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• Iwabuchi, H., S. Yamada, S. Katagiri, P. Yang, H. Okamoto, Radiative and microphysical properties of cirrus cloud inferred from the infrared measurements made by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). Part I: Retrieval method, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0215.1, in press.
• Eguchi, N., T. Hayasaka, and M. Sawada, The maritime continental contrasts in the properties of low-level clouds: a case study of the summer 2003 Yamase cloud event, Adv.Meteorol., 2014, Article ID 548091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/548091., 2014.
• Wetchayount P., T. Hayasaka, T. Satomura, S. Katagiri, and S. Baimoung, Retrieval of Rainfall by Combining Rain Gauge, Ground-based Radar and Satellite Measurements over Phimai, Thailand, SOLA, 9, 166-169, doi:10.2151/sola.2013-037, 2013.

• Katagiri, S., M. Sekiguchi, T. Nakajima, and T. Hayasaka (2013), Cirrus cloud radiative forcing caused by the 1987 EL Nino using the nighttime global distribution of microphysical parameters derived from AVHRR, 海と空(Umi to Sora), Vol 88, 71-83.
• Saito, M., H. Iwabuchi and T. Hayasaka (2013), Physical explanation of tropospheric aerosol effects on twilight sky color based on photographic observations and radiative transfer simulations, SOLA, 9, 015−018, doi:10.2151/sola.2013-004.
• Yamada, K., T. Hayasaka, and H. Iwabuchi (2012), Contributing Factors to Downward Longwave Radiation at the Earth’s Surface, SOLA, 8, 094−097, doi:10.2151/sola.2012-024

• Iwabuchi, H., and P. Yang, 2011: Temperature-dependence of ice optical constants:Implications for simulating the single-scattering properties of cold ice clouds. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112, 2520-2525.
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• Kawamoto,K.and T. Hayasaka, 2010: Cloud and aerosol contributions to variation in short wave surface irradiance over East Asiain July during 2001 and 2007, JQSRT, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.08.002.
• Katagiri, S., N. Kikuchi, T. Y. Nakajima, A. Higurashi, A. Shimizu, I.Matsui, T. Hayasaka, N. Sugimoto, T. Takamura and T. Nakajima, 2010: Cirrus Cloud Radiative Forcing Derived from Synergetic Use of MODIS Analyses and Ground-Based Observations, SOLA, 6, 25-28,doi:10.2151/sola.2010-007.
• Kawamoto, K. and T. Hayasaka, 2010: Geographical features of changes in surface shortwave irradiance in East Asia estimated using the potential radiative forcing index,Atmos, Res., 96, 337-343.
• Deng,M., G.G.Mace, Z.Wang, and H.Okamoto, (2010), TC4 Validation for Cirrus Cloud Profiling Retrieval Using CloudSat Radar and CALIPSO Lidar, J. Geophys. Res., (in press)
• Inoue, T., M. Satoh, Y. Hagihara, H. Miura, and J. Schmetz (2010), Comparison of high-level clouds represented in a global cloud-system resolving model with CALIPSO/CloudSat and geostationary satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res., (in press)
• Iwasaki, S., T. Shibata, J. Nakamoto, H. Okamoto, H. Ishimoto and H. Kubota (2010), Characteristic of deep convection measured by using the A-train canstellation, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D06207, doi:10.1029/2009JD013000.
• Sato,K., H.Okamoto, T.Takemura, N.Sugimoto and H.Kumagai (2010), Characterization of ice cloud properties obtained by shipborne radar/lidar over the tropical western Pacific Ocean for evaluation of an atmospheric general circulation model, J. Geophys. Res., (in press)
• Yoshida,R., H. Okamoto, Y. Hagihara and H. Ishimoto (2010), Global analysis of cloud phase and ice crystal orientation from CALIPSO data using attenuated backscattering and depolarization ratio, J. Geophys. Res., (in press)
• Zubko,E., D. Petrov, Y. Grynko, Y. Shkuratov, H. Okamoto, K. Muinonen,T. Nousiainen, H. Kimura, T. Yamamoto, and G. Videen (2010), Validity criteria of the discrete dipole approximation, Appl. Opt. Vol.49, Issue 8, pp.1267-1279

• Kawamoto, K. and T. Hayasaka, 2009: Geographical features of changes in surface shortwave irradiance in East Asia estimated using the potential radiative forcing index.Atmos. Res. (in press)
• Zubko, E., H. Kimura, Y. Shkuratov, K. Muinonen, T.Yamamoto, H. Okamoto and G. Videen, Effect of absorption on light scattering by agglomerated debris particles, J Quant Spectrosc radiative Transfer ,doi:10,1016/j.jqsrt. 2008.12.006,110, (2009) 1741-1749.
• Fujiwara,M., S. Iwasaki,A. Shimizu, Y. Inai,M. Shiotani, F. Hasebe, I. Matsui, N. Sugimoto,H. Okamoto, N. Nishi,A. Hamada,T. Sakazaki, and K. Yoneyama (2009), Cirrus Observations in the Tropical Tropopause Layer 1 Over the Western Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D09304, doi:10.1029/2008JD011040.
• Sato, K., H. Okamoto, M. K. Yamamoto, S. Fukao, H. Kumagai, Y. Ohno, H. Horie, and M. Abo (2009), 95-GHz Doppler radar and lidar synergy for simultaneous ice microphysics and in-cloud vertical air motion retrieval, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D03203, doi:10.1029/2008JD010222.
• Hagihara Y., H. Okamoto, and T.Y. Nakajima, Synergy use of MODIS, CloudSat and CALIPSO for improved retrieval of liquid water cloud microphysical properties,Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS2008), Proc. International Radiation Symposium, Foz do Igassu, Brazil, 3-8 August 2008,(2009), 259-262
• Nishizawa T., N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, A. Shimizu, T. Takemura, and H. Okamoto, Aerosol Retrieval from Dual-wavelength Polarization Lidar Measurements over Tropical Pacific Ocean and Validation of a Global Aerosol Transport Model, Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS2008), Proc. International Radiation Symposium, Foz do Igassu, Brazil, 3-8 August 2008,(2009), 303-306
• Okamoto, H., K. Sato, S. Otomo, Y. Hagihara, R. Yoshida, K. Iwanami, T. Maesaka, M. Murakami, N. Orikasa, M. Nakazato, H. Yamauchi, H. Inoue, Multi-wavelength radar algorithm, with Doppler function for the retrieval of cloud microphysics with precipitation, Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS2008), Proc. International Radiation Symposium, Foz do Igassu, Brazil, 3-8 August 2008,(2009), 307-310
• Sato K., H. Okamoto, and Y.Hagihara, Sensitivity study for the interpretation of Doppler signal of space-borne 95-GHz cloud radar, Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS2008), Proc. International Radiation Symposium, Foz do Igassu, Brazil, 3-8 August 2008,(2009), 323-326
• Okamoto, H., K. Sato and Y. Hagihara, Retrieval of ice cloud microphysics ny synergy use of CloudSat and CALIPSO data, Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS2008), Proc. International Radiation Symposium, Foz do Igassu, Brazil, 3-8 August 2008,(2009), 412-415
• Hayasaka, T., K. Kawamoto, G-Y. Shi, Shortwave absorption properties of atmosphere over China, Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS2008), Proc. International Radiation Symposium, Foz do Igassu, Brazil, 3-8 August 2008,(2009),533-536
• Kawamoto, K., T. Hayasaka, Introducing potential radiative forcing (PRF) for quantifying the Earth radiation budget, Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation (IRS2008), Proc. International Radiation Symposium, Foz do Igassu, Brazil, 3-8 August 2008,(2009),541-544

• Okamoto, H., T. Nishizawa, T. Takemura, K. Sato, H. Kumagai, Y. Ohno, N. Sugimoto, A. Shimizu, I. Matsui, and T. Nakajima (2008), Vertical cloud properties in the tropical western Pacific Ocean: Validation of the CCSR/NIES/FRCGC GCM by shipborne radar and lidar, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24213, doi:10.1029/2008JD009812.
• Nishizawa, T., N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, A. Shimizu, B. Tatarov and H. Okamoto,”Algorithm to Retrieve Aerosol Optical Properties From High-Spectral-Resolution Lidar and Polarization Mie-Scattering Lidar Measurements”,IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 46, no. 12, pp. 4094-4103, Dec. 2008. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2000797
• Nishizawa, T., H. Okamoto, T. Takemura, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, and A. Shimizu, 2008: Aerosol retrieval from two-wavelength backscatter and one-wavelength polarization lidar measurement taken during the MR01K02 cruise of the R/V Mirai and evaluation of a global aerosol transport model,J. Geophys. Res., 113, D21201, doi:10.1029/2007JD009640.
• Kawamoto, K. and T. Hayasaka, 2008: Relative contributions to the surface shortwave irradiance over China: An introduction of Potential Radiative Forcing.  Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L17809, doi:10.1029/2008GL035083.
• Yamamoto, M., Y. Ohno, H. Horie, N. Nishi, H. Okamoto, K, Sato, H. Kumagai, M. Yamamoto, H. Hashiguchi, S. Mori, N. O. Hashiguchi, H. Nagata and S. Fukao, Observation of particle fall velocity in cirriform cloud by VHS and millimeter-wave Doppler radars, J. Geophys, Res.,113, D12210, doi:10.1029/2007JD009125, 2008
• Hamada A., N. Nishi, S. Iwasaki, Y. Ohno, H. Kumagai and H. Okamoto (2008): Cloud type and top height estimation for tropical upper-tropospheric cloudsusing GMS-5 split-window measurements combined with cloud radar measurements, SOLA, 4, 057-060, doi:10.2151/sola.2008-015
• Tanimoto, H., Y. Sawa, S. Yonemura, K. Yumimoto, H. Matsueda, I. Uno, T. Hayasaka, H. Mukai, Y. Tohjima, and L. Zhang, 2008: Diagnosing recent CO emissions and springtime O3 evolution in East Asia from coordinated ground-based observations of O3 and CO during the East Asian Regional Experiment (EAREX) 2005 campaign.Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3867-3880.
• Shi, G.-Y., T. Hayasaka, A Ohmura, Z.-H. Chen, B. Wang, J.-Q. Zhao, H.-Z. Che, and L. Xu, 2008: Data quality control and the long-term trend of ground solar radiation over China. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatology, 47, 1006-1016.
• Streets, D. G., C. Yu, Y. Wu, M. Chin, Z. Zhao, T. Hayasaka, and G.-Y. Shi, 2008: Aerosol trends over China, 1980-2000. Atmos. Res., 88, 174-182.
• Zhang, D., J. Tang, G.-Y. Shi, M. Wen, T. Nakazawa, S. Aoki, S. Sugawara, S. Morimoto, P. K. Patra, T. Hayasaka, and T. Saeki, 2008: Temporal and spatial variations of the atmospheric CO2 concentration in China. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L03801, doi:10.1029/2007GL032531.
• Heymsfield, A., A. Protat, R. Austin, D. Bouniol, R. Hogan, J. Delanoë, H. Okamoto, K. Sato, G. Zadelhoff, D. Donovan, and Z. Wang, 2008: Testing IWC Retrieval Methods Using Radar and Ancillary Measurements with In Situ Data, J. Appl. Meteor., 47, 135-163.

• Hayasaka, T., S. Satake, A. Shimizu, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, K. Aoki and Y. Muraji, 2007: The vertical distribution and optical properties of aerosols observed over Japan during ABC-EAREX2005. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22S35, doi:10.1029/2006JD008086.
• Sawa, Y., H. Tanimoto, S. Yonemura, H. Matsueda, A. Wada, S. Taguchi, T. Hayasaka, H. Tsuruta, Y. Tohjima, H. Mukai, N. Kikuchi, S. Katagiri, and K. Tsuboi, 2007: Widespread pollution events of carbon monoxide observed over the western North Pacific during the EAREX 2005 campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22S26, doi:10.1029/2006JD008055.
• Ishida, H., K. Kaiho, and S. Asano, 2007: Effects of a large asteroid impact on ultra-violet radiation in the atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23805, doi:10.1029/2007GL030697.
• Ishida, H. and S. Asano, 2007: A Finite-Volume Solution with a Bidirectional Upwind Difference Scheme for the Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Equation, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4098-4112.
• Okamoto, H., T. Nishizawa, T. Takemura, H. Kumagai, H. Kuroiwa, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, A. himizu, S. Emori, A. Kamei and T. Nakajima, 2007: Vertical cloud structure observed from shipborne radar and lidar: Midlatitude case study during the MR01/K02 cruise of the research vessel Mirai, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D08216, doi:10.1029/2006JD007628.
• Nishizawa, T., H. Okamoto, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, A. Shimizu, and K. Aoki, 2007: An algorithm that retrieves aerosol properties from dual-wavelength polarized lidar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06212, doi:10.1029/2006JD007435.
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• Yoshida, Y., S. Asano, and K. Iwatani, 2006: Retrieval of Microphysical Properties of Water, Ice, and Mixed-Phase Clouds Using a Triple-Wavelength Radar and Microwave Radiometer, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 84, 1005-1031.
• Nagasawa, R., T. Iwasaki, S. Asano, K. Saito, and H. Okamoto, 2006: Resolution Dependence of Nonhydrostatic Models in Simulating the Formation and Evolution of Low-Level Clouds during a “Yamase” Event, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 84, 969-987.
• Hagihara, Y., H. Fukushima, I. Uno, and S. Ohta, 2006: Evaluation of Asian Dust Absorption in Visible Band with Satellite Observation, Sky-radiometer Measurement, and Chemical Transport Model, SOLA, 2, 120-123, doi:10.2151/sola.2006-031.
• Kojima, M., S. Asano and H. Iwabuchi, 2006: Time-Variations of Optical and Microphysical Properties of Yamase Clouds Estimated from Shipboard Experiments and Satellite Remote Sensing in June 2003, SOLA, 2, 45-48, doi:10.2151/sola.2006-012.
• Sato, K. and H. Okamoto, 2006: Characterization of Ze and LDR of nonspherical and inhomogeneous ice particles for 95-GHz cloud radar: Its implication to microphysical retrievals, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D22213, doi:10.1029/2005JD006959.
• Yasunaga, K, Yoneyama, K, H. Kubota, H. Okamoto, A. Shimizu, H. Kumagai, M. Katsumata, N. Sugimoto, and I. Matsui, 2006: Melting layer cloud observed during R/V Mirai cruise MR01-K05, J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 3020-3032.