Selected Publications:

Spectral Absorption Properties of Aerosol Particles from 350-2500nm. J. Vanderlei Martins , Paulo Artaxo, Yoram J. Kaufman, Andrea D. Castanho, Lorraine A. Remer, 2009, Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.

Smoke Invigoration Versus Inhibition of Clouds over the Amazon. Koren, I., J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, H. Afargan, Science 321, 946 (2008); DOI: 10.1126/science.1159185

Remote sensing of cloud sides of deep convection: Towards a three-dimensional retrieval of cloud particle size profiles. Zinner, T., A. Marshak, S. Lang, J. V. Martins, and B. Mayer, 2008; Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 8, 4267-4308.

Remote sensing the vertical profile of cloud droplet effective radius, thermodynamic phase, and temperature. Martins, J. V., A. Marshak, L. Remer, D. Rosenfeld, Y. J. Kaufman, R. Fernandez-Borda, I. Koren, V. Zubko, and P. Artaxo, 2007. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 7, 4481-4519.

On the twilight zone between clouds and aerosols. Koren, I., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, Y. Rudich, and J. V. Martins, 2007; Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08805, doi:10.1029/2007GL029253.

What does reflection from cloud sides tell us about vertical distribution of cloud droplet sizes? Marshak, A., J. V. Martins, V. Zubko, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2006; Atmos. Chem. and Phys, 6, 5295-5305.

Laboratory investigation of fire radiative energy and smoke aerosol emissions. Ichoku C., J. V. Martins, Y. J. Kaufman, M. J. Wooster, P. H. Freeborn, W. M. Hao, S. Baker, C. A. Ryan, B. L. Nordgren (2008); J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S09, doi:10.1029/2007JD009659.

Global aerosol climatology from the MODIS satellite sensors. Remer, L. A., R. G. Kleidman, R. C. Levy, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, S. Mattoo, J. V. Martins, C. Ichoku, I. Koren, H. Yu, and B. N. Holben, 2008; J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S07, doi:10.1029/2007JD009661.

MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals with high spatial resolution over an Urban Area using the Critical Reflectance. de Almeida Castanho A. D., J. Vanderlei Martins, P. Artaxo (2008); J. Geophys. Res., 113, D02201, doi:10.1029/2007JD008751.

In situ measurements of aerosol mass concentration and radiative properties in Xianghe, southeast of Beijing. Chaudhry Z., J. V. Martins, Z. Li, S.-C. Tsay, H. Chen, P. Wang, T. Wen, C. Li, R. R. Dickerson (2007); J. Geophys. Res., 112, D23S90, doi:10.1029/2007JD009055.

The Bodele depression: a single spot in the Sahara that provides most of the mineral dust to the Amazon forest. Ilan Koren, Yoram J Kaufman, Richard Washington, Martin C Todd, Yinon Rudich, J Vanderlei Martins, and Daniel Rosenfeld, 2006; Environmental Research Letters.

Mineral dust emission from the Bodélé Depression, northern Chad, during BoDEx 2005. Todd M. C., R. Washington, J. V. Martins, O. Dubovik, G. Lizcano, S. M'Bainayel, S. Engelstaedter (2007); J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06207, doi:10.1029/2006JD007170.

Chemical characterization of aerosols on the East Coast of the United States using aircraft and ground based stations during the CLAMS Experiment. Castanho, A., J. V. Martins, P. Hobbs, P. Artaxo, L. A. Remer, and M. Yamasoe, 2005; J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 62, No. 4.

The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products and Validation. Remer , L.A., Y.J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, S. Mattoo, D.A. Chu, J.V. Martins, R-R. Li, C. Ichoku, R. C. Levy, R.G. Kleidman, T.F. Eck, E. Vermote, B.N. Holben, 2005, J. Atmos. Sci., , 947-973.

Measurement of the Effect of Amazon Smoke on Inhibition of Cloud Formation. Koren, I., Y. Kaufman, L. Remer, J. Vanderlei Martins. Science Vol. 303, 27 February 2004.

MODIS Cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosol over oceans using spatial variability. Martins, J.V., D. Tanré, L. Remer, Y. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, Geophys. Res. Lett.,29(12),10.1029/2001GL013252, 2002.

Satellite retrieval of aerosol absorption over the oceans using sunglint. Y. J. Kaufman, J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, M. R. Schoeberl, and M. A. Yamasoe, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 29, No. 19, 1928, doi: 10.1029/2002GL015403, 2002.

Effects of black carbon content, particle size and mixing on light absorption by aerosol particles from biomass burning in Brazil. Martins, J. V., P. Artaxo, C. Liousse, J. S. Reid, P. V. Hobbs, Y. J. Kaufman, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 103, D24, Pages 32041-32050, 1998.

Sphericity and Morphology of Smoke Particles from Biomass Burning in Brazil. Martins, J. V., P. V. Hobbs, R.E. Weiss, and P. Artaxo, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 103, D24, Pages 32051-32057, 1998.