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Automated Cloud Screening Algorithm For MFRSR Data, Alexandrov, M.D.; Marshak, A.; Cairns, B.; Lacis, A.A.; Carlson, B.E., Geophysical Research Letters, February 28, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 4, L04118, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019105)

Temporal Interpolation of Global Surface Skin Temperature Diurnal Cycle over Land under Clear and Cloudy Conditions, Aires, F.; Prigent, C.; Rossow, W.B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 26, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D4, D04313, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003527)

Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean T-S Variations with El Nino, Wang, O.; Fukumori, I.; Lee, T.; Johnson, G.C., Geophysical Research Letters, February 26, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 4, L04305, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019087)

Climatological Annual Cycle of Ocean Heat Content, Antonov, J.I.; Levitus, S.; Boyer, T.P., Geophysical Research Letters, February 26, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 4, L04304, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018851)

Improved Detection of Large Cirrus Particles from Infrared Spectral Observations, Mahesh, A., Geophysical Research Letters, February 26, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 4, L04110, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018768)

Stable Carbon Isotope Composition of Atmospheric Methyl Bromide, Bill, M.; Conrad, M.E.; Goldstein, A.H., Geophysical Research Letters, February 26, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 4, L04109, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018639)

Observational Evidence Against Mountain-wave Generation of Ice Nuclei as a Prerequisite for the Formation of Three Solid Nitric Acid Polar Stratospheric Clouds Observed in the Arctic in Early December 1999, Pagan, K.L.; Tabazadeh, A.; Drdla, K.; Hervig, M.E.; Eckermann, S.D.; Browell, E.V.; Legg, M.J.; Foschi, P.G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 26, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D4, D04312, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003846)

Oceanic Effects on Polar Motion Determined from an Ocean Model and Satellite Altimetry: 1993-2001, Chen, J.-L.; Wilson, C.R.; Hu, X.-G.; Zhou, Y.-H.; Tapley, B.D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, February 26, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B2, B02411, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JB002664)

Passive and Active Detection of Clouds: Comparisons Between MODIS and GLAS Observations, Mahesh, A.; Gray, M.A.; Palm, S.P.; Hart, W.D.; Spinhirne, J.D., Geophysical Research Letters, February 25, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 4, L04108, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018859)

Satellite Monitoring of Vegetation Dynamics: Sensitivity Enhancement by the Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index, Vina, A.; Henebry, G.M.; Gitelson, A.A., Geophysical Research Letters, February 24, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 4, L04503, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019034)

African Easterly Waves and Their Association with Precipitation, Gu, G.; Adler, R.F.; Huffman, G.J.; Curtis, S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D4, D04101, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003967)

Isotopic Ractionation of Nitrous Oxide in the Stratosphere: Comparison Between Model and Observations, Morgan, C.G.; Allen, M.; Liang, M.C.; Shia, R.L.; Blake, G.A.; Yung, Y.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 20, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D4, D04305, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003402)

Single Particle Measurements of the Chemical Composition of Cirrus Ice Residue during CRYSTAL-FACE, Cziczo, D.J.; Murphy, D.M.; Hudson, P.K.; Thomson, D.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 18, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D4, D04201, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004032)

Synthetic Aperture Radar Observation of the Sea Surface Imprints of Upstream Atmospheric Solitons Generated by Flow Impeded by an Island, Li, X.; Dong, C.; Clemente-Colon, P.; Pichel, W.G.; Friedman, K.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, February 17, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C2, C02016, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002168)

Validation of Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) [CO] Retrievals with Aircraft in situ Profiles, Emmons, L.K.; Deeter, M.N.; Gille, J.C.; Edwards, D.P.; Atti�, J.-L.; Warner, J.; Ziskin, D.; Francis, G.; Khattatov, B.; Yudin, V.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Ho, S.-P.; Mao, D.; Chen, J.S.; Drummond, J.; Novelli, P.; Sachse, G.; Coffey, M.T.; Hannigan, J.W.; Gerbig, C.; Kawakami, S.; Kondo, Y.; Takegawa, N.; Schlager, H.; Baehr, J.; Ziereis, H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03309, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004101)

Evaluation of Operational Radiances for the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) Instrument [CO] Thermal Band Channels, Deeter, M.N.; Emmons, L.K.; Francis, G.L.; Edwards, D.P.; Gille, J.C.; Warner, J.X.; Khattatov, B.; Ziskin, D.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Ho, S.-P.; Yudin, V.; Attie, J.-L.; Packman, D.; Chen, J.; Mao, D.; Drummond, J.R.; Novelli, P.; Sachse, G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03308, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003970)

Using Satellite-derived Ice Concentration to Represent Antarctic Coastal Polynyas in Ocean Climate Models, Stessel, A.; Markus, T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, February 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C2, C02014, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC001779)

Measuring Gravity Field Variability, the Geoid, Ocean Bottom Pressure Fluctuations, and Their Dynamical Implications, Condi, F.; Wunsch, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, February 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C2, C02013, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001727)

Climatology of Katabatic Winds in the Mcmurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, Nylen, T.H.; Fountain, A.G.; Doran, P.T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03114, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003937)

Arctic Oscillation Response to the 1991 Pinatubo Eruption in the SKYHI General Circulation Model with a Realistic Quasi-biennial Oscillation, Stenchikov, G.; Hamilton, K.; Robock, A.; Ramaswamy, V.; Schwarzkopf, M.D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03112, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003699)

Geographical Distribution and Interseasonal Variability of Tropical Deep Convection: UARS MLS Observations and Analyses, Jiang, J.H.; Wang, B.; Goya, K.; Hocke, K.; Eckermann, S.D.; Ma, J.; Wu, D.L.; Read, W.G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 13, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03111, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003756

Incorporating Remotely-sensed Snow Albedo into a Spatially-distributed Snowmelt Model, Molotch, N.P.; Painter, T.H.; Bales, R.C.; Dozier, J., Geophysical Research Letters, February 13, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 3, L03501, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019063)

Observations of the Anomalous Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Carbon Dioxide in the Lower Stratosphere and the Flux of the Anomaly to the Troposphere, Boering, K.A.; Jackson, T.; Hoag, K.J.; Cole, A.S.; Perri, M.J.; Thiemens, M.; Atlas, E., Geophysical Research Letters, February 12, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 3, L03109, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018451)

Direct Radiative Effect of Aerosols as Determined from a Combination of MODIS Retrievals and GOCART Simulations, Yu, H.; Dickinson, R.E.; Chin, M.; Kaufman, Y.J.; Zhou, M.; Zhou, L.; Tian, Y.; Dubovik, O.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 12, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03206, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003914)

Evaluating the Effect of Rain on SeaWinds Scatterometer Measurements, Draper, D.W.; Long, D.G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, February 12, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C12, C02005, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001741)

Parameterization of the Influence of Organic Surfactants on Aerosol Activation, Abdul-Razzak, H.; Ghan, S.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 11, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03205, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004043)

Long-term Variations in the Occurrence and Effective Solar Transmission of Clouds as Determined from Surface-based Total Irradiance Observations, Dutton, E.G.; Farhadi, A.; Stone, R.S.; Long, C.N.; Nelson, D.W., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 11, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03204, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003568)

A Search for Mountain Waves in MLS Stratospheric Limb Radiances from the Winter Northern Hemisphere: Data Analysis and Global Mountain Wave Modeling, Jiang, J.H.; Eckermann, S.D.; Wu, D.L.; Ma, J, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, February 11, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03107, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003974)

Multiyear Analysis of Amazonian Biomass Burning Smoke Radiative Forcing of Climate, Procopio, A.S.; Artaxo, P.; Kaufman, Y.J.; Remer, L.A.; Schafer, J.S.; Holben, B.N., Geophysical Research Letters, February 10, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 3, L03108, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018646)

Vertical Structure Variability in the Equatorial Pacific before and after the Pacific Climate Shift of the 1970s, Moon, B.-K.; Yeh, S.-W.; Dewitte, B.; Jhun, J.-G.; Kang, I.-S.; Kirtman, B.P., Geophysical Research Letters, February 7, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 3, L03203, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018829)

SABER Observations of Mesospheric Temperatures and Comparisons with Falling Sphere Measurements Taken during the 2002 Summer Macwave Campaign, Mertens, C.J.; Schmidlin, F.J.; Goldberg, R.A.; Remsberg, E.E.; Pesnell, W.D.; Russell, J.M.; Mlynczak, M.G.; L�pez-Puertas, M.; Wintersteiner, P.P.; Picard, R.H.; Winick, J.R.; Gordley, L.L., Geophysical Research Letters, February 5, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 3, L03105, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018605)

Seasonal Variation of Methane, Water Vapor, and Nitrogen Oxides near the Tropopause: Satellite Observations and Model Simulations, Park, M.; Randel, W.J.; Kinnison, D.E.; Garcia, R.R.; Choi, W., Journal of Geophyiscal Research-Atmospheres, February 5, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03302, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003706)

Sensitivity of TOMS Aerosol Index to Boundary Layer Height: Implications for Detection of Mineral Aerosol Sources, Mahowald, N.M.; Dufresne, J.-L., Geophysical Research Letters, February 4, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 3, L03103, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018865)

First Measurements of [ClOOCl] in the Stratosphere: The Coupling of [CIOOCI] and [CIO] in the Arctic Polar Vortex, Stimpfle, R.M.; Wilmouth, D.M.; Salawitch, R.J.; Anderson, J.G., Journal of Geophyiscal Research-Atmospheres, February 4, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03301, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003811)

Small-scale Variability and Model Error in Tropical Pacific Sea Level, Kaplan, A.; Cane, M.A.; Chen, D.; Witter, D.L.; Cheney, R.E., Journal of Geophyiscal Research-Oceans, February 4, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C2, C02001, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001743)

Kelvin Wave Signatures in Stratospheric Trace Constituents, Mote, P.W.; Dunkerton, T.J., Journal of Geophyiscal Research-Atmospheres, February 3, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D3, D03101, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003370)

Stratiform Precipitation, Vertical Heating Profiles, and the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Lin, J.; Mapes, B.; Zhang, M.; Newman, M., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, February 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 3, 296-309)

A Method of Specifying the Gravity Wave Spectrum above Convection Based on Latent Heating Properties and Background Wind, Beres, J.H.; Alexander, M.J.; Holton, J.R., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, February 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 3, 324-337)

Atmospheric Contributions to Earth Nutation: Geodetic Constraints and Limitations of the Torque Approach, Marcus, S.L.; de Viron, O.; Dickey, J.O., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, February 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 3, 352-356)

Understanding Controls on Historical River Discharge in the World�s Largest Drainage Basins, Potter, C.; Zhang, P.; Klooster, S.; Genovese, V.; Shekhar, S.; Kumar, V., Earth Interactions, February 2004 (Vol. 8, No. 2, 1-21)

The Exhaust Valve of the North Atlantic, de Boer, A.M.; Nof, D., Journal of Climate, February 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 3, 417-422)

Modeled Antarctic Precipitation. Part I: Spatial and Temporal Variability, Bromwich, D.H.; Guo, Z.; Bai, L.; Chen, Q., Journal of Climate, February 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 3, 427-447)

Causes of Long-term Drought in the U.S. Great Plains, Schubert, S.D.; Suarez, M.J.; Pegion, P.J.; Koster, R.D.; Bacmeister, J.T., Journal of Climate, February 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 3, 485-503)

Regional Climate Change in East Asia Simulated by an Interactive Atmosphere-Soil-Vegetation Model, Chen, M.; Pollard, D.; Barron, E.J., Journal of Climate, February 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 3, 557-572)

Effects of the Andes on Eastern Pacific Climate: A Regional Atmospheric Model Study, Xu, H., Wang, Y.; Xie, S.-P., Journal of Climate, February 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 3, 589-602)

The North Pacific as a Regulator of Summertime Climate over Eurasia and North America, Lau, K.-M.; Lee, J.-Y.; Kim, K.-M.; Kang, I.-S., Journal of Climate, February 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 4, 819-833)

Longitudinal Variation of the Stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Hamilton, K.; Hertzog, A.; Vial, F.; Stenchikov, G., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, February 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 4, 383-402)

Observations of Particle Size and Phase in Tropical Cyclones: Implications for Mesoscale Modeling of Microphysical Processes, McFarquhar, G.M.; Black, R.A., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, February 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 4, 422-439)

Explicit Simulations of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, Liu, C.; Moncrieff, M.W., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, February 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 4, 458-473)

Large-scale Meteorology and Deep Convection during TRMM KWAJEX, Sobel, A.H.; Yuter, S.E.; Bretherton, C.S.; Kiladis, G., Monthly Weather Review, February 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 2, 422-444)

The Teleconnection between the Western Indian and the Western Pacific Oceans, Misra, V., Monthly Weather Review, February 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 2, 445-455)

Impact of a Digital Filter as a Weak Constraint in MM5 4DVAR: An Observing System Simulation Experiment, Wee, T.-K.; Kuo, Y.-H., Monthly Weather Review, February 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 2, 543-559)

Implementing the Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation with Full Vertical Structure, Shaevitz, D.A.; Sobel, A., Monthly Weather Review, February 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 2, 662-669)

Using MODIS BRDF and Albedo Data to Evaluate Global Model Land Surface Albedo, Wang, Z.; Zeng, W.; Barlage, M.; Dickinson, R.E.; Gao, F.; Schaaf, C.B., Journal of Hydrometeorology, February 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 1, 3-14)

Using a Microwave Emission Model to Estimate Soil Moisture from ESTAR Observations during SGP99, Gao, H.; Wood, E.F.; Drusch, M.; Crow, W.; Jackson, T.J., Journal of Hydrometeorology, February 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 1, 49-63)

Contemporary Changes of the Hydrological Cycle over the Contiguous United States: Trends Derived from In Situ Observations, Groisman, P.Y.; Knight, R.W.; Karl, T.R.; Easterling, D.R.; Sun, B.; Lawrimore, J.H., Journal of Hydrometeorology, February 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 1, 64-85)

The Regional Evapotranspiration of the Amazon, Werth, D.; Avissar, R., Journal of Hydrometeorology, February 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 1, 100-109)

Estimation of Surface Turbulent Fluxes through Assimilation of Radiometric Surface Temperature Sequences, Caparrini, F.; Castelli, F.; Entekhabi, D.; Journal of Hydrometeorology, February 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 1, 145-159)

Estimation of Latent Heating of Rainfall during the Onset of the Indian Monsoon Using TRMM PR and Radiosonde Data, Barros, A.P., Journal of Applied Meteorology, February 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 2, 328-349)

Information Content of Infrared Satellite Sounding Measurements with Respect to [CO2], Engelen, R.J.; Stephens, G.L., Journal of Applied Meteorology, February 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 2, 373-378)

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