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Overview

Charles R. Trepte is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work integrates aspects of Oceanography, Information Systems and Management, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Trepte has published extensively in multiple venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmosphere
  • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Trepte cover a range of topics related to atmospheric and oceanic remote sensing, aerosol characterization, and environmental monitoring. Selected recent publications include:

  • New Ocean Subsurface Optical Properties From Space Lidars: CALIOP/CALIPSO and ATLAS/ICESat-2, 2021, Earth and Space Science
  • Assessment of tropospheric CALIPSO Version 4.2 aerosol types over the ocean using independent CALIPSO-SODA lidar ratios, 2022, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Identifying Aerosol Subtypes from CALIPSO Lidar Profiles Using Deep Machine Learning, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Multi-Year Seasonal Trends in Sea Ice, Chlorophyll Concentration, and Marine Aerosol Optical Depth in the Bellingshausen Sea, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Charged Particle Fluxes Associated With CALIPSO Low Laser Energy Shots, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Mark Vaughan
  • Yongxiang Hu
  • Ali Omar
  • Sharon Rodier
  • Brian Getzewich

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric effects of the Mt Pinatubo eruption

    M. Patrick McCormick;Larry W. Thomason;Charles R. Trepte

  • The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm

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

  • THE CALIPSO MISSION: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds

    D. M. Winker;Jacques Pelon;J. A. Coakley;S. A. Ackerman

  • 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

  • A description of hydrometeor layer occurrence statistics derived from the first year of merged Cloudsat and CALIPSO data

    Gerald G. Mace;Qiuqing Zhang;Mark Vaughan;Roger Marchand

  • Major influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on the stratospheric aerosol layer during the last decade

    Jean-Paul Vernier;Jean-Paul Vernier;Larry W. Thomason;J.-P. Pommereau;Adam Bourassa

  • Summer dust aerosols detected from CALIPSO over the Tibetan Plateau

    Jianping Huang;Patrick Minnis;Yuhong Yi;Qiang Tang

  • Tropical stratospheric circulation deduced from satellite aerosol data

    Charles R. Trepte;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • CALIPSO/CALIOP Cloud Phase Discrimination Algorithm

    Yongxiang Hu;David Winker;Mark Vaughan;Bing Lin

  • Airborne dust distributions over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas derived from the first year of CALIPSO lidar observations

    Zhaoyan Liu;Dong Liu;Jianping Huang;M. Vaughan

  • A height resolved global view of dust aerosols from the first year CALIPSO lidar measurements

    Dong Liu;Dong Liu;Zhien Wang;Zhaoyan Liu;Dave Winker

  • CloudSat and CALIPSO within the A-Train: Ten Years of Actively Observing the Earth System

    Graeme Stephens;David Winker;Jacques Pelon;Charles Trepte

  • 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

  • Laminar cirrus observed near the tropical tropopause by LITE

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  • The poleward dispersal of Mount Pinatubo volcanic aerosol

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  • A climatology of stratospheric aerosol

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Megan McKay;Charles R. Trepte

  • The depolarization - attenuated backscatter relation: CALIPSO lidar measurements vs. theory

    Yongxiang Hu;Mark Vaughan;Zhaoyan Liu;Bing Lin

  • Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar

    Matthew J. McGill;Mark A. Vaughan;Charles R. Trepte;William D. Hart

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

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

  • A vector radiative transfer model for coupled atmosphere and ocean systems with a rough interface

    Peng-Wang Zhai;Yongxiang Hu;Jacek Chowdhary;Charles R. Trepte

  • CALIPSO Lidar Calibration Algorithms. Part I: Nighttime 532-nm Parallel Channel and 532-nm Perpendicular Channel

    Kathleen A. Powell;Chris A. Hostetler;Zhaoyan Liu;Mark A. Vaughan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongxiang Hu
Yongxiang Hu Langley Research Center
David M. Winker
David M. Winker Langley Research Center
Mark A. Vaughan
Mark A. Vaughan Langley Research Center
Zhaoyan Liu
Zhaoyan Liu Langley Research Center
Ali Omar
Ali Omar Langley Research Center
Jacques Pelon
Jacques Pelon Université Paris Cité
Melody A. Avery
Melody A. Avery Langley Research Center
Bing Lin
Bing Lin Langley Research Center
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates

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