If you have publications related to polarized radiative transfer or polarimetric measurements that should be included in this list please send the details to Claudia Emde, preferably in bibtex format.

2015

L. Chaikovskaya, O. Dubovik, P. Litvinov, J. Grudo, A. Lopatsin, A. Chaikovsky, and S. Denisov. Analytical algorithm for modeling polarized solar radiation transfer through the atmosphere for application in processing complex lidar and radiometer measurements. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 151(0):275 - 286, 2015. [ bib | DOI | http ]

Wenbo Sun, Constantine Lukashin, Rosemary R. Baize, and Daniel Goldin. Modeling polarized solar radiation for {CLARREO} inter-calibration applications: Validation with {PARASOL} data. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 150(0):121 - 133, 2015. Topical issue on optical particle characterization and remote sensing of the atmosphere: Part I. [ bib | DOI | http ]

2014

K. Knobelspiesse, B. van Diedenhoven, A. Marshak, S. Dunagan, B. Holben, and I. Slutsker. Cloud thermodynamic phase detection with polarimetrically sensitive passive sky radiometers. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 7(12):11991-12036, 2014. [ bib | DOI | http ]

L. Li, Z. Li, K. Li, L. Blarel, and M. Wendisch. A method to calculate stokes parameters and angle of polarization of skylight from polarized {CIMEL} sun/sky radiometers. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 149(0):334 - 346, 2014. [ bib | DOI | http ]

P. A. Miles-Paéz, E. Pallé, and M. R. Zapatero Osorio. Simultaneous optical and near-infrared linear spectropolarimetry of the earthshine. Astron. Astrophys., 562(L5), 2014. [ bib ]

2013

P. Yang, L. Bi, B. A. Baum, K.-N. Liou, G. Kattawar, and M. Mishchenko. Spectrally consistent scattering, absorption, and polarization properties of atmospheric ice crystals at wavelengths from 0.2 μm to 100 μm. J. Atmos. Sci., pages 330-347, 2013. [ bib ]

2012

M. D. Alexandrov, B. Cairns, C. Emde, A. S. Ackerman, and B. van Diedenhoven. Accuracy assessments of cloud droplet size retrievals from polarized reflectance measurements by the research scanning polarimeter. Remote Sensing of Environment, 125(0):92 - 111, 2012. [ bib ]

M. F. Sterzik, S. Bagnulo, and E. Palle. Biosignatures as revealedof earthshine by spectropolarimetry. Nature, 483, 2012. [ bib ]

2011

C. Emde, R. Buras, and B. Mayer. ALIS: An efficient method to compute high spectral resolution polarized solar radiances using the Monte Carlo approach. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112(10):1622-1631, 2011. [ bib | DOI ]

P. Eriksson, S.A. Buehler, C.P. Davis, C. Emde, and O. Lemke. ARTS, the atmospheric radiative transfer simulator, version 2. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112(10):1551-1558, 2011. [ bib | DOI ]

D. Tanré, F. M. Bréon, J. L. Deuzé, O. Dubovik, F. Ducos, P. François, P. Goloub, M. Herman, A. Lifermann, and F. Waquet. Remote sensing of aerosols by using polarized, directional and spectral measurements within the a-train: the parasol mission. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4(7):1383-1395, 2011. [ bib | DOI | http ]

2010

C. Emde, R. Buras, B. Mayer, and M. Blumthaler. The impact of aerosols on polarized sky radiance: model development, validation, and applications. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10(2):383-396, 2010. [ bib | http ]

A. A. Kokhanovsky, J. L. Deuzé, D. J. Diner, O. Dubovik, F. Ducos, C. Emde, M. J. Garay, R. G. Grainger, A. Heckel, M. Herman, I. L. Katsev, J. Keller, R. Levy, P. R. J. North, A. S. Prikhach, V. V. Rozanov, A. M. Sayer, Y. Ota, D. Tanré, G. E. Thomas, and E. P. Zege. The inter-comparison of major satellite aerosol retrieval algorithms using simulated intensity and polarization characteristics of reflected light. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 3(4):909-932, 2010. [ bib | DOI | http ]

A. A. Kokhanovsky, V. P. Budak, C. Cornet, M. Duan, C. Emde, I. L. Katsev, D. A. Klyukov, S. V. Korkin, L. C-Labonnote, B. Mayer, Q. Min, T. Nakajima, Y. Ota, A. S. Prikhach, V. V. Rozanov, T. Yokota, and E. P. Zege. Benchmark results in vector atmospheric radiative transfer. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 111(12-13):1931 - 1946, 2010. [ bib | DOI ]

A. Kreuter, C. Emde, and M. Blumthaler. Measuring the influence of aerosols and albedo on sky polarization. Atmospheric Research, 98(2-4):363-367, 2010. [ bib | DOI | http ]

Y. Ota, A. Higurashi, T. Nakajima, and T. Yokota. Matrix formulations of radiative transfer including the polarization effect in a coupled atmosphere-ocean system. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 111(6):878-894, 2010. [ bib ]

2009

C. Cornet, L. C-Labonnote, and F. Szczap. Three-dimensional polarized monte carlo atmospheric radiative transfer model (3dmcpol): 3d effects on polarized visible reflectances of a cirrus cloud. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, in press, 2009. [ bib ]

Z. Li, P. Goloub, O. Dubovik, L. Blarel, T. Zhang, W. andvin, A. Sinyuk, M. Sorokin, H. Chen, B. Holben, D. Tanré, M. Canini, and J.-P. Buis. Improvements for ground-based remote sensing of atmospheric aerosol properties by additional polarimetric measurements. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110(17):1954-1961, 2009. [ bib ]

F. Maignan, F.-M. Bréon, E. Fédèle, and M. Bouvier. Polarized reflectances of natural surfaces: Spaceborne measurements and analytical modeling. Rem. Sen. Env., 113(12):2642-2650, 2009. [ bib | DOI | http ]

V. Nataraj, K.-F. Li, and Y. I. Young. Rayleigh scattering in planetary atmospheres: corrected tables through accurate computation of x and y functions. Astrophysical Journal, 691:1909-1920, 2009. [ bib ]

2008

2007

A. Battaglia, C. P. Davis, C. Emde, and C. Simmer. Microwave radiative transfer intercomparison study for 3-D dichroic media. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 105:55-67, May 2007. [ bib | DOI ]

B. Mayer and C. Emde. Comment on ”Glory phenomenon informs of presence and phase state of liquid water in cold clouds” by Anatoly N. Nevzorov. Atmos. Res., 84(4):410-419, June 2007. [ bib | DOI ]

L. Pietranera, S. A. Buehler, P. G. Calisse, C. Emde, D. Hayton, V. O. John, B. Maffei, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, G. Savini, and T. R. Sreerekha. Observing CMB polarisation through ice. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 376:645-650, 2007. [ bib | DOI ]

2006

F. M. Bréon and N. Henriot. Spaceborne observations of ocean glint reflectance and modeling of wave slope distributions. J. Geophys. Res., 111(C06005), 2006. [ bib | DOI ]

E. Boesche, P. Stammes, T. Ruhtz, R. Preusker, and J. Fischer. Effect of aerosol microphysics on polarization of skylight: sensitivity study and measurements. Appl. Opt., 45(34):8790-8805, 2006. [ bib ]

Z. Li, P. Goloub, C. Devaux, X. Gu, J.-L. Deuzé, Y. Qiao, and F. Zhao. Retrieval of aerosol optical and physical properties from ground-based spectral, multi-angular, and polarized sun-photometer measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 101(4):519-533, 2006. [ bib ]

C. Teichmann, S. A. Buehler, and C. Emde. Understanding the polarization signal of spherical particles for microwave limb radiances. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 101(1):179-190, September 2006. [ bib | DOI ]

F. Waquet, B. Cairns, J. Chowdhary, K. Knobelspiesse, M. I. Mishchenko, and L. D. Travis. Application of an Optimal Estimation Method to the Retrieval of Aerosol Properties Using Multispectral, Multiangle Polarimetric Measurements From the Research Scanning Polarimeter. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2006. [ bib ]

2005

C. P. Davis, D. L. Wu, C. Emde, J. H. Jiang, R. E. Cofield, and R. S. Harwood. Cirrus induced polarization in 122 GHz Aura Microwave Limb Sounder radiances. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, 2005. [ bib | DOI ]

C. Davis, C. Emde, and R. Harwood. A 3D polarized reversed Monte Carlo radiative transfer model for mm and sub-mm passive remote sensing in cloudy atmospheres. IEEE T. Geosci. Remote, 43(6):1096-1101, May 2005. [ bib ]

J.C. Ramella-Roman, S.A. Prahl, and S.L. Jaques. Three monte carlo programs of polarized light transport into scattering media: part i. 13(12):4420-4438, 2005. [ bib ]

Before 2005

C. E. Siewert. On the phase matrix basic to the scattering of polarized light. Astron. Astrophys., 109:195-200, 1982. [ bib ]

C. E. Siewert. Solutions to an inverse problem in radiative transfer with polarization.I. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 30:523-526, 1983. [ bib ]

C. Leroux, J. Lenoble, G. Brogniez, J. W. Hovenier, and J. F. De Haan. A model for the bidirectional polarized reflectance of snow. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 61:273-285, 1999. [ bib ]

B. Cairns, E. E. Russell, and L. D. Travis. Research scanning polarimeter: calibration and ground-based measurements. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 3754, pages 186-196, 1999. [ bib ]

B. Cairns, E.E. Russell, J.D. LaVeigne, and P.M.W. Tennant. Research scanning polarimeter and airborne usage for remote sensing of aerosols. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 5158, pages 33-44, 2003. [ bib ]

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J. Chowdhary, B. Cairns, M.I. Mishchenko, and L.D. Travis. Constraining aerosol single scattering albedos from multiangle, multispectral photo-polarimetric observations over the ocean. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 5571, pages 127-139, 2004. [ bib ]

D. G. Collins, W. G. Blättner, M. B. Wells, and H. G. Horak. Backward Monte Carlo calculations of the polarization characteristics of the radiation emerging from spherical-shell atmospheres. Appl. Opt., 11:2684-2696, 1972. [ bib ]

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D.M. Stam, J.F. De Haan, J.W. Hovenier, and P. Stammes. A fast method for simulating observations of polarized light emerging from the atmosphere applied to the oxygen-a band. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 64(2):131-149, 2000. [ bib ]

P.-Y. Deschamps, F.-M. Breon, M. Leroy, A. Podaire, A. Bricaud, J.-C. Buriez, and G. Seze. The POLDER mission: instrument characteristics and scientific objectives. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 32:598-615, May 1994. [ bib | DOI ]

C. Emde, S. A. Buehler, C. Davis, P. Eriksson, T. R. Sreerekha, and C. Teichmann. A polarized discrete ordinate scattering model for simulations of limb and nadir longwave measurements in 1D/3D spherical atmospheres. J. Geophys. Res., 109(D24), December 2004. [ bib | DOI ]

H. Domke. Transfer of polarized light in an isotropic medium. Singular eigensolutions of the transfer equation. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 15:669-679, 1975. [ bib ]

H. Domke. Transfer of polarized light in an isotropic medium. Biorthogonality and the solution of transfer problems in semi inifinite media. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 15:681-694, 1975. [ bib ]

J. F. de Haan, P. B. Bosma, and J. W. Hovenier. The adding method for multiple scattering calculations of polarized light. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 183:371-391, September 1987. [ bib ]

H. Ishimoto and K. Masuda. A monte carlo approach for the calculation of polarized light: Application to an incident narrow beam. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 72(4):467-483, 2002. [ bib ]

J. Landgraf, O. P. Hasekamp, R. van Deelen, and I. Aben. Rotational Raman scattering of polarized light in the Earth atmosphere: a vector radiative transfer model using the radiative transfer perturbation theory approach. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 87:399-433, 2004. [ bib ]

J. V. Dave. Intensity and polarization of the radiation emerging from a plane-parallel atmosphere containing monodispersed aerosols. Appl. Opt., 9:2673-2684, 1970. [ bib ]

J. W. Hovenier. Symmetry relationships for scattering of polarized light in a slab of randomly oriented particles. J. Atmos. Sci., 26:488-499, 1969. [ bib ]

J. W. Hovenier, H. C. van de Hulst, and C. V. M. van der Mee. Conditions for the elements of the scattering matrix. Astron. Astrophys., 157:301-310, 1986. [ bib ]

James E. Hansen. Multiple scattering of polarized light in planetary atmospheres. Part I. The doubling method. J. Atmos. Sci., 28:120-125, 1971. [ bib ]

James E. Hansen and Larry D. Travis. Light scattering in planetary atmospheres. Space Sci. Rev., 16:527-610, 1974. [ bib ]

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A. A. Lacis, J. Chowdhary, M. I. Mishchenko, and B. Cairns. Modeling errors in diffuse-sky radiation: Vector vs. scalar treatment. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25:135-138, 1998. [ bib ]

Qilong Min and Minzheng Duan. A successive order of scattering model for solving vector radiative transfer in the atmosphere. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 87(3-4):243-259, 2004. [ bib | http ]

M. I. Mishchenko, L. D. Travis, and D. W. Mackowski. T-matrix computations of light scattering by nonspherical particles: a review. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 55:535-575, 1996. [ bib ]

M. I. Mishchenko and L. D. Travis. Satellite retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using polarization as well as intensity of reflected sunlight. J. Geophys. Res., 102:16989-17013, 1997. [ bib ]

O. J. Dittmann. Matrix exponential solution of the equation of polarized radiative transfer. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 58:279-286, 1997. [ bib ]

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P. Stammes, W. M. F. Wauben, and J. W. Hovenier. The intensity and polarization of scattered sunlight in a simple model of the atmosphere of Venus. Adv. Space. Res., 12:105-109, 1992. [ bib ]

P. Vestrucci and C. E. Siewert. A numerical evalation of an analytical representation of the components in a Fourier decomposition of the phase matrix for the scattering of polarized light. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 31:177-183, 1984. [ bib ]

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F. M. Schulz, K. Stamnes, and F. Weng. Vdisort: An improved and generalized discrete ordinate method for polarized (vector) radiative transfer. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 61(1):105-122, 1999. [ bib ]

A. Vermeulen and M. Devaux, C.and Herman. Retrieval of the scattering and microphysical properties of aerosols from ground-based optical measurements including polarization. i. method. Applied Optics, 39(33):6207-6220, 2000. [ bib ]

W. M. F. Wauben, J. F. de Haan, and J. W. Hovenier. Influence of particle shape on the polarized radiation in planetary atmospheres. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 50:237-246, 1993. [ bib ]

W. M. F. Wauben, J. F. de Haan, and J. W. Hovenier. Relationship between the polarized radiation field in externally and internally illuminated homogeneous planetary atmospheres. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 51:789-799, 1994. [ bib ]

W. M. F. Wauben, J. F. de Haan, and J. W. Hovenier. Application of asymptotic expressions for computing the polarized radiation in optically thick planetary atmospheres. Astron. Astrophys., 281:258-268, 1994. [ bib ]

W. M. F. Wauben and J. W. Hovenier. Polarized radiation of an atmosphere containing randomly-oriented spheroids. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 47:491-504, 1992. [ bib ]

W. M. F. Wauben, P. Stammes, and J. W. Hovenier. The spatial and directional behaviour of the polarized radiation in a plane-parallel molecular atmosphere. Adv. Space. Res., 13:205-208, 1993. [ bib ]

Y. Liu and K. Voss. Polarized radiance distribution measurement of skylight. ii. experiment and data. Appl. Opt., 36(33):8753-8764, 1997. [ bib ]