1. Foster, Michael J.; Phillips, Coda; Heidinger, Andrew K.; Borbas, Eva E.; Li, Yue; Menzel, W. Paul; Walther, Andi and Weisz, Elisabeth. PATMOS-x version 6.0: 40 years of merged AVHRR and HIRS global cloud data. Journal of Climate, Volume 36, Issue 4, 2023, pp.1143-1160. Reprint # 8912.
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2. Zhao, Xuepeng and Foster, Michael J. Analyzing sensitive aerosol regimes and active geolocations of aerosol effects on deep convective clouds over the global oceans by using long-term operational satellite observations. Climate, Volume 10, Issue 11, 2022, pp.167. Reprint # 8889.
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3. Dunn, R. J. H.; Aldred, F.; Gobron, N.; Miller, J. B.; Willett, K. M.; Ades, M.; Adler, R.; Allan, R. P.; Allan, R.; Anderson, J.; Argüez, A.; Arosio, C.; Augustine, J. A.; Azorin-Molina, C.; Barichivich, J.; Beck, H. E.; Becker, A.; Bellouin, N.; Benedetti, A.; Berry, D. I.; Blenkinsop, S.; Bock, O.; Bodin, X.; Bosilovich, M. G.; Boucher, O.; Buehler, S. A.; Calmettes, B.; Carrea, L.; Castia, L.; Christiansen, H. H.; Christy, J. R.; Chung, E.-S.; Coldewey-Egbers, M.; Cooper, O. R.; Cornes, R. C.; Covey, C.; Cretaux, J.-F.; Crotwell, M.; Davis, S. M.; de Jeu, R. A. M.; Degenstein, D.; Delaloye, R.; Di Girolamo, L.; Donat, M. G.; Dorigo, W. A.; Durre, I.; Dutton, G. S.; Duveiller, G.; Elkins, J. W.; Fioletov, V. E.; Flemming, J.; Foster, M. J.; Frith, S. M.; Froidevaux, L.; Garforth, J.; Gentry, M.; Gupta, S. K.; Hahn, S.; Haimberger, L.; Hall, B. D.; Harris, I.; Hemming, D. L.; Hirschi, M.; Ho, S.; Hrbacek, F.; Hubert, D.; Hurst, D. F.; Inness, A.; Isaksen, K.; John, V. O.; Jones, P. D.; Junod, R.; Kaiser, J. W.; Kaufmann, V.; Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A.; Kent, E. C.; Kidd, R.; Kim, H.; Kipling, Z.; Koppa, A.; Kraemer, B. M.; Kratz, D. P.; Lan, X.; Lantz, K. O.; Lavers, D.; Loeb, N. G.; Loyola, D.; Madelon, R.; Mayer, M.; McCabe, M. F.; McVicar, T. R.; Mears, C. A.; Merchant, C. J.; Miralles, D. G.; Moesinger, L.; Montzka, S. A.; Morice, C., ; Mösinger, L.; Mühle, J.; Nicolas, J. P.; Noetzli, J.; Noll, B.; O’Keefe, J.; Osborn, T. J.; Park, T.; Pasik, A. J.; Pellet, C.; Pelto, M. S.; Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S. E.; Petron, G.; Phillips, C.; Po-Chedley, S.; Polvani, L.; Preimesberger, W.; Rains, D. G.; Randel, W. J.; Rayner, N. A; Rémy, S.; Ricciardulli, L.; Richardson, A. D.; Robinson, D. A.; Rodell, M.; Rodríguez-Fernández, N. J.; Rosenlof, K.H.; Roth, C.; Rozanov, A.; Rutishäuser, T.; Sánchez-Lugo, A.; Sawaengphokhai, P.; Scanlon, T.; Schenzinger, V; Schlegel, R. W.; Sharma, S.; Shi, L.; Simmons, A. J.; Siso, C.; Smith, S. L.; Soden, B. J.; Sofieva, V.; Sparks, T. H.; Stackhouse, P. W., Jr.; Steinbrecht, W.; Stengel, M.; Streletskiy, D. A.; Sun-Mack, S.; Tans, P.; Thackeray, S. J.; Thibert, E.; Tokuda, D.; Tourpali, K.; Tye, M. R.; van der A, R.; van der Schalie, R.; van der Schrier, G.; van der Vliet, M.; van der Werf, G. R.; Vance, A.; Vernier, J.; Vimont, I. J.; Vömel, H.; Vose, R. S.; Wang, R.; Weber, M.; Wiese, D.; Wilber, A. C.; Wild, J. D.; Wong, T.; Woolway, R. I.; Zhou, X.; Yin, X.; Zhao, G.; Zhao, L.; Ziemke, J. R.; Ziese, M. and Zotta, R. M. Global Climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 102, Issue 8, 2021, S11-S141. Reprint # 8779.
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4. Foster, M.J.; Di Girolamo, L.; Frey, R.A.; Heidinger, A.K.; Sun-Mack, S.; Phillips, C.; Menzel, W.P.; Stengel, M. and Zhao, G. State of the climate in 2018: Cloudiness. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 100, Issue 9, 2019, S34-S35. Reprint # 8465.
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5. Heidinger, Andrew K.; Bearson, Nicholas; Foster, Michael J.; Li, Yue; Wanzong, Steve; Ackerman, Steven; Holz, Robert E.; Platnick, Steven and Meyer, Kerry. Using sounder data to improve cirrus cloud height estimation from satellite imagers. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Volume 36, 2019, pp.1331-1342. Reprint # 8399.
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| 6. Gravelle, Chad M.; Foster, M.; Crandall, K. L. and Runk, K. J. Using research-to-operations evaluation results to create an innovative National Weather Service training experience. Conference on Transition of Research to Operations, 8th, Houston, TX, 7-11 January 2018. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2018, Abstract 14A.6. |
| 7. Gravelle, Chad M.; Foster, M.; Crandall, K. L. and Runk, K. J. Evaluating the integration of high-resolution datasets for convective warning decision making at the National Weather Service operations proving ground. Conference on Transition of Research to Operations, 8th, Houston, TX, 7-11 January 2018. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2018, Abstract 14B.5. |
| 8. Vigil, Katie Crandall; Foster, M.; Gravelle, C. M.; Runk, K. J. and Snyder, D. W. Evaluation of RGB composite imagery for the GOES-R era by National Weather Service forecasters with color vision deficiency. Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, 14th, Houston, TX, 7-11 January 2018. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2018, Abstract 9.3. |
| 9. Sengupta, Manajit; Hobte, A.; Lopez, A.; Xie, Y.; Foster, M. J. and Heidinger, A. Assessing the accuracy of NREL's National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB). Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, 9th, Houston, TX, 7-11 January 2018. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2018, Abstract 11.5. |
10. Wu, Dong L.; Baum, Bryan A.; Choi, Yong-Sang; Foster, Michael J./Kalsson, Karl-Goran; Heidinger, Andrew; Poulsen, Carolin; Pavolonis, Michael; Riedi, Jerome; Roebeling, Robert; Sherwood, Steven; Thoss, Anke and Watts, Philip. Toward global harmonization of derived cloud products. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 98, Issue 2, 2017, ES49-ES52. Reprint # 7907.
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11. Gumber, Amanda and Foster, Michael J. A MODIS-derived value-added climatology of maritime cloud liquid water path that conserves solar reflectance. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Volume 56, Issue 6, 2017, pp.1767-1781. Reprint # 7981.
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| 12. Li, Yue; Heidinger, A.; Foster, M. J.; Nielsen, J. and Walther, A. A study of diurnal variations of semi-transparent cirrus microphysical properties from satellites observations. Annual Symposium on New Generational Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, 13th, Seattle, WA, 21-26 January 2017. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2017, Abstract 1338. |
13. Foster, M. J.; Ackerman, S. A.; Bedka, K.; Di Girolamo, L.; Frey, R. A.; Heidinger, A. K.; Sun-Mack, S.; Philips, C.; Menzel, W. P.; Minnis, P. and Zhao, G. State of the Climate in 2016: Cloudiness. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 98, Issue 8, 2017, S27-S28. Reprint # 8106.
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| 14. Walther, Andi; Foster, Michael and Heidinger, Andrew. Can we find robust definitions of weather states to detect climate trends in a long term cloud satellite climatology data set. 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Rome, Italy, 2-6 October 2017. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2017, Abstract 7.40. |
| 15. Foster, Michael and Heidinger, Andrew. Changes in boundary layer clouds and estimation of feedback sensitivity using the multi-decadal PATMOS-x AVHRR cloud satellite climatology. 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Rome, Italy, 2-6 October 2017. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2017, Abstract 51. |
16. Foster, Michael J.; Heidinger, Andrew; Hiley, Michael; Wanzong, Steve; Walther, Andi and Botambekov, Denis. PATMOS-x cloud climate record trend sensitivity to reanalysis products. Remote Sensing, Volume 8, Issue 5, 2016, doi:10.3390/rs8050424. Reprint # 7642.
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17. Heidinger, Andrew; Foster, Michael; Botambekov, Denis; Hiley, Michael; Walther, Andi and Li, Yue. Using the NASA EOS A-train to probe the performance of the NOAA PATMOS-x cloud fraction CDR. Remote Sensing, Volume 8, Issue 6, 2016, doi:10.3390/rs8060511. Reprint # 7643.
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18. Foster, M. H.; Ackerman, S. A.; Bedka, K.; Frey, R. A.; Di Girolamo, L.; Heidinger, A. K.; Sun-Mack, S.; Maddux, B. C.; Menzel, W. P.; Minnis, P.; Stegel, M. and Zhao, G. State of the climate in 2015: Cloudiness. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 97, Issue 8, 2016, S28-S29. Reprint # 7714.
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| 19. Foster, Michael J. and Heidinger, A. K. Reprocessing the AVHRR and HIRS records to generate a new PATMOS-x cloud climatology. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 15.3. |
| 20. Gumber, Amanda R. and Foster, M. J. MODIS-derived value-added climatology of maritime cloud liquid water path conserving solar reflectance, Collection 5 and Collection 6. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 15.2. |
| 21. Li, Yue; Heidinger, A.; Foster, M. J. and Nielsen, J. Using PATMOS-x product for studying waves in the equatorial region. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 70. |
| 22. Zhong, Yafang; Notaro, Michael; Vavrus, Stephen J. and Foster, Michael J. Recent accelerated warming of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Physical drivers. Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 61, Issue 5, 2016, pp.1762-1786. Reprint # 7734. |
| 23. Heidinger, Andrew K.; Walther, Andi; Lindsey, Daniel T.; Li, Yue; Noh, Yoo-Jeong; Botambekov, Denis; Miller, Steven D. and Foster, Michael J. Improvements in cloud remote sensing from fusing VIIRS and CrIS data. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 December 2016. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2016, Abstract IN31A-1741. |
24. Heidinger, Andrew; Botambekov, Denis; Foster, Mike; Hiley, Mike; Li, Yue; Walther, Andi and Wanzong, Steve. Merger of imager and sounder data for improved cloud height estimation. International TOVS Study Conference, 20th, ITSC-20, Lake Geneva, WI, 28 October-3 November 2015. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute of Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, WI, 2015, poster presentation. 1p,
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25. Sun, Bormin; Free, Melissa; You, Hye Lim; Foster, Michael J.; Heidinger, Andrew and Karlsson, Karl-Goran. Variability and trends in US cloud cover: ISCCP, PATMOS-x, and CLARA-A1 compared to homogeneity-adjusted weather observations. Journal of Climate, Volume 28, Issue 11, 2015, 4373–4389. Reprint # 7390.
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