Publications

In Progress

Saito, M., Characterizing mixed-phase cloud properties from radar-lidar observations with a physics-based approach: Part 1. Theory, TBD., in prep.
Saito, M., P. Yang, and D. Li, A flexible library of the single-scattering properties of ice crystals across particle sizes and pan-spectra, J. Atmos. Sci., in prep.
Wang, S., T. Ren, P. Yang, M. Saito, and H. E. Brindley, Improved temperature-dependent ice refractive index compilation in the far-infrared spectrum, Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted.

2024

Zhang, Y., M. Saito, P. Yang, and G. L. Schuster, The sensitivities of the spectral optical properties to dust aerosol mineralogical and microphysical properties, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., accepted.

2023

Coy, J., M. Saito, P. Yang, Y. Hu., and X. Liu, A robust ice cloud optical property model for lidar-based remote sensing applications, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 21, 100405 [URL].
Li, D., M. Saito, P. Yang, N. G. Loeb, W. L. Smith Jr., and P. Minnis, On the scattering-angle dependence of the spectral consistency of ice cloud optical thickness retrievals, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 61, 4108012 [URL].
Saito, M., and P. Yang, Quantifying the impact of the surface roughness of hexagonal ice crystals on backscattering properties for lidar-based remote sensing applications, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL104175 [URL].
Huang, Y., J. F. Kok, M. Saito, and O. Munoz, Single-scattering properties of ellipsoidal dust aerosols constrained by measured dust shape distributions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., in press. [URL]
Li. D., M. Saito, and P. Yang, Time-dependent systematic biases in inferring ice cloud properties from geostationary satellite observations, Remote Sens., 15, 855 [URL]

2022

Saito, M., and P. Yang, Generalization of atmospheric nonspherical particle size: Interconversions of size distributions and optical equivalence, J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 3333–3349 [URL].
Chen X. J. Wang, J. Gomes, O. Dubovik, P. Yang and M. Saito, Analytical prediction of scattering properties of spheroidal dust particles with machine learning, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL097548 [URL].

2021

Saito, M., and P. Yang, Advanced bulk optical models linking the backscattering and microphysical properties of mineral dust aerosol, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL095121 [URL].
Saito, M., P. Yang, J. Ding, and X. Liu, A comprehensive database of the optical properties of irregular aerosol particles for radiative transfer simulations, J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 2089–2111 [URL].

2020

Saito, M., P. Yang, X. Huang, H. Brindley, M. G. Mlynczak, and B. H. Kahn, Spaceborne middle- and far-infrared observation improving nighttime ice cloud property retrievals, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL087491 [URL].
Saito, M., P. Yang, A. K. Heidinger, and Y. Li, An improved beta method for ice cloud property retrievals: Theory, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 125 [URL].

2019

Saito, M., and P. Yang, Oriented ice crystals: A single-scattering property database for applications to lidar and optical phenomenon simulations, J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 2635–2652 [URL].
Saito, M., P. Yang, N. Loeb, and S. Kato, A novel parameterization of snow albedo based on a two-layer snow model with a mixture of grain habits, J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 1419-1436 [URL].
Saito, M., P. Yang, Y. Hu, X. Liu, N. Loeb, W. L. Smith Jr., and P. Minnis, An efficient method for microphysical property retrievals in vertically inhomogeneous marine water clouds using MODIS–CloudSat measurements, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 124, 2174-2193 [URL]. Editor's Highlights

2018

Yang, P., S. Hioki, M. Saito, C.-P. Kuo, B. A. Baum, and K. N. Liou, A review of ice cloud optical property models for passive satellite remote sensing, Atmosphere, 9, 499 [URL].
Khatri, P., H. Iwabuchi and M. Saito, Vertical profiles of ice cloud microphysical properties and their impacts on cloud retrievals using thermal infrared measurements, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 123, doi:10.1029/2017JD028165. [URL]
Iwabuchi, H., N. S. Putri, M. Saito, Y. Tokoro, M. Sekiguchi, P. Yang and B. A. Baum, Cloud property retrieval from multi band infrared measurements by Himawari-8, J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 96B, 27-42. [URL]

2017

Saito, M., H. Iwabuchi, P. Yang, G. Tang, M. D. King and M. Sekiguchi, Ice particle morphology and microphysical properties of cirrus clouds inferred from combined CALIOP--IIR measurements, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122 (8),4440–4462, doi:10.1002/2016JD026080, 2017. [URL]
岩渕弘信, 所悠香, 齊藤雅典, N. S. Putri, and 関口美保 (2017), ひまわり８号の高頻度観測による雲のライフサイクルの研究, エアロゾル研究, 32 (2), 108–111, doi: 10.11203/jar32.108, 2017. [URL]

2016

Iwabuchi, H., M. Saito, Y. Tokoro, N. S. Putri and M. Sekiguchi, Retrieval of radiative and microphysical properties of clouds from multispectral infrared measurements, Prog. Earth Planet. Sci., 3:32, 2016. [URL]
Saito, M. and H. Iwabuchi, Cloud discrimination from sky images using a clear sky index, J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 33, 1583-1595, 2016. [URL]
Saito, M., H. Iwabuchi and I. Murata, Estimation of spectral distribution of sky radiance using a commercial digital camera, Appl. Opt., 55(2), 425-434, 2016. [URL]

2015

Saito, M. and H. Iwabuchi, A new method of measuring aerosol optical properties from digital twilight photographs, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 4295-4311, 2015. [URL]

2013

Saito, M., H. Iwabuchi, and T. Hayasaka, Physical explanation of tropospheric aerosol effect on twilight sky color based on photographic observations and radiative transfer simulations, SOLA, 9, 015-018, 2013. [URL]

In Progress

Saito, M., P. Yang, and X. Huang, A flexible library of the single-scattering properties of ice crystals across particle sizes and pan-spectra, J. Atmos. Sci., in prep.

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