Kuo-Nan Liou

TL;DR: In this paper, a complete traceable geometric ray-tracing solution for finite hexagonal columns and plates arbitrarily oriented in space has been developed by means of analytic geometry, and an analytic expression for the cross-sectional area for arbitrarily oriented hexagons also has been derived based on which Fraunhofer diffraction and extinction and scattering cross sections in the limit of geometric optics can be computed exactly.

TL;DR: In this paper, the SKYHI general circulation model (GCM) and parameterizations for their micro-physical and radiative properties are studied using the data from the International Journal of Astronautics (IJOA).

TL;DR: In this article, a new detection scheme for the identification of thin cirrus based on a combination of the 1.38 μm and 0.65 μm reflectance ratio and 8.6-11 μm brightness temperature difference was developed.

TL;DR: In this article, an integrated method for the simultaneous detection/separation of mineral dust and clouds for both daytime and nighttime conditions using MODIS thermal infrared window brightness temperature data has been developed based on the spectral variability of dust emissivity at 3.75, 8.6, 11 and 12 μm wavelengths.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the GEOS-Chem global three-dimensional chemical transport model coupled with the Fu-Liou-Gu (FLG) radiative transfer model (RTM) to investigate the dust radiative forcing and heating rate based on different vertical profiles for April 2006.