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378
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

William B. Rossow is affiliated with the City College of New York in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on atmospheric phenomena.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Rossow's work extends into specific subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Aerospace Engineering

Research topics commonly addressed encompass:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
  • Climate variability and models

They have contributed papers to a variety of publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Lectures in Climate Change
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Surveys in Geophysics
  • Climate Dynamics

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by William B. Rossow are:

  • International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project: Extending the Record, 2021, Journal of Climate
  • EVALUATION OF CLOUDS, RADIATION, AND PRECIPITATION IN CMIP6 MODELS USING GLOBAL WEATHER STATES DERIVED FROM ISCCP-H CLOUD PROPERTY DATA, 2021, Journal of Climate
  • Global Radiative Flux Profile Data Set: Revised and Extended, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Lessons Learned from the Updated GEWEX Cloud Assessment Database, 2024, Surveys in Geophysics
  • Oceanic cloud trends during the satellite era and their radiative signatures, 2024, Climate Dynamics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • George Tselioudis
  • Jasmine Rémillard
  • Yuanchong Zhang
  • Zhengzhao Luo
  • Christian Jakob

William B. Rossow has authored a book titled Studies of Cloud, Convection and Precipitation Processes Using Satellite Observations, published by World Scientific in 2022.

Recognition for Rossow's contributions includes election as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Advances in understanding clouds from ISCCP

    William B. Rossow;Robert A. Schiffer

  • The CloudSat mission and the A-train: a new dimension of space-based observations of clouds and precipitation

    Graeme L. Stephens;Deborah G. Vane;Ronald J. Boain;Gerald G. Mace

  • ISCCP Cloud Data Products

    William B. Rossow;Robert A. Schiffer

  • Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top of atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global data sets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data

    Yuanchong Zhang;William B. Rossow;Andrew A. Lacis;Valdar Oinas

  • Overview of Arctic Cloud and Radiation Characteristics

    Judith A. Curry;William B. Rossow;David Randall;Julie L. Schramm

  • The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP): The First Project of the World Climate Research Programme

    R. A. Schiffer;W. B. Rossow

  • Near-Global Survey of Effective Droplet Radii in Liquid Water Clouds Using ISCCP Data.

    Qingyuan Han;William B. Rossow;Andrew A. Lacis

  • Assessment of Global Cloud Datasets from Satellites: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel

    C. J. Stubenrauch;W. B. Rossow;S. Kinne;S. Ackerman

  • Radiative Effects of Cloud-Type Variations

    Ting Chen;William B. Rossow;Yuanchong Zhang

  • Cloud Detection Using Satellite Measurements of Infrared and Visible Radiances for ISCCP

    William B. Rossow;Leonid C. Garder

  • Global inundation dynamics inferred from multiple satellite observations, 1993–2000

    C. Prigent;F. Papa;F. Aires;W. B. Rossow

  • Life Cycle Variations of Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Americas

    L. A. T. Machado;W. B. Rossow;R. L. Guedes;A. W. Walker

  • Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress

    Duane E. Waliser;Jui-Lin F. Li;Christopher P. Woods;Richard T. Austin

  • Calculation of surface and top of atmosphere radiative fluxes from physical quantities based on ISCCP data sets: 2. Validation and first results

    W. B. Rossow;Y.-C. Zhang

  • Global intercomparison of 12 land surface heat flux estimates

    C. Jiménez;C. Prigent;B. Mueller;S. I. Seneviratne

  • Spatial and temporal variability of global surface solar irradiance

    James K. B. Bishop;William B. Rossow

  • Interannual variability of surface water extent at the global scale, 1993–2004

    F. Papa;Christophe Prigent;F. Aires;Chloé Jimenez

  • Comparison of ISCCP and Other Cloud Amounts

    William B. Rossow;Alison W. Walker;Leonid C. Garder

  • Calculation of surface and top of atmosphere radiative fluxes from physical quantities based on ISCCP data sets: 1. Method and sensitivity to input data uncertainties

    Y.-C. Zhang;W. B. Rossow;A. A. Lacis

  • A new neural network approach including first guess for retrieval of atmospheric water vapor, cloud liquid water path, surface temperature, and emissivities over land from satellite microwave observations

    F. Aires;C. Prigent;W. B. Rossow;M. Rothstein

  • Aerosol retrievals over the ocean by use of channels 1 and 2 AVHRR data: sensitivity analysis and preliminary results

    Michael I. Mishchenko;Igor V. Geogdzhayev;Brian Cairns;William B. Rossow

Frequent Co-Authors

Filipe Aires
Filipe Aires Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Fabrice Papa
Fabrice Papa Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales
Andrew A. Lacis
Andrew A. Lacis Goddard Institute for Space Studies
George Tselioudis
George Tselioudis Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Catherine Prigent
Catherine Prigent Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael I. Mishchenko
Michael I. Mishchenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Brian Cairns
Brian Cairns Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Ronald M. Welch
Ronald M. Welch University of Alabama in Huntsville
Patrick Minnis
Patrick Minnis Langley Research Center
Alain Chédin
Alain Chédin École Polytechnique

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