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Microphysics, Radiation and Surface Processes in the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) Model, Tao, W.-K.; Simpson, J.; Baker, D.; Braun, S.; Chou, M.-D.; Ferrier, B.; Johnson, D.; Khain, A.; Lang, S.; Lynn, B.; Shie, C.-L.; Starr, D.; Sui, C.-H.; Wang, Y.; Wetzel, P., Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, March 2003 (Volume 82 Issue 1-4)

Signatures of Tropopause Folding in Satellite ImageryWimmers, A.J.; Moody, J.L.; Browell, E.V.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 29, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D4)

Evaluation of the Transport in the Goddard Space Flight Center Three-Dimensional Chemical Transport Model Using the Equivalent Length Diagnostic, Ma, J.; Waugh, D.W.; Douglass, A.R.; Kawa, S.R.; Lin, S.-J., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 29, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Correction to "Diagnostic Analysis of Atmospheric Moisture and Clear-Sky Radiative Feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Climate Models", Allan, R.P.; Ramaswamy, V.; Slingo, A., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 29, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Hydrogen in the Atmosphere: Observations Above a Forest Canopy in a Polluted Environment, Barnes, D.H.; Wofsy, S.C.; Fehlau, B.P.; Gottlieb, E.W.; Elkins, J.W.; Dutton, G.S.; Novelli, P.C., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 29, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Impact of Leaf Area Index Seasonality on the Annual Land Surface Evaporation in a Global Circulation Model, van den Hurk, B.J.J.M.; Viterbo, P.; Los, S.O., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 28, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Clean Air Slots Amid Dense Atmospheric Pollution in Southern Africa, Hobbs, P.V., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 28, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Use of a Two-Mode Soil Pore Size Distribution to Estimate Soil Water Transport in a Land Surface Model, Liu, Q.; Dickinson, R.E., Geophysical Research Letters, March 27, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 6)

Arctic Study on Tropospheric Aerosol and Radiation: Comparison of Tropospheric Aerosol Extinction Profiles Measured by Airborne Photometer and SAGE II, Thomason, L.W.; Herber, A.B.; Yamanouchi, T.; Sato, K., Geophysical Research Letters, March 27, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 6

Current Sheet Flapping Motion and Structure Observed by Cluster, Sergeev, V.; Runov, A.; Baumjohann, W.; Nakamura, R.; Zhang, T.L.; Volwerk, M.; Balogh, A.; R�me, H.; Sauvaud, J.A.; Andr�, M.; Klecker, B., Geophysical Research Letters, March 27, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 6)

In Situ HNO3 to Noy Instrument Comparison During SOLVE, Ballenthin, J.O.; Thorn, W.F.; Miller, T.M.; Viggiano, A.A.; Hunton, D.E.; Koike, M.; Kondo, Y.; Takegawa, N.; Irie, H.; Ikeda, H., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 27, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

The Monsoon Aerosol Extinction Properties at Goa During INDOEX as Measured with Lidar, Chazette, P., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 27, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Basin-scale Internal Wave Dynamics During a Winter Cooling period in a Large Lake, Rueda, F.J.; Schladow, S.G.; Pálmarsson, S.Ó., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 27, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. C3)

Parameterizations of the Ocean Skin Effect and Implications for Satellite-Based Measurement of Sea-Surface Temperature, Horrocks, L.A.; Candy, B.; Nightingale, T.J.; Saunders, R.W.; O'Carroll, A.; Harris, A.R., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 27, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. C3)

Large Historical Changes of Fossil-Fuel Black Carbon Aerosols, Novakov, T.; Ramanathan, V.; Hansen, J.E.; Kirchstetter, T.W.; Sato, M.; Sinton, J.E.; Sathaye, J.A., Geophysical Research Letters, March 26, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 6)

Kink Mode Oscillation of the Current Sheet, Volwerk, M.; Glassmeier, K.-H.; Runov, A.; Baumjohann, W.; Nakamura, R.; Zhang, T.L.; Klecker, B.; Balogh, A.; R�me, H., Geophysical Research Letters, March 26, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 6)

A Study of the Effect of Non-Spherical Dust Particles on the AVHRR Aerosol Optical Thickness Retrievals, Zhao, T.X.-P.; Laszlo, I.; Dubovik, O.; Holben, B.N.; Sapper, J.; Tanr�, D.; Pietras, C., Geophysical Research Letters, March 26, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 6)

Urban/Industrial Pollution for the New York City-Washington, D. C., Corridor, 1996-1998: 1. Providing Independent Verification of CO and PCE Emissions Inventories, Barnes, D.H.; Wofsy, S.C.; Fehlau, B.P.; Gottlieb, E.W.; Elkins, J.W.; Dutton, G.S.; Montzka, S.A., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 26, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Urban/Industrial Pollution for the New York City-Washington, D. C., Corridor, 1996-1998: 2. A Study of the Efficacy of the Montreal Protocol and Other Regulatory Measures, Barnes, D.H.; Wofsy, S.C.; Fehlau, B.P.; Gottlieb, E.W.; Elkins, J.W.; Dutton, G.S.; Montzka, S.A., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 26, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

RAMS 2001: Current Status and Future Directions, Cotton, W.R.; Pielke Sr., R.A.; Walko, R.L.; Liston, G.E.; Tremback, C.J.; Jiang, H.; McAnelly, R.L.; Harrington, J.Y.; Nicholls, M.E.; Carrio, G.G.; McFadden, J.P., Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, March 2003 (Volume 82 Issue 1-4)

Airborne Spectral Measurements of Surface-Atmosphere Anisotropy for Several Surfaces and Ecosystems over Southern Africa, Gatebe, C.K.; King, M.D.; Platnick, S.; Arnold, G.T.; Vermote, E.F.; Schmid, B., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 25, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Inorganic and Carbonaceous Aerosols During the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) Experiment: Chemical Characteristics, Physical Properties, and Emission Data for Smoke from African Biomass Burning, Formenti, P.; Elbert, W.; Maenhaut, W.; Haywood, J.; Osborne, S.; Andreae, M.O., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 25, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D6)

Biogeochemical Signatures of Nitrogen Fixation in the Eastern North Atlantic, Mahaffey, C.; Williams, R.G.; Wolff, G.A.; Mahowald, N.; Anderson, W.; Woodward, M., Geophysical Research Letters, March 22, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 6, Paper No. 10.1029/2002GL016542)

Lyman Alpha Imaging of Solar Activity on the Interplanetary Hydrogen Screen for Space Weather Forecasting, Okazaki, Y.; Fukunishi, H.; Takahashi, Y.; Taguchi, M.; Watanabe, S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, March 22, 2005 (Vol. 110, No. A3, A03104, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JA010828)

Structure of the Lunar Wake: Two-Dimensional Global Hybrid Simulations, Travnicek, P.; Hellinger, P.; Schriver, D.; Bale, S.D., Geophysical Research Letters, March 22, 2005 (Vol. 32, No. 6, L06102, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL022243)

Emissions of Trace Gases and Particles from Savanna Fires in Southern Africa, Sinha, P.; Hobbs, P.V.; Yokelson, R.J.; Bertschi, I.T.; Blake, D.R.; Simpson, I.J.; Gao, S.; Kirchstetter, T.W.; Novakov, T., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, March 21, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D13, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002325)

Mapping Isoprene Emissions Over North America Using Formaldehyde Column Observations from Space, Palmer, P.I.; Jacob, D.J.; Fiore, A.M.; Martin, R.V.; Chance, K.; Kurosu, T.P., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, March 20, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D6, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002153)

A Method for Computing Horizontal Pressure-Gradient Force in an Oceanic Model With a Nonaligned Vertical Coordinate, Shchepetkin, A.F.; McWilliams, J.C., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, March 20, 2003 (Vol.108, No.C3, Paper No. 10.1029/2001JC001047)

On the Surface Currents of the Caribbean Sea, Centurioni, L.R.; Niiler, P.P., Geophysical Research Letters, March 19, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 6, Paper No. 10.1029/2002GL016231)

Case Study of a Chinese Dust Plume Reaching the French Alps, Grousset, F.E.; Ginoux, P.; Bory, A.; Biscaye, P.E., Geophysical Research Letters, March 19, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 6, Paper No. 10.1029/2002GL016833)

Short- to Medium-Range Superensemble Precipitation Forecasts Using Satellite Products: 2. Probabilistic Forecasting, Shin, D.W.; Krishnamurti, T.N.,Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, March 18, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2001JD001511)

Short- to Medium-Range Superensemble Precipitation Forecasts Using Satellite Products: 1. Deterministic Forecasting, Shin, D.W.; Krishnamurti, T.N., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, March 18, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2001JD001510)

Dynamical Analysis of the Upwelling Circulation Off Central Chile, Mesias, J.M.; Matano, R.P.; Strub, P.T., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, March 18, 2003 (Vol.108, No.C3, Paper No. 10.1029/2001JC001135)

The Arctic Ice Thickness Anomaly of the 1990s: A Consistent View From Observations and Models, Rothrock, D. A.; Zhang, J.; Yu, Y., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, March 18, 2003 (Vol.108, No.C3, Paper No. 10.1029/2001JC001208)

Low Skill in Dynamical Prediction of Boreal Summer Climate: Grounds for Looking beyond Sea Surface Temperature, Dirmeyer, P.A.; Fennessy, M.J.; Marx, L., Journal of Climate March 15, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 995-1002)

Radar Echoes from Lightning and Their Microphysical Environment, Atlas, D.; Williams, C.R., Geophysical Research Letters, March 15, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 5)

Relative Performance of Three SAGE-II Data Versions Under High Aerosol Conditions Based on Comparisons with Microwave and Ozonesonde Profiles Measured at Two NDSC Sites, Parrish, A.; Boyd, I.S.; Zawodny, J.M.; Thomason, L.W.; Bodeker, G.E.; Connor, B.J., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, March 15, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D5)

Cross-shelf Passage of Coastal Water Transport at the South Atlantic Bight Observed with MODIS Ocean Color/SST, Li, C.; Nelson, J.R.; Koziana, J.V., Geophysical Research Letters, March 14, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 5)

N2O and NOy Observations in the 1999/2000 Arctic Polar Vortex: Implications for Transport Processes in a CTM, Considine, D. B.; Kawa, S.R.; Schoeberl, M.R.; Douglass, AR., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, March 14, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D5)

Variability and Predictability of 200-Mb Seasonal Mean Heights During Summer and Winter, Kumar, A.; Schubert, S.D.; Suarez, M.S. , Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, March 13, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D5)

Solar Spectral Radiative Forcing During the Southern African Regional Science Initiative, Pilewskie, P.; Pommier, J.; Bergstrom, R.; Gore, W.; Howard, S.; Rabbette, M.; Schmid, B.; Hobbs, P.V.; Tsay, S.C., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, March 13, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D13, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002411)

Observational Evidence That Soil Moisture Variations Affect Precipitation, Koster, R.D.; Suarez, M.J.; Higgins, R.W.; Van den Dool, H.M., Geophysical Research Letters, March 12, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 5)

Disproportionate Impact of Particulate Emissions on Global Cloud Condensation Nuclei Concentrations, Adams, P.J.; Seinfeld, J.H., Geophysical Research Letters, March 12, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 5)

Impact of High Resolution Water Vapor Cross-Sectional Data on Hurricane Forecasting, Kamineni, Rupa; Krishnamurti, T. N.; Ferrare, Richard A.; Ismail, Syed; Browell, Edward V., Geophysical Research Letters, March 11, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 5)

Correction to "Asian Chemical Outflow to the Pacific in Spring: Origins, Pathways, and Budgets" by Isabelle Bey et al., Bey, I.; Jacob, D.J.; Logan, J.A.; Yantosca, R.M., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, March 11, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D5, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD001603)

Consistency of MODIS Surface Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function And Albedo Retrievals: 2. Validation, Jin, Y.; Schaaf, C.B.; Woodcock, C.E.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D5)

Consistency of MODIS Surface Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function And Albedo Retrievals: 1. Algorithm Performance Jin, Y.; Schaaf, C.B.; Woodcock, C.E.; Gao, F.; Li, X.; Strahler, A.H.; Lucht, W.; Liang, S., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D5)

Note on the Definition of Clear Sky in Calculations of Shortwave Cloud Forcing, Erlick, C.; Ramaswamy, V., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D5)

Evolution of Gases and Particles From a Savanna Fire in South Africa, Hobbs, P.V.; Sinha, P.; Yokelson, R.J.; Christian, T.J.; Blake, D.R.; Gao, S.; Kirchstetter, T.W.; Novakov, T.; Pilewskie, P., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D13)

Individual Aerosol Particles from Biomass Burning in Southern Africa: 2, Compositions and Aging of Inorganic Particles, Li, J.; P�sfai, M.; Hobbs, P.V.; Buseck, P.R., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D13)

Individual Aerosol Particles from Biomass Burning in Southern Africa: 1. Compositions and Size Distributions of Carbonaceous Particles, P�sfai, M.; Simonics, R.; Li, J.; Hobbs, P.V.; Buseck, P.R., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D13)

Spatial and Seasonal Variations in CCN Distribution and the Aerosol-CCN Relationship Over Southern Africa, Ross, K.E.; Piketh, S.J.; Bruintjes, R.T.; Burger, R.P.; Swap, R.J.; Annegarn, H.J., Journal of Geophysical Research, March 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D13)

Ecosystem Response to Upwelling Off the Oregon Coast: Behavior of Three Nitrogen-Based Models, Spitz, Y.H.; Newberger, P.A.; Allen, J.S., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, March 6, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. C3)

Analysis and Comparison of Three Ecosystem Models, Newberger, P.A.; Allen, J.S.; Spitz, Y.H., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, March 6, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. C3)

Radiative Impacts From Biomass Burning in the Presence of Clouds During Boreal Spring in Southeast Asia, Hsu, N.C.; Herman, J.R.; Tsay, S.-C., Geophysical Research Letters, March 7, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 5)

Trajectory Studies of Large [HNO3]-containing PSC Particles in the Arctic: Evidence for the Role of NAT, McKinney, K.A.; Wennberg, P.O.; Dhaniyala, S.; Fahey, D.W.; Northway, M.J.; Kenzi, K.F.; Kleinbehl, A.; Sinnhuber, M.; Kellmann, H.; Bremer, H.; Mahoney, M.J.; Bui, T.P., Geophysical Research Letters, March 6, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 5, L05110, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018430)

Secular Total Solar Irradiance Trend During Solar Cycles 21-23, Willson, R.C.; Mordvinov, A.V., Geophysical Research Letters, March 4, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 5)

Cyclonic Eddies Northeast of the Campeche Bank from Altimetry Data, Zavala-Hidalgo, J.; Morey, S.L.; O?Brien, J.J., Journal of Physical Oceanography, March 2003, (Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 623-629)

The Predictability of Winter Snow Cover over the Western United States, Susan Marshall, Robert J. Oglesby, Anne W. Nolin, Journal of Climate, March 2003 (Vol.16, No. 7, pp. 1062-1073)

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