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Intercomparison of Water and Energy Budgets for Five Mississippi Subbasins Between ECMWF Reanalysis (ERA-40) and NASA Data Assimilation Office fvGCM for 1990-1999, Betts, A.K.; Ball, J.H.; Bosilovich, M.; Viterbo, P.; Zhang, Y.; Rossow, W.B., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 26, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D16, 8618, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003127)

Numerical Simulation of Seasonal and Interannual Indian Ocean Upper Layer Circulation Using Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model, Manghnani, V.; Subrahmanyam, B.; Xie, L.; Morrison, J.M., Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, July 26, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. C7, 3240, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JC001567)

Estimates of Cloud Vertical Structure and Water Amount Over Tropical Oceans Using VIRS and TMI Data, Ho, S.-p.; Lin, B.; Minnis, P.; Fan, T.-F., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 25, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D14, 4419, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003298)

Aerosol Absorption Over the Clear-Sky Oceans Deduced from POLDER-1 and AERONET Observations, Bellouin, N.; Boucher, O.; Tanr�, D.; Dubovik, O., Geophysical Research Letters July 23, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 14, 1748, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017121)

Air-Sea Interaction at an Oceanic Front: Implications for Frontogenesis and Primary Production, Chen, D.; Liu, W.T.; Tang, W.; Wang, Z.; Geophysical Research Letters July 23, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 14, 1745, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017536)

Evaluation of the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Retrievals of Dust Aerosol Over the Ocean During PRIDE, Levy, R.C.; Remer, L.A.; Tanr�, D.; Kaufman, Y.J.; Ichoku, C.; Holben, B.N.; Livingston, J.M.; Russell, P.B.; Maring, H., Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, July 23, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D19, 8594, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002460)

Large-Scale Global Surface Mass Variations Inferred from GPS Measurements of Load-Induced Deformation, Wu, X.; Heflin, M.B.; Ivins, E.R.; Argus, D.F.; Webb, F.H., Geophysical Research Letters July 22, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 14, 1742, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017546)

Parameterization of Cloud Droplet Formation in Global Climate Models, Nenes, A.; Seinfeld, J.H., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 22, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D14, 4415, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002911)

Effects of Land Use in Southwest Australia: 1. Observations of Cumulus Cloudiness and Energy Fluxes, Ray, Deepak K.; Nair, Udaysankar S.; Welch, Ronald M.; Han, Qingyuan; Zeng, Jian; Su, Wenying; Kikuchi, Tokio; Lyons, Tom J., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 22, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D14, 4414, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002654)

A Linear Relationship Between ENSO Intensity and Tropical Instability Wave Activity in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Yu, J.-Y.; Liu, W.T., Geophysical Research Letters, July 19, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 14, 1735, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017176)

Estimation of Diurnal Shortwave Dust Aerosol Radiative Forcing During PRIDE, Christopher, S.A.; Wang, J.; Ji, Q.; Tsay, S.-C., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 19, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D19, 8596, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002787)

Absorption of Shortwave Radiation in a Cloudy Atmosphere: Observed and Theoretical Estimates During the second Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Enhanced Shortwave Experiment (ARESE), O'Hirok, W.; Gautier, C., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 19, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D14, 4412, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002818)

Altimeter Estimates of Anomalous Transports Into the Northern California Current During 2000-2002, Strub, P.T.; James, C., Geophysical Research Letters, July 18, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 15, 8025, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017513)

Anomalous Satellite-Measured Chlorophyll Concentrations in the Northern California Current in 2001-2002, Thomas, A.C.; Strub, P.T.; Brickley, P., Geophysical Research Letters, July 18, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 15, 8022, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017409)

Properties and Direct Radiative Effect of Saharan Dust Measured by the C-130 Aircraft During SHADE: 1. Solar Spectrum, Haywood, J.; Francis, P.; Osborne, S.; Glew, M.; Loeb, N.; Highwood, E.; Tanr�, D.; Myhre, G.; Formenti, P.; Hirst, E., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 18, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D18, 8577, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002687)

Validating the Microwave Sounding Unit Stratospheric Record Using GPS Occultation, Schr?der, T.; Leroy, S.; Stendel, M.; Kaas, E., Geophysical Research Letters, July 17, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 14, 1734 Paper No.10.1029/2003GL017588)

African Dust Aerosols as Atmospheric Ice Nuclei, DeMott, P.J.; Sassen, K.; Poellot, M.R.; Baumgardner, D.; Rogers, D.C.; Brooks, S.D.; Prenni, A.J.; Kreidenweis, S.M., Geophysical Research Letters, July 17, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 14, 1732, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017410)

International Photolysis Frequency Measurement and Model Intercomparison (IPMMI): Spectral Actinic Solar Flux Measurements And Modeling, Bais, A.F.; Madronich, S.; Crawford, J.; Hall, S.R.; Mayer, B.; van Weele, M.; Lenoble, J.; Calvert, J.G.; Cantrell, C.A.; Shetter, R.E.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Koepke, P.; Monks, P.S.; Frost, G.; McKenzie, R.; Krotkov, N.; Kylling, A.; Swartz, W.H.; Lloyd, S.; Pfister, G.; Martin, T.J.; Roeth, E.-P.; Griffioen, E.; Ruggaber, A.; Krol, M.; Kraus, A.; Edwards, G.D.; Mueller, M.; Lefer, B.L.; Johnston, P.; Schwander, H.; Flittner, D.; Gardiner, B.G.; Barrick, J.; Schmitt, R., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 17, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D16, 8543, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002891)

Summer Synoptic-Scale Waves Over West Africa Observed by TRMM, Gu, G.; Adler, R.F.; Huffman, G.J.; Curtis, S.; Geophysical Research Letters, July 16, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 14, 1729, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017402)

Modeling the Effects of Three-Dimensional Vegetation Structure on Surface Radiation and Energy Balance in Boreal Forests, Yang, R.; Friedl, M.A., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres,July 16, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D16, 8615, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003109)

Limitations of Ground-Based Solar Irradiance Estimates Due to Atmospheric Variations, Wen, G.; Cahalan, R.F.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 16, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D14 , 4400, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003431)

Operational Carbon Monoxide Retrieval Algorithm and Selected Results for the MOPITT Instrument, Deeter, M.N.; Emmons, L.K.; Francis, G.L.; Edwards, D.P.; Gille, J.C.; Warner, J.X.; Khattatov, B.; Ziskin, D.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Ho, S.-P.; Yudin, V.; Atti�, J.-L.; Packman, D.; Chen, J.; Mao, D.; Drummond, J.R., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 16, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D14 , 4399, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003186)

The Total Ozone Field Separated into Meteorological Regimes. Part I: Defining the Regimes, Hudson, R.D.; Frolov, A.D.; Andrade, M.F.; Follette, M.B.; Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, July 15, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 14, pp. 1669-1677)

The North Atlantic Oscillation, Surface Current Velocities, and SST Changes in the Subpolar North Atlantic, Flatau, M.K., Talley, L., Niiler, P.P.; Journal of Climate, July 15, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 14, pp. 2355-2369)

The Role Of Snow Cover in the Warming of Arctic Permafrost, Stieglitz, M.; D�ry, S.J.; Romanovsky, V.E.; Osterkamp, T.E., Geophysical Research Letters, July 15, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 13, 1721, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017337)

New Evidence for Enhanced Ocean Primary Production Triggered by Tropical Cyclone, Lin, I.; Liu, W. Timothy; Wu, Chun-Chieh; Wong, George T. F.; Hu, Chuanmin; Chen, Zhiqiang; Liang, Wen-Der; Yang, Yih; Liu, Kon-Kee, Geophysical Research Letters, July 15, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 13, 1718, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017141)

Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Thickness and Size Distribution from the CIMEL Sun Photometer Over Inhaca Island, Mozambique, Queface, A.J.; Piketh, S.J.; Annegarn, H.J.; Holben, B.N.; Uthui, R.J., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 15, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D13, 8509, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002374)

Seasonal to Interannual Variability of Vegetation and Fires at SAFARI 2000 Sites Inferred From Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Time Series Data, Anyamba, A.; Justice, C.O.; Tucker, C.J.; Mahoney, R., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 15, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D13, 8507, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002464)

Africa Burning: A Thematic Analysis of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000), Swap, R.J.; Annegarn, H.J.; Suttles, J.T.; King, M.D.; Platnick, S.; Privette, J.L.; Scholes, R.J., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 15, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D13, 8465, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003747)

Interannual Covariability in Northern Hemisphere Air Temperatures and Greenness Associated with El Ni�o-Southern Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation, Buermann, W.; Anderson, B.; Tucker, C.J.; Dickinson, R.E.; Lucht, W.; Potter, C.S.; Myneni, R.B., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 15, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D13, 4396, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002630)

First Evidence for the Detection of Natural Surface Films by the QuikSCAT Scatterometer, Lin, I.-I.; Alpers, W.; Liu, W.T., Geophysical Research Letters July 12, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 13, 1713 Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017415)

Comparison of Size and Morphological Measurements of Coarse Mode Dust Particles from Africa, Reid, J.S.; Jonsson, H.H.; Maring, H.B.; Smirnov, A.; Savoie, D.L.; Cliff, S.S.; Reid, E.A.; Livingston, J.M.; Meier, M.M.; Dubovik, O.; Tsay, S.-C., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres July 12, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D19, 8593 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002485)

Characterization of African Dust Transported to Puerto Rico by Individual Particle and Size Segregated Bulk Analysis, Reid, E.A.; Reid, J.S.; Meier, M.M.; Dunlap, M.R.; Cliff, S.S.; Broumas, A.; Perry, K.; Maring, H., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres July 12, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D19, 8591 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002935)

Saharan Dust Transport to the Caribbean During PRIDE: 1. Influence of Dust Sources and Removal Mechanisms on the Timing and Magnitude of Downwind Aerosol Optical Depth Events from Simulations of in Situ and Remote Sensing Observations, Colarco, P.R.; Toon, O.B.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres July 12, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D19, 8589 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002658)

Dispersal of the Suwannee River Plume Over the West Florida Shelf: Simulation and Observation of the Optical and Biochemical Consequences of a Flushing Event, Jolliff, J.K.; Walsh, J.J.; He, R.; Weisberg, R.; Stovall-Leonard, A.; Coble, P.G.; Conmy, R.; Heil, C.; Nababan, B.; Zhang, H.; Hu, C.; Muller-Karger, F.E., Geophysical Research Letters, July 11, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 13, 1709 Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL016964)

Water Vapor Retrievals Using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Near-Infrared Channels, Gao, B.-C.; Kaufman, Y.J., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres July 10, 2003, (Vol. 108, No. D13, 4389 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003023)

Haze Layer Characterization and Associated Meteorological Controls along the Eastern Coastal Region of Southern Africa, Stein, D.C.; Swap, R.J.; Greco, S.; Piketh, S.J.; Macko, S.A.; Doddridge, B.G.; Elias, T.; Bruintjes, R.T., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres July 9, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D13, 8506 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD003237)

Identification of CO Plumes from MOPITT data: Application to the August 2000 Idaho-Montana Forest Fires, Lamarque, J.-F.; Edwards, D.P.; Emmons, L.K.; Gille, J.C.;, et. al, Geophysical Research Letters, July 5, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 13, 1688 Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL017503)

Predictability of Seasonal Runoff in the Mississippi River Basin, Maurer, E.P.; Lettenmaier, D.P., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 5, 2003 Vol. 108, No. D16, 8607 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002555)

U.S. Regional Climate Simulations and Seasonal Forecasts, Roads, J.; Chen, S.-C.; Kanamitsu, M., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 5, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D16, 8606 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002232)

Identification of CO Plumes From MOPITT Data: Application to the August 2000 Idaho-Montana Forest Fires, Lamarque, J.-F.; Edwards, D.P.; Emmons, L.K.; Gille, J.C.; Wilhelmi, O.; Gerbig, C.; Prevedel, D.; Deeter, M.N.; Warner, J.; Ziskin, D.C.; Khattatov, B.; Francis, G.L.; Yudin, V.; Ho, S.; Mao, D.; Chen, J.; Drummond, J.R., Geophysical Research Letters, July 5, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 13, 1688, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017503, 2003)

Airborne Sun Photometer Measurements of Aerosol Optical Depth and Columnar Water Vapor During the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment and Comparison With Land, Aircraft, and Satellite Measurements, Livingston, J.M.; Russell, P.B.; Reid, J.S.; Redemann, J.; Schmid, B.; Allen, D.A.; Torres, O.; Levy, R.C.; Remer, L.A.; Holben, B.N.; Smirnov, A.; Dubovik, O.; Welton, E.J.; Campbell, J.R.; Wang, J.; Christopher, S.A., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 2, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D19, 8588 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002520)

The UARS Microwave Limb Sounder Version 5 Data Set: Theory, Characterization, and Validation, Livesey, N.J.; Read, W.G.; Froidevaux, L.; Waters, J.W.; Santee, M.L.; Pumphrey, H.C.; Wu, D.L.; Shippony, Z.; Jarnot, R.F., Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, July 2, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D13, 4378 Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002273)

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