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Overview

Robert E. Holz is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with notable contributions in earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, aerospace engineering, and ecology. Their research topics emphasize atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality and health impacts, calibration and measurement techniques, and remote sensing in agriculture.

Robert E. Holz has published research in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Recent papers authored by or involving Holz include:

  • Investigation of factors controlling PM2.5 variability across the South Korean Peninsula during KORUS-AQ (2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene)
  • The Continuity MODIS-VIIRS Cloud Mask (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • The Coupling Between Tropical Meteorology, Aerosol Lifecycle, Convection, and Radiation during the Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) (2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
  • The NASA MODIS-VIIRS Continuity Cloud Optical Properties Products (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Calibration of the SNPP and NOAA 20 VIIRS sensors for continuity of the MODIS climate data records (2023, Remote Sensing of Environment)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Holz include:

  • Jeffrey S. Reid
  • Kerry Meyer
  • E. W. Eloranta
  • Ralph E. Kuehn
  • James Bernard Simpas

Best Publications

  • The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Products: Collection 6 Updates and Examples From Terra and Aqua

    Steven Platnick;Kerry G. Meyer;Michael D. King;Galina Wind

  • Cloud Detection with MODIS. Part II: Validation

    S. A. Ackerman;R. E. Holz;R. Frey;E. W. Eloranta

  • The Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment.

    J. Verlinde;J. Y. Harrington;G. M. McFarquhar;V. T. Yannuzzi

  • CALIPSO/CALIOP Cloud Phase Discrimination Algorithm

    Yongxiang Hu;David Winker;Mark Vaughan;Bing Lin

  • Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program

    Jeffrey S. Reid;Edward J. Hyer;Randall S. Johnson;Brent N. Holben

  • MODIS Global Cloud-Top Pressure and Amount Estimation: Algorithm Description and Results

    W. Paul Menzel;Richard A. Frey;Hong Zhang;Donald P. Wylie

  • Global Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) cloud detection and height evaluation using CALIOP

    R. E. Holz;S. A. Ackerman;F. W. Nagle;R. Frey

  • MODIS Cloud-Top Property Refinements for Collection 6

    Bryan A. Baum;W. Paul Menzel;Richard A. Frey;David C. Tobin

  • Achieving Climate Change Absolute Accuracy in Orbit

    Bruce A. Wielicki;D. F. Young;M. G. Mlynczak;K. J. Thome

  • Towards a long-term global aerosol optical depth record: applying a consistent aerosol retrieval algorithm to MODIS and VIIRS-observed reflectance

    R. C. Levy;L. A. Munchak;S. Mattoo;F. Patadia;F. Patadia

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

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

  • Meteorology influencing springtime air quality, pollution transport, and visibility in Korea

    David A. Peterson;Edward J. Hyer;Sang-Ok Han;James H. Crawford

  • Frequency and causes of failed MODIS cloud property retrievals for liquid phase clouds over global oceans.

    Hyoun Myoung Cho;Zhibo Zhang;Kerry Meyer;Kerry Meyer;Matthew Lebsock

  • Resolving ice cloud optical thickness biases between CALIOP and MODIS using infrared retrievals

    Robert E. Holz;Steven Platnick;Kerry Meyer;Mark Vaughan

  • Investigation of factors controlling PM 2.5 variability across the South Korean Peninsula during KORUS-AQ.

    Carolyn E. Jordan;Carolyn E. Jordan;James H. Crawford;Andreas J. Beyersdorf;Andreas J. Beyersdorf;Thomas F. Eck;Thomas F. Eck

  • An Improvement to the High-Spectral-Resolution CO2-Slicing Cloud-Top Altitude Retrieval

    Robert E. Holz;Steve Ackerman;Paolo Antonelli;Fred Nagle

  • Using CALIPSO to explore the sensitivity to cirrus height in the infrared observations from NPOESS/VIIRS and GOES‐R/ABI

    A. K. Heidinger;M. J. Pavolonis;R. E. Holz;Bryan A. Baum

  • Retrieval of Ice Cloud Optical Thickness and Effective Particle Size Using a Fast Infrared Radiative Transfer Model

    Chenxi Wang;Ping Yang;Bryan A. Baum;Steven Platnick

  • Applying the Dark Target aerosol algorithm with Advanced Himawari Imager observations during the KORUS-AQ field campaign

    Pawan Gupta;Pawan Gupta;Robert C. Levy;Shana Mattoo;Lorraine A. Remer

  • The Continuity MODIS-VIIRS Cloud Mask

    Richard A. Frey;Steven A. Ackerman;Robert E. Holz;Steven Dutcher

  • Distinguishing cirrus cloud presence in autonomous lidar measurements

    J. R. Campbell;M. A. Vaughan;M. Oo;R. E. Holz

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry Meyer
Kerry Meyer Goddard Space Flight Center
Steven A. Ackerman
Steven A. Ackerman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven Platnick
Steven Platnick Goddard Space Flight Center
David C. Tobin
David C. Tobin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeffrey S. Reid
Jeffrey S. Reid United States Naval Research Laboratory
Jianglong Zhang
Jianglong Zhang University of North Dakota
Robert O. Knuteson
Robert O. Knuteson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrew K. Heidinger
Andrew K. Heidinger National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bryan A. Baum
Bryan A. Baum University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center

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