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Ali Omar is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to both fields. The scientist's work includes extensive studies on atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Their research spans several specialized topics, including:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations

The subfields of study addressed by Ali Omar encompass global and planetary change, atmospheric science, oceanography, environmental engineering, and earth-surface processes.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Atmosphere
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Ali Omar has collaborated extensively with co-authors such as Yongxiang Hu, Xiaomei Lu, Rosemary R. Baize, Mark Vaughan, and Brian Getzewich. These collaborations reflect a broad engagement with the scientific community in related research areas.

Notable recent papers by Ali Omar include:

  • "Antarctic spring ice-edge blooms observed from space by ICESat-2" (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "New Ocean Subsurface Optical Properties From Space Lidars: CALIOP/CALIPSO and ATLAS/ICESat-2" (2021), published in Earth and Space Science
  • "Enabling Value Added Scientific Applications of ICESat-2 Data With Effective Removal of Afterpulses" (2021), published in Earth and Space Science
  • "A Success Story in Controlling Sand and Dust Storms Hotspots in the Middle East" (2022), published in Atmosphere
  • "Assessing CALIOP-Derived Planetary Boundary Layer Height Using Ground-Based Lidar" (2021), published in Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms

    David M. Winker;Mark A. Vaughan;Ali Omar;Yongxiang Hu

  • The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm

    Ali H. Omar;David M. Winker;Mark A. Vaughan;Yongxiang Hu

  • The CALIPSO Lidar Cloud and Aerosol Discrimination: Version 2 Algorithm and Initial Assessment of Performance

    Zhaoyan Liu;Mark Vaughan;David Winker;Chieko Kittaka

  • The CALIPSO Version 4 Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm

    Man-Hae Kim;Ali H. Omar;Jason L. Tackett;Mark A. Vaughan

  • Fully automated analysis of space-based lidar data: an overview of the CALIPSO retrieval algorithms and data products

    Mark A. Vaughan;Stuart A. Young;David M. Winker;Kathleen A. Powell

  • Development of global aerosol models using cluster analysis of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) measurements

    Ali H. Omar;Jae-Gwang Won;David M. Winker;Soon-Chang Yoon

  • The fertilizing role of African dust in the Amazon rainforest: A first multiyear assessment based on data from Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

    Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Mian Chin;Tianle Yuan;Tianle Yuan;Huisheng Bian;Huisheng Bian

  • CALIPSO/CALIOP Cloud Phase Discrimination Algorithm

    Yongxiang Hu;David Winker;Mark Vaughan;Bing Lin

  • CALIPSO lidar observations of the optical properties of Saharan dust: A case study of long‐range transport

    Zhaoyan Liu;Ali Omar;Mark Vaughan;Johnathan Hair

  • Global view of aerosol vertical distributions from CALIPSO lidar measurements and GOCART simulations: Regional and seasonal variations

    Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Mian Chin;David M. Winker;Ali H. Omar

  • Aerosol classification from airborne HSRL and comparisons with the CALIPSO vertical feature mask

    S. P. Burton;R. A. Ferrare;M. A. Vaughan;A. H. Omar

  • Quantification of Trans-Atlantic Dust Transport from Seven-year (2007-2013) Record of CALIPSO Lidar Measurements

    Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Mian Chin;Huisheng Bian;Huisheng Bian;Tianle Yuan;Tianle Yuan

  • CALIOP and AERONET aerosol optical depth comparisons: One size fits none

    A. H. Omar;D. M. Winker;J. L. Tackett;D. M. Giles

  • Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean-Color Imagery During the PACE Era.

    Robert J. Frouin;Bryan A. Franz;Amir Ibrahim;Kirk Knobelspiesse

  • Discriminating between clouds and aerosols in the CALIOP version 4.1 data products

    Zhaoyan Liu;Jayanta Kar;Shan Zeng;Jason Tackett

  • Intercomparison of column aerosol optical depths from CALIPSO and MODIS-Aqua

    C. Kittaka;D. M. Winker;M. A. Vaughan;A. Omar

  • Sea surface wind speed estimation from space-based lidar measurements

    Y. Hu;K. Stamnes;M. Vaughan;Jacques Pelon

  • Contrasting effects on deep convective clouds by different types of aerosols

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Hui Su;Lei Huang;Lei Huang;Yuan Wang

  • Estimates of African Dust Deposition Along the Trans‐Atlantic Transit Using the Decadelong Record of Aerosol Measurements from CALIOP, MODIS, MISR, and IASI

    Hongbin Yu;Qian Tan;Mian Chin;Lorraine A. Remer

  • CALIPSO lidar calibration at 532 nm: version 4 nighttime algorithm

    Jayanta Kar;Mark A. Vaughan;Kam-Pui Lee;Jason L. Tackett

  • Development of global aerosol models using cluster analysis of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) measurements : Global aerosol system

    Ali H. Omar;Jae-Gwang Won;David M. Winker;Soon-Chang Yoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Vaughan
Mark A. Vaughan Langley Research Center
Zhaoyan Liu
Zhaoyan Liu Langley Research Center
David M. Winker
David M. Winker Langley Research Center
Yongxiang Hu
Yongxiang Hu Langley Research Center
Charles R. Trepte
Charles R. Trepte Langley Research Center
Hongbin Yu
Hongbin Yu Goddard Space Flight Center
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center
Melody A. Avery
Melody A. Avery Langley Research Center
Jacques Pelon
Jacques Pelon Université Paris Cité
Lorraine A. Remer
Lorraine A. Remer University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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