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  • 2006 - OSA Fellows For development of measurement and analysis methods leading to remote sensing instruments and observations widely used by the atmospheric science research community.

Overview

James D. Spinhirne is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their work is recognized within the atmospheric science research community, particularly in the development of measurement and analysis methods that advance remote sensing instruments and observations.

In 2006, Spinhirne was named a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) for contributions to remote sensing technologies widely used in atmospheric studies.

Best Publications

  • ICESat's laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean, and land

    H. J. Zwally;Bob E Schutz;W. Abdalati;J. Abshire

  • The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission

    Waleed Abdalati;H Jay Zwally;Robert Bindschadler;Bea Csatho

  • Global monitoring of clouds and aerosols using a network of micropulse lidar systems

    Ellsworth J. Welton;James R. Campbell;James D. Spinhirne;V. Stanley Scott

  • Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation-Brazil (SCAR-B) Experiment

    Y. J. Kaufman;P. V. Hobbs;V. W. J. H. Kirchhoff;P. Artaxo

  • Full-Time, Eye-Safe Cloud and Aerosol Lidar Observation at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Sites: Instruments and Data Analysis

    James R. Campbell;Dennis L. Hlavka;Ellsworth J. Welton;Connor J. Flynn

  • Micro pulse lidar

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  • Determination of the Optical Thickness and Effective Particle Radius of Clouds from Reflected Solar Radiation Measurements. Part II: Marine Stratocumulus Observations

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Michael D. King;James D. Spinhirne;Lawrence F. Radke

  • Lidar observations of vertically organized convection in the planetary boundary layer over the ocean

    S. H. Melfi;J. D. Spinhirne;S.-H. Chou;S. P. Palm

  • Thin and Subvisual Tropopause Tropical Cirrus: Observations and Radiative Impacts

    Greg M. McFarquhar;Andrew J. Heymsfield;James Spinhirne;Bill Hart

  • On the formation and persistence of subvisible cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause

    Eric J. Jensen;Owen B. Toon;Henry B. Selkirk;James D. Spinhirne

  • The 27–28 October 1986 FIRE IFO Cirrus Case Study: Spectral Properties of Cirrus Clouds in the 8–12 μm Window

    Steven A. Ackerman;W. L. Smith;H. E. Revercomb;J. D. Spinhirne

  • The Cloud Physics Lidar: Instrument Description and Initial Measurement Results

    Matthew McGill;Dennis Hlavka;William Hart;V. Stanley Scott

  • Measurements of aerosol vertical profiles and optical properties during INDOEX 1999 using micropulse lidars

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Patricia K. Quinn;Piotr J. Flatau

  • Cloud and aerosol measurements from GLAS: Overview and initial results

    James D. Spinhirne;Stephen P. Palm;William D. Hart;Dennis L. Hlavka

  • The 27-28 October 1986 FIRE IFO cirrus case study : cloud microstructure

    Andrew J. Heymsfield;Karen M. Miller;James D. Spinhirne

  • Vertical Distribution of Aerosol Extinction Cross Section and Inference of Aerosol Imaginary Index in the Troposphere by Lidar Technique

    J. D. Spinhirne;J. A. Reagan;B. M. Herman

  • Compact Eye Safe Lidar Systems

    James D. Spinhirne;Jonathan A.R. Rall;V. Stanley Scott

  • Influence of Arctic sea ice extent on polar cloud fraction and vertical structure and implications for regional climate

    Stephen P. Palm;Sara T. Strey;James Spinhirne;Thorsten Markus

  • Satellite remote sensing of blowing snow properties over Antarctica

    Stephen P. Palm;Yuekui Yang;James D. Spinhirne;Alexander Marshak

  • Tropical cloud-top height distributions revealed by the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat)/Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS)

    A. E. Dessler;S. P. Palm;J. D. Spinhirne

  • The 5–6 December 1991 FIRE IFO II Jet Stream Cirrus Case Study: Possible Influences of Volcanic Aerosols

    Kenneth Sassen;David O'c. Starr;Gerald G. Mace;Michael R. Poellot

  • Measurements of aerosol vertical profiles and optical properties during INDOEX 1999 using micropulse lidars : Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX)

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Patricia K. Quinn;Piotr J. Flatau

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Campbell
James R. Campbell United States Naval Research Laboratory
Dennis L. Hlavka
Dennis L. Hlavka Goddard Space Flight Center
Ellsworth J. Welton
Ellsworth J. Welton Goddard Space Flight Center
Andrew J. Heymsfield
Andrew J. Heymsfield National Center for Atmospheric Research
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Si-Chee Tsay
Si-Chee Tsay Goddard Space Flight Center
Edwin W. Eloranta
Edwin W. Eloranta University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kenneth Sassen
Kenneth Sassen University of Alaska Fairbanks
Antony D. Clarke
Antony D. Clarke University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michael D. King
Michael D. King University of Colorado Boulder

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