Current Research

• Acronyms - Used on this web site



• Cloud Modeling
• Cirrus Modeling
• Overview of Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)
• ICRCCM II - Cloud Model Fields


• Climate Studies
• Water Vapor and climate
• Reanalysis Water Vapor Comparison
• AMIP II Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• GCM Radiation Parameterization
• Climate Diagnostics
• Nonlinear Climate Modelling
• CloudSat Homepage
• ECMWF Cloudiness - LITE
• ICRCCM II - Radiation Paramiterization Comparisons


• Instruments
• Scanning Spectral Polarimeter
• A-Band Spectrometer
• ARM Infrared Radiometer (CSIRO )
• DC-8, 94GHz Radar, (JPL, UMASS)
• Cloud Detection Lidar, (LLNL)
• PVM-100A - Airborne Microphysics Sensor
• Sub-millimeter Radiometer, (JPL)


• Field Experiments - Since 1990
• Airborne Platforms
• NCAR Saberliner,
• UAV - GNAT750, Altus-I, Altus-II
• CSIRO F-27, Grob Egrett, DHC-6 Twin Otter
• NASA (Future) - ER-2, DC-8, WB-57 (NCAR)
• Current & Future Experiments
• ARM Cloud IOP, April 1998
• ARM DC-8 Cloud Radar IOP, June 1998
• ARM-UAV, Fall 1998
• CIREX, NASA ER-2, 1998-1999
• ARM Shortwave IOP (SWIOP), July 1998
• NASA DC8 - Radar
• NCAR WB57
• Past Experiments
• FIRE-2, Fall 1991
• ARM-UAV, Spring 1994
• SOCEX-2, Winter 1995
• MCTEX, 1995
• ARM-UAV, Fall 1995
• ARM-UAV, Spring 1996
• ARM-UAV, Fall 1996
• ARM-UAV, Fall 1997
• ARM Shortwave IOP (SWIOP), Fall 1997
• ARM Cloud IOP, Fall 1997


• Particle Scattering
• Discrete Dipole Approximation
• Anomalous Diffraction
• Finite Difference Time Domain
• Geometric Optics


• Radiative Transfer
• Forward Problems, Plane Parallel Theory, 3D Transfer, Parameterization, K-Distribution
• Inverse Problems, Estimation Theory
• Spectroscopy, A-Band, Spectral Radiometers
• 3 Dimensional radiative Transfer Modelling
• ICRCCM II - Line by line and 3D radiative tranfer model comparisons


• Remote Sensing
• Retrieval Theory
• CloudSat Homepage
• Radar
• Surface
• Aircraft
• Space Based
• Spectroscopy
• Lidar
• Surface
• Aircraft
• Space Based
• Lidar-Radiometer (LIRAD) Method
• Lidar / Radar Combined
• Satellite
• TRMM - The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
• TOVS/HIRS
• SSM/T-2 - Special Sensor Microwave/ Water Vapor Sounder
• SSMI
• Spectroscopy, A-Band, Spectral Radiometers
• Sub-Millimeter Radiometer


• Hot Topics
• CloudSat December 29, 1998 - Colorado State University leads $145 million project to develop spacecraft that will provide 3-D images to study clouds, aerosols and improve weather, climate forcasting.
• Atmospheric Ice, GEWEX News, February 1998
• Post EOS Mission Summary
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• PDF Version