Tang-Huang Lin
Papers
2
Total Citations
8
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2
About
Tang-Huang Lin is a remote sensing scientist whose research focuses on the optical properties and radiative impacts of atmospheric aerosols, particularly over ocean and complex land regions. His key contributions lie in developing novel methods to identify and characterize aerosol types—such as sea salt and polluted dust—using multispectral satellite data from instruments like MODIS and ground-based AERONET networks. Lin’s work on sea salt aerosol identification introduced the use of n-order spectral derivatives of aerosol optical depth (AOD) to distinguish sea salt from other aerosol types, advancing our ability to assess their radiative forcing over the ocean. He also proposed a method to determine the effective mixing weight of soot aggregates in dust–soot mixtures, improving the accuracy of satellite retrievals for polluted dust. While his most cited papers have garnered modest citation counts (6 and 2, respectively), they represent foundational steps in aerosol remote sensing methodology. Lin’s research is notable for its technical rigor and direct relevance to climate modeling and air quality studies, offering practical tools for better understanding aerosol–radiation interactions in the Earth system.
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