Publications

CPL-Specific Publications

• Vaughan. M.A., Z. Liu, M.J. McGill, and M.D. Obland, "On the spectral dependence of backscatter from cirrus clouds: an assessment of CALIOP's 1064 nm calibration using Cloud Physics Lidar measurements," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, (2009 submitted).

• McGill, M.J., M.A. Vaughan, C.R. Trepte, W.D. Hart, D.L. Hlavka, D.M. Winker, and R. Keuhn, "Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar," Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, doi: 10.1029/2007JD008768, 2007. (download PDF file)

• McGill, M.J., L. Li, W.D. Hart, G.M. Heymsfield, D.L. Hlavka, P.E. Racette, L. Tian, M.A. Vaughan, and D.M. Winker, "Combined lidar-radar remote sensing: Initial results from CRYSTAL-FACE", Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004030, 2004. (download PDF file)

• McGill, M.J., D.L. Hlavka, W.D. Hart, E.J. Welton, and J.R. Campbell, "Airborne lidar measurements of aerosol optical properties during SAFARI-2000," Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002370, 2003. (download PDF file)

• McGill, M.J., D.L. Hlavka, W.D. Hart, J.D. Spinhirne, V.S. Scott, and B. Schmid, "The Cloud Physics Lidar: Instrument description and initial measurement results", Applied Optics, 41, pg. 3725-3734, June 2002. (download PDF file)

CPL-Related Publications

• Vaughan, M.A., K.A. Powell, R.E. Keuhn, S.A. Young, D.M. Winker, C.A. Hostetler, W.H. Hunt, Z. Liu, M.J. McGill, and B.J. Getzewich, "Fully automated detection of cloud and aerosol layers using the CALIPSO lidar measurements," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, (2008 in press).

• Ackerman, S.A., R.E. Holz, R. Frey, E.W. Eloranta, B. Maddux and M. McGill, "Cloud detection with MODIS: part II validation," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25, 1073-1086, 2008.

• van Zadelhoff, G-J., A.J. Heymsfield, D.P. Donovan, and M.J. McGill, "Validating lidar-radar microphysics retrieval using in-situ measurements," Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007202, 2007.

• Noel, V., D.M. Winker, T.J. Garrett, and M. McGill, "Extinction coefficients retrieved in deep tropical ice clouds from lidar observations using a CALIPSO-like algorithm compared to in-situ measurements from the cloud integrating nephelometer during CRYSTAL-FACE," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 1415-1422, 2007.

• Heymsfield, A.J., C. Schmitt, A. Bansemer, G-J. van Zadelhoff, M.J. McGill, C. Twohy, and D. Baumgardner, "Effective radius of ice cloud particle populations derived from aircraft probes," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23, 361-380, 2006.

• Holz, R.E., S. Ackerman, P. Antonelli, F. Nagle, M. McGill, D.L. Hlavka, and W.D. Hart, "An improvement to the high spectral resolution CO2 slicing cloud top altitude retrieval," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23, 653-670, 2006.

• Liu, Z., W. Hunt, C. Hostetler, M. Vaughan, M. McGill, D. Winker, and Y. Hu, "Estimating random errors in backscatter lidar observations," Applied Optics, 45, 4437-4447, 2006.

• Chepfer, H., V. Noel, P. Minnis, D. Baumgardner, L. Nguyen, G. Raga, M.J. McGill, and P. Yang, "Particle habit in tropical ice clouds curing CRYSTAL-FACE: comparison of two remote sensing techniques with in situ observations," Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005455, 2005.

• Jensen, E., L. Pfister, T. Bui, A. Weinheimer, E. Weinstock, J. Smith, D. Baumgardner, and M.J. McGill, "Formation of a tropopause cirrus layer observed over Florida during CRYSTAL-FACE," Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004671, 2005.

• Mitrescu, C., J.M. Haynes, G.L. Stephens, G.M. Heymsfield, and M.J. McGill, "Cirrus cloud optical, microphysical and radiative properties observed during CRYSTAL-FACE experiment: I. A radar-lidar retrieval system," Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005605, 2005.

• Zhou, D.K., W.L. Smith, Sr., X. Liu, A.M. Larar, H-L.A. Huang, J. Li, M.J. McGill, and S.A. Mango, "Thermodynamic and cloud parameter retrieval using infrared spectra data," Geophysical Research Letters, 32, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023211, 2005.

• Garrett, T.J., A.J. Heymsfield, M.J. McGill, B.A. Ridley, D.G. Baumgardner, P.T. Bui, and C.R. Webster, "Convective generation of cirrus near the tropopause," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004952, 2004.

• Liu, Z., M. McGill, Y. Hu, C.A. Hostetler, M. Vaughan, and D. Winker, "Validating lidar depolarization calibration using solar radiation scattered by ice clouds," Geoscience Remote Sensing Letters, 1, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2004.829613, 2004.

• Liu, Z., M.A. Vaughan, D.M. Winker, C.A. Hostetler, L.R. Poole, D. Hlavka, W. Hart, and M. McGill, "Use of probability distribution functions for discriminating between cloud and aerosol in lidar backscatter data," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004732, 2004.

• Noel, V., D.M. Winker, M. McGill, and P. Lawson, "Classification of particle shapes from lidar depolarization ratios in convective ice clouds compared to in situ observations during CRYSTAL-FACE," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004833, 2004.

• Ridley, B., L. Ott, K. Pickering, L. Emmons, D. Montzka, A. Weinheimer, D. Knapp, F. Grahek, L. Li, G. Heymsfield, M. McGill, P. Kucera, M.J. Mahoney, and G. Brasseur, "Florida thunderstorms: a faucet of reactive nitrogen to the upper troposphere," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004769, 2004.

• Sherwood, S.C., J-H. Chae, P. Minnis and M. McGill, "Underestimation of deep convective cloud tops by thermal imagery," Geophysical Research Letters, 31, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019699, 2004.

• Sherwood, S.C., P. Minnis, and M. McGill, "Deep convective cloud top heights and their thermodynamic control during CRYSTAL-FACE," Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004811, 2004.

• Schmid, B., J. Redemann, P.B. Russell, P.V. Hobbs, D.L. Hlavka, M.J. McGill, W.D. Hart, B.N. Holben, E.J. Welton, J. Campbell, O. Torres, R. Kahn, D. Diner, M. Helmlinger, D.A. Chu, C. Robles-Gonzalez, and G. de Leeuw, "Coordinated airborne, spaceborne, and ground-based measurements of massive, thick aerosol layers during the dry season in Southern Africa," Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002297, 2003.

Selected Abstracts

• Hlavka, D.L., W.D. Hart, S.P. Palm, M. McGill, and J.D. Spinhirne, "Initial validation and results of Geoscience Laser Altimeter System optical properties retrievals," IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (Anchorage, AK), September 20-24, 2004.

• McGill, M.J., D.L. Hlavka, W.D. Hart, G.M. Heymsfield, L. Li, M.A. Vaughan, and D.M. Winker, "Combined lidar-radar remote sensing of tropical cirrus anvils during CRYSTAL-FACE", American Geophysics Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA), December 2003.

• Hlavka, D.L., M.J. McGill, W.D. Hart, and J.D. Spinhirne, "Cloud Physics Lidar optical measurements during the SAFARI-2000 field campaign," IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (Toronto, Canada), June 24-28, 2002.

• McGill, M.J., D.L. Hlavka, W.D. Hart, J.D. Spinhirne, and V.S. Scott, "Cloud Physics Lidar measurements during the SAFARI-2000 field campaign", American Geophysics Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA), December 2001.