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Surface Characteristics and Atmospheric Footprint of Springtime Arctic Leads at SHEBA, Pinto, J.O.; Alam, A.; Maslanik, J.A.; Curry, J.A.; Stone, R.S., Journal of Geophysical Research April 30, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D9)

Assessment of Global Climate Model Land Surface Albedo Using MODIS Data, Oleson, K.W.; Bonan, G.B.; Schaaf, C.; Gao, F.; Jin, Y.; Strahler, A., Geophysical Research Letters April 30, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 8)

Near Micron-Sized Cirrus Cloud Particles in High-Resolution Infrared Spectra: An Orographic Case Study, Kahn, B.H.; Eldering, A.; Clough, S.A.; Fetzer, E.J.; Fishbein, E.; Gunson, M.R.; Lee, S-Y.; Lester, P.F.; Realmuto, V.J., Geophysical Research Letters April 29, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 8)

Improved Mesospheric Temperature, Water Vapor and Polar Mesospheric Cloud Extinctions from HALOE, McHugh, M.; Hervig, M.; Magill, B.; Thompson, R.E.; Remsberg, E.; Wrotny, J.; Russell, J., Geophysical Research Letters April 29, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 8)

Long-term Trends of Inorganic Chlorine from Ground-Based Infrared Solar Spectra: Past Increases and Evidence for Stabilization, Rinsland, C.P.; Mahieu, E.; Zander, R.; Jones, N.B.; Chipperfield, M.P.; Goldman, A.; Anderson, J.; Russell, J.M.; Demoulin, P.; Notholt, J.; Toon, G.C.; Blavier, J.-F.; Sen, B.; Sussmann, R.; Wood, S.W.; Meier, A.; Griffith, D. W.T.; Chiou, L.S.; Murcray, F.J.; Stephen, T.M.; Hase, F.; Mikuteit, S.; Schulz, A.; Blumenstock, T.; Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, April 26, 2003 (Vol.108, No.D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003001)

Budget of Tropospheric Ozone During TOPSE from Two Chemical Transport Models, Emmons, L.K.; Hess, P.; Klonecki, A.; Tie, X.; Horowitz, L.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Kinnison, D.; Brasseur, G.; Atlas, E.; Browell, E.; Cantrell, C.; Eisele, F.; Mauldin, R.L.; Merrill, J.; Ridley, B.; Shetter, R. Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, April 26, 2003 (Vol.108, No.D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002665)

Case Analysis of a Role of ENSO in Regulating the Generation of Westerly Wind Bursts in the Western Equatorial Pacific, Yu, L.; Weller, R.A.; Liu, W.T.; Journal of Geophysical Research -- Oceans, April 26, 2003 (Vol.108, No.C4, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001498)

Mineral Aerosol Contamination of TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Temperature and Moisture Retrievals, Weaver, C.J.; Joiner, J.; Ginoux, P., Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, April 23, 2003 (Vol.108, No.D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002571)

Quasibiennial Oscillation in Tropical Ozone as Revealed by Ozonesonde and Satellite Data, Logan, J.A.; Jones, D.B.A.; Megretskaia, I.A.; Oltmans, S.J.; Johnson, B.J.; V�mel, H.; Randel, W.J.; Kimani, W.; Schmidlin, F.J., Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, April 23, 2003 (Vol.108, No.D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002170)

Tropospheric Aerosol Impacts on Trace Gas Budgets Through Photolysis, Bian, H.; Prather, M.J.; Takemura, T.; Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, April 22, 2003 (Vol.108, No.D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002743)

Seasonal, Interannual, and Mesoscale Variability of the Black Sea Upper Layer Circulation Derived from Altimeter Data, Korotaev, G.; Oguz, T.; Nikiforov, A.; Koblinsky, C., Journal of Geophysical Research -- Oceans, April 19, 2003 (Vol .108, No.C4, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001508)

Tropical Pacific Baroclinic Mode Contribution and Associated Long Waves for the 1994-1999 Period from an Assimilation Experiment with Altimetric Data, Dewitte, B.; Illig, S.; Parent, L.; duPenhoat, Y.; Gourdeau, L.; Verron, J., Journal of Geophysical Research -- Oceans, April 18, 2003 (Vol .108, No.C4, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001362)

Tropospheric Ozone Over the Tropical Atlantic: A Satellite Perspective, Edwards, D.P.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Atti�, J.-L.; Emmons, L.K.; Richter, A.; Cammas, J.-P.; Gille, J.C.; Francis, G.L.; Deeter, M.N.; Warner, J.; Ziskin, D.C.; Lyjak, L.V.; Drummond, J.R.; Burrows, J.P., Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, April 17, 2003 (Vol.108, No.D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002927)

Global Modeling of the Isotopic Analogues of N2O: Stratospheric Distributions, Budgets, and the 17O-18O Mass-Independent Anomaly, McLinden, C.A.; Prather, M.J.; Johnson, M.S., Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, April 17, 2003 (Vol.108, No.D8, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002560)

Ambient Aerosol Sampling Using the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer, Jimenez, J.L.; Jayne, J.T.; Shi, Q.; Kolb, C.E.; Worsnop, D.R.; Yourshaw, I.; Seinfeld, J.H.; Flagan, R.C.; Zhang, X.; Smith, K.A.; Morris, J.W.; Davidovits, P., Journal of Geophysical Research -- Atmospheres, April 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No.D7, Paper No. 10.1029/2001JD001213)

Performance of Weather Forecast Models in the Rescue of Dr. Ronald Shemenski from the South Pole in April 2001, Monaghan, A.J.; Bromwich, D.H.; Wei, H.-L.; Cayette, A.M.; Powers, J.G.; Kuo, Y.-H.; Lazzara, M.A.; Weather and Forecasting, (Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 142-160)

A Comparison of Northern and Southern Hemisphere Cross-tropopause Ozone Flux, Olsen, M.A.; Douglass, A.R.; Schoeberl, M.R., Geophysical Research Letters, April 12, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 7, Paper No. 10.1029/2002GL016538)

Aeolian Iron Input to the Ocean Through Precipitation Scavenging: A Modeling Perspective and its Implication for Natural Iron Fertilization in the Ocean, Gao, Y.; Fan, S.-M.; Sarmiento, J.L., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 12, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D7, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002420)

MODIS Observation of Aerosols and Estimation of Aerosol Radiative Forcing Over Southern Africa During SAFARI 2000, Ichoku, C.; Remer, L.A.; Kaufman, Y.J.; Levy, R.; Chu, D.A.; Tanr�, D.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 12, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D7, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002366)

Seasonality and Trends of Snow-Cover, Vegetation Index, and Temperature in Northern Eurasia, Dye, D.G.; Tucker, C.J., Geophysical Research Letters, April 11, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 7, Paper No. 10.1029/2002GL016384)

Global and Seasonal Variations of O3 and NO2 Photodissociation Rate Coefficients, Mao, H.; Wang, W.-C.; Liang, X.-Z.; Talbot, R.W., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 9, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D7, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002760)

Micropulse Lidar Observations of Tropospheric Aerosols over Northeastern South Africa During the ARREX and SAFARI 2000 Dry Season Experiments, Campbell, J.R.; Welton, E.J.; Spinhirne, J.D.; Ji, Q.; Tsay, S.-C.; Piketh, S.J.; Barenbrug, M.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 9, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D13, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002563)

Enhancement of Cloud Cover and Suppression of Nocturnal Drizzle in Stratocumulus Polluted by Haze, Ackerman, A.S.; Toon, O.B.; Stevens, D.E.; Coakley, J.A., Geophysical Research Letters, April 5, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 7)

Mixing States of Individual Aerosol Particles in Spring Arctic Troposphere During ASTAR 2000 Campaign, Hara, K.; Yamagata, S.; Yamanouchi, T.; Sato, K.; Herber, A.; Iwasaka, Y.; Nagatani, M.; Nakata, H., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 5, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Impact of Land Use on Costa Rican Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Sensitivity of Cumulus Cloud Field Characteristics to Lowland Deforestation, Nair, U.S.; Lawton, R.O.; Welch, R.M.; Pielke, R.A., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 3, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Retrieval Analysis of Aerosol Integral Properties from Simulated Extinction at SAGE II and HALOE Wavelengths, Lu, C.-H.; Yue, G.K.; Joseph, E.D.; Mohnen, V.A., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 3, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Coordinated Airborne, Spaceborne, and Ground-Based Measurements of Massive Thick Aerosol Layers During the Dry Season in Southern Africa, Schmid, B.; Redemann, J.; Russell, P.B.; Hobbs, P.V.; Hlavka, D.L.; McGill, M.J.; Holben, B.N.; Welton, E.J.; Campbell, J.R.; Torres, O.; Kahn, R.A.; Diner, D.J.; Helmlinger, M.C.; Chu, D.A.; Robles-Gonzalez, C.; de Leeuw, G., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 3, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Effects of Humidity on Aerosols in Southern Africa During the Biomass Burning Season, Magi, B.I.; Hobbs, P.V., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 3, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Evaluation of MODIS Thermal IR Band L1B Radiances During SAFARI 2000, Moeller, C.C.; Revercomb, H.E.; Ackerman, S.A.; Menzel, W.P.; Knuteson, R.O., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 3, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Airborne Lidar Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties During SAFARI-2000, McGill, M.J.; Hlavka, D.L.; Hart, W.D.; Welton, E.J.; Campbell, J.R., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 3, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide Measurements from the Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder on 7 September 2000 in Southern Africa During SAFARI 2000, McMillan, W.W.; McCourt, M.L.; Revercomb, H.E.; Knuteson, R.O.; Christian, T.J.; Doddridge, B.G.; Hobbs, P.V.; Lukovich, J.V.; Novelli, P.C.; Piketh, S.J.; Sparling, L.; Stein, D.; Swap, R.J.; Yokelson, R.J., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 3, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Chlorophyll Dispersal by Eddy-Eddy Interactions in the Gulf Of Mexico, Toner, M.; Kirwan, A.D.; Poje, A.C.; Kantha, L.H.; M�ller-Karger, F.E.; Jones, C.K.R.T., Journal of Geophysical Research, April 3, 2003 (Vol. 108 No. D7)

Ice Stream D Flow Speed is Strongly Modulated by the Tide Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Anandakrishnan, S.; Voigt, D.E.; Alley, R.B.; King, M.A., Geophysical Research Letters, April 2, 2003 (Vol. 30 No. 7)

Midlatitude Cirrus Clouds Derived from Hurricane Nora: A Case Study with Implications for Ice Crystal Nucleation and Shape, Sassen, K.; Arnott, W.P.; Starr, D. O?C.; Mace, G.G.; Wang, Z.; Poellot, M.R., Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, April 1, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 7, pp. 873-891)

Parameterizations for the Cross-Sectional Area and Extinction of Cirrus and Stratiform Ice Cloud Particles, Heymsfield, A.J.; Miloshevich, L.M., Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, April 1, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 7, pp. 936-956)

The Role of Oceanic Mesoscale Features on the Tropical Cyclone[ndash ]Induced Mixed Layer Response: A Case Study, Jacob, S.D.; Shay, L.K., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2003 (Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 649-676)

Equilibrium Structure and Dynamics of the California Current System, Marchesiello, P.; McWilliams, J.C.; Shchepetkin, A., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2003 (Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 753-783)

Hydrometeorological Response of the Modeled North American Monsoon to Convective Parameterization, Gochis, D.J.; Shuttleworth, W.J.; Yang, Z.-L., Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2003 (Vol.4, No.2, pp.235-250)

Coastal Orographic Rainfall Processes Observed by Radar during the California Land-Falling Jets Experiment, White, A.B.; Neiman, P.J.; Ralph, F.M.; Kingsmill, D.E.; Persson, P.O.G., Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2003 (Vol.4, No.2, pp.264-282)

Combining SMMR and SSM/I Data for Time Series Analysis of Central North American Snow Water Equivalent, Derksen, C.; Walker, A.; LeDrew, E.; Goodison, B., Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2003 (Vol.4, No.2, pp.304-316)

Effects of Frozen Soil on Soil Temperature, Spring Infiltration, and Runoff: Results from the PILPS 2(d) Experiment at Valdai, Russia, Luo, L.; Robock, A.; Vinnikov, K.Y.; Schlosser, C.A.; Slater, A.G.; Boone, A.; Braden, H.; Cox, P.; de Rosnay, P.; Dickinson, R.E.; et. al, Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2003 (Vol.4, No.2, pp.334-351)

Monitoring Precipitation over the Arctic Terrestrial Drainage System: Data Requirements, Shortcomings, and Applications of Atmospheric Reanalysis, Serreze, M.C.; Clark, M.P.; Bromwich, D.H., Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2003 (Vol.4, No.2, pp.387-407)

Impact of Land Surface Initialization on Seasonal Precipitation and Temperature Prediction, Koster, R.D.; Suarez, M.J.; Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2003 (Vol.4, No.2, pp.408-423)

Influence of Soil Moisture Anomaly on Temperature in the Sahel: A Comparison Between Wet and Dry Decades, Shinoda, M.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2003 (Vol.4, No.2, pp.437-447)

Using MICRO-SWEAT to Model Microwave Brightness Temperatures Measured during SGP97, Burke, E.J.; Shuttleworth, W.J.; Harlow, R.C., Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2003 (Vol.4, No.2, pp.460-472)

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