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Cairns, B., M. Mishchenko, H. Marring, B. Fafaul, and S. Pszcolka 2010: Accurate monitoring of terrestrial aerosols and total solar irradiance: The NASA Glory mission. Proc. SPIE 7826, 78260U.
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Persh, S., Y.J. Shaham, O. Benami, B. Cairns, M.I. Mishchenko, J.D. Hein, and B.A. Fafaul 2010: Ground performance measurements of the Glory Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor. Proc. SPIE 7807, 780703.
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Cairns, B., F. Waquet, K. Knobelspiesse, J. Chowdhary, and J.L. Deuzé 2009: Polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols over land surfaces. In A. A. Kokhanovsky and G. de Leeuw, Eds., Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing Over Land (Springer, Chichester, UK), pp. 295-325.
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Mishchenko, M.I., B. Cairns, G. Kopp, C.F. Schueler, B.A. Fafaul, J.E. Hansen, R.J. Hooker, T. Itchkawich, H.B. Maring, and L.D. Travis, 2007: Accurate monitoring of terrestrial aerosols and total solar irradiance: Introducing the Glory Mission, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 88, 677-691, doi:10.1175/BAMS-88-5-677.
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Peralta, R.J., C. Nardell, B. Cairns, E. E. Russel, L. D. Travis, M. I. Mishchenko, and R. J. Hooker 2007: Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor for the Glory Mission. Proc SPIE 6786, 67865L.
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Mishchenko, M.I., B. Cairns, J.E. Hansen, L.D. Travis, R. Burg, Y.J. Kaufman, J.V. Martins, and E.P. Shettle 2004: Monitoring of aerosol forcing of climate from space: Analysis of measurement requirements. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 149-161, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.03.030.
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Travis, L.D. 1992: Remote sensing of aerosols with the Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter. Proc. SPIE 1747, 154-164, doi:10.1117/12.138823.
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Aerosol Reviews and Tutorial Papers

Lacis, A.A., and M.I. Mishchenko 1995: Climate sorcing, climate sensitivity, and climate response: a radiative modeling perspective on atmospheric aerosols. In Aerosol Forcing of Climate ( R. Charlson and J. Heintzenberg, Eds.) Wiley, New York, p. 11-42.
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Mishchenko, M.I., and L.D. Travis 1997. Satellite retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using measurements of reflected sunlight: Effect of instrumental errors and aerosol absorption. J. Geophys. Res. 102, 13,543-13,553, doi:10.1029/97JD01124.
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Mishchenko, M.I., and L.D. Travis 1997. Satellite retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using polarization as well as intensity of reflected sunlight. J. Geophys. Res. 102, 16,989-17,013, doi:10.1029/96JD02425.
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Mishchenko, M.I., L.D. Travis, W.B. Rossow, B. Cairns, and B.E. Carlson 1997. Retrieving CCN column density from single-channel measurements of reflected sunlight over the ocean: A sensitivity study. Geophys. Res. Lett. 21, 2655-2658, doi:10.1029/97GL02783.
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Kaufman, Y.J., D. Tanré, and O. Boucher 2002. A satellite view of aerosols in the climate system. Nature 419, 215-223, doi:10.1038/nature01091.
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Mishchenko, M.I., B. Cairns, J. Chowdhary, I.V. Geogdzhayev, L. Liu and L.D. Travis 2005. Remote sensing of terrestrial tropospheric aerosols from aircraft and satellites. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 6, 73-89, doi:0.1088/1742-6596/6/1/005.
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Knobelspiesse, K., B. Cairns, M. Mishchenko, J. Chowdhary, K. Tsigaridis, B. van Diedenhoven, W. Martin, M. Ottaviani and M. Alexandrov 2012. Analysis of fine-mode aerosol retrieval capabilities by different passive remote sensing instrument designs. Opt. Express 20, 21458.
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Analyses of Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) Data

Alexandrov, M.D., B. Cairns, C. Emde, A.S. Ackerman, B. van Diedenhoven 2012: Accuracy assessments of cloud droplet size retrievals from polarized reflectance measurements by the research scanning polarimeter. Remote Sens. Environ. 125, 92-111.
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Alexandrov, M. D., B. Cairns, and M. Mishchenko 2012: Rainbow Fourier transform. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 113, 2521-2535, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.03.025.
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Cairns, B., E.E. Russell, and L.D. Travis 1999: The research scanning polarimeter: calibration and ground-based measurements. Proc. SPIE 3754, 186-197.
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Cairns, B., L.D. Travis, and E.E. Russell 1997: An analysis of polarization: ground-based upward looking and aircraft/satellite-based downward looking measurements. Proc. SPIE 3220, 103-115.
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Cairns, B., B.E. Carlson, A.A. Lacis, and E.E. Russell 1997: Analysis of ground-based polarimetric sky radiance measurements. Proc. SPIE 3121, 387-399.
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Cairns, B., M. Mishchenko, L. Travis and J. Chowdhary 2001: Reply to comment on "Retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using multispectral and multiangle photopolarimetric measurements from the Research Scanning Polarimeter". Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 3277-3278.
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Cairns, B., E.E. Russell, J.D. LaVeigne, P. MW. Tennant 2003: Research scanning polarimeter and airborne usage for remote sensing of aerosols. Proc SPIE 5158, 33-45.
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Chowdhary, J., B. Cairns, M. Mishchenko, and L. Travis 2001: Retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using multispectral and multiangle photopolarimetric measurements from the Research Scanning Polarimeter. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 243-246.
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Chowdhary, J., B. Cairns, and L.D. Travis 2002. Case studies of aerosol retrievals over the ocean from multiangle, multispectral photopolarimetric remote sensing data. J. Atmos. Sci. 59, 383-398.
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Chowdhary, J., B. Cairns, M.I. Mishchenko, and L.D. Travis 2004. Constraining aerosol single scattering albedos from multiangle, multispectral photo-polarimetric observations over the ocean. Proc. SPIE 5571, 127-140.
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Chowdhary J., B. Cairns, M.I. Mishchenko, and L.D. Travis 2005. Using multi-angle, multispectral photo-polarimetry of the NASA Glory mission to constrain optical properties of aerosols and clouds: results from four field experiments. Proc. SPIE 5978, 59780G.
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Chowdhary J., B. Cairns, M.I. Mishchenko, P.V. Hobbs, G.F. Cota, J. Redemann, K. Rutledge, B.N. Holben, and E. Russell 2005: Retrieval of aerosol scattering and absorption properties from photopolarimetric observations over the ocean during the CLAMS experiment. J. Atmos. Sci. 62, 1093-1118.
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Chowdhary, J., B. Cairns, and L.D. Travis 2006. Contribution of water-leaving radiances to multiangle, multispectral polarimetric observations over the open ocean: Bio-optical model results for case 1 waters. Appl. Opt. 45, 5542-5567.
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Chowdhary, J., B. Cairns, F. Waquet, K. Knobelspiesse, M. Ottaviani, J. Redemann, L. Travis, and M. Mishchenko 2012: Sensitivity of multiangle, multispectral polarimetric remote sensing over open oceans to water-leaving radiance: Analyses of RSP data acquired during the MILAGRO campaign. Remote Sens. Environ. 118, 284-308.
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Knobelspiesse, K.D., B. Cairns, B. Schmid, M.O. Román, and C.B. Schaaf 2008: Surface BRDF estimation from an aircraft compared to MODIS and ground estimates at the Southern Great Plains site. J. Geophys. Res. 113, D20105 1-21.
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Knobelspiesse, K., B. Cairns, M. Ottaviani, R. Ferrare, J. Hair, C. Hostetler, M. Obland, R. Rogers, J. Redemann, Y. Shinozuka, A. Clarke, S. Freitag, S. Howell, V. Kapustin, and C. McNaughton 2011: Combined retrievals of boreal forest fire aerosol properties with a polarimeter and lidar. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 7045-7067.
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Knobelspiesse, K., B. Cairns, J. Redemann, R. W. Bergstrom, and A. Stohl 2011. Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and cloud properties during the MILAGRO field campaign. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 6245-6263.
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Ottaviani, M., B. Cairns, R. Ferrare, and R. Rogers 2012. Iterative atmospheric correction scheme and the polarization color of alpine snow. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 113, 789-804.
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Ottaviani, M., B. Cairns, J. Chowdhary, B. Van Diedenhoven, K. Knobelspiesse, C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, S. Burton, J. Hair, M. D. Obland, and R. Rogers 2012: Polarimetric retrievals of surface and cirrus clouds properties in the region affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Remote Sensing of Environment 121, 389-403.
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Ottaviani, M.,, B. Cairns, R. Ferrare, R. Rogers 2012. Iterative atmospheric correction scheme and the polarization color of alpine snow. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.03.014.
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Van Diedenhoven, B., B. Cairns, I.V. Geogdzhayev, A.M. Fridlind, A.S. Ackerman, P. Yang, and B.A. Baum 2012. Remote sensing of ice crystal asymmetry parameter using multi-directional polarization measurements - Part 1: Methodology and evaluation with simulated measurements. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2361-2374.
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Waquet, F., B. Cairns, K. Knobelspiesse, J. Chowdhary, L.D. Travis, B. Schmid, and M.I. Mishchenko 2009. Polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols over land. J. Geophys. Res. 114, D01206.
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Related Publications

Koren, I., Y.J. Kaufman, L.A. Remer, and J.V. Martins 2004. Measurement of the effect of Amazon smoke on inhibition of cloud formation. Science 303, 1342-1344, doi: 10.1126/science.1089424.
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Kaufman, Y.J., J.V. Martins, L.A. Remer, M.R. Schoeberl, and M.A. Yamasoe 2002. Satellite retrieval of aerosol absorption over the oceans using sunglint. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, doi:10.1029/2002GL015403.
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Martins, J.V., D. Tanré, L.A. Remer, Y.J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, and R. Levy 2002. MODIS Cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosol over oceans using spatial variability. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, doi:10.1029/2001GL013252.
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Electromagnetic Scattering and Radiative Transfer

Hansen, J.E., and L.D. Travis 1974. Light scattering in planetary atmospheres. Space Sci. Rev. 16, 527-610.
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Mishchenko, M.I., L.D. Travis, and A.A. Lacis 2002. Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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Liu, L., and M.I. Mishchenko 2005. Effects of aggregation on scattering and radiative properties of soot aerosols. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D11211.
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Mishchenko, M.I., L.D. Travis, and A.A. Lacis, 2006. Multiple Scattering of Light by Particles: Radiative Transfer and Coherent Backscattering, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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Mishchenko, M.I., V.K. Rosenbush, N.N.Kiselev, D.F. Lupishko, V.P. Tishkovets, V.G. Kaydash, I.N. Belskaya, Y.S. Efimov, and N.M.Shakhovskoy, 2010. Polarimetric Remote Sensing of Solar System Objects, Akademperiodyka, Kyiv.
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