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Works by Alexander Kostinski in Physics

2022

Record-breaking statistics detect islands of cooling in a sea of warming, Elisa T. Sena, Ilan Koren, Orit Altaratz, Alexander Kostinski
Michigan Tech Publications

2021

Operational Detection of Sun Glints in DSCOVR EPIC Images, Tamás Várnai, Alexander Marshak, Alexander Kostinski
Michigan Tech Publications

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Diel cycle of sea spray aerosol concentration, J. Michel Flores, Guillaume Bourdin, Alexander Kostinski, Orit Altaratz, Guy Dagan, Fabien Lombard, Nils Haëntjens, Emmanuel Boss, Matthew B. Sullivan, Gabriel Gorsky, Naama Lang-Yona, Miri Trainic, Sarah Romac, Christian R. Voolstra, Yinon Rudich, Assaf Vardi, Ilan Koren
Michigan Tech Publications

Deep Space Observations of Terrestrial Glitter, Alexander Kostinski, Alexander Marshak, Tamás Várnai
Michigan Tech Publications

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2020

Deep Space Observations of Cloud Glints: Spectral and Seasonal Dependence, Tamas Varnai, Alexander Marshak, Alexander Kostinski
Michigan Tech Publications

Longwave radiative effect of the cloud twilight zone, Eshkol Eytan, Ilan Koren, Orit Altaratz, Alexander Kostinski, Ayala Ronen
Michigan Tech Publications

Detection of unknown signals in arbitrary noise, Glenn Ierley, Alexander Kostinski
Michigan Tech Publications

Holographic observations of centimeter-scale nonuniformities within marine stratocumulus clouds, Susanne Glienke, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw, Michael Larsen, Jacob Fugal, Oliver Schlenczek, Stephan Borrmann
Michigan Tech Publications

Minimum principles in electromagnetic scattering by small aspherical particles: Extension to differential cross-sections, Alexander Kostinski, Yevgeny Derimian
Michigan Tech Publications

2019

Is contact nucleation caused by pressure perturbation?, Fan Yang, Will Cantrell, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw, Andrew M. Vogelmann
Michigan Tech Publications

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Deep space observations of sun glints from marine ice clouds, Tamas Varnai, Alexander Kostinski, Alexander Marshak
Michigan Tech Publications

2018

Fine-scale droplet clustering in atmospheric clouds: 3D radial distribution function from airborne digital holography, Michael L. Larsen, Raymond Shaw, Alexander Kostinski, Susanne Glienke
Department of Physics Publications

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Organization and oscillations in simulated shallow convective clouds, Guy Dagan, Ilan Koren, Alexander Kostinski, Orit Altaratz
Department of Physics Publications

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Deep space observations of sun glint over oceans, Tama Varnai, Alexander Marshak, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Scaling of drizzle virga depth with cloud thickness for marine stratocumulus clouds, Fan Yang, Edward P. Luke, Pavlos Kollias, Alexander Kostinski, Andrew M. Vogelmann
Department of Physics Publications

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Nonthermal ice nucleation observed at distorted contact lines of supercooled water drops, Fan Yang, Owen Cruikshank, Weilue He, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw
Department of Physics Publications

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2017

Global association of aerosol with flash density of intense lightning, Orit Altaratz, Beata Kucienska, Alexander Kostinski, Graciela B. Raga, Ilan Koren
Department of Physics Publications

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Terrestrial glint seen from deep space: Oriented ice crystals detected from the Lagrangian point, Alexander Marshak, Tamas Varnai, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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2016

Spatial and temporal variability in desert dust and anthropogenic pollution in Iraq, 1997–2010, A. Alexandra Chudnovsky, Petros Koutrakis, Alexander Kostinski, Susan P. Proctor, Eric Garshick
Department of Physics Publications

The consistent behavior of tropical rain: Average reflectivity vertical profiles determined by rain top height, Reuven H. Heiblum, Ilan Koren, Orit Altaratz, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Characterization of cumulus cloud fields using trajectories in the center of gravity versus water mass phase space: 1. Cloud tracking and phase space description, Reuven H. Heiblum, Orit Altaratz, Ilan Koren, Graham Feingold, Alexander Kostinski, Alexander Khain, Mikhail S. Ovchinnikov, Erick Fredj, Lital Pinto, Ricki Yaish, Qian Chen
Department of Physics Publications

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Characterization of cumulus cloud fields using trajectories in the center of gravity versus water mass phase space: 2. Aerosol effects on warm convective clouds, Reuven H. Heiblum, Orit Altaratz, Ilan Koren, Graham Feingold, Alexander Kostinski, Alexander Khain, Mikhail S. Ovchinnikov, Guy Dagan, Lital Pinto, Ricki Yaish, Qian Chen
Department of Physics Publications

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Comprehensive tool for calculation of radiative fluxes: illustration of shortwave aerosol radiative effect sensitivities to the details in aerosol and underlying surface characteristics, Yevgeny Derimian, Oleg Dubovik, Xin Huang, Tatyana Lapyonok, Pavel Litvinov, Alexander Kostinski, Philippe Dubuisson, Fabrice Ducos
Department of Physics Publications

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2015

Temperature variability and early clustering of record-breaking events, Amalia Anderson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Characterization of dust particles’ 3D shape and roughness with nanometer resolution, Xinxin Woodward, Alexander Kostinski, Swarup China, Claudio Mazzoleni, Will Cantrell
Department of Physics Publications

2014

Spatial patterns of record-setting temperatures, Alexander Kostinski, Amalia Anserson
Department of Physics Publications

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Laboratory measurements of contact freezing by dust and bacteria at temperatures of mixed-phase clouds, Joseph Niehaus, John Becker, Alexander Kostinski, Will Cantrell
Department of Physics Publications

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A technique to measure ice nuclei in the contact mode, Joseph Niehaus, Kristopher W. Bunker, Swarup China, Alexander Kostinski, Claudio Mazzoleni, Will Cantrell
Department of Physics Publications

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2013

Minimum principles in electromagnetic scattering by small aspherical particles, Alexander Kostinski, Ajaree Mongkolsittisilp
Department of Physics Publications

Shape-induced gravitational sorting of Saharan dust during transatlantic voyage: Evidence from CALIOP lidar depolarization measurements, Weidong Yang, Alexander Marshak, Alexander Kostinski, Tamás Várnai
Department of Physics Publications

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Record-breaking statistics for random walks in the presence of measurement error and noise, Yaniv Edrey, Alexander Kostinski, Satya N. Majumdar, Brian Berkowitz
Department of Physics Publications

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Ice nucleation in the contact mode: Temperature and size dependence for selected dusts, Will Cantrell, Kristopher W. Bunker, Joseph Niehaus, Swarup China, Xinxin Woodward, Alexander Kostinski, Claudio Mazzoleni
Department of Physics Publications

High-speed imaging of freezing drops: Still no preference for the contact line, Colin Gurganus, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw
Department of Physics Publications

Spatial scales of pollution from variable resolution satellite imaging, Alexandra A. Chudnovsky, Alexander Kostinski, Alexei Lyapustin, Petros Koutrakis
Department of Physics Publications

2012

Prediction of daily fine particulate matter concentrations using aerosol optical depth retrievals from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), Alexandra A. Chudnovsky, Hyung Joo Lee, Alexander Kostinski, Tanya Kotlov, Petros Koutrakis
Department of Physics Publications

Bounds on spectral dispersion from fermi-detected gamma ray bursts, Robert J. Nemiroff, Ryan Connolly, Justin Holmes, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Observational bounds on atmospheric heating by aerosol absorption: Radiative signature of transatlantic dust, Amit Davidi, Alexander Kostinski, Ilan Koren, Yoav Lehahn
Department of Physics Publications

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2011

Effect of coarse marine aerosols on stratocumulus clouds, Yoav Lehahn, Ilan Koren, Orit Altaratz, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Evolution and distribution of record-breaking high and low monthly mean temperatures, Amalia Anderson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Record setting during dispersive transport in porous media, Yaniv Edery, Alexander Kostinski, Brian Berkowitz
Department of Physics Publications

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Laser multipass system with interior cell configuration, Jacek Borysow, Alexander Kostinski, Manfred Fink
Department of Physics Publications

Fast imaging of freezing drops: No preference for nucleation at the contact line, Colin Gurganus, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw
Department of Physics Publications

2010

Heat of freezing for supercooled water: Measurements at atmospheric pressure, Will Cantrell, Alexander Kostinski, Anthony Szedlak, Alexandria Johnson
Department of Physics Publications

Detection of spatial correlations among aerosol particles, M. L. Larsen, Will Cantrell, Jonna Kannosto, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Reversible record breaking and variability: Temperature distributions across the globe, Amalia Anderson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Response from authors to comment on “Detection of spatial correlations among aerosol particles”, Michael L. Larsen, Will Cantrell, Alexander Kostinski, Jonna Kannosto
Department of Physics Publications

The Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba: a natural driven cavity?, Hezi Gildor, Erick Fredj, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

2009

Droplet Dynamics: Raindrops large and small, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw
Department of Physics Publications

Simple dead-time corrections for discrete time series of non-Poisson data, Michael L. Larsen, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Do all raindrops fall at terminal speed?, Guillermo Montero-Martinez, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw, Fernando Garcia-Garcia
Department of Physics Publications

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2008

Enrichment of surface-active compounds in coalescing cloud drops, Ilya Taraniuk, Alexander Kostinski, Yinon Rudich
Department of Physics Publications

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Measurements of the vapor pressure of supercooled water using infrared spectroscopy, Will Cantrell, Eli Ochshorn, Alexander Kostinski, Keith Bozin
Department of Physics Publications

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Entropic aspects of supercooled droplet freezing, Alexander Kostinski, Will Cantrell
Department of Physics Publications

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2007

Surfactant properties of atmospheric and model humic‐like substances (HULIS), Ilya Taraniuk, Ellen Graber, Alexander Kostinski, Yinon Rudich
Department of Physics Publications

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2006

Reconsideration of the physical and empirical origins of Z–R relations in radar meteorology, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Spurious power‐law relations among rainfall and radar parameters, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Towards quantifying droplet clustering in clouds, Raymond Shaw, Alexander Kostinski, Michael L. Larsen
Department of Physics Publications

Pupil phase apodization for imaging of faint companions in prescribed regions, Alexander Kostinski, Weidong Yang
Department of Physics Publications

Phase signature for particle detection with digital in-line holography, Weidong Yang, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw
Department of Physics Publications

2005

Observations and analysis of uncorrelated rain, Michael L. Larsen, Alexander Kostinski, Ali Tokay
Department of Physics Publications

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Fluctuations and luck in droplet growth by coalescence, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw
Department of Physics Publications

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Obtaining the drop size distribution, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw
Department of Physics Publications

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2004

One-sided achromatic phase apodization for imaging of extrasolar planets, Weidong Yang, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

2003

Phase-modulated pupil for achromatic imaging of faint companions, Weidong Yang, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

2002

Super-exponential extinction of radiation in a negatively correlated random medium, Raymond Shaw, Alexander Kostinski, Daniel Lanterman
Department of Physics Publications

On the extinction of radiation by a homogeneous but spatially correlated random medium: reply to comment, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

When is rain steady?, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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2001

Comments on “Errors in the estimate of the fractal correlation dimension of raindrop spatial distribution”, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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What is raindrop size distribution?, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Scale-dependent droplet clustering in turbulent clouds, Alexander Kostinski, Raymond Shaw
Department of Physics Publications

Curvature sensors, adaptive optics, and Neumann boundary conditions, Christ Ftaclas, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

On the extinction of radiation by a homogeneous but spatially correlated random medium, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

2000

The effect of Stochastic cloud structure on the icing process, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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On the spatial distribution of cloud particles, Alexander Kostinski, A. R. Jameson
Department of Physics Publications

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Fluctuation properties of precipitation. Part VI: Observations of hyperfine clustering and drop size distribution structures in three-dimensional rain, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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On the condition number of Gaussian sample-covariance matrices, Alexander Kostinski, A. C. Koivunen
Department of Physics Publications

1999

Fluctuation properties of precipitation. Part V: Distribution of rain rates—theory and observations in clustered rain, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

The feasibility of data whitening to improve performance of weather radar, A. C. Koivunen, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Non-Rayleigh signal statistics in clustered statistically homogeneous rain, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Fluctuation properties of precipitation. Part IV: Finescale clustering of drops in variable rain, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski, A Kruger
Department of Physics Publications

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1998

The texture of clouds, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski, R A. Black
Department of Physics Publications

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Fluctuation properties of precipitation. Part II: Reconsideration of the meaning and measurement of raindrop size distributions, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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1997

Fluctuation properties of precipitation. Part I: On deviations of single-size drop counts from the Poisson distribution, Alexander Kostinski, A. R. Jameson
Department of Physics Publications

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Variance bounds on the estimation of reflectivity and polarization parameters in radar meteorology, T J. Schulz, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

1996

Non-Rayleigh signal statistics caused by relative motion during measurements, A. R. Jameson, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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1995

A simple formula for monitoring quadrature phase error with arbitrary signals, Amruta V. Kulkarni, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

1994

Fluctuations of differential phase and radar measurements of precipitation, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Monitoring Quadrature phase error and gain mismatch using noise, B H. Suits, Alexander Kostinski, Amruta V. Kulkarni
Department of Physics Publications

The use of optimal polarizations for studying the microphysics of precipitation: Nonattenuating wavelengths, John Kwiatkowski, Alexander Kostinski, A. R. Jameson
Department of Physics Publications

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1993

A random wave method for detecting phase imbalance in a coherent radar receiver, Zhenni Wang, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

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Spaceborne radar sensing of precipitation above an ocean surface: Polarization contrast study, Alexander Kostinski, John Kwiatkowski, A. R. Jameson
Department of Physics Publications

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Generalized trace condition on the Mueller–Jones polarization matrix, Christian Brosseau, Clark Givens, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

A simple necessary and sufficient condition on physically realizable Mueller Matrices, Clark Givens, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Constraints on Mueller matrices of polarization optics, Alexander Kostinski, Clark Givens, John Kwiatkowski
Department of Physics Publications

1992

Optimal detection in depolarizing media: extension for partially polarized sources, Brian James, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

Depolarization criterion for incoherent scattering, Alexander Kostinski
Department of Physics Publications

On the gain of a passive linear depolarizing system, Alexander Kostinski, Clark Givens
Department of Physics Publications