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Si-Chee Tsay is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on atmospheric science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to environmental science. The scientist's work spans several subfields including atmospheric science, global and planetary change, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and environmental chemistry.

Their main research topics include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, impact of light on environment and health, and air quality monitoring and forecasting.

Si-Chee Tsay has authored multiple papers published in notable scientific venues. Some recent and significant publications include:

  • Quantifying the impacts of PM2.5 constituents and relative humidity on visibility impairment in a suburban area of eastern Asia using long-term in-situ measurements, 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Secondary inorganic aerosol chemistry and its impact on atmospheric visibility over an ammonia-rich urban area in Central Taiwan, 2022, published in Environmental Pollution
  • VIIRS Version 2 Deep Blue Aerosol Products, 2024, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • The SMART-s Trace Gas and Aerosol Inversions: I. Algorithm Theoretical Basis for Column Property Retrievals, 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Embedded information of aerosol type, hygroscopicity and scattering enhancement factor revealed by the relationship between PM2.5 and aerosol optical depth, 2023, published in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent publication venues where Si-Chee Tsay's work appears include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution

Si-Chee Tsay frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • Ta-Chih Hsiao
  • Tang-Huang Lin
  • Ukkyo Jeong
  • Li-Hao Young
  • Kuo-En Chang

Best Publications

  • Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media.

    Knut Stamnes;S-Chee Tsay;Warren Wiscombe;Kolf Jayaweera

  • Aerosol properties over bright-reflecting source regions

    N.C. Hsu;Si-Chee Tsay;M.D. King;J.R. Herman

  • Enhanced Deep Blue Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm: The Second Generation

    N. C. Hsu;M.-J. Jeong;C. Bettenhausen;A. M. Sayer;A. M. Sayer

  • The Relevance of the Microphysical and Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds to Climate and Climatic Feedback

    Graeme L. Stephens;Si-Chee Tsay;Paul W. Stackhouse;Piotr J. Flatau

  • Deep Blue Retrievals of Asian Aerosol Properties During ACE-Asia

    N.C. Hsu;Si-Chee Tsay;M.D. King;J.R. Herman

  • Columnar aerosol optical properties at AERONET sites in central eastern Asia and aerosol transport to the tropical mid‐Pacific

    T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;B. N. Holben;O. Dubovik;O. Dubovik;A. Smirnov;A. Smirnov

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

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

  • Global and regional trends of aerosol optical depth over land and ocean using SeaWiFS measurements from 1997 to 2010

    N. C. Hsu;R. Gautam;R. Gautam;A. M. Sayer;A. M. Sayer;C. Bettenhausen

  • Remote sensing of cloud properties using MODIS airborne simulator imagery during SUCCESS: 1. Data and models

    Bryan A. Baum;David P. Kratz;Ping Yang;S. C. Ou

  • Comparison of size and morphological measurements of coarse mode dust particles from Africa

    Jeffrey S. Reid;Halflidi H. Jonsson;Hal B. Maring;Alexander Smirnov

  • On the cloud absorption anomaly

    Graeme L. Stephens;Si-Chee Tsay

  • Aerosol optical properties and their radiative effects in northern China

    Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Xiangao Xia;Maureen Cribb;Wen Mi

  • THE JOINT AEROSOL- MONSOON EXPERIMENT A New Challenge for Monsoon Climate Research

    K. M. Lau;V. Ramanathan;Z. Li;S. C. Tsay

  • Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre-monsoon season

    R. Gautam;R. Gautam;N. C. Hsu;S. C. Tsay;K. M. Lau

  • Enhanced pre‐monsoon warming over the Himalayan‐Gangetic region from 1979 to 2007

    Ritesh Gautam;Ritesh Gautam;N. C. Hsu;K. M. Lau;S.-C. Tsay

  • VIIRS Deep Blue Aerosol Products Over Land: Extending the EOS Long‐Term Aerosol Data Records

    N. C. Hsu;J. Lee;J. Lee;A. M. Sayer;A. M. Sayer;W. Kim;W. Kim

  • Airborne Scanning Spectrometer for Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, Water Vapor, and Surface Properties

    Michael D. King;W. Paul Menzel;Patrick S. Grant;Jeffrey S. Myers

  • An Overview of Regional Experiments on Biomass Burning Aerosols and Related Pollutants in Southeast Asia: From BASE-ASIA and the Dongsha Experiment to 7-SEAS

    Neng Huei Lin;Si Chee Tsay;Hal B. Maring;Ming Cheng Yen

  • Estimation of incident photosynthetically active radiation from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer data

    Shunlin Liang;Tao Zheng;Ronggao Liu;Hongliang Fang

  • A Report of the Field Operations and Early Results of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX)

    K. M. Lau;Yihui Ding;Jough-Tai Wang;Richard Johnson

  • A reliable and efficient two-stream algorithm for spherical radiative transfer: Documentation of accuracy in realistic layered media

    A. Kylling;K. Stamnes;S. C. Tsay

  • Comparison of size and morphological measurements of coarse mode dust particles from Africa : Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE1)

    Jeffrey S. Reid;Halflidi H. Jonsson;Hal B. Maring;Alexander Smirnov

Frequent Co-Authors

Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Can Li
Can Li Goddard Space Flight Center
Sheng-Hsiang Wang
Sheng-Hsiang Wang National Central University
Zhanqing Li
Zhanqing Li University of Maryland, College Park
N. Christina Hsu
N. Christina Hsu Goddard Space Flight Center
Neng-Huei Lin
Neng-Huei Lin National Central University
Andrew M. Sayer
Andrew M. Sayer Goddard Space Flight Center
Knut Stamnes
Knut Stamnes Stevens Institute of Technology
Michael D. King
Michael D. King University of Colorado Boulder
Jeffrey S. Reid
Jeffrey S. Reid United States Naval Research Laboratory

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