Publications

1. Zhang, Z., P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, S.-C. Tsay, B. A. Baum, Y. Hu, A. J. Heymsfiel, and J. Reichardt: Geometrical-optics solution to light scattering by droxtal ice crystals. Applied Optics, 43, 2490-2499. (2004)

2.Yang, P., Z. Zhang, B. A. Baum, H. L. Huang, and Y. Hu: A new look at anomalous diffraction theory (ADT): Algorithm in cumulative projected-area distribution domain and modified ADT. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 89, 421-442.  (2004)

3.Zhang, Z., P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, and W. J. Wiscombe: Single-scattering properties of Platonic solids in geometrical-optics regime. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 106, 595-603. (2007)

4.Zhang, Z., P. Yang, G. Kattawar, H. L. Huang, T. Greenwald, J. Li, B. A. Baum, D. K. Zhou, and Y. Hu: A fast infrared radiative transfer model based on the adding-doubling method for hyperspectral remote-sensing applications. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 105, 243-263. (2007)

5.Yang, P., Z. Zhang, G. W. Kattawar, S. G. Warren, B. A. Baum, H.-L. Huang, Y. X. Hu, D. Winker, and J. Iaquinta: Effect of Cavities on the Optical Properties of Bullet Rosettes: Implications for Active and Passive Remote Sensing of Ice Cloud Properties. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 2311-2330. (2008)

6.Dessler, A. E., P. Yang, J. Lee, J. Solbrig, Z. Zhang, K. Minschwaner, N. M. Tech, and N. M. Socorro: An analysis of the dependence of clear-sky top-of-atmosphere outgoing longwave radiation on atmospheric temperature and water vapor. J. Geophysical. Research, 113, doi:10.1029/2008JD010137. (2008)

7.Dessler, A. E., Z. Zhang, and P. Yang: Water-vapor climate feedback inferred from climate fluctuations, 2003-2008. Geophysical. Research Letters, 35. (2008)

8.Zhang, Z., P. Yang, G. Kattawar, J. Riedi, L. C.-Labonnote, B. Baum, S. Platnick, and H.-L. Huang: Influence of ice particle model on satellite ice cloud retrieval: lessons learned from MODIS and POLDER cloud product comparison, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 7115-7129. (2009)

9.Zhang, Z., S. Platnick, P. Yang, A. K. Heidinger, and J. M. Comstock: Effects of ice particle size vertical inhomogeneity on the passive remote sensing of ice clouds, J. Geophysical. Research, 115(D17), D17203. (2010)

10.Baum, B. A., P. Yang, A. J. Heymsfield, C. Schmitt, Y. Xie, A. Bansemer, Y. X. Hu, and Z. Zhang: Improvements to shortwave bulk scattering and absorption models for the remote sensing of ice clouds. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50, 1037-1056 (2011)

11.Zhang, Z., and S. Platnick, An assessment of differences between cloud effective particle radius retrievals for marine water clouds from three MODIS spectral bands, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D20215, doi:10.1029/2011JD016216. (2011)

12.Wang, C., P. Yang, S. Platnick, A. Heidinger, B. Baum, T. Greenwald, Z. Zhang, and R. Holz, Retrieval of ice cloud properties from AIRS observations based on a fast high-spectral-resolution radiative transfer model. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 710–726 (2012)

13. Zhang, Z., A. S. Ackerman, G. Feingold, S. Platnick, R. Pincus, and H. Xue (2012), Effects of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity and drizzle on remote sensing of cloud droplet effective radius: Case studies based on large-eddy simulations, J Geophys Res, 117(D19), D19208–, doi:10.1029/2012JD017655. (2012)

14.Yu, H., and Z. Zhang New Directions: Emerging satellite observations of above-cloud aerosols and direct radiative forcing. Atmos. Environ, 72, 36-40.
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.017 (2013).  

15.Zhang Z.: On the Sensitivity of Cloud Effective Radius Retrieval Based on Spectral Method to Bi-Modal Droplet Size Distribution: a Semi-Analytical Model,” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.05.033. (2013)

16.Zhang, Z., Meyer, K., Platnick, S., Oreopoulos, L., Lee, D., and Yu, H.: A novel method for estimating shortwave direct radiative effect of above-cloud aerosols using CALIOP and MODIS data, Atmos. Meas. Tech.., 6, 9993-10020, doi:10.5194/amtd-6-9993-2013, (2014).

17.M. Min* and Z. Zhang, On the influence of cloud fraction diurnal cycle and sub-grid cloud optical thickness variability on all-sky direct aerosol radiative forcing, JQSRT, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2014.03.014 (2014)

18.Yu, H., Chin, M., Bian, H., Yuan, T., Prospero, J. M., Omar, A. H., L A. Remer, D. M. Winker, Y.Yang, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang Quantification of trans-Atlantic dust transport from seven-year (2007–2013) record of CALIPSO lidar measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.010 (2015).

19.Yu, H., Chin, M., Yuan, T., Bian, H., Remer, L. A., Prospero, J. M. Ali Omar. D. Winker, Y.Yang, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang and C. Zhao: The Fertilizing Role of African Dust in the Amazon Rainforest: A First Multiyear Assessment Based on CALIPSO Lidar Observations Geophysical Research Letter, DOI:10.1002/2015GL063040 (2015)

20.H-M Cho*, Z. Zhang, Kerry Meyer, Matthew Lebsock, Steven Platnick, Andrew S. Ackerman, Larry Di Girolamo, Laurent C.-Labonnote, Céline Cornet, Jerome Riedi Frequency and causes of failed MODIS cloud property retrievals for liquid phase clouds over global oceans A comprehensive analysis using A-Train observations, DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023161(2015)

21.K. Meyer, S. Platnick, Z. Zhang: Simultaneously inferring above-cloud absorbing aerosol optical thickness and the optical and microphysical properties of underlying liquid phase clouds using multiple MODIS spectral channels from the visible to shortwave infrared, JGR DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023128 (2015)

22.Zhang, Z., Meyer, K., Yu, H., Platnick, S., Colarco, P., Liu, Z., and Oreopoulos, L.: Shortwave direct radiative effects of above cloud aerosols over global oceans derived from eight years of CALIOP and MODIS observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15, 26357-26421, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-26357-2015, (2015)