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Earthshine and the Earth's Albedo: 2. Observations and Simulations Over 3 Years, Palle, E.; Goode, P.R.; Yurchyshyn, V.; Qiu, J.; Hickey, J.; Rodriguez, P.; Chu, M.-C.; Kolbe, E.; Brown, C.T.; Koonin, S.E., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 29, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 4710, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003611)

Earthshine and the Earth's Albedo: 1. Earthshine Observations and Measurements of the Lunar Phase Function for Accurate Measurements of the Earth's Bond Albedo, Qiu, J.; Goode, P.R.; Palle, E.; Yurchyshyn, V.; Hickey, J.; Rodriguez, P.; Chu, M.-C.; Kolbe, E.; Brown, C.T.; Koonin, S.E., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 29, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 4709, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003610)

Observations of Blowing Snow at the South Pole, Mahesh, A.; Eager, R.; Campbell, J.R.; Spinhirne, J.D., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 29, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 4707, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003327)

A Method for Analyzing How Various Parts of Clouds Influence Each Other's Brightness, Vrnai, T.; Marshak, A., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 29, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 4706, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003561)

Interannual Volume Variability in the Tropical Pacific, Holland, C.L.; Mitchum, G.T., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 28, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. C11, 3369, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC001835)

Snow Process Modeling in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS): 2. Evaluation of Model Simulated Snow Water Equivalent, Pan, M.; Sheffield, J.; Wood, E.F.; Mitchell, K.E.; Houser, P.R.; Schaake, J.C.; Robock, A.; Lohmann, D.; Cosgrove, B.; Duan, Q.; Luo, L.; Higgins, R.W.; Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 26, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8850, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003994)

Vertical Profiles of Activated [CIO] and Ozone Loss in the Arctic Vortex in January and March 2000: In Situ Observations and Model Simulations, Vogel, B.; Groofl, J.-U.; Moller, R.; Deshler, T.; Karhu, J.; McKenna, D.S.; Moller, M.; Toohey, D.; Toon, G.C.; Stroh, F., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 26, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8834, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002564)

A Study of the Onset of Melt Over the Arctic Ocean in RADARSAT Synthetic Aperture Radar Data, Kwok, R.; Cunningham, G.F.; Nghiem, S.V., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 26, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. C11, 3363, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001363)

Dynamically Balanced Absolute Sea Level of the Global Ocean Derived from Near-surface Velocity Observations, Niiler, P.P.; Maximenko, N.A.; McWilliams, J.C., Geophysical Research Letters, November 25, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 22, 2164, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018628)

Large Scale Ocean Circulation from the GRACE GGM01 Geoid, Tapley, B.D.; Chambers, D.P.; Bettadpur, S.; Ries, J.C., Geophysical Research Letters, November 25, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 22, 2163, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018622)

A Satellite Approach for Estimating Regional Land Surface Energy Budget for GCIP/GAPP, Meng, C.J.; Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D.; Laszlo, I., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 25, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8861, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003088)

Large Scale Ocean Circulation from the GRACE GGM01 Geoid, Tapley, B.D.; Chambers, D.P.; Bettadpur, S.; Ries, J.C., Geophysical Research Letters, November 25, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 22, 2163, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018622)

Snow Process Modeling in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS): 1. Evaluation Of Model-Simulated Snow Cover Extent, Sheffield, J.; Pan, M.; Wood, E.F.; Mitchell, K.E.; Houser, P.R.; Schaake, J.C.; Robock, A.; Lohmann, D.; Cosgrove, B.; Duan, Q.; Luo, L.; Higgins, R.W.; Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D.; Ramsay, B.H., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 21, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8849, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003274)

Land Surface Model Spin-Up Behavior in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS), Cosgrove, B.A.; Lohmann, D.; Mitchell, K.E.; Houser, P.R.; Wood, E.F.; Schaake, J.C.; Robock, A.; Sheffield, J.; Duan, Q.; Luo, L.; Higgins, R.W.; Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 21, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8845, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003316)

Source Signatures of Carbon Monoxide and Organic Functional Groups in Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia) Submicron Aerosol Types, Maria, S.F.; Russell, L.M.; Turpin, B.J.; Porcja, R.J.; Campos, T.L.; Weber, R.J.; Huebert, B.J., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 21, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D23, 8637, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003703)

Intercomparison of MSX/UVISI-Derived Ozone and Temperature Profiles with Ground-Based, SAGE II, HALOE, And POAM III Data, Vervack, R.J.; Yee, J-H.; DeMajistre, R.; Swartz, W.H., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 21, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 4697, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003671)

The Effect of Vegetation on Surface Temperature: A Statistical Analysis of NDVI and Climate Data, Kaufmann, R.K.; Zhou, L.; Myneni, R.B.; Tucker, C.J.; Slayback, D.; Shabanov, N.V.; Pinzon, J., Geophysical Research Letters, November 20, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 22, 2147, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018251)

Surface Radiation Budgets in Support of the GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP) and the GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP), Including The North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) Project, Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D.; Laszlo, I.; Mitchell, K.E.; Houser, P.R.; Wood, Eric F.; Schaake, J.C.; Robock, A.; Lohmann, D.; Cosgrove, B.A.; Sheffield, J.; Duan, Q.; Luo, L.; Higgins, R.W., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 19, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8844, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003301)

Effect of Adsorption on the Uptake of Organic Trace Gas by Cloud Droplets, Djikaev, Y.S.; Tabazadeh, A., Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, November 18, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 4689, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003741)

The Relationship Between Field-Aligned Currents and Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fluctuations, Seyler, C. E.; Xu, T., Geophysical Research Letters, November 8, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 21, 2106, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018292)

Impact of Hall Effect on Energy Decay in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Matthaeus, W. H.; Dmitruk, P.; Smith, D.; Ghosh, S.; Oughton, S., Geophysical Research Letters, November 8, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 21, 2104, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017949)

Spatial Patterns of Soil Moisture Connected to Monthly-Seasonal Precipitation Variability in a Monsoon Region, Liu, Y., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 8, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8856, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003124)

Mineral Dust and Global Tropospheric Chemistry: Relative Roles of Photolysis and Heterogeneous Uptake, Bian, H.; Zender, C.S., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 8, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D21, 4672, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003143)

Spatial Heterogeneity of Reflected Radiance from Globally Distributed Clouds, Genkova, I.; Davies, R., Geophysical Research Letters, November 6, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 21, 2096, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018194)

Intercomparison Between Satellite-Derived Aerosol Optical Thickness and Pm[2.5] Mass: Implications for Air Quality Studies, Wang, J.; Christopher, S.A., Geophysical Research Letters, November 6, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 21, 2095, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018174)

Diurnal Centroid of Ecosystem Energy and Carbon Fluxes at FLUXNET Sites, Wilson, K.B.; Baldocchi, D.; Falge, E.; Aubinet, M.; Berbigier, P.; Bernhofer, C.; Dolman, H.; Field, C.; Goldstein, A.; Granier, A.; Hollinger, D.; Katul, G.; Law, B. E.; Meyers, T.; Moncrieff, J.; Monson, R.; Tenhunen, J.; Valentini, R.; Verma, S.; Wofsy, S., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 6, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D21, 4664, Paper No. 10.1029/2001JD001349)

Late Twentieth Century Northern Hemisphere Sea-Ice Record From U.S. National Ice Center Ice Charts, Partington, K.; Flynn, T.; Lamb, D.; Bertoia, C.; Dedrick, K., Journal of Geophysical Research — Oceans, November 6, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. C11, 3343, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001623)

A 3-D Geodynamic Model of Lateral Crustal Flow During Andean Mountain Building, Yang, Y.; Liu, M.; Stein, S., Geophysical Research Letters, November 5, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 21, 2093, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018308)

Eta Model Estimated Land Surface Processes and the Hydrologic Cycle of The Mississippi Basin, Berbery, E.H.; Luo, Y.; Mitchell, K.E.; Betts, A.K., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 5, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8852, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003192)

Evaluation of the North American Land Data Assimilation System Over the Southern Great Plains During the Warm Season, Robock, A.; Luo, L.; Wood, E.F.; Wen, F.; Mitchell, K.E.; Houser, P.R.; Schaake, J.C.; Lohmann, D.; Cosgrove, B.; Sheffield, J.; Duan, Q.; Higgins, R.W.; Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D.; Basara, J.B.; Crawford, K.C., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 5, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8846, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003245)

Global Monitoring of Air Pollution Over Land from the Earth Observing System-Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Chu, D.A.; Kaufman, Y.J.; Zibordi, G.; Chern, J.D.; Mao, J.; Li, C.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 5, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D21, 4661, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003179)

Impact of Parameterizations in Snow Physics and Interface Processes on the Simulation of Snow Cover and Runoff at Several Cold Region Sites, Xue, Y.; Sun, S.; Kahan, D.S.; Jiao, Y., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 4, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8559, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003174)

Validation of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) retrospective forcing Over the southern Great Plains, Luo, L.; Robock, A.; Mitchell, K.E.; Houser, P.R.; Wood, E.F.; Schaake, J.C.; Lohmann, D.; Cosgrove, B.; Wen, F.; Sheffield, J.; Duan, Q.; Higgins, R.W.; Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 4, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D22, 8843, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003246)

Influences of Biomass Burning During the Transport and Chemical Evolution Over the Pacific (TRACE-P) Experiment Identified by the Regional Chemical Transport Model, Tang, Y.; Carmichael, G.R.; Woo, J.; Thongboonchoo, N.; Kurata, G.; Uno, I.; Streets, D.G.; Blake, D.R.; Weber, R.J.; Talbot, R.W.; Kondo, Y.; Singh, H.B.; Wang, T., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 4, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D21, 8824, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003110)

Large-Scale Structure of Trace Gas and Aerosol Distributions Over the Western Pacific Ocean During the Transport and Chemical Evolution Over the Pacific (TRACE-P) Experiment, Zhang, M.; Uno, I.; Carmichael, G.R.; Akimoto, H.; Wang, Z.; Tang, Y.; Woo, J.; Streets, D.G.; Sachse, G.W.; Avery, M.A.; Weber, R.J.; Talbot, R.W., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 4, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D21, 8820, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002946)

Clouds and Trace Gas Distributions During TRACE-P, Crawford, J.; Olson, J.; Davis, D.; Chen, G.; Barrick, J.; Shetter, R.; Lefer, B.; Jordan, C.; Anderson, B.; Clarke, A.; Sachse, G.; Blake, D.; Singh, H.; Sandolm, S.; Tan, D.; Kondo, Y.; Avery, M.; Flocke, F.; Eisele, F.; Mauldin, L.; Zondlo, M.; Brune, W.; Harder, H.; Martinez, M.; Talbot, R.; Bandy, A.; Thornton, D., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 4, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D21, 8818, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003177)

Characteristics and Influence of Biosmoke on the Fine-Particle Ionic Composition Measured in Asian Outflow During the Transport and Chemical Evolution Over the Pacific (TRACE-P) Experiment, Ma, Y.; Weber, R.J.; Lee, Y.; Orsini, D.A.; Maxwell-Meier, K.; Thornton, D.C.; Bandy, A.R.; Clarke, A.D.; Blake, D.R.; Sachse, G.W.; Fuelberg, H.E.; Kiley, C.M.; Woo, J.; Streets, D.G.; Carmichael, G.R., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, November 4, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D21, 8816, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003128)

Properties of Tropical and Mid-latitude Ice Cloud Particle Ensembles, Part I: Median Mass Diameters and Terminal Velocities, Heymsfield, A.J., Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, November 1, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 21, 2573-2591)

Properties of Tropical and Mid-latitude Ice Cloud Particle Ensembles, Part II: Applications for Mesoscale and Climate Models, Heymsfield, A.J., Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, November 1, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 21, 2592-2611)

Convective Mixing Near the Tropical Tropopause: Insights from Seasonal Variations, Sherwood, S.C.; Dessler, A.E., Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, November 1, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 21, 2674-2685)

Sampling Errors in Rawinsonde-Array Budgets, Mapes, B.E.; Ciesielksi, P.E.; Johnson, R.H., Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, November 1, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 21, 2697-2714)

Fluctuations of Cloud, Humidity, and Thermal Structure Near the Tropical Tropopause, Salby, M.; Sassi, F.; Callaghan, P.; Read, W; Pumphrey, H.,Journal of Climate, November 1, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 3428-3446)

Contrail Frequency Over the United States From Surface Observations, Minnis, P.; Ayers, J.A.; Nordeen, M.L.; Weaver, S.P., Journal of Climate, November 1, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 3447-3462)

The Amplification of East Pacific Madden-Julian Oscillation Convection and Wind Anomalies during June-November, Maloney, E.D.; Esbensen, S.K.; Journal of Climate, November 1, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 3482-3497)

Warming Trends in the Arctic from Clear Sky Satellite Observations, Comiso, J.C., Journal of Climate, November 1, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 3498-3510)

The Sensitivity of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge Overflow to Forcing Changes, Biastoch, A.; Kaumlse, R.H.; Stammer, D.B., Journal of Physical Oceanography, November 2003 (Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 2307-2319)

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