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Texas A&M University
Room 1210H, O&M Bldg
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
MS 3150
College Station, Texas 77843
Fall 2011: ATMO 446: TR 8:00-9:15
JPL: October 13-17
Cloud Climatology Workshop, Madison, WI: Nov. 14-18
Dr. Shaima L. Nasiri
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Atmospheric Sciences
M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S. University of Denver
Research InterestsMy research is focused on various aspects of cloud remote sensing. While we know that clouds strongly affect the earth-atmosphere energy budget, they are still a major source of uncertainty in our understanding of the climate system. I use measurements made by satellite and aircraft instruments to better understand how clouds interact with radiation and affect climate.
Specific research topics
- Retrieval of cloud thermodynamic phase from satellite data (ice, water, mixed phase).
- Investigations of cloud properties using high spectral resolution infrared radiances.
- Development and testing of improved cirrus single scattering property models for radiative transfer.
- Relating clouds in the real world to those in radiative transfer models and satellite products.
Selected Publications* Indicates work done by a student while at Texas A&M University
Submitted and In Press
- Schreier, M. M., B. H. Kahn, S. C. Ou, Q. Yue, K.-F. Li, J. Karlsson, K. Sušelj, and S. L. Nasiri: Cloud, atmosphere, and radiance variability in a subtropical cloud regime transition as observed by AIRS and MODIS. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. on 22 Aug. 2011.
Published
- Nasiri, S. L., H. V. T. Dang, B. H. Kahn, E. J. Fetzer, E. M. Manning, M. M. Schreier, and R. A. Frey, 2011: Comparing MODIS and AIRS infrared-based cloud retrievals. J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 50, p. 1057-1072. Link
- Kahn, B. H, S. L. Nasiri, M. M. Schreier, and B. A. Baum, 2011: Impacts of sub-pixel cloud heterogeneity on infrared thermodynamic phase assessment. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D20201, doi:10.1029/2011JD015774. Link
- *Cho H.-M., S. L. Nasiri, and P. Yang, 2009: Application of CALIOP measurements to the evaluation of cloud phase derived from MODIS infrared channels. J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 48, p. 2169-2180. Link
- Nasiri, S. L. and B. H. Kahn, 2008: Limitations of bi-spectral infrared cloud phase determination and potential for improvement. J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 47(11), p. 2895-2910. Link
- *Cho, H-M, P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, S. L. Nasiri, Y. Hu, P. Minnis, C. Trepte, and D. Winker, 2008: Depolarization ratio and attenuated backscatter for nine cloud types: analyses based on collocated CALIPSO lidar and MODIS measurements. Optics Express, 16(6), p. 3931-3948.
- Baum, B. A., P. Yang, S. Nasiri, A. K. Heidinger, A. J. Heymsfield, and J. Li, 2007: Bulk scattering properties for the remote sensing of ice clouds. Part 3: High resolution spectral models from 100 to 3250 cm-1. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 46, p. 423-434. Link
- Kahn, B. H., E. Fishbein, S. L. Nasiri, A. Eldering, E. J. Fetzer, M. J. Garay, S.-Y. Lee, 2007: A radiative consistency check of AIRS and MODIS cloud retrievals. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09201, doi:10.1029/2006D007486. Link
- Nasiri, S. L. and B. A. Baum, 2004: Daytime multilayered cloud detection using multispectral imager data. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 21(8), pp. 1145-1155. Link
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