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Kenneth Sassen
Researcher at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Publications - 154
Citations - 11973
Kenneth Sassen is an academic researcher from University of Alaska Fairbanks. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cirrus & Lidar. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 154 publications receiving 11283 citations. Previous affiliations of Kenneth Sassen include University of Utah.
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The CloudSat mission and the A-train: a new dimension of space-based observations of clouds and precipitation
Graeme L. Stephens,Deborah G. Vane,Ronald J. Boain,Gerald G. Mace,Kenneth Sassen,Zhien Wang,Anthony J. Illingworth,Ewan O'Connor,William B. Rossow,Stephen L. Durden,Steven D. Miller,Richard T. Austin,Angela Benedetti,Cristian Mitrescu +13 more
TL;DR: CloudSat as discussed by the authors is a satellite experiment designed to measure the vertical structure of clouds from space, and once launched, CloudSat will orbit in formation as part of a constellation of satellites (the A-Train) that includes NASA's Aqua and Aura satellites, a NASA-CNES lidar satellite (CALIPSO), and a CNES satellite carrying a polarimeter (PARASOL).
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Asian Dust Events of April 1998
Rudolf B. Husar,David M. Tratt,Bret A. Schichtel,Stefan Falke,F. Li,Daniel A. Jaffe,Santiago Gassó,Thomas E. Gill,Nels S. Laulainen,F. Lu,Marith C. Reheis,Y. Chun,Douglas L. Westphal,Brent N. Holben,Christian A. Gueymard,Ian G. McKendry,Norman Kuring,Gene C. Feldman,Charles R. McClain,Robert Frouin,John T. Merrill,David Dubois,Franck Vignola,Toshiyuki Murayama,Slobodan Nickovic,William E. Wilson,Kenneth Sassen,Nobuo Sugimoto,William C. Malm +28 more
TL;DR: In this paper, two intense dust storms were generated over the Gobi desert by springtime low-pressure systems descending from the northwest, and the windblown dust was detected and its evolution followed by its yellow color on SeaWiFS satellite images, routine surface-based monitoring and through serendipitous observations.
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African Dust Aerosols as Atmospheric Ice Nuclei
Paul J. DeMott,Kenneth Sassen,Michael R. Poellot,Darrel Baumgardner,David C. Rogers,Sarah D. Brooks,Anthony J. Prenni,Sonia M. Kreidenweis +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the ice nucleating ability of aerosol particles in air masses over Florida having sources from North Africa has been measured, and the concentrations of ice nuclei within dust layers at particle sizes below 1 pn exceeded 1/cu cm.
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The Polarization Lidar Technique for Cloud Research: A Review and Current Assessment
TL;DR: In this article, the development of the polarization lidar technique is reviewed, and the current capabilities and limitations of the technique for the cloud research are discussed, as well as the current theoretical approaches involving ice crystal ray-tracing and cloud microphysical-model simulations are expected to increase the utility of the Lidar technique.
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Global distribution of cirrus clouds from CloudSat/Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) measurements
TL;DR: In this article, a combined CloudSat/Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) data cirrus cloud algorithm was used to identify those clouds that would likely be classified as cirrus by a surface weather observer.