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A list of research articles recently published in the scientific literature.

An Efficient Calibration Method for Continental-Scale Land Surface Modeling, Troy, T. J., E. F. Wood, and J. Sheffield, Water Resources Research, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 44, W09411, doi:10.1029/2007WR006513)

Radiative Properties of Aerosol Mixture Observed During the Dry Season 2006 Over M'Bour, Senegal (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Campaign), Derimian, Y., J.-F. Léon, O. Dubovik, I. Chiapello, D. Tanré, A. Sinyuk, F. Auriol, T. Podvin, G. Brogniez, and B. N. Holben, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 113, D00C09, doi:10.1029/2008JD009904)

Seasonal Variation of Nitrogen Oxides in the Central North Atlantic Lower Free Troposphere, Val Martin, M., R. E. Honrath, R. C. Owen, and Q. B. Li, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17307, doi:10.1029/2007JD009688)

Seasonality in the “Grasshopping” and Atmospheric Residence Times of Persistent Organic Pollutants Over the Oceans, Jurado, E., and J. Dachs, Geophysical Research Letters, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17805, doi:10.1029/2008GL034698)

Influence of Environmental Moisture on TRMM-Derived Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Over Land and Ocean, Jiang, H., J. B. Halverson, and E. J. Zipser, Geophysical Research Letters, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17806, doi:10.1029/2008GL034658)

Experimental Test of Self-Shielding in Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of CO, Subrata Chakraborty, Musahid Ahmed, Teresa L. Jackson, and Mark H. Thiemens, Science, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 321, No. 5894, doi: 10.1126/science.1159178)

Climate Controls on the Variability of Fires in the Tropics and Subtropics, van der Werf, G. R., J. T. Randerson, L. Giglio, N. Gobron, and A. J. Dolman, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB3028, doi:10.1029/2007GB003122)

Effects of Basal-Melting Distribution on the Retreat of Ice-Shelf Grounding Lines, Walker, R. T., T. K. Dupont, B. R. Parizek, and R. B. Alley, Geophysical Research Letters, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17503, doi:10.1029/2008GL034947)

Low-Ozone Pockets Observed by EOS-MLS, Harvey, V. L., C. E. Randall, G. L. Manney, and C. S. Singleton, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17112, doi:10.1029/2007JD009181)

Numerical Simulations of the Three-Dimensional Distribution of Meteoric Dust in the Mesosphere and Upper Stratosphere, Bardeen, C. G., O. B. Toon, E. J. Jensen, D. R. Marsh, and V. L. Harvey, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17202, doi:10.1029/2007JD009515)

Role of Convection in Redistributing Formaldehyde to the Upper Troposphere Over North America and the North Atlantic During the Summer 2004 INTEX Campaign, Fried, A., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17306, doi:10.1029/2007JD009760)

Antarctic Circumpolar Current Frontal System in the South Atlantic: Monitoring Using Merged Argo and Animal-Borne Sensor Data, Boehme, L., M. P. Meredith, S. E. Thorpe, M. Biuw, and M. Fedak, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, C09012, doi:10.1029/2007JC004647)

An Assessment of Remotely Sensed Land Surface Temperature, Trigo, I. F., I. T. Monteiro, F. Olesen, and E. Kabsch, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17108, doi:10.1029/2008JD010035)

Four-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation for Inverse Modeling of Atmospheric Methane Emissions: Analysis of SCIAMACHY Observations, Meirink, J. F., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17301, doi:10.1029/2007JD009740)

Estimating the Impact of the 2004 Alaskan Forest Fires on Episodic Particulate Matter Pollution Over the Eastern United States Through Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Aerosol Optical Depths in a Regional Air Quality Model, Mathur, R., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17302, doi:10.1029/2007JD009767)

Observed and Simulated Seasonal Co-Variations of Outgoing Longwave Radiation Spectrum and Surface Temperature, Huang, Y., and V. Ramaswamy, Geophysical Research Letters, September 4, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17803, doi:10.1029/2008GL034859)

The Effect of Lightning NOx Production on Surface Ozone in the Continental United States, Kaynak, B., Hu, Y., Martin, R. V., Russell, A. G., Choi, Y., and Wang, Y., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

CO Emission and Export from Asia: An Analysis Combining Complementary Satellite Measurements (MOPITT, SCIAMACHY and ACE-FTS) with Global Modeling, Turquety, S., Clerbaux, C., Law, K., Coheur, P.-F., Cozic, A., Szopa, S., Hauglustaine, D. A., Hadji-Lazaro, J., Gloudemans, A. M. S., Schrijver, H., Boone, C. D., Bernath, P. F., and Edwards, D. P., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

The Total Solar Eclipse of March 2006: Overview, Gerasopoulos, E., Zerefos, C. S., Tsagouri, I., Founda, D., Amiridis, V., Bais, A. F., Belehaki, A., Christou, N., Economou, G., Kanakidou, M., Karamanos, A., Petrakis, M., and Zanis, P., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

CO2 Efflux from Amazonian Headwater Streams Represents a Significant Fate for Deep Soil Respiration, Johnson, M. S., J. Lehmann, S. J. Riha, A. V. Krusche, J. E. Richey, J. P. H. B. Ometto, and E. G. Couto, Geophysical Research Letters, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17401, doi:10.1029/2008GL034619)

Reduced Ice Thickness in Arctic Transpolar Drift Favors Rapid Ice Retreat, Haas, C., A. Pfaffling, S. Hendricks, L. Rabenstein, J.-L. Etienne, and I. Rigor, Geophysical Research Letters, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17501, doi:10.1029/2008GL034457)

Assessment of the Quality of the Version 1.07 Temperature-Versus-Pressure Profiles of the Middle Atmosphere from TIMED/SABER, Remsberg, E. E., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17101, doi:10.1029/2008JD010013)

An Analysis of the Dependence of Clear-Sky Top-of-Atmosphere Outgoing Longwave Radiation on Atmospheric Temperature and Water Vapor, Dessler, A. E., P. Yang, J. Lee, J. Solbrig, Z. Zhang, and K. Minschwaner, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17102, doi:10.1029/2008JD010137)

Observational Evidence for the Radiative Impact of Indonesian Smoke in Modulating the Sea Surface Temperature of the Equatorial Indian Ocean, Rajeev, K., K. Parameswaran, S. K. Nair, and S. Meenu, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17201, doi:10.1029/2007JD009611)

Tropospheric Ozone Sources and Wave Activity Over Mexico City and Houston During MILAGRO/Intercontinental Transport Experiment (INTEX-B) Ozonesonde Network Study, 2006 (IONS-06), Thompson, A. M., Yorks, J. E., Miller, S. K., Witte, J. C., Dougherty, K. M., Morris, G. A., Baumgardner, D., Ladino, L., and Rappenglück, B., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 2, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

Pressure Broadening in the 2ν3 Band of Methane and its Implication on Atmospheric Retrievals, Frankenberg, C., Warneke, T., Butz, A., Aben, I., Hase, F., Spietz, P., and Brown, L. R., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 1, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

Rapid Early Holocene Deglaciation of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Anders E. Carlson, Allegra N. LeGrande, Delia W. Oppo, Rosemarie E. Came, Gavin A. Schmidt, Faron S. Anslow, Joseph M. Licciardi & Elizabeth A. Obbink, Nature Geoscience, September 2008 (Vol. 1, No. 9, doi:10.1038/ngeo285)

Use of Numerical Forecasts for Improving TMI Rain Retrievals over the Mountainous Area in Korea, Eun-Han Kwon, Byung-Ju Sohn, Dong-Eon Chang, Myoung-Hwan Ahn, and Song Yang, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, July 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 7, doi: 10.1175/2007JAMC1857.1)

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