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  • 姓名:胡斯勒图
  • 性别:
  • 专家类别:百人计划/博导/研究员
  • 所属部门:遥感科学国家重点实验室
  • 职务:Director of atmospheric environment research group
  • 职称:研究员
  • 社会任职:
  • 电话:010-64889778
  • 传真:
  • 电子邮件:husiletu@radi.ac.cn
  • 个人网页:http://www.slrss.cn/node/1567
  • 百人入选时间:2015-09-01 00:00:00
  • 杰青入选时间:
  • 通讯地址:北京朝阳区大屯路甲20号北
  • 邮政编码:100101

    简历

  •         胡斯勒图,中国科学院空天信息创新研究院,研究员。国家杰出青年获得者,研究方向为大气遥感,主要从事云特性和地表辐射能量平衡遥感研究。2015年9月入选中国科学院“百人计划”,2020年获基金委“国家杰出青年”基金资助,承担项目包括国家重点研发项目(课题)、第二次青藏高原科考项目专题(共同负责人)、中国科学院对外合作重点项目等。发表SCI论文100余篇(近5年50余篇),现担任Atmospheric Science Letters期刊副主编,遥感学报、空间科学学报等期刊编委,气象局大气探测重点实验室学术委员会委员,中国环境科学学会环境信息系统与遥感专业委员会委员等职务。
    工作经历
    2019.07-至今     中国科学院空天信息创新研究院    研究员
    2015.09-2019.07  中国科学院遥感与数字地球研究所    研究员
    2010.04-2015.08  日本东海大学信息技术研究中心     特定研究员

    研究方向

  • 大气遥感、云特性高精度遥感 

    承担科研项目情况

  • (1)太赫兹谱段冰云光学模型开发及机载试验,负责人,研究所自主部署项目,2022.06—2026.06
    (2)云特性高精度遥感,负责人,国家杰出青年科学基金,2021.01—2025.12
    (3)基于新一代静止卫星的地表辐射精确估算及太阳能发电预报研究,负责人,中国科学院对外合作与交流专项,2020.01—2022.12
    (4)第二次青藏高原科考项目,亚洲水塔区水循环动态监测与模拟(任务二专题6),专题第三负责人,科技部基地和人才专项,2019.10—2024.10
    (5)青藏高原及周边大气水循环过程多尺度变化特征及天气气候效应,课题骨干,国家自然科学基金重大研究计划,2019.01—2022.12
    (6)全球能量循环和水循环关键参数的立体观测与遥感反演,负责人,国家重点研发计划,2018.05—2023.05
    (7)中国区域冰晶散射建模及冰云反演研究,负责人,国家自然科学基金面上项目,2017.09—2021.12

    获奖及荣誉

  • (1)2022年获亚洲遥感学会会议组织奖
    (2)2021年获Remote Sensing of Environment期刊最佳审稿人
    (3)2020年获风云气象卫星算法大赛“优胜奖”
    (4)2019年获亚洲遥感学会优秀演讲人

    代表性成果

  • (1)学术论文
    [1]Z Tan, S Ma*, C Liu*, S Teng, Letu,H, et al. Retrieving cloud base height from passive radiometer observations via a systematic effective cloud water content table. Remote Sensing of Environment 294, 113633. 2023.
    [2]X Tong, J Li, F Zhang*, W Li, BX Pan, J Li, Letu,H. The Deep‐Learning‐Based Fast Efficient Nighttime Retrieval of Thermodynamic Phase From Himawari‐8 AHI Measurements.Geophysical Research Letters 50 (11), e2022GL100901. 2023.
    [3]Y Chen, X Yue*, C Tian, Letu,H, et al. Assessment of solar energy potential in China using an ensemble of photovoltaic power models. Science of The Total Environment. 877, 162979. 2023.
    [4]G Tana, X Ri, C Shi*, R Ma, Letu,H, et al. Retrieval of cloud microphysical properties from Himawari-8/AHI infrared channels and its application in surface shortwave downward radiation estimation in the sun glint region. Remote Sensing of Environment, 290, 113548. 2023.
    [5]J Shao, Letu,H*, X Ri, et al. Estimation of Surface Downward Longwave Radiation and Cloud Base Height Based on Infrared Multichannel Data of Himawari-8, Atmosphere 14 (3), 493. 2023.
    [6]Shang, H., Hioki, S., Penide, G., Cornet, C., Letu,H* , et al. Establishment of an analytical model for remote sensing of typical stratocumulus cloud profiles under various precipitation and entrainment conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 2729–2746. 2023.
    [7]Zhu S, Xu J*, Fan M, Yu C, Letu, H, et al. Estimating Near-Surface Concentrations of Major Air Pollutants From Space: A Universal Estimation Framework LAPSO[J]. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61:1:11. 2023.
    [8]Li M, Letu, H*, Ishimoto H, et al. Retrieval of terahertz ice cloud properties from airborne measurements based on the irregularly shaped Voronoi ice scattering models[J]. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 16(2): 331-353. 2023.
    [9]Li R, Hu J, Wu S, Letu, H et al. Spatiotemporal Variations of Microwave Land Surface Emissivity (MLSE) over China Derived from Four-Year Recalibrated Fengyun 3B MWRI Data[J]. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 39(9): 1536-1560. 2022.
    [10]Zhao C*, Wang Y, Letu, H. New Progress and Challenges in Cloud-Aerosol-Radiation-Precipitation Interactions: Preface for a Special Issue[J]. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 39(12): 1983-1985. 2022.
    [11]Wang, S., Wang, T*., Leng, W., Wang, G., & Letu, H.  Toward An Improved Global Longwave Downward Radiation Product by Fusing Satellite and Reanalysis Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2022.
    [12]Li, R., Hu, J., Wu, S., Zhang, P*., Letu, H et al., Spatiotemporal Variations of Microwave Land Surface Emissivity (MLSE) over China Derived from Four-Year Recalibrated Fengyun 3B MWRI Data. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 1-25. 2022.
    [13]Ri, X., Tana, G*., Shi, C., Nakajima, T. Y., Shi, J., Zhao, J , Letu, H et al., Cloud, Atmospheric Radiation and Renewal Energy Application (CARE) Version 1.0 Cloud Top Property Product From Himawari-8/AHI: Algorithm Development and Preliminary Validation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1-11. 2022.
    [14]Li, M., Letu, H*., Peng, Y., Ishimoto, H., Lin, Y., Nakajima, T. Y et al ., Investigation of ice cloud modeling capabilities for the irregularly shaped Voronoi ice scattering models in climate simulations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(7), 4809-4825. 2022.
    [15]Khatri, P., Hayasaka, T., Irie, H., Letu, H., Nakajima, T. Y., Ishimoto, H., & Takamura, T. Quality assessment of Second-generation Global Imager (SGLI)-observed cloud properties using SKYNET surface observation data. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15(6), 1967-1982. 2022.
    [16]H, Shang, Letu, H*, M, Li, J, Tao, L, Chen, Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties Based on Visible-to-Infrared Channel Observation from Passive Remote Sensing Satellites, 16 (29-44), 2022. (Chinese).
    [17]Chen, L., Letu, H., Fan, M., Shang, H., Tao, J., Wu, L et al., An Introduction to the Chinese High-Resolution Earth Observation System: Gaofen-1- 7 Civilian Satellites. Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022.
    [18]Zhou, G., Wang, J., Yin, Y., Hu, X., Letu, H et al., Detecting supercooled water clouds using passive radiometer measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(4), e2021GL096111. 2022.
    [19]He, J., Letu, H*., Lei, Y., Guo, E., Bao, S et al., Influence of Energy and Water Cycle Key Parameters on Drought in Mongolian Plateau during 1979–2020. Remote Sensing, 14(3), 685. 2022.
    [20]Letu, H*., Nakajima, T. Y., Wang, T., Shang, H., Ma, R et al., A new benchmark for surface radiation products over the East Asia–Pacific region retrieved from the Himawari-8/AHI next-generation geostationary satellite. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(3), E873-E888. 2022.
    [21]Ri, A., Ma, R., Shang, H., Xu, J., Tana, G., Shi, C et al., Influence of multilayer cloud characteristics on cloud retrieval and estimation of surface downward shortwave radiation. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 1432. 2022.
    [22]Khatri, P., Hayasaka, T., Irie, H., Letu, H., Nakajima, T. Y., Ishimoto, H., & Takamura, T. Quality assessment of Second-generation Global Imager (SGLI)-observed cloud properties using SKYNET surface observation data. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15(6), 1967-1982. 2022.
    [23]L, Chen, H,Shang, M, Fan,J, Tao, Letu, H*, et al., Mission overview of the GF-5 satellite for atmospheric parameter monitoring. National Remote Sensing Bulletin, 25(9):1917-1931 DOI: 10.11834/jrs.20210582. 2021.(Chinese).
    [24]L, Wei,H, Shang, Letu, H*, R, Ma, et al., Cloud detection algorithm based on GF-5 DPC data. National Remote Sensing Bulletin, 25(10):2053-2066 , DOI:10.11834/jrs.20210226. 2021.(Chinese).
    [25]Yue-Chi Yu, Jiancheng Shi, TianxingWang, Letu H, ChangjunZhao, All-sky total and direct surface Shortwave Downward Radiation (SWDR) estimation from satellite: Applications to MODIS and Himawari-8, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Volume 102, 2021.
    [26]D Ji*, J Shi, Letu, H, W Li, H Zhang, H Shang, A Total Precipitable Water Product and Its Trend Analysis in Recent Years Based on Passive Microwave Radiometers. EEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 14:7324-7335. 2021
    [27]X Yan, Z Zang, C Zhao, Letu, H, Understanding global changes in fine-mode aerosols during 2008–2017 using statistical methods and deep learning approach, Environment International 149, 106392. 2021.
    [28]Yan X , Zang Z , Jiang Y , Letu, H et al. A Spatial-Temporal Interpretable Deep Learning Model for Improving Interpretability and Predictive Accuracy of Satellite-based PM 2.5. Environmental Pollution, 2021.
    [29]Lei Liu*, Chensi Weng, Shulei Li, Letu, H, Shuai Hu, Pingyi Dong, Passive Remote Sensing of Ice Cloud Properties at Terahertz Wavelengths Based on Genetic Algorithm, Remote Sensing 13(4):735. 2021.
    [30]J Wang, B Jian, G Wang, Y Zhao, Y Li, Letu, H, M Zhang, J Li, Climatology of Cloud Phase, Cloud Radiative Effects and Precipitation Properties over the Tibetan Plateau, Remote Sensing 13(3):363. 2021
    [31]C Zhang, M., Teng, S., Di, D., Hu, X., Letu, H, Min, M., & Liu Information Content of Ice Cloud Properties from Multi-Spectral, -Angle and -Polarization Observations, Remote Sensing 12(16):2548. 2020.
    [32]H Shang, Letu, H*, L Chen, J Riedi, R Ma, L Wei, LC Labonnote, S Hioki, Cloud thermodynamic phase detection using a directional polarimetric camera (DPC), Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 253:107179. 2020.
    [33]W Li, F Zhang, YN Shi, H Iwabuchi, M Zhu, J Li, W Han, Letu, H, H Ishimoto, Efficient radiative transfer model for thermal infrared brightness temperature simulation in cloudy atmospheres, Optics Express 28 (18), 25730-25749. 2020.
    [34]B Du, D Ji, J Shi, Y Wang, T Lei, P Zhang, Letu, H, The Retrieval of Total Precipitable Water over Global Land Based on FY-3D/MWRI Data, Remote Sensing 12(9):1508. 2020.
    [35]Letu, H,JianCheng S*,Ming L,TianXing W,HuaZhe S,YongHui L,DaBin J,JianGuang W,Kun Y,LiangFu C, A review of the estimation of downward surface shortwave radiation based on satellite data: Methods, progress and problems, SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, (doi:10.1360/SSTe-2019-0032). 2020.
    [36]Letu, H, Shi J*, Li M, Wang T, Shang H, Lei Y, Ji D, Wen J, Yang K, Chen L. A review of the estimation of downward surface shortwave radiation based on satellite data: Methods, progress and problems. Science China Earth Sciences, 63(6): 774–789. 2020. (Chinese)
    [37]Letu, H*., K, Yang., T. Y. Nakajima, T. M. Nagao., H. Ishimoto., J. Riedi., A. J. Baran., R, Ma., H, Shang., and J, Shi, High-resolution retrieval of cloud microphysical properties and surface solar radiation using Himawari-8/AHI next-generation geostationary satellite, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 239, 111583, 2020. 
    [38]Lei, Y*., Letu, H., Shang, H., & Shi, J. Cloud cover over the Tibetan Plateau and eastern China: a comparison of ERA5 and ERA-Interim with satellite observations. Climate Dynamics, 1-17, 2020
    [39]Bao, S., Letu, H*., Zhao, J., Lei, Y., Zhao, C., Li, J., ... & He, J. Spatiotemporal distributions of cloud radiative forcing and response to cloud parameters over the Mongolian Plateau during 2003‐2017. International Journal of Climatology, 2020.
    [40]Wang, T*., Shi, J., Ma, Y., Letu, H., & Li, X. (2020). All-sky longwave downward radiation from satellite measurements: General parameterizations based on LST, column water vapor and cloud top temperature. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 161, 52-60 ,2020.
    [41]Ma, R., Letu, H*.,Yang, K., Wang, T., Shi, C., Xu, J., ... & Chen, L. Estimation of Surface Shortwave Radiation From Himawari-8 Satellite Data Based on a Combination of Radiative Transfer and Deep Neural Network. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 240, 2020.
    [42]Peng, Z., Letu, H., Wang, T., Shi, C., Zhao, C., Tana, G., ... & Shi, J. Estimation of shortwave solar radiation using the artificial neural network from Himawari-8 satellite imagery over China. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 240, 106672. 2020.
    [43]Chuanfeng Zhao,  Yikun Yang,  Hao Fan,  Jianping Huang,  Yunfei Fu,  Xiaoye Zhang, Shichang Kang,  Zhiyuan Cong,  Letu, H.,  Massimo Menenti, Aerosol characteristics and impacts on weather and climate over the Tibetan Plateau, National Science Review, nwz184 ,2019.
    [44]Si, Y., Chen, L., Xiong, X., Shi, S., Letu, H, & Cai, K. Evaluation of the MISR fine resolution aerosol product using MODIS, MISR, and ground observations over China. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 223, 15 February 2020, 117229. 2019. 
    [45]Khatri, P., Iwabuchi, H., Hayasaka, T., Irie, H., Takamura, T., Yamazaki, A., ... Letu, H & Kai, Q. Retrieval of cloud properties from spectral zenith radiances observed by sky radiometers. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12(11), 2019.
    [46]Sun, Y., Zhao, C., Su, Y., Ma, Z., Li, J., Letu, H., ... & Fan, H. Distinct impacts of light and heavy precipitation on PM2. 5 mass concentration in Beijing. Earth and Space Science, 6(10), 1915-1925, 2019.
    [47]Zhou, W., Shi, J. C., Wang, T. X., Peng, B., Letu, H., Yu, Y. C., & Zhao, R. New Methods for Deriving Clear‐Sky Surface Longwave Downward Radiation Based on Remotely Sensed Data and Ground Measurements. Earth and Space Science, 6(11), 2071-2086, 2019.
    [48]Tie Dai, Yueming Cheng, Kentaroh Suzuki, Daisuke Goto, Maki Kikuchi, Nick A.J. Schutgens, Mayumi Yoshida, Peng Zhang, Letu, H, Guangyu Shi, and Teruyuki Nakajima, Hourly aerosol assimilation of Himawari-8 AOT using the four-dimensional local ensemble transform Kalman filter, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2019.
    [49]Shang, H., Letu, H*., Pan, X., Wang, Z., Ma, R., Liu, C., ... & Hu, Q. Diurnal haze variations over the North China plain using measurements from Himawari-8/AHI. Atmospheric Environment, 210, 100-109, 2019.
    [50]Shang, H, Letu, H*, François-Marie Bréon, Jérôme Riedi, Run Ma, Ziming Wang, Takashi Y. Nakajima, Zhongting Wang, Liangfu Chen, A novel algorithm of cloud droplet size distribution from POLDER polarized measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 228 ,61–74. 2019.
    [51]Wu, X. L., Zhang, L. X., Zhao, C., Gegen, T., Zheng, C. W., Shi, X. Q., ... & Letu, H. Satellite‐Based Assessment of Local Environment Change by Wind Farms in China. Earth and Space Science, 6(6), 947-958. 2019.
    [52]Wang, T., Shi, J., Letu, H*., Ma, Y., Li, X., & Zheng, Y. Detection and removal of clouds and associated shadows in satellite imagery based on simulated radiance fields. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(13), 7207-7225, 2019.
    [53]Wang, T., Shi, J., Ma, Y.,Letu, H, Comyn‐Platt, E., Ji, D., ... & Xiong, C. Recovering land surface temperature under cloudy skies considering the solar cloud satellite geometry: application to MODIS and Landsat‐8 data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(6), 3401-3416, 2019.
    [54]Nakajima TY., Ishida H., Nagao TM., Hori H., Letu, H., Higuchi R., Tamaru N., Imoto N., Yamazaki A, Theoretical basis of the algorithm and early phase results of the GCOM-C (Shikisai) SGLI cloud products, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2019.
    [55]Li, D., Qin, K., Wu, L., Xu, J., Letu, H., Zou, B., ... & Li, Y. Evaluation of JAXA Himawari-8-AHI Level-3 Aerosol Products over Eastern China. Atmosphere, 10(4), 215. 2019.
    [56]Lai, R., Teng, S., Yi, B., Letu, H., Min, M., Tang, S., & Liu, C. Comparison of Cloud Properties from Himawari-8 and FengYun-4A Geostationary Satellite Radiometers with MODIS Cloud Retrievals. Remote Sensing, 11(14), 1703. 2019.
    [57]Wang, J., Liu, C., Yao, B., Min, M., Letu, H., Yin, Y., & Yung, Y. L. A multilayer cloud detection algorithm for the Suomi-NPP Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Remote sensing of environment, 227, 1-11.2019.
    [58]Ni, A, H, Shang, Letu, H*, Q Hai, Y, Bao. Nighttime Cloud Detection Method in China with Himawari-8 Image. 16(6),5-12,2019, (Chinese).
    [59]Wang, Z., Letu, H*., Shang, H., Zhao, C., Li, J., & Ma,: A Supercooled Water Cloud Detection Algorithm Using Himawari8 Satellite Measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2019.
    [60]Zhao, C., Chen, Y., Li, J., Letu, H., Su, Y., Chen, T., & Wu, X: 15‐year statistical analysis of cloud characteristics over China using Terra and Aqua MODIS observations. International Journal of Climatology, 2019.
    [61]Letu, H*., T. M. Nagao, T. Y. Nakajima J. Riedi, H. Ishimoto, A. J. Baran, H. Shang, M. Sekiguchi, and M. Kikuchi, 2019: Ice cloud properties from Himawari-8/AHI next-generation geostationary satellite: Capability of the AHI to monitor the DC cloud generation process. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57 (6), 3229-3239, 2019.
    [62]Bao, S., Letu, H*., Zhao, C., Tana, G., Shang, H., Wang, T., ... & Zhao, J. Spatiotemporal Distributions of Cloud Parameters and the Temperature Response Over the Mongolian Plateau During 2006–2015 Based on MODIS Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing,2019.
    [63]Bao, S., Letu, H*., Zhao, J., Shang, H., Lei, Y., Duan, A., ... & Ji, D.: Spatiotemporal distributions of cloud parameters and their response to meteorological factors over the Tibetan Plateau during 2003–2015 based on MODIS data. International Journal of Climatology, 2018.
    [64]Yu, Y., Shi, J., Wang, T., Letu, H., Yuan, P., Zhou, W., & Hu, L. Evaluation of the Himawari-8 Shortwave Downward Radiation (SWDR) Product and its Comparison With the CERES-SYN, MERRA-2, and ERA-Interim Datasets. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12(2), 519 - 532. 2018.
    [65]Shi, S., Cheng, T., Gu, X., Letu, H., Guo, H., Chen, H., ... & Wu, Y. Synergistic Retrieval of Multi‐temporal Aerosol Optical Depth over North China Plain Using Geostationary Satellite Data of Himawari-8. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2018.
    [66]Wang, J., Liu, C., Min, M., Hu, X., Lu, Q., & Letu, H. Effects and Applications of Satellite Radiometer 2.25-μm Channel on Cloud Property Retrievals. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2018.
    [67]Wang, T., Shi, J., Yu, Y., Letu, H, Gao, B., Zhou, W., ... & Chen, L. Cloudy-sky land surface longwave downward radiation (LWDR) estimation by integrating MODIS and AIRS/AMSU measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 205, 100-111.2018. 2018.
    [68]Qin, K., Wang, L., Xu, J., Letu, H*., Zhang, K., Li, D., ... & Fan, W. Haze Optical Properties from Long-Term Ground-Based Remote Sensing over Beijing and Xuzhou, China. Remote Sensing, 10(4), 518. 2018.
    [69]Shang, H., Letu, H*., Nakajima, T. Y., Wang, Z., Ma, R., Wang, T., ... & Shi, J. Diurnal cycle and seasonal variation of cloud cover over the Tibetan Plateau as determined from Himawari-8 new-generation geostationary satellite data. Scientific reports, 8(1), 1105. 2018.
    [70]Shang, H., Letu, H*., Zhao, M., Li, S. et al., Development of a daytime cloud and haze detection algorithm for Himawari‐8 satellite measurements over central and eastern China, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 3528-3543, 2017.
    [71]Qin, K., Wang, L., Wu, L., Xu, J., Rao, L., Letu, H., Shi, T., and Wang, R.: A campaign for investigating aerosol optical properties during winter hazes over Shijiazhuang, China, Atmospheric Research, 198, 113-122, 2017.
    [72]Ji, D. B., Shi, J. C., Letu, H., Wang, T. X., and Zhao, T. J.: Atmospheric Effect Analysis and Correction of the Microwave Vegetation Index, Remote Sensing, 9, 606, 2017.
    [73]Wang, T., Shi, J., Letu, H., Zhao, T., Ji, D., Xiong, C., and Gao, B.: Effect of Solar-Cloud-Satellite Geometry on Land Surface Shortwave Radiation Derived from Remotely Sensed Data, Remote Sensing, 9, 690, 2017.
    [74]Si, Y., Li, S., Chen, L., Shang, H., Wang, L., and Letu, H.: Assessment and Improvement of MISR Angstrom Exponent and Single-Scattering Albedo Products Using AERONET Data in China, Remote Sensing, 9, 693, 2017. 
    [75]W, L, Letu, H*, H, Chen, H, Shang, Estimation of Surface Solar Radiation Using MODIS Satellite Data and RSTAR Model. 32(4), 643-650, 2017. (Chinese)
    [76]Letu, H, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Riedi Jerome, Takashi Y. Nakajima*, Laurent C. Labonnote, Anthony Baran, Takashi M. Nagao, Miho Sekiguchi. Investigation of ice particle habits to be used for ice cloud remote sensing for the GCOM-C satellite mission, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(18): 12287-12303 2016.
    [77]Kai Qin, Lixin Wu*, Man Sing Wong, Letu, H, Mingyu Hu, Hongmei Lang, Shijie Sheng, Jiyao Teng, Xin Xiao, Limei Yuan, Trans-boundary aerosol transport during a haze episode in China January 2015 revealed by ground-based LiDAR and CALIPSO satellite, Atmospheric Environment 141, 20-29, 2016.
    [78]Shenshen Li, Liangfu Chen, Meng Fan, Jinhua Tao, Zhongting Wang, Chao Yu, Yidan Si, Letu, H*, Yang Liu*, Evaluation of GEOS-Chem and GOCART simulated aerosol profiles using CALIPSO observations over the Contiguous United States, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, AAQR-15-03-OA-0173.R2, 2016.
    [79]Shenshen Li, S., Yu, C., Chen, L., Tao, J., Letu, H, Ge, W., ... & Liu, Y. Inter-comparison of model-simulated and satellite-retrieved componential aerosol optical depths in China. Atmospheric Environment, 141, 320-332,2016.
    [80]S Takagi, TM Nagao, H Ishida, Letu, H, M Hashimoto, TY Nakajima,Development of EarthCARE/MSI ice and water cloud properties products,AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, A11A-0018. 2015.
    [81]H Shang, L Chen*, FM Breon, Letu, H, S Li, Z Wang, L Su, Impact of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity and directional sampling on the retrieval of cloud droplet size by the POLDER instrument, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 8 (11), 4931-4945, 2015.
    [82]Letu, H, H Ishimoto, J Riedi, TY Nakajima*, LC Labonnote, AJ Baran,et al, Investigation of ice particle habits to be used for ice cloud remote sensing for the GCOM-C satellite mission. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions 15 (21) , 2015.
    [83]Letu, H*, M Hara, G Tana, Y Bao, F Nishio, Generating the nighttime light of the human settlements by identifying periodic components from DMSP/OLS satellite imagery, Environmental science & technology 49 (17), 10503-10509, 2015.
    [84]H Shang, L Chen, FM Bréon, Letu, H, S Li, Z Wang, L Su, A better understanding of POLDER's cloud droplet size retrieval: impact of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity and directional sampling. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions 8 (7), 2015.
    [85]Letu, H, Y Bao*, J Xu, S Qing, G Bao, Radiative properties of cirrus clouds based on hexagonal and spherical ice crystals model, Spectroscopy and spectral analysis, 35 (5), 1165-1168, 2015. (Chinese).
    [86]Q Zhang, N Levin, C Chalkias, Letu, H, Nighttime light remote sensing–monitoring human societies from outer space, PS Thenkabail, 289-310, 2015.
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