GESTAR II Researchers publish as lead and co-authors

GESTAR II researchers have continued to publish on a variety of topics, with references to Gridded Innovations and Observations (GIO), Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC), Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI), North American Land Data Assimilation System Phase 3 (NLDAS-3), and Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE). 

Boukachaba, N. (618/MSU), Bosilovich, M. G., da Silva, A. M., et al. (2026), "Development of Gridded Innovations and Observations Data for Reanalysis Diagnostics," J. Hydrometeorology, 27(8). 

Aryal, K. (616/UMBC), M. Gao, P. Zhai (613/UMBC), B. A. Franz, K. Knobelspiesse, A. Ibrahim, and J. Werdell (2026), "Aerosol and Ocean Color Retrievals from the FastMAPOL/Component Algorithm Using NASA's PACE Polarimetric Measurements," Optics Express, 34(16).

Gao, M., K. Aryal (616/UMBC), P. Zhai (613/UMBC), K. Knobelspiesse, B. Franz, B. Cairns, I. Cetinić (616/MSU), G. Fu, O. Hasekamp, A. Ibrahim, A. M. Sayer (616/UMBC), and P. J. Werdell (2026), "Where Sky Meets Sea: Integrated Aerosol and Ocean Color Retrieval from PACE SPEXone Multi-Angle Polarimetry," Remote Sensing of Environment, 345.

Ademakinwa, A. S. (613/UMBC), Zhang, Z. (613/UMBC), Miller, D. (613/UMBC), Meyer, K. G., Platnick, S., Tushar, Z. H., Purushotham, S., and Wang, J. (2026), "Impacts of the three-dimensional radiative effects on cloud droplet number concentration retrieval and regression-based albedo susceptibility estimates," Atmos. Chem. Phys., 26(15).

Wei, S.-W., J. Barré (610.1/MSU), S. Ha, M. Abdi-Oskouei (610.1/MSU), B. Ménétrier, C. Dang, and C.-S. Lu (2026), “Leveraging JEDI for atmospheric composition: a unified framework for evaluating observations and model forecasts,” Geosci. Model Develop., Special Issue: The Application of JEDI (Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration) to research and operations, 8367-8384.

Lyapustin, A., Wang, Y. (613/UMBC), Choi, M. (613/UMBC), Sayer, A. M. (616/UMBC), and Korkin, S. (613/UMBC) (2026), "MAIAC aerosol algorithm over water," J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 131(18).

Maina, F.Z. (617/UMBC), S.V. Kumar, C. Hain, D.M. Mocko, K. Locke, R. Wade, A. Getirana, J. Case, K. Whitney, S. Ahmad, et al. (2026), “Retrospective and near-real-time surface meteorology in the North American Land Data Assimilation System Phase 3 (NLDAS-3),” J. Hydrometeorol. 27(10).