J. K. Ayers

TL;DR: This paper documents the CERES Edition-2 cloud property retrieval system used to analyze data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Visible and Infrared Scanner and by the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectrometer instruments on board the Terra and Aqua satellites covering the period 1998 through 2007.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of dust aerosols on the semi-arid climate of Northwest China is analyzed by comparing aerosol and cloud properties derived over the China semiarid region (hereafter, CSR) and the United States semi arid region using several years of surface and A-Train satellite observations during active dust event seasons.

TL;DR: Cloud properties were retrieved by applying the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) project Edition-2 algorithms to 3.5 years of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Visible and Infrared Scanner data and 5.5 and 8 years of MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data from Aqua and Terra.

TL;DR: In this article, a spectral-bin cloud microphysical model coupled with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was used to examine the relative and combined impacts of dust and local pollution particles on cloud properties and precipitation type and intensity.

TL;DR: In this paper, an updated version of multi-layered cloud retrieval system (MCRS) is used to retrieve ice water path (IWP) in ice-over-water cloud systems over global ocean using combined instrument data from the Aqua satellite.