UNL-VRTM User Community

This page lists the scientists working with UNL-VRTM. Click on a pin to see the name of the institution and follow the link to find out how it uses the model! Use the zoom button on the map to resolve individual pins. See below for a complete list of the user groups.

Listing of UNL-VRTM User Groups

Updated 21 Jan 2021

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University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
We use UNL-VRTM to evaluate information content of remote sensing measurements in both shortwave and longwave spectral wavelengths for retrieving aerosols, clouds, fires, and surface properties, from which we use the model to develop algorithms for retrieving loadings and optical properties of aerosols and clouds. Our research interests involve remote sensing techniques with hyperspectral, multi-angle polarimetric, and night-time measurements. We support the development of UNL-VRTM model for the general benefit of its user community.
Group Website: arroma.uiowa.edu
Group Leader: Dr. Jun Wang
Group Members: See list of members here

Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui
Study and explore the source code of UNL-VRTM, and aim to use it for simulating the atsmopheric remote sensing observations.
Group Leader: Dr. Jinji Ma
Group Members: Hao Wang, Feifei Xu

National Observatory of Athens Athens, Greece
Description of intent of use
Group Members: Dr. Dimitris Paronis

Beijing Normal University Beijing
I plan to use it to generate a LUT for atmospheric correction
Group Contact: Keping Du

University of California, Berkeley Berkely, California
We use UNL-VRTM with VLIDORT to facilitate the preparation of profiles of atmospheric optical properties, including gases and aerosols, and surface reflectance, to investigate sensitivity of NO2 retrieval at different spectral range, and to improve current NO2 retrieval algorithm.
Group Contact: Dr. Chi Li

Commonwealth Scientific A& Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia
Group Contact: Dr. Karthik Mukkavilli

Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia
I would like to use the testbed system to evaluate Himawari-9 data and retrievals over regional Australia.
Group Contact: Miles Sowden

EUMETSAT Darmstadt, Germany
I need UNL-VRTM to test it with satellite data.
Group Contact: Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD
To simulate O2-A and -B bands signal for aerosol layer height retrievals from passive satellite sensors
Group Contact: Dr. Hiren Jethva
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We use UNL-VRTM for exploratory sensitivity and information content analysis for aerosol, cloud, and surface modeling.
Group Contact: Dr. Andy Sayer
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For developing algorithms and look-up tables for the NASA PACE program
Group Contact: Samuel Anderson

University of Hawii Honolulu, HI
We use UNL-VRTM for final project reseach, and required by professor
Group Members: Lei Zhang
Lalala

JAXA Earth Observation Research Center Japan
Description of intent of use
Group Contact: Dr. Chong Shi

Lanzhou University Lanzhou, China
Description of intent of use
Group Website:
Group Leader: Dr. Tianhe Wang
Group Members: Lijie Yao

University of Maryland College Park, MD
Calculate EDVI after atmospheric correction using UNL-VRTM.
Group Contact: Dr. Yang Han
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Description of intent of use.
Group Contact: Cheng Da

Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics &Technology Nanjing, Jiangsu
We use UNL-VRTM to study how the clouds type influence the result of radiative transfer model
Group Contact: Fei Wang

Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth Beijing
We use UNL-VRTM for satellite polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols, simulation for aerosol retrieval based on remote sensing, and ground-based aerosol remote sensing and aerosol characteristics retrival.
Group Leader: Dr. Zhengqiang Li
Group Contacts: Dr. Weizhen Hou
Group Members: Li Li, Lili Qie, Fengxun Zheng
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Hyperspectral gaseous remote sensing.
Group Leader: Dr. Liangfu Chen
Group Contact: Liangxio Cheng

Satellite Environmental Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment Beijing
Description of intent of use
Group Contact: Dr. Pengfei Ma

Shandong University of Science and Technology Qingdao, China
I want to use UNL-VRTM to perform radiation transmission simulation and aerosol inversions.
Group Contact: Xin Su

Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
We would like to use your UNL-VTRM for ground based passive remote sensing of trace gases and aerosols using DOAS technique.
Group Leader: Dr. Elena Lind
Group Members: Yun Dong

Yale University New Haven, CT
We use UNL-VRTM for atmospheric correction; mainly to get atmospheric transmissivity to correct thermal bands
Group Website: https://tc25.github.io
Group Members: TC Chakraborty

University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland
We use UNL-VRTM for remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols, clouds, and Earth surface. We integrate the UNL-VRTM model with chemistry tranport models for data assimilation of satellite remote sensing data. We also maintain the model developments and unl-vrtm.org website, and provide support for the user community.
Group website: xu.unl-vrtm.org
Group contact: Dr. Xiaoguang (Richard) Xu

Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei, Anhui
We use UNL-VRTM to deal with weighting function calculations in atmospheric parameter retrieval.
Group Website:
Group Contact: Dr. Jun Wu

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing
To get familiar with the radiative transfer code. In my study and research, the quantitative analysis of the radiative forcing of Aerosol in the atmosphere would be siginificant.
Group Members: Disong Fu

The City College of New York New York City
Description of intent of use
Group Contact: Nathaniel Levitan

Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado
UNL-VRTM is used for MURI project, and perhaps will also be used for teaching and deveoping new projects.
Group Website: cloud-radiation.atmos.colostate.edu
Group Leader: Dr. Christine Chiu
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Basic RTM simulations for sensitivity studies, eventual use of my lunar irradiance model (co-development) for nighttime atmospheric property retrievals.
Group Leader: Dr. Steven Miller

Egyptian Meteorological Authority Cairo
Description of intent of use
Group Contact: Ashraf Zakey

China University of Geosciences Wuhan, China
Description of intent of use
Group Leader: Dr. Minghui Tao
Group Members:

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA
Description of intent of use
Group Contact: Dr. Xiong Liu

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthachtr Geesthacht, Germany
Simulation of TOA reflectances for algorithm developments for coastal water remeote sensing
Group Contact: Dr. Roland Doerffer

Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China
Description of intent of use
Group Contact: Zhaoyang Zhang

NASA Langley Research Centerr Hampton, VA
Description of intent of use
Group Leader: Dr. Xu Liu
Group Members: Dr. Qiguang Wang, Dr. Ming Zhao

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research Leipzig, Germany
I would like to use UNL-VRTM for research purpose and understand its capabilities.
Group Contact: Dr. Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Description of intent of use
Group Leader: Dr. Xianglei Huang
Group Members: Dr. Xiuhong Chen

Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR Hangzhou China
Calibration of satellite signal, research on the satellite image processing. Comparisons of different radiative transfer models.
Group Contact: Dr. Yiwei Zhang

Academy of Opto-Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing
Description of intent of use
Group Contact: Yaokai Liu

Pusan National University Geumjeong-gu, South Korea
We use UNL-VRTM to simulate hyperspectral data from aircraft and satellite; use RT calculation to retrieve for above cloud aerosol.
Group Members: Wonkook Kim; Seong Hyeon Jang

University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, China
We use UNL-VRTM to calculate the scattering and absorption of greenhouse gases
Group Contact: Shichao Wu
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Cloud inversion and forward modeling, trace gas inversion, global climate change, satellite remote sensing, multi-scale stereo atmospheric environmental monitoring, fire monitoring.
Group Contact: Shuntian Wang

Texas A&M University College Station, TX
Description of intent of use
Group Website:
Group Leader: Dr. Ping Yang
Group Members: Junjun Liu

Yonsei University Seoul, South Korea
Description of intent of use
Group Website:
Group Leader:
Group Members:
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