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Sea Level Rise Projections for Current Generation CGCMs Based on the Semi-empirical Method, Horton, R., C. Herweijer, C. Rosenzweig, J. Liu, V. Gornitz, and A. C. Ruane, Geophysical Research Letters, January 26, 2008 (Vol. 35, L02715, doi:10.1029/2007GL032486)

Spatial Distribution of Isoprene Emissions from North America Derived from Formaldehyde Column Measurements by the OMI Satellite Sensor, Millet, D. B., D. J. Jacob, K. F. Boersma, T.-M. Fu, T. P. Kurosu, K. Chance, C. L. Heald, and A. Guenther, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, January 26, 2008 (Vol. 113, D02307, doi:10.1029/2007JD008950)

Map-based Inventory of Wetland Biomass and Net Primary Production in Western Siberia, Peregon, A., S. Maksyutov, N. P. Kosykh, and N. P. Mironycheva-Tokareva, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, January 26, 2008 (Vol. 113, G01007, doi:10.1029/2007JG000441)

Ice-front Variation and Tidewater Behavior on Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq Glaciers, Greenland, Joughin, I., I. Howat, R. B. Alley, G. Ekstrom, M. Fahnestock, T. Moon, M. Nettles, M. Truffer, and V. C. Tsai, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, January 26, 2008 (Vol. 113, F01004, doi:10.1029/2007JF000837)

Air Pollution Radiative Forcing from Specific Emissions Sectors at 2030, Unger, N., D. T. Shindell, D. M. Koch, and D. G. Streets, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, January 25, 2008 (Vol. 113, D02306, doi:10.1029/2007JD008683)

Bulge Formation of a Buoyant River Outflow, Chant, R. J., S. M. Glenn, E. Hunter, J. Kohut, R. F. Chen, R. W. Houghton, J. Bosch, and O. Schofield, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, January 24, 2008 (Vol. 113, C01017, doi:10.1029/2007JC004100)

Spatiospectral Localization of Global Geopotential Fields from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Reveals the Coseismic Gravity Change Owing to the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake, Han, S.-C.,and F. J. Simons, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, January 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, B01405, doi:10.1029/2007JB004927)

A Preliminary Tidal Analysis of ICESat Laser Altimetry: Southern Ross Ice Shelf, Ray, R. D., Geophysical Research Letters, January 23, 2008 (Vol. 35, L02505, doi:10.1029/2007GL032125)

Variability of fCO2 in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic from a Moored Buoy, Lefèvre, N., A. Guillot, L. Beaumont, and T. Danguy, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, January 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, C01015, doi:10.1029/2007JC004146)

Variability of fCO2 in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic from a Moored Buoy, Lefèvre, N., A. Guillot, L. Beaumont, and T. Danguy, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, January 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, C01015, doi:10.1029/2007JC004146)

Comparison of Aerosol Extinction Coefficients, Surface Area Density, and Volume Density from SAGE II and In Situ Aircraft Measurements, Reeves, J. M., J. C. Wilson, C. A. Brock, and T. P. Bui, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, May 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, D10202, doi:10.1029/2007JD009357)

Evolution of Arctic Sea Ice Concentration Trends and the Role of Atmospheric Circulation Forcing 1979–2007, Deser, C., and H. Teng, Geophysical Research Letters, January 22, 2008 (Vol. 35, L02504, doi:10.1029/2007GL032023)

Multiple Thermal Fronts Near the Patagonian Shelf Break, Franco, B. C., A. R. Piola, A. L. Rivas, A. Baldoni, and J. P. Pisoni, Geophysical Research Letters, January 22, 2008 (Vol. 35, L02607, doi:10.1029/2007GL032066)

Discovery of Very Large Amplitude Whistler-mode Waves in Earth's Radiation Belts, Cattell, C., et al., Geophysical Research Letters, January 12, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01105, doi:10.1029/2007GL032009)

Decadal Phase Change in Large-scale Sea Level and Winds in the Indo-Pacific Region at the End of the 20th Century, Lee, T., and M. J. McPhaden, Geophysical Research Letters, January 12, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01605, doi:10.1029/2007GL032419)

Scaling in Global Ocean Chlorophyll Fluctuations, Zhan, H., Geophysical Research Letters, January 12, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01606, doi:10.1029/2007GL032078)

Haboob Dust Storms of the Southern Arabian Peninsula, Miller, S. D. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, January 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, D01202, doi:10.1029/2007JD008550)

Fast-Ice Distribution in East Antarctica During 1997 and 1999 Determined Using RADARSAT Data, Giles, A. B., R. A. Massom, and V. I. Lytle, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, January 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, C02S14, doi:10.1029/2007JC004139)

Kinematic Models for the Thickness of Oceanic Crust at and Near Mid-oceanic Spreading Centers, Ruedas, T., and H. Schmeling, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, January 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, B01402, doi:10.1029/2006JB004746)

Assessment of the Non-hydrostatic Effect on the Upper Atmosphere Using a General Circulation Model (GCM), Deng, Y., A. D. Richmond, A. J. Ridley, and H.-L. Liu, Geophysical Research Letters, January 11, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01104, doi:10.1029/2007GL032182)

Edaphic and Climatic Effects on Forest Stand Development, Net Primary Production, and Net Ecosystem Productivity Simulated for Coastal Plain Loblolly Pine in Virginia , Sampson, D. A., R. H. Wynne, and J. R. Seiler, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, January 11, 2008 (Vol. 113, G01003, doi:10.1029/2006JG000270)

Polar Stratospheric Chlorine Kinetics from a Self-match Flight During SOLVE-II/EUPLEX, Schofield, R., K. Frieler, I. Wohltmann, M. Rex, M. von Hobe, F. Stroh, G. Koch, T. Peter, T. Canty, R. Salawitch, and C. M. Volk, Geophysical Research Letters, January 11, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01807, doi:10.1029/2007GL031740)

An Ecosystem Model for Tropical Forest Disturbance and Selective Logging, Huang, M., G. P. Asner, M. Keller, and J. A. Berry, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, January 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, G01002, doi:10.1029/2007JG000438)

Contribution of Soil Moisture Retrievals to Land Data Assimilation Products, Reichle, R. H., W. T. Crow, R. D. Koster, H. O. Sharif, and S. P. P. Mahanama, Geophysical Research Letters, January 10, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01404, doi:10.1029/2007GL031986)

Impacts on the TRMM Data Due to Orbit Boost in the Spectral Domain, Cho, H.-K., and H.-Y. Chun, Geophysical Research Letters, January 9, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01403, doi:10.1029/2007GL032320)

Validation of the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) version 2.2 Temperature Using Ground-based and Space-borne Measurements, Sica, R. J. et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, January 8, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 1)

Relationships Between Energy Release, Fuel Mass Loss, and Trace Gas and Aerosol Emissions During Laboratory Biomass Fires, Freeborn, P. H., M. J. Wooster, W. M. Hao, C. A. Ryan, B. L. Nordgren, S. P. Baker, and C. Ichoku, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, January 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, D01301, doi:10.1029/2007JD008679)

Wildfires Dynamic in the Larch Dominance Zone, Kharuk, V. I., K. J. Ranson, and M. L. Dvinskaya, Geophysical Research Letters, January 5, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01402, doi:10.1029/2007GL032291)

Evidence for Atmospheric Variability Over the Pacific on Decadal Timescales, Burgman, R. J., A. C. Clement, C. M. Mitas, J. Chen, and K. Esslinger, Geophysical Research Letters, January 4, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01704, doi:10.1029/2007GL031830)

Extracting the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Signals from Sea Surface Height Data Observed by Satellite Altimetry, Hayashi, Y., Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, January 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, C01001, doi:10.1029/2007JC004177)

Resonant Excitation of the Quasi-decadal Oscillation by the 11-year Signal in the Sun's Irradiance, White, W. B., and Z. Liu, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, January 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, C01002, doi:10.1029/2006JC004057)

Accelerated Decline in the Arctic Sea Ice Cover, Comiso, J. C., C. L. Parkinson, R. Gersten, and L. Stock, Geophysical Research Letters, January 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01703, doi:10.1029/2007GL031972)

A New, Global, Multi-Annual (2000–2007) Burnt Area Product at 1 km Resolution, Tansey, K., J.-M. Grégoire, P. Defourny, R. Leigh, J.-F. Pekel, E. van Bogaert, and E. Bartholomé, Geophysical Research Letters, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01401, doi:10.1029/2007GL031567)

Integrated Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Sea Surface Chlorophyll in the North Atlantic, Hanshaw, M. N., M. S. Lozier, and J. B. Palter, Geophysical Research Letters, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 35, L01601, doi:10.1029/2007GL031862)

Resonant Response of Deep Convection to Surface Hot Spots, F. J. Robinson, S. C. Sherwood, and Y. Li, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 65, No.1, doi: 10.1175/2007JAS2398.1)

Estimating Rain Rates from Tipping-Bucket Rain Gauge Measurements, Jianxin Wang, Brad L. Fisher, and David B. Wolff, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 25, No.1, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHA895.1)

Isolating the PGR Signal in the GRACE Data: Impact on Mass Balance Estimates in Antarctica and Greenland, V. R. Barletta, R. Sabadini, A. Bordoni, Geophysical Journal International, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 172, No.1, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03630.x)

Stochastic Transport Theory for Investigating the Three-dimensional Canopy Structure from Space Measurements, Dong Huang, Yuri Knyazikhin, Weile Wang, Donald W. Deering, Pauline Stenberg, Nikolay Shabanov, Bin Tan and Ranga B. Myneni, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.05.026)

New Refinements and Validation of the MODIS Land-Surface Temperature/Emissivity Products, Zhengming Wan, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.06.026)

LAI Retrieval and Uncertainty Evaluations for Typical Row-Planted Crops at Different Growth Stages, Yanjuan Yao, Qinhuo Liu, Qiang Liu and Xiaowen Li, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.09.037)

Forest Vertical Structure from GLAS: An Evaluation Using LVIS and SRTM Data, G. Sun, K.J. Ranson, D.S. Kimes, J.B. Blair and K. Kovacs, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.09.036)

Estimation of Evaporative Fraction and Evapotranspiration from MODIS Products Using a Complementary Based Model, Virginia Venturini, Shafiqul Islam and Leticia Rodriguez, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.014)

Multi-temporal Vegetation Canopy Water Content Retrieval and Interpretation Using Artificial Neural Networks for the Continental USA, M. Trombetti, D. Ria�o, M.A. Rubio, Y.B. Cheng and S.L. Ustin, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.013)

Using Long Time Series of Landsat Data to Monitor Fire Events and Post-Fire Dynamics and Identify Driving Factors. A Case Study in the Ayora Region (Eastern Spain), Achim R�der, Joachim Hill, Beatriz Duguy, Jos� Antonio Alloza and Ramon Vallejo, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.001)

Multivariate Quantification of Landscape Spatial Heterogeneity Using Variogram Models, S. Garrigues, D. Allard, F. Baret and J. Morisette, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.017)

Mapping Leaf Chlorophyll and Leaf Area Index Using Inverse and Forward Canopy Reflectance Modeling and SPOT Reflectance Data, Rasmus Houborg and Eva Boegh, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.012)

Satellite-Based Estimation of Surface Vapor Pressure Deficits Using MODIS Land Surface Temperature Data, Hirofumi Hashimoto, Jennifer L. Dungan, Michael A. White, Feihua Yang, Andrew R. Michaelis, Steven W. Running and Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.016)

Combining Medium and Coarse Spatial Resolution Satellite Data to Improve the Estimation of Sub-Pixel NDVI Time Series, Lorenzo Busetto, Michele Meroni and Roberto Colombo, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.004)

Spatially and Temporally Continuous LAI Data Sets Based on an Integrated Filtering Method: Examples from North America, Hongliang Fang, Shunlin Liang, John R. Townshend and Robert E. Dickinson, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.07.026)

Remote Sensing of Woody Shrub Cover in Desert Grasslands Using MISR with a Geometric-optical Canopy Reflectance Model, Mark Chopping, Lihong Su, Albert Rango, John V. Martonchik, Debra P.C. Peters and Andrea Laliberte, Remote Sensing of Environment, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 112, No.1, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.04.023)

The Uncertainties of Satellite DOAS Total Ozone Retrieval for a Cloudy Sky, A.A. Kokhanovsky and V.V. Rozanov, Atmospheric Research, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 87, No.1, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.04.006)

Topography of the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia from Kinematic GPS, Adrian A. Borsa, Helen A. Fricker, Bruce G. Bills, Jean-Bernard Minster, Claudia C. Carabajal, Katherine J. Quinn, Geophysical Journal International, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 172, No.1, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03604.x)

GRACE's Spatial Aliasing Error, Ki-Weon Seo, Clark R. Wilson, Jianli Chen, Duane E. Waliser, Geophysical Journal International, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 172, No.1, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03611.x)

ENSO and Wintertime Extreme Precipitation Events over the Contiguous United States, Siegfried D. Schubert, Yehui Chang, Max J. Suarez, and Philip J. Pegion, Journal of Climate, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 21, No.1, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI1705.1)

Impact of Resolution and Optimized ECCO Forcing on Simulations of the Tropical Pacific, I. Hoteit, B. Cornuelle, V. Thierry, and D. Stammer, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, January 1, 2008 (Vol. 25, No.1, doi:10.1175/2007JTECHO528.1)

Interannual Variability in the Pathways of the North Atlantic Current over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Impact of Topography, Amy S. Bower and Wilken-Jon von Appen, Journal of Physical Oceanography, January 2008 (Vol. 38, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JPO3686.1)

Dynamics of the Intraseasonal Oscillations in the Indian Ocean South Equatorial Current, Lei Zhou, Raghu Murtugudde, and Markus Jochum, Journal of Physical Oceanography, January 2008 (Vol. 38, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JPO3730.1)

A Dynamical Investigation of the May 2004 McMurdo Antarctica Severe Wind Event Using AMPS, Daniel F. Steinhoff, David H. Bromwich, Michelle Lambertson, Shelley L. Knuth, and Matthew A. Lazzara, Monthly Weather Review, January 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007MWR1999.1)

A Diagnostic Case Study of Mei-yu Frontogenesis and Development of Wavelike Frontal Disturbances in the Subtropical Environment, George Tai-Jen Chen, Chung-Chieh Wang, and Sau-Wa Chang, Monthly Weather Review, January 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007MWR1966.1)

A Three-Dimensional Anelastic Model Based on the Vorticity Equation, Joon-Hee Jung and Akio Arakawa, Monthly Weather Review, January 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007MWR2095.1)

Observation Sensitivity Calculations Using the Adjoint of the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) Analysis System , Yanqiu Zhu and Ronald Gelaro, Monthly Weather Review, January 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 1, doi:10.1175/MWR3525.1)

Evaluation and Intercomparison of Meteorological Predictions by Five MM5-PBL Parameterizations in Combination with Three Land-surface Models, Zhiwei Han, Hiromasa Ueda and Junling An, Atmospheric Environment, January 2008 (Vol. 42, No. 2, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.09.053)

Multisensor Estimation of Mixing Heights over a Coastal City, John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Christina L. Powell, M. J. Mahoney, Wayne M. Angevine, Christoph Senff, Allen White, Carl Berkowitz, Christopher Doran, and Kevin Knupp, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1503.1)

Development of a Global Infrared Land Surface Emissivity Database for Application to Clear Sky Sounding Retrievals from Multispectral Satellite Radiance Measurements, Suzanne W. Seemann, Eva E. Borbas, Robert O. Knuteson, Gordon R. Stephenson, and Hung-Lung Huang, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1590.1)

Model Calculations of Solar Spectral Irradiance in the 3.7-μm Band for Earth Remote Sensing Applications, Steven Platnick and Juan M. Fontenla, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1571.11)

Testing IWC Retrieval Methods Using Radar and Ancillary Measurements with In Situ Data, Andrew J. Heymsfield, Alain Protat, Richard T. Austin, Dominique Bouniol, Robin J. Hogan, Julien Delanoë, Hajime Okamoto, Kaori Sato, Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff, David P. Donovan, and Zhien Wang, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1606.1)

The Identification and Verification of Hazardous Convective Cells over Oceans Using Visible and Infrared Satellite Observations, Michael F. Donovan, Earle R. Williams, Cathy Kessinger, Gary Blackburn, Paul H. Herzegh, Richard L. Bankert, Steve Miller, and Frederick R. Mosher, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1471.1)

Retrieval of Raindrop Size Distribution from Simulated Dual-Frequency Radar Measurements, S. Joseph Munchak and Ali Tokay, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1524.1)

On the Magnitude of the Electric Field Near Thunderstorm-Associated Clouds, Francis J. Merceret, Jennifer G. Ward, Douglas M. Mach, Monte G. Bateman, and James E. Dye, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1713.1)

Seasonal and Synoptic Variations in Near-Surface Air Temperature Lapse Rates in a Mountainous Basin, Troy R. Blandford, Karen S. Humes, Brian J. Harshburger, Brandon C. Moore, Von P. Walden, and Hengchun Ye, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 1, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1565.1)

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