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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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Inference of cirrus cloud properties using satellite-observed visible and infrared radiances. Part I: parameterization of radiance fields
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of using phase functions for spherical droplets and hexagonal ice crystals to analyze radiances from cirrus is examined, which are used to develop parameterizations of top-of-the-atmosphere visible reflectance and IR emittance using tables of reflectances as a function of cloud optical depth, viewing and illumination angles.
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On the radiative properties of ice clouds: Light scattering, remote sensing, and radiation parameterization
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the radiative properties of ice clouds from three perspectives: light scattering simulations, remote sensing applications, and broadband radiation parameterizations appropriate for numerical models is presented.
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Solar Radiative Transfer in Cirrus Clouds. Part II: Theory and Computation of Multiple Scattering in an Anisotropic Medium
Yoshihide Takano,Kuo-Nan Liou +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical framework for the computation of the transfer of solar radiation in an anisotropic medium with particular application to oriented ice crystals in cirrus clouds has been developed, the adding principle for radiative transfer has been used with modifications to account for the anisotropy of the phase matrix.
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Interactions of Radiation and Convection in Simulated Tropical Cloud Clusters
TL;DR: In this paper, a two-dimensional cumulus ensemble model is used to study the interactions of radiation and convection in tropical squall cloud clusters, including cloud-scale and mesoscale dynamics, an improved bulk ice microphysics parameterization, and an advanced interactive radiative transfer scheme.
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The role of cloud microphysical processes in climate: an assessment from a one-dimensional perspective
Kuo-Nan Liou,S. C. Ou +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a one-dimensional climate model with an interactive cloud formation and precipitation program is used to study the relationship between cloud microphysical processes and climate, and it is shown that the rate of precipitation is directly proportional to the fourth power of the mean cloud particle radius.