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Overview

Brian H. Kahn is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to Earth and environmental sciences, particularly focused on atmospheric science and planetary change. They have contributed extensively to areas such as atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and climate variability and models.

The main fields of study for Brian H. Kahn include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

The subfields of their work encompass atmospheric science, global and planetary change, aerospace engineering, astronomy and astrophysics, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their research focuses notably on atmospheric phenomena and environmental gas dynamics.

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Key topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics

Brian H. Kahn has published in a variety of scientific journals, frequently contributing to those that focus on atmospheric measurement and geophysical research. The prominent venues of publication include:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Earth's Future
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Remote Sensing

The recent papers authored or coauthored by Brian H. Kahn include:

  • "Rising Trends in Heatwave Metrics Across Southern California," 2020, Earth's Future
  • "The Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment: A New Perspective on Polar Longwave Energy Exchanges," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Adapting Satellite Soundings for Operational Forecasting within the Hazardous Weather Testbed," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "Spectroscopic Imaging of Sub-kilometer Spatial Structure in Lower-tropospheric Water Vapor," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Spaceborne Middle- and Far-Infrared Observations Improving Nighttime Ice Cloud Property Retrievals," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mark Richardson
  • Tristan L'Ecuyer
  • Brian J. Drouin
  • Xianglei Huang
  • Qing Yue

This combination of research venues, topics, and coauthorships indicates a strong focus on understanding atmospheric processes and their implications for climate and environmental science through both observational and modeling approaches.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of AIRS, MODIS, CloudSat and CALIPSO cloud top height retrievals

    Elisabeth Weisz;Jun Li;W. Paul Menzel;Andrew K. Heidinger

  • Evaluating CMIP5 models using AIRS tropospheric air temperature and specific humidity climatology

    Baijun Tian;Eric J. Fetzer;Brian H. Kahn;Joao Teixeira

  • Cloud type comparisons of AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO cloud height and amount

    B. H. Kahn;M. T. Chahine;G. L. Stephens;G. G. Mace

  • Detectability of Planetary Characteristics in Disk-Averaged Spectra II: Synthetic Spectra and Light-Curves of Earth

    Giovanna Tinetti;Victoria S. Meadows;David Crisp;Nancy Y. Kiang

  • The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Version 6 cloud products

    B. H. Kahn;F. W. Irion;V. T. Dang;E. M. Manning

  • Relationship of environmental relative humidity with North Atlantic tropical cyclone intensity and intensification rate

    Longtao Wu;Longtao Wu;Hui Su;Robert G. Fovell;Bin Wang

  • Validation of MODIS cloud mask and multilayer flag using CloudSat-CALIPSO cloud profiles and a cross-reference of their cloud classifications

    Tao Wang;Eric J. Fetzer;Sun Wong;Brian H. Kahn

  • Rising Trends in Heatwave Metrics Across Southern California

    Glynn C. Hulley;Benedicte Dousset;Brian H. Kahn

  • Limitations of Bispectral Infrared Cloud Phase Determination and Potential for Improvement

    Shaima L. Nasiri;Brian H. Kahn

  • Comparison of upper tropospheric water vapor observations from the Microwave Limb Sounder and Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

    Eric J. Fetzer;William G. Read;Duane Waliser;Brian H. Kahn

  • Vertical distributions and relationships of cloud occurrence frequency as observed by MISR, AIRS, MODIS, OMI, CALIPSO, and CloudSat

    D. L. Wu;S. A. Ackerman;R. Davies;D. J. Diner

  • The Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment: A New Perspective on Polar Longwave Energy Exchanges

    Tristan S. L’Ecuyer;Brian J. Drouin;James Anheuser;Meredith Grames

  • Single-footprint retrievals of temperature, water vapor and cloud properties from AIRS

    Fredrick W. Irion;Brian H. Kahn;Mathias M. Schreier;Eric J. Fetzer

  • Impact of environmental moisture on tropical cyclone intensification

    L. Wu;L. Wu;H. Su;R. G. Fovell;T. J. Dunkerton

  • Cloudy and clear‐sky relative humidity in the upper troposphere observed by the A‐train

    Brian H. Kahn;Andrew Gettelman;Eric J. Fetzer;Annmarie Eldering

  • A pervasive role for biomass burning in tropical high ozone/low water structures.

    Daniel C. Anderson;Julie M. Nicely;Ross J. Salawitch;Timothy P. Canty

  • Cloud-induced uncertainties in AIRS and ECMWF temperature and specific humidity

    Sun Wong;Eric J. Fetzer;Mathias Schreier;Gerald Manipon

  • Temperature and Water Vapor Variance Scaling in Global Models: Comparisons to Satellite and Aircraft Data

    Brian H. Kahn;J. Teixeira;E. J. Fetzer;A. Gettelman

  • Variations of tropical upper tropospheric clouds with sea surface temperature and implications for radiative effects

    Hui Su;Jonathan H. Jiang;Yu Gu;J. David Neelin

  • Tropical thin cirrus and relative humidity observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

    B. H. Kahn;C. K. Liang;A. Eldering;A. Gettelman

  • Regional Intensification of the Tropical Hydrological Cycle During ENSO

    Graeme L. Stephens;Graeme L. Stephens;Maria Z. Hakuba;Mark J. Webb;Matthew Lebsock

  • Cloud-State-Dependent Sampling in AIRS Observations Based onCloudSatCloud Classification

    Qing Yue;Eric J. Fetzer;Brian H. Kahn;Sun Wong

  • A Global Climatology of Temperature and Water Vapor Variance Scaling from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

    Brian H. Kahn;João Teixeira

  • Toward the characterization of upper tropospheric clouds using Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Microwave Limb Sounder observations

    Brian H. Kahn;Annmarie Eldering;Amy J. Braverman;Eric J. Fetzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Fetzer
Eric J. Fetzer California Institute of Technology
João Paulo Teixeira
João Paulo Teixeira University of Porto
Annmarie Eldering
Annmarie Eldering California Institute of Technology
Fredrick W. Irion
Fredrick W. Irion Jet Propulsion Lab
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology
Hui Su
Hui Su Jet Propulsion Lab
Tristan L'Ecuyer
Tristan L'Ecuyer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kuo-Nan Liou
Kuo-Nan Liou University of California, Los Angeles
Graeme L. Stephens
Graeme L. Stephens Jet Propulsion Lab
J. David Neelin
J. David Neelin University of California, Los Angeles

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