Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Jacek Chowdhary

(RESEARCH SCIENTIST)

Jacek Chowdhary's Contact Card & Information.
Email: jacek.chowdhary@nasa.gov
Phone: 212.678.5643
Org Code: 611
Address:
NASA/GISS
Mail Code 611
New York, NY 10025
Employer: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Publications


Refereed

2024. "Unifying radiative transfer models in computer graphics and remote sensing, Part II: A differentiable, polarimetric forward model and validation." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 315 108849 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108849] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Unifying radiative transfer models in computer graphics and remote sensing, Part I: A survey." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 314 108847 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108847] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "The PACE-MAPP algorithm: Simultaneous aerosol and ocean polarimeter products using coupled atmosphere-ocean vector radiative transfer." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 4 [10.3389/frsen.2023.1174672] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Efficient single-scattering look-up table for lidar and polarimeter water cloud studies." Optics Letters 48 (1): 13 [10.1364/ol.474282] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Optical properties of morphologically complex black carbon aerosols: Effects of coatings." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 281 108080 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108080] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "A Radiative Transfer Simulator for PACE: Theory and Applications." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3 [10.3389/frsen.2022.840188] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Simultaneous Aerosol and Ocean Properties From the PolCube CubeSat Polarimeter." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 2 [10.3389/frsen.2021.709040] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "The Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar (ACEPOL) airborne field campaign." Earth System Science Data 12 (3): 2183-2208 [Full Text] [10.5194/essd-12-2183-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean-Color Imagery During the PACE Era." Frontiers in Earth Science 7 [10.3389/feart.2019.00145] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Retrieving Aerosol Characteristics From the PACE Mission, Part 2: Multi-Angle and Polarimetry." Frontiers in Environmental Science 7 [10.3389/fenvs.2019.00094] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Retrieving Aerosol Characteristics From the PACE Mission, Part 1: Ocean Color Instrument." Frontiers in Earth Science 7 [10.3389/feart.2019.00152] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Modeling Atmosphere-Ocean Radiative Transfer: A PACE Mission Perspective." Frontiers in Earth Science 7 100 pp. [10.3389/feart.2019.00100] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Going Beyond Standard Ocean Color Observations: Lidar and Polarimetry." Frontiers in Marine Science 6 [10.3389/fmars.2019.00251] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "The North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES): Science Motive and Mission Overview." Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (122): 25 [10.3389/fmars.2019.00122] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Intercomparison of airborne multi-angle polarimeter observations from the Polarimeter Definition Experiment." Applied Optics 58 (3): 650 [10.1364/ao.58.000650] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Harnessing remote sensing to address critical science questions on ocean-atmosphere interactions." Elem Sci Anth 6 [10.1525/elementa.331] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Simultaneous polarimeter retrievals of microphysical aerosol and ocean color parameters from the “MAPP” algorithm with comparison to high-spectral-resolution lidar aerosol and ocean products." Applied Optics 57 (10): 2394 [10.1364/ao.57.002394] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Airborne and shipborne polarimetric measurements over open ocean and coastal waters: Intercomparisons and implications for spaceborne observations." Remote Sensing of Environment 206 375-390 [10.1016/j.rse.2017.12.015] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Retrieval of macro- and micro-physical properties of oceanic hydrosols from polarimetric observations." Remote Sensing of Environment 186 548-566 [10.1016/j.rse.2016.09.004] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "OSOAA: A vector radiative transfer model of coupled atmosphere-ocean system for a rough sea surface application to the estimates of the directional variations of the water leaving reflectance to better process multi-angular satellite sensors data over the ocean." Opt. Express 23 (21): 27829-27852 [doi:10.1364/OE.23.027829] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Liquid water cloud properties during the Polarimeter Definition Experiment (PODEX)." Remote Sens. Environ. 169 20-36 [doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.07.029] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Polarized bidirectional reflectance of optically thick sparse particulate layers: An efficient numerically exact radiative-transfer solution." J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 156 97-108 [doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.02.003] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Radiative transfer theory verified by controlled laboratory experiments." Opt. Lett. 38 (18): 3522 [10.1364/OL.38.003522] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Uncertainty and interpretation of aerosol remote sensing due to vertical inhomogeneity." J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 114 91-100 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.08.006] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "The relationship between upwelling underwater polarization and attenuation/absorption ratio." Opt. Express 20 (23): 25,662-25,680 [10.1364/OE.20.025662] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Polarization impacts on the water-leaving radiance retrieval from above-water radiometric measurements." Applied Optics 51 (35): 8324-8340 [10.1364/AO.51.008324] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Polarimetric retrievals of surface and cirrus clouds properties in the region affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill." Remote Sens Environ 121 389-403 [10.1016/j.rse.2012.02.016] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Analysis of fine-mode aerosol retrieval capabilities by different passive remote sensing instrument designs." Opt. Express 20 (19): 21,457-21,484 [10.1364/OE.20.021457] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Sensitivity of multiangle, multispectral polarimetric remote sensing over open oceans to water-leaving radiance: Analyses of RSP data acquired during the MILAGRO campaign." Remote Sens Environ 118 284-308 [10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.003] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Estimating particle composition and size distribution from polarized water-leaving radiance." Applied Optics 50 (25): 5047-5058 [10.1364/AO.50.005047] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "A vector radiative transfer model for coupled atmosphere and ocean systems with a rough interface." J Quant Spectrosc Radiative Trans 111 (7-8): 1025-1040 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.12.005] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols over land." J. Geophys. Res. 114 (D1): D01206 [10.1029/2008JD010619] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Past, present, and future of global aerosol climatologies derived from satellite observations: A perspective." J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 106 (1-3): 325-347 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.01.007] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "Retrieval of chlorophyll fluorescence from reflectance spectra through polarization discrimination: modeling and experiments." Applied Optics 45 (22): 5568 [10.1364/AO.45.005568] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "Contribution of water-leaving radiances to multiangle, multispectral polarimetric observations over the open ocean: bio-optical model results for case 1 waters." Applied Optics 45 (22): 5542 [10.1364/AO.45.005542] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Remote sensing of terrestrial tropospheric aerosols from aircraft and satellites." J Phys Conf Series 6 73-89 [10.1088/1742-6596/6/1/005] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Retrieval of Aerosol Scattering and Absorption Properties from Photopolarimetric Observations over the Ocean during the CLAMS Experiment." J. Atmos. Sci. 62 (4): 1093-1117 [10.1175/JAS3389.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2002. "Case studies of aerosol retrievals over the ocean from multiangle, multispectral photopolarimetric remote sensing data." J Atmos Sci 59 (3): 383-397 [10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0383:CSOARO>2.0.CO;2] [Journal Article/Letter]

2001. "Retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using multispectral and multiangle Photopolarimetric measurements from the Research Scanning Polarimeter." Geophys. Res. Lett. 28 (2): 243-246 [10.1029/2000GL011783] [Journal Article/Letter]

1998. "Modeling errors in diffuse-sky radiation: Vector vs scalar treatment." Geophysical Research Letters 25 (2): 135-138 [10.1029/97GL03613] [Journal Article/Letter]