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  1. Mace, Gerald G., Stephanie Houser, Sally Benson, Stephen A. Klein and Qilong Min, Critical Evaluation of the ISCCP Simulator Using Ground-Based Remote Sensing Data, accepted in J. Climate (2010).
  2. Song L, and Q. Min. Cloud 3D effects on broadband heating rate profiles: I. Model simulation. JQSRT (2010), doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.06.020
  3. Siwei Li, and Qilong Min, The diagnosis of multi-layer clouds using photon path length distributions, in press, J. Geophys. Res., 2010.
  4. Bing Lin, Qilong Min, Wenbo Sun, Yongxiang Hu, and Tai-Fang Fan, Can climate sensitivity be estimated from short-term relationships of top-of-atmosphere net radiation and surface temperature? Accepted in JQSRT (2010).
  5. Yanfen Lin, Qilong Min, Guoshun Zhuang, Zuwu Wang, Wei Gong, and Rui Li, Spatial features of rain frequency change induced by pollution and associated aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 14495-14511, 2010.
  6. Gong W., Q. Min, R. Li, A. Teller, E. Joseph, and V. Morris, Detailed cloud resolving model simulations of the impacts of Saharan air layer dust on tropical deep convection -part 1: Dust acts as ice nuclei, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 1-46, 2010, www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/10/1/2010/ doi:10.5194/acpd-10-1-2010
  7. Kokhanovsky AA, et al. Benchmark results in vector atmospheric radiative transfer. JQSRT (2010), doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.03.005
  8. Duan Minzheng, Qilong Min, Knut Stamnes, Impact of vertical stratification of inherent optical properties on radiative transfer in a plane-parallel turbid medium, Optical Express, Vol. 18, No. 6 / OPTICS EXPRESS 5629-5638, 2010.
  9. Min Qilong, and Li, R., Longwave indirect effect of mineral dusts on ice clouds, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 763-783, 2010.
  10. Li Rui, Q.-L.Min, and L. Harrison., A Case Study: the Indirect Aerosol Effects of Mineral Dust on Warm Clouds, J. Atmos. Sci., vol 67, 805-816, 2010. DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3235.1
  11. Li, R., and Q.-L. Min (2010), Impacts of mineral dust on the vertical structure of precipitation, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D09203, doi:10.1029/2009JD011925.
  12. Duan, M. Z., Q. L. Min, and D. R. Lu, 2010: A polarized radiative transfer model based on successive order of scattering. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27(4), 891{900, doi: 10.1007/s00376-009-9049-8.
  13. Min Qilong, Bing Lin, and Rui Li, Remote sensing vegetation hydrological states using passive microwave measurements, IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING, VOL. 3, NO. 1, 124-131, 2010, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2032557
  14. B. Lin, L. Chambers, P. Stackhouse Jr., B. Wielicki, Y. Hu, P. Minnis, N. Loeb, W. Sun, G. Potter, Q. Min, G. Schuster, and T.-F. Fan, Estimations of climate sensitivity based on top-of-atmosphere radiation imbalance, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 24731-24753, 2009.
  15. Li, R., Q. Min, and B. Lin, Estimation of evapotranspiration in a mid-latitude forest using the Microwave Emissivity Difference Vegetation Index (EDVI), Remote Sensing of Environment, 113, pp. 2011-2018, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.05.007, 2009
  16. Min, Q.-L., Li, R., Lin, B., Joseph, E., Wang, S., Hu, Y., Morris, V., and Chang, F. , Evidence of mineral dust altering cloud microphysics and precipitation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 3223-3231, 2009.
  17. Min Q., and S. Wang, Clouds modulate terrestrial carbon uptake in a midlatitude hardwood forest, Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 35, L02406, doi:10.1029/2007GL032398., 2008.
  18. McComiskey, A., G. Feingold, A. S. Frisch, D. D. Turner, M. A. Miller, J. C. Chiu, Q. Min, and J. A. Ogren (2009), An assessment of aerosol-cloud interactions in marine stratus clouds based on surface remote sensing, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D09203, doi:10.1029/2008JD011006.
  19. Nzeffe, F., E. Joseph, and Q. Min (2008), Surface-based observation of aerosol indirect effect in the Mid-Atlantic region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L22814, doi:10.1029/2008GL036064.
  20. Min, Q., T. Wang, C. N. Long, and M. Duan (2008), Estimating fractional sky cover from spectral measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20208, doi:10.1029/2008JD010278.
  21. Wang, T., and Q. Min , Retrieving optical depths of optically thin and mixed-phase clouds from MFRSR measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D19203, doi:10.1029/2008JD009958, 2008.
  22. Wu, X., S. Park, and Q. Min,  Seasonal Variation of Cloud Systems over ARM SGP. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2107–2129, 2008.
  23. Lin, B., W. Sun, Q. Min and Y. Hu, 2008: "Numerical studies of scattering properties of leaves and leaf moisture influences on the scattering at microwave wavelengths". IEEE TGRS, 46,? 353-360, 2008.
  24. Kim B.-G., M. A. Miller, S. E. Schwartz, Y. Liu, Q. Min (2008), The role of adiabaticity in the aerosol first indirect effect, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D05210, doi:10.1029/2007JD008961.
  25. Turner, D.D., A.M. Vogelmann, R.T. Austin, J.C. Barnard, K. Cady-Pereira, J.C. Chiu, S.A. Clough, C. Flynn, M.M. Khaiyer, J. Liljegren, K. Johnson, B. Lin, C. Long, A. Marshak, S.Y. Matrosov, S.A. McFarlane, M. Miller, Q. Min, P. Minnis, W. O'Hirok, Z. Wang, and W. Wiscombe, Thin Liquid Water Clouds: Their Importance and Our Challenge. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 177–190, 2007.
  26. Morris, V., T.-W. Yu, E. Joseph, R. Armstrong, R. Fitzgerald, R. Karim, X.-Z. Liang, and Q.-l., Min, The NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS): Programs and Achievements, BAMS, 142, 2007
  27. Min, Q. and B. Lin, Remote sensing of evapotranspiration and carbon uptake at Harvard Forest, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 100 , pp. 379 – 387, 2006a.
  28. Min, Q. and B. Lin, Determination of spring onset and growing season duration using satellite measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 104, pp. 96-102, 2006b
  29. Feingold G., R. Furrer, P. Pilewskie, L. A. Remer, Q. Min and H. Jonsson. Aerosol Indirect Effect Studies at Southern Great Plains during the May 2003 Intensive Operations Period. J. Geophys. Res. 111, D05S14, doi: 2004JD005648, 2006.
  30. Min, Q., Impacts of aerosols and clouds on forest-atmosphere carbon exchange, J. Geophys. Res, vol. 110, D06203, doi:10.1029/2004JD004858, 2005.
  31. Duan, M., Q. Min, and J. Li (2005), A fast radiative transfer model for simulating high-resolution absorption bands, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D15201, doi:10.1029/2004JD005590.
  32. Min, Q.-L., and M. Duan, Simultaneously retrieving cloud optical depth and effective radius for clouds with low liquid water path , J. Geophys. Res. , Vol.110,  D21201, doi:10.1029/2005JD006136, 2005.
  33. Mace, Gerald G., Sally Benson, Karen L. Sonntag, Seiji Kato, Qilong Min, Patrick Minnis, Cynthia Twohy, Michael Poellot, Charles Long, Cloud Radiative Forcing at the ARM Climate Research Facility: Part 1. Technique, Validation, and Comparison to Satellite-Derived Diagnostic Quantities, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D11S90, doi:10.1029/2005JD005921.
  34. Liang, X.-Z, X. Min, G. Wei, K. Kenneth, J. Slusser, Y. Dai, Q-L., Min, P. R. Houser, M. Rodell,, C. B. Schaaf, and F. Gao, Development of Land Surface Albedo Parameterization Based on MODIS data, J. Geophys. Res, 110, DOI:10.1029/2004JD005579, 2005
  35. Duan, M. and Q.-L., Min, A semi-analytic technique to speed up successive order of scattering model for optically thick media, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiative transfer, 95, 21-32, 2005.
  36. Li, J. S. Dobbies, P..R. Paisanen, Q.-L., Min, Accounting for Unresolved Clouds in a 1D Solar Radiative Transfer Model, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 1607-1629, 2005.
  37. Min, Q., P. Minnis, and M. Khaiyer, Comparison of cirrus optical depths derived from GOES 8 and surface measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D15207, doi:10.1029/2003JD004390, 2004c
  38. Min, Q.-L., and L. C. Harrison, Retrieval of atmospheric optical depth profiles from downward-looking high-resolution O2 A-band measurements: optically thin conditions, J. Atmos. Sci,,61, 2469-2478, 2004.
  39. Min, Q.-L., and M. Duan, A successive order of scattering model for solving vector radiative transfer in the atmosphere, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiative transfer 87, 243-259, 2004.
  40. Min, Q.-L., L. C. Harrison, P. Kiedron, J. Berndt, and E. Joseph, A high-resolution oxygen A-band and water vapor band spectrometer, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D02202, doi:10.1029/2003JD003540, 2004a.
  41. Min, Q., E. Joseph, and M. Duan (2004), Retrievals of thin cloud optical depth from a multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D02201, doi:10.1029/2003JD003964, 2004b.
  42. Kim, B.-G., S. E. Schwartz, M. A. Miller, and Q. Min, Effective radius of cloud droplets by ground-based remote sensing: Relationship to aerosol, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D23), 4740, doi:10.1029/2003JD003721, 2003.
  43. Min, Q.-L., and E. E. Clothiaux, Photon path length distributions inferred from rotating shadowband spectrometer measurements at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurements Program Southern Great Plains site, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D15), 4465, doi:10.1029/2002JD002963, 2003.
  44. Min, Q.-L., M. Duan, and R. Marchand, Validation of surface retrieved cloud optical properties with in situ measurementsat the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) South Great Plains site, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D17), 4547,doi:10.1029/2003JD003385, 2003a.
  45. Joseph, E., and Q.-L. Min, Assessment of multiple scattering and horizontal inhomogeneity in IR radiative transfer calculations of observed thin cirrus clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D13), 4380, doi:10.1029/2002JD002831, 2003.
  46. Michalsky, J., Q.-L. Min, J. Barnard, R. Marchand, and P. Pilewskie, Simultaneous spectral albedo measurements near the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains (ARM SGP) central facility, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 4254, doi:10.1029/2002JD002906, 2003.
  47. Sengupta .M., E. E. Clothiaux, T. P. Ackermany, S. Kato and Q.-L. Min, Importance of Accurate Liquid Water Path for Estimation of Solar Radiation in Warm Boundary Layer Clouds: An Observational Study, J. Climate, 16, 2997-3010, 2003.
  48. J. Li, and Q. -L. Min, Parameterization of the Optical Properties of Sulfate Aerosols in the Infrared, J. Atoms. Sci, 59, 3130-3140, 2002.
  49. Min, Q.-L., L. C. Harrison, and E. Clothiaux, Joint statistics of photon pathlength and cloud optical depth: case studies, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 7375-7386, 2001.
  50. Michalsky, J. J, Q.-L., Min, P. W. Kiedron, D. W. Slater and J. C. Barnar, A differential technique to retrieve column water vapor using sun radiometry, J. Geophys. Res.,  106, 17433-17442, 2001.
  51. Min, Q.-L., and L. C. Harrison, Joint statistics of photon pathlength and cloud optical depth, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1425-1428, 1999.
  52. Harrison, L. C., M. Beauharnois, J. Berndt, P. Kierdron, J. Michalsky, and Q.-L. Min, The rotating shadowband spectroradiometer (RSS) at the Southern Great Plains (SGP), Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 1715-1718, 1999.
  53. Michalsky, J., M. Beauharnois, J. Berndt, P. Kierdron, L. Harrison, and Q.-L. Min, O2 - O2 absorption band identication based on optical depth spectra of the visible and near-infrared, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1581-1584, 1999.
  54. Min, Q.-L., and L. C. Harrison, Synthetic Spectra for Terrestrial Ultraviolet from Discrete Measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 17033, 1998.
  55. Min, Q.-L., and L. C. Harrison, Comparison of model-predicted total shortwave with measurements under overcast cloud conditions, in Proceedings of the eighth ARM Science team meeting, Tucson, 493, 1998.
  56. Harrison, L., and Q.-L., Min, Photon Pathlength Distributions in Cloudy Atmospheres From Ground-based High-resolution O2 A-band Spectroscopy, in IRS'96: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, Eds. W. L. Smith and K. Stamnes, Deepak Publ., Hampton, 594, 1997.
  57. Min, Q.-L., and L. C. Harrison, Cloud Properties Derived From Surface MFRSR Measurements and Comparison With GOES Results at the ARM SGP Site, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 1641, 1996.
  58. Min, Q.-L., and L. C. Harrison, An Adjoint Formulation of the Radiative Transfer Method, J. Geophys. Res. 101, 1634-1640, 1996.
  59. Min, Q.-L., and B. J. Watkins, Determination of Auroral Heat Fluxes and Thermal Ion out Flows Using a Numerical Ionospheric Model and Incoherent-scatter Radar Data, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 251, 1995.
  60. Min, Q.-L., A Self-consistent Time Varying Auroral Model, Ph.D Thesis, University of Alaska, 1993.
  61. Min, Q.-L., D. Lummerzheim, M. H. Rees, and K.Stamnes, The Effects of a Parallel Electric Field and the Geomagnetic Field in the Topside Ionosphere on Auroral and Photoelectron Energy Distributions, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 19,223, 1993.