Dave's NASA Papers

C. Prabhakara, J.-M. Yoo, G. Dalu, and D. P. Kratz, ``Optically Thin Cirrus Clouds Over Oceans and Possible Impact on Sea Surface Temperature of Warm Pool in Western Pacific.'' NASA TM-104550, 35 pp., 1991.

P. Minnis, D. P. Kratz, J. A. Coakley, Jr., M. D. King, D. Garber, P. Heck, S. Mayor, W. L. Smith, Jr., D. F. Young, and R. Arduini: Cloud optical property retrieval (Subsystem 4.3), ``Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Volume III: Cloud Analyses and Radiance Inversions (Subsystem 4),'' NASA RP 1376 Vol.3, edited by CERES Science Team, 135--176, 1995.

D. P. Kratz, and Z. Li: Estimate of shortwave surface radiation budget from CERES (Subsystem 4.6.1), ``Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Volume III: Cloud Analyses and Radiance Inversions (Subsystem 4),'' NASA RP 1376 Vol.3, edited by CERES Science Team, 213--216, 1995.

T. P. Charlock, D. Rutan, G. L. Smith, F. G. Rose, T. L. Alberta, N. Manalo-Smith, L. H. Coleman, D. P. Kratz, T. D. Bess, and K. A. Bush: Compute surface and atmospheric fluxes (Subsystem 5.0), ``Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Volume IV: Cloud Analyses and Radiance Inversions (Subsystem 5-12),'' NASA RP 1376 Vol.4, edited by CERES Science Team, 1--52, 1995.

A. C. Wilber, D. P. Kratz and S. K. Gupta, ``Surface Emissivity Maps for Use in Satellite Retrievals of Longwave Radiation,'' NASA TP 1999-209362, 35 pp., 1999. PDF version available for download.

S. K. Gupta, D. P. Kratz, P. W. Stackhouse, Jr. and A. C. Wilber, ``The Langley Parameterized Shortwave Algorithm (LPSA) for Surface Radiation Budget Studies, Version 1.0,'' NASA TP 2001-211272, 31 pp., 2001. PDF version available for download.

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