Here are some papers related to our algorithm development. We plan to have downloadable PDF versions of the papers eventually, but for now all the links below are empty, sorry for the inconvenience.

• Leontieva, E. and K. Stamnes, Remote sensing of cloud optical properties from ground-based measurements of transmittance: A feasibility study, J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 2011-2022, 1996.
  
• Slusser, J., X. Liu, K. Stamnes, G. Shaw, R. Smith, R. Storvold, F. Murcray, A. Lee, and P. Good, High-latitude stratospheric NO2 and HNO3 over Fairbanks (65oN) 1992-94, J. Geophys. Res., 1549-1554, 1998.
• Frette, O., J. J. Stamnes, and K. Stamnes, Optical remote sensing of marine constituents in coastal waters: A feasibility study, Applied Optics, 37, 8218-8326, 1998.
• Chen, B., J. J. Stamnes, and K. Stamnes, Reconstruction algorithm for diffraction tomography of diffuse photon density waves in a random medium, Pure and Applied Optics, 7, 1161-1180, 1998.
• Chen, B., J. J. Stamnes, A. J. Devaney, H. M. Pedersen, and K. Stamnes, Two-dimensional optical diffraction tomography for objects embedded in a random medium, Pure and Applied Optics, 7, 1181-1199, 1998.
• Chen, B., K. Stamnes, B. Yan, O.Frette, and J. J. Stamnes, Water-leaving radiance in the NIR spectral region and its effects on atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery, J. Adv. Mar. Sci. & Tech. Soc., 4, 329-338, 1998.
• Han, W., K. Stamnes, and D. Lubin, Remote sensing of surface and cloud properties in the Arctic from NOAA AVHRR measurements, J. Appl. Meteor., 38, 989-1012, 1999.
• Chen, B., J. J. Stamnes, and K. Stamnes, Image reconstructions in diffraction tomography from limited transmitted field data sets, Applied Optics, 39, 2904-2911, 2000.
• Lubin, D., W. Li, P. Dustan, C. H. Mazel, and K. Stamnes, Remote sensing of coral reefs from space: Spectral signatures and band optimization, Remote Sensing of the Environment, 75, 127-137, 2001.
• Li, W, K. Stamnes, B. Chen, and X. Xiong, Retrieval of the depth dependence of snow grain size from near-infrared radiances at multiple wavelengths, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1699-1702, 2001.
• Frette, O., S. R. Erga, J. J. Stamnes, and K. Stamnes, Optical remote sensing of waters with vertical structure , Applied Optics, 40, 1478-1487, 2001.
• Hori, M., T. Aoki, K. Stamnes, B. Chen, and W. Li, Preliminary validation of the GLI Cryosphere Algorithms with MODIS daytime data, Polar Meteorol. Glaciol., 15, 1-20, 2001.
• Yan, B., K. Stamnes, W. Li, B. Chen, J. J. Stamnes, and S. C. Tsay, Pitfalls in atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: How should aerosol optical properties be computed?, Applied Optics, 41, 412-423, 2002.
• Xiong, X., K. Stamnes, and D. Lubin, Surface Albedo over the High Arctic Ocean Derived from AVHRR and its Validation with SHEBA Data, J. Appl. Met., 41, 413-425, 2002.
• Uttal, T. et al. (including K. Stamnes), Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 255-275, 2002.
• Yan, B., B. Chen, and K. Stamnes, The role of ocean air bubbles in atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery, Applied Optics, 41, 2202-2212, 2002.
• Xiong, X., W. Li, D. Lubin, and K. Stamnes, Evaluating the principles of cloud remote sensing with AVHRR and MAS Imagery over SHEBA, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2000JC000424, 2002.
• Xiong, X., D. Lubin, W. Li, and K. Stamnes, A Critical Examination of Satellite Cloud Retrieval from AVHRR in the Arctic Using SHEBA Data, J. Appl. Met., 41, 1195-1209, 2002.
• Yan, B., K. Stamnes, M. Toratani, W. Li, and J. J. Stamnes, Evaluation of a reflectance model used in the SeaWiFS ocean color algorithm: Implications for chlorophyll concentration retrievals, Applied Optics, 41, 6243-6259, 2002.
• Stamnes, K., Ultraviolet and Visible Radiation in the Atmosphere-Ocean System: A Tutorial Review of Modeling Capabilities, J. Opt. Eng., 41, 3008-3018, 2002.
• Li W., and K. Stamnes, Inherent optical properties of case I waters: A complete model suitable for use in radiative transfer computations, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 2002.
• Stamnes, K., W. Li,  B. Yan, H. Eide, A. Barnard, W. S. Pegau and J. J. Stamnes, A new ocean color algorithm: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol optical properties and chlorophyll concentrations, Appl. Opt, submitted, 2002.
• Xiong, X., K. Stamnes and D. Lubin, Derivation of a threshold function for the AVHRR 3.75 micron channel and its application in automatic cloud discrimination over snow/ice surfaces, J. Remote Sensing, submitted, 2002.
• Stamnes, K., Remote Sensing of the Environment: A Review of Forward-Modeling Requirements, in "Exploring the atmosphere by remote sensing", R. Guzzi (Ed.), Springer Verlag, to be published, 2002.
• Stamnes, K., B. Yan, W. Li, J. J. Stamnes and S. C. Tsay, Reply to Comment on Pitfalls in atmospheric correctio of ocean color imagery: how should aerosol optical properties be computed?, Appl. Opt., submitted, 2002.
• Yan, B., and K. Stamnes, Fast yet accurate computation of the complete radiance distribution in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system, Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 76, 207-223, 2003.
• Hamre, B., O. Frette, S. R. Erga, J. J. Stamnes, and K. Stamnes, Parameterisation and analysis of the optical absorption and scattering coefficients in a Western Norwegian fjord - A case II water study, Appl. Opt., 42, 883-892, 2003.
• Stamnes, K., W. Li, B. Yan, H. Eide, A. Barnard, W. S. Pegau and J. J. Stamnes, Accurate and self-consistent ocean color algorithm: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol optical properties and chlorophyll concentrations, Appl. Opt., 42, 939-951, 2003.
• Stamnes, K., B. Yan, W. Li, J. J. Stamnes and S. C. Tsay, Pitfalls in atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: how should aerosol optical properties be computed?: reply to comment, Appl. Opt., 42, 545-549, 2003.
• Stamnes, K., Ultraviolet Radiation, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 6, 2467-2473, 2003.
• Gjerstad, K. I., J. J. Stamnes, B. Hamre, J. K. Lotsberg, B. Yan and K. Stamnes, Monte Carlo and discrete ordinate simulations of irradiances in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system, Applied Optics, 42, 2609-2622, 2003.
• Stamnes, K., Remote Sensing of the Environment: A Review of Forward-Modeling Requirements, in "Exploring the atmosphere by remote sensing", R. Guzzi (Ed.), Springer Verlag, 2003.
• Xiong, X., K. Stamnes and D. Lubin, Derivation of a threshold function for the AVHRR 3.75 micron channel and its application in automatic cloud discrimination over snow/ice surfaces, J. Remote Sensing, accepted, 2003.
• Zhou, X., S. Li, and K. Stamnes, Effects of vertical inhomogeneity on snow spectral albedo and its implication for optical remote sensing of snow, J. Geophys. Res., accepted, 2003.