A43L:
Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer: Basic Research and Applications II

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Session ID#: 16280

Session Description:
Light scattering and radiative transfer are two important branches of atmospheric physics essential to the implementation of advanced remote sensing techniques and the investigation of the radiative forcings caused by various atmospheric constituents (clouds and aerosols, in particular). This session provides a forum for the presentation of recent advances in electromagnetic scattering, such as the scattering properties of nonspherical aerosol particles and ice crystals, 3-D radiative transfer, vector radiative transfer simulations, fast radiative transfer models for the interpretation of hyperspectral measurements, and the use of fundamental light scattering and radiative transfer theories in active and passive remote sensing applications.
Primary Convener:  Ping Yang, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX, United States
Convener:  Michael I Mishchenko, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
Chairs:  Ping Yang, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX, United States and Michael I Mishchenko, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Ping Yang, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX, United States
Index Terms:

0305 Aerosols and particles [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0319 Cloud optics [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0321 Cloud/radiation interaction [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0360 Radiation: transmission and scattering [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Influence of Ice Cloud Microphysics on Imager-Based Estimates of Earth’s Radiation Budget (Invited) (131382)
Norman G Loeb1, Seiji Kato2, Patrick Minnis1, Ping Yang3, Sunny Sun-Mack4, Fred G Rose5, Gang Hong4 and Seung-Hee Ham6, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, (3)Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX, United States, (4)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, United States, (5)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), Hampton, VA, United States, (6)Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, United States
Application of the Discrete Dipole Appoximation to the Prediction of Polarimetric Reflection by Plane Parallel Layers of Random Particulate Media (Invited) (127666)
Daniel Mackowski, Auburn University, Mechanical Engineering, Auburn, AL, United States
Adapting a cloud heterogeneity formulation to treat the radiative effects of fractional cloudiness in a climate GCM (123083)
Andrew A Lacis1, Maxwell Kelley2 and Brian Cairns1, (1)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States, (2)NASA/GISS, New York, United States
First-principles definition and measurement of planetary electromagnetic-energy budget (122291)
Michael I Mishchenko1, Lock James2, Andrew A Lacis1, Larry D Travis1 and Brian Cairns1, (1)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States, (2)Cleveland State University, Physics Department, Solon, OH, United States
Advancements in Electromagnetic Wave Backscattering Simulations: Applications in Active Lidar Remote Sensing Involving Aerosols (157289)
Lei Bi, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Multi-wavelength Digital Holography: Simultaneous Particle Imaging and Light-Scattering Pattern Measurement (126680)
Matthew Berg, Kansas State University, Department of Physics, Manhattan, KS, United States and Stephen Holler, Fordham University, Physics & Engineering Physics, Bronx, United States
Readings from Visibility Meters: Do They Really Mean the Maximum Distance of Observing A Black Object? (134856)
Zhongping Lee, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States and Shaoling Shang, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Single Scattering Properties for Hydrosols (118581)
Pengwang Zhai, Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, Lipi Mukherjee, PhD, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States and Yongxiang Hu, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States

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