JiangLong Zhang

Xian, P., Zhang, J., O'Neill, N. T., Reid, J. S., Toth, T. D., Sorenson, B., Hyer, E. J., Campbell, J. R., and Ranjbar, K.: Arctic spring and summertime aerosol optical depth baseline from long-term observations and model reanalyses – Part 2: Statistics of extreme AOD events, and implications for the impact of regional biomass burning processes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 9949–9967, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9949-2022, 2022.

Xian, P., Zhang, J., O'Neill, N. T., Toth, T. D., Sorenson, B., Colarco, P. R., Kipling, Z., Hyer, E. J., Campbell, J. R., Reid, J. S., and Ranjbar, K.: Arctic spring and summertime aerosol optical depth baseline from long-term observations and model reanalyses – Part 1: Climatology and trend, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 9915–9947, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9915-2022, 2022.

Kyba C., coauthors, and J. Zhang, The benefit of multiple angle observations for visible band remote sensing using night lights, JGR, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036382, 2022.

Reid JS, Gumber A, Zhang J, Holz RE, Rubin JI, Xian P, Smirnov A, Eck TF, O’Neill NT, Levy RC, Reid EA, Colarco PR, Benedetti A, Tanaka T. A Coupled Evaluation of Operational MODIS and Model Aerosol Products for Maritime Environments Using Sun Photometry: Evaluation of the Fine and Coarse Mode. Remote Sensing.  14(13):2978.  https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14132978, 2022.

Toth D. T., J. Zhang, M. A. Vaughan, J. S. Reid and J. Campbell, Retrieving Particulate Matter Concentrations over the Contiguous United States Using CALIOP Observations, Atmospheric Environment, 274,

 118979, ISSN 1352-2310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.118979, 2022.

Midzak N, Yorks J, Zhang J, Limbacher J, Garay M and Kalashnikova O (2022) Constrained Retrievals of Aerosol Optical Properties Using Combined Lidar and Imager Measurements During the FIREX-AQ Campaign. Front. Remote Sens. 3:818605. doi: 10.3389/frsen.2022.818605.

Reid, Jeffrey & Benedetti, Angela & Calarco, Peter & Eck, Thomas & Gumber, Amanda & Holben, Brent & Holz, Robert & Hyer, Edward & Marais, Willem & McQueen, Jeff & Miller, Steven & Oo, Min & Rubin, J. & Tanaka, Taichu & Wang, Jun & Xian, Peng & Zhang, Jianglong. (2021). Community Challenges and Prospects in the Operational Forecasting of Extreme Biomass Burning Smoke. 903-906. 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9555160.

Zhang, J., Spurr, R. J. D., Reid, J. S., Xian, P., Colarco, P. R., Campbell, J. R., Hyer, E. J., and Baker, N.: Development of an OMI AI data assimilation scheme for aerosol modeling over bright surfaces – a step toward direct radiance assimilation in the UV spectrum, Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 27–42, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-27-2021, 2021.

Carson-Marquis, B. N., Zhang, J., Xian, P., Reid, J. S., and Marquis, J., Improving WRF-Chem meteorological analyses and forecasts over aerosol polluted regions by incorporating NAAPS aerosol analyses, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 6, 60, 839-855, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0174.1,  2021.

Wang Z., Román M., Virginia K., Miller S., Zhang J., Shrestha R., The uncertainty of Black Marble nighttime light estimates from VIIRS Day/Night Band, RSE, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112557, 2021.

Marquis, J. W., M. I. Oyola, J. R. Campbell, B. C. Ruston, C. Córdoba-Jabonero, E. Cuevas, J. R. Lewis, T. D. Toth, and J. Zhang, Conceptualizing the impact of dust contaminated infrared radiances on data assimilation for numerical weather prediction. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0125.1, 2021.

Starr, J., Zhang, J., Reid, J. S., and Roberts, D. C., Albedo Impacts of Changing Agricultural Practices in the United States through Space-Borne Analysis, Remote Sensing, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12182887, 2020.

Midzak N., J. E. Yorks, J. Zhang, B. v. Diehenhoven, S. Woods and M. McGill, A classification of ice crystal habits using combined CPL and RSP observations during the SEAC4RS campaign, JTECH, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0037.1, 2020.

Solbrig, J. E., Miller, S. D., Zhang, J., Grasso, L., and Kliewer, A.: Assessing the stability of surface lights for use in retrievals of nocturnal atmospheric parameters, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 165–190, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-165-2020, 2020.

Bazrkar, M.H., Zhang, J. & Chu, X. Hydroclimatic aggregate drought index (HADI): a new approach for identification and categorization of drought in cold climate regions. Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-020-01870-5, 2020.

Lee, L., Zhang, J., Reid, J. S., and Yorks, J. E.: Investigation of CATS aerosol products and application toward global diurnal variation of aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 12687–12707, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12687-2019, 2019.

Shi R. Y., R. C. Levy, T. F. Eck, B. Fisher, S. Mattoo, L. A. Remer, I. Slutsker, and J. Zhang, Characterizing the 2015 Indonesia Fire Event Using Modified MODIS Aerosol Retrievals, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 259-274, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-259-2019, Jan. 2019

Xian P., J. S. Reid, E. J. Hyer, C. R. Sampson, J. I. Rubin, M. Ades, N. Asencio, S. Basart, A. Benedetti,  P. Bhattacharjee, M. E. Brooks, P. R. Colarco,  A. Da Silva, T. F. Eck,  J. Guth, O. Jorba, R. Kouznetsov, Z. Kipling, S. Mikhail, C. P. Carcia-Pando, Y. Pradhan, T. Tanaka, J. Wang, D. L. Westphal, K. Yumimoto, and J. Zhang, Current State of the global operational aerosol multi-model ensemble: an update from the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP), QJRMS, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3497, 2019.

Zhang, J., Jaker, S. L., Reid, J. S., Miller, S. D., Solbrig, J., and Toth, T. D.: Characterization and application of artificial light sources for nighttime aerosol optical depth retrievals using the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite Day/Night Band, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 3209-3222, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3209-2019, 2019.

Starr, J., H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. S. Reid, Evaluating Sensitivities of Economic Factors through Coupled Economics-ALMANAC Model System, Agronomy Journal, doi:10.2134/agronj2018.08.0537, 2019.

Toth, T. D., Zhang, J., Reid, J. S., and Vaughan, M. A.: A bulk-mass-modeling-based method for retrieving particulate matter pollution using CALIOP observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 1739-1754, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1739-2019, 2019.

Reid, J. S., D. J. Posselt, K. Kaku,  R. A. Holz, G. Chen, E. Eloranta, S. Woods, J. Zhang, B. Anderson, T. P. Bui, G. Diskin, P. Minnis, M. Newchurch, S. Tanelli, C. Trepte, K. L. Thornhill and L. Ziemba, Observations and hypotheses related to low to middle free tropospheric aerosol, water vapor and altocumulus cloud layers within convective weather regimes: A SEAC4RS case study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 11413–11442, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11413-2019, 2019.

Kaku K. C., J. S. Reid, J. L. Hand, E. S. Edgerton, B. N. Holben, J. Zhang, and R. E. Holz, Assessing the challenges of surface-level aerosol mass estimates from remote sensing during the SEAC4RS campaign: Baseline surface observations and remote sensing in the Southeastern United States, JGR, doi: 10.1029/2017JD028074, 2018.

Toth T.D., J.R. Campbell, J.S. Reid, J.L. Tackett, M.A. Vaughan, and J. Zhang, Minimum Aerosol Layer Detection Sensitivities and their Subsequent Impacts on Aerosol Optical Thickness Retrievals in CALIPSO Level 2 Data Products, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 499-514, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-499-2018, 2018.

Rubin J. I., J.S. Reid, J. A. Hansen, J. L. Anderson, B. N. Holben, P. Lynch, D. L. Westphal, and J. Zhang, Assimilation of AERONET and MODIS AOT observations using Variational and Ensemble Data Assimilation Methods and Its Impact on Aerosol Forecasting Skill, JGR, DOI: 10.1002/2016JD026067, 2017. 

Alfaro-Contreras R., J. Zhang, J. S. Reid, and S. Christopher, A study of 15-year aerosol optical thickness and direct shortwave aerosol radiative effect trends using MODIS, MISR, CALIOP and CERES, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 13849-13868, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13849-2017, 2017.

Marquis, J. W., A. S. Bogdanoff, J. R. Campbell, J. A. Cummings, D. L. Westphal, N. J. Smith, J. Zhang, Estimating Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Retrieval Cold Biases in the Tropics due to Unscreened Optically-Thin Cirrus Clouds, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0226.1, 2017.

Reid J. S., R. E. Kuehen, R. E. Holz, E. W. Eloranta, K. C. Kaku, S. Kuang, M. J. Newchurch, A. M. Thompson, C. R. Trepte, J. Zhang, S. A. Atwood, J. L. Hand, B. N. Holben, P. Minnis, D. J. Posselt, Ground based high spectral resolution lidar observation of aerosol vertical distribution in the summertime Southeast United States, JGR, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD025798., 2017. 

Zhang J., Reid, J. S., Alfaro-Contreras, R., Xian P., Has China been exporting less particulate air pollution over the past decade?, Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1002/2017GL072617, 2017.

Alfaro-Contreras, R., Zhang, J., Campbell, J. R., and Reid, J. S.: Investigating the frequency and trends in global above-cloud aerosol characteristics with CALIOP and OMI, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 47-69, doi:10.5194/acp-16-47-2016, 2016.

Zhang, J., J. S. Reid, M. Christensen and A. Benedetti, An evaluation of the impact of aerosol particles on weather forecasts from a biomass burning aerosol event over the Midwestern US: Observational-based analysis of surface temperature, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 6475-6494, doi:10.5194/acp-16-6475-2016, 2016.

Reid, J. S., P., Lynch, B. N. Holben, E. J. Hyer, E. A. Reid, S. V. Salinas, J. Zhang, J. R. Campbell, B. Ning Chew, R. E. Holz, A. P. Kuciauskas, N. Lagrosas, D. J. Posselt, C. R. Sampson,  A. L. Walker, E. J. Welton, C. Zhang, Aerosol meteorology of the Maritime Continent for the 2012 7SEAS southwest monsoon intensive study: Part I regional scale phenomena, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 14041-14056, doi:10.5194/acp-16-14041-2016, 2016.

Toth, T. D., J. Zhang, J. R. Campbell, J. S. Reid, and M. A. Vaughan, Temporal variability of aerosol vertical distributions observed from CALIOP, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., doi:10.1002/2015JD024668, 2016. 

Reid, J. S., Lagrosas, N. D., Jonsson, H. H., Reid, E. A., Atwood, S. A., Boyd, T. J., Ghate, V. P., Lynch, P., Posselt, D. J., Simpas, J. B., Uy, S. N., Zaiger, K., Blake, D. R., Bucholtz, A., Campbell, J. R., Chew, B. N., Cliff, S. S., Holben, B. N., Holz, R. E., Hyer, E. J., Kreidenweis, S. M., Kuciaskas, A. P., Lolli, S., Oo, M., Perry, K. D., Salinas, S. V., Sessions, W. R., Smirnov, A., Walker, A. L., Wang, Q., Yu, L., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Y.: Aerosol meteorology and Philippine receptor observations of Maritime Continent aerosol emissions for the 2012 7SEAS southwest monsoon intensive study: Part II Philippine receptor observations of fine scale aerosol behavior, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 14057-14078, doi:10.5194/acp-16-14057-2016, 2016.

Rubin J. I., J.S. Reid, J. A. Hansen, J. L. Anderson, N. Collins, T. J. Hoar, T. Hogan, P. Lynch, J. McLay, C. Reynolds, W. Sessions, D. L. Westphal, and J. Zhang, Development of the Ensuble Navy Aerosol Analysis Prediction System (ENAAPS) and its application of the Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART) in support of aerosol forecasting, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 3927-3951, doi:10.5194/acp-16-3927-2016, 2016.

Lynch, P., Reid, J. S., Westphal, D. L., Zhang, J., Hogan, T. F., Hyer, E. J., Curtis, C. A., Hegg, D. A., Shi, Y., Campbell, J. R., Rubin, J. I., Sessions, W. R., Turk, F. J., and Walker, A. L.: An 11-year global gridded aerosol optical thickness reanalysis (v1.0) for atmospheric and climate sciences, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 1489-1522, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-1489-2016, 2016.

Kaku K., J. S. Reid, E. Reid, K. Ross-Langerman, S. Piketh, S. Cliff, A. Al Mandoos, S. Broccardo, Y. Zhao, and J. Zhang, Investigation of the relative fine and coarse mode aerosol loadings and properties in the Southern Arabian Gulf Region, Atmospheric Research, Volume 169, Part A, 1 March 2016, Pages 171–182, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.09.029, 2016.

McHardy T., J. Zhang, J. S. Reid, S. D. Miller, E. J. Hyer, and R. Kuehn, An improved method for retrieving nighttime aerosol optical thickness from the VIIRS Day/Night Band,  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 4773-4783, doi:10.5194/amt-8-4773-2015, 2015.

Reid, J. S., co-authors, and J. Zhang, Observations of the temporal variability in aerosol properties and their relationships to meteorology in the summer monsoonal South China Sea/East Sea: the role of monsoonal flows, the Madden–Julian Oscillation, tropical cyclones, squall lines and cold pools, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 1745-1768, doi:10.5194/acp-15-1745-2015, 2015.

Christensen, M., Zhang, J., Reid, J. S., Zhang, X., Hyer, E. J., and Smirnov, A.: A theoretical study of the effect of subsurface oceanic bubbles on the enhanced aerosol optical depth band over the southern oceans as detected from MODIS, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2149-2160, doi:10.5194/amt-8-2149-2015, 2015. 

Zhang J., J.S. Reid, J.R. Campbell, E.J. Hyer, and D.L. Westphal, Evaluating the Impact of Multi-Sensor Data Assimilation on A Global Aerosol Particle Transport Model. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 4674–4689, doi:10.1002/2013JD020975, 2014.

Alfaro-Contreras R., Zhang J., R. J.R. Campbell, R.E. Holz, and J.S. Reid, Evaluating the Impact of Aerosol Particles above Cloud on Cloud Optical Depth Retrievals from MODIS, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 5410–5423, doi:10.1002/2013JD021270, 2014.

Shi Y., Zhang J., J.S. Reid, B. Liu, E.J. Hyer, Critical evaluation of cloud contamination in the MISR aerosol products using MODIS cloud masking products, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 1791-1801, doi:10.5194/amt-7-1791-2014, 2014.

Toth, T.D., J. Zhang, J.R. Campbell, E.J. Hyer, J.S. Reid, Y. Shi, and D. L. Westphal, Impact of Data Quality and Surface-to-Column Representativeness on the PM2.5/Satellite AOD Relationship for the Continental United States, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6049-6062, doi:10.5194/acp-14-6049-2014, 2014.

Johnson R. S., J. Zhang, J. S. Reid, E. J. Hyer, and S. D. Miller, Toward Nighttime Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals from the VIIRS Day/Night Band, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 1245-1255, doi:10.5194/amt-6-1245-2013, 2013.

Shi Y., J. Zhang, J. S. Reid, E. Hyer, and N. C. Hsu, Critical evaluation of the MODIS Deep Blue aerosol optical depth product for data assimilation over North Africa, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 949-969, doi:10.5194/amt-6-949-2013.

Toth T. D., J. Zhang, J. R. Campbell, J. S. Reid, Y. Shi, R. S. Johnson, A. Smirnov, M. A. Vaughan and D. M. Winker, Investigating Elevated Aqua MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals over the Mid-Latitude Southern Oceans through Intercomparison with Co-Located CALIOP, MAN, and AERONET Datasets, J. Geophys. Res, Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50311, 2013..

Reid J., E. J. Hyer, R. Johnson, B. N. Holben, J. Zhang, J. R. Campbell, S. A. Christopher, L. Di Girolamo, L. Giglio, R. E. Holz, C. Kearney,  J. Miettinen, E. A. Reid, F. J. Turk, J. Wang, P. Xian, R. J. Yokelson, G. Zhao, R. Balasubramanian, B. N. Chew, S. Janai1, N. Lagrosas, P. Lestari, N. Lin, M. Mahmud, B. Norris, A. X. Nguyen,  N. T. K. Oahn, M. Oo, S. Salinas, and S. C. Liew, Observing the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: A critical review for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program, Atmospheric Research, Volume 122, March 2013, Pages 403–468, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.005, 2013.

Campbell J.R., J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, J. Zhang, B. N. Chew, E. J. Welton, A. Shimizu and N. Sugimoto, Characterizing Aerosol Particle Composition and the Vertical Profile of Extinction and LinearDepolarization over Southeast Asia and the Maritime Continent: The 2007-2009 View from CALIOP, Atmospheric Research, 122, 520-543, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.05.007, 2013.

Sayer, A. M., N. C. Hsu, C. Bettenhausen, Z. Ahmad, B. N. Holben, A. Smirnov, G. E. Thomas, and J. Zhang , SeaWiFS Ocean Aerosol Retrieval (SOAR): Algorithm, validation, and comparison with other data sets, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D03206, doi:10.1029/2011JD016599, 2012.

Yu, H., Zhang. Y., Chin M., Liu Z., Omar A., Remer L. A. Yang Y., Yuan T. and Zhang J. An Intergrated Analysis of Aerosol above Clouds from A-Train Multi-sensor Measurements, 121, 125–131, 2012.

Campbell J.R., J. L. Tackett, J. S. Reid, J. Zhang, C. A. Curtis, E. J. Hyer, W. R. Sessions, D. L.Westphal, J. M. Prospero, E. J. Welton, A. H. Omar, M. A. Vaughan, and D. M.Winker, Evaluating nighttime CALIOP 0.532μm aerosol optical depth and extinction coefficient retrievals, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2143–2160, doi:10.5194/amt-5-2143-2012, 2012.

Sayer, A. M., Hsu, N. C., Bettenhausen, C., Jeong, M.-J., Holben, B. N., and Zhang, J.: Global and regional evaluation of over-land spectral aerosol optical depth retrievals from SeaWiFS, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 5, 2169-2220, doi:10.5194/amtd-5-2169-2012, 2012. 

Zhang, J., J. R. Campbell, J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, N. L. Baker, W. F. Campbell, and E. J. Hyer, Evaluating the Impact of Assimilating CALIOP-derived Aerosol Extinction Profiles on a Global Mass Transport Model, , Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L14801, doi:10.1029/2011GL047737, 2011.

Shi Y., Zhang J., Reid J. S., Hyer E. J., Eck T. F., and Holben B. N., A critical examination of spatial biases between MODIS and MISR aerosol products – application for potential AERONET deployment, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 2823–2836, 2011.

Shi, Y., Zhang, J., Reid, J. S., Holben, B., Hyer, E. J., and Curtis, C.: An analysis of the collection 5 MODIS over-ocean aerosol optical depth product for its implication in aerosol assimilation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 557-565, doi:10.5194/acp-11-557-2011, 2011.

Hyer, E. J., Reid, J. S., and Zhang, J.: An over-land aerosol optical depth data set for data assimilation by filtering, correction, and aggregation of MODIS Collection 5 optical depth retrievals, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 379-408, doi:10.5194/amt-4-379-2011, 2011.

Smirnov, A., Holben, B. N., Giles, D. M., Slutsker, I., O'Neill, N. T., Eck, T. F., Macke, A., Croot, P., Courcoux, Y., Sakerin, S. M., Smyth, T. J., Zielinski, T., Zibordi, G., Goes, J. I., Harvey, M. J., Quinn, P. K., Nelson, N. B., Radionov, V. F., Duarte, C. M., Losno, R., Sciare, J., Voss, K. J., Kinne, S., Nalli, N. R., Joseph, E., Krishna Moorthy, K., Covert, D. S., Gulev, S. K., Milinevsky, G., Larouche, P., Belanger, S., Horne, E., Chin, M., Remer, L. A., Kahn, R. A., Reid, J. S., Schulz, M., Heald, C. L., Zhang, J., Lapina, K., Kleidman, R. G., Griesfeller, J., Gaitley, B. J., Tan, Q., and Diehl, T. L.: Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of AERONET – first results and comparison with global aerosol models and satellite retrievals, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 4, 1-32, doi:10.5194/amtd-4-1-2011, 2011.

Patadia F., S. A Christopher, J. Zhang, Development of Empirical Angular Distribution Models for Smoke Aerosols - Part 1. Methods, J. Geophys. Res., D14203, doi:10.1029/2010JD015033, 2011.

Zhang, J. and Reid, J. S.: A decadal regional and global trend analysis of the aerosol optical depth using a data-assimilation grade over-water MODIS and Level 2 MISR aerosol products, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 18879-18917, doi:10.5194/acpd-10-18879-2010, 2010.

Campbell, J. R., J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, J. Zhang, E. J. Hyer and E. J. Welton, CALIOP aerosol subset processing for global aerosol transport model data assimilation, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, 10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2044868, 2010.

Zhang, J. and J. S. Reid, An analysis of clear sky and contextual biases using an operational over ocean MODIS aerosol product, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L15824, doi:10.1029/2009GL038723, 2009.

Reid, J.S., E. J. Hyer, E. M. Prins, D. L. Westphal, J. Zhang, J. Wang, S. A. Christopher, C. A. Curtis, C. C. Schmidt, D. P. Eleuterio, K.  A. Richardson, and J. P. Hoffman, Global Monitoring and Forecasting of Biomass-Burning Smoke: Description of and Lessons from the Fire Locating and Modeling of Burning Emissions (FLAMBE) Program, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, JSTARS-2009-00034, 2009.

Zhang, J. and J. S. Reid, D. Westphal, N. Baker, and E. Hyer, A System for Operational Aerosol Optical Depth Data Assimilation over Global Oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D10208, doi:10.1029/2007JD009065, 2008.

Zhang, J. and J. S. Reid, J. Turk, and S. Miller, Strategy for studying nocturnal aerosol optical depth using artificial lights, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29:16, 4599 — 4613, 2008.

Zhang, J. and Reid., J.S., MODIS Aerosol Product Analysis for Data Assimilation:  Assessment of Level 2 Aerosol Optical Thickness Retrievals, J. Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, VOL. 111, D22207, doi:10.1029/2005JD006898, 2006.

Christopher, S. A., J. Zhang, L. Remer and Y. Kaufman, Satellite-based assessment of top of atmosphere anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing over cloud-free oceans, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 33, L15816, doi:10.1029/2005GL025535, 2006.

Zhang, J., J. S. Reid, and B. N. Holben, An analysis of potential cloud artifacts in MODIS over ocean aerosol optical thickness products, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 32, L15803, doi:10.1029/2005GL023254, 2005.

Zhang, J., S.A. Christopher, L. Remer and Y. Kaufman, Satellite aerosol direct radiative forcing studies over cloud free oceans from Terra: (I) aerosol angular distribution models,  J. Geophysical Research-Atmospheres--special issue on Global Aerosol System, VOL. 110, D10S23, doi:10.1029/2004JD005008, 2005.

Zhang, J., S.A. Christopher, L.A. Remer and Y.J. Kaufman, Shortwave Aerosol Cloud-Free Radiative Forcing from Terra, II : Global and Seasonal Distributions, J. Geophysical Research-Atmospheres--special issue on Global Aerosol System, VOL. 110, D10S24, doi:10.1029/2004JD005009, 2005.

Reid, J. S., T. Eck, S. Christopher, O. Dubovik, R. Koppmann, D. Eleuterio, B. Holben, E. Reid, and J. Zhang, A review of biomass burning emissions part III: Intensive optical properties of biomass burning particles, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 827–849, SRef-ID: 1680-7324/acp/2005-5-827, 2005.  http://www.atmos-chem-phys.org/acp/5/827/

Christopher, S. A., and J. Zhang, Cloud-Free Shortwave Aerosol Radiative Effect over Oceans: Strategies for Estimating Anthropogenic Forcing from Terra Satellite Measurements, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, No. 18, L18101, 10.1029/2004GL020510, 2004.

Zhang, J., S.A. Christopher, Longwave radiative forcing of Saharan dust aerosols from Terra, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 30 (23), 2188, doi:10.1029/2003GL018479, 2003.

Christopher, S. A., and J. Zhang, Shortwave aerosol radiative forcing from MODIS and CERES observations over the oceans. Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 29(18), 1859 - doi: 10.1029/2002GL014803 -18 September , 2002.

Christopher, S.A., and J. Zhang, Daytime variation of shortwave direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols from GOES 8 imager. J.Atmos. Sci. GACP special issue, VOL. 59(2), 681-691, 2002.

Christopher, S. A., J. Zhang, B. N. Holben, and S-K. Yang: GOES-8 and NOAA-14 AVHRR Retrieval of Smoke Aerosol Optical Thickness during SCAR-B ,  Int. J. Rem. Sens., VOL. 23,(22), 4931-4944, 2002.

Zhang, J., S.A. Christopher, and B.N. Holben, Intercomparison of aerosol optical thickness derived from GOES-8 Imager and Ground-Based Sun Photometers, J. Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, VOL. 106, 7387-7398, 2001.

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