Recent Publications
McGill, M.J., P.A. Selmer, A.W. Kupchock and J.E. Yorks, 2023: “Machine learning-enabled real-time detection of cloud and aerosol layers using airborne lidar,” Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 4, doi: 10.3389/frsen.2023.1116817
Yorks, J.E., J. Wang, M.J. McGill, M. Follette-Cook, E.P. Nowottnick, J.S. Reid, et al. 2023: “A smallsat concept to resolve diurnal and vertical variations of aerosols, clouds, and boundary layer height,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0179.1
Nowottnick, E.P., K.E. Christian, J.E. Yorks, M.J. McGill, N. Midzak, P.A. Selmer, Z. Lu, J. Wang, and S.V. Salinas 2022: “Aerosol detection from the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System on the International Space Station: algorithm overview and implications for diurnal sampling,” Atmosphere, 13(1439), doi: 10.3390/atmos13091439
Yorks, J.E., P.A. Selmer, A. Kupchock, E.P. Nowottnick, K.E. Christian, D. Rusinek, N. Dacic, and M.J. McGill, 2021: “Aerosol and cloud detection using machine learning algorithms and space-based lidar data,” Atmosphere, 12, doi: 10.3390/atmos12050606
McGill, M.J., R.J. Swap, J.E. Yorks, P.A. Selmer, and S.J. Piketh, 2020: “Observation and quantification of aerosol outflow from southern Africa using spaceborne lidar,” South African Journal of Science, 116, doi: 10.17159/sajs.2020/6398
McGill, M.J., Yorks, J.E., Scott, V.S., Kupchock, A.W., and Selmer, P.A. (2015). The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS): A technology demonstration on the International Space Station. Proceedings of the SPIE 9612, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XV, 96120A. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190841
McGill, M.J., T. Markus, V.S. Scott, and T. Neumann, 2013: “The Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar (MABEL), an airborne simulator for the ICESat-2 mission,” Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30, 345-352 https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00076.1
McGill, M.J., L. Li, W.D. Hart, G.M. Heymsfield, D.L. Hlavka, P.E. Racette, L. Tian, M.A. Vaughan, and D.M. Winker, 2004: “Combined lidar-radar remote sensing: initial results from CRYSTAL-FACE,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004030
McGill, M.J., 2003: “Lidar Remote Sensing,” in Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, pp. 1103-1113, doi: 10.1081/E-EOE 120009862
McGill, M.J., D.L. Hlavka, W.D. Hart, V.S. Scott, J.D. Spinhirne, and B. Schmid, 2002: “Cloud Physics Lidar: instrument description and initial measurement results,” Applied Optics, 41, 3725-3734, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.41.003725