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December 2021

Prediction models for urban flood evolution for satellite remote sensing

Lammers, R., Li, A., Nag, S. and Ravindra, V., 2021. Prediction Models for Urban Flood Evolution for Satellite Remote Sensing. Journal of Hydrology, p.127175. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127175
Probabilistic Machine Learning Estimation of Ocean Mixed Layer Depth From Dense Satellite and Sparse In Situ Observations

Foster, D., Gagne, II D. J., & Whitt, D. B. (2021). Probabilistic machine learning estimation of ocean mixed layer depth from dense satellite and sparse in situ observations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13, e2021MS002474. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002474
Cloud and Aerosol Distributions from SAGE III/ISS Observations

Schoeberl, M., Jensen, E., Wang, T., Taha, G., Ueyama, R., Wang, Y., et al. (2021). Cloud and aerosol distributions from SAGE III/ISS observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD035550. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035550

November 2021

OpenET: Filling a Critical Data Gap in Water Management for the Western United States

Melton, F.S., Huntington, J., Grimm, R., Herring, J., Hall, M., Rollison, D., Erickson, T., Allen, R., Anderson, M., Fisher, J.B., Kilic, A., G.B. Senay, J. Volk,C. Hain, L Johnson, A. Ruhoff,P. Blankenau, M. Bromley, W. Carrara, B. Daudert, C. Doherty, C. Dunkerly, M. Friedrichs, A. Guzman, G. Halverson, J. Hansen, J. Harding, Y. Kang, D. Ketchum, B. Minor, Charles Morton, S. Ortega-Salazar, T. Ott, M. Ozdogan, P.M. ReVelle, M. Schull, C. Wang, Y. Yang and R.G. Anderson 2021. OpenET: Filling a critical data gap in water management for the western united states. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, JAWR-20-0084-P. DOI:10.1111/1752-1688.12956.
Rapid cloud removal of dimethyl sulfide oxidation products limits SO2 and cloud condensation nuclei production in the marine atmosphere

G.A. Novak, C.H. Fite, C.D. Holmes, P.R. Veres, J.A. Neuman, I. Faloona, J.A. Thornton, G.M. Wolfe, M.P. Vermeuel, C.M. Jernigan, J. Peischl, T.B. Ryerson, C.R. Thompson, I. Bourgeois, C. Warneke, G.I. Gkatzelis, M.M. Coggon, K. Sekimoto, T.P. Bui, J. Dean-Day, G.S. Diskin, J.P. DiGangi, J.B. Nowak, R.H. Moore, E.B. Wiggins, E.L. Winstead, C. Robinson, K.L. Thornhill, K.J. Sanchez, S.R. Hall, K. Ullmann, M. Dollner, B. Weinzierl, D.R. Blake, T.H. Bertram (2021), Rapid cloud removal of dimethyl sulfide oxidation products limits SO2 and cloud condensation nuclei production in the marine atmosphere, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (42) e2110472118.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2110472118
Fusing Geostationary Satellite Observations with Harmonized Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Time Series for Monitoring Field-Scale Land Surface Phenology

Shen, Y.; Zhang, X.; Wang, W.; Nemani, R.; Ye, Y.; Wang, J. (2021) Fusing Geostationary Satellite Observations with Harmonized Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Time Series for Monitoring Field-Scale Land Surface Phenology. Remote Sensing 13, 4465. DOI: 10.3390/rs13214465
A meteorological overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) campaign over the southeastern Atlantic during 2016–2018: Part 1 – Climatology

Ryoo, J.-M., Pfister, L., Ueyama, R., Zuidema, P., Wood, R., Chang, I., and Redemann, J. (2021): A meteorological overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) campaign over the southeastern Atlantic during 2016–2018: Part 1 – Climatology, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 16689–16707. DOI:10.5194/acp-21-16689-2021
Seasonal Modulation of Dissolved Oxygen in the Equatorial Pacific by Tropical Instability Vortices

Eddebbar, Y.A., Subramanian, A.C., Whitt, D.B., Long, M.C., Verdy, A., Mazloff, M.R. and Merrifield, M.A., 2021. Seasonal Modulation of Dissolved Oxygen in the Equatorial Pacific by Tropical Instability Vortices. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, p.e2021JC017567. DOI: 10.1029/2021JC017567
A picture of two white men standing in a cornfield. The one on the left is mid-thirties, with dark brown hair and beard and wearing a gray t-shirt. The man on the right is older, clean-shaven and wearing glasses and a navy blue collared shirt.
Dwane Roth (right), a fourth generation grain farmer in Finney County, Kansas, stands with nephew Zion (left) in one of their corn fields. Roth’s farm became one of the first Water Technology Farms in Kansas around 2016, and he has been using OpenET data for the past few years to track evapotranspiration rates and conserve water.
Photo courtesy of Dwane Roth

October 2021

Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations

Sha, M. K., Langerock, B., Blavier, J.-F. L., Blumenstock, T., Borsdorff, T., Buschmann, M., Dehn, A., De Mazière, M., Deutscher, N. M., Feist, D. G., García, O. E., Griffith, D. W. T., Grutter, M., Hannigan, J. W., Hase, F., Heikkinen, P., Hermans, C., Iraci, L. T., et al. (2021): Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 6249–6304, DOI:10.5194/amt-14-6249-2021.
Long-term monitoring of evapotranspiration using the SEBAL algorithm and Google Earth Engine cloud computing

Laipelt, L., Kayser, R.H.B., Fleischmann, A.S., Ruhoff, A., Bastiaanssen, W., Erickson, T.A. and Melton, F., 2021. Long-term monitoring of evapotranspiration using the SEBAL algorithm and Google Earth Engine cloud computing. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 178, pp.81-96.
River Streamflow, Remotely Sensed Water Quality, and Benthic Composition of Previously Undescribed Nearshore Coral Reefs in Northern Puerto Rico

Torres-Pérez, J.L., Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., Hernández, W.J., Armstrong, R.A., Barreto-Orta, M., Ortiz-Zayas, J., Guild L.S., and Viqueira, R. (2021). River streamflow, remotely sensed water quality, and benthic composition of previously undescribed nearshore coral reefs in northern Puerto Rico. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8: 720712. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.720712
Observations of supermicron-sized aerosols originating from biomass burning in southern Central Africa

Miller, R. M., McFarquhar, G. M., Rauber, R. M., O’Brien, J. R., Gupta, S., Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., Dobracki, A. N., Sedlacek, A. J., Burton, S. P., Howell, S. G., Freitag, S., and Dang, C. (2021), Observations of supermicron-sized aerosols originating from biomass burning in southern Central Africa, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 14815–14831, DOI:10.5194/acp-21-14815-2021.
Assessing the utility of remote sensing data to accurately estimate changes in groundwater storage

Ahamed, A., Knight, R., Alam, S., Pauloo, R. and Melton, F., 2021. Assessing the utility of remote sensing data to accurately estimate changes in groundwater storage. Science of The Total Environment, 807(1):150635.
Ambient aerosol properties in the remote atmosphere from global-scale in situ measurements

Brock, C. A., Froyd, K. D., Dollner, M., Williamson, C. J., Schill, G., Murphy, D. M., Wagner, N. J., Kupc, A., Jimenez, J. L., Campuzano-Jost, P., Nault, B. A., Schroder, J. C., Day, D. A., Price, D. J., Weinzierl, B., Schwarz, J. P., Katich, J. M., Wang, S., Zeng, L., Weber, R., Dibb, J., Scheuer, E., Diskin, G. S., DiGangi, J. P., Bui, T., Dean-Day, J. M., Thompson, C. R., Peischl, J., Ryerson, T. B., Bourgeois, I., Daube, B. C., Commane, R., and Wofsy, S. C.: Ambient aerosol properties in the remote atmosphere from global-scale in situ measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 15023–15063, DOI:10.5194/acp-21-15023-2021, 2021.
Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map

Soininen, E.M., I. C. Barrio, R. Bjørkås, K. Björnsdóttir, D. Ehrich, K. A. Hopping, E. Kaarlejärvi, A. L. Kolstad, S. Abdulmanova, R. G. Björk, C. G. Bueno, I. Eischeid, R. Finger-Higgens, J. S. Forbey, C. Gignac, O. Gilg, M. den Herder, H. S. Holm, B. C. Hwang, J. U. Jepsen, S. Kamenova, I. Kater, A. M. Koltz, J. A. Kristensen, C. J. Little, P. Macek, K. M. Mathisen, D. B. Metcalfe, J. B. Mosbacher, M. Mörsdorf, T. Park, J. R. Propster, A. J. Roberts, E. Serrano, M. P. Spiegel, M. Tamayo, M. W. Tuomi, M. Verma, K. E. M. Vuorinen, M. Väisänen, R. van der Wal, M. E. Wilcots, N. G. Yoccoz & J. D. M. Speed, 2021. Location of studies and evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence, 10(1), pp.1-21.
flux-data-qaqc: A Python Package for Energy Balance Closure and Post-Processing of Eddy Flux Data

Volk, J., Huntington, J., Allen, R., Melton, F., Anderson, M. and Kilic, A., 2021. flux-data-qaqc: A Python Package for Energy Balance Closure and Post-Processing of Eddy Flux Data. Journal of Open Source Software, 6(66), #3418 (6pp). DOI:10.21105/joss.03418
UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species (UCATS) – a versatile instrument for trace gas measurements on airborne platforms

Hintsa, E. J., Moore, F. L., Hurst, D. F., Dutton, G. S., Hall, B. D., Nance, J. D., Miller, B. R., Montzka, S. A., Wolton, L. P., McClure-Begley, A., Elkins, J. W., Hall, E. G., Jordan, A. F., Rollins, A. W., Thornberry, T. D., Watts, L. A., Thompson, C. R., Peischl, J., Bourgeois, I., Ryerson, T. B., Daube, B. C., Gonzalez Ramos, Y., Commane, R., Santoni, G. W., Pittman, J. V., Wofsy, S. C., Kort, E., Diskin, G. S., and Bui, T. P. (2021): UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species (UCATS) – a versatile instrument for trace gas measurements on airborne platforms, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 6795–6819. DOI:10.5194/amt-14-6795-2021

September 2021

State of the Climate in 2020

Blunden, J. and T. Boyer, Eds. (2021) State of the Climate in 2020, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102 (8), Si–S475. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/2021BAMSStateoftheClimate.1
Covariation of Airborne Biogenic Tracers (CO2, COS, and CO) Supports Stronger Than Expected Growing Season Photosynthetic Uptake in the Southeastern US

Parazoo, N.C., Bowman, K.W., Baier, B.C., Liu, J., Lee, M., Kuai, L., Shiga, Y., Baker, I., Whelan, M.E., Feng, S. and Krol, M., 2021. Covariation of airborne biogenic tracers (CO2, COS, and CO) supports stronger than expected growing season photosynthetic uptake in the southeastern US. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(10), p.e2021GB006956.
Remote Sensing of Wetland Area Loss and Gain in the Western Barataria Basin (Louisiana, U.S.A.) since Hurricane Katrina

Potter, C., 2021. Remote sensing of wetland area loss and gain in the western Barataria Basin (Louisiana, U.S.A.) since Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Coastal Research, 37(5), 953–963.
Remote sensing and mapping of floating aquatic vegetation in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta

Bubenheim, D., Genovese, V., Madsen, J.D. and Hard, E., 2021. Remote sensing and mapping of floating aquatic vegetation in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. J. Aquat. Plant Manage, 59s, pp.46-54.
An overview of the Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project for Improved control of Invasive aquatic weeds in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

P.J. Moran, J.D. Madsen, P.D. Pratt, D. L. Bubenheim, E. Hard, T. Jabusch, and R.I. Carruthers, 2021, An overview of the Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project for Improved control of Invasive aquatic weeds in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, J. Aquat. Plant Manage, 59s, pp.2-
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Bioeconomic modeling of floating aquatic weeds in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

K.M. Jetter, J. Madsen, D. Bubenheim, and J. Dong, 2021, Bioeconomic modeling of floating aquatic weeds in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, J. Aquat. Plant Manage, 59s, pp.98-106.
Modeling nitrogen runoff from Sacramento and San Joaquin river basins to Bay Delta Estuary: Current status and ecological implications

R. Wang, H. Chen, D. Bubenheim, P., Moran, and M. Zhang, 2021, Modeling nitrogen runoff from Sacramento and San Joaquin river basins to Bay Delta Estuary: Current status and ecological implications, J. Aquat. Plant Manage, 59s, pp.107-111.

August 2021

Temporal Interpolation of Geostationary Satellite Imagery With Optical Flow

T. J. Vandal and R. R. Nemani, “Temporal Interpolation of Geostationary Satellite Imagery With Optical Flow,” in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, doi: 10.1109/TNNLS.2021.3101742.
Prototyping of LAI and FPAR Retrievals From GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager Data Using Global Optimizing Algorithm

Chen, Y., Sun, K., Li, W., Chen, C., Li, P., Bai, T., Park, T., Wang, W., Nemani, R. and Myneni, R., 2021. Prototyping of LAI and FPAR Retrievals from GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager Data Using Global Optimizing Algorithm. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 14:6937-6950, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3094647
Spatiotemporal Methane Emission from Global Reservoirs

Johnson, M. S., Matthews, E., Bastviken, D., Deemer, B., Du, J., & Genovese, V. (2021). Spatiotemporal methane emission from global reservoirs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126, e2021JG006305. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006305.
Observation and modeling of the historic “Godzilla” African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and the southern US in June 2020

Yu, H., Tan, Q., Zhou, L., Zhou, Y., Bian, H., Chin, M., Ryder, C. L., Levy, R. C., Pradhan, Y., Shi, Y., Song, Q., Zhang, Z., Colarco, P. R., Kim, D., Remer, L. A., Yuan, T., Mayol-Bracero, O., and Holben, B. N.: Observation and modeling of the historic “Godzilla” African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and the southern US in June 2020, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 12359–12383, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12359-2021, 2021.
Diagnostics of Convective Transport over the Tropical Western Pacific from Trajectory Analyses

Smith, W. P., L. L. Pan, S. B. Honomichl, S. M. Chelpon, R. Ueyama, and L. Pfister (2021). Diagnostics of convective transport over the tropical western Pacific from trajectory analyses, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034341.

July 2021

Biomass Burning and Water Balance Dynamics in the Lake Chad Basin in Africa

Black, F.W., Lee, J., Ichoku, C.M., Ellison, L., Gatebe, C.K., Babamaaji, R., Abdollahi, K., San, S. Biomass Burning and Water Balance Dynamics in the Lake Chad Basin in Africa, Earth 2021, 2(2), 340-356. https://doi.org/10.3390/earth2020020
Spectral Synthesis for Geostationary Satellite-to-Satellite Translation

Vandal, T.J., D. McDuff, W., Wang, K. Duffy, A. Michaelis, and R. R. Nemani, (2021) “Spectral Synthesis for Geostationary Satellite-to-Satellite Translation,” in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3088686
Satellite-Based Drought Reporting on the Navajo Nation

A.J.K. McCullum, C., McClellan, B. Daudert, J., Huntington, R. Green, V. Ly, A.R.G. Marley, N.R. Tulley, C., Morton, K.C. Hegewisch, J.T., Abatzoglou, D. McEvoy. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Online First (Paper No. JAWR-20-0075-P). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12909
Emerging satellite observations for diurnal cycling of ecosystem processes

J. Xiao, J. B. Fisher, H. Hashimoto, K. Ichii, and N. C. Parazoo, “Emerging satellite observations for diurnal cycling of ecosystem processes”, Nature Plants, 7(6), (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00952-8
Exploring the elevated water vapor signal associated with the free tropospheric biomass burning plume over the southeast Atlantic Ocean

Pistone, K., Zuidema, P., Wood, R., Diamond, M., da Silva, A. M., Ferrada, G., Saide, P. E., Ueyama, R., Ryoo, J.-M., Pfister, L., Podolske, J., Noone, D., Bennett, R., Stith, E., Carmichael, G., Redemann, J., Flynn, C., LeBlanc, S., Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., and Shinozuka, Y.: Exploring the elevated water vapor signal associated with the free tropospheric biomass burning plume over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 9643–9668, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9643-2021, 2021.
Airborne and ground-based measurements of aerosol optical depth of freshly emitted anthropogenic plumes in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region

Baibakov, K., LeBlanc, S., Ranjbar, K., O’Neill, N. T., Wolde, M., Redemann, J., Pistone, K., Li, S.-M., Liggio, J., Hayden, K., Chan, T. W., Wheeler, M. J., Nichman, L., Flynn, C., and Johnson, R.: Airborne and ground-based measurements of aerosol optical depth of freshly emitted anthropogenic plumes in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 10671–10687, 2021.
DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-10671-2021
The Coral Reef Sentinels Program: A Mars Shot for Blue Planetary Health

Kline, D.I., Dehgan, A., Bunje, P., Selbe, S., Chirayath, V., Pizarro, O., Leray, M., Connolly, S., Bongaerts, P., Treibitz, T. and Levy, O., 2021. The Coral Reef Sentinels Program: A Mars Shot for Blue Planetary Health. Marine Technology Society Journal, 55(3), pp.118-119.
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.55.3.51
The Adaptable 4A Inversion (5AI): description and first XCO2 retrievals from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) observations

Dogniaux, M., Crevoisier, C., Armante, R., Capelle, V., Delahaye, T., Cassé, V., Mazière, M.D., Deutscher, N.M., Feist, D.G., Garcia, O.E., Griffith, D.W., Hase, F., Iraci, L.T., Kivi, R., Morino, I., Notholt, J., Pollard, D.F., Roehl, C.M., Shiomi, K., Strong, K., Te, Y., Venazco, V.A., and T. Warneke, 2021. The Adaptable 4A Inversion (5AI): description and first XCO2 retrievals from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) observations. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14(6), pp.4689-4706.
DOI: 10.5194/amt-14-4689-2021
Large hemispheric difference in nucleation mode aerosol concentrations in the lowermost stratosphere at mid- and high latitudes

Williamson, C.J., Kupc, A., Rollins, A., Kazil, J., Froyd, K.D., Ray, E.A., Murphy, D.M., Schill, G.P., Peischl, J., Thompson, C., Bourgeois, I., Ryerson, T.B., Diskin, G.S., DiGangi, J.P., Blake, D.R., Bui, T.V., Dollner, M., Weinzierl, B., and Brock, C.A., 2021. Large hemispheric difference in nucleation mode aerosol concentrations in the lowermost stratosphere at mid-and high latitudes. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(11), pp.9065-9088. DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-9065-2021
Investigating the Condensation of Benzene (C6H6) in Titan’s South Polar Cloud System with a Combination of Laboratory, Observational, and Modeling Tools

Dubois, D., Iraci, L.T., Barth, E.L., Salama, F., Vinatier, S. and Sciamma-O’Brien, E., 2021. Investigating the Condensation of Benzene (C6H6) in Titan’s South Polar Cloud System with a Combination of Laboratory, Observational, and Modeling Tools. The Planetary Science Journal, 2(4), p.121. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ac06d5
Prototyping of LAI and FPAR Retrievals From GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager Data Using Global Optimizing Algorithm

Chen, Y., Sun, K., Li, W., Chen, C., Li, P., Bai, T., Park, T., Wang, W., Nemani, R. and Myneni, R., 2021. Prototyping of LAI and FPAR Retrievals from GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager Data Using Global Optimizing Algorithm. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 14:6937-6950, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3094647
The P-3 aircraft, a white plane with blue strip down the side, sits on an snow-covered landscape.
NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a ten-year mission to collect polar data between ICESat and ICESat-2, may be coming to a close, but its hundreds of terabytes of data and the expertise of its team will continue to fuel research and discovery for decades to come. Credit: NASA / Jim Yungel
NASA/Jim Yungel

June 2021

Ammonia Dry Deposition in an Alpine Ecosystem Traced to Agricultural Emission Hotpots

Da Pan, Katherine B. Benedict, Levi M. Golston, Rui Wang, Jeffrey L. Collett, Lei Tao, Kang Sun, Xuehui Guo, Jay Ham, Anthony J. Prenni, Bret A. Schichtel, Tomas Mikoviny, Markus Müller, Armin Wisthaler, and Mark A. Zondlo. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05749
Tropospheric NO2 measurements using a three-wavelength optical parametric oscillator differential absorption lidar

Su, J., McCormick, M. P., Johnson, M. S., Sullivan, J. T., Newchurch, M. J., Berkoff, T. A., Kuang, S., and Gronoff, G. P.: Tropospheric NO2 measurements using a three-wavelength optical parametric oscillator differential absorption lidar, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 4069–4082, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4069-2021, 2021.
GAR Special Report on Drought 2021

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (2021), Contributing Author: Rama Nemani. GAR Special Report on Drought 2021. Geneva. ISBN 9789212320274
Link: https://www.undrr.org/publication/gar-special-report-drought-2021
Quantum-assisted associative adversarial network: applying quantum annealing in deep learning

Max Wilson, Thomas J. Vandal, Tad Hogg & Eleanor G. Rieffel, (2021), Quantum-assisted associative adversarial network: applying quantum annealing in deep learning, Quantum Machine Intelligence 3, 19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42484-021-00047-9
The Scientific Legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge

MacGregor, J.A., (…), RoseAnne T. Dominguez, (…), John G. Sonntag, et al.., The scientific legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge. Reviews of Geophysics 59(2): e2020RG000712, 2021. DOI: 10.1029/2020RG000712
Link: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020RG000712

May 2021

Evaluation of crop coefficient and evapotranspiration data for sugar beets from landsat surface reflectances using micrometeorological measurements and weighing lysimetry

Wang, T., Melton, F.S., Pôças, I., Johnson, L.F., Thao, T., Post, K., Cassel-Sharmae, F., Evaluation of crop coefficient and evapotranspiration data for sugar beets from landsat surface reflectances using micrometeorological measurements and weighing lysimetry. Agric. Water Management, 244, 106533.
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106533
The impact of Los Angeles Basin pollution and stratospheric intrusions on the surrounding San Gabriel Mountains as seen by surface measurements, lidar, and numerical models

Chouza, F., Leblanc, T., Brewer, M., Wang, P., Piazzolla, S., Pfister, G., Kumar, R., Drews, C., Tilmes, S., Emmons, L., and Johnson, M. : The impact of Los Angeles Basin pollution and stratospheric intrusions on the surrounding San Gabriel Mountains as seen by surface measurements, lidar, and numerical models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 6129–6153, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6129-2021 , 2021.
The Impact of Tropical Tropopause Cooling on Sahelian Extreme Deep Convection

Kodera, K., N. Eguchi, R. Ueyama, B. M. Funatsu, M. Gaetani, and C. M. Taylor, 2021: The impact of tropical tropopause cooling on Sahelian extreme deep convection. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-055.
Sensitivity of 21st-century projected ocean new production changes to idealized biogeochemical model structure

Brett, G. J., Whitt, D. B., Long, M. C., Bryan, F., Feloy, K., and Richards, K. J.: Sensitivity of 21st-century projected ocean new production changes to idealized biogeochemical model structure, Biogeosciences. 2021. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-479

April 2021

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of aerosol and cloud properties over the southeast Atlantic: An observational analysis

Chang, I., Gao, L., Burton, S.P., Chen, H., Diamond, M.S., Ferrare, R.A., Flynn, C.J., Kacenelenbogen, M., LeBlanc, S.E., Meyer, K.G. Pistone, K., Schmidt, S., Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., Shinozuka, Y., Wood, R. Zuidema, P., Redemann, J., Christopher, S.A. Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of aerosol and cloud properties over the southeast Atlantic: An observational analysis. Geophysical Research Letters, p.e2020GL091469. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091469
Vicarious Calibration of eMAS, AirMSPI, and AVIRIS Sensors During FIREX-AQ

Bruegge, C.J., Arnold, G.T., Czapla-Myers, J., Dominguez, R., Helmlinger, M.C., Thompson, D.R., Wenny, B.N.: Vicarious Calibration of eMAS, AirMSPI, and AVIRIS Sensors During FIREX-AQ. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3066997.
Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9395177
The impact of climate change on ocean submesoscale activity

Richards, K.J., Whitt, D.B., Brett, G., Bryan, F.O., Feloy, K., & Long, M.C. (2021). The impact of climate change on ocean submesoscale activity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016750. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016750
Aerosol characteristics from earth observation systems: A comprehensive investigation over South Asia (2000–2019)

Mhawish, A., Sorek-Hamer, M., Chatfield, R., Banerjee, T., Bilal, M., Kumar, M., Sarangi, C., Franklin, M., Chau, K., Garay, M., Kalashnikova, O.: Aerosol characteristics from earth observation systems: A comprehensive investigation over South Asia (2000–2019). Remote Sensing of Environment 259, 15 June 2021, 112410. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112410
Performance stability of the MODIS and VIIRS LAI algorithms inferred from analysis of long time series of products

Kai Yan, Jiabin Pu, Taejin Park, Baodong Xu, Yelu Zeng, Guangjian Yan, Marie Weiss, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni, Performance stability of the MODIS and VIIRS LAI algorithms inferred from analysis of long time series of products, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 260, 2021, 112438, ISSN 0034-4257. Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112438
Plant phenology evaluation of CRESCENDO land surface models – Part 1: Start and end of the growing season

Peano, D., Hemming, D., Materia, S., Delire, C., Fan, Y., Joetzjer, E., Lee, H., Nabel, J. E. M. S., Park, T., Peylin, P., Wårlind, D., Wiltshire, A., and Zaehle, S.: Plant phenology evaluation of CRESCENDO land surface models – Part 1: Start and end of the growing season, Biogeosciences, 18, 2405–2428,2021. Link: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2405-2021
Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height: Practical application to vegetable, field and fruit crops with focus on parameterization

Pereira, L.S.,.Paredes, P., Melton, F., Johnson, L., Motaa, M., Wang, T., Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height: Practical application to vegetable, field and fruit crops with focus on parameterization. Agricultural Water Management 252, 106663.
NeMO-Net–Gamifying 3D Labeling of Multi-Modal Reference Datasets to Support Automated Marine Habitat Mapping

Van Den Bergh, J., Chirayath, V., Li, A., Torres-Pérez, J.L. and Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., 2021. NeMO-Net–Gamifying 3D Labeling of Multi-Modal Reference Datasets to Support Automated Marine Habitat Mapping. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, p.347. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.645408

March 2021

Off-equatorial deep-cycle turbulence forced by Tropical Instability Waves in the equatorial Pacific

Cherian, D., D. Whitt, R. Holmes, R.-C. Lien, S. Bachman, and W. Large (2021) Off-equatorial deep cycle turbulence forced by Tropical Instability Waves in the equatorial Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr. (in press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0229.1
Temporal and spatial variations of aerosol optical properties over the Korean peninsula during KORUS-AQ

Choi, Y., Ghim, Y. S., Rozenhaimer, M. S., Redemann, J., LeBlanc, S. E., J., C. F., Johnson, R. J., Lee, Y., Lee, T., Park, T., Schwarz, J. P., Lamb, K. D. and Perring, A. E.: Temporal and spatial variations of aerosol optical properties over the Korean peninsula during KORUS-AQ, Atmos. Environ., 118301,doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118301, 2021.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118301
A model to illustrate the potential pairing of animal biotelemetry with individual-based modeling

Brosnan, I.B., & Welch, D.W.: A model to illustrate the potential pairing of animal biotelemetry with individual-based modeling. Animal Biotelemetry 8:36 (2020).
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40317-020-00221-z
Semantic Segmentation of High Resolution Satellite Imagery using Generative Adversarial Networks with Progressive Growing

Edward Collier, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Kate Duffy, Sangram Ganguly, Geri Madanguit, Subodh Kalia, Gayaka Shreekant, Ramakrishna Nemani, Andrew Michaelis, Shuang Li & Auroop Ganguly (2021), Semantic Segmentation of High Resolution Satellite Imagery using Generative Adversarial Networks with Progressive Growing, Remote Sensing Letters, 12:5, 439-448.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2021.1895444
Impacts of the San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place during the COVID-19 pandemic on urban heat fluxes

Potter, C., & Alexander, O. (2021). Impacts of the San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place during the COVID-19 pandemic on urban heat fluxes. Urban Climate, 100828.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100828

February 2021

New generation geostationary satellite observations support seasonality in greenness of the Amazon evergreen forests

Hashimoto, H.; Wang, W.; Dungan, J.L.; Li, S.; Michaelis, A.R.; Takenaka, H.; Higuchi, A.; Myneni, R.B.; Nemani, R.R. New generation geostationary satellite observations support seasonality in greenness of the Amazon evergreen forests. Nature Communications 12, 684 (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20994-y
Empirically derived parameterizations of the direct aerosol radiative effect based on ORACLES aircraft observations

Cochrane, S. P., Schmidt, K. S., Chen, H., Pilewskie, P., Kittelman, S., Redemann, J., LeBlanc, S., Pistone, K., Kacenelenbogen, M., Segal Rozenhaimer, M., Shinozuka, Y., Flynn, C., Dobracki, A., Zuidema, P., Howell, S., Freitag, S., and Doherty, S.: Empirically derived parameterizations of the direct aerosol radiative effect based on ORACLES aircraft observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 567–593, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-567-2021
Long-range transport of Siberian biomass burning emissions to North America during FIREX-AQ

Johnson, M. S., Strawbridge, K., Knowland, K. E., Keller, C., and Travis., M.: Long-range transport of Siberian biomass burning emissions to North America during FIREX-AQ, Atmospheric Environment, in press (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118241
An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin.

Redemann, J., Wood, R., Zuidema, P., Doherty, S. J., Luna, B., LeBlanc, S. E., Diamond, M. S., Shinozuka, Y., Chang, I. Y., Ueyama, R., Pfister, L., Ryoo, J.-M., Dobracki, A. N., da Silva, A. M., Longo, K. M., Kacenelenbogen, M. S., Flynn, C. J., Pistone, K., Knox, N. M., Piketh, S. J., Haywood, J. M., Formenti, P., Mallet, M., Stier, P., Ackerman, A. S., Bauer, S. E., Fridlind, A. M., Carmichael, G. R., Saide, P. E., Ferrada, G. A., Howell, S. G., Freitag, S., Cairns, B., Holben, B. N., Knobelspiesse, K. D., Tanelli, S., L’Ecuyer, T. S., Dzambo, A. M., Sy, O. O., McFarquhar, G. M., Poellot, M. R., Gupta, S., O’Brien, J. R., Nenes, A., Kacarab, M., Wong, J. P. S., Small-Griswold, J. D., Thornhill, K. L., Noone, D., Podolske, J. R., Schmidt, K. S., Pilewskie, P., Chen, H., Cochrane, S. P., Sedlacek, A. J., Lang, T. J., Stith, E., Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., Ferrare, R. A., Burton, S. P., Hostetler, C. A., Diner, D. J., Seidel, F. C., Platnick, S. E., Myers, J. S., Meyer, K. G., Spangenberg, D. A., Maring, H., and Gao, L.: An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1507–1563, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021
The Venus Life Equation

Noam R. Izenberg, Diana M. Gentry, David J. Smith, Martha S. Gilmore, David H. Grinspoon, Mark A. Bullock, Penelope J. Boston, and Grzegorz P. Słowik. Astrobiology.(In press, 2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2326
Improving Estimates of PM2.5 Concentration and Chemical Composition by Application of High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) and Creating Aerosol Types from Chemistry (CATCH) Algorithm

Meskhidze, N., Sutherland, B., Ling, X., Dawson, K., Johnson, M. S., Henderson, B., Hostetler, C. A., and Ferrare. R. A. Atmospheric Environment, in press (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118250
NASA’s surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

Cawse-Nicholson, K., P.A. Townsend, D. Schimel, A.M. Assiri, … C.K. Gatebe, D. Griffith, L. Guild, F.M. Schwander, J.L. Torres-Perez, K.R. Turpie, … the SBG Algorithms Working Group: NASA’s surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms. Remote Sensing of Environment 257, May 2021, 112349.
A new measurement approach for validating satellite-based above-cloud aerosol optical depth

Gatebe, C. K., Jethva, H., Gautam, R., Poudyal, R., and Várnai, T.: A new measurement approach for validating satellite-based above-cloud aerosol optical depth, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 1405–1423.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1405-2021
Space Biology Research and Biosensor Technologies: Past, Present, and Future

Kanapskyte, A.; Hawkins, E.M.; Liddell, L.C.; Bhardwaj, S.R.; Gentry, D.; Santa Maria, S.R. Space Biology Research and Biosensor Technologies: Past, Present, and Future. Biosensors 2021, 11, 38.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11020038
BioSentinel: A Biofluidic Nanosatellite Monitoring Microbial Growth and Activity in Deep Space

Padgen, M. R., Liddell, L.C., Bhardwaj, S.R., Gentry, D., Marina, D., Boone, T., Tan, M., Ellingson, L., Rademacher, A., Benton, J., Schooley, A., Mousavi, A., Friedericks, C., Hanel, R.P., Ricco, A.J., Bhattacharya, S., Santa Maria, S.R.: BioSentinel: A Biofluidic Nanosatellite Monitoring Microbial Growth and Activity in Deep Space. Astrobiology (2021, in press).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2305
Illustration of NASA’s BioSentinel spacecraft as it enters a heliocentric orbit.
Illustration of NASA’s BioSentinel spacecraft as it enters a heliocentric orbit.

January 2021

Emissions relationships in western forest fire plumes – Part 1: Reducing the effect of mixing errors on emission factors

Chatfield, R. B., Andreae, M. O., ARCTAS Science Team, and SEAC4RS Science Team: Emissions relationships in western forest fire plumes – Part 1: Reducing the effect of mixing errors on emission factors, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 7069–7096, 2020.
Evaluation of single-footprint AIRS CH4 profile retrieval uncertainties using aircraft profile measurements

Kulawik, S. S., Worden, J. R., Payne, V. H., Fu, D., Wofsy, S. C., McKain, K., Sweeney, C., Daube Jr., B. C., Lipton, A., Polonsky, I., He, Y., Cady-Pereira, K. E., Dlugokencky, E. J., Jacob, D. J., and Yin, Y.: Evaluation of single-footprint AIRS CH4 profile retrieval uncertainties using aircraft profile measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 335–354, DOI:10.5194/amt-14-335-2021, 2021.
Validation of IASI satellite ammonia observations at the pixel scale using in‐situ vertical profiles

Guo, X., …, Levi M. Golston, et al. (2021). Validation of IASI satellite ammonia observations at the pixel scale using in‐situ vertical profiles. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD033475. DOI:10.1029/2020JD033475
Emissions relationships in western forest fire plumes – Part 1: Reducing the effect of mixing errors on emission factors

Chatfield, R. B., Andreae, M. O., ARCTAS Science Team, and SEAC4RS Science Team: Emissions relationships in western forest fire plumes – Part 1: Reducing the effect of mixing errors on emission factors, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 7069–7096, DOI:10.5194/amt-13-7069-2020, 2020.