Dr. Yuekui Yang is a Research Physical Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His research includes studies of cloud and blowing snow over ice sheets, polar radiation budget, atmospheric effects on ice sheet altimetry, polar boundary layer properties and satellite cloud property retrievals. The NASA missions he has been working on include: the Ice, Cloud,and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission as a Science Definition Team member (PI, 2014-2020), the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission as a member of the Science Team and the lead of the cloud products team (PI, 2014--), and the CloudSat/CALIPSO mission as a member of the Science Team (PI, 2016--) etc.
Dr. Yang started working at the Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center in 2007. Prior joining the NASA civil service in 2016, he worked as a Research Scientist and Group Lead (Manager II) at the Universities Space Research Association, where his affiliation began in 2011. From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Yang was associated with the University of Maryland at Baltimore County.
Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. from the Unversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Atmospheric Sciences. He had 10 years of pre-doctoral working experience, holding positions from a researcher in atmospheric sciences, a meteorological radar software engineer, to a software project manager.
Active and Passive Remote Sensing; Atmospheric Radiative Transfer; Polar Radiation Budget, Planetary Boundary Layer
Ice, Cloud,and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2)
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)
CloudSat/CALIPSO Science Team
- 2020, NASA Agency Group Achievement Award for ICESat-2 Launch and Commissioning: “For significant launch and commissioning preparations and achievements enabling the success of the ICESat-2 mission”.
- 2019, NASA Honor Award, Silver Achievement Medal - Group, ICESat-2 Project Team.
- 2019, NASA Honor Award, Group Achievement, ICESat-2 Team.
- 2018, ICESat-2 mission recognition, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: “in recognition and appreciation of your outstanding contribution to the successful development, launch and activation of the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat-2)”.
- 2016, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Division – Atmospheres Award for Outstanding Performance – Outreach: “For contributions to generating enhanced DSCOVR/EPIC RGB images”.
- 2015, NASA Agency Group Achievement Award for the DSCOVR Ground System Development and Test Team: “For outstanding effort in developing and testing the DSCOVR ground system under extenuating circumstances with limited resources and time”.
- 2015, DSCOVR mission recognition, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: “in recognition and appreciation of your outstanding contribution to the successful launch of the Deep Space Climate Observatory, enabling continued space weather forecasting and unique Earth science observations”.
- 2009, 2012, Best Paper Award,Climate and Radiation Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- 2008, Ogura Research Paper Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: “in recognition of exceptional research resulting in an outstanding published paper”.
10/01/2019 -
09/30/2022
CloudSat and CALIPSO Science Team,
NASA
The Sources and Sinks of Antarctic Blowing Snow
;
PI
03/01/2019 -
02/28/2022
DSCOVR Science Team,
NASA
Improvement and Assessment of the EPIC Cloud Products
;
PI
02/01/2015 -
03/01/2020
ICESat-2 Science Definition Team,
NASA
“A Holistic Approach to Improve ICESAT-2 Daytime Cloud Retrievals and Reduce Uncertainty in Surface Elevation Measurements”
;
PI
10/01/2016 -
09/30/2019
CloudSat and CALIPSO Science Team,
NASA
"Study of Longwave Radiative Effects of Antarctic Blowing Snow: a Synergy among CALIPSO, CERES, MODIS and Model Data"
;
PI
10/01/2014 -
09/30/2017
DSCOVR Earth Science Algorithms,
NASA
"EPIC Cloud Algorithms"
;
PI
01/01/2014 -
12/31/2016
Cryospheric Science Program,
NASA
“Blowing Snow Over Antarctica: Implications for Ice Sheet Mass Balance, Sea Ice Thickness and Laser Altimetry”
;
Co-I
Cloud Products for the DSCOVR EPIC Mission
Yang, Y., K. Meyer, G. Wind, Y. Zhou, A. Marshak, S. Platnick, Q. Min, A.B, Davis et al., 2018. DSCOVR EPIC cloud products, https://doi.org/10.5067/EPIC/DSCOVR/L2_CLOUD_01
Atmospheric Products for the ICESat-2 Mission
Palm, S. P., Y. Yang, U. C. Herzfeld, D. Hancock, K. A. Barbieri, J. Wimert, and the ICESat-2 Science Team. 2019. ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Calibrated Backscatter Profiles and Atmospheric Layer Characteristics, Version 1. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL09.001.
Enhance Color Image for the DSCOVR EPIC Mission
Yang, Y., and A. Marshak, et al. 2016. DSCOVR EPIC enhanced RGB images. https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/enhanced
Refereed
Ganeshan, M., Y. Yang, and S. P. Palm. 2022. "Impact of Clouds and Blowing Snow on Surface and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Properties Over Dome C, Antarctica."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,
127
(21):
[10.1029/2022jd036801]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, A. Omar, et al. 2022. "Nearshore bathymetry and seafloor property studies from Space lidars: CALIPSO and ICESat-2."
Optics Express,
30
(20):
36509
[10.1364/oe.471444]
Davis, A. B., Y. Yang, and A. Marshak. 2022. "EPIC/DSCOVR as a Pathfinder in Cloud Remote Sensing Using Differential Oxygen Absorption Spectroscopy."
Frontiers in Remote Sensing,
3:
[10.3389/frsen.2022.796273]
Delgado-Bonal, A., A. Marshak, Y. Yang, and L. Oreopoulos. 2022. "Cloud Height Daytime Variability From DSCOVR/EPIC and GOES-R/ABI Observations."
Frontiers in Remote Sensing,
3:
[10.3389/frsen.2022.780243]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, Y. Yang, et al. 2021. "New Ocean Subsurface Optical Properties From Space Lidars: CALIOP/CALIPSO and ATLAS/ICESat‐2."
Earth and Space Science,
8
(10):
[10.1029/2021ea001839]
Palm, S. P., Y. Yang, U. Herzfeld, et al. 2021. "ICESat‐2 Atmospheric Channel Description, Data Processing and First Results."
Earth and Space Science,
8
(8):
[10.1029/2020ea001470]
Zhou, Y., Y. Yang, P.-W. Zhai, and M. Gao. 2021. "Cloud Detection Over Sunglint Regions With Observations From the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera."
Frontiers in Remote Sensing,
2:
[10.3389/frsen.2021.690010]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, Y. Yang, et al. 2021. "Enabling value added scientific applications of ICESat‐2 data with effective removal of afterpulses."
Earth and Space Science,
[10.1029/2021ea001729]
Delgado‐Bonal, A., A. Marshak, Y. Yang, and L. Oreopoulos. 2021. "Global daytime variability of clouds from DSCOVR/EPIC observations."
Geophysical Research Letters,
48:
[10.1029/2020gl091511]
Yang, Y., A. Anderson, D. Kiv, et al. 2020. "Study of Antarctic blowing snow storms using MODIS and CALIOP observations with a machine learning model."
Earth and Space Science,
8
(1):
[10.1029/2020ea001310]
Yin, B., Q. Min, E. Morgan, et al. 2020. "Cloud-top pressure retrieval with DSCOVR EPIC oxygen A- and B-band observations."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,
13
(10):
5259-5275
[10.5194/amt-13-5259-2020]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, Y. Yang, et al. 2020. "Antarctic spring ice-edge blooms observed from space by ICESat-2."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
245:
111827
[10.1016/j.rse.2020.111827]
Delgado‐Bonal, A., A. Marshak, Y. Yang, and L. Oreopoulos. 2020. "Daytime Variability of Cloud Fraction From DSCOVR/EPIC Observations."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,
125
(10):
[10.1029/2019jd031488]
Zhou, Y., Y. Yang, M. Gao, and P.-W. Zhai. 2020. "Cloud detection over snow and ice with oxygen A- and B-band observations from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,
13
(3):
1575-1591
[10.5194/amt-13-1575-2020]
Delgado-Bonal, A., A. Marshak, Y. Yang, and D. Holdaway. 2020. "Analyzing changes in the complexity of climate in the last four decades using MERRA-2 radiation data."
Scientific Reports,
10
(1):
922
[10.1038/s41598-020-57917-8]
Ganeshan, M., and Y. Yang. 2019. "Evaluation of the Antarctic boundary layer thermodynamic structure in MERRA2 using dropsonde observations from the Concordiasi campaign."
Earth and Space Science,
(6):
2397-2409
[10.1029/2019ea000890]
Magruder, L., T. Neumann, H. Fricker, et al. 2019. "New Earth Orbiter Provides a Sharper Look at a Changing Planet."
Eos,
100:
[10.1029/2019eo133233]
Gao, M., P.-W. Zhai, Y. Yang, and Y. Hu. 2019. "Cloud remote sensing with EPIC/DSCOVR observations: A sensitivity study with radiative transfer simulations."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer,
230:
56-60
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.03.022]
Palm, S. P., Y. Yang, and V. K. Kayetha. 2019. "New Perspectives on Blowing Snow in Antarctica and Implications for Ice Sheet Mass Balance."
Antarctica - A Key To Global Change,
136,
ISBN: 978-1-78985-816-7.
[10.5772/intechopen.81319]
Yang, Y., K. Meyer, G. Wind, et al. 2019. "Cloud products from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC): algorithms and initial evaluation."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,
12
(3):
2019-2031
[10.5194/amt-12-2019-2019]
Gao, B.-C., R.-R. Li, and Y. Yang. 2019. "Remote Sensing of Daytime Water Leaving Reflectances of Oceans and Large Inland Lakes from EPIC onboard the DSCOVR Spacecraft at Lagrange-1 Point."
Sensors,
19
(5):
1243
[10.3390/s19051243]
Palm, S. P., Y. Yang, V. Kayetha, and J. P. Nicolas. 2018. "Insight into the Thermodynamic Structure of Blowing-Snow Layers in Antarctica from Dropsonde and CALIPSO Measurements."
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology,
57
(12):
2733-2748
[10.1175/jamc-d-18-0082.1]
Davis, A. B., N. Ferlay, Q. Libois, et al. 2018. "Cloud information content in EPIC/DSCOVR’s oxygen A- and B-band channels: A physics-based approach."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer,
220:
84-96
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.09.006]
Ganeshan, M., and Y. Yang. 2018. "A Regional Analysis of Factors Affecting the Antarctic Boundary Layer During the Concordiasi Campaign."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,
[10.1029/2018jd028629]
Marshak, A., J. Herman, A. Szabo, et al. 2018. "Earth Observations from DSCOVR/EPIC Instrument."
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,
BAMS-D-17-0223.1
[10.1175/bams-d-17-0223.1]
Palm, S. P., V. Kayetha, and Y. Yang. 2018. "Toward a Satellite-Derived Climatology of Blowing Snow Over Antarctica."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,
[10.1029/2018jd028632]
Davis, A. B., G. Merlin, C. Cornet, et al. 2018. "Cloud information content in EPIC/DSCOVR’s oxygen A- and B-band channels: An optimal estimation approach."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer,
216:
6-16
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.05.007]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, Y. Yang, et al. 2018. "Laser pulse bidirectional reflectance from CALIPSO mission."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,
11
(6):
3281-3296
[10.5194/amt-11-3281-2018]
Palm, S. P., V. Kayetha, Y. Yang, and R. Pauly. 2017. "Blowing snow sublimation and transport over Antarctica from 11 years of CALIPSO observations."
The Cryosphere,
11
(6):
2555-2569
[10.5194/tc-11-2555-2017]
Xu, X., J. Wang, Y. Wang, et al. 2017. "Passive remote sensing of altitude and optical depth of dust plumes using the oxygen A and B bands: First results from EPIC/DSCOVR at Lagrange-1 point."
Geophysical Research Letters,
44
(14):
7544-7554
[10.1002/2017gl073939]
Yang, Y., A. Marshak, M. Han, S. P. Palm, and D. J. Harding. 2017. "Snow grain size retrieval over the polar ice sheets with the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) observations."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer,
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.03.033]
Markus, T., T. Neumann, A. Martino, et al. 2017. "The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2): Science requirements, concept, and implementation."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
190:
260-273
[10.1016/j.rse.2016.12.029]
Holdaway, D., and Y. Yang. 2016. "Study of the Effect of Temporal Sampling Frequency on DSCOVR Observations Using the GEOS-5 Nature Run Results (Part II): Cloud Coverage."
Remote Sensing,
8
(5):
[10.3390/rs8050431]
Meyer, K., Y. Yang, and S. Platnick. 2016. "Uncertainties in cloud phase and optical thickness retrievals from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,
9
(4):
1785-1797
[10.5194/amt-9-1785-2016]
Holdaway, D., and Y. Yang. 2016. "Study of the Effect of Temporal Sampling Frequency on DSCOVR Observations Using the GEOS-5 Nature Run Results (Part I): Earth’s Radiation Budget."
Remote Sens.,
8
(2):
98
[10.3390/rs8020098]
Yu, H., M. Chin, T. L. Yuan, et al. 2015. "The fertilizing role of African dust in the Amazon rainforest: A first multiyear assessment based on data from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations."
Geophysical Research Letters,
42
(6):
1984-1991
[10.1002/2015GL063040]
Yu, H., M. Chin, H. Bian, et al. 2015. "Quantification of Trans-Atlantic Dust Transport from Seven-year (2007-2013) Record of CALIPSO Lidar Measurements."
Remote Sens. Environ,
159:
232-249
[10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.010]
Yang, Y., S. P. Palm, A. Marshak, et al. 2014. "First satellite-detected perturbations of outgoing longwave radiation associated with blowing snow events over Antarctica."
Geophys. Res. Lett,
41
(2):
730-735
[10.1002/2013GL058932]
Yang, Y., A. Marshak, J. Mao, A. I. Lyapustin, and J. R. Herman. 2013. "A method of retrieving cloud top height and cloud geometrical thickness with oxygen A and B bands for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission: Radiative transfer simulations."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer,
122:
141-149
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.09.017]
Yang, Y., A. Marshak, S. P. Palm, Z. Wang, and C. Schaaf. 2013. "Assessment of Cloud Screening With Apparent Surface Reflectance in Support of the ICESat-2 Mission."
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing,
51
(2):
1037-1045
[10.1109/TGRS.2012.2204066]
Yu, H., Y. Zhang, M. Chin, et al. 2012. "An integrated analysis of aerosol above clouds from A-Train multi-sensor measurements."
Remote Sens Environ,
121:
125-131
[10.1016/j.rse.2012.01.011]
Palm, S. P., Y. Yang, J. D. Spinhirne, and A. Marshak. 2011. "Satellite remote sensing of blowing snow properties over Antarctica."
Journal of Geophysical Research,
116
(D16):
D16123
[10.1029/2011jd015828]
Yang, Y., A. Marshak, S. P. Palm, T. Varnai, and W. J. Wiscombe. 2011. "Cloud Impact on Surface Altimetry From a Spaceborne 532-nm Micropulse Photon-Counting Lidar: System Modeling for Cloudy and Clear Atmospheres."
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing,
49
(12):
4910-4919
[Full Text (Link)]
[10.1109/TGRS.2011.2153860]
Yang, Y., A. Marshak, T. Varnai, W. J. Wiscombe, and P. Yang. 2010. "Uncertainties in Ice-Sheet Altimetry From a Spaceborne 1064-nm Single-Channel Lidar Due to Undetected Thin Clouds."
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing,
48
(1):
250-259
[10.1109/TGRS.2009.2028335]
Yang, Y., and L. Di Girolamo. 2008. "Impacts of 3-D radiative effects on satellite cloud detection and their consequences on cloud fraction and aerosol optical depth retrievals."
Journal of Geophysical Research,
113
(D4):
D04213
[10.1029/2007jd009095]
Yang, Y., A. Marshak, J. Chiu, et al. 2008. "Retrievals of Thick Cloud Optical Depth from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) by Calibration of Solar Background Signal."
J. Atmos. Sci.,
65
(11):
3513-3526
[10.1175/2008JAS2744.1]
Yang, Y., L. Di Girolamo, and D. Mazzoni. 2007. "Selection of the automated thresholding algorithm for the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Radiometric Camera-by-Camera Cloud Mask over land."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
107
(1-2):
159-171
[10.1016/j.rse.2006.05.020]
Refereed
Ganeshan, M., Y. Yang, and S. P. Palm. 2022. "Impact of Clouds and Blowing Snow on Surface and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Properties Over Dome C, Antarctica."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
127
(21):
[10.1029/2022jd036801]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, A. Omar, et al. 2022. "Nearshore bathymetry and seafloor property studies from Space lidars: CALIPSO and ICESat-2."
Optics Express
30
(20):
36509
[10.1364/oe.471444]
Davis, A. B., Y. Yang, and A. Marshak. 2022. "EPIC/DSCOVR as a Pathfinder in Cloud Remote Sensing Using Differential Oxygen Absorption Spectroscopy."
Frontiers in Remote Sensing
3
[10.3389/frsen.2022.796273]
Delgado-Bonal, A., A. Marshak, Y. Yang, and L. Oreopoulos. 2022. "Cloud Height Daytime Variability From DSCOVR/EPIC and GOES-R/ABI Observations."
Frontiers in Remote Sensing
3
[10.3389/frsen.2022.780243]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, Y. Yang, et al. 2021. "New Ocean Subsurface Optical Properties From Space Lidars: CALIOP/CALIPSO and ATLAS/ICESat‐2."
Earth and Space Science
8
(10):
[10.1029/2021ea001839]
Palm, S. P., Y. Yang, U. Herzfeld, et al. 2021. "ICESat‐2 Atmospheric Channel Description, Data Processing and First Results."
Earth and Space Science
8
(8):
[10.1029/2020ea001470]
Zhou, Y., Y. Yang, P.-W. Zhai, and M. Gao. 2021. "Cloud Detection Over Sunglint Regions With Observations From the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera."
Frontiers in Remote Sensing
2
[10.3389/frsen.2021.690010]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, Y. Yang, et al. 2021. "Enabling value added scientific applications of ICESat‐2 data with effective removal of afterpulses."
Earth and Space Science
[10.1029/2021ea001729]
Delgado‐Bonal, A., A. Marshak, Y. Yang, and L. Oreopoulos. 2021. "Global daytime variability of clouds from DSCOVR/EPIC observations."
Geophysical Research Letters
48
[10.1029/2020gl091511]
Yang, Y., A. Anderson, D. Kiv, et al. 2020. "Study of Antarctic blowing snow storms using MODIS and CALIOP observations with a machine learning model."
Earth and Space Science
8
(1):
[10.1029/2020ea001310]
Yin, B., Q. Min, E. Morgan, et al. 2020. "Cloud-top pressure retrieval with DSCOVR EPIC oxygen A- and B-band observations."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
13
(10):
5259-5275
[10.5194/amt-13-5259-2020]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, Y. Yang, et al. 2020. "Antarctic spring ice-edge blooms observed from space by ICESat-2."
Remote Sensing of Environment
245
111827
[10.1016/j.rse.2020.111827]
Delgado‐Bonal, A., A. Marshak, Y. Yang, and L. Oreopoulos. 2020. "Daytime Variability of Cloud Fraction From DSCOVR/EPIC Observations."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
125
(10):
[10.1029/2019jd031488]
Zhou, Y., Y. Yang, M. Gao, and P.-W. Zhai. 2020. "Cloud detection over snow and ice with oxygen A- and B-band observations from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
13
(3):
1575-1591
[10.5194/amt-13-1575-2020]
Delgado-Bonal, A., A. Marshak, Y. Yang, and D. Holdaway. 2020. "Analyzing changes in the complexity of climate in the last four decades using MERRA-2 radiation data."
Scientific Reports
10
(1):
922
[10.1038/s41598-020-57917-8]
Ganeshan, M., and Y. Yang. 2019. "Evaluation of the Antarctic boundary layer thermodynamic structure in MERRA2 using dropsonde observations from the Concordiasi campaign."
Earth and Space Science
2397-2409
[10.1029/2019ea000890]
Magruder, L., T. Neumann, H. Fricker, et al. 2019. "New Earth Orbiter Provides a Sharper Look at a Changing Planet."
Eos
100
[10.1029/2019eo133233]
Gao, M., P.-W. Zhai, Y. Yang, and Y. Hu. 2019. "Cloud remote sensing with EPIC/DSCOVR observations: A sensitivity study with radiative transfer simulations."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
230
56-60
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.03.022]
Palm, S. P., Y. Yang, and V. K. Kayetha. 2019. "New Perspectives on Blowing Snow in Antarctica and Implications for Ice Sheet Mass Balance."
Antarctica - A Key To Global Change
136
[10.5772/intechopen.81319]
Yang, Y., K. Meyer, G. Wind, et al. 2019. "Cloud products from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC): algorithms and initial evaluation."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
12
(3):
2019-2031
[10.5194/amt-12-2019-2019]
Gao, B.-C., R.-R. Li, and Y. Yang. 2019. "Remote Sensing of Daytime Water Leaving Reflectances of Oceans and Large Inland Lakes from EPIC onboard the DSCOVR Spacecraft at Lagrange-1 Point."
Sensors
19
(5):
1243
[10.3390/s19051243]
Palm, S. P., Y. Yang, V. Kayetha, and J. P. Nicolas. 2018. "Insight into the Thermodynamic Structure of Blowing-Snow Layers in Antarctica from Dropsonde and CALIPSO Measurements."
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
57
(12):
2733-2748
[10.1175/jamc-d-18-0082.1]
Davis, A. B., N. Ferlay, Q. Libois, et al. 2018. "Cloud information content in EPIC/DSCOVR’s oxygen A- and B-band channels: A physics-based approach."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
220
84-96
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.09.006]
Ganeshan, M., and Y. Yang. 2018. "A Regional Analysis of Factors Affecting the Antarctic Boundary Layer During the Concordiasi Campaign."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
[10.1029/2018jd028629]
Marshak, A., J. Herman, A. Szabo, et al. 2018. "Earth Observations from DSCOVR/EPIC Instrument."
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
BAMS-D-17-0223.1
[10.1175/bams-d-17-0223.1]
Palm, S. P., V. Kayetha, and Y. Yang. 2018. "Toward a Satellite-Derived Climatology of Blowing Snow Over Antarctica."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
[10.1029/2018jd028632]
Davis, A. B., G. Merlin, C. Cornet, et al. 2018. "Cloud information content in EPIC/DSCOVR’s oxygen A- and B-band channels: An optimal estimation approach."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
216
6-16
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.05.007]
Lu, X., Y. Hu, Y. Yang, et al. 2018. "Laser pulse bidirectional reflectance from CALIPSO mission."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
11
(6):
3281-3296
[10.5194/amt-11-3281-2018]
Palm, S. P., V. Kayetha, Y. Yang, and R. Pauly. 2017. "Blowing snow sublimation and transport over Antarctica from 11 years of CALIPSO observations."
The Cryosphere
11
(6):
2555-2569
[10.5194/tc-11-2555-2017]
Xu, X., J. Wang, Y. Wang, et al. 2017. "Passive remote sensing of altitude and optical depth of dust plumes using the oxygen A and B bands: First results from EPIC/DSCOVR at Lagrange-1 point."
Geophysical Research Letters
44
(14):
7544-7554
[10.1002/2017gl073939]
Yang, Y., A. Marshak, M. Han, S. P. Palm, and D. J. Harding. 2017. "Snow grain size retrieval over the polar ice sheets with the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) observations."
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
[10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.03.033]
Markus, T., T. Neumann, A. Martino, et al. 2017. "The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2): Science requirements, concept, and implementation."
Remote Sensing of Environment
190
260-273
[10.1016/j.rse.2016.12.029]
Holdaway, D., and Y. Yang. 2016. "Study of the Effect of Temporal Sampling Frequency on DSCOVR Observations Using the GEOS-5 Nature Run Results (Part II): Cloud Coverage."
Remote Sensing
8
(5):
[10.3390/rs8050431]
Meyer, K., Y. Yang, and S. Platnick. 2016. "Uncertainties in cloud phase and optical thickness retrievals from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
9
(4):
1785-1797
[10.5194/amt-9-1785-2016]
Holdaway, D., and Y. Yang. 2016. "Study of the Effect of Temporal Sampling Frequency on DSCOVR Observations Using the GEOS-5 Nature Run Results (Part I): Earth’s Radiation Budget."
Remote Sens.
8
(2):
98
[10.3390/rs8020098]
Yu, H., M. Chin, T. L. Yuan, et al. 2015. "The fertilizing role of African dust in the Amazon rainforest: A first multiyear assessment based on data from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations."
Geophysical Research Letters
42
(6):
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