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Dong, X.; E. E. Clothiaux; P. Minnis; N. L. Miles; J. Verlinde; T. P. Ackerman; and B. A. Albrecht: "Validation of Cloud Microphysical Retrievals from Surface-and-Satellite-based Measurements Obtained During the Fall of 96 Penn State Aircraft Experiment." Proceedings of 8th Annual ARM Science Team Meeting, Tuscon, Arizona, March 23-27, 1998, 221-225.
Ferrare, R. A.; Browell, E. V.; Ismail, S.; Brackett, V. G.; Kooi, S. A.; Clayton, M. B.; and Minnis, P.: "LASE Measurements of Water Vapor and Cirrus Clouds." OSA Cirrus Topical Meeting Technical Digest, Baltimore, Maryland, October 6-8, 1998, 42-44.
Heck, P. W.; Minnis, P.; Young, D. F.; and Mayor, S.: "Global Cloud Microphysical Properties from Multispectral AVHRR Data." 12th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation Proceedings - Volume 2, Zurich, Switzerland, August 19-23, 1996, 971-974.
Minnis, P.; Heck, P. W.; Mayor, S.; and Young, D. F.: "A Near-Global Analysis of Cloud Microphysical Properties." 1996 International Radiation Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 19-23, 1996, 445-448.
Minnis, P.; Young, D. F.; Baum, B. A.; Heck, P. W.; and Mayor, S.: "A Near-Global Analysis of Cloud Microphysical Properties Using Multispectral AVHRR Data." Proceedings of the AMS 9th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Long Beach, California, February 2-7, 1997, 443-446.
Minnis, P.;Garber, D. P.;Young, D. F.;Arduini, R. F.;and Takano, Y.:"Parameterization of Reflectance and Effective Emittance for Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties". Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 55, 3313-3339, 1998.
Minnis, P.: "Satellite Remote Sensing of Cirrus: An Overview". OSA Cirrus Topical Meeting Technical Digest, Baltimore, Maryland, October 6-8, 1998, 94-96 (invited).
Minnis, P., Smith, W. L., and Young, D. F.: "Surface Emissivity Derived From Multispectral Satellite Data". 8th Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, March 23-27, 1998.
Minnis, P., 1999: "Satellite Remote Sensing of Cirrus." Chapter in book entitled Cirrus, Oxford University Press, David K. Lynch, Editor, Accepted pending revision.
Rinsland, C. P.; Gunson, M. R.; Wang, P.; Arduini, R. F.; Baum, B. A.; Minnis, P.; Goldman, A.; Abrams, M. C.; Zander, R.; Mahieu;, Salawitch, R. J.; Michelsen, H. A.; Irion, F. W.; and Newchurch, M. J.: "ATMOS/ATLAS 3 Infrared Profile Measurements of Trace Gases in the Tropical Upper Troposphere: Cirrus Microphysical Properties and Trace Gas Enhancements from Rapid, Deep Convective Transport." J. Quant. Spectros. Rad. Transfer, 60, 903-919, 1998.
Rinsland, C. P.; Gunson, M. R.; Wang, P.; Arduini, R. F.; Baum, B. A.; Minnis, P.; Goldman, A.; Abrams, M. C.; Zander, R.; Mahieu, L.;, Salawitch, R. J.; Michelsen, H. A.; Irion, F. W.; and Newchurch, M. J.: "ATMOS/ATLAS 3 Infrared Profile Measurments of Clouds in the Tropical Upper Troposphere: Cirrus Microphysical Properties and Trace Gas Enhancements from Rapid, Deep Convective Transport." Accepted by J. Quant. Spectros. Rad. Transfer, 60, 891-901, 1998.
Smith, W. L., Jr.; Nguyen, L.; Garber, D. P.; Minnis, P.; Young, D. F.; Winker, D.; McCormick, M. P.; Smith, W. L.; and Huang, H. L.: "Comparisons of Cloud Heights Derived from Satellite, Aircraft, Surface Lidar, and LITE Data." 1996 International Radiation Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 19-23, 1996, 603-606.
Wang, P.-H.; Minnis, P.; McCormick, M. P.; Kent, G. S.; and Skeens, K. M.: "A 6-Year Climatology of Cloud Occurrence Frequency From SAGE II Observations (1985-1990)." Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, pp. 29,407-29,429, December 27, 1996.
Wang, P.; Minnis, P.; McCormick, M. P.; Kent, G. S.; Yue, G. K.; Young, D. F.; and Skeens, K. M.: "A Study of the Vertical Structure of Tropical (20°S - 20°N) Optically Thin Clouds from SAGE II Observations." Atmospheric Research, 47-48, 1998, pp. 599-614.
Wang, P.-H., R. E. Viega, L. B. Vann, P. Minnis, and G. S. Kent, 2001: "A further study of the method for estimation of SAGE II cloud occurrence". J. Geophys. Res. 106, 12,603-12613.
Young, D. F.;Minnis, P.;Baumgardner, D.;and Gerber, H.:"Comparison of In Situ and Satellite-Derived Cloud Properties During SUCCESS". Geophys. Res. Ltrs., 25, April 15, 1998, pp.1125-1128.
Minnis, P.; Young, D. F.; Sassen, K.; Alvarez, J. M., and Grund, C. J.: " The 27-28 October 1986 FIRE IFO Case Study: Cirrus Parameter Relationships Derived from Satellite and Lidar Data. " Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 118, pp. 2402 - 2425, November 1990.
Minnis, P.; Heck, P. W., and Harrison, E. F.: " The 27-28 October 1986 FIRE IFO Case Study: Cloud Parameter Fields Derived from Satellite Data." Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 118, pp. 2426- 2446, November 1990.
Minnis, P.; Takano, Y., and Liou, K.-N.:"Inference of Cirrus Cloud Properties Using Satellite-Observed Visible and Infrared Radiances, Part I: Parameterization of Radiance Fields." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 50, pp. 1279-1304, May 1, 1993.
Minnis, P.; Heck, P. W., and Young, D. F.:" Inference of Cirrus Cloud Properties Using Satellite-Observed Visible and Infrared Radiances, Part II: Verification of Theoretical Cirrus Radiative Properties. " Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 50, pp. 1305-1322, May 1, 1993.
Takano, Y., Liou, K. N., and Minnis, P.: "Interpretation of Satellite-Measured Bidirectional Reflectance from Cirrus Cloudy Atmospheres. " NASA CP 3083, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Vail, Colorado, July 11-15, 1988.
Harrison, E. F.; Minnis, P.; Wielicki, B. A.; Heck, P. W.; Gupta, S. K.; Young, D. F., and Gibson, G. G.: "ERBE and AVHRR Cirrus Cloud FIRE Study. " NASA CP 3083, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Vail, Colorado, July 11-15, 1988.
Heck, P. W.; Young, D. F.; Minnis, P., and Harrison, E. F.:"Cloud Parameters from GOES Visible and Infrared Radiances during the FIRE Cirrus IFO, October 1986. "NASA CP 3083, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Vail, Colorado, July 11-15, 1988.
Minnis, P.; Alvarez, J. M.; Young, D. F.; Heck, P. W., and Sassen, K.:" Cirrus Cloud Properties Derived from Coincident GOES and Lidar Data During the 1986 FIRE Cirrus Intensive Field Observations." NASA CP 3083, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Vail, Colorado, July 11-15, 1988.
Harrison, E. F.; Minnis, P.; Young, D. F.; Heck, P. W., and Gibson, G. G.: " Broadband Radiation Fields Derived from ERBE Data During the FIRE Cirrus IFO." AMS Proceedings of Symposium on the Role of Clouds in Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Climate, January 30 - February 3, 1989, 181-186.
Minnis, P.; Alvarez, J. M.; Young, D. F., and Heck, P.W.: "Cirrus Cloud Properties Derived from Satellite and Coincident Lidar Data Taken During the FIRE IFO." AMS Proceedings of Symposium on the Role of Clouds in Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Climate, January 30 - February 3, 1989, 300-305.
Takano, Y.; Liou, K. N., and Minnis. P.: "Cirrus Optical Depth Retrieval from Satellite-Measured Bidirectional Reflectance." AMS Proceedings of Symposium on the Role of Clouds in Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Climate, January 30 - February 3, 1989, 178-180.
Gibson, G. G.; Minnis, P.; Young, D. F.; Heck, P., and Harrison, E. F.: "Comparison of ISCCP and FIRE Satellite Cloud Parameters. " NASA CP 3079, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Monterey, California, July 10-14, 1989.
Minnis, P.; Young, D. F.; Sassen, K.; Alvarez, J. M., and Grund, C. J.: "Interpretation of Cirrus Cloud Properties Using Coincident Satellite and Lidar Data During the FIRE IFO."NASA CP 3079, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Monterey, California, July 10-14, 1989.
Heck, P. W.; Minnis, P.; Gibson, G. G., and Harrison, E. F.: "Satellite-Derived Cloud Fields During FIRE IFO Case Study."NASA CP 3079, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Monterey, California, July 10-14, 1989.
Minnis, P., P. W. Heck, D. F. Young, C. W. Fairall, and J. B. Snider: " Stratocumulus cloud properties derived from simultaneous satellite and island-based instrumentation during FIRE"J. Appl. Meteorol., 31, 1992, 317-339.
Betts, A. K., P. Minnis, W. Ridgway, and D. F. Young: " Integration of satellite and surface data using a radiative-convective oceanic boundary layer model." J. Appl. Meteorol., 31, 1992, 340-350.
Wang, S., B. A. Albrecht, and P. Minnis:" Regional modeling of marine boundary layer clouds." J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 1993, 4022-4043.
Cess, R. D., M. H. Zhang, P. Minnis, L. Corsetti, E. F. Dutton, B. W. Forgan, D. P. Garber, W. L. Gates, J. J. Hack, E. F. Harrison, X. Jing, J. T. Kiehl, C. N. Long, J.-J. Morcrette, G. L. Potter, V. Ramanathan, B. Subasilar, C. H. Whitlock, D. F. Young, and Y. Zhou:" Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations Versus Models." Science, Vol. 267, pp. 496-499, January 27, 1995.
Minnis, P.; Harrison, E. F., and Young, D. F.: "Extended Time Observations of California Marine Stratocumulus Clouds from GOES. " NASA CP 3083, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Vail, Colorado, July 11-15, 1988.
Young, D. F.; Minnis, P., and Harrison, E. F.: "Cloud Parameters Derived from GOES during the 1987 Marine Stratocumulus FIRE Intensive Field Observation Period. " NASA CP 3083, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Vail, Colorado, July 11-15, 1988.
Young, D. F.; Heck, P. W.; Minnis, P., and Harrison, E. F.:"Marine Stratocumulus Cloud Parameters from GOES During the 1987 FIRE Intensive Field Observation Period. "AMS Proceedings of Symposium on the Role of Clouds in Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Climate, January 30 - February 3, 1989, 170-174.
Young, D. F.; Minnis, P., and Harrison, E. F.:" Satellite - Derived Cloud and Radiative Parameters over the Marine Stratocumulus IFO." NASA CP 3079, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Monterey, California, July 10-14, 1989.
Minnis, P.; Fairall, C. W., and Young, D. F.: " Intercomparison of GOES- Derived Cloud Parameters and Surface Observations." NASA CP 3079, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Monterey, California, July 10-14, 1989.
Minnis, P.; Davies, R.; Young, D. F.; Blackovic, and Albrecht, B. A.: "Stratocumulus Cloud Height Variations Determined from Surface and Satellite Observations." NASA CP 3079, Proceedings of FIRE Science Meeting, Monterey, California, July 10-14, 1989.
Minnis, P.; Young, D. F.; Heck, P. W.; Fairall, C. W., and Snider, J. B.: "Comparison of Stratocumulus Cloud Properties Derived from Simultaneous Satellite and Surface-Based Instrumentation." Proceedings of AMS Conference on Cloud Physics, San Francisco, CA, July 23-27, 1990, 159-166.
Betts, A. K.; Minnis, P.; Ridgway, W., and Young, D. F.: "A Climatic Study of the Stratocumulus-Cumulus Transition in the Northeastern Pacific." Proceedings of the AMS Nineteenth Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, Florida, May 6-10, 1991.
Minnis, P.; Doelling, D. R.; Young, D. F., and Heck, P. W.: "July Climatology of Stratocumulus Clouds."Proceedings of Cloud Impacts on DoD Operations and Systems 1991 Conference (CIDOS-91), El Segundo, California, July 9-12, 1991.
Wang, S.-P.; Albrecht, B. A., and Minnis, P.: "A Regional Simulation of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds."11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, August 17-22, 1992.
Heck, P. W.; Smith, W. L., Jr.; Minnis, P. and Young, D. F., "Multispectral Retrieval of Nighttime Cloud Properties for CERES, ARM, and FIRE". Proceedings of the ALPS 99 Conference, Meribel, France, January 18-22, 1999, WK-P-03,1,4.
Mace, G. G., D. O'C. Starr, T. P. Ackerman, and P. Minnis: "Examination of Coupling Between an Upper Tropospheric Cloud System and Synoptic-Scale Dynamics from Wind Profiler and Radiosonde Data". Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 52, pp. 4094-4078, 1 December 1995.
Mace, G. G.; Ackerman, T. P.; Minnis, P.; and Young, D. F.: "Cirrus Layer Microphysical Properties Derived From Surface-Based Millimeter Radar and Infrared Interferometer Data". J. Geophys. Res., 103, 23,207-23,216, 1998.
Westphal, D. L.; Kinne, S.; Alvarez, J. M.; Benjamin, S. G.; Eberhard, W. L.; Heymsfield, A. J.; Kropfli, R. A.; Mace, G. G.; Matrosov, S. Y.; Melfi, S. H.; Minnis, P.; Pilewskie, P.; Snider, J. B.; Soden, B. J.; Starr, D. O'C.; Uttal, T.; and Young, D. F.: "Initialization and Validation of a Simulation of Cirrus Using FIRE-II Data". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 53, No. 23, 1996, pp.3397-3429.
Young, D. F.; Minnis, P.; Smith, W. L., Jr.; and Garber, D. P.: "A Four-Channel Method for Deriving Cloud Radiative Properties from Meteorological Satellite Data". 1996 International Radiation Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 19-23, 1996, 612-615.
Martin, G. M., D. W. Johnson, D. P. Rogers, P. R. Jonas, P. Minnis, and D. Hegg: " Observations of the interaction between cumulus clouds and warm stratocumulus clouds in the marine boundary layer during ASTEX." Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 52, pp. 2902-2922, 15 August 1995.
Randall, D.; Albrecht, B.; Cox, S.; Johnson, D.; Minnis, P.; Rossow, W.; and Starr, D.: " On FIRE at Ten." Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 38, pp. 37-177, 1996.
Lin, B.;Wileicki, B. A.;Minnis, P.; and Rossow, W.B.: "Estimation of Water Cloud Properties from Satellite and Optical Measurement in Oceanic Environments. I: Microwave Brightness Temperature Simulations". Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, February 27, 1998, pp. 3873-3886.
Lin, B.;Minnis, P.;Wielicki, B. A.;Doelling, D. R.;Palikonda, R.;Young, D. F.; and Uttal, T.: "Estimation of Water Cloud Properties from Satellite Microwave and Optical Measurements in Oceanic Environments. II: Results". Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, February 27, 1998, pp. 3887-3905.
Heck, P. W.; Byars, J. F.; Young, D. F.; Minnis, P., and Harrison, E. F.: "A Climatology of Satellite-Derived Cloud Properties Over Marine Stratocumulus Regions. " Proceedings of AMS Conference on Cloud Physics, San Francisco, CA, July 23-27, 1990, J1-J7.
Minnis, P.; Doelling, D. R.; Young, D. F., and Heck, P. W.: "July Climatology of Stratocumulus Clouds. " Proceedings of Cloud Impacts on DoD Operations and Systems 1991 Conference (CIDOS-91), El Segundo, California, July 9-12, 1991.
Palikonda, R., D. R. Doelling, P. W. Heck, P. Minnis, J. D. Spinhirne, W. Syrett, and B. A. Albrecht:"Comparison of satellite, aircraft, and surface-derived cloud properties during ASTEX. " Proc. 8th Conf. Atmos. Radiation, Nashville, TN, Jan. 23-28, 1994, 250-252.
Wang, S.-P.; Minnis, P.:" Applications of Tiedtke's Cloud Scheme in a Simple Boundary-Layer Model: A Comparison with Satellite Data. " Proceedings of Second International Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone. Lisbon, Portugal, September 22-27, 1994.
Lin, B.; Wielicki, B. A.; and Minnis, P.: " Estimation of Cloud Properties Using Microwave and Optical Satellite Measurements. " 1996 International Radiation Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 19-23, 1996, 494-497.
Lin, B.; Minnis, P.; and Wielicki, B. A.: "Single and Multiple Layered Clouds in the ASTEX Region. " Proceedings of the AMS 9th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Long Beach, California, February 2-7, 1997, 253-256.
Arduini, R. F., P. Minnis, and D. F. Young, 1999:"Parameterization of cloud-top brightness temperatures at solar-IR and IR wavelengths for low clouds and fog". Proc. AMS 10th Conf. Atmos. Rad., Madison, WI, June 28 - July 2.
Ayers, J. K.; Heck, P. W.; Smith, W. L., Jr.; and Minnis, P.: "Satellite-Derived Cloud Properties During FIRE ACE". Proceedings of the AMS 5th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography. Dallas, Texas, January 10-15, 1999, pp. 237-239.
Chakrapani, V., D.A. Spangenberg, D.R. Doelling, P. Minnis, Q.Z. Trepte, and R.F. Arduini:"Improvements in AVHRR daytime cloud detection over the ARM NSA site." Proc. 11th ARM Science Team Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 19-23, 2001.
Curry, J. A.; Hobbs, P.; King, M. D.; Randall, D. A.; Minnis, P.; Uttal, T.; Isaac, G. A.; Pinto, J. O. et al.: "FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment". Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 81, 5-29, 2000.
Doelling, D. R., C. Venkatesan, D. A. Spangenberg, P. Minnis: "Cloud Radiative Forcing During FIRE ACE Using AVHRR Data". AMS 10th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation , Madison, WI, 28 June - 2 July, 1999, pp.552-555.
Doelling, D.R., P. Minnis, D.A. Spangenberg, V. Chakrapani, A. Mahesh, S.K. Pope, and F.P.J. Valero:"Cloud radiative forcing at the top of the atmosphere during FIRE ACE derived from AVHRR data." J. Geophys. Res., 106, 15279-15296, 2001.
Dong, X.; G. G. Mace; P. Minnis; D.F. Young: "Arctic Stratus Cloud Properties & Their Effect On The Surface Radiation Budget; Selected Cases From FIRE ACE." J. Geophys. Res., 106, 15,297-15,312, 2001.
Heck, P. W., P. Minnis, D. F. Young, R. F. Arduini, L. Nguyen, W. L. Smith, Jr., J. K. Ayers, D. R. Doelling, and D. A. Spangenberg, 1999: "Cloud properties derived from AVHRR during FIRE ACE". Proc. AMS 10th Conf. Atmos. Rad., Madison, WI, June 28 - July 2, 133-136.
Lin, B., P. Minnis, A. Fan, J. A. Curry, and H. Gerber, 2001: Comparison of cloud liquid water paths derived from in situ and microwave radiometer data taken during the SHEBA/FIREACE. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 975-978.
Lin, B., P. Minnis, and A. Fan, 2003: Cloud liquid water path variations with temperature observed during the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 0.1029/2002JD002851.
Minnis, P., V. Chakrapani, D.R. Doelling, L. Nguyen, R. Palikonda, D.A. Spangenberg, T. Uttal, R.F. Arduini, and M. Shupe:"Cloud coverage and height during FIRE ACE derived from AVHRR data." J. Geophys. Res., 106, 15215-15232, 2001.
Spangenberg, D.A., V. Chakrapani, and P. Minnis:"Cloud climatology of the SHEBA year derived from an automated Arctic cloud mask." Proc. 7th AMS Conf. on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Hyannis, MA, May 12-16, 2003.
Spangenberg, D.A., V. Chakrapani, D.R. Doelling, P. Minnis, and T. Uttal:"Nighttime cloud detection over the Arctic using AVHRR data." Proc. 12th ARM Science Team Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, April 8-12, 2002.
Spangenberg, D. A.; Doelling, D. R.; Smith, W. L., Jr.; Venketesan, C.; Nguyen, L.;Palikonda, R.; Minnis, P.; and Valero, F. P. J.:"Cloud Radiative Forcing Over the Arctic." Proceedings of the AMS 5th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography. Dallas, Texas, January 10-15, 1999, pp. 216-220.
Spangenberg, D.A., V. Chakrapani, D.R. Doelling, P. Minnis, and R.F. Arduini:"Development of an automated Arctic cloud mask using clear-sky satellite observations taken over the SHEBA and ARM NSA sites." Proc. 6th Conf. on Polar Meteor. and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, May 14-18, 2001, 246-249.
Trepte, Q.Z., R.F. Arduini, Y. Chen, S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, D.A. Spangenberg, and D.R. Doelling:"Development of a daytime polar cloud mask using theoretical models of near-infrared bidirectional reflectance for ARM and CERES." Proc. 6th Conf. on Polar Meteor. and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, May 14-18, 2001, 242-245.
Doelling D. R., P. Minnis, R. Palikonda, J. K. Ayers, T. P. Ackerman, J. D. Spinhirne, C. Platt, R. Martin:" Validation of Satellite-Derived Cloud Properties during TOGA/COARE." Proc. 12th International Conference on Clouds & Precipitation, Zurich, Switzerland, Aug, 1996.
Doelling D. R., P. Minnis, R. Palikonda, D. A. Spangenberg:"Validation of TOA Broadband Fluxes Derived From GMS During TOGA/COARE." Proc. CLIVAR/GEWEX COARE98 Conference, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, July 7-14, WCRP-107, WMO/TD-No. 940, 241-242.
Doelling D. R., W. L. Smith Jr., P. Minnis, F. P. J. Valero:"Broadband Radiation Fluxes from Narroband Radiances." Proceedings of the ALPS 99 Conference, Meribel, France, January 18-22, 1999, WK-P-16,1,5.
Hinton B. B.:" Satellite Images, Satellite Sounder Data, Forecast Model Grids & SST Composites Archived by SSEC for TOGA/COARE". Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin, 1225 West Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, July, 1993.
Minnis P., E. F. Harrison, G. G. Gibson :" Cloud Cover over the Equatorial Eastern Pacific Derived from July 1983 ISCCP Data Using a Hybrid Bispectral Threshold Method". Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 92, pp. 4051-4073,April 1987.
Minnis P., P. W. Heck, D. F. Young: "Inference of Cirrus Cloud Properties Using Satellite-Observed Visible and Infrared Radiances, Part II: Verification of Theoretical Cirrus Radiative Properties". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 50, pp. 1305-1322, May 1, 1993.
Minnis P., W. L. Smith Jr., D. P. Garber, J. K. Ayers, D. R. Doelling: "Cloud Properties Derived From GOES-7 for the Spring 1994 ARM Intensive Observing Period Using Version 1.0.0 of the ARM Satellite Data Analysis Program." NASA RP 1366, August 1995, 59pp.