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Kuo-Nan Liou
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 289
Citations - 20734
Kuo-Nan Liou is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Radiative transfer & Cirrus. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 289 publications receiving 19025 citations. Previous affiliations of Kuo-Nan Liou include Goddard Institute for Space Studies & University of Utah.
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On geometric optics and surface waves for light scattering by spheres
Kuo-Nan Liou,Y. Takano,Ping Yang +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a geometric optics approach including surface wave contributions has been developed for homogeneous and concentrically coated spheres, and a ray-by-ray tracing program was used for efficient computation of the extinction and absorption cross sections.
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An exact geometric-optics approach for computing the optical properties of large absorbing particles
Ping Yang,Kuo-Nan Liou +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the inhomogeneity characteristics of internal waves within an absorbing particle, which stem from a complex index of refraction, have not been fully taken into consideration in the geometric ray-tracing approaches reported in the literature for computing the scattering properties of absorbing particles.
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A monte carlo method for 3D thermal infrared radiative transfer
Y. Chen,Kuo-Nan Liou +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a 3D Monte Carlo model for specific application to the broadband thermal radiative transfer has been developed in which the emissivities for gases and cloud particles are parameterized by using a single cubic element as the building block in 3D space.
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Resolving Size Distribution of Black Carbon Internally Mixed With Snow: Impact on Snow Optical Properties and Albedo
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a stochastic aerosol-snow albedo model that explicitly resolves size distribution of aerosols internally mixed with various snow grains, and used the model to quantify black carbon (BC) size effects on coalbedo and optical properties for BCsnow internal mixing.
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Cirrus clouds and climate
TL;DR: Cirrus are thin, wispy clouds that appear at high altitude and consist of ice crystals as mentioned in this paper, and they are a type of clouds that form at midlatitude.