Publications
Peer-reviewed 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.
2024
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., 51, e2024GL110176 [URL].
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., 129, e2023JD040181 [URL].
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., 23, 2557–2577 [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]
Invited Presentations
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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