The atmospheric role in the Arctic water cycle: A review on processes, past and future changes, and their impacts

T Vihma, J Screen, M Tjernström… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric humidity, clouds, precipitation, and evapotranspiration are essential
components of the Arctic climate system. During recent decades, specific humidity and …

Recent advances in Arctic cloud and climate research

JE Kay, T L'Ecuyer, H Chepfer, N Loeb… - Current Climate Change …, 2016 - Springer
While the representation of clouds in climate models has become more sophisticated over
the last 30+ years, the vertical and seasonal fingerprints of Arctic greenhouse warming have …

The MODIS cloud optical and microphysical products: Collection 6 updates and examples from Terra and Aqua

S Platnick, KG Meyer, MD King, G Wind… - … on Geoscience and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) level-2 (L2) cloud product
(earth science data set names MOD06 and MYD06 for Terra and Aqua MODIS, respectively) …

Half a century of satellite remote sensing of sea-surface temperature

PJ Minnett, A Alvera-Azcárate, TM Chin… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sea-surface temperature (SST) was one of the first ocean variables to be studied from earth
observation satellites. Pioneering images from infrared scanning radiometers revealed the …

The on-orbit performance of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) instrument and its radiometrically calibrated products

D Crisp, HR Pollock, R Rosenberg… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - amt.copernicus.org
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) carries and points a three-channel imaging
grating spectrometer designed to collect high-resolution, co-boresighted spectra of reflected …

Grand challenges in satellite remote sensing

O Dubovik, GL Schuster, F Xu, Y Hu… - Frontiers in Remote …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The past five decades have witnessed satellite remote sensing become one of most efficient
tools for surveying the Earth at local, regional, and global spatial scales. These space-based …

TROPOMI on the ESA Sentinel-5 Precursor: A GMES mission for global observations of the atmospheric composition for climate, air quality and ozone layer …

JP Veefkind, I Aben, K McMullan, H Förster… - Remote sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The ESA (European Space Agency) Sentinel-5 Precursor (S-5 P) is a low Earth orbit polar
satellite to provide information and services on air quality, climate and the ozone layer in the …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships between the planetary boundary layer height and surface pollutants derived from lidar observations over China: regional pattern and …

T Su, Z Li, R Kahn - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
The frequent occurrence of severe air pollution episodes in China has been a great concern
and thus the focus of intensive studies. Planetary boundary layer height (PBLH) is a key …

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 early science investigations of regional carbon dioxide fluxes

A Eldering, PO Wennberg, D Crisp, DS Schimel… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Earth's carbon cycle involves large fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2)
between the atmosphere, land biosphere, and oceans. Over the past several decades, net …

Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models using NASA “A‐Train” satellite observations

JH Jiang, H Su, C Zhai, VS Perun… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Using NASA's A‐Train satellite measurements, we evaluate the accuracy of cloud water
content (CWC) and water vapor mixing ratio (H2O) outputs from 19 climate models …