special session, AGU Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, May 28-31, 2002 (poster session chair)
8th Scientific assembly of IAMAS, Innsbruck, Austria, July 10-18, 2001 (conference co-convener)
Other Professional Information
Languages: Russian (native speaker)
Google citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fFAsPfAAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate webpage: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander_Smirnov4
Publications
Refereed
2026. "A novel retrieval of global dust optical depth and effective diameter based on MODIS thermal infrared observations.", Remote Sensing of Environment, 332 115083 [10.1016/j.rse.2025.115083] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "A Coupled Evaluation of Operational MODIS and Model Aerosol Products for Maritime Environments Using Sun Photometry: Evaluation of the Fine and Coarse Mode.", Remote Sensing, 14 (13): 2978 [10.3390/rs14132978] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Augmenting Heritage Ocean-Color Aerosol Models for Enhanced Remote Sensing of Inland and Nearshore Coastal Waters.", Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 3 [10.3389/frsen.2022.860816] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Influence of cloud, fog, and high relative humidity during pollution transport events in South Korea: Aerosol properties and PM2.5 variability.", Atmospheric Environment, 232 117530 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117530] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "The AERONET Version 3 aerosol retrieval algorithm, associated uncertainties and comparisons to Version 2.", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13 (6): 3375-3411 [10.5194/amt-13-3375-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "The Determination of Snow Albedo from Satellite Measurements Using Fast Atmospheric Correction Technique.", Remote Sensing, 12 (2): 234 [10.3390/rs12020234] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Observationally constrained analysis of sea salt aerosol in the marine atmosphere.", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 10773-10785 [10.5194/acp-19-10773-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "AERONET Remotely Sensed Measurements and Retrievals of Biomass Burning Aerosol Optical Properties During the 2015 Indonesian Burning Season.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (8): 4722-4740 [10.1029/2018jd030182] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Advancements in the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Version 3 database – automated near-real-time quality control algorithm with improved cloud screening for Sun photometer aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements.", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12 (1): 169-209 [10.5194/amt-12-169-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Maritime Aerosol Network optical depth measurements and comparison with satellite retrievals from various different sensors.", Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXII, [10.1117/12.2277113] [Proceedings]
2017. "Evaluation of NASA Deep Blue/SOAR aerosol retrieval algorithms applied to AVHRR measurements.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122 (18): 9945-9967 [10.1002/2017jd026934] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 – onward, Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation.", Journal of Climate, 30 (17): 6823-6850 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0609.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Aerosol meteorology and Philippine receptor observations of Maritime Continent aerosol emissions for the 2012 7SEAS southwest monsoon intensive study.", Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 1-61 [10.5194/acp-2016-214] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "An assessment of the quality of aerosol retrievals over the Red Sea and evaluation of the climatological cloud-free dust direct radiative effect in the region.", J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos, 120 (20): 10,862–10,878 [10.1002/2015JD023282] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "A theoretical study of the effect of subsurface oceanic bubbles on the enhanced aerosol optical depth band over the southern oceans as detected from MODIS and MISR.", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 8 (5): 2149-2160 [10.5194/amt-8-2149-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "AERONET-based models of smoke-dominated aerosol near source regions and transported over oceans, and implications for satellite retrievals of aerosol optical depth.", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14 11493-11523 [doi:10.5194/acp-14-11493-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Evaluation of AERONET precipitable water vapor versus microwave radiometry, GPS, and radiosondes at ARM sites.", J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119 (15): 9596-9613 [10.1002/2014JD021730] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Intercomparison of aerosol single-scattering albedo derived from AERONET surface radiometers and LARGE in situ aircraft profiles during the 2011 DRAGON-MD and DISCOVER-AQ experiments.", J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119 (12): 7439–7452 [10.1002/2013JD021166] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Observations of rapid aerosol optical depth enhancements in the vicinity of polluted cumulus clouds.", Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14 11633-11656 [10.5194/acp-14-11633-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Influence of observed diurnal cycles of aerosol optical depth on aerosol direct radiative effect.", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13 [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Aerosol optical depths over oceans: A view from MISR retrievals and collocated MAN and AERONET in situ observations.", J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118 (22): 12,620-12,633 [10.1002/2013JD020393] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "A seasonal trend of single scattering albedo in southern African biomass-burning particles: Implications for satellite products and estimates of emissions for the world's largest biomass-burning source.", J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118 (12): 6414-6432 [10.1002/jgrd.50500] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Investigating enhanced Aqua MODIS aerosol optical depth retrievals over the mid-to-high latitude Southern Oceans through intercomparison with co-located CALIOP, MAN, and AERONET data sets.", J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118 (10): 4700-4714 [10.1002/jgrd.50311] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Production mechanisms, number concentration, size distribution, chemical composition, and optical properties of sea spray aerosols.", Atmos. Sci. Lett., 14 (4): 207-213 [10.1002/asl2.441] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Corrigendum to "Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre-monsoon season" published in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 12841–12863, 2011.", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12 (3): 1525-1525 [10.5194/acp-12-1525-2012] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Analysis of AERONET aerosol absorption properties and characteristics from representative aerosol source locations.", J. Geophys. Res., 117 17203 [doi: 10.1029/ 2010JD018127] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Estimating marine aerosol particle volume and number from Maritime Aerosol Network data.", Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12 (18): 8889-8909 [10.5194/acp-12-8889-2012] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "A pure marine aerosol model, for use in remote sensing applications.", J. Geophys. Res., 117 (D5): D05213 [10.1029/2011JD016689] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Evaluations of cirrus contamination and screening in ground aerosol observations using collocated lidar systems.", J. Geophys. Res., 117 (D15): D15204 [10.1029/2012JD017757] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Assessment of error in aerosol optical depth measured by AERONET due to aerosol forward scattering.", Geophysical Research Letters, 39 (23): L23806 [10.1029/2012GL053894] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Estimating marine aerosol particle volume and number from Maritime Aerosol Network data.", Atm Chem Phys, 12 8889-8909 [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Fog- and cloud-induced aerosol modification observed by the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET).", J Geophys Res, 117 (D7): D07206 [10.1029/2011JD016839] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Smoke aerosol and its radiative effects during extreme fire event over Central Russia in summer 2010.", Atmos Meas Tech, 5 (3): 557-568 [10.5194/amt-5-557-2012] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "SeaWiFS Ocean Aerosol Retrieval (SOAR): Algorithm, validation, and comparison with other data sets.", J. Geophys. Res., 117 (D3): D03206 [10.1029/2011JD016599] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Evaluation and Wind Speed Dependence of MODIS Aerosol Retrievals Over Open Ocean.", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 50 (2): 429-435 [10.1109/TGRS.2011.2162073] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Aerosol daytime variations over North and South America derived from multiyear AERONET measurements.", J. Geophys. Res., 117 (D5): D05211 [10.1029/2011JD017242] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Effect of wind speed on aerosol optical depth over remote oceans, based on data from the Maritime Aerosol Network.", Atmos Meas Tech, 5 (2): 377-388 [10.5194/amt-5-377-2012] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre-monsoon season.", Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11 (24): 12841-12863 [10.5194/acp-11-12841-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Reduction of aerosol absorption in Beijing since 2007 from MODIS and AERONET.", Geophysical Research Letters, 38 (10): L10803 [10.1029/2011GL047306] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Dust optical properties over North Africa and Arabian Peninsula derived from the AERONET dataset.", Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11 (20): 10733-10741 [10.5194/acp-11-10733-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Maritime aerosol network as a component of AERONET – first results and comparison with global aerosol models and satellite retrievals.", Atmos Meas Tech, 4 (3): 583-597 [10.5194/amt-4-583-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Aerosol optical properties over the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean during the 140th cruise of the M/VS.A. Agulhas.", Atmospheric Research, 98 (2-4): 285-296 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.07.007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer global aerosol product assessment by comparison with the Aerosol Robotic Network.", J. Geophys. Res., 115 (D23): D23209 [10.1029/2010JD014601] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Optical and physical characteristics of Bay of Bengal aerosols during W-ICARB: Spatial and vertical heterogeneities in the marine atmospheric boundary layer and in the vertical column.", J. Geophys. Res., 115 (D24): D24213 [10.1029/2010JD014094] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Climatological aspects of the optical properties of fine/coarse mode aerosol mixtures.", J. Geophys. Res., 115 (D19): D19205 [10.1029/2010JD014002] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Validation of SeaWiFS and MODIS aerosol products with globally distributed AERONET data.", Remote Sensing of Environment, 114 (2): 230-250 [10.1016/j.rse.2009.09.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Comparison of aerosol optical depths from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on Aura with results from airborne sunphotometry, other space and ground measurements during MILAGRO/INTEX-B.", Atmos Chem Phys, 9 6743-6765 [10.5194/acp-9-6743-2009] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Columnar water vapor retrievals from multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer data.", J. Geophys. Res., 114 (D2): D02306 [10.1029/2008JD010543] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of Aerosol Robotic Network.", J. Geophys. Res., 114 (D6): D06204 [10.1029/2008JD011257] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Aerosol optical properties at Nam Co, a remote site in central Tibetan Plateau.", Atmospheric Research, 92 (1): 42-48 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.08.005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Optical properties of boreal region biomass burning aerosols in central Alaska and seasonal variation of aerosol optical depth at an Arctic coastal site.", J. Geophys. Res., 114 (D11): D11201 [10.1029/2008JD010870] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Annual aerosol spectral optical depth characterization in Siberia.", Atm Ocean Optics, 22 (6): 566-574 [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence aerosol variability?.", J. Geophys. Res., 113 (D12): D12215 [10.1029/2007JD009372] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "About investigation results on the atmosphere aerosol optical depth in circumnavigation around Antarctica (the 53d RAE).", Atm Ocean Optics, 21 (12): 900-904 [Full Text] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Aerosol optical depth of atmosphere over the oceans in the wavelength range 0.37–4 µm.", Int J Rem Sens, 29 (9): 2519-2547 [10.1080/01431160701767492] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Spatial and temporal variability of column-integrated aerosol optical properties in the southern Arabian Gulf and United Arab Emirates in summer.", J. Geophys. Res., 113 (D1): D01204 [10.1029/2007JD008944] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Coarse mode optical information retrievable using ultraviolet to short-wave infrared Sun photometry: Application to United Arab Emirates Unified Aerosol Experiment data.", J. Geophys. Res., 113 (D5): D05212 [10.1029/2007JD009052] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Results of the studies of aerosol characteristics in the 52 RAE.", Problems of Arctic and Antarctica, 77 67-75 [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Middle Ural in the AEROSIBNET system: preliminary analysis of regional sources of the atmospheric aerosol contamination.", Atm Ocean Optics, 20 457-460 [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Aerosol optical and microphysical properties over the Atlantiv Ocean during the 19th cruise of the Research Vessel Akademik Sergey Vavilov.", J Geophys Res, 112 (D10220): 9 pp. [10.1029/2006JD007947] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Ship-based aerosol optical depth measurements in the Atlantic Ocean: Comparison with satellite retrievals and GOCART model.", Geophys Res Lett, 33 (14): L14817 [10.1029/2006GL026051] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Local Analysis of MISR Surface BRF and Albedo Over GSFC and Mongu AERONET Sites.", IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens, 44 (7): 1707-1718 [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "How well do state-of-the-art techniques measuring the vertical profile of tropospheric aerosol extinction compare?.", J Geophys Res, 111 (D05S07): 25 pp [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Variability of aerosol optical layer of the atmosphere in South Atlantic, Basic Researches of Oceans and Seas.", , Book 1 [Article in Book]
2006. "How well do state-of-the-art techniques measuring the vertical profile of tropospheric aerosol extinction compare?.", J. Geophys. Res., 111 (D5): D05S07 [10.1029/2005JD005837] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Aerosol load characterization over South-East Italy for one year of AERONET sun-photometer measurements.", Atmos Res, 75 (1-2): 111-133 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.12.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Monitoring of atmospheric aerosol in the Asian part of Russia in 2004 within the framework of AEROSIBNET program.", Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics, English Translation 18 [871-875] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "MISR Calibration and Implications for Low-Light-Level Aerosol Retrieval over Dark Water.", J Atmos Sci, 62 1032-1052 [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Ship-based aerosol optical depth measurements in the Atlantic Ocean.", Geophys Res Abstracts, 7 2 pp [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Solar radiation, total column ozone content and aerosol optical properties monitoring at the ground-based station in Kishinev, Moldova.", Geophys Res Abstracts, 7 2 pp [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Columnar aerosol optical properties at AERONET sites in central eastern Asia and aerosol transport to the tropical mid-Pacific.", J. Geophys. Res., 110 (D6): D06202 [10.1029/2004JD005274] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Aerosol optical depth over the mountainous region in central Asia (Issyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan).", Geophsy Res Lett, 32 (L05807): [10.1029/2004GL021746] [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Global validation of two-channel AVHRR aerosol optical thickness retrievals over the oceans.", J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer, 88 (1-3): 97-109 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.03.031] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Comparison of size and morphological measurements of coarse mode dust particles from Africa.", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D19): [Full Text] [10.1029/2002JD002485] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Maritime component in aerosol optical models derived from Aerosol Robotic Network data.", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D1): 4033 [Full Text] [10.1029/2002JD002701] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Effect of wind speed on columnar aerosol optical properties at Midway Island.", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D24): 4802 [Full Text] [10.1029/2003JD003879] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Monthly averages of aerosol properties: A global comparison among models, satellite data, and AERONET ground data.", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D20): 4634 [10.1029/2001JD001253] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Airborne Sun photometer measurements of aerosol optical depth and columnar water vapor during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment and comparison with land, aircraft, and satellite measurements.", J Geophys Res, 108 (D19): 8588 [10.1029/2002JD002520] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Analysis of measurements of Saharan dust by airborne and ground-based remote sensing methods during the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE).", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D19): 8586 [10.1029/2002JD002493] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "High aerosol optical depth biomass burning events: A comparison of optical properties for different source regions.", Geophys Res Lett, 30 (20): 2035 [10.1029/2003GL017861] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Variability of biomass burning aerosol optical characteristics in southern Africa during the SAFARI 2000 dry season campaign and a comparison of single scattering albedo estimates from radiometric measurements.", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D13): 8447 [10.1029/2002JD002321] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Development of a global validation package for satellite oceanic aerosol optical thickness retrieval based on AERONET observations and its application to NOAA/NESDIS operational aerosol retrievals.", J.Atm.Sci., 59 (3): 294-312 [10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0294:DOAGVP>2.0.CO;2] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Atmospheric aerosol optical properties in the Persian Gulf region.", J. Atmos. Sci., 59 (3): 620-634 [10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0620:AAOPIT>2.0.CO;2 Cu] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Diurnal variability of aerosol optical depth observed at AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) sites.", Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (23): 2115 [Full Text] [10.1029/2002GL016305] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Optical properties of atmospheric aerosol in maritime environments.", J Atmos Sci, 59 501-523 [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Variability of absorption and optical properties of key aerosol types observed in worldwide locations.", J Atmos Sci, 59 590-608 [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean.", Geophys Res Lett, 29 (12): [10.1029/2001GL013204] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Baseline maritime aerosol: Methodology to derive the optical thickness and scattering properties.", Geophys Res Lett, 28 (17): 3251-3254 [10.1029/2001GL013312] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Climatology of dust aerosol size distribution and optical properties derived from remotely sensed data in the solar spectrum.", J Geophys Res, 106 (D16): 18205-18217 [10.1029/2000JD900663] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET.", J. Geophys. Res., 106 (D11): 12067-12097 [10.1029/2001JD900014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Characterization of the optical properties of biomass burning aerosols in Zambia during the 1997 ZIBBEE field campaign.", J Geophys Res, 106 (D4): 3425-3448 [10.1029/2000JD900555] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Cloud screening and quality control algorithms for the AERONET data base.", Remote Sensing of Environment, 73 (3): 337-349 [10.1016/S0034-4257(00)00109-7] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Comparison of aerosol optical properties and water vapor among ground and airborne lidars and Sun photometers during TARFOX.", J Geophys Res, 105 (D8): 9917-9934 [10.1029/1999JD901202] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Accuracy assessment of aerosol optical properties retrieved from Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Sun and sky radiance measurements.", J Geophys Res, 105 (D8): 9791-9806 [10.1029/2000JD900040] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Measurement of atmospheric optical parameters on U.S. Atlantic coast sites: Ships and Bermuda during TARFOX.", J Geophys Res, 105 9887-9902 [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Will aerosol measurements from Terra and Aqua polar orbiting satellites represent the daily aerosol abundance and properties.", Geophys Res Lett, 27 3861-3864 [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Ground-Based Lidar Measurements of Aerosols During ACE-2: Instrument Description Results and Comparisons with other Ground-Based Airborne Measurements.", Tellus B, 52 635-650 [Journal Article/Letter]
1999. "Wavelength dependence of the optical depth of biomass burning, urban, and desert dust aerosols.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 104 (D24): 31333-31349 [10.1029/1999jd900923] [Journal Article/Letter]
1999. "Comparisons of the TOMS aerosol index and the Sun-photometer aerosol optical thickness: Results and applications.", J. Geophys. Res., 104 (D6): 6269-6279 [10.1029/1998JD200086] [Journal Article/Letter]
1998. "AERONET—A Federated Instrument Network and Data Archive for Aerosol Characterization.", Remote Sensing of Environment, 66 (1): 1-16 [10.1016/s0034-4257(98)00031-5] [Journal Article/Letter]
1998. "Optical Properties of Saharan Dust During ACE-2.", J Geophysical Research, 103 28078-28092 [Journal Article/Letter]
1989. "Airborne remote measurements of the spectral coefficient of sea brightness.", Atmospheric Optics, 2 (6): 527-532 [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2006. "Aeronet's Version 2.0 quality assurance criteria.", Proc .SPIE 6408, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds, 6408Q [10.1117/12.706524] [Other]
2001. "How well do aerosol retrievals from satellites and representation in global circulation models match ground-based AERONET aerosol statistics?.", Remote Sensing and Climate Modeling: Synergies and Limitations, 103-158 [Article in Book]