REFERENCES

Journal Papers::

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, S. Dong, F. Chen, S. Kato, P. C. Taylor, (2017):
Cloud Object Analysis of CERES Aqua Observations of Tropical and Subtropical Cloud Regimes: Evolution of Cloud Object Size Distributions during the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 188 (2), 148-158. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.06.008

Kato, S., K.-M. Xu, T. Wong, N. G. Loeb, F. G. Rose, K. E. Trenberth, and T. J. Thorsen, 2016:
Investigation of the residual in column integrated atmospheric energy balance using cloud objects.
J. Climate, 29 (20), 7435-7452. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0782.1

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, S. Dong, F. Chen, S. Kato, P. C. Taylor, 2016:
Cloud Object Analysis of CERES Aqua Observations of Tropical and Subtropical Cloud Regimes. Part I: Four-year Climatology.
J. Climate, 29 (5), 1617-1638. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00836.1

Eitzen, Z. A., K.-M. Xu, and T. Wong, 2009:
Cloud and Radiative Characteristics of Tropical Deep Convective Systems in Extended Cloud Objects from CERES Observations.
J. Climate, 22, 5983-6000. doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI3038.1

Eitzen, Z. A., K.-M. Xu, and T. Wong, 2008:
Statistical Analyses of Satellite Cloud Object Data from CERES. Part V: Relationships between Physical Properties of Boundary-Layer Clouds.
J. Climate, 24, 6668-6688. doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2307.1

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, B. A. Wielicki, L. Parker, 2008:
Statistical Analyses of Satellite Cloud Object Data from CERES. Part IV: Boundary-layer Cloud Objects During 1998 El Nino.
J. Climate, 21, 1500-1522. doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI1710.1

Luo, Y., K.-M. Xu, B. A. Wielicki, T. Wong, and Z. A. Eitzen, 2007:
Statistical Analyses of Satellite Cloud Object Data from CERES. Part III: Comparison with Cloud-resolving Model Simulation of Tropical Convective Clouds.
J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 762-785. doi: 10.1175/JAS3871.1

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, B. A. Wielicki, L. Parker, Bing Lin, Z. A. Eitzen, and M. Branson, 2007:
Statistical Analyses of Satellite Cloud Object Data from CERES. Part II: Tropical Convective Cloud Objects during 1998 El Nino and Evidence for Supporting the Fixed Anvil Temperature Hypothesis.
J. Climate, 20, 819-842. doi: 10.1175/JCLI4069.1

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, B. A. Wielicki, L. Parker, and Z. A. Eitzen, 2005:
Statistical Analyses of Satellite Cloud Object Data for Large Ensemble Evaluation of Cloud Models. Part I: Methodology and Preliminary Results
J. Climate, 18 (13), 2497-2514. doi: 10.1175/JCLI3418.1

Conference Papers:

Xu, K.-M., Y. Hu, T. Wong, and Z. Li, 2018:
Analysis of Convective Aggregation and its Indices from CERES Cloud Object Data.
2018 AGU Fall Meeting, 10-14 December 2018, Washington, D.C.

Kato, S., K.-M. Xu, T. Wong, L. G. Loeb, F. Rose, K. E. Trenberth, and T. Thorsen, 2016:
Analysis of the Residual in Column Integrated Atmospheric Energy Balance.
2016 AGU Fall Meeting, 12-16 December 2016, San Francisco, California.

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, S. Dong, J. Chen, S. Kato, and P. C. Taylor, 2013:
Radiative and Cloud Physical Property Variations Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation from the Cloud Object Analysis.
2013 AGU Fall meeting, 8-13 December 2013, San Francisco, California.

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, S. Dong, and F. Chen, 2010:
Variations of Cloud and Radiative Properties of Boundary-layer and Deep Convective Systems with Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies.
2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 22-25 June 2010, Taipei, Taiwan.

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, S. Dong, and F. Chen, 2010:
Variations of Cloud and Radiative Properties of Boundary-layer and Deep Convective Systems with Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies.
AMS 13th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, 28 June to 2 July 2010, Portland, Oregon.

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, S. Dong, F. Chen, and Z. A. Eitzen, 2010:
Terra-CERES Level 2.5: Cloud Object Data for Cloud-Climate Process Studies.
2009 American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Eitzen, Z. A., K.-M. Xu, and T. Wong, 2008:
Analysis of Tropical Convective Cloud Systems with Gridded Cloud Object Data from CERES for Evaluation of High-resolution Models and Parameterizations.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 15-19, 2008, San Francisco, CA.

Xu, K.-M., B. A. Wielicki, and T. Wong, 2007:
From Cloud Organization to Climate Sensitivity--The Cloud Object Approach.
AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather, 87th AMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18, January, 2007, American Meteorological Society.

Xu, K.-M., B. A. Wielicki, T. Wong, and L. Parker, 2005:
Statistical Analyses of Satellite Cloud Object Data to Study Climate Sensitivities.
16th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 9-13 January 2005, San Diego, California, American Meteorological Society. [View Online Extended Abstract (PDF)]

Wong, T., D. Mangosing, K.-M. Xu, B. A. Wielicki, and L. Parker, 2005:
NASA Cloud Object Data Website: An Interative Cloud Object Data Retrieval System for Climate Quality Satellite Cloud and Radiation Data.
16th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 9-13 January 2005, San Diego, California, American Meteorological Society. [View Online Extended Abstract (PDF)]

Xu, K.-M., B. A. Wielicki, and T. Wong, 2004:
Use of Cloud Object Data for Validating the Fixed Anvil Temperature Hypothesis.
International Radiation Symposium (IRS) 2004, 23-27 August 2004, Busan Korea.

Xu, K.-M., B. A. Wielicki, T. Wong, and L. Parker, 2004:
Cloud Object Modeling and Observations for Climate Studies.
14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation-ICCP2004, 18-23 July 2004, Bologna, Italy, International Commission on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP). [View Online Extended Abstract (PDF)]

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, L. Parker, 2003:
A Satellite Cloud, Radiation, and Precipitation Data Set for Climate Sensitivity Studies.
IUGG 2003, 30 June-11 July, 2003, Sapporo, Japan, International Union of Geodesy Geophysics (IUGG).

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, B. A. Wielicki, A. Cheng, Z. A. Eitzen, B. Lin, and L. Parker 2002:
Comparison of Large Ensemble of Cloud Systems from EOS Satellite Observations with the ECMWF Predicted Cloud Fields.
11th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, 3-7 June 2002, Ogden, Utah, American Meteorological Society, J41-J44. [View Online Extended Abstract (PDF)]

Xu, K.-M., T. Wong, A. Cheng, Z. Eitzen, and B. A. Wielicki, 2002:
Cloud-Resolving Model Simulation of Large Ensemble of Cloud Systems From EOS Satellite Observations and Comparison with the ECMWF Cloud Model.
13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 13-17, January 2002, Orlando, Florida, American Meteorological Society, 162-164. [View Online Extended Abstract (PDF)]