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Modeling Arabian Dust Mobilization during the Asian Summer Monsoon: The Effect of Prescribed Versus Calculated SST, Miller, R.L.; Perlwitz, J.; Tegen, I., Geophysical Research Letters, November 30, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 22, L22214, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020669)

Chemical and Dynamical Effects on Cloud Droplet Number: Implications for Estimates of the Aerosol Indirect Effect, Lance, S.; Nenes, A.; Rissman, T.A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 27, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D22, D22208, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004596)

Concurrent [OH] Imager and Sodium Temperature/Wind Lidar Observation of a Mesopause Region Undular Bore Event over Fort Collins/Platteville, Colorado, She, C.Y.; Li, T.; Williams, B.P.; Yuan, T.; Picard, R.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 27, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D22, D22107, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004742)

A Study of Mesoscale Gravity Waves over the North Atlantic with Satellite Observations and a Mesoscale Model, Wu, D.L.; Zhang, F., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 25, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D22, D22104, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005090)

Validation of Aqua Satellite Data in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere with In Situ Aircraft Instruments, Gettelman, A.; Weinstock, E. M.; Fetzer, E.J.; Irion, F.W.; Eldering, A.; Richard, E.C.; Rosenlof, K.H.; Thompson, T.L.; Pittman, J.V.; Webster, C.R.; Herman, R.L., Geophysical Research Letters, November 24, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 22, L22107, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020730)

A Nested Grid Formulation for Chemical Transport over Asia: Applications to [CO], Wang, Y.X.; McElroy, M.B.; Jacob, D.J.; Yantosca, R.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 24, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D22, D22307, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005237)

Nontidal Oceanic Excitation of Nutation and Diurnal/Semidiurnal Polar Motion Revisited, Brzeziński, A.; Ponte, R.M.; Ali, A.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, November 24, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B11, B11407, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JB003054)

Elevation Changes of Ice Caps in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Abdalati, W.; Krabill, W.; Frederick, E.; Manizade, S.; Martin, C.; Sonntag, J.; Swift, R.; Thomas, R.; Yungel, J.; Koerner, R., Journal of Geophysical Research Letters-Earth Surface, November 20, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. F4, F04007, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JF000045)

The 1997-1999 Abrupt Change of the Upper Ocean Temperature in the North Central Pacific, Kim, S.-B.; Lee, T.; Fukumori, I., Geophysical Research Letters, November 19, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 22, L22304, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021142)

Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability and ENSO Amplitude Modulation in a CGCM, Yeh, S.-W.; Kirtman, B.P., Journal of Geophysical Research Letters-Oceans, November 18, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C11, C11009, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JC002442)

Evolution of U-Pb and Sm-Nd Systems in Numerical Models of Mantle Convection and Plate Tectonics, Xie, S.; Tackley, P.J., Journal of Geophysical Research Letters-Solid Earth, November 18, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B11, B11204, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JB003176)

Using Chemistry Transport Modeling in Statistical Analysis of Stratospheric Ozone Trends from Observations, Guillas, S.; Stein, M.L.; Wuebbles, D.J.; Xia, J., Journal of Geophysical Research Letters-Atmospheres, November 17, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D22, D22303, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005049)

Impact of Monsoon Circulations on the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere, Gettelman, A.; Kinnison, D.E.; Dunkerton, T.J.; Brasseur, G.P., Journal of Geophysical Research Letters-Atmospheres, November 17, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D22, D22101, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004878)

A Parameterization of Ocean Surface Albedo, Jin, Z.; Charlock, T.P.; Smith, W.L., Jr.; Rutledge, K., Geophysical Research Letters, November 16, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 22, L22301, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021180)

Version 2 Data of the National Science Foundation's Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring Network: South Pole, Bernhard, G.; Booth, C. R.; Ehramjian, J.C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 12, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21207, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004937)

Potential Mechanism for Response of El Niño�Southern Oscillation Variability to Change in Land Surface Energy Budget, Hu, Z.-Z.; Schneider, E.K.; Bhatt, U.S.; Kirtman, B.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 12, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21113, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004771)

The 6.5-Day Wave and its Seasonal Variability in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere, Liu, H.-L.; Talaat, E.R.; Roble, R.G.; Lieberman, R.S.; Riggin, D.M.; Yee, J.-H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 12, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21112, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004795)

Satellite Mapping of Rain-Induced Nitric Oxide Emissions from Soils, Jaegl�é, L.; Martin, R.V.; Chance, K.; Steinberger, L.; Kurosu, T.P.; Jacob, D.J.; Modi, A.I.; Yobou�, V.; Sigha-Nkamdjou, L.; Galy-Lacaux, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 12, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21310, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004787)

Evidence that the Spectral Dependence of Light Absorption by Aerosols is Affected by Organic Carbon, Kirchstetter, T.W.; Novakov, T.; Hobbs, P.V., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 12, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21208, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004999)

Annual Cycles of Multiyear Sea Ice Coverage of the Arctic Ocean: 1999-2003, Kwok, R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 10, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C11, C11004, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002238)

Monthly Carbon Dioxide Surface Sources Inventory Based on the 2000�2001 MOPITT Satellite Data, Pétron, G.; Granier, C.; Khattatov, B.; Yudin, V.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Emmons, L.; Gille, J.; Edwards, D.P., Geophysical Research Letters, November 10, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 21, L21107, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020560)

Gravity Waves in the Arctic Mesosphere during the Macwave/MIDAS Summer Rocket Program, Williams, B.P.; Fritts, D.C.; Wang, L.; She, C.Y.; Vance, J.D.; Schmidlin, F.J.; Goldberg, R.A.; M�llemann, A.; L�bken, F.-J., Geophysical Research Letters, November 9, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24S05, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020049)

Trade Wind Cumuli Statistics in Clean and Polluted Air over the Indian Ocean from in Situ and Remote Sensing Measurements, McFarquhar, G.M.; Platnick, S.; Di Girolamo, L.; Wang, H.; Wind, G.; Zhao, G., Geophysical Research Letters, November 9, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 21, L21105, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020412)

On the Size of the Antarctic Ozone Hole,Newman, P.A.; Kawa, S. Randolph; Nash, E.R., Geophysical Research Letters, November 9, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 21, L21104, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020596)

Validating AIRS Upper Atmosphere Water Vapor Retrievals Using Aircraft and Balloon In Situ Measurements, Hagan, D.E.; Webster, C.R.; Farmer, C.B.; May, R.D.; Herman, R.L.; Weinstock, E.M.; Christensen, L.E.; Lait, L.R.; Newman, P.A., Geophysical Research Letters, November 6, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 21, L21103, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020302)

Air-Ground Temperature Coupling and Subsurface Propagation of Annual Temperature Signals, Smerdon, J.E.; Pollack, H.N.; Cermak, V.; Enz, J.W.; Kresl, M.; Safanda, J.; Wehmiller, J.F., Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21107, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005056)

Localization of Individual Lightning Discharges Via Directional and Temporal Triangulation of Sferic Measurements at Two Distant Sites, Wood, T.G.; Inan, U.S., Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21109, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005204)

Convective Generation of Cirrus Near the Tropopause, Garrett, T.J.; Heymsfield, A.J.; McGill, M.J.; Ridley, B.A.; Baumgardner, D.G.; Bui, T.P.; Webster, C.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21203, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004952)

Influence of the Amazon River on the Surface Optical Properties of the Western Tropical North Atlantic Ocean, Del Vecchio, R.; Subramaniam, A., Journal Of Geophysical Research-Oceans, November 4, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C11, C11001, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JC002503)

Impacts of Climate Change on Methane Emissions from Wetlands, Shindell, D.T.; Walter, B.P.; Faluvegi, G., Geophysical Research Letters, November 2, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 21, L21202, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021009)

Regional Comparison and Assimilation of GOCART and MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Across The Eastern U.S., Matsui, T.; Kreidenweis, S.M.; Pielke, R.A., Sr.; Schichtel, B.; Yu, H.; Chin, M.; Chu, D.A.; Niyogi, D., Geophysical Research Letters, November 2, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 21, L21101, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021017)

Exploring Parameter Sensitivities of the Land Surface Using a Locally Coupled Land-Atmosphere Model, Liu, Y.; Gupta, H.V.; Sorooshian, S.; Bastidas, L.A.; Shuttleworth, W.J., Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, November 2, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D21, D21101, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004730)

Terra and Aqua: New Data for Epidemiology and Public Health, Tatem, A.J.; Goetz, S.J.; Hay, S.I., International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, November 2004 (Vol. 6, No. 1, 33-46)

The Role of Coupled Sea Surface Temperatures in the Simulation of the Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation, Zheng, Y.; Waliser, D.E.; Stern, W.F.; Jones, C., Journal of Climate, November 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 21, 4109-4134)

Annual Variation of Midlatitude Precipitation, Chen, T.-C.; Huang, W.-R.; Takle, E.S., Journal of Climate, November 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 21, 4291-4298)

Remotely Sensed Microphysical and Thermodynamic Properties of Nonuniform Water Cloud Fields, Harshvardhan, G.G.; Guo, G.; Green, R.N.; Zheng, Q.; Nakajima, T.Y., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, November 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 21, 2574-2587)

Clouds and Shortwave Fluxes at Nauru. Part II: Shortwave Flux Closure, McFarlane, S.A.; Evans. K.F., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, November 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 21, 2602-2615)

The Connection Between Coherent Structures and Low-Frequency Wave Packets in Large-Scale Atmospheric Flow, Hodyss, D.; Nathan, T.R., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, November 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 21, 2616-2626)

The Boreal-Summer Intraseasonal Oscillations Simulated in a Hybrid Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model, Fu, X.; Wang, B., Monthly Weather Review, November 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 11, 2628-2649)

A Hybrid Surface Reference Technique and Its Application to the TRMM Precipitation Radar, Meneghini, R.; Jones, J.A.; Iguchi, T.; Okamoto, K.; Kwiatkowski, J., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, November 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 11, 1645-1658)

The Computational Complexity and Parallel Scalability of Atmospheric Data Assimilation Algorithms, Lyster, P.M.; Guo, J.; Clune, T.; Larson, J.W., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, November 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 11, 1689-1700)

The Theory of Ice Nucleation by Heterogeneous Freezing of Deliquescent Mixed CCN, Khvorostyanov, V.I.; Curry, J.A., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, November 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 22, 2676-2691)

Assessing ENSO Simulations and Predictions Using Adjoint Ocean State Estimation, Dommenget, D.; Stammer, D., Journal of Climate, November 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 22, 4301-4315)

Equatorial Waves Including the Madden-Julian Oscillation in TRMM Rainfall and OLR Data, Cho, H.-K.; Bowman, K.P.; North, G.R., Journal of Climate, November 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 22, 4387-4406)

Classification and Characterization of Tropical Precipitation Based on High-Resolution Airborne Vertical Incidence Radar. Part I: Classification, Geerts, B.; Dawei, Y., Journal of Applied Meteorology, November 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 11, 1544-1566)

Classification and Characterization of Tropical Precipitation Based on High-Resolution Airborne Vertical Incidence Radar. Part II: Composite Vertical Structure of Hurricanes versus Storms over Florida and the Amazon, Geerts, B.; Dawei, Y., Journal of Applied Meteorology, November 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 11, 1567-1585)

A Comparison of Gamma and Lognormal Distributions for Characterizing Satellite Rain Rates from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Cho, H.-K., Bowman, K.P.; North, G.R., Journal of Applied Meteorology, November 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 11, 1586-1597)

TRMM Common Microphysics Products: A Tool for Evaluating Spaceborne Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms, Kingsmill, D.E.; Yuter, S.E.; Heymsfield, A.J.; Hobbs, P.V.; Korolev, A.V.; Stith, J.L.; Bansemer, A.; Haggerty, J.A.; Rangno, A.L., Journal of Applied Meteorology, November 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 11, 1598-1618)

Synergistic Use of MODIS and AIRS in a Variational Retrieval of Cloud Parameters, Li, J.; Menzel, W.P.; Zhang, W.; Sun, F.; Schmit, T.J.; Gurka, J.J.; Weisz, E., Journal of Applied Meteorology, November 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 11, 1619-1634)

Evaluating Formulations of Stable Boundary Layer Height, Vickers, D.; Mahrt, L., Journal of Applied Meteorology, November 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 11, 1736-1749)

Coastline Direction, Interannual Flow, and the Strong El Nino Currents along Australia's Nearly Zonal Southern Coast, Li, J.; Clarke, A.J., Journal of Physical Oceanography, November 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 11, 2373-2381)

Interdecadal Sea Level Fluctuations at Hawaii, Firing, Y.L.; Merrifield, M.A.; Schroeder, T.A.; Qiu, B., Journal of Physical Oceanography, November 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 11, 2514-2524)

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