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Relationship Between Temperature and Precipitable Water Changes Over Tropical Oceans, Mears, C. A., B. D. Santer, F. J. Wentz, K. E. Taylor, and M. F. Wehner, Geophysical Research Letters, December 29, 2007 (Vol. 34, L24709, doi:10.1029/2007GL031936)

Overview of the Atmospheric Brown Cloud East Asian Regional Experiment 2005 and a Study of the Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing in East Asia, Nakajima, T. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 29, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S91, doi:10.1029/2007JD009009)

Aerosols and Surface UV Products from Ozone Monitoring Instrument Observations: An Overview, Torres, O., A. Tanskanen, B. Veihelmann, C. Ahn, R. Braak, P. K. Bhartia, P. Veefkind, and P. Levelt, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres , December 29, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S47, doi:10.1029/2007JD008809)

Validation of Middle-atmosphere Carbon Monoxide Retrievals from the Microwave Limb Sounder on Aura, Pumphrey, H. C., Filipiak, M.J., Livesey, N. J., Schwartz, M. J., Boone, C., Walker, K. A., Bernath, P., Ricaud, P., Barret, B., Clerbaux, C., Jarnot, R. F., Manney, G. L., Waters, J. W., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 29, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S38, doi:10.1029/2007JD008723)

Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Water Vapor by Balloon-borne Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer Measurements, V�mel, H. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 29, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S37, doi:10.1029/2007JD008698)

Unresolved Issues with the Assessment of Multidecadal Global Land Surface Temperature Trends, Pielke, R. A., Sr. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 29, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S08, doi:10.1029/2006JD008229)

Global Modeling Analysis of Tropospheric Ozone and its Radiative Forcing from Biomass Burning Emissions in the Twentieth Century, Ito, A., K. Sudo, H. Akimoto, S. Sillman, and J. E. Penner, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 29, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24307, doi:10.1029/2007JD008745)

Sensitivity of MOPITT Observations to Carbon Monoxide in the Lower Troposphere, Deeter, M. N., D. P. Edwards, J. C. Gille, and J. R. Drummond, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 29, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24306, doi:10.1029/2007JD008929)

Life in the Atacama: A Scoring System for Habitability and the Robotic Exploration for Life, Hock, A. N. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, December 29, 2007 (Vol. 112, G04S08, doi:10.1029/2006JG000321)

Development of a Simulation Model to Predict LiDAR Interception in Forested Environments, N.R. Goodwin, N.C. Coops and D.S. Culvenor, Remote Sensing of Environment, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 111, No. 4, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.015)

Fields of Non-Linear Regression Models for Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean-Color Imagery, Robert Frouin and Bruno Pelletier, Remote Sensing of Environment, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 111, No. 4, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.005)

Interannual Variability of Smoke and Warm Cloud Relationships in the Amazon as Inferred From MODIS Retrievals, Hongbin Yu, Rong Fu, Robert E. Dickinson, Yan Zhang, Mingxuan Chen and Hui Wang, Remote Sensing of Environment, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 111, No. 4, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.003)

Parameter Estimation for a Physics-based Distributed Hydrologic Model Using Measured Outflow Fluxes and Internal Moisture States, Kampf, S. K., and S. J. Burges, Water Resources Research, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 43, W12414, doi:10.1029/2006WR005605)

Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder HNO3 Measurements, Santee, M. L. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S40, doi:10.1029/2007JD008721)

Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric H2O and Relative Humidity with Respect to Ice Validation, Read, W. G. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S35, doi:10.1029/2007JD008752)

Condensed-phase Nitric Acid in a Tropical Subvisible Cirrus Cloud, Popp, P. J. et al., Geophysical Research Letters, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 34, L24812, doi:10.1029/2007GL031832)

Comparing Irradiance Fields Derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Airborne Simulator Cirrus Cloud Retrievals with Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer Measurements, Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, S. Platnick, G. Wind, P. Yang, and M. Wendisch, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24206, doi:10.1029/2007JD008711)

Examining Feedbacks of Aerosols to Urban Climate with a Model that Treats 3-D Clouds with Aerosol Inclusions, Jacobson, M. Z., Y. J. Kaufman, and Y. Rudich, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24205, doi:10.1029/2007JD008922)

Earth-emitted Irradiance Near the First Lagrangian Point, Smith, G. L., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24115, doi:10.1029/2006JD007902)

Vegetation and Topographic Control of Cloud Activity Over Arid/Semiarid Asia, Sato, T., F. Kimura, and A. S. Hasegawa, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24109, doi:10.1029/2006JD008129)

A Strict Test in Climate Modeling with Spectrally Resolved Radiances: GCM Simulation Versus AIRS Observations, Huang, Y., V. Ramaswamy, X. Huang, Q. Fu, and C. Bardeen, Geophysical Research Letters, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 34, L24707, doi:10.1029/2007GL031409)

Influence of Ocean Freshening on Shelf Phytoplankton Dynamics, Ji, R., C. S. Davis, C. Chen, D. W. Townsend, D. G. Mountain, and R. C. Beardsley, Geophysical Research Letters, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 34, L24607, doi:10.1029/2007GL032010)

Note on the NDVI-LST Relationship and the Use of Temperature-Related Drought Indices Over North America, Sun, D., and M. Kafatos, Geophysical Research Letters, December 28, 2007 (Vol. 34, L24406, doi:10.1029/2007GL031485)

Impact of Cloud Microphysics on Hurricane Track Forecasts, Fovell, R. G., and H. Su, Geophysical Research Letters, December 27, 2007 (Vol. 34, L24810, doi:10.1029/2007GL031723)

Human Impacts on Open Ocean Mercury Concentrations, Sunderland, E. M., and R. P. Mason, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, December 27, 2007 (Vol. 21, GB4022, doi:10.1029/2006GB002876)

A Single-Column Model Intercomparison of a Heavily Drizzling Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer, Wyant, M. C., Bretherton, C. S., Chlond, A., Griffin, B. M., Kitagwa, H., Lappen, C-L. Larson, V. E., Lock, A., Park, S., de Roode, S. R., Uchida, J., Zhao, M., Ackerman, A. S., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 27, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24204, doi:10.1029/2007JD008536)

Effects of Coud-radiative Heating on Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM) Simulations of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves, Lin, J.-L., D. Kim, M.-I. Lee, and I.-S. Kang, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 27, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24107, doi:10.1029/2006JD008291)

Role of Moist Energy Advection in Formulating Anomalous Walker Circulation Associated with El Ni�o, Ham, Y.-G., J.-S. Kug, and I.-S. Kang, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 25, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24105, doi:10.1029/2007JD008744)

Impact of Data Assimilation Filtering Methods on the Mesosphere, Sankey, D., S. Ren, S. Polavarapu, Y. J. Rochon, Y. Nezlin, and S. Beagley, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 25, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24104, doi:10.1029/2007JD008885)

Satellite Observations of the Quasi 5-day Wave in Noctilucent Clouds and Mesopause Temperatures, von Savigny, C., C. Robert, H. Bovensmann, J. P. Burrows, and M. Schwartz, Geophysical Research Letters, December 25, 2007 (Vol. 34, L24808, doi:10.1029/2007GL030987)

Magnetic Field Gradients from the ST-5 Constellation: Improving Magnetic and Thermal Models of the Lithosphere, Purucker, M., T. Sabaka, G. Le, J. A. Slavin, R. J. Strangeway, and C. Busby, Geophysical Research Letters, December 25, 2007 (Vol. 34, L24306, doi:10.1029/2007GL031739)

Solar Occultation Satellite Data and Derived Meteorological Products: Sampling Issues and Comparisons with Aura Microwave Limb Sounder, Manney, G. L. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 25, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S50, doi:10.1029/2007JD008709)

Global Structure and Long-Term Variations of Zonal Mean Temperature Observed by TIMED/SABER, Xu, J., A. K. Smith, W. Yuan, H.-L. Liu, Q. Wu, M. G. Mlynczak, and J. M. Russell III, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 25, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24106, doi:10.1029/2007JD008546)

Effect of Remote Sea Surface Temperature Change on Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity, Gabriel A. Vecchi & Brian J. Soden, Nature, December 13, 2007 (Vol. 450, doi:10.1038/nature06423)

Cooling of the Atlantic by Saharan Dust, Lau, K. M., and K. M. Kim, Geophysical Research Letters, December 8, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23811, doi:10.1029/2007GL031538)

Future Regime Shift in Feedbacks During Arctic Winter, Miller, J. R., Y. Chen, G. L. Russell, and J. A. Francis, Geophysical Research Letters, December 8, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23707, doi:10.1029/2007GL031826)

Future Regime Shift in Feedbacks During Arctic Winter, Miller, J. R., Y. Chen, G. L. Russell, and J. A. Francis, Geophysical Research Letters, December 8, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23707, doi:10.1029/2007GL031826)

Decadal Change in the Relationship Between the Oceanic Entrainment Temperature and Thermocline Depth in the Far Western Tropical Pacific, Zhang, R.-H., A. J. Busalacchi, and Y. Xue, Geophysical Research Letters, December 8, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23612, doi:10.1029/2007GL032119)

Flexural Stresses Beneath Hawaii: Implications for the October 15, 2006, Earthquakes and Magma Ascent, McGovern, P. J., Geophysical Research Letters, December 8, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23305, doi:10.1029/2007GL031305)

Validation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument Total Ozone Column Measurements Using Brewer and Dobson Spectrophotometer Ground-based Observations, Balis, D., M. Kroon, M. E. Koukouli, E. J. Brinksma, G. Labow, J. P. Veefkind, and R. D. McPeters, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 8, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S46, doi:10.1029/2007JD008796)

StratosphericUsing 6-h-Averaged Winds from a Data Assimilation System, Pawson, S., I. Stajner, S. R. Kawa, H. Hayashi, W.-W. Tan, J. E. Nielsen, Z. Zhu, L.-P. Chang, and N. J. Livesey, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 8, 2007 (Vol. 112, D23103, doi:10.1029/2006JD007673)

Quantifying the Contribution of Tropical Cyclones to Extreme Rainfall Along the Coastal Southeastern United States, Shepherd, J. M., A. Grundstein, and T. L. Mote, Geophysical Research Letters, December 7, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23810, doi:10.1029/2007GL031694)

Radiative Transfer in Mountains: Application to the Tibetan Plateau, Liou, K. N., W.-L. Lee, and A. Hall, Geophysical Research Letters, December 7, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23809, doi:10.1029/2007GL031762)

Significant Aerosol Direct Radiative Effects During a Pollution Episode in Northern China, Liu, J., X. Xia, P. Wang, Z. Li, Y. Zheng, M. Cribb, and H. Chen, Geophysical Research Letters, December 7, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23808, doi:10.1029/2007GL030953)

Suspended Particulate Matter Dynamics in Coastal Waters from Ocean Color: Application to the Northern Gulf of Mexico, D'Sa, E. J., R. L. Miller, and B. A. McKee, Geophysical Research Letters, December 7, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23611, doi:10.1029/2007GL031192)

Life in the Atacama: Science Autonomy for Improving Data Quality, Smith, T., D. R. Thompson, D. S. Wettergreen, N. A. Cabrol, K. A. Warren-Rhodes, and S. J. Weinstein, Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, December 7, 2007 (Vol. 112, G04S03, doi:10.1029/2006JG000315)

On Soil Moisture�Vegetation Feedbacks and their Possible Effects on the Dynamics of Dryland Ecosystems, D'Odorico, P., K. Caylor, G. S. Okin, and T. M. Scanlon, Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, December 6, 2007 (Vol. 112, G04010, doi:10.1029/2006JG000379)

Total Depletion of Hg� in the Upper Troposphere�Lower Stratosphere, Talbot, R., H. Mao, E. Scheuer, J. Dibb, and M. Avery, Geophysical Research Letters, December 5, 2007 (Vol. 34, L23804, doi:10.1029/2007GL031366)

Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Middle Atmosphere Water Vapor and Nitrous Oxide Measurements, Lambert, A. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 5, 2007 (Vol. 112, D24S36, doi:10.1029/2007JD008724)

A Method for Reconstruction of Past UV Radiation Based on Radiative Transfer Modeling: Applied to Four Stations in Northern Europe, Lindfors, A., J. Kaurola, A. Arola, T. Koskela, K. Lakkala, W. Josefsson, J. A. Olseth, and B. Johnsen, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, December 4, 2007 (Vol. 112, D23201, doi:10.1029/2007JD008454)

Simulated Effects of Climate Change on Summertime Nitrogen Deposition in the Eastern US, Civerolo, K. L., C. Hogrefe, B. Lynn, C. Rosenzweig, R. Goldberg, J. Rosenthal, K. Knowlton, and P. L. Kinney, Atmospheric Environment, available online December 3, 2007 (doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.11.049)

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