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A list of research articles recently published in the scientific literature.

Traffic Restrictions Associated with the Sino-African Summit: Reductions of [NOx] Detected From Space, Wang, Y.; McElroy, M.B.; Boersma, K. Folkert; Eskes, H.J.; Veefkind, J.P., Geophysical Research Letters, April 28, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08814, Paper No. 10.1029/2007GL029326)

Estimating Precipitation Errors Using Spaceborne Surface Soil Moisture Retrievals, Crow, W.T.; Bolten, J.D., Geophysical Research Letters, April 28, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08403, Paper No. 10.1029/2007GL029450)

Near-Real Time Retrieval of Tropospheric [NO2] From OMI, Boersma, K.F.; Eskes, H.J.; Veefkind, J.P.; Brinksma, E.J.; van der A, R.J.; Sneep, M.; van den Oord, G.H.J.; Levelt, P.F.; Stammes, P.; Gleason, J.F.; Bucsela, E.J., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 27, 2007 (Vol. 7, 2103-2118, Paper No. 1680-7324/acp/2007-7-2103)

Aerosol-Cloud Drop Concentration Closure for Clouds Sampled During the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation 2004 Campaign, Fountoukis, C.; Nenes, A.; Meskhidze, N.; Bahreini, R.; Conant, W.C.; Jonsson, H.; Murphy, S.; Sorooshian, A.; Varutbangkul, V.; Brechtel, F.; Flagan, R.C.; Seinfeld, J.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 26, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D10, D10S30, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007272)

Trends in Aerosol Radiative Effects over Europe Inferred from Observed Cloud Cover, Solar "Dimming," and Solar "Brightening", Norris, J.R.; Wild, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 26, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08214, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007794)

Sea Level Variability in the Arctic Ocean From AOMIP Models, Proshutinsky, A.; Ashik, I.; H�kkinen, S.; Hunke, E.; Krishfield, R.; Maltrud, M.; Maslowski, W.; Zhang, J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 26, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. C4, C04S08, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JC003916)

On the Dynamics of Atlantic Water Circulation in the Arctic Ocean, Karcher, M.; Kauker, F.; Gerdes, R.; Hunke, E.; Zhang, J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 26, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. C4, C04S02, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JC003630)

Influence of Lateral and Top Boundary Conditions on Regional Air Quality Prediction: A Multiscale Study Coupling Regional and Global Chemical Transport Models, Tang, Y.; Carmichael, G.R.; Thongboonchoo, N.; Chai, T.; Horowitz, L.W.; Pierce, R.B.; Al-Saadi, J.A.; Pfister, G.; Vukovich, J.M.; Avery, M.A.; Sachse, G.W.; Ryerson, T.B.; Holloway, J.S.; Atlas, E.L.; Flocke, F.M.; Weber, R.J.; Huey, L.G.; Dibb, J.E.; Streets, D.G.; Brune, W.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 25, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D10, D10S18, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007515)

High-Resolution Ensemble Surface Insolation Estimates Through Assimilation of Coarse-Scale Retrievals Into a Simple Physical Model: 1. Physical Model Development and Accuracy Tests, Lee, S.; Margulis, S.A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 25, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08212, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007872)

Seasonal Asymmetry in Diurnal Variation of Aerosol Optical Characteristics Over Pune, Western India, Pandithurai, G.; Pinker, R.T.; Devara, P.C.S.; Takamura, T.; Dani, K.K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 25, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08208, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007803)

State Factor Relationships of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Losses From Unpolluted Temperate Forest Watersheds, Perakis, S.S.; Hedin, L.O., Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, April 25, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. G2, G02010, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JG000276)

Validation of the Land Water Storage Simulated by Organising Carbon and Hydrology in Dynamic Ecosystems (ORCHIDEE) with Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) Data, Ngo-Duc, T.; Laval, K.; Ramillien, G.; Polcher, J.; Cazenave, A., Water Resources Research, April 25, 2007 (Vol. 43, No. 4, W04427, Paper No. 10.1029/2006WR004941)

Satellite Evidence of Ecosystem Changes in the White Sea: A Semi-Enclosed Arctic Marginal Shelf Sea, Pozdnyakov, D.V.; Johannessen, O.M.; Korosov, A.A.; Pettersson, L.H.; Grassl, H.; Miles, M.W., Geophysical Research Letters, April 24, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08604, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL028947)

Intraseasonal Variations of the Tropical Total Ozone and Their Connection to the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Tian, B.; Yung, Y.L.; Waliser, D.E.; Tyranowski, T.; Kuai, L.; Fetzer, E.J.; Irion, F.W., Geophysical Research Letters, April 21, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08704, Paper No. 10.1029/2007GL029451)

Energetic Particle Precipitation Effects on the Southern Hemisphere Stratosphere in 1992-2005, Randall, C.E.; Harvey, V.L.; Singleton, C.S.; Bailey, S.M.; Bernath, P.F.; Codrescu, M.; Nakajima, H.; Russell, J.M., III, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 21, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08308, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007696)

Accuracy of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Water Vapor Measurements by the Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer: Instrumental Details and Observations, V�mel, H.; David, D.E.; Smith, K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 20, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08305, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007224)

Transport in the Subtropical Lowermost Stratosphere During the Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers-Florida Area Cirrus Experiment, Pittman, J.V.; Weinstock, E.M.; Oglesby, R.J.; Sayres, D.S.; Smith, J.B.; Anderson, J.G.; Cooper, O.R.; Wofsy, S.C.; Xueref, I.; Gerbig, C.; Daube, B.C.; Richard, E.C.; Ridley, B.A.; Weinheimer, A.J.; Loewenstein, M.; Jost, H.-J.; Lopez, J.P.; Mahoney, M.J.; Thompson, T.L.; Hargrove, W.W.; Hoffman, F.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 20, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08304, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007851)

Polar Mesospheric Cloud Mass and the Ice Budget: 3. Application of a Coupled Ice-Chemistry-Dynamics Model and Comparison with Observations, Siskind, D.E.; Hervig, M.; Gumbel, J.; Stevens, M.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 20, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08303, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007499)

Polar Mesospheric Cloud Mass and the Ice Budget: 2. Application to Satellite Data Sets, Stevens, M.H.; Englert, C.R.; DeLand, M.T.; Bailey, S.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 20, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08205, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007532)

Polar Mesospheric Cloud Mass and the Ice Budget: 1. Quantitative Interpretation of Mid-UV Cloud Brightness Observations, Englert, C.R.; Stevens, M.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 20, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08204, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007533)

Spatial and Temporal Complexity of the Amazon Flood Measured from Space, Alsdorf, D.; Bates, P.; Melack, J.; Wilson, M.; Dunne, T., Geophysical Research Letters, April 19, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08402, Paper No. 10.1029/2007GL029447)

Suggestive Correlations Between the Brightness of Neptune, Solar Variability, and Earth's Temperature, Hammel, H.B.; Lockwood, G.W., Geophysical Research Letters, April 19, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08203, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL028764)

On the Twilight Zone Between Clouds and Aerosols, Koren, I.; Remer, L.A.; Kaufman, Y.J.; Rudich, Y.; Martins, J.V., Geophysical Research Letters, April 18, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08805, Paper No. 10.1029/2007GL029253)

Increased Tropical Atlantic Wind Shear in Model Projections of Global Warming, Vecchi, G.A.; Soden, B.J., Geophysical Research Letters, April 18, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08702, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL028905)

Improved Modeling of Permafrost Dynamics in a GCM Land-Surface Scheme, Nicolsky, D.J.; Romanovsky, V.E.; Alexeev, V.A.; Lawrence, D.M., Geophysical Research Letters, April 18, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08501, Paper No. 10.1029/2007GL029525)

Surface and Lightning Sources of Nitrogen Oxides Over the United States: Magnitudes, Chemical Evolution, and Outflow, Hudman, R.C.; Jacob, D.J.; Turquety, S.; Leibensperger, E.M.; Murray, L.T.; Wu, S.; Gilliland, A.B.; Avery, M.; Bertram, T.H.; Brune, W.; Cohen, R.C.; Dibb, J.E.; Flocke, F.M.; Fried, A.; Holloway, J.; Neuman, J.A.; Orville, R.; Perring, A.; Ren, X.; Sachse, G.W.; Singh, H.B.; Swanson, A.; Wooldridge, P.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 18, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D12, D12S05, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007912)

Modeling the Transport and Optical Properties of Smoke Aerosols from African Savanna Fires During the Southern African Regional Science Initiative Campaign (SAFARI 2000), Matichuk, R.I.; Colarco, P.R.; Smith, J.A.; Toon, O.B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 18, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08203, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007528)

Upper-Ocean Response to Hurricane Ivan in a 1/25� Nested Gulf of Mexico HYCOM, Prasad, T.G.; Hogan, Patrick J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 18, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. C4, C04013, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JC003695)

Volcanic Ash Plume Identification Using Polarization Lidar: Augustine Eruption, Alaska, Sassen, K.; Zhu, J.; Webley, P.; Dean, K.; Cobb, P., Geophysical Research Letters, April 17, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08803, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL027237)

Assessing Consistency Between EOS MLS and ECMWF Analyzed and Forecast Estimates of Cloud Ice, Li, J.-L.; Jiang, J.H.; Waliser, D.E.; Tompkins, A.M., Geophysical Research Letters, April 17, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 8, L08701, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL029022)

Effects of Ice Crystal Habit on Thermal Infrared Radiative Properties and Forcing of Cirrus, Wendisch, M.; Yang, P.; Pilewskie, P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 17, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D8, D08201, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007899)

An Annual Cycle of Long Lived Stratospheric Gases from MIPAS, Juckes, M.N., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 16, 2007 (Vol. 7, 1879-1897, Paper No. 1680-7324/acp/2007-7-1879)

Mesoscale Modeling of Aeolian Dust Emission During the BoDEx 2005 Experiment, Bouet, C.; Cautenet, G.; Washington, R.; Todd, M.C.; Laurent, B.; Marticorena, B.; Bergametti, G., Geophysical Research Letters, April 14, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07812, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL029184)

Toward Improved Satellite Estimates of Short-Wave Radiative Fluxes--Focus on Cloud Detection Over Snow: 1. Methodology, Li, X.; Pinker, R.T.; Wonsick, M.M.; Ma, Y., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 14, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07208, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006698)

Hubbard Glacier, Alaska: 2002 Closure and Outburst of Russell Fjord and Postflood Conditions at Gilbert Point, Motyka, R.J.; Truffer, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, April 14, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. F2, F02004, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JF000475)

Validation of Odin/OSIRIS Stratospheric [NO2] Profiles, Brohede, S.M.; Haley, C.S.; McLinden, C.A.; Sioris, C.E.; Murtagh, D.P.; Petelina, S.V.; Llewellyn, E.J.; Bazureau, A.; Goutail, F.; Randall, C.E.; Lumpe, J.D.; Taha, G.; Thomasson, L.W.; Gordley, L.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 12, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07310, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007586)

Response of Sea Surface Properties to Hurricane Dennis in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Hu, C.; Muller-Karger, F.E., Geophysical Research Letters, April 11, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07606, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL028935)

Observational Characteristics of Double Tropopauses, Randel, W.J.; Seidel, D.J.; Pan, L.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 11, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07309, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007904)

Climate Change in Amazonia Caused by Soybean Cropland Expansion, as Compared to Caused by Pastureland Expansion, Costa, M.H.; Yanagi, S.N.M.; Souza, P.J.O.P.; Ribeiro, A.; Rocha, E.J.P., Geophysical Research Letters, April 10, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07706, Paper No. 10.1029/2007GL029271)

Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer Snow Water Equivalent Assimilation, Dong, J.; Walker, J.P.; Houser, P.R.; Sun, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 10, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07108, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007209)

Defining the Translational Velocity of the Reference Frame of Earth, Argus, D.F., Geophysical Journal International (Online Early Articles), published online April 8, 2007 (Paper No. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03344.x)

Extraordinary Dust Event over Beijing, China, During April 2006: Lidar, Sun Photometric, Satellite Observations and Model Validation, Papayannis, A.; Zhang, H.Q.; Amiridis, V.; Ju, H.B.; Chourdakis, G.; Georgoussis, G.; P�rez, C.; Chen, H.B.; Goloub, P.; Mamouri, R.E.; Kazadzis, S.; Paronis, D.; Tsaknakis, G.; Baldasano, J.M., Geophysical Research Letters, April 7, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07806, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL029125)

Antarctic Dehydration 1998-2003: Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement III (POAM) Measurements and Integrated Microphysics and Aerosol Chemistry on Trajectories (IMPACT) Results with Four Meteorological Models, Nedoluha, G.E.; Benson, C.M.; Hoppel, K.W.; Alfred, J.; Bevilacqua, R.M.; Drdla, K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 7, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07305, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007414)

Relationship Between Amazon and High Andes Rainfall, Vizy, E.K.; Cook, K.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 7, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07107, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007980)

Assessment of Interannual Variations in the Surface Mass Balance of 18 Svalbard Glaciers from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer/Terra Albedo Product, Greuell, W.; Kohler, J.; Obleitner, F.; Glowacki, P.; Melvold, K.; Bernsen, E.; Oerlemans, J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 7, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07105, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007245)

Development of a Simple Groundwater Model for Use in Climate Models and Evaluation with Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Data, Niu, G.-Y.; Yang, Z.-L.; Dickinson, R.E.; Gulden, L.E.; Su, H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 7, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07103, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007522)

On the Sub-Grid-Scale Variability of Oceanic Winds and the Accuracy of Numerical Weather Prediction Models as Deduced from Quikscat Backscatter Distributions, Suzuki, N.; Donelan, M.A.; Plant, W.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 6, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. C4, C04005, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JC003437)

Early Calibration Problems Detected in TOMS Earth-Probe Aerosol Signal, Kiss, P.; J�nosi, I.M.; Torres, O., Geophysical Research Letters, April 5, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07803, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL028108)

Evaluation of Radar Multiple Scattering Effects in CloudSat Configuration, Battaglia, A.; Ajewole, M.O.; Simmer, C., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 5, 2007 (Vol. 7, 1719-1730, Paper No. 1680-7324/acp/2007-7-1719)

Cloud Fraction Parameterization as a Function of Mean Cloud Water Content and Its Variance Using In-Situ Observations, Gultepe, I.; Isaac, G.A., Geophysical Research Letters, April 4, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07801, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL028223)

Recent Trends in Arctic Ocean Mass Distribution Revealed by GRACE, Morison, J.; Wahr, J.; Kwok, R.; Peralta-Ferriz, C., Geophysical Research Letters, April 4, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07602, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL029016)

Reactive Nitrogen Distribution and Partitioning in the North American Troposphere and Lowermost Stratosphere, Singh, H.B.; Salas, L.; Herlth, D.; Kolyer, R.; Czech, E.; Avery, M.; Crawford, J.H.; Pierce, R.B.; Sachse, G.W.; Blake, D.R.; Cohen, R.C.; Bertram, T.H.; Perring, A.; Wooldridge, P.J.; Dibb, J.; Huey, G.; Hudman, R.C.; Turquety, S.; Emmons, L.K.; Flocke, F.; Tang, Y.; Carmichael, G.R.; Horowitz, L.W., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 4, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D12, D12S04, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007664)

Quantifying Arctic Ozone Loss During the 2004-2005 Winter Using Satellite Observations and a Chemical Transport Model, Singleton, C.S.; Randall, C.E.; Harvey, V.L.; Chipperfield, M.P.; Feng, W.; Manney, G.L.; Froidevaux, L.; Boone, C.D.; Bernath, P.F.; Walker, K.A.; McElroy, C.T.; Hoppel, K.W., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 4, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07304, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007463)

Wiener Optimal Combination and Evaluation of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Gravity Fields Over Antarctica, Sasgen, I.; Martinec, Z.; Fleming, K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, April 4, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. B4, B04401, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JB004605)

Orbital Microwave Measurement of River Discharge and Ice Status, Brakenridge, G.R.; Nghiem, S.V.; Anderson, E.; Mic, R., Water Resources Research, April 4, 2007 (Vol. 43, No. 4, W04405, Paper No. 10.1029/2006WR005238)

Spatial Patterns and Fire Response of Recent Amazonian Droughts, Arag�o, L.E.O.C.; Malhi, Y.; Roman-Cuesta, R.M.; Saatchi, S.; Anderson, L.O.; Shimabukuro, Y.E., Geophysical Research Letters, April 3, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07701, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL028946)

How Important Are Dispersive Alfv�n Waves for Auroral Particle Acceleration?, Chaston, C.C.; Carlson, C.W.; McFadden, J.P.; Ergun, R.E.; Strangeway, R.J., Geophysical Research Letters, April 3, 2007 (Vol. 34, No. 7, L07101, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL029144)

Inventory of Boreal Fire Emissions for North America in 2004: Importance of Peat Burning and Pyroconvective Injection, Turquety, S.; Logan, J.A.; Jacob, D.J.; Hudman, R.C.; Leung, F.Y.; Heald, C.L.; Yantosca, R.M.; Wu, S.; Emmons, L.K.; Edwards, D.P.; Sachse, G.W., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 3, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D12, D12S03, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007281)

Optimal Estimation of the Soil Uptake Rate of Molecular Hydrogen from the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment and Other Measurements, Xiao, X.; Prinn, R.G.; Simmonds, P.G.; Steele, L.P.; Novelli, P.C.; Huang, J.; Langenfelds, R.L.; O'Doherty, S.; Krummel, P.B.; Fraser, P.J.; Porter, L.W.; Weiss, R.F.; Salameh, P.; Wang, R.H.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 3, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. D7, D07303, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JD007241)

Intraseasonal Variability of Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature During Boreal Winter: Madden-Julian Oscillation Versus Submonthly Forcing and Processes, Han, W.; Yuan, D.; Liu, W.T.; Halkides, D.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 3, 2007 (Vol. 112, No. C4, C04001, Paper No. 10.1029/2006JC003791)

Role of Ammonia Chemistry and Coarse Mode Aerosols in Global Climatological Inorganic Aerosol Distributions, Luo, C.; Zender, C.S.; Bian, H.; Metzger, S., Atmospheric Environment, April 2007 (Vol. 41, No. 12, 2510-2533)

Spherical Prism Gravity Effects By Gauss-Legendre Quadrature Integration, Asgharzadeh, M.F.; von Frese, R.R.B.; Kim, H.R.; Leftwich, T.E.; Kim, J.W., Geophysical Journal International, April 2007 (Vol. 169, No. 1, 1-11)

Comparison of MODIS, Eddy Covariance Determined and Physiologically Modelled Gross Primary Production (GPP) in a Douglas-Fir Forest Stand, Coops, N.C.; Black, T.A.; Jassal, R.S.; Trofymow, J.A.; Morgenstern, K., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2007 (Vol. 107, No. 3, 385-401)

Monitoring Yield and Fruit Quality Parameters in Open-Canopy Tree Crops Under Water Stress. Implications for ASTER, Sepulcre-Cant�, G.; Zarco-Tejada, P.J.; Jim�nez-Mu�oz, J.C.; Sobrino, J.A.; Soriano, M.A.; Fereres, E.; Vega, V.; Pastor, M., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2007 (Vol. 107, No. 3, 455-470)

Modeling Gross Primary Production of Alpine Ecosystems in the Tibetan Plateau Using MODIS Images and Climate Data, Li, Z.; Yu, G.; Xiao, X.; Li, Y.; Zhao, X.; Ren, C.; Zhang, L.; Fu, Y., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2007 (Vol. 107, No. 3, 510-519)

Inversion Variability in the Hawaiian Trade Wind Regime, Cao, G.; Giambelluca, T.W.; Stevens, D.E.; Schroeder, T.A., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 7, 1145-1160)

The Influence of Amazon Rainfall on the Atlantic ITCZ through Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves, Wang, H.; Fu, R., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 7, 1188-1201)

The Global Trend in Sea Surface Temperature from 20 Years of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Data, Good, S.A.; Corlett, G.K.; Remedios, J.J.; Noyes, E.J.; Llewellyn-Jones, D.T., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 7, 1255-1264)

Observed Relationship of Spring and Summer East Asian Rainfall with Winter and Spring Eurasian Snow, Wu, R.; Kirtman, B.P., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 7, 1285-1304)

Assessing a Satellite-Era Perspective of the Global Water Cycle, Schlosser, C.A.; Houser, P.R., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 7, 1316-1338)

North American Droughts of the Last Millennium from a Gridded Network of Tree-Ring Data, Herweijer, C.; Seager, R.; Cook, E.R.; Emile-Geay, J., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 7, 1353-1376)

ENSO�s Impact on Regional U.S. Hurricane Activity, Smith, S.R.; Brolley, J.; O�Brien, J.J.; Tartaglione, C.A., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 7, 1404-1414)

Validation and Development of Melting Layer Models Using Constraints by Active/Passive Microwave Observations of Rain and the Wind-Roughened Ocean Surface, Brown, S.T.; Ruf, C.S., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2007 (Vol. 24, No. 4, 543-563)

Angular Distribution Models for Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Flux Estimation from the Clouds and the Earth�s Radiant Energy System Instrument on the Terra Satellite. Part II: Validation, Loeb, N.G.; Kato, S.; Loukachine, K.; Manalo-Smith, N.; Doelling, D.R., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2007 (Vol. 24, No. 4, 564-584)

Impact of Desert Dust Radiative Forcing on Sahel Precipitation: Relative Importance of Dust Compared to Sea Surface Temperature Variations, Vegetation Changes, and Greenhouse Gas Warming, Yoshioka, M.; Mahowald, N.M.; Conley, A.J.; Collins, W.D.; Fillmore, D.W.; Zender, C.S.; Coleman, D.B., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 8, 1445-1467)

A Regional Ocean�Atmosphere Model for Eastern Pacific Climate: Toward Reducing Tropical Biases, Xie, S.-P.; Miyama, T.; Wang, Y.; Xu, H.; de Szoeke, S.P.; Small, R.J.O.; Richards, K.J.; Mochizuki, T.; Awaji, T., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 8, 1504-1522)

An Analysis of the Potential for Extreme Temperature Change Based on Observations and Model Simulations, Lynn, B.H.; Healy, R.; Druyan, L.M., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 8, 1539-1554)

Low-Level Cloud Variability over the Equatorial Cold Tongue in Observations and Models, Mansbach, D.K.; Norris, J.R., Journal of Climate, April 2007 (Vol. 20, No. 8, 1555-1570)

Refinements to Ice Particle Mass Dimensional and Terminal Velocity Relationships for Ice Clouds. Part I: Temperature Dependence, Heymsfield, A.J.; Bansemer, A.; Twohy, C.H., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2007 (Vol. 64, No. 4, 1047-1067)

Refinements to Ice Particle Mass Dimensional and Terminal Velocity Relationships for Ice Clouds. Part II: Evaluation and Parameterizations of Ensemble Ice Particle Sedimentation Velocities, Heymsfield, A.J.; van Zadelhoff, G.-J.; Donovan, D.P.; Fabry, F.; Hogan, R.J.; Illingworth, A.J., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2007 (Vol. 64, No. 4, 1068-1088)

Improving Simulations of Convective Systems from TRMM LBA: Easterly and Westerly Regimes, Lang, S.; Tao, W.-K.; Cifelli, R.; Olson, W.; Halverson, J.; Rutledge, S.; Simpson, J., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2007 (Vol. 64, No. 4, 1141-1164)

Optimal Perturbations in Quasigeostrophic Turbulence, DelSole, T., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2007 (Vol. 64, No. 4, 1350-1364)

Extending the MODIS 1 km Ocean Colour Atmospheric Correction to the MODIS 500 m Bands and 500 m Chlorophyll-a Estimation Towards Coastal and Estuarine Monitoring, Shutler, J.D.; Land, P.E.; Smyth, T.J.; Groom, S.B., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2007 (Vol. 107, No. 4, 521-532)

A Vegetation Index Based Technique for Spatial Sharpening of Thermal Imagery, Agam, N.; Kustas, W.P.; Anderson, M.C.; Li, F.; Neale, C.M.U., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2007 (Vol. 107, No. 4, 545-558)

Biomass Estimation over a Large Area Based on Standwise Forest Inventory Data and ASTER and MODIS Satellite Data: A Possibility to Verify Carbon Inventories, Muukkonen, P.; Heiskanen, J., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2007 (Vol. 107, No. 4, 617-624)

The Colour of the Mediterranean Sea: Global Versus Regional Bio-Optical Algorithms Evaluation and Implication for Satellite Chlorophyll Estimates, Volpe, G.; Santoleri, R.; Vellucci, V.; Ribera d'Alcal�, M.; Marullo, S.; D'Ortenzio, F., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2007 (Vol. 107, No. 4, 625-638)

A Numerical Study of Hurricane Erin (2001). Part II: Shear and the Organization of Eyewall Vertical Motion, Braun, S.A.; Wu, L., Monthly Weather Review, April 2007 (Vol. 135, No. 4, 1179-1194)

African Easterly Waves during 2004�Analysis Using Objective Techniques, Berry, G.; Thorncroft, C.; Hewson, T., Monthly Weather Review, April 2007 (Vol. 135, No. 4, 1251-1267)

Mesoscale Convective Systems over Southeastern South America and Their Relationship with the South American Low-Level Jet, Salio, P.; Nicolini, M.; Zipser, E.J., Monthly Weather Review, April 2007 (Vol. 135, No. 4, 1290-1309)

Comparison of Narrow Bipolar Events with Ordinary Lightning as Proxies for the Microwave-Radiometry Ice-Scattering Signature, Jacobson, A.R.; Boeck, W.; Jeffery, C., Monthly Weather Review, April 2007 (Vol. 135, No. 4, 1354-1363)

Radar Characteristics of Precipitation Features in the EPIC and TEPPS Regions of the East Pacific, Cifelli, R.; Nesbitt, S.W.; Rutledge, S.A.; Petersen, W.A.; Yuter, S., Monthly Weather Review, April 2007 (Vol. 135, No. 4, 1576-1595)

Analysis of the Impact of Snow on Daily Weather Variability in Mountainous Regions Using MM5, Jin, J.; Miller, N.L., Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2007 (Vol. 8, No. 2, 245-258)

Bulk Scattering Properties for the Remote Sensing of Ice Clouds. Part III: High-Resolution Spectral Models from 100 to 3250 cm−1, Baum, B.A.; Yang, P.; Nasiri, S.; Heidinger, A.K.; Heymsfield, A.; Li, J., Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, April 2007 (Vol. 4, No. 46, 423-434)

An Empirical Orthogonal Function Iteration Approach for Obtaining Homogeneous Radiative Fluxes from Satellite Observations, Zhang, B.; Pinker, R.T.; Stackhouse, Jr., P.W., Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, April 2007 (Vol. 4, No. 46, 435-444)

A Correction for Land Contamination of Atmospheric Variables near Land�Sea Boundaries, Kara, A.B.; Wallcraft, A.J.; Hurlburt, H.E., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2007 (Vol. 37, No. 4, 803-818)

Island Wakes in Deep Water, Dong, C.; McWilliams, J.C.; Shchepetkin, A.F., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2007 (Vol. 37, No. 4, 962-981)

Effect of Mesoscale Eddies on Subtropical Mode Water Variability from the Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS), Qiu, B.; Chen, S.; Hacker, P., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2007 (Vol. 37, No. 4, 982-1000)

Satellite Observations of Seasonal and Interannual Changes of Sea Level and Currents Over the Scotian Slope, Han, G., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2007 (Vol. 37, No. 4, 1051-1065)

Wind Stress Curl and ENSO Discharge/Recharge in the Equatorial Pacific, Clarke, A.J.; Van Gorder, S.; Colantuono, G., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2007 (Vol. 37, No. 4, 1077-1091)

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