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Special JAS Issue

A special GACP issue of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences was published in February 2002.
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Publications Documenting the Two-Channel GACP Retrieval Algorithm

Mishchenko, M. I., and I. V. Geogdzhaev, 2007: Satellite remote sensing reveals regional tropospheric aerosol trends, Opt. Express 15, 74237438. ( PDF )

Mishchenko, M. I., and I. V. Geogdzhaev, B. Cairns, B. E. Carlson, J. Chowdhary, A. A. Lacis, L. Liu, W. B. Rossow, and L. D. Travis, 2007: Past, present, and future of global aerosol climatologies derived from satellite observations: a perspective, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 106, 325347. ( PDF )

Mishchenko, M. I., and I. V. Geogdzhaev, W. B. Rossow, B. Cairns, B. E. Carlson, A. A. Lacis, L. Liu, and L. D. Travis, 2007: Long-term satellite record reveals likely recent aerosol trend, Science 315, 1543. ( PDF )

Geogdzhayev, I. V., M. I. Mishchenko, E. I. Terez, G. A. Terez, and G. K. Gushchin, 2005 Regional advanced very high resolution radiometer-derived climatology of aerosol optical thickness and size. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D23205.

Liu, L., M.I. Mishchenko, I. Geogdzhayev, A. Smirnov, S.M. Sakerin, D.M. Kabanov, and O.A. Ershov 2004. Global validation of two-channel AVHRR aerosol optical thickness retrievals over the oceanis. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 97-109, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.03.031.

Geogdzhayev, I.V., M.I. Mishchenko, L. Liu, and L. Remer 2004. Global two-channel AVHRR aerosol climatology: Effects of stratospheric aerosols and preliminary comparisons with MODIS and MISR retrievals. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 47-59, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.03.024

Geogdzhayev, I.V., M.I. Mishchenko, E.I. Terez, G.A. Terez, and G.K. Gushchin 2005. Regional advanced very high resolution radiometer-derived climatology of aerosol optical thickness and size. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D23205, doi:10.1029/2005JD006170

Mishchenko, M.I., I.V. Geogdzhayev, L. Liu, J.A. Ogren, A.A. Lacis, W.B. Rossow, J.W. Hovenier, H. Volten, and O. Muñoz 2003. Aerosol retrievals from AVHRR radiances: effects of particle nonsphericity and absorption and an updated long-term global climatology of aerosol properties. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 79/80, 953-972, doi:10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00331-X.

Geogdzhayev, I.V., M.I. Mishchenko, W.B. Rossow, B. Cairns, and A.A. Lacis 2002. Global two-channel AVHRR retrievals of aerosol properties over the ocean for the period of NOAA-9 observations and preliminary retrievals using NOAA-7 and NOAA-11 data. J. Atmos. Sci. 59, 262-278, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0262:GTCARO>2.0.CO;2.

Mishchenko, M.I., I.V. Geogdzhayev, B. Cairns, W.B. Rossow, and A.A. Lacis, 1999. Aerosol retrievals over the ocean by use of channels 1 and 2 AVHRR data: sensitivity analysis and preliminary results. Appl. Opt. 38, 7325-7341.