2026 STAR Publications

Cintineo, J. L., Pavolonis, M. J., Heuscher, L., & Sieglaff, J. M. (2026). The Impact of Radar Reflectivity Data in a Satellite-Based Lightning Nowcasting Model. Weather and Forecasting, 41(1), 149-168. [10.1175/waf-d-25-0067.1]

Hsu, C. H., Henze, D. K., Mizzi, A. P., Harkins, C., Lyu, C. M., Cooper, O. R., Schwantes, R. H., He, J., Li, M., Wang, S. Y., Stockwell, C. E., Warneke, C., Rollins, A. W., Waxman, E. M., Zuraski, K., Peischl, J., Kondragunta, S., Li, F. J., Xu, C. Y., Pierce, R. B., Abad, G. G., Nowlan, C. R., Liu, X., & McDonald, B. C. (2026). Top-Down Estimates of US Nox Emissions Using Tempo and Tropomi No2 Remote Sensing Observations with Wrf-Chem/Chem-Dart. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 131(2). [10.1029/2025jd044223]

Mikelsons, K., & Wang, M. H. (2026). Improved Land Mask for Satellite Remote Sensing of Oceans and Inland Waters. Earth System Science Data, 18(1), 231-244. [10.5194/essd-18-231-2026]

Moradi, I., Kalluri, S., & Zhu, Y. (2026). Forward Modeling of Spaceborne Radar Observations. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 19(2), 549-563. [10.5194/amt-19-549-2026]

Mouche, A., Avenas, A., Chang, P., Chapron, B., Cevaer, T., Clement, C., Courtney, J., Febvre, Q., Foster, R. C., Grouazel, A., Hayashi, M., Horinouchi, T., Ikuta, Y., Isoguchi, O., Jackson, C. R., Jelenak, Z., Knaff, J. A., Langlade, S., Miadana, J. R., Nouguier, F., Ohki, M., Pouplin, C., Ruff, T. W., Sampson, C. R., Sapp, J., Shimada, U., Tadono, T., Tsukada, T., & Vinour, L. (2026). Fostering Tropical Cyclone Research and Applications with Synthetic Aperture Radar. Remote Sensing of Environment, 333. [10.1016/j.rse.2025.115139]

Qi, L., Wang, M. H., Hu, C. M., Xie, Y. Y., & Barnes, B. B. (2026). Hyperspectral Oci/Pace Observations of the Atlantic Sargassum. Remote Sensing of Environment, 334. [10.1016/j.rse.2025.115185]

Wagner, P., Blockley, E., Brucker, L., Dierking, W., Falkingham, J., Fleming, A., & Hughes, N. (2026). Editorial: The State of Knowledge from Operational Ice Service Perspectives: Previous and Future Mandates. [Editorial]. Frontiers in Marine Science, Volume 12 - 2025. [10.3389/fmars.2025.1764046]

Yan, B. H., Liang, D., Jin, X., Sun, N. H., Iturbide-Sanchez, F., Wu, X. Q., & Wang, L. K. (2026). Long-Term Assessment of Inter-Sensor Radiometric Biases among SNPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 OMPS Nadir, and CrIS Instruments Using the NOAA Icvs-Isensor-Rcba Portal. Remote Sensing, 18(2). [10.3390/rs18020254]

Zheng, J. Y., Yu, H. B., Zhou, Y. P., Shi, Y. X., Zhang, Z. B., Di Biagio, C., Formenti, P., & Smirnov, A. (2026). A Novel Retrieval of Global Dust Optical Depth and Effective Diameter Based on MODIS Thermal Infrared Observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 332. [10.1016/j.rse.2025.115083]

Zheng, L. X., Pan, X. L., Qi, L., Runa, A., Xiao, Y. F., Kim, K., Liu, R. J., Cao, M. M., Song, Y. W., Ryu, J. H., & Cui, T. W. (2026). Satellite-Observed First Large-Scale Sargassum Bloom in the Northern South China Sea. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 231, 345-356. [10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.10.041]

Han, Y., & Chen, Y. (2026). 7.03 - the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Overview and Validation. Comprehensive Remote Sensing (Second Edition), 34-103. [10.1016/B978-0-443-13220-9.00012-3]

Xiong, X., Butler, J., Cao, C., Wu, X., & Angal, A. (2026). 1.13 - Optical Sensors—Vis/Nir/SWIR. Comprehensive Remote Sensing (Second Edition), 348-375. [10.1016/B978-0-443-13220-9.00021-4]