Cover. Operation Iraqi Freedom in MODIS collage

Miller, S. D.; Hawkins, Jeffrey D.; Lee, T. F.; Turk, F. Joseph; Richardson, Kim

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“…Miller's method provides visual enhancement of atmospheric dust from NASA's MODIS instruments, which have spectral bands in both the VNIR and TIR, although the technique can be applied, in principle, to any system that provides radiometric data in the appropriate spectral bands. The visual enhancement of airborne dust has allowed identification of dust sources in addition to imaging of large dust storms [e.g., Liu et al , 2007; McGowan and Clark , 2008; Miller et al , 2006].…”

Section: Aeolian Research Methodsmentioning

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Aeolian Processes and the Biosphere

Ravi

D’Odorico

Breshears

et al. 2011

Reviews of Geophysics

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[1] Aeolian processes affect the biosphere in a wide variety of contexts, including landform evolution, biogeochemical cycles, regional climate, human health, and desertification. Collectively, research on aeolian processes and the biosphere is developing rapidly in many diverse and specialized areas, but integration of these recent advances is needed to better address management issues and to set future research priorities. Here we review recent literature on aeolian processes and their interactions with the biosphere, focusing on (1) geography of dust emissions, (2) impacts, interactions, and feedbacks, (3) drivers of dust emissions, and (4) methodological approaches. Geographically, dust emissions are highly spatially variable but also provide connectivity at global scales between sources and effects, with "hot spots" being of particular concern. Recent research reveals that aeolian processes have impacts, interactions, and feedbacks at a variety of scales, including large-scale dust transport and global biogeochemical cycles, climate mediated interactions between atmospheric dust and ecosystems, impacts on human health, impacts on agriculture, and interactions between aeolian processes and dryland vegetation. Aeolian dust emissions are driven largely by, in addition to climate, a combination of soil properties, soil moisture, vegetation and roughness, biological and physical crusts, and disturbances. Aeolian research methods span laboratory and field techniques, modeling, and remote sensing. Together these integrated perspectives on aeolian processes and the biosphere provide insights into management options and aid in identifying research priorities, both of which are increasingly important given that global climate models predict an increase in aridity in many dryland systems of the world.

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Section: Aeolian Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aeolian Processes and the Biosphere

Ravi

D’Odorico

Breshears

et al. 2011

Reviews of Geophysics

259

186

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Near-Real-Time Applications of CloudSat Data

Mitrescu

Miller

Hawkins

et al. 2008

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

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Within 2 months of its launch in April 2006 as part of the Earth Observing System A-Train satellite constellation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) CloudSat mission began making significant contributions toward broadening the understanding of detailed cloud vertical structures around the earth. Realizing the potential benefit of CloudSat to both the research objectives and operational requirements of the U.S. Navy, the Naval Research Laboratory coordinated early on with the CloudSat Data Processing Center to receive and process first-look 94-GHz Cloud Profiling Radar datasets in near–real time (4–8 h latency), thereby making the observations more relevant to the operational community. Applications leveraging these unique data, described herein, include 1) analysis/validation of cloud structure and properties derived from conventional passive radiometers, 2) tropical cyclone vertical structure analysis, 3) support of research field programs, 4) validation of numerical weather prediction model cloud fields, and 5) quantitative precipitation estimation in light rainfall regimes.

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Cover. Operation Iraqi Freedom in MODIS collage

Cited by 2 publications

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Aeolian Processes and the Biosphere

Aeolian Processes and the Biosphere

Near-Real-Time Applications of CloudSat Data

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