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Inorganic Composition of Fine Particles in Mixed Mineral Dust�Pollution Plumes Observed from Airborne Measurements during ACE-Asia, Maxwell-Meier, K.; Weber, R.; Song, C.; Orsini, D.; Ma, Y.; Carmichael, G.R.; Streets, D.G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19S07, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004464)

Comparison of Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II Version 6.2 Water Vapor with Balloon-Borne and Space-Based Instruments, Taha, G.; Thomason, L.W.; Burton, S.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18313, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004859)

Global Carbon Dioxide Transport Simulations Using Meteorological Data from the NASA Data Assimilation System, Kawa, S.R.; Erickson, D.J., III; Pawson, S.; Zhu, Z.,Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18312, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004554)

Thermalization of Fast O(1D) Atoms in the Stratosphere and Mesosphere, Kharchenko, V.; Dalgarno, A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18311, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004597)

Separating Chemistry and Transport Effects in Two-Dimensional Models, Weisenstein, D.K.; Eluszkiewicz, J.; Ko, M.K.W.; Scott, C.J.; Jackman, C.H.; Fleming, E.L.; Considine, D.B.; Kinnison, D.E.; Connell, P.S.; Rotman, D.A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18310, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004744)

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Observations in Asian Aerosol in Winter from 1979 to 2000, Massie, S.T.; Torres, O.; Smith, S.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18211, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004620)

Subpixel-Scale Variability of Rainfall and Its Application to Mitigate the Beam-Filling Problem, Varma, A.K.; Liu, G.; Noh, Y.-J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18210, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004968)

Measurements of the Hemispherical-Directional Reflectance of Snow at Fine Spectral and Angular Resolution, Painter, T.H.; Dozier, J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18115, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004458)

Introduction to Special Section:Oceanography of the Okhotsk Sea, Ohshima, K.I.; Martin, S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, September 28, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C9, C09S01, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JC002604)

Decadal Weakening of the Shallow Overturning Circulation in the South Indian Ocean, Tong, L.; Geophysical Research Letters, September 25, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 18, L18305, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020884)

Southern Hemisphere Climate Response to Ozone Changes and Greenhouse Gas Increases, Shindell, D.T.; Schmidt, G.A., Geophysical Research Letters, September 25, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 18, L18209, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020724)

Satellite Observations of Spatial and Interannual Variability of Lightning and Radar Reflectivity, Durden, S.L.; Meagher, J.P.; Haddad, Z.S., Geophysical Research Letters, September 25, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 18, L18111, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020384)

Antarctic Stratospheric Ozone from the Assimilation of Occultation Data, Stajner, I.; Wargan, K., Geophysical Research Letters, September 24, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 18, L18108, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020846)

Stochastic Theory of Radiative Transfer through Generalized Cloud Fields, Lane-Vernon, D.E.; Somerville, R.C.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 24, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18113, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004524)

Basal Shear Stress of the Ross Ice Streams from Control Method Inversions, Joughin, I.; MacAyeal, D.R.; Tulaczyk, S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, September 24, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B9, B09405, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JB002960)

Free Tropospheric Measurements of Formic Acid [HCOOH] from Infrared Ground-based Solar Absorption Spectra: Retrieval Approach, Evidence for a Seasonal Cycle, and Comparison with Model Calculations, Rinsland, C.P.; Mahieu, E.; Zander, R.; Goldman, A.; Wood, S.; Chiou, L.,Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 23, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18308, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004917)

Ground-based Nitric Acid Measurements at Arrival Heights, Antarctica, Using Solar and Lunar Fourier Transform Infrared Observations, Wood, S.W.; Batchelor, R.L.; Goldman, A.; Rinsland, C.P.; Connor, B.J.; Murcray, F.J.; Stephen, T.M.; Heuff, D.N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 23, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18307, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004665)

Glacier Acceleration and Thinning after Ice Shelf Collapse in the Larsen B Embayment, Antarctica, Scambos, T.A.; Bohlander, J.A.; Shuman, C.A.; Skvarca, P., Geophysical Research Letters, September 22, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 18, L18402, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020670)

Accelerated Ice Discharge from the Antarctic Peninsula Following the Collapse of Larsen B Ice Shelf, Rignot, E.; Casassa, G.; Giogineni, P.; Krabill, W.; Rivera, A.; Thomas, R., Geophysical Research Letters, September 22, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 18, L18401, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020697)

A Global Water Vapor Data Set Obtained by Merging the SSMI and MODIS Data, Gao, B.-C., Chan, P.K., Li, R.-R., Geophysical Research Letters, September 18, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 18, L18103, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020656)

Improved Quantification of Chinese Carbon Fluxes using [CO2/CO] Correlations in Asian Flow, Suntharalingam, P.; Jacob, D.J.; Palmer, P.I.; Logan, J.A.; Yantosca, R.M.; Xiao, Y.; Evans, M.J.; Streets, D.G.; Vay, S.L.; Sachse, G.W., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 18, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. 18, D18S18, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004362)

Evidence of the Effect of Summertime Midlatitide Convection on the Subtropical Lower Stratosphere from CRYSTAL-FACE Tracer Measurements, Ray, E.A.; Rosenlof, K.H.; Richard, E.C.; Hudson, P.K.; Cziczo, D.J.; Loewenstein, M.; Jost, H.-J.; Lopez, J.; Ridley, B.; Weinheimer, A.; Montzka, D.; Knapp, D.; Wofsy, S.C.; Daube, B.C.; Gerbig, C.; Xueref, I.; Herman, R.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 18, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. 18, D18S18, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004362)

Okhotsk Sea Kashevarov Bank Ploynya: Its Dependence on Diurnal and Fortnightly Tides and Its Initial Formation, Martin, S.; Polyakov, I.; Markus, T.; Drucker, R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, September 18, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C9, C09S04, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002215)

Coupling Between [CO2], Water Vapor, Temperature, and Radon and Their Fluxes in an Idealized Equilibrium Boundary Layer over Land, Betts, A.K.; Helliker, B.; Berry, J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 17, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D18103, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004420)

Estimate of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Shipping by Satellite Remote Sensing, Beirle, S.; Platt, U.; von Glasow, R.; Wenig, M.; Wagner, T., Geophysical Research Letters, September 17, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 18, L18102, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020312)

Variations in the Earth's Oblateness during the Past 28 Years, Cheng, M.; Tapley, B.D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, September 16, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B9, B09402, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JB003028)

Numerical Study of Asian Dust Transport during the Springtime of 2001 Simulated with the Chemical Weather Forecasting System (CFORS) Model, Uno, I.; Satake, S.; Carmichael, G.R.; Tang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Takemura, T.; Sugimoto, N.; Shimizu, A.; Murayama, T.; Cahill, T.A.; Cliff, S.; Uematsu, M.; Ohta, S.; Quinn, P.K.; Bates, T.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D18, D19S24, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004222)

Spatial Distribution and Size Evolution of Particles in Asian Outflow: Significance of Primary and Secondary Aerosols during ACE-Asia and TRACE-P, McNaughton, C.S.; Clarke, A.D.; Howell, S.G.; Moore, K.G., II; Brekhovskikh, V.; Weber, R.J.; Orsini, D.A.; Covert, D.S.; Buzorius, G.; Brechtel, F.J.; Carmichael, G.R.; Tang, Y.; Eisele, F.L.; Mauldin, R.L.; Bandy, A.R.; Thornton, D.C.; Blomquist, B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19S06, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD00352)

Dilution of the Antarctic Ozone Hole into Southern Midlatitudes, 1998-2000, Ajtic, J.; Connor, B.J.; Lawrence, B.N.; Bodeker, G.E.; Hoppel, K.W.; Rosenfield, J.E.; Heuff, D.N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17107, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004500)

Diurnal Cycle of Tropical Precipitation in a General Circulation Model, Collier, J.C., Bowman, K.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17105, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004818)

Global Variability of Precipitation According to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Haddad, Z.S.; Meagher, J.P.; Adler, R.F.; Smith, E.A.; Im, E.; Durden, S. L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 11, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17103, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004607)

Gravity Waves Generated by Convection in the Darwin Area during the Darwin Area Wave Experiment, Alexander, M.J.; May, P.T.; Beres, J.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 10, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20S04, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004729)

Spectral Absorption of Solar Radiation by Aerosols during ACE-Asia, Bergstrom, R.W.; Pilewskie, P.; Pommier, J.; Rabbette, M.; Russell, P B.; Schmid, B.; Redemann, J.; Higurashi, A.; Nakajima, T.; Quinn, P.K.,Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19S15, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004467)

Florida Thunderstorms: A Faucet of Reactive Nitrogen to the Upper Troposphere, Ridley, B.; Ott, L.; Pickering, K.; Emmons, L.; Montzka, D.; Weinheimer, A.; Knapp, D.; Grahek, F.; Li, L.; Heymsfield, G.; McGill, M.; Kucera, P.; Mahoney, M. J.; Baumgardner, D.; Schultz, M.; Brasseur, G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17305, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004769)

Estimates of Atmospheric-Processed Soluble Iron from Observations and a Global Mineral Aerosol Model: Biogeochemical Implications, Hand, J.L.; Mahowald, N.M.; Chen, Y.; Siefert, R.L.; Luo, C.; Subramaniam, A.; Fung, I., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17205, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004574)

A Demonstration of the Capabilities of Multi-satellite Observations of Oceanic Lightning, Boeck, W.L.; Suszcynsky, D.M.; Light, T.E.; Jacobson, A.R.; Christian, H.J.; Goodman, S.J.; Buechler, D.E.; Guillen, J.L.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17204, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004491)

Measurements of Ice Water Content in Tropopause Region Arctic Cirrus during the SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment (SOLVE), Hallar, A.G.; Avallone, L.M.; Herman, R.L.; Anderson, B.E.; Heymsfield, A.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17203, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004348)

Water Vapor Retrieval over Ocean Using Near-Infrared Radiometery, Dubuisson, P.; Dessailly, D.; Vesperini, M.; Frouin, P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19106, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004516)

Chemical Climatology of the Middle Atmosphere Simulated by the NASA Langley Research Center Interactive Modeling Project for Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport (IMPACT) Model, Al-Saadi, J.A.; Pierce, R.B.; Natarajan, M.; Fairlie, T.D.;; Grose, W.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 2, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17301, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004354)

Marine Boundary Layer Dust and Pollutant Transport Associated with the Passage of a Frontal System over Eastern Asia, Bates, T.S.; Quinn, P.K.; Coffman, D.J.; Covert, D.S.; Miller, T.L.; Johnson, J.E.; Carmichael, G.R.; Uno, I.; Guazzotti, S.A.; Sodeman, D.A.; Prather, K.A.; Rivera, M.; Russell, L.M.; Merrill, J.T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, September 2, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D17, D17301, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004354)

Has the Conversion of Natural Wetlands to Agricultural Land Increased the Incidence and Severity of Damaging Freezes in South Florida?, Marshall, C.H.; Pielke, R.A.; Steyaert, L.T., Monthly Weather Review, September 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 9, 2243-2258)

A Climatology of Waves in the Equatorial Region, Roundy, P.E.; Frank, W.M., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, September 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 17, 2105-2132)

Interannual Changes of Stratospheric Water Vapor and Correlations with Tropical Tropopause Temperatures, Randel, W.J.; Wu, F.; Oltmans, S.J.; Rosenlof, K.; Nedoluha, G.E., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, September 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 17, 2133-2148)

Effects of Convectively Generated Gravity Waves and Rotation on the Organization of Convection, Liu, C.; Moncrieff, M.W., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, September 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 17, 2218-2227)

Development and Validation of a Time-Lag Correction for Vaisala Radiosonde Humidity Measurements, Miloshevich, L.M.; Paukkunen, A.; V'mel, H.; Oltmans, S.J., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, September 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 9, 1305-1327)

A Dynamic GIS-Multicriteria Technique for Siting the NASA-Clark Atlanta Urban Rain Gauge Network, Shepherd, J.M.; Taylor, O.O.; Garza, C., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, September 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 9, 1346-1363)

SeaWinds Validation: Effect of Rain as Observed by East Coast Radars , Hoffman, R.N., Grassotti, C.; Leidner, S.M., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, September 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 9, 1364-1377)

A 94-GHz Cloud Radar System on a NASA High-Altitude ER-2 Aircraft, Li, L.; Heymsfield, G.M.; Racette, P.E.; Tian, L.; Zenker, E.; Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, September 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 9, 1378-1388)

Using PPCA to Estimate EOFs in the Presence of Missing Values, Houseago-Stokes, R.E.; Challenor, P.G., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, September 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 9, 1471-1480)

Satellite Remote Sounding of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Temperature Inversions over the Subtropical Eastern Pacific, Fetzer, E.J.; Teixeira, J.; Olsen, E.T.; Fishbein, E.F., Geophysical Research Letters, September 1, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 17, L17102, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020174)

Anomaly Nesting: A Methodology to Downscale Seasonal Climate Simulations from AGCMs, Misra, V.; Kanamitsu, M., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 17, 3249-3262)

Evaluation of Clouds and Their Radiative Effects Simulated by the NCAR Community Atmospheric Model Against Satellite Observations, Lin, W.Y.; Zhang, M.H., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 17, 3302-3318)

A Comparison of Tropical Precipitation Simulated by the Community Climate Model with that Measured by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Satellite, Collier, J.C.; Bowman, K.P.; North, G.R., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 17, 3319-3333)

Interannual Variability of Summertime Convective Cloudiness and Precipitation in the Central Andes Derived from ISCCP-B3 Data, Vuille, M.; Keimig, F., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 17, 3334-3348)

Seasonal Evolution and Variability Associated with the West African Monsoon System, Gu, G.; Adler, R.F., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 17, 3364-3377)

Spatiotemporal Variation of the Vertical Gradient of Rainfall Rate Observed by the TRMM Precipitation Radar, Hirose, M.; Nakamura, K., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 17, 3378-3397)

Marine Low-Cloud Anomalies Associated with ENSO, Park, S.; Leovy, C.B.; Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 17, 3448-3469)

El Nino and La Nina in a Highly Reflective Cloud, Martin, D.W.; Collimore, C.C.; Hitchman, M.H., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 17, 3470-3475)

In Situ Observations of Diurnal Variability in Rainfall over the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Serra, Y.L.; McPhaden, M.J., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 18, 3496-3509)

Upward Wave Activity Flux as a Precursor to Extreme Stratospheric Events and Subsequent Anomalous Surface Weather Regimes, Polvani, L.M.; Waugh, D.W., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 18, 3548-3554)

Boundary Layer Depth, Entrainment, and Decoupling in the Cloud-Capped Subtropical and Tropical Marine Boundary Layer, Wood, R.; Bretherton, C.S., Journal of Climate, September 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 18, 3576-3588)

The Effect of Salinity on the Wind-Driven Circulation and the Thermal Structure of the Upper Ocean, Fedorov, A.V.; Pacanowski, R.C.; Philander, S.G.; Boccaletti, G., Journal of Physical Oceanography, September 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, 1949-1966)

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