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  1. Community Tool Development for Tables of Aerosol and Cloud Optics

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  2. How does the size of crystalline NaCl relate to the depolarization ratio? – First laboratory results compared to model calculations

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  3. Sensitivities of Mineral Dust Optical Properties to Surface Roughness

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  4. Exploration of coherent backscattering mechanisms for nonspherical particles in geometric optics regime

    Article • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, March 2026, Elsevier

    Masanori Saito

  5. Combined Lidar-Polarimeter Dust Retrievals using Spheroidal and Hexahedral Particle Shape Models

    Article • February 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  6. Cloud Chamber Studies on the Linear Depolarisation Ratio of Small Cirrus Ice Crystals

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", January 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Emma Järvinen, Masanori Saito

  7. Scattering properties and lidar characteristics of Asian dust particles based on realistic shape models

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", October 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  8. Cloud Chamber Studies on the Linear Depolarisation Ratio of Small Cirrus Ice Crystals

    Article • August 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Emma Järvinen, Masanori Saito

  9. Retrieval of microphysical properties of dust aerosols from extinction, backscattering and depolarization lidar measurements using various particle scattering models

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", July 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  10. Scattering properties and Lidar Characteristics of Asian Dust Particles Based on Realistic Shape Models

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  11. Retrieval of microphysical properties of dust aerosols from extinction, backscattering and depolarization lidar measurements using various particle scattering models

    Article • October 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  12. Supplementary material to "Retrieval of microphysical properties of dust aerosols from extinction, backscattering and depolarization lidar measurements using various particle scattering models"

    Article • October 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  13. Sensitivities of Spectral Optical Properties of Dust Aerosols to Their Mineralogical and Microphysical Properties

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  14. Quantifying the Impact of the Surface Roughness of Hexagonal Ice Crystals on Backscattering Properties for Lidar‐Based Remote Sensing Applications

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, September 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  15. Single-scattering properties of ellipsoidal dust aerosols constrained by measured dust shape distributions

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", February 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  16. Time-Dependent Systematic Biases in Inferring Ice Cloud Properties from Geostationary Satellite Observations

    Article • Remote Sensing, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Masanori Saito

  17. On the Scattering-Angle Dependence of the Spectral Consistency of Ice Cloud Optical Thickness Retrievals Based on Geostationary Satellite Observations

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Masanori Saito

  18. A Robust Ice Cloud Optical Property Model for Lidar-based Remote Sensing Applications

    Article • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Masanori Saito

  19. Quantifying the impact of the surface roughness of ice crystals on the backscattering properties for lidar-based remote sensing applications

    Article • December 2022, Authorea, Inc.

    Masanori Saito

  20. Generalization of Atmospheric Nonspherical Particle Size: Interconversions of Size Distributions and Optical Equivalence

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Masanori Saito

  21. Single-scattering properties of ellipsoidal dust aerosols constrained by measured dust shape distributions

    Article • October 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  22. Analytical prediction of scattering properties of spheroidal dust particles with machine learning

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, April 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  23. Advanced bulk optical models linking the backscattering and microphysical properties of mineral dust aerosol

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, August 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  24. Advanced bulk optical models linking the backscattering and microphysical properties of mineral dust aerosol

    Article • July 2021, Wiley

    Masanori Saito

  25. A comprehensive database of the optical properties of irregular aerosol particles for radiative transfer simulations

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2021, American Meteorological Society

    Masanori Saito

  26. A comprehensive database of the optical properties of mineral dust aerosol particles for spaceborne remote sensing applications

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  27. Spaceborne Mid‐ and Far‐infrared Observations Improving Nighttime Ice Cloud Property Retrievals

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, August 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  28. An Improved Beta Method for Ice Cloud Property Retrievals: Theory

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  29. Oriented Ice Crystals: A Single-Scattering Property Database for Applications to Lidar and Optical Phenomenon Simulations

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, September 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Masanori Saito

  30. A Novel Parameterization of Snow Albedo Based on a Two-Layer Snow Model with a Mixture of Grain Habits

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Masanori Saito

  31. An Efficient Method for Microphysical Property Retrievals in Vertically Inhomogeneous Marine Water Clouds Using MODIS‐CloudSat Measurements

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  32. A Review of Ice Cloud Optical Property Models for Passive Satellite Remote Sensing

    Article • Atmosphere, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Masanori Saito

  33. Vertical Profiles of Ice Cloud Microphysical Properties and Their Impacts on Cloud Retrieval Using Thermal Infrared Measurements

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  34. Cloud Property Retrieval from Multiband Infrared Measurements by Himawari-8

    Article • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, January 2018, Meteorological Society of Japan

    Masanori Saito

  35. Ice particle morphology and microphysical properties of cirrus clouds inferred from combined CALIOP-IIR measurements

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Masanori Saito

  36. Retrieval of radiative and microphysical properties of clouds from multispectral infrared measurements

    Article • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Masanori Saito

  37. Cloud Discrimination from Sky Images Using a Clear-Sky Index

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, August 2016, American Meteorological Society

    Masanori Saito

  38. Estimation of spectral distribution of sky radiance using a commercial digital camera

    Article • Applied Optics, January 2016, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Masanori Saito

  39. A new method of measuring aerosol optical properties from digital twilight photographs

    Article • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, October 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Masanori Saito

  40. Physical Explanation of Tropospheric Aerosol Effects on Twilight Sky Color Based on Photographic Observations and Radiative Transfer Simulations

    Article • SOLA, January 2013, Meteorological Society of Japan

    Masanori Saito