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S. Sun-Mack
Researcher at Science Applications International Corporation
Publications - 29
Citations - 2015
S. Sun-Mack is an academic researcher from Science Applications International Corporation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cloud top & Ice cloud. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1734 citations. Previous affiliations of S. Sun-Mack include Analytical Services & Langley Research Center.
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Assessment of Global Cloud Datasets from Satellites: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel
Claudia J. Stubenrauch,William B. Rossow,Stefan Kinne,Steven A. Ackerman,G. Cesana,Hélène Chepfer,L. Di Girolamo,Brian Getzewich,A. Guignard,Andrew K. Heidinger,B. C. Maddux,W. P. Menzel,Patrick Minnis,C. Pearl,Steven Platnick,Caroline Poulsen,Jerome Riedi,S. Sun-Mack,Andi Walther,Dave Winker,S. Zeng,G. Zhao +21 more
TL;DR: The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud Assessment as discussed by the authors provides the first coordinated intercomparison of publicly available, standard global cloud products (gridded monthly statistics) retrieved from measurements of multispectral imagers (some with multiangle view and polarization capabilities).
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CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data—Part I: Algorithms
Patrick Minnis,S. Sun-Mack,David F. Young,Patrick W. Heck,Donald P. Garber,Yan Chen,Douglas A. Spangenberg,Robert F. Arduini,Qing Z. Trepte,William L. Smith,J. K. Ayers,Sharon Gibson,Walter F. Miller,Gang Hong,Venkatesan Chakrapani,Y. Takano,Kuo-Nan Liou,Yu Xie,Ping Yang +18 more
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.
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Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress
Duane E. Waliser,J.-L. F. Li,Christopher P. Woods,Richard T. Austin,Julio T. Bacmeister,Jiun-Dar Chern,Anthony D. Del Genio,Jonathan H. Jiang,Zhiming Kuang,Huan Meng,Patrick Minnis,Steve Platnick,William B. Rossow,William B. Rossow,Graeme L. Stephens,S. Sun-Mack,Wei-Kuo Tao,Adrian M. Tompkins,Adrian M. Tompkins,Deborah G. Vane,Christopher J. Walker,Dong Wu +21 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors illustrate the shortcomings evident in model representations of cloud ice through a comparison of the simulations assessed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, briefly discuss the range of global observational resources that are available, and describe the essential components of the model parameterizations that characterize their "cloud" ice and related fields.
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Cloud Detection in Nonpolar Regions for CERES Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data
Patrick Minnis,Qing Z. Trepte,S. Sun-Mack,Yan Chen,David R. Doelling,David F. Young,Douglas A. Spangenberg,Walter F. Miller,Bruce A. Wielicki,R. R. Brown,S. Gibson,Erika Geier +11 more
TL;DR: Objective techniques have been developed to consistently identify cloudy pixels over nonpolar regions in multispectral imager data coincident with measurements taken by the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Terra, and Aqua satellites.
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CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data—Part II: Examples of Average Results and Comparisons With Other Data
Patrick Minnis,S. Sun-Mack,Yan Chen,Mandana M. Khaiyer,Yuhong Yi,J. K. Ayers,R. R. Brown,Xiquan Dong,Sharon Gibson,Patrick W. Heck,Bing Lin,Michele L. Nordeen,Louis Nguyen,Rabindra Palikonda,William L. Smith,Douglas A. Spangenberg,Qing Z. Trepte,Baike Xi +17 more
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.