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

Hypothesized Climate Forcing Time Series for the Last 500 Years, Robertson, A.; Overpeck, J.; Rind, D.; Mosley-Thompson, E.; Zielinski, G.; Lean, J. ; Koch, D.; Penner, J.; Tegen, I.; Healy, R., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 14,783)

Effects of 1997 Indonesian Forest Fires on Tropospheric Ozone Enhancement, Radiative Forcing, and Temperature Change Over the Hong Kong Region, Chan, C.Y.; Chan, L.Y.; Zheng, Y.G.; Harris, J.M.; Oltmans, S.J.; Christopher, S., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 14,875)

Introduction to Special Section: FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment , Curry, J.A., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 14,985)

Cloud Water Contents and Hydrometeor Sizes During the FIRE Arctic Cloud Experiment, Shupe, M.D.; Uttal, T.; Matrosov, S.Y.; Frisch, A.S., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,015)

Airborne Studies of Cloud Structures Over the Arctic Ocean and Comparisons with Retrievals from Ship-Based Remote Sensing Measurements, Hobbs, P.V.; Rangno, A.L.; Shupe, M.; Uttal, T., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,029)

Ice Particles in Stratiform Clouds in the Arctic and Possible Mechanisms for the Production of High Ice Concentrations, Rangno, A.L.; Hobbs, P.V., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,065)

Cloud-Aerosol Interactions During Autumn Over Beaufort Sea, Pinto, J.O.; Curry, J.A.; Intrieri, J.M., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,077)

Modeling with Explicit Spectral Water and Ice Microphysics of a Two-Layer Cloud System of Altostratus and Cirrus Observed During the FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment, Khvorostyanov, V.I.; Curry, J.A.; Pinto, J.O.; Shupe, M.; Baker, B.A.; Sassen, K., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,099)

Simulation of Arctic Low-Level Clouds Observed During the FIRE Arctic Cloud Experiment Using a New Bulk Microphysics Scheme, Girard, E.; Curry, J.A., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,139)

Shortwave, Single-Scattering Properties of Arctic Ice Clouds, Garrett, T.J.; Hobbs, P.V.; Gerber, H., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,155)

Radiative Transfer in the Summertime Arctic, Benner, T.C.; Curry, J.A.; Pinto, J.O., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,173)

A Solar Reflectance Method for Retrieving the Optical Thickness and Droplet Size of Liquid Water Clouds Over Snow and Ice Surfaces, Platnick, S.; Li, J.Y.; King, M.D.; Gerber, H.; Hobbs, P.V., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,185)

Multiangle Observations of Arctic Cloud from FIRE ACE: June 3, 1998, Case Study, Marchand, R.T.; Ackerman, T.P.; King, M.D.; Moroney, C.; Davies, R.; Muller, J.A.L.; Gerber, H., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,201)

Cloud Coverage and Height During FIRE ACE Derived from AVHRR Data, Minnis, P.; Chakrapani, V.; Doelling, D.R.; Nguyen, L.; Palikonda, R.; Spangenberg, D.A.; Uttal, T.; Arduini, R.F.; Shupe, M., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,215)

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Satellite-Derived Cloud and Surface Characteristics During FIRE-ACE, Maslanik, J.A.; Key, J.; Fowler, C.W.; Nguyen, T.; Wang, X., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,233)

Observations and Retrievals of Cirrus Cloud Parameters Using Multichannel Millimeter-Wave Radiometric Measurements, Wang, J.R.; Liu, G.; Spinhirne, J.D.; Racette, P.; Hart, W.D., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,251)

Variability of Sea Ice Emissivity Estimated from Airborne Passive Microwave Measurements During FIRE SHEBA, Haggerty, J.A.; Curry, J.A., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,265)

Cloud Radiative Forcing at the Top of the Atmosphere During FIRE ACE Derived from AVHRR Data, Doelling, D.R.; Minnis, P.; Spangenberg, D.A.; Chakrapani, V.; Mahesh, A.; Pope, S.K.; Valero, F.P.J., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,279)

Arctic Stratus Cloud Properties and Their Effect on the Surface Radiation Budget: Selected Cases from FIRE ACE, Dong, X.; Mace, G.G.; Minnis, P.; Young, D.F., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,297)

Airborne Observations of Summertime Surface Features and Their Effect on Surface Albedo During FIRE/SHEBA, Tschudi, M.A.; Curry, J.A.; Maslanik, J.A., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,335)

Applications of SHEBA/FIRE Data to Evaluation of Snow/Ice Albedo Parameterizations, Curry, J.A.; Schramm, J.L.; Perovich, D.K.; Pinto, J.O., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,345)

Assimilation of Carbon Monoxide Measured from Satellite in a Three-Dimensional Chemistry-Transport Model, Clerbaux, C.; Hadji-Lazaro, J.; Hauglustaine, D.; Mégie, G.; Khattatov, B.; Lamarque, J., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,385)

Impact of Temperature-Driven Cycling of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Between Air and Snow on the Planetary Boundary Layer, Hutterli, M.A.; McConnell, J.R.; Stewart, R.W.; Jacobi, H.; Bales, R.C., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres July 27, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. D14, p. 15,395)

Sensitivity of Tracers and a Stratospheric Aircraft Perturbation to Two-Dimensional Model Transport Variations Fleming, E.; Jackman, C.; Considine, D.; Stolarski, R., Journal of Geophysical Research July 16, 2001 (vol. 106, no. D13, p. 14,245)

Parameterization of Shortwave Radiation Fluxes for Nonuniform Vegetation Canopies in Land Surface Models Yang, Rongqian; Friedl, M.; Ni, W., Journal of Geophysical Research July 16, 2001 (vol. 106, no. D13, p. 14,275)

Validation of the Integrated Biosphere Simulator Over Canadian Deciduous and Coniferous Boreal Forest Stands, El Maayar, M.; Price, D.; Delire, C.; Foley, J.; Black, T.; Bessemoulin, P., Journal of Geophysical Research July 16, 2001 (vol. 106, no. D13, p. 14,339)

Improving the Precision of Simulated Hydrologic Fluxes in Land Surface Models, Dong, J.; Salvucci, G.; Myneni, R., Journal of Geophysical Research July 16, 2001 (vol. 106, no. D13, p. 14,357)

Aerosol Properties Around Marine Tropical Cumulus Clouds, Kaneyasu, N.; Hobbs, P.; Ishizaka, Y.; Qian, G., Journal of Geophysical Research July 16, 2001 (vol. 106, no. D13, p. 14,435)

Air Mass Factor Formulation for Spectroscopic Measurements From Satellites: Application to Formaldehyde Retrievals From the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment, Palmer, P.; Jacob, D.; Chance, K.; Martin, R.; Spurr, R.; Kurosu, T.; Bey, I.; Yantosca, R.; Fiore, A.; Li, Q., Journal of Geophysical Research July 16, 2001 (vol. 106, no. D13, p. 14,539)

Variability of Accumulation in Northwest Greenland Over the Past 250 Years, Bales, R.; Mosley-Thompson, E.; McConnell, J.; Geophysical Research Letters July 15, 2001 (vol. 28, no. 14, p. 2679)

Radiative Cooling by Stratospheric Water Vapor: Big Differences in GCM Results, Oinas, V.; Lacis, A.; Rind, D.; Shindell, D.; Hansen, J., Geophysical Research Letters July 15, 2001 (vol. 28, no. 14, p. 2791)

Horizontal Transport and the Dehydration of the Stratosphere, Holton, J.; Gettelman, A. Geophysical Research Letters July 15, 2001 (vol. 28, no. 14, p. 2799)

Scale Dependence of Tracer Microstructure: Pdfs, Intermittency and the Dissipation Scale, Sparling L.; Bacmeister, J., Geophysical Research Letters July 15, 2001 (vol. 28, no. 14, p. 2823)

Variability in Sea Surface Height: A Qualitative Measure for the Meridional Overturning in the North Atlantic, Häkkinen, S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans July 15, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. C7, p. 13,837)

Initiation of the Spring Phytoplankton Increase in the Antarctic Polar Front Zone at 170°W, Landry, M.R.; Brown, S.L.; Selph, K.E.; Abbott, M.R.; Letelier, R.M.; Christensen, S.; Bidigare, R.R.; Casciotti, K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans July 15, 2001 (Vol. 106, No. C7, p. 13,903)

Small-Scale and Mesoscale Variability of Scalars in Cloudy Boundary Layers: One-Dimensional Probability Density Functions, Larson, V.E.; Wood, R.; Field, P.R.; Golaz, J.; Vonder Haar, T.H.; Cotton, W.R., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences July 15, 2001, (Vol. 58, No. 14, p. 1978)

The Death of an Altocumulus Cloud, Larson, V.E.; Fleishauer, R.P.; Kankiewicz, J.A.; Reinke, D.L.; Vonder Haar, T.H., Geophysical Research Letters, July 1, 2001 (vol. 28, no. 13, p. 2609)

Joint Variations of Temperature and Water Vapor Over the Mid-Latitude Continents, Cripe, D.G.; Randall, D.A., Geophysical Research Letters, July 1, 2001 (vol. 28, no. 13, p. 2613)

Cloud Cover Variations Over the United States: An Influence of Cosmic Rays or Solar Variability, Udelhofen, P.M.; Cess, R.D., Geophysical Research Letters, July 1, 2001 (vol. 28, no. 13, p. 2617)

Enhanced Sensitivity of Persistent Events to Weak Forcing in Dynamical and Stochastic Systems: Implications for Climate Change, Khatiwala, S.; Shaw, B.E.; Cane, M.A., Geophysical Research Letters, July 1, 2001 (vol. 28, no. 13, p. 2633)

Updraft and Downdraft Statistics of Simulated Tropical and Midlatitude Cumulus Convection, Xu, K.; Randall, D. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences July 1, 2001 (vol. 58, no. 13, p.1630?1649)

Convective Momentum Transport Over the Tropical Pacific: Budget Estimates Carr, M.,; Bretherton, C. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences July 1, 2001 (vol 58, no. 13, p.1673?1693)

Interdecadal Changes in the ENSO Teleconnection to the Caribbean Region and the North Atlantic Oscillation Giannini, A.; Cane, M.; Kushnir, Y., Journal of Climate, July 1, 2001 (vol. 14, no. 13, p. 2867?2879)

Principal Modes of Rainfall?SST Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon: A Reassessment of the Monsoon?ENSO Relationship, Lau, K.; Wu, H., Journal of Climate, July 1, 2001 (vol. 14, no. 13, p. 2880?2895)

Interannual Variations of the Intraseasonal Oscillation in the South Asian Summer Monsoon Region, Lawrence, D.; Webster, P. Journal of Climate, July 1, 2001 (vol. 14, no. 13, p. 2910?2922)

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