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Stephens, G. L., 1976: An improved estimate of IR cooling in the atmospheric window region. J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 806-809.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1976: The transfer of radiation through vertically non-uniform stratocumulus water clouds. Contr. Atmos. Phys., 49, 237-253.   
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1976: The transfer of radiation in cloudy atmosphere. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Melbourne, 396.   
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1978: Radiation profiles in extended water clouds: I. Theory J. Atmos. Sci., 35, 2111-2122.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1978: Radiation profiles in extended water clouds: II. Parameterization schemes J. Atmos. Sci. , 35, 2123-2132.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., G. W. Paltridge and C. M. R. Platt, 1978: Radiation profiles in extended water clouds: III. Observations J. Atmos. Sci., 35, 2133-2141.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and P. J. Webster, 1979: Sensitivity of radiative forcing to variable cloud and moisture. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 1542-1556.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1979: Optical properties of eight water cloud types. Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Org., Australia. Division of Atmospheric Physics, Tech. Paper #36, 35 pp.   
  
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Platt, C. M. R. and G. L. Stephens, 1980: The interpretation of remotely sensed high cloud emittances. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2314-2322.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1980: Radiative transfer on a linear lattice: Application to anisotropic ice crystal clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2095-2104.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1980: Radiative properties of cirrus clouds in the infrared region. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 435-446.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and K. J. Wilson, 1980: The response of a deep cumulus convection model changes in radiative heating. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 421-434.   [PDF]
  
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Webster, P. J. and G. L. Stephens, 1980: Tropical upper-tropospheric extended clouds: Inferences from winter MONEX. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 1521-1541.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and P. J. Webster, 1981: Clouds and climate: Sensitivity of Simple Systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 235-247..   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., G. G. Campbell and T. Vonder Haar, 1981: Earth radiation budgets. J. Geophys. Res., 86, 9739-9760..   [PDF]
  
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Barton, I. J. and G. L. Stephens, 1982: High level clouds at Darwin. Weather, 37, 44-46..   
  
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Platt, C. M. R. and G. L. Stephens, 1982: The interaction of clouds and radiation. Aust. Met. Mag., 30 (1), 97-105..   
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1983: The influence of radiative transfer on mass and heat budgets of ice crystals falling in the atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 1730-1739.   [PDF]
  
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Platt, C. M. R., A. C. Dilley, J. C. Scott, I. J. Barton, and G. L. Stephens, 1984: Remote sounding of high clouds V: Infrared properties and structures of tropical thunderstorm anvils. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 23, 1296-1308.   [PDF]
  
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Preisendorfer, R. W. and G. L. Stephens, 1984: Multimode radiative transfer in finite optical media. I: Fundamentals. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 709-724.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1984: Review: The parameterization of radiation for numerical weather prediction and climate models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 826-867.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1984: Scattering of plane waves by soft obstacles: Anomalous diffraction theory for circular cylinders. J. Appl. Optics., 23, 954-959.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., S. Ackerman, and E. Smith, 1984: A shortwave parameterization revised to improve cloud absorption. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 687-690.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and R. W. Preisendorfer, 1984: Multimode radiative transfer in finite optical media. II: Solutions. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 725-735.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and P. J. Webster, 1984: Cloud decoupling of surface and planetary radiative budgets. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 681-686.   [PDF]
  
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Scott, J. C. and G. L. Stephens, 1985: A visible-infrared spectroradiometer for cloud reflectance measurements. J. Phys. E: Sci. Instrum., 18, 697-701.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1985: Reply Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1834-1835.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and J. C. Scott, 1985: A high speed spectrally scanning radiometer (SPERAD) for airborne measurements of cloud optical properties. J. Atmos. and Oceanic Techn., 2, 148-156.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1986: Radiative transfer in spatially heterogeneous two dimensional anisotropically scattering media. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 36, 51-67.   [PDF]
  
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Ackerman, S. and G. L. Stephens, 1987: The absorption of solar radiation by cloud droplets: An application of anomalous diffraction theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 1574-1588.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1987: On the effects of ice crystal porosity on the radiative characteristics of cirrus clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 92, 3979-3984.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., and T. J. Greenwald, 1987: On the visibility through uniform haze layers. Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association, 261-275.   
  
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Stephens, G. L. and C. M. R. Platt, 1987: Aircraft observations of the radiative and microphysical properties of stratocumulus and cumulus cloud fields. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 9, 1243-1269.   [PDF]
  
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Flatau, P. and G. L. Stephens, 1988: On the fundamental solution of the radiative transfer equation. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 11,037-11,050.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1988: Radiative transfer through arbitrarily shaped optical media, I: A general method of solution. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1818-1836.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1988: Radiative transfer through arbitrarily shaped optical media, II: Group theory and simple closures. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1837-1848.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1988: Foreword. Tribute to Rudolph W. Preisendorfer J. Geophys. Res., 93, 10, 813.   [PDF]
  
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Flatau, P.J., G. L. Stephens, B. T. Draine, 1990: Light scattering in the discrete dipole approximation: Exploiting the Block-Toeplitz structure. J. Opt. Soc. Am. (A), 7, 593-600.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1990: On the relationship between water vapor over the oceans and sea surface temperature. J. Climate, 6, 634-645.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and S-C Tsay, 1990: On the cloud absorption anomaly. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 116, 671-704.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., S-C Tsay, P. W. Stackhouse, Jr., and P. J. Flatau, 1990: The relevance of the microphysical and radiative properties of cirrus clouds to climate and climate feedback. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1742-1753.   [PDF]
  
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Stone, R. S., G. L. Stephens, and C.M.R. Platt, 1990: The remote sensing of cirrus cloud optical depth using satellites, lidar and radiative transfer theory. J. Appl. Meteor., 29, 351-364.   [PDF]
  
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Vivekanandan, J., J. Turk, G. L. Stephens, and V. N. Bringi, 1990: Microwave radiative transfer studies using combined multiparameter radar and radiometer measurements during COHMEX. J. Appl. Meteo., 29, 561-585.   [PDF]
  
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Duda, D. P., G. L. Stephens and S. K. Cox, 1991: Microphysical and radiative properties of marine stratocumulus from tethered balloon measurements. J. Appl. Meteor., 30, 170-186.   [PDF]
  
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Evans, K. F. and G. L. Stephens, 1991: A new polarized atmospheric radiative transfer model. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 46, 413-423.   [PDF]
  
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Stackhouse, P. J. and G. L. Stephens, 1991: A theoretical and observational study of the radiative properties of cirrus: Results from FIRE 1986. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 2044-2059.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., P. Gabriel and S-C Tsay, 1991: Statistical radiative transport in one-dimensional media and its application to the terrestrial atmosphere. Trans. Theory and Stat. Phys., 20, 139-175.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and T. J. Greenwald, 1991: The earth's radiation budget and its relation to atmospheric hydrology, Part I: Observations of the clear sky greenhouse effect. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 15,311-15,324.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and T. J. Greenwald, 1991: The earth's radiation budget and its relation to atmospheric hydrology, Part II: Observations of cloud effects. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 15,325-15,340.   [PDF]
  
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Tjemkes, S. A. and G. L. Stephens, 1991: Space borne observations of precipitable water: Part I: SSM/I observations and algorithm. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 10,941-10,954.   [PDF]
  
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Tsay, S-C., G. L. Stephens, and T. J. Greenwald, 1991: An investigation of aerosol microstructure on visual air quality. J. Atmos. Environ., 25, 1039-1053.   
  
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Stephens, G. L. and A. Slingo, 1992: An air-conditioned greenhouse. Nature, 358, 30 July 1992, 369-370.   [PDF]
  
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Gabriel, P. M., S-C Tsay, and G. L. Stephens, 1993: A Fourier-Riccati approach to radiative transfer Part I: Foundations. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3125-3147.   [PDF]
  
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Greenwald, T. J., G. L. Stephens, T. H. Vonder Haar, and D. L. Jackson, 1993: A physical retrieval of cloud liquid water over the global oceans using Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) observations. J. Geophys. Res., 98, 18,471-18,488.   [PDF]
  
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Intrieri, J. M., G. L. Stephens, W. L. Eberhard and T. Uttal, 1993: A method for determining cirrus cloud particle sizes using a lidar and radar backscatter technique. J. Appl. Met., 32, 1074-1082.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., S. K. Cox, P. W. Stackhouse, Jr., J. Davis and the AT622 Class, 1993: FIRE in the classroom. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 2375-2383.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and D. O'Brien, 1993: Entropy and Climate. Part I: ERBE Observations of the Entropy Production of Earth. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 119, 121-152.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., D. A. Randall, S. A. Tjemkes, I. L. Wittmeyer and D. A. Dazlich, 1993: The earth's radiation budget and its relation to atmospheric hydrology. Part III: Comparison of observations with a GCM. J. Geophys. Res., 98, 4931-4950.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and S. A. Tjemkes, 1993: Water vapor and its role in the earth's greenhouse. Aust. J. Phys., 46, 149-166.   
  
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Webb, M. J., A. Slingo, and G. L. Stephens, 1993: Seasonal variations of the clear-sky greenhouse effect: The role of changes in atmospheric temperatures and humidities. Clim. Dynamics, 9, 117-129.   [PDF]
  
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Wong, T., G. L. Stephens, P. W. Stackhouse, Jr., and F. P. J. Valero, 1993: The radiative budgets of tropical mesoscale convective systems during EMEX--STEP--AMES Experiment. I: Observations. J. Geophys. Res., 98, 8683-8693.   [PDF]
  
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Wong, T., G. L. Stephens, P. W. Stackhouse, Jr., and F. P. J. Valero, 1993: The radiative budgets of tropical mesoscale convective systems during EMEX--STEP--AMES experiment. II: Model results. J. Geophys. Res., 98, 8695-8711.   [PDF]
  
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Evans, K. F., J. Turk, T. Wong, and G. L. Stephens, 1994: A bayesian approach to microwave precipitation profile retrieval. J. Appl. Met., 34, 260-279.   [PDF]
  
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Maslowska, A., P. J. Flatau, and G. L. Stephens, 1994: On the validity of the anomalous diffraction theory to light scattering by cubes. Optics Communications, 107, 35-40.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G.L., D. L. Jackson, and J. J. Bates, 1994: A comparison of SSM/I and TOVS column water vapor data over the global oceans. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 54, 183-201.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., A. Slingo, M. J. Webb, P. J. Minnett, P. H. Daum, L. Kleinman, I. Wittmeyer, and D. A. Randall, 1994: Observations of the earth's radiation budget in relation to atmospheric hydrology, Part IV: Atmospheric column radiative cooling over the worlds oceans. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 18,585-18,604.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1995: Review of atmospheric radiation: 1991-1994 Rev. of Geophys., Supplement, 785-794.   
  
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Evans, K. F., and G. L. Stephens, 1995: Microwave Radiative Transfer through clouds composed of realistically shaped ice crystals. Part I: Single scattering properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2041-2057.   [PDF]
  
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Evans, K. F., and G. L. Stephens, 1995: Microwave radiative transfer through clouds composed of realistically shaped ice crystals. Part II: Remote sensing of ice clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2058-2072.   [PDF]
  
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Greenwald, T. J., G. L. Stephens, T. H. Vonder Haar, and S. Christopher, 1995: Observations of the global characteristics and radiative effects of marine cloud liquid water. J. Clim., 8, 2928-2946.   [PDF]
  
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Jackson, D. L., and G. L. Stephens, 1995: A study of SSM/I derived columnar water vapor over the global oceans. J. Clim., 8, 2025-2038.   [PDF]
  
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O'Brien, D.M., and G. L. Stephens, 1995: Entropy and climate, Part II: Simple models. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 1773-1796.   [PDF]
  
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Schneider, T. L., and G. L. Stephens, 1995: Theoretical aspects of modeling backscattering by cirrus ice particles at millimeter wavelengths. J. Atmos. Sci. FIRE Special Issue, 52, 4367-4385.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G.L., 1995: First ISCCP regional experiment intensive field observations II. J. Atmos. Sci. FIRE Special Issue, 52, 4041.   
  
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Duda, D.P., G.L. Stephens, B.B. Stevens, and W.R. Cotton, 1996: Effects of aerosol on the broadband albedo of marine stratus: Numerical simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3757-3769.   [PDF]
  
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Randel, D.L., T.H. Vonder Haar, M.A. Ringerud, G.L. Stephens, T.J. Greenwald, and C.L. Combs, 1996: A new global water vapor analysis. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 77, 1233-1246.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., 1996: How much solar radiation do clouds absorb? Science, 271, 1131-1136.   
  
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Stephens, G. L., D. L. Jackson, and I. Wittmeyer, 1996: Global observations of upper tropospheric water vapor derived from TOVS radiance data. J. Clim., 9, 305-326.   [PDF]
  
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Tsay, S.-C., P.M. Gabriel, M.D. King, and G.L. Stephens, 1996: Spectral reflectance and atmospheric energetics in cirrus-like clouds. Part II: Applications of a Fourier-Riccati approach to radiative transfer. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3450-3467.   [PDF]
  
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Engelen, R. J., G. L. Stephens, 1997: Infrared radiative transfer in the 9.6 ?m band: Application to TOVS ozone retrieval. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 6929-6940.   [PDF]
  
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81. Boucher, O., S. E. Schwartz, T. P. Ackerman, T. L. Anderson, B. Bergstrom, B. Bonnel, P. Chylek, A. Dahlback, Y. Fouquart, Q. Fu, R. N. Halthore, J. M. Haywood, T. Iversen, S. Kato, S. Kinne, A. Kirkevag, K. R. Knapp, A. Lacis, I. Laszlo, M. I. Mishchenko, S. Memesure, V. Ramaswamy, D. L. Roberts, P. Russell, M. E. Schlesinger, G. L. Stephens, R. Wagener, M. Wang, J. Wong, and F. Yang, 1998: Intercomparison of models representing direct shortwave radiative forcing by sulfate aerosols. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 16,979-16,998.   [PDF]
  
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Engelen, R. J., G. L. Stephens, 1998: Comparison between TOVS/HIRS and SSM/T-2-derived upper-tropospheric humidity. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 79, 2748-2751.   
  
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Gabriel, P. M., J. Y. Harrington, G. L. Stephens, and T. L. Schneider, 1998: Adjoint perturbation method applied to two-stream radiative transfer. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 59, 1-24.   [PDF]
  
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Barker, H., G. L Stephens, and Q. Fu, 1999: The sensitivity of domain-averaged solar fluxes to assumptions about cloud geometry. Q.J.R. Met. Soc., 125, 2127-2152.   [PDF]
  
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Engelen, R. J., and G.L. Stephens, 1999: Characterization of water-vapour retrievals from TOVS/HIRS and SSM/T-2 measurements. Q.J. Roy. Met. Soc., 125, 331-351.   
  
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Garratt, J. R., D. M. O'Brien, G. L. Stephens, M. R. Dix, M. Wild, and J. M. Murphy, 1999: Surface radiation fluxes in transient climate simulations. Global Planet. Chg., 20, 33-55.   [PDF]
  
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Kelly, M. A., D. A. Randall, and G. L. Stephens, 1999: A simple radiative-convective model with a hydrological cycle and interactive clouds. Q.J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 837-869.   [PDF]
  
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Li, Z., A. P. Trishchenko, H.W. Barker, G. L. Stephens, and P.T. Partain, 1999: Analyses of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program’s Enhanced Shortwave Experiment (ARESE) multiple data sets for studying cloud absorption. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 19,127-19,134.   [PDF]
  
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Miller, S. D., G. L. Stephens, and A.C.M. Beljaars, 1999: A validation survey of the ECMWF prognostic cloud scheme using LITE. Geophys. Res. Let., 26, 1417-1420.   [PDF]
  
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Miller, S. D., and G. L. Stephens, 1999: Multiple scattering effects in the lidar pulse-stretching problem. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 22205-22219.   [PDF]
  
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Engelen, R. J., and G. L. Stephens, 2000: Reply to Comments by J. R. Eyre on ‘Characterization of water-vapour retrievals from TOVS/HIRS and SSM/T-2 measurements’ (January A, 1999, 125, 331-351). Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc, 126, 1975-1976.   
  
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Gabriel, P. M., G. L. Stephens, and I. Wittmeyer, 2000: Adjoint perturbation and selection rule methods for solar broadband two-stream fluxes in multi-layer media. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transf., 65, 693-728.   [PDF]
  
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Heidinger, A. K. and G. L. Stephens, 2000: Molecular line absorption in a scattering atmosphere: II Application to remote sensing in the O2 A-band. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1615-1634.   [PDF]
  
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Miller, S. D., G. L. Stephens, C. K. Drummond, A. K. Heidinger, and P. T. Partain, 2000: A Multisensor diagnostic cloud property retrieval scheme. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 19,955-19,971.   [PDF]
  
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Partain, P. T., A. K. Heidinger, and G. L. Stephens, 2000: High spectral resolution atmospheric radiative transfer: Application of the equivalence theorem. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2163-2177.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., R. G. Ellingson, J. Vitko Jr., W. Bolton, T. P. Tooman, F.P.J. Valero, P. Minnis, P. Pilewskie, G. S. Phipps, S. Sekelsky, J. R. Carswell, S. D. Miller, A. Benedetti, R. B. McCoy, R. F. McCoy Jr., A. Lederbuhr, R. Bambha, 2000: The Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV) Program. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 81, 2915-2937.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L. and A. K. Heidinger, 2000: Molecular line absorption in a scattering atmosphere: I Theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1599-1614.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., R. F. McCoy, R. B. McCoy, P. Gabriel, P. T. Partain and S. D. Miller, 2000: A Multipurpose Spectrally Scanning Polarimeter (SSP): Instrument description and sample results. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 17(5), 616-627.   [PDF]
  
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Austin, R. T., and G. L. Stephens, 2001: Retrieval of stratus cloud microphysical parameters using millimeter-wave radar and visible optical depth in preparation for CloudSat, Part I: Algorithm formulation. J. Geophys. Res., 106, D22, 28,233-28,242.   [PDF]
  
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Benedetti, A., and G. L. Stephens, 2001: Characterization of errors in cirrus simulations from a Cloud Resolving Model for application in Ice Water Content retrievals. Atmos. Res., 13th ICCP Special Issue, 59-60, 393-417.   [PDF]
  
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Engelen, R. J., A. S. Denning, K. R. Guerney, and G. L. Stephens, 2001: Global observations of the carbon budget: Part I: Expected satellite capabilities in the EOS and NPOESS eras. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 20,055-20,068.   [PDF]
  
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Engelen, R. J., G. L. Stephens, and A. S. Denning, 2001: The effect of CO2 variability on the retrieval of atmospheric temperatures. Geophys. Res. Let., 28, 3259-3262.   [PDF]
  
103.   
  
Gabriel, P. M., P. T. Partain, and G. L. Stephens, 2001: Parameterization of atmospheric radiative transfer II: Selection Rules. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 3411-3423.   [PDF]
  
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Li, Lihua, S. M. Sekelski, S. C. Reising, C. T. Swift, S. L. Durden, G. A. Sadowy, S. J. Dinardo, F. K. Li, A. Huffman, G. L. Stephens, D. M. Babb, and H. W. Rosenberger, 2001: Retrieval of atmospheric attenuation using combined ground-based and airborne 95 GHz cloud radar measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 18, 1345-1353.   [PDF]
  
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Miller, S. D., G. L. Stephens, and R. T. Austin, 2001: Evaluation of cloud optical property retrievals from GOES 10. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17,981-17,995.   [PDF]
  
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Miller, S. D., G. L. Stephens, and R. T. Austin, 2001: GOES 10 cloud optical property retrievals in the context of vertically varying microphysics. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17,981-17,995.   [PDF]
  
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Miller, S. D., and G. L. Stephens, 2001: CloudSat instrument requirements as determined from ECMWF forecasts of global cloudiness. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17,713-17,733.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., R. J. Engelen, M. Vaughan, and T. L. Anderson, 2001: Toward retrieving properties of the tenuous atmosphere using space-based lidar measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 28,143-28,157.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., P. M. Gabriel, and P. T. Partain, 2001: Parameterization of atmospheric radiative transfer I: Validity of simple models. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 3391-3409.   [PDF]
  
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Benedetti, A., P. Gabriel, and G. L. Stephens, 2001: Properties of reflected sunlight derived from a Green’s function method. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Rad. Transf, 72, 201-225.   [PDF]
  
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Goody, R., J. Anderson, T. Karl, R. Miller, G. North, J. Simpson, G. Stephens, and W. Washington, 2002: Why Monitor the Climate? Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 83, 873-878.   [PDF]
  
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Heidinger, A. K., and G. L. Stephens, 2002: Molecular line absorption in a scattering atmosphere III: Path length characteristics and effects of spatially heterogeneous clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1641-1654.   [PDF]
  
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L’Ecuyer, T. S., and G. L. Stephens, 2002: An estimation-based precipitation retrieval algorithm for attenuating radars. J. Appl. Met., 41, 272-285.   [PDF]
  
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L’Ecuyer, T. S., and G. L. Stephens, 2002: An uncertainty model for Bayesian Monte Carlo retrieval algorithms: Application to the TRMM observing system. Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 128, 1713-1737.   [PDF]
  
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Mitrescu, C., and G. L. Stephens, 2002: A new method for determining cloud transmittance and optical depth using the ARM micro-pulsed lidar. J. Appl. Met., 19, 1073-1081.   [PDF]
  
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Sassen, K., Z. Wang, V. I. Khvorostyanov, G. L. Stephens, A. Benedetti, 2002: Cirrus cloud ice water content radar algorithm evaluation using an explicit cloud microphysical model. J. Appl. Met., 41, 620-628.   [PDF]
  
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Stephens, G. L., D. G. Vane, R. J. Boain, G. G. Mace, K. Sassen, Z. Wang, A. J. Illingworth, E. J. O’Connor, W. B. Rossow, S. L. Durden, S. D. Miller, R. T. Austin, A. Benedetti, C. Mitrescu, and the CloudSat Science Team, 2002: The CloudSat mission and the A-TRAIN: A new dimension to space-based observations of clouds and precipitation. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 83, 1771-1790.   [PDF]
  
118.   
  
118. Barker, H. W., G. L. Stephens, P. T. Partain, J. W. Bergman, B. Bonnel, K. Campana, E. E. Clothiaux, S. Clough, S. Cusack, J. Delamere, J. Edwards, K. F. Evans, Y. Fouquart, S. Freidenreich, V. Galin, Y. Hou, S. Kato, J. Li, E. Mlawer, J.-J. Morcrette, W. O’Hirok, P. Raisanen, V. Ramaswamy, B. Ritter, E. Rozanov, M. Schlesinger, K. Shibata, P. Sporyshev, 2003: Assessing 1D atmospheric solar radiative transfer models: Interpretation and handling of unresolved clouds. J. Climate, 16, 2676-2699.   [PDF]
  
119.   
  
Benedetti, A., G. L. Stephens, and T. Vukicevic, 2003: Variational assimilation of radar reflectivities in a cirrus model. Part I: Model description and adjoint sensitivity studies. Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 129, 277-300.   [PDF]
  
120.   
  
Benedetti, A., G. L. Stephens, and T. Vukicevic, 2003: Variational assimilation of radar reflectivities in a cirrus model. Part II: Optimal initialization and model bias estimation. Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 129, 301-319.   [PDF]
  
121.   
  
Benedetti, A., G. L. Stephens, J. M. Haynes, 2003: Ice cloud microphysics retrievals from millimeter radar and visible optical depth using an estimation theory approach. J. Geophys. Res., 108, D11, 4335.   [PDF]
  
122.   
  
Cooper, S., T. S. L'Ecuyer, and G. L. Stephens, 2003: The impact of explicit cloud boundary information on ice cloud microphysical property retrievals from infrared radiances. J. Geophys. Res., 108, D3, 4107.   [PDF]
  
123.   
  
L'Ecuyer, T. S., and G. L. Stephens, 2003: The tropical ocean energy budget from the TRMM perspective, Part I: Algorithm and uncertainties. J. Clim., 16, 1967-1985.   [PDF]
  
124.   
  
Stephens, G. L., 2003: The useful pursuit of shadows: The study of clouds and its influence on science and the human culture. American Scientist, 91, 5, 442-449.   [PDF]
  
125.   
  
Barker, H. W., G. L. Stephens, J. W. Bergman, K. Campana, S. Clough, J. Delamere, K. F. Evans, S. Freidenreich, Y. Hou, J. Li, J.-J. Morcrette, P. Raisanen, B. Ritter, M. Schlesinger, P. Sporyshev, M. Wendisch, F. Yang, P. T. Partain, B. Bonnel, E. E. Clothiaux, S. Cusack, J. Edwards, Y. Fouquart, V. Galin, S. Kato, E. Mlawer, W. O’Hirok, V. Ramaswamy, E. Razanov, K. Shibata, Z. Sun, and N. Wood, 2003: Assessing 1D atmospheric solar radiative transfer models: Interpretation and handling of unresolved clouds. Journal of Climate, 16, 2676-2699.   [PDF]
  
126.   
  
Christi, M. J., and G. L. Stephens, 2004: Retrieving profiles of atmospheric CO2 in clear sky and in the presence of thin cloud using spectroscopy from the near and thermal infrared: A preliminary case study. J. Geophys. Res., 109, 4316-4327.   [PDF]
  
127.   
  
Crisp, D., R. M. Atlas, F. M. Breon, L. R. Brown, J. P. Burrows, P. Ciais, B. J. Connor, S. C. Conney, I. Y. Fung, D. J. Jacob, C. E. Miller, D. O’Brien, S. Pawson, J. T. Randerson, P. Rayner, R. J. Salawitch, S. P. Sander, B. Sen, G. L. Stephens, et al., 2004: The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) Mission. Advan. Space Res., 34 (4), 700-709.   [PDF]
  
128.   
  
Diner, D. J., T. P. Ackerman, T. L. Anderson, J. Bösenberg, A. J. Braverman, R.J. Charlson, W. D. Collins, R. Davies, B. N. Holben, C. A. Hostetler, R. A. Kahn, J. V. Martonchik, R. T. Menzies, M. A. Miller, J. A. Ogren, J. E. Penner, P. J. Rasch, S. E. Schwartz, J. H. Seinfeld, G. L. Stephens, O. Torres, L. D. Travis, B. A. Wielicki, and B. Yu, 2004: PARAGON: An integrated approach for characterizing aerosol climate impacts and environmental interactions. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 85, 1491-1501.   [PDF]
  
129.   
  
Diner, D. J., R. T. Menzies, R. A. Kahn, T. L. Anderson, J. Bosenberg, R. J. Charlson, B. N. Holben, C. A. Hostetler, M. A. Miller, J. A. Ogren, G. L. Stephens, O. Torres, B. A. Wielicki, P. J. Rasch, L. D. Travis, and W. D. Collins, 2004: Using the PARAGON framework to establish an accurate, consistent, and cohesive long-term aerosol record. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 85, 1535-1548.   [PDF]
  
130.   
  
Engelen, R.J. and G. L. Stephens, 2004: Information content of infrared satellite sounding measurements with respect to CO2. J. Appl. Met., 43, 2, 373-378.   [PDF]
  
131.   
  
Li, Z., W. Wiscombe, G. L. Stephens, and T. P. Ackerman, 2004: Disagreements over Cloud Absorption - Response. Science Letters, 305, 1239.   [PDF]
  
132.   
  
Mitrescu, C., and G. L. Stephens, 2004: On similarity and scaling of the radiative transfer equation. J. of Quant. Spect. Rad. Trans., 86, 387-394.   [PDF]
  
133.   
  
Stephens, G. L., N. B. Wood, and P. M. Gabriel, 2004: An assessment of the parameterization of sub-gridscale cloud effects on radiative transfer. Part I: Vertical overlap. J. Atmos. Sci., 6, 715-732.   [PDF]
  
134.   
  
Stephens, G. L., P. L. Webster, R. H. Johnson, R. Engelen, and T. S. L’Ecuyer, 2004: Observational evidence for the mutual regulation of the tropical hydrological cycle and tropical sea surface temperatures. J. Climate, 17, 2213-2224.   [PDF]
  
135.   
  
Stephens, G. L. N. B. Wood, and L. A. Pakula, 2004: On the radiative effects of dust on tropical convection. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31 (23), L23112.   [PDF]
  
136.   
  
Cahalan, R. F., L. Oreopoulos, A. Marshak, K. F. Evans, A. Davis, R. Pincus, K. Yetzer, B. Mayer, R. Davies, and 13RC participants, 2005: The I3RC: Bringing together the most advanced radiative transfer tools for cloudy atmospheres. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 86, (9) 1275-1293.   [PDF]
  
137.   
  
Goering, C. D., T. S. L'Ecuyer, G. L. Stephens, J. R. Slusser, G. Scott, J. Davis, J. C. Bernard, and S. Madronich, 2005: Simultaneous retrievals of column ozone and aerosol optical properties from direct and diffuse solar irradiance measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D5204.   [PDF]
  
138.   
  
Mitrescu, C., J. M. Haynes, G. L. Stephens, G. M. Heymsfield, and M. J. McGill, 2005: Cirrus cloud optical, microphysical, and radiative properties observed during the CRYSTAL-FACE experiment: A lidar-radar retrieval system. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D9208.   [PDF]
  
139.   
  
Stephens, G. L., 2005: REVIEW ARTICLE - Cloud feedback in the climate system: A critical review. J. Clim., 18, 237-273.   [PDF]
  
140.   
  
Wood, N. B., P. M. Gabriel, and G. L. Stephens, 2005: An assessment of the parameterization of subgrid-scale cloud effects on radiative transfer. Part II: Horizontal inhomogeneity. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2895-2909.   [PDF]
  
141.   
  
Cooper, S. J., T. S. L'Ecuyer, P. M. Gabriel, A. J. Baran, and G. L. Stephens, 2006: Objective assessment of the information content of visible and infrared radiance measurements for cloud microphysical property retrievals over the global oceans. Part II: Ice Clouds. J. Appl. Met., 45, 42-62.   [PDF]
  
142.   
  
Gabriel, P. M., M. Christi, and G. L. Stephens, 2006: Calculation of Jacobians for inverse radiative transfer: An efficient hybrid method. J. Quant. Spect. Rad. Transf., 97 (2) 209-227.   [PDF]
  
143.   
  
Goering, C. D., T. S. L’Ecuyer, G. L. Stephens, J. R. Slusser, G. Scott, J. Davis, J. C. Barnard, and S. Madronich, 2006: Simultaneous retrievals of column ozone and aerosol optical properties from direct and diffuse solar irradiance measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi: 10.1029.   [PDF]
  
144.   
  
L'Ecuyer, T. S. P. M. Gabriel, K. Leesman, S. J. Cooper, and G. L. Stephens, 2006: Objective assessment of the information content of visible andinfrared radiance measurements for cloud microphysical property retrievals over the global oceans. Part I: Liquid Clouds. J. Appl. Met., 45, 20-41.   [PDF]
  
145.   
  
Luo, Z., and G. L. Stephens, 2006: An enhanced-convection-wind-evaporation feedback in a superparameterization GCM (SP-GCM) depiction of the Asian summer monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, doi: 10,1029.   [PDF]
  
146.   
  
Mitrescu, C., J. M. Haynes, G. L. Stephens, G. M. Heymsfield and M. J. McGill, 2006: Cirrus Clouds Optical, Microphysical and Radiative Properties Observed During Crystal-Face Experiment: I. A Radar-Lidar Retrieval System. J. Geophys. Res., 110 doi: 10.1029.   [PDF]
  
147.   
  
Cooper, S. J., T. L'Ecuyer, P. M. Gabriel, A. J. Baran, G. L. Stephens, 2007: Performance assessment of a five-channel estimation-based ice cloud retrieval scheme for use over the global oceans. J. Geophys. Res., 112, 10.1029/2006JD007122.   [PDF]
  
148.   
  
Haynes, J. M., and G. L. Stephens, 2007: Tropical ocean cloudiness and the incidence of precipitation: Early results from CloudSat. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, doi: 10.1029/2007GL029335.   [PDF]
  
149.   
  
Lebsock, M. D., T. S. L'Ecuyer, and G. L. Stephens, 2007: Information content of spaceborne multi-angular polarization measurements for aerosol retrievals. J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2007JD008535.   [PDF]
  
150.   
  
Mace, G. G., R. Marchand, Q. Zhang, and G. L. Stephens, 2007: 2001 Global hydrometeor occurrence as observed by CloudSat: Initial observations from summer 2006. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09808, doi: 10.1029/2006GL029017.   [PDF]
  
151.   
  
Stephens, G. L., and N. B. Wood, 2007: Properties of tropical convection observed by millimeter-radar systems. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 821-842.   [PDF]
  
152.   
  
Kollias, P., E. E. Clothiaux, M. A. Miller, B. A. Albrecht, G. L. Stephens, and T. P. Ackerman, 2007: Millimeter-wavelength radars – New frontier in atmospheric cloud precipitation research. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 88, pp. 1608-1624.   [PDF]
  
153.   
  
L'Ecuyer, T. S., and G. L. Stephens, 2007: The tropical ocean energy budget from the TRMM perspective, Part II: Climate applications. J. Climate, 20, pp. 4548-4571 .   [PDF]
  
154.   
  
Posselt, D., G. L. Stephens, and M. Miller, 2007: CloudSat: Adding a new dimension to a classical view of extratropical cyclones. To Appear: Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., .   
  
155.   
  
Stephens, G. L. and J. Haynes, 2007: Near Global Observations of the Warm Rain Auto-conversion Process. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L20805, doi:10.1029/2007GL030259.   [PDF]
  
156.   
  
Stephens, G. L. and C. Kummerow, 2007: The remote sensing of clouds and precipitation from space: A review. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3742-3765.   [PDF]
  
157.   
  
Haynes, J., R. T. Marchand, Z. Luo, A. Bodas-Salcedo, and G. L. Stephens, 2007: A Multipurpose Radar Simulation Package: QuickBeam. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 88 pp. 1723-1727.   [PDF]
  
158.   
  
Stephens, G. L., and D. G. Vane, 2007: Cloud remote sensing from space in the era of the A-Train. SPIE special issue on JARS, .   
  
159.   
  
Pakula, L. A., G. L. Stephens, 2007: On the forced response of the Beta Plane, Part I: Basic theory. J. Atmos. Sci., .   
  
160.   
  
Pakula, L. A., G. L. Stephens, 2007: On the forced response of the Beta Plane, Part II: The Kelvin Wave Response. J. Atmos. Sci., .   
  
161.   
  
Marchand, R. T., Mace, G. Ackerman, T. and Stephens, G., 2007: A Comparison of CloudSat Cloud Radar Observations with Simulated Cloud Radar Output from the Multiscale Modeling Framework Global Climate Model. Submitted to: J. Geophys Res., .   
  
162.   
  
Mace G., Q. Zhang, M. Vaughn, R. Marchand, G. Stephens , C. Trepte and D. Winker, 2007: A description of Hydrometeor layer occurrence statistics derived from the first year of merged CloudSat and Calypso data. submitted to J Geophys. Res., .   
  
163.   
  
Wood, N. B., G. L. Stephens and R. T. Austin, 2007: Assessment of two-stream radiative fluxes derived from optimal estimation cloud properties. submitted to J. Atmos. Sci., .   
  
164.   
  
Posselt, D. J., G. L. Stephens and S. C. van den Heever , 2007: Trimodal cloudiness and tropical stable layers in simulations of radiative convective equilibrium. submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett., .   
  
165.   
  
Stephens, G. L. et al., 2007: The CloudSat Mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation. submitted to J Geophys. Res., .   
  
166.   
  
Mitrescu, C., S. Miller, G. Hawkins, T. L'Ecuyer, J. Turk, P. Partain and G. Stephens, 2007: Near real time applications of Cloudsat data. accepted for J. App. Met., .   
  
167.   
  
Lebsock M., G. L. Stephens, and C. Kummerow, 2007: Multi-Sensor Observations of Aerosol Effects on Warm Clouds. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res., .   
  
168.   
  
Austin, R., A. Heymsfield and G. Stephens, 2007: Retrievals of ice cloud microphysical parameters using the CloudSat millimeter-wave radar and temperature submitted to J. Geophys. Res. , .   
  
169.   
  
Austin, R. and G. L. Stephens, 2007: Improved retrieval of stratus cloud microphysical parameters using millimeter-wave radar and visible optical depth: 1. Algorithm and synthetic analysis. submitted to J. Geophys. Res., .   
  
170.   
  
Austin, R., S. Miller, Y. Min, and G. Stephens and N. Wood, 2007: Improved retrieval of stratus cloud microphysical parameters using millimeter-wave radar and visible optical depth: 1I. Application and Evaluation. submitted to J. Geophys. Res., .   
  
171.   
  
Marchand, R. T., Mace, G. Ackerman, T. and Stephens, G., 2008: Hydrometeor Detection using CloudSat - an Earth Orbiting 94 GHz Cloud Radar. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech, 25, 4, 519-533, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1006.1.   [PDF]
  
172.   
  
Stephens, G. L., S. van den Heever and L. A. Pakula, 2008: Cloud-radiative feedbacks in idealized radiative convective equilibrium. J. Atmos. Science, 2008 early online release, doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2524.1.   [PDF]
  
173.   
  
Taylor, T. E., T. S. L'Ecuyer, J. R. Slusser, G. L. Stephens, and C. D. Goering, 2008: An operational retrieval algorithm for determining aerosol optical properties in the ultraviolet. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03201, doi:10.1029/2007JD008661.   
  
174.   
  
Stephens, G. L. and T. D. Ellis, 2008: Global-scale controls of precipitation efficiency in global warming GCM experiments. To appear: Journal of Climate, 52 pp.   [PDF]
  
175.   
  
Suzuki, K. and G. L. Stephens, 2008: On the relationship between radar reflectivity and the time scale of warm rain formation in a global cloud resolving model. J. Geophys. Res., 35, L08805, doi:10.1029/2008GL033590.   [PDF]
  
176.   
  
Pakula, L. and G. Stephens, 2008: The role of radiation in influencing tropical cloud distributions in a radaitve convective equilibrium cloud resolving model. submitted to J. Atmos. Sci., .   
  

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