As of May 8, 2025, Prof. Ping Yang has published 384 refereed journal papers, 13 book chapters, and 4 books (the fifth book manuscript has been submitted to Cambridge University Press). Yang's papers have been cited 27,264 (Google Scholar)/17,881 (Web of Science) times with an h-index of 84 (Google Scholar)/67 (Web of Science).
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Web of Science ResearcherID B-4590-2011
LIGHT-SCATTERING COMPUTATIONAL PROGRAMS and DATASETS
Distributed are the invariant-imbedding T-matrix (IITM) method based computational program for spheroids and the physical-geometric optics method (PGOM) based computational program for hexagonal aggregates, which can be downloaded here.
A new database (Saito, Yang, and Xu, 2021) of the optical properties of dust particles can be downloaded here.
2. Version 2 of Yang et al. (2013) ice crystal database can be downloaded here.
3. Ding et al. (2017) microwave ice crystal database can be downloaded here.
4. A database (Saito and Yang, 2019) of the optical properties of oriented ice particles can be downloaded here.
5. Meng et al. (2010) ellipsoid aerosol database can be downloaded here
6. The analytic solution to the scattering of light by a spheroid can be downloaded here (reference: Ding, J., P. Yang, 2023: Lorenz-Mie theory-type solution for light scattering by spheroids with small-to-large size parameters and aspect ratios. Optics Express, 31, 40937-40951, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.505416 ). Note: an incoorecr version of the code was uploaded previously (before July 1, 20204. The current version is correct. We have tried this code for a size parameter of 1000 for aspect ratios 2 and 0.5 and a refractive index of 1.53 +i0.0005).
BOOKS
[Book-1] Wendisch, M., and P. Yang, Theory of Atmsopehric Radiative Transfer -- A Comprehensive Introduction. Wiley-VCH, 2012, Weinheim, Germany, ISBN 978-3-527-40836-8. 321 pp.
(Book Review by Dr. Thomas Greenwald, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies/University of Wisconsin-Madison; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), 95 (6), 925-926, 2014).
[Book-2] Coakley, J., and P. Yang, Atmospheric Radiation -- A Primer with Illustrative Solutions. Wiley-VCH, 2014, Weinheim, Germany, ISBN 978-3-527-41098-9. 239 pp.
[Book-3] Liou, K. N., and P. Yang, Light Scattering by Ice Crystals: Fundamentals and Applications, Cambridge University Pres, 2016, ISBN 9780521889162, 443 pp.
[Book-4] Sun, B., L. Bi, P. Yang, M. Kahnert, and G. Kattawar, 2019: Invariant Imbedding T-matrix Method for Light Scattering by Nonspherical and Inhomogeneous Particles, Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-12818090-7, 262 pp.
[Book-5] Yang, P., J. Ding, M. Saito, G. W. Kattawar: “Physical-Geometric Optics for Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Applications to Remote Sensing and Climate Science”, submitted to Cambridge University Press.
BOOK CHAPTERS
[Book Chapter -- 1]:
Yang, P., and K. N. Liou, 2000: Finite difference time domain method for light scattering by nonspherical particles. Chapter 7 in Light scattering by nonspherical particles: theory, measurements, and geophysical applications, Eds. M. I. Mishchenko, J. W. Hovenier, and L. D. Travis, Academic Press, pp.173-221.
[Book Chapter -- 2]:
Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, and P. Yang, 2000: Light scattering and radiative transfer by ice crystal clouds: Applications to climate research. Chapter 15 in Light scattering by nonspherical particles: theory, measurements, and geophysical applications, Eds., M. I. Mishchenko, J. W. Hovenier, and L. D. Travis, Academic Press, pp.417-449.
[Book-chapter --3]:
Liou, K. N., Y. Takano, P. Yang, and Y. Gu, 2001: Radiative transfer in cirrus clouds: Light scattering and spectral information, in Cirrus, Eds. D. Lynch, K. Sassen, D. O. Starr, and G. Stephens. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 265-296
[Book Chapter -- 4]:
Yang, P. and B. A. Baum, 2002: Satellite remote sensing of cloud properties, in Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Eds. J. Holton, J. A. Curry, and J. Pyle, Academic Press, pp. 1955-1965.
[Book Chapter -- 5]:
Yang, P. and K. N. Liou, 2006: Light Scattering and Absorption by Nonspherical Ice Crystals, in Light Scattering Reviews: Single and Multiple Light Scattering, Ed. A. Kokhanovsky, Springer-Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK, 31-71.
[Book Chapter -- 6]:
Lu, J. Q., R. S. Brock, P. Yang, and X.-H. Hu, 2007: Modeling of Light Scattering by Single Red Blood Cells With the FDTD Method, invited chapter in Optics of Biological Particles, eds. A Hoekstra, G. Videen, and V. Maltsev, 212-241, 2007, Springer.
[Book Chapter -- 7]:
Liou, K. N., Y. Gu, W. Lee, Y. Chen, and P. Yang, 2008: Some unsolved problems in atmospheric radiative transfer: Implication on climate research in the Asia-Pacific Region. In “Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences: Applications to the Asia-Pacific region”, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, Chapter 5.
[Book Chapter -- 8]:
Bi, L., and P. Yang, 2013: Physical-geometric optics hybrid methods for computing the scattering and absorption properties of ice crystals and dust aerosols, in Light Scattering Reviews 8, Ed. A. Kokhanovsky, Springer-Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK, 69-114.
[Book Chapter -- 9]:
Panetta, R. L., C. Liu, and P. Yang, 2013: A pseudo-spectral time domain method for light scattering computation, in Light Scattering Reviews 8, Ed. A. Kokhanovsky, Springer-Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK, 139-187.
[Book Chapter -- 10]:
Yang, P. and B. A. Baum, 2015. Remote Sensing: Cloud Properties, in Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (2nd edition), G. R. North (editor-in-chief), J. Pyle and F. Zhang (editors), Vol. 5, pp. 116-127. Academic Press, ISBN: 9780123822253.
[Book Chapter -- 11]:
Kattawar, G. W., P. Yang, Y. You, L. Bi, Y. Xie, X. Huang, and S. Hioki, 2016. Polarization of light in the atmosphere and ocean, in Light Scattering Reviews 10, Ed. A. Kokhanovsky, Springer-Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK, 3-33.
[Book Chapter -- 12]:
Yang, P., J. Ding, G. W. Kattawar, 2023: Maxwell’s equations for single-scattering particles, in Light, Plasmonics and Particles, Ed. M P. Mengüç, and M. Francoeur, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-42.
[Book Chapter -- 13]:
Yang, P., J. Ding, G. W. Kattawar, 2023: Applications of Maxwell’s equations to light scattering by dielectric particles, in Light, Plasmonics and Particles, Ed. M P. Mengüç, and M. Francoeur, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 133-147.
RESEARCH WHITE PAPER
Yang, P., A. Dessler, G. Hong, 2008: Aviation-Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI) Subject Specific White Paper (SSWP) VI: Contrails/cirrus optics and radiation, pp. 57, (solicited and funded by DOT/FAA).
BOOK REVIEW and TRIBUTE
Yang, P., 2008: Cloud Optics by A. A. Kokhanovsky, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), Vol. 89, P. 1924.
Yang, P., B. Cairns, A. Marshak, O. Dubovik, L. Kolokolova, A. Lacis, and L. Travis, 2020: A tribute to Dr. Michael Mishchenko, BAMS, Vol. 101, P. 913-915.
Yang, P., Y. Gu, and Q. Fu, 2021: A tribute to Dr. Kuo-Nan Liou, BAMS, Vol. 102, P. 778-782.
REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
[1] Yang, P., and K. N. Liou, 1995: Light scattering by hexagonal ice crystals: comparison of finite-difference time domain and geometric optics methods, J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, 12, 162-176.
[2] Yang, P., and K. N. Liou, 1996: Finite-difference time domain method for light scattering by small ice crystals in three-dimensional space, J. Opt. Soc. Amer., A13, 2072-2085
[3] Yang, P., and K. N. Liou, 1996: Geometric-Optics-integral-equation method for light scattering by nonspherical ice crystals, Appl. Opt., 35, 6568-6584
[4] Yang, P., and K. N. Liou, 1997: Light scattering by hexagonal ice crystals: Solution by ray-by-ray integration algorithm, J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A. , 14, 2278-2289.
[5] Yang, P., K. N. Liou, and W. P. Arnott, 1997: Extinction efficiency and single-scattering albedo of ice crystals in laboratory and natural cirrus clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 21,825-21,835.
[6] Yang, P., and K. N. Liou, 1998: Single-scattering properties of complex ice crystals in terrestrial atmosphere, Contr. Atmos. Phys., 71, 223-248.
[7] Yang, P., and K. N. Liou, 1998: An efficient algorithm for truncating spatial domain in modeling light scattering by finite-difference technique, J. Comput. Phys., 140, 346-369.
[8] Liou, K. N., P. Yang, Y. Takano, T. Charlock, W. P. Arnott, 1998: On the radiative properties of contrail cirrus, Geophys. Res. Letter, 25, 1161-1164.
[9] Ou, S., K. N. Liou, P. Yang, P. Rolland, T. R. Caudill, J. Lisowski, and B. Morrison, 1998: Airborne retrieval of cirrus cloud optical and microphysical properties using ARES 5.1-5.3µm channel data, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 23,231-23,242.
[10] Fu, Q., P. Yang, and W. B. Sun, 1998: An accurate parameterization of the infrared radiative properties of cirrus clouds for climate models, J. of Climate., 25, 2223-2237.
[11] Wyser, K., and P. Yang, 1998: Average Crystal size and Bulk shortwave single scattering properties in ice clouds, Atmos. Res., 49, 315-335.
[12] Fu, Q., W. B. Sun, and P. Yang, 1999: On modeling of scattering and absorption by cirrus nonspherical ice particles at thermal infrared wavelengths, J. Atmos. Sci. 56, 2937-2947.
[13] Wyser, K. and P. Yang, 1999: On the uncertainties of the refractive index of ice, Contr. Atmos. Phys. .72, 351-355.
[14] Yang, P., K. N. Liou, K. Wyser, and D. Mitchell, 2000: Parameterization of the scattering and absorption properties of individual ice crystals, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 4699-4718.
[15] Baum, B. A., D. P. Kratz, P. Yang, S.C. Ou, Y. Hu, P. Soulen, and S. C. Tsay, 2000: Remote sensing of cloud properties using MODIS airborne simulator imagery during SUCCESS. I. Data and Models. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,767-11,780..
[16] Baum, B. A., P. Soulen ,K.I. Strabala, M. I. King, S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, and P. Yang, 2000: Remote sensing of cloud properties using MODIS airborne simulator imagery during SUCCESS. II. Cloud Thermodynamic Phase. J. Geophys. Res., 11,781-11,792.
[17] Yang, P., K. N. Liou, M. I. Mishchenko, and B.-C. Gao, 2000: An efficient finite-difference time domain scheme for light scattering by dielectric particles: application to aerosols, Appl. Opt., 39, 3727-3737.
[18] Yang, P., B.-C. Gao, B. A. Baum, W. Wiscombe, M. I. Mischenko, D. M. Winker, and S. L. Nasiri, 2001: Asymptotic solutions of optical properties of large particles with strong absorption. Appl. Opt., 40, 1532-1547.
[19] Yang, P., B.-C. Gao, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, W. J. Wiscombe, S.-C. Tsay, and D. M. Winker, S. Nasiri, 2001: Radiative properties of cirrus clouds in the infrared (8-13 microns). J. Quant. Spectros. Rad. Transfer, 70, 473-504.
[20] Hu, Y., D. Winker, P. Yang, B. A. Baum, L. Poole, and L. Vann, 2001: Identification of cloud phase from PICASSO-CENA lidar depolarization: A multiple scattering sensitivity study. J. Quant. Spectros. Rad. Transfer, 70, 569-579.
[21] Yang, P., B.-C. Gao, B. A. Baum, W. Wiscombe, Y. Hu, S. L. Nasiri, A. Heymsfield, G. McFarquhar, and L. Miloshevich, 2001: Sensitivity of cirrus bidirectional reflectance in MODIS bands to vertical inhomogeneity of ice crystal habits and size distributions. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17267-17291.
[22] Baran, A. J., P. Yang, and S. Havemann, 2001: Calculation of the single-scattering properties of randomly oriented hexagonal ice columns: a comparison of the T-matrix and the finite-difference time-domain methods, Appl. Opt., 40, 4376-4386.
[23] Baran, A. J., P. N. Francis, S. Havemann, and P. Yang, 2001: A study of the absorption and extinction properties of hexagonal ice columns and plates in random and preferred orientation, using excat T-matrix theory and aircraft observations of cirrus, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 70, 505-518.
[24] Nasiri, S. L., B. A. Baum, A. J. Heymsfield, P. Yang, M. Poellot, D. P. Kratz, and Y. Hu, 2002: Development of midlatitude cirrus models for MODIS using FIRE-I, FIRE-II, and ARM in-situ data. J. Appl. Meteor., 41, 197-217.
[25] Yang, P., B.-C. Gao, W. Wiscombe, M. I. Mishchenko, S. Platnick, H.-L. Huang, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, D. Winker, S.-C. Tsay, and S. K. Park, 2002: Inherent and apparent scattering properties of coated or uncoated spheres embedded in an absorbing host medium. Appl. Opt. 41, 2740-2759.
[26] Dubovik, O., B. N. Hilben, T. Lapyonok, A. Sinyuk, M. I. Mishchenko, P. Yang, and I. Slutsker, 2002: Non-spherical aerosols retrieval method employing light scattering by spheroids. Geophys. Res. Letter, 29 (No. 10) 10.1029/2001GL014506.
[27] Gao, B.-C., P. Yang, W. Han, R.-R. Li, and W. Wiscombe, 2002: An algorithm using visible and 1.38-µm channels to retrieve cirrus cloud reflectances from aircraft and satellite data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40, 1659-1668.
[28] Reichardt, J., S. Reichardt, P. Yang, T. J. McGee, 2002: Retrieval of polar stratospheric cloud microphysical properties from lidar measurements: Dependence on particle shape assumptions. J. Geophys. Res. 107(D20), 8282, doi:10.1029/2001JD001021.
[29] McFarquhar, G. M., P. Yang, A. Macke, and A. J. Baran, 2002: A new parameterization of single-scattering solar radiative properties for tropical anvils using observed ice crystal size and shape distributions. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2458-2478.
[30] Key, J. R., P. Yang, B. A. Baum, and S. L. Nasiri, 2002: Parameterization of shortwave ice cloud optical properties for various particle habits. J. Geophys. Res., 107(D13), 4181, doi:10.1029/2001JD000742.
[31] Chou, M.-D., K.-T. Lee, and P. Yang, 2002: Parameterization of shortwave cloud optical properties for a mixture of ice particle habits for use in atmospheric models, J. Geophys. Res. 107, D21, 4600,doi:10.1029/2002JD002061.
[32] Gao, B.-C., P. Yang, and R.-R. Li, 2003: Detection of high clouds in polar regions during the daytime using MODIS 1.375-micron channel. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 41, 474-481.
[33] Baran, A. J., P. N. Francis, and P. Yang : A process study of the dependence of ice crystal absorption on particle geometry: application to aircraft radiometric measurements of cirrus cloud in the terrestrial window region. J. Atmos. Sci.,. 60,417-427, 2003
[34] Baum, B. A., M. K. Harkey, R. A. Frey, G. G. Mace, and P. Yang, 2003: Nighttime Multilayered cloud detection using MODIS and ARM data, J. Appl. Meteor. 42, 905-919.
[35] Yang, P., Y. X. Hu, D. M. Winker, J. Zhao, C. A. Hosteller, B. A. Baum, M. I. Mishchenko, and J. Reichardt, 2003: Enhanced lidar backscattering by horizontally oriented ice plates, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 79-80, 1139-1157.
[36] Yang,P., B. A. Baum, A. J. Heymsfield, Y. X. Hu, H.-L. Huang, S.-Chee Tsay, and S. Ackerman, 2003: Single-scattering properties of droxtals, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 79-80, 1159-1180.
[37] Dessler, A. E., and P. Yang, 2003: The distribution of tropical thin cirrus clouds inferred from Terra MODIS data. J. Climate 16,1241-1247)
[38] Hu, Y. X., P. Yang, B. Lin, and C. Hostetler, 2003: Discriminating between spherical and non-spherical scatterers with lidar using circular polarization: a theoretical study. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 79-80,757-764 .
[39] Yang, P., H.-L. Wei, B. A. Baum, H.-L. Huang, A. J. Heymsfield, Y. X. Hu, B.-C. Gao, and D. D. Turner, The spectral signature of mixed-phase clouds composed of nonspherical ice crystals and spherical liquid droplets in the terrestrial window region. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 79-80, 1171-1188, 2003.
[40] Turner, D. D., S. A. Ackerman, B. A. Baum, H. E. Revercomb, and P. Yang, 2003: Cloud phase determination using ground-based AERI observation at SHEBA, J. Appl. Meteor. 42, 701-715
[41] Gao, B.-C., P. Yang, G. Guo, S. K. Park, W. J. Wiscombe, and B.D. Chen, 2003: Measurements of water vapor and high clouds over the Tibetan Plateau with the Terra MODIS instrument. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. , 41, 895-900
[42] Lee, Y.K., P. Yang, M.I. Mishchenko, B. A. Baum, Y. Hu, H.-L. Huang, W.J. Wiscombe, and A. J. Baran, 2003: Use of circular cylinders as surrogates for hexagonal pristine ice crystals in scattering calculations at infrared wavelengths. Appl. Opt. 42, 2653-2664
[43] Guo, G., P. Yang, Y. X. Hu, D. Winker, C. A. Hostetler, B. A. . Baum, and J. Reichardt, 2003: Manifestations of interference fluctuations of phase functions and backscattering cross sections for ice crystals with specific orientations. J. of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 5, 520-527
[44] P. Yang, M. G. Mlynczak, H.L. Wei, D. P. Kratz, B,A. Baum , Y. X. Hu, W. J. Wiscombe, A. Heidinger, and M. I. Mishchenko, 2003: Spectral signature of cirrus clouds in the far-infrared region: single-scattering calculation and radiative sensitivity study. J. Geophys. Res. 108(D18),4569,doi:10.1029/2002JD2002JD003291
[45] King, M. D., S. Platnick, P. Yang, G. T. Arnold, M. A. Gray, J. C.Riedi, S. A. Ackerman, and K. N. Liou, 2004: Remote sensing of liquid water and ice cloud optical thickness, and effective radius in the arctic: Application of air-borne multispectral MAS data. J. Atmos. and Ocean. Technol. 21, 857-875
[46] Yang, P., H.L. Wei, G. W. Kattawar, Y. X. Hu, D. M. Winker, C. A. Hostetler, and B. A. Baum, 2003: Sensitivity of the backscattering Mueller matrix to particle shape and thermodynamic phase, Appl. Opt. 42, 4389-4395
[47] Meyer, K., P. Yang, and B.-C. Gao, 2004: Optical thickness of tropical cirrus clouds derived from the MODIS 0.66 and 1.38-um channels. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 42, 833-841
[48] Zhang, Z., P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, S.-C. Tsay. B. A. Baum, H.-L. Huang, Y. X. Hu, A. J. Heymsfield, and J. Reichardt , 2004: Geometric optics solution to light scattering by droxtal ice crystals, Appl. Opt. 43, 2490-2499
[49] Reichardt, J., A. Dornbrack, S. Reichardt, P. Yang, and T. J. McGee , 2004: Mountain wave PSC dynamics and microphysics from ground-based lidar measurements and meteorological modeling, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 4, 1149-1165
[50] M. Chiriaco, H. Chepfer, V. Noel, A. Delaval, M. Haeffelin, P. Dubuisson, and P. Yang , 2004: Improving retreivals of cirrus cloud particle size coupling lidar and three-channel radiometric techniques, Monthly Weather Review 32, 1684-1700
[51] X. Ma , J. Q. Lu, R. S. Brock, K. M. Jacobs, P. Yang, and X.-H. Hu , 2003: Determination of Complex refractive index of polystyrene microspheres from 370 to 1610 nm, Phys. Medicine and Biology 48, 4165-4172
[52] H.L. Huang, P. Yang, H. Wei, B.A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, P. Atonelli, and S. A. Ackerman, 2004: Inference of ice cloud properties from high-spectral resolution infrared observations. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 42, 842-852 )
[53] C. Li, G. W. Kattawar, and P. Yang, 2004: A new algorithm to achieve rapid field convergence in the frequency domain when using FDTD. J. of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications 18, 767-807
[54] P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, K.N. Liou, and J. Q. Lu, 2004: Choice of Cartesian grid configurations for applying the finite-difference time domain method to electromagnetic scattering by dielectric particles Appl. Opt. 43, 4611-4624.
[55] P. Zhai, Y.-K. Lee, G. W. Kattawar, and P. Yang, 2004: On the near to far field transformation for the finite-difference time domain (FDTD) application Appl. Opt. 43, 3738-3746
[56] Mace, G. G., Y. Zhang, S. Platnick, M. D. King, P. Minnis, and P. Yang, 2005: Evaluation of cirrus cloud properties derived from MODIS radiances using cloud properties derived from ground-based data collected at the ARM SGP site J. Appl. Meteor. 44, 221-240
[57] P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, W. J. Wiscombe, 2004: Effect of particle asphericity on single-scattering parameters: Comparison between Platonic solids and spheres Appl. Opt. 43, 4427-4435
[58] C. Li, G. W. Kattawar, and P. Yang, 2004: Effects of surface roughness on light scattering by small particles J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 89, 123-131 .
[59] B.-C. Gao, K. Meyer, and P. Yang, 2004: A new concept on remote sensing of cirrus optical depth and effective ice particle size using strong water vapor absorption channels near 1.38 and 1.88 um. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 42, 1891-1899
[60] P. Yang, Z. Zhang, B. A. Baum, H.-L. Huang, and Y. Hu, 2004: A new look at anomalous diffrcation theory (ADT): Algorithm in cumulative projected-area distribution domain and modified ADT, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 89, 421-442 .
[61] Hu, Y., B. Wielicki, P. Yang, P. Stackhouse, B. Lin, and D. Young, 2004: Application of deep convective cloud albedo observation to satellite-based study of terrestrial atmosphere: Monitoring stability of space-borne measurenets and assessing absorption anomaly IEEE Trans Geosci. and Remote Sensing 42, 2594-2599 .
[62] Lu, J. Q., P. Yang, X.-H. Hu, 2005: Simulations of light scattering from a biconcave red blood cell using the FDTD method, J. Biomedical Optics 10, 024022-1 -- 024022-10 .
[63] Wei, H., P. Yang, J. Li, B. A. Baum, H.-L. Huang, S. Platnick, Y. X. Hu, and L. Strow, 2004: Retrieval of ice cloud optical thickness from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) measurements. IEEE Trans Geosci. and Remote Sensing 42, 2254-2265 .
[64] Wendisch, M., P. Pilewskie, J. Pommier, S. Howard, P. Yang, A. J. Heymsfield, C. G. Schmitt, D. Baumgardner, and B. Mayer, 2005: Effects of cirrus crystal shape on solar spectral radiation-A case study for subtropical cirrus. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D03202, doi:10.1029/2004JD005294 .
[65] Zhai, P., G. W. Kattawar, P. Yang, and C. Li, 2005: Application of the symplectic FDTD method to light scattering by small particles, Appl. Opt. 44, 1650-1656 .
[66] Yang, P., S.-C. Tsay, H. Wei, G. Guo and Q. Ji, 2005: Remote sensing of cirrus optical and microphysical properties from ground-based infrared radiometric measurements-Part I: A new retrieval method based on microwindow spectral signature. i IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 2, 128-131 .
[67] Guo, G., Q. Ji, P. Yang, and S.-C. Tsay, 2005: Remote sensing of cirrus optical and microphysical properties from ground-based infrared radiometric measurements-Part II: Retrievals from CRYSTAL-FACE measurements i IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 2, 132-1351 .
[68] Baum, B. A., A. Heymsfield, P. Yang, S. M. Thomas, 2005: Bulk scattering properties for the remote sensing of ice clouds I: Microphysical data and models. J. Appl. Meteor. 44, 1885-1895 .
[69] Baum, B. A., P. Yang, A. J. Heymsfield, S. Platnick, M. D. King, and S. M. Thomas, 2005: Bulk scattering properties for the remote sensing of ice clouds II: Narrowband Models. J. Appl. Meteor. 44, 1896-1911.
[70] Li, J., H.-L. Huang, C.-Y. Liu, P. Yang, T. J. Schmit, H. Wei, E. Weisz, L. Guan, and W. P. Menzel, , 2005: "Retrieval of cloud microphysical properties from MODIS and AIRS. J. Appl. Meteor. 44, 1526-1543. .
[71] Sun, W., N. G. Loeb, and P. Yang, 2006: On remote sensing of ice cloud particle shapes: A look from POLDER polarized measurements. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 101, 435-447 .
[72] Li, C., G. W. Kattawar, P. Zhai, and P. Yang, 2005: Electric and magnetic energy density distributions inside and outside dielctric particles illuminated by a plane electromagnetic wave, Opt. Express 13, 4554-4559 .
[73] Brock, R. S., X.-H. Hu, P. Yang, and J. Q. Lu, 2005: Evaluation of a parallel FDTD code and application to modeling of light scattering by deformed red blood cells Opt. Express 13, 5279-5292 .
[74] Chepfer, H., V. Noel, P. Minnis, D. Baumgardner, L. Nguyen, G. Raga, M. J. McGill, and P. Yang, 2005: Particle habit in tropical ice clouds during CRYSTAL-FACE: Comparison of two remote sensing techniques with in situ observations J. Geophs. Res. 11, D16204, doi:10.1029/2004JD005455, 2005.
[75] Hong, G., P. Yang, H. Huang, S. A. Ackerman, and I. N. Sokolik, 2006: Simulation of high-spectral-resolution infrared signature of overlapping cirrus clouds and mineral dust. Geophs. Res. Lett. 33, L04805, doi:10.1029/2005GL024381 .
[76] Yang, P., H. Wei, H.-L. Huang, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, G. W. Kattawar, M. I. Mishchenko, and Q. Fu, 2005: Scattering and absorption property database for nonspherical ice particles in the near- through far-infrared spectral region Appl. Opt. 44, 5512-5523 .
[77] Chen, G., P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, and M. I. Mishchenko, 2006: Scattering phase functions of horizontally oriented hexagonal ice crytsals. J. Quant. Spectro. Rad. Transfer 100, 91-102 .
[78] Xie, Y., P. Yang, B.-C. Gao, G. W. Kattawar, and M. I. Mishchenko, 2006: Effect of ice crystal shape and effective size on snow bidirectional reflectance J. Quant. Spectro. Rad. Transfer 100, 457-469 .
[79] You, Y., G. W. Kattawar, P. Yang, Y. Hu, and B. A. Baum, 2006 Sensitivity of depolarized lidar signals to cloud and aerosol particle properties J. Quant. Spectro. Rad. Transfer 100, 470-482 .
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